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Don Padgett

Don Wilson Padgett

Positions: Catcher, Outfielder and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: December 5, 1911 in Caroleen, NC
School: Lenoir-Rhyne College (Hickory, NC)(All Transactions)
Debut: April 23, 1937
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Phillies/Braves/Dodgers 1937-1948

Final Game: September 12, 1948
Died: December 9, 1980 in High Point, NC
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	Pos	Awards
1935	23	STL-min	A,AA	139	516	516		139	22	9	5					.269	.269	.376	.645		194					HSN,CLB · TL,AA
1936	24	STL-min	AA,A1	130	551	551		166	26	12	6					.301	.301	.425	.726		234					CLB,HSN · AA,TL
1937	25	STL	NL	123	476	446	62	140	22	6	10	74	4	30	43	.314	.357	.457	.815	119	204	5	0	1	*O9/8
1938	26	STL	NL	110	407	388	59	105	26	5	8	65	0	18	28	.271	.303	.425	.728	94	165	12	0	1	O93/728
1939	27	STL	NL	92	257	233	38	93	15	3	5	53	1	18	11	.399	.444	.554	.998	160	129	11	1	5	2/3
1940	28	STL	NL	93	268	240	24	58	15	1	6	41	1	26	14	.242	.321	.388	.708	91	93	6	2	0	2/3
1941	29	STL	NL	107	347	324	39	80	18	0	5	44	0	21	16	.247	.293	.349	.642	75	113	8	0	1	O72/93
1942		Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1943		Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1944		Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1945		Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1946	34	TOT	NL	63	138	128	8	30	4	0	3	30	0	9	11	.234	.285	.336	.621	75	43	1	0	1	2
1946	34	BRO	NL	19	34	30	2	5	1	0	1	9	0	4	4	.167	.265	.300	.565	59	9	1	0	0	2
1946	34	BSN	NL	44	104	98	6	25	3	0	2	21	0	5	7	.255	.291	.347	.638	80	34	0	0	1	2
1947	35	PHI	NL	75	176	158	14	50	8	1	0	24	0	16	5	.316	.383	.380	.763	107	60	6	1	0	2
1948	36	PHI	NL	36	78	74	3	17	3	0	0	7	0	3	2	.230	.260	.270	.530	45	20	1	0	1	2
1949	37	OLD	AAA	129	461	424	48	124	23	0	12	79	3	36	19	.292	.348	.432	.779		183		0	1		OLD · PCL
1950	38	OLD	AAA	94	239	221	32	77	12	1	10	55	0	17	11	.348	.397	.548	.945		121		1	0		OLD · PCL
1951	39	OLD	AAA	96	261	241	27	73	12	0	6	25	1	17	13	.303	.351	.427	.779		103		1	2		OLD · PCL
1952	40	SBY	D	48	119	119		39	9	0	5					.328	.328	.529	.857		63					SBY · NCSL
8 Yrs				699	2147	1991	247	573	111	16	37	338	6	141	130	.288	.336	.415	.752	102	827	50	4	10
162 Game Avg.				162	498	461	57	133	26	4	9	78	1	33	30	.288	.336	.415	.752	102	192	12	1	2

STL (5 yrs)				525	1755	1631	222	476	96	15	34	277	6	113	112	.292	.339	.432	.771	106	704	42	3	8
PHI (2 yrs)				111	254	232	17	67	11	1	0	31	0	19	7	.289	.345	.345	.690	88	80	7	1	1
BSN (1 yr)				44	104	98	6	25	3	0	2	21	0	5	7	.255	.291	.347	.638	80	34	0	0	1
BRO (1 yr)				19	34	30	2	5	1	0	1	9	0	4	4	.167	.265	.300	.565	59	9	1	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
1937	25	STL	NL	123	476	11	-0	0	-2	-5	4	0.3	14	18	1.7	.503	.502	1.9	-0.7	20	$	*O9/8
1938	26	STL	NL	110	407	-4	0	0	0	-4	-7	-0.9	12	5	0.3	.493	.495	0.4	-0.5	5	$	O93/728
1939	27	STL	NL	92	257	20	0	0	-2	2	20	2.0	7	28	2.8	.522	.513	3.0	-0.1	30	$	2/3
1940	28	STL	NL	93	268	-2	0	0	-2	2	-2	-0.3	9	7	0.7	.497	.499	0.9	-0.0	9	$	2/3
1941	29	STL	NL	107	347	-10	0	0	-1	-2	-13	-1.5	12	-1	-0.3	.486	.491	-0.2	-0.4	-0	$8,000	O72/93

1946	34	BRO	NL	19	34	-2	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	1	0	0.0	.493	.499	0.0	0.0	0	$	2
1946	34	BSN	NL	44	104	-2	0	0	-1	1	-2	-0.3	4	1	0.1	.493	.498	0.2	-0.0	2	$	2
1947	35	PHI	NL	75	176	3	0	0	-2	1	2	0.2	6	8	0.9	.503	.501	1.1	-0.0	10	$	2
1948	36	PHI	NL	36	78	-5	-0	1	-1	1	-5	-0.6	3	-3	-0.3	.484	.497	-0.2	-0.0	-2	$	2
8 Seasons				699	2147	8	1	1	-11	-4	-6	-1.1	68	62	5.9	.499	.499	7.1	-1.7	73	$8,000

