Stubby Overmire

Frank W. Overmire

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 7", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: May 16, 1919 in Moline, MI
High School: Lee HS (Grand Rapids, MI)
School: Western Michigan University (Kalamazoo, MI)
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1941. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 25, 1943
Teams (by GP): Tigers/Browns/Yankees 1943-1952

Final Game: August 3, 1952
Died: March 3, 1977 in Lakeland, FL
Cremated
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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	Pos	Awards
1941	22	DET-min	C	20	51	51		14	0	1	0						.275	.275	.314	.588		16					MKG · MICH
1942	23	DET-min	A1	28	66	66		11	0	0	0						.167	.167	.167	.333		11					BMT · TL
1943	24	DET	AL	29	52	42	1	7	0	1	0	2	0	0	5	7	.167	.255	.214	.470	34	9	1	0	5	1
1944	25	DET	AL	32	74	63	4	11	3	1	0	8	0	1	6	8	.175	.246	.254	.500	40	16	2	0	5	1
1945	26	DET	AL	31	63	53	5	10	2	1	0	3	0	0	4	6	.189	.246	.264	.510	44	14	1	0	6	1
1946	27	DET	AL	24	39	33	4	5	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	2	.152	.200	.152	.352	-4	5	0	0	4	1
1947	28	DET	AL	28	54	47	2	7	0	0	0	2	0	0	5	8	.149	.231	.149	.380	5	7	0	0	2	1
1948	29	DET	AL	37	16	14	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	.071	.188	.071	.259	-30	1	2	0	0	1
1949	30	DET	AL	14	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.333	.333	.333	.667	77	1	0	0	0	1
1950	31	SLB	AL	31	62	48	3	8	0	1	0	8	0	1	12	2	.167	.333	.208	.542	39	10	0	0	2	1
1951	32	TOT	AL	23	29	21	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	.095	.269	.143	.412	13	3	2	0	3	1
1951	32	SLB	AL	8	20	14	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	.071	.235	.143	.378	3	2	2	0	3	/1
1951	32	NYY	AL	15	9	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.143	.333	.143	.476	34	1	0	0	0	1
1952	33	BAL-min	AAA	9	6	6		1									.167	.167									TTO · IL
1952	33	SLB	AL	17	11	11	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.182	.182	.273	.455	24	3	0	0	0	1
1953	34	TTO	AAA	30	25	21	6	5	1	0	0	2	0		3	4	.238	.333	.286	.619		6		0	1		TTO · IL
1954	35	DET-min	AA	25	13	13		2	1	0	0						.154	.154	.231	.385		3					LRK · SOUA
1955	36	DET-min	B	8	10	10		1									.100	.100									TER · IIIL
1959	40	DET-min	D	1	1	1		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000		0					DEC · MIDW
10 Yrs				266	403	335	19	54	7	4	0	27	0	2	41	41	.161	.253	.206	.459	26	69	8	0	27
162 Game Avg.				162	245	204	12	33	4	2	0	16	0	1	25	25	.161	.253	.206	.459	26	42	5	0	16

