Karl Pagel

Karl Douglas Pagel

Positions: Pinch Hitter and First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 188 lb.

Born: March 29, 1955 in Madison, WI
High School: Washington HS (Phoenix, AZ)
School: University of Texas at Austin (Austin, TX)
Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 1st round (20th pick) of the 1976 amateur draft (June Secondary). Player signed July 1, 1976. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 21, 1978
Teams (by GP): Indians/Cubs 1978-1983

Final Game: September 30, 1983
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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
1976	21	CHC-min	A,AA	56	184	177	3	42	6	2	3	2	0	0	6	21	.237	.262	.345	.607		61		0	1	0			POM,MDL · FLOR,TL