STL (5 yrs)				525	1755	14	1	0	-7	-7	1	-0.4	55	55	5.2	.500	.500	6.0	-1.7	62	$8,000
PHI (2 yrs)				111	254	-2	-0	1	-3	2	-3	-0.3	9	6	0.6	.497	.499	0.9	-0.1	9	$
BSN (1 yr)				44	104	-2	0	0	-1	1	-2	-0.3	4	1	0.1	.493	.498	0.2	-0.0	2	$
BRO (1 yr)				19	34	-2	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	1	0	0.0	.493	.499	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
1937	25	STL	NL	476	312	73	6.2	102	.331	.314	.281	.357	.343	.457	.399	.815	.742	119	.645	10.5	1.0	.765	.220	.143	5.7
1938	26	STL	NL	407	296	50	4.5	103	.276	.271	.281	.303	.345	.425	.399	.728	.745	94	.513	-4.7	-0.5	.620	.201	.155	.0
1939	27	STL	NL	257	156	57	9.7	108	.406	.399	.288	.444	.354	.554	.411	.998	.765	160	.800	20.4	2.0	.987	.236	.155	1.7
1940	28	STL	NL	268	188	29	4.2	102	.236	.242	.278	.321	.343	.388	.399	.708	.742	91	.478	-3.0	-0.3	.649	.258	.146	1.7
1941	29	STL	NL	347	253	33	3.5	100	.248	.247	.274	.293	.345	.349	.386	.642	.731	75	.423	-11.7	-1.2	.532	.167	.102	.0

1946	34	TOT	NL	138	100	12	3.2	94	.237	.234	.264	.285	.339	.336	.369	.621	.709	75	.396	-4.8	-0.5	.525	.172	.102	.0
1946	34	BRO	NL	34	26	2	2.1	94	.160	.167	.264	.265	.339	.300	.369	.565	.709	59	.226	-1.7	-0.2	.500	.267	.133	.0
1946	34	BSN	NL	104	74	10	3.6	94	.258	.255	.264	.291	.339	.347	.369	.638	.709	80	.450	-3.1	-0.3	.534	.143	.092	.0
1947	35	PHI	NL	176	114	23	5.4	102	.327	.316	.268	.383	.342	.380	.397	.763	.740	107	.566	2.5	0.2	.675	.165	.063
1948	36	PHI	NL	78	59	5	2.2	99	.236	.230	.265	.260	.339	.270	.393	.530	.732	45	.223	-5.7	-0.6	.397	.081	.041
8 Yrs				2147	1478	282	5.1	102	.294	.288	.277	.336	.345	.415	.396	.752	.741	102	.568	3.5	0.2	.666	.201	.128	10.3
162 Game Avg.				498	343	65	5.1	102	.294	.288	.277	.336	.345	.415	.396	.752	.741	102	.568	1	0	.666	.201	.128	2

STL (5 yrs)				1755	1205	242	5.4	103	.298	.292	.280	.339	.346	.432	.398	.771	.744	106	.591	11.5	1.0	.690	.213	.140	10.2
PHI (2 yrs)				254	173	28	4.3	101	.298	.289	.267	.345	.341	.345	.396	.690	.737	88	.471	-3.2	-0.3	.581	.138	.056
BSN (1 yr)				104	74	10	3.6	94	.258	.255	.264	.291	.339	.347	.369	.638	.709	80	.450	-3.1	-0.3	.534	.143	.092	.0
BRO (1 yr)				34	26	2	2.1	94	.160	.167	.264	.265	.339	.300	.369	.565	.709	59	.226	-1.7	-0.2	.500	.267	.133	.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%
1937	25	STL	NL	476	2.1%	9.0%	6.3%	8.0%	27%	1.43	10.4	44.6	6.0		83%
1938	26	STL	NL	407	2.0%	6.9%	4.4%	9.6%	37%	1.56	13.9	48.5	6.0		86%
1939	27	STL	NL	257	2.0%	4.3%	7.0%	9.0%	25%	0.61	21.2	46.6	4.4		84%
1940	28	STL	NL	268	2.2%	5.2%	9.7%	8.2%	38%	0.54	17.1	40.0	5.9		82%
1941	29	STL	NL	347	1.4%	4.6%	6.1%	6.6%	29%	0.76	20.3	64.8	7.4		87%