DET (7 yrs)				195	301	255	16	42	5	3	0	19	0	1	24	34	.165	.237	.208	.444	24	53	6	0	22
SLB (3 yrs)				56	93	73	3	11	2	1	0	8	0	1	15	7	.151	.295	.205	.501	31	15	2	0	5
NYY (1 yr)				15	9	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.143	.333	.143	.476	34	1	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
1943	24	DET	AL	29	52	-4	0	0	0	4	0	0.1	1	2	0.1	.502	.500	0.1	0.0	2	$	1
1944	25	DET	AL	32	74	-5	-0	0	0	7	1	0.1	2	3	0.1	.504	.501	0.1	0.0	3	$	1
1945	26	DET	AL	31	63	-4	0	0	0	6	2	0.2	1	3	0.2	.506	.501	0.2	-0.0	3	$	1
1946	27	DET	AL	24	39	-5	0	0	0	4	-1	-0.1	1	0	-0.1	.496	.499	-0.1	0.0	0	$	1
1947	28	DET	AL	28	54	-6	0	0	0	6	-0	-0.0	1	1	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	-0.0	1	$	1
1948	29	DET	AL	37	16	-3	0	-0	0	2	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.497	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$	1
1949	30	DET	AL	14	3	-0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	1
1950	31	SLB	AL	31	62	-4	-0	0	0	7	3	0.3	2	4	0.3	.509	.502	0.3	0.0	5	$	1
1951	32	SLB	AL	8	20	-2	0	-0	0	2	-0	-0.0	0	0	0.0	.496	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
1951	32	NYY	AL	15	9	-0	0	0	0	1	0	0.0	0	1	0.0	.503	.500	0.0	0.0	1	$	1
1952	33	SLB	AL	17	11	-1	0	0	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	1
10 Seasons				266	403	-35	-1	-0	0	40	4	0.4	9	14	0.5	.502	.500	0.5	-0.0	14	$

DET (7 yrs)				195	301	-27	-0	-0	0	28	1	0.1	7	8	0.2	.501	.500	0.2	-0.0	8	$
SLB (3 yrs)				56	93	-7	-0	0	0	10	3	0.3	2	5	0.3	.505	.501	0.3	0.0	5	$
NYY (1 yr)				15	9	-0	0	0	0	1	0	0.0	0	1	0.0	.503	.500	0.0	0.0	1	$

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
1943	24	DET	AL	52	41	2	1.3	92	.200	.167	.264	.255	.340	.214	.364	.470	.704	34	.128	-3.8	-0.4	.389	.167	.048
1944	25	DET	AL	74	60	4	1.8	95	.200	.175	.274	.246	.341	.254	.374	.500	.715	40	.186	-5.2	-0.6	.382	.159	.079
1945	26	DET	AL	63	50	3	1.6	94	.213	.189	.270	.246	.343	.264	.366	.510	.709	44	.167	-4.2	-0.4	.409	.151	.075
1946	27	DET	AL	39	32	1	0.8	101	.161	.152	.272	.200	.347	.152	.391	.352	.738	-4	.050	-4.8	-0.5	.250	.061	.000
1947	28	DET	AL	54	42	2	1.3	100	.179	.149	.267	.231	.348	.149	.384	.380	.732	5	.102	-6.2	-0.6	.300	.106	.000
1948	29	DET	AL	16	15	0	0.0	108	.077	.071	.277	.188	.362	.071	.400	.259	.762	-30	.000	-2.7	-0.3	.200	.143	.000
1949	30	DET	AL	3	2	0	0.0	107	1.000	.333	.271	.333	.363	.333	.393	.667	.756	77	.000	-0.1	-0.0	.500	.000	.000
1950	31	SLB	AL	62	43	3	1.8	117	.174	.167	.283	.333	.371	.208	.424	.542	.796	39	.141	-4.3	-0.4	.512	.271	.042
1951	32	TOT	AL	29	24	0	0.0	103	.105	.095	.268	.269	.350	.143	.393	.412	.743	13	.000	-2.4	-0.2	.381	.286	.048
1951	32	SLB	AL	20	18	0	0.0	105	.083	.071	.271	.235	.353	.143	.398	.378	.750	3	.000	-1.9	-0.2	.333	.286	.071
1951	32	NYY	AL	9	6	0	0.0	99	.143	.143	.263	.333	.343	.143	.385	.476	.729	34	.000	-0.5	-0.1	.500	.286	.000
1952	33	SLB	AL	11	9	1	3.0	98	.250	.182	.263	.182	.343	.273	.383	.455	.726	24	.356	-1.2	-0.1	.333	.091	.091
10 Yrs				403	318	16	1.4	100	.184	.161	.271	.253	.349	.206	.385	.459	.734	26	.110	-34.9	-3.6	.371	.161	.045
162 Game Avg.				245	194	10	1.4	100	.184	.161	.271	.253	.349	.206	.385	.459	.734	26	.110	-34.9	-3.6	.371	.161	.045

