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Bill Oster

William Charles Oster

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 198 lb.

Born: January 2, 1933 in New York, NY
School: New York University (New York, NY)
Signed
by the Philadelphia Athletics as an amateur free agent in 1954. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 23, 1954
Team: Athletics 1954

Final Game: September 25, 1954
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Standard Batting

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1954 21 PHA AL 8 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 83 1 0 0 0 0 /1
1 Yr 8 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 83 1 0 0 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 61 61 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 .333 .333 .333 .667 83 20 0 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1954 21 PHA AL 8 3 -0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .503 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /1
1 Season 8 3 -0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .503 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1954 21 PHA AL 3 2 0 0.0 100 .500 .333 .267 .333 .342 .333 .390 .667 .732 83 .000 -0.1 -0.0 .500 .000 .000
1 Yr 3 2 0 0.0 100 .500 .333 .267 .333 .342 .333 .390 .667 .732 83 .000 -0.1 -0.0 .500 .000 .000
162 Game Avg. 61 41 0 0.0 100 .500 .333 .267 .333 .342 .333 .390 .667 .732 83 .000 -0.1 -0.0 .500 .000 .000

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1954 21 PHA AL 3 0.0% 33.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 3.0 67%
1 Yr 3 0.0% 33.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 3.0 67%
MLB Averages 2.0% 10.7% 9.5% 6.5% 28% 1.13 8.2 43.3 8.3 0.96 76%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1954 21 PHA AL -0.1 -0.0 2 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .25 -0.0 -0.0 -0.3 -0.0 0.60 -0.5 0
1 Yr -0.1 -0.0 2 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .25 -0.0 -0.0 -0.3 -0.0 0.60 -0.5 0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1954 21 PHA AL 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Yr 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1954 21 PHA AL 3 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Yr 3 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 48% 81% 11% 32% 14% 50% 54%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1954 21 8 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 83 1 0 0 0 0

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G)
How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1954 21 8 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 8
1 Yr 8 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 8
162 Game Avg. 162 61 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 8

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