1946	34	TOT	NL	138	2.2%	8.0%	6.5%	5.1%	23%	1.22	11.6	42.7	4.3		83%
1946	34	BRO	NL	34	2.9%	11.8%	11.8%	5.9%	40%	1.00	7.5	30.0	3.3		74%
1946	34	BSN	NL	104	1.9%	6.7%	4.8%	4.8%	20%	1.40	14.0	49.0	4.7		86%
1947	35	PHI	NL	176	0.0%	2.8%	9.1%	5.1%	18%	0.31	31.6		6.6		87%
1948	36	PHI	NL	78	0.0%	2.6%	3.9%	3.9%	18%	0.67	37.0		10.6	1.00	92%
8 Yrs				2147	1.7%	6.1%	6.6%	7.6%	29%	0.92	15.3	53.8	5.9	1.00	85%
MLB Averages					1.4%	9.1%	9.0%	6.2%	27%	1.01	9.7	65.3	8.4	0.97	78%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1937	25	STL	NL	10.0	1.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1938	26	STL	NL	-4.7	-0.5	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1939	27	STL	NL	20.4	2.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1940	28	STL	NL	-3.3	-0.3	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1941	29	STL	NL	-11.7	-1.2	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0

1946	34	TOT	NL	-4.8	-0.5	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1946	34	BRO	NL	-1.7	-0.2	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1946	34	BSN	NL	-3.1	-0.3	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1947	35	PHI	NL	2.3	0.2	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1948	36	PHI	NL	-5.8	-0.6	36	-0.5	0.2	-0.7	.98	-0.2	-0.3	-2.8	-0.3	0.95	-2.6	1.92	6
8 Yrs				2.3	0.1	36	-0.5	0.2	-0.7	.98	-0.2	-0.3	-2.8	-0.3	0.95	-2.6	1.92	6

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%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1948	36	PHI	NL	0	0	15%	21	0			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	25%	1	1	0	1	1	0	2	1	1
8 Yrs				0	2	31%	21	6			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	25%	1	1	0	1	1	0	2	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	36	PHI	NL	78	100%	17			6	0	0	0	1.92	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		8	1	13%	3	2	67%	21	2	10%	2	1	50%	1	1	100%	0
8 Yrs				78	100%	573			6	0	0	0	1.92	37	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	10		8	50	625%	3	2	67%	21	2	10%	2	1	50%	1	1	100%	0
MLB Averages					51%																			1873%			178%			35%			15%			52%			55%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH
1937	25	123	476	446	62	140	22	6	10	74	4	30	43	.314	.357	.457	.815	119	204	5	0	1
1938	26	233	883	834	121	245	48	11	18	139	4	48	71	.294	.332	.442	.775	107	369	17	0	2
1939	27	325	1140	1067	159	338	63	14	23	192	5	66	82	.317	.357	.467	.824	119	498	28	1	7
1940	28	418	1408	1307	183	396	78	15	29	233	6	92	96	.303	.350	.452	.802	114	591	34	3	7
1941	29	525	1755	1631	222	476	96	15	34	277	6	113	112	.292	.339	.432	.771	106	704	42	3	8
1942	30	525	1755	1631	222	476	96	15	34	277	6	113	112	.292	.339	.432	.771	106	704	42	3	8
1943	31	525	1755	1631	222	476	96	15	34	277	6	113	112	.292	.339	.432	.771	106	704	42	3	8
1944	32	525	1755	1631	222	476	96	15	34	277	6	113	112	.292	.339	.432	.771	106	704	42	3	8
1945	33	525	1755	1631	222	476	96	15	34	277	6	113	112	.292	.339	.432	.771	106	704	42	3	8
1946	34	588	1893	1759	230	506	100	15	37	307	6	122	123	.288	.335	.425	.760	104	747	43	3	9
1947	35	663	2069	1917	244	556	108	16	37	331	6	138	128	.290	.339	.421	.760	105	807	49	4	9
1948	36	699	2147	1991	247	573	111	16	37	338	6	141	130	.288	.336	.415	.752	102	827	50	4	10

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1937	25	129	499	467	64	145	23	6	10	76	4	31	45	.310	.353	.450	.803	75	123
1938	26	116	429	409	60	109	27	5	8	66	0	19	30	.267	.299	.416	.715	51	110
1939	27	97	265	241	38	94	15	3	5	53	1	18	12	.390	.435	.539	.974	57	92
1940	28	98	278	250	24	59	15	1	6	41	1	26	15	.236	.313	.376	.689	29	93
1941	29	111	356	334	39	81	18	0	5	44	0	21	17	.243	.287	.341	.629	33	107

1946	34	66	147	136	10	34	5	0	3	36	0	10	11	.250	.301	.353	.654	15	63
1947	35	78	184	166	15	53	8	1	0	25	0	17	5	.319	.386	.380	.765	24	75
1948	36	38	81	77	3	17	3	0	0	7	0	3	2	.221	.250	.260	.510	5	36
8 Yrs		733	2239	2080	253	592	114	16	37	348	6	145	137	.285	.332	.408	.741	289	699
162 Game Avg.		162	495	460	56	131	25	4	8	77	1	32	30	.285	.332	.408	.741	64	699

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y 1939 NL 20 (9th)	Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y 1939 NL 2.0 (9th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1939 NL 20 (9th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1939 NL 2.0 (9th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 2 (1919), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 9 (1691), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Similar Batters

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Gene Moore (974) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Dusty Miller (942) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Aaron Boone (952) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Joe Randa (964) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Art Howe (931) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Keith Lockhart (932) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Keith Lockhart (932) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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