DET (7 yrs)				301	242	12	1.3	97	.190	.165	.270	.237	.345	.208	.377	.444	.721	24	.117	-27.0	-2.9	.345	.133	.043
SLB (3 yrs)				93	70	4	1.5	112	.167	.151	.278	.295	.364	.205	.413	.501	.777	31	.110	-7.4	-0.7	.446	.247	.055
NYY (1 yr)				9	6	0	0.0	99	.143	.143	.263	.333	.343	.143	.385	.476	.729	34	.000	-0.5	-0.1	.500	.286	.000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1945	26	DET	AL	WS	CHC	W	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1 WS							1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1943	24	DET	AL	52	0.0%	13.5%	9.6%	1.9%	14%	1.40	6.0		21.0		67%
1944	25	DET	AL	74	0.0%	10.8%	8.1%	5.4%	36%	1.33	7.9		7.9		74%
1945	26	DET	AL	63	0.0%	9.5%	6.4%	4.8%	30%	1.50	8.8		17.7		75%
1946	27	DET	AL	39	0.0%	5.1%	5.1%	0.0%	0%	1.00	16.5		11.0		79%
1947	28	DET	AL	54	0.0%	14.8%	9.3%	0.0%	0%	1.60	5.9		23.5		72%
1948	29	DET	AL	16	0.0%	6.3%	12.5%	0.0%	0%	0.50	14.0		14.0	1.50	81%
1949	30	DET	AL	3	0.0%	66.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		1.5				33%
1950	31	SLB	AL	62	0.0%	3.2%	19.4%	1.6%	13%	0.17	24.0		6.0	1.86	74%
1951	32	TOT	AL	29	0.0%	6.9%	17.2%	3.5%	50%	0.40	10.5			2.40	66%
1951	32	SLB	AL	20	0.0%	10.0%	15.0%	5.0%	100%	0.67	7.0			2.67	60%
1951	32	NYY	AL	9	0.0%	0.0%	22.2%	0.0%	0%	0.00				2.00	78%
1952	33	SLB	AL	11	0.0%	27.3%	0.0%	9.1%	50%		3.7			1.00	73%
10 Yrs				403	0.0%	10.2%	10.2%	2.7%	20%	1.00	8.2		12.4	1.82	73%
MLB Averages					1.5%	9.5%	9.4%	6.1%	26%	1.01	9.3	57.9	8.5	0.97	78%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1943	24	DET	AL	-3.8	-0.4	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1944	25	DET	AL	-5.2	-0.6	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1945	26	DET	AL	-4.2	-0.4	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1946	27	DET	AL	-4.8	-0.5	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1947	28	DET	AL	-6.2	-0.6	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1948	29	DET	AL	-2.7	-0.3	6	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.45	-0.1	-0.1	-1.5	-0.1	0.75	-1.4	0
1949	30	DET	AL	-0.1	-0.0	2	0.0	0.0	-0.0	.95	-0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.68	0.0	0
1950	31	SLB	AL	-4.3	-0.4	32	0.1	0.6	-0.5	.95	-0.1	0.2	1.0	0.1	0.91	-1.4	0
1951	32	TOT	AL	-2.5	-0.2	22	-0.4	0.2	-0.6	1.04	-0.4	-0.0	-5.1	-0.5	0.98	-4.1	0
1951	32	SLB	AL	-1.9	-0.2	13	-0.4	0.1	-0.4	1.15	-0.3	0.0	-4.6	-0.5	1.00	-3.5	0
1951	32	NYY	AL	-0.5	-0.1	9	-0.1	0.1	-0.1	.89	-0.1	-0.0	-0.5	-0.1	0.96	-0.6	0
1952	33	SLB	AL	-1.2	-0.1	9	-0.1	0.0	-0.2	.80	-0.2	0.0	-1.2	-0.1	0.70	-1.7	0
10 Yrs				-35.0	-3.6	71	-0.6	0.8	-1.4	.92	-0.8	0.2	-6.7	-0.7	0.88	-8.6	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	CS	SB%	XBT%	1^stD	1^stD3
1948	29	DET	AL	1	0%	1	0			0	0
1949	30	DET	AL	0	0%	0	0			0	0
1950	31	SLB	AL	0	15%	8	1	0%	0%	1	1
1951	32	TOT	AL	0	0%	10	0			0	0
1951	32	SLB	AL	0	0%	6	0			0	0
1951	32	NYY	AL	0	0%	4	0			0	0
1952	33	SLB	AL	0	0%	0	0			0	0
10 Yrs				1	20%	19	2	0%	0%	1	1

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
1948	29	DET	AL	16	83%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	2	200%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1949	30	DET	AL	3	100%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1950	31	SLB	AL	62	25%	8			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	200%	8	0	0%	4	1	25%	21	4	19%	2	1	50%	1	1	100%	0
1951	32	TOT	AL	29	9%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	300%	3	2	67%	5	2	40%	15	0	0%	2	0	0%	2	0	0%	0
1951	32	SLB	AL	20	8%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	300%	3	2	67%	5	2	40%	9	0	0%	2	0	0%	2	0	0%	0
1951	32	NYY	AL	9	11%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		6	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1952	33	SLB	AL	11	0%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	3	0	0%	0	0		1	0	0%	0
10 Yrs				121	24%	54			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	27	1350%	12	8	67%	11	3	27%	41	4	10%	4	1	25%	4	1	25%	0
MLB Averages					51%																			226%			25%			33%			15%			51%			55%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH
1943	24	29	52	42	1	7	0	1	2	0	5	7	.167	.255	.214	.470	34	9	1	5
1944	25	61	126	105	5	18	3	2	10	1	11	15	.171	.250	.238	.488	38	25	3	10
1945	26	92	189	158	10	28	5	3	13	1	15	21	.177	.249	.247	.495	40	39	4	16
1946	27	116	228	191	14	33	5	3	16	1	17	23	.173	.240	.230	.471	32	44	4	20
1947	28	144	282	238	16	40	5	3	18	1	22	31	.168	.238	.214	.453	27	51	4	22
1948	29	181	298	252	16	41	5	3	19	1	24	32	.163	.236	.206	.442	23	52	6	22
1949	30	195	301	255	16	42	5	3	19	1	24	34	.165	.237	.208	.444	24	53	6	22
1950	31	226	363	303	19	50	5	4	27	2	36	36	.165	.254	.208	.462	27	63	6	24
1951	32	249	392	324	19	52	6	4	27	2	41	38	.160	.255	.204	.458	26	66	8	27
1952	33	266	403	335	19	54	7	4	27	2	41	41	.161	.253	.206	.459	26	69	8	27

Neutralized Batting

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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	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1943	24	31	54	44	1	7	0	1	2	5	7	.159	.245	.205	.449	2	29
1944	25	33	78	66	4	12	3	1	8	7	8	.182	.260	.258	.518	4	32
1945	26	33	69	58	6	12	2	1	4	5	6	.207	.270	.276	.546	4	31
1946	27	25	40	34	4	5	0	0	3	2	2	.147	.194	.147	.342	1	24
1947	28	29	58	50	3	8	0	0	3	6	8	.160	.250	.160	.410	2	28
1948	29	39	17	15	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.000	.118	.000	.118	0	37
1949	30	15	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	14
1950	31	32	64	50	3	8	0	1	8	12	2	.160	.323	.200	.523	3	31
1951	32	24	30	22	0	2	1	0	0	5	2	.091	.259	.136	.396	1	23
1952	33	18	12	12	0	3	2	0	0	0	3	.250	.250	.417	.667	1	17
10 Yrs		279	425	354	21	57	8	4	28	44	41	.161	.254	.206	.460	18	266
162 Game Avg.		162	247	206	12	33	5	2	16	26	24	.161	.254	.206	.460	10	266

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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Name and misspellings: Frank Stubby W. Overmire

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Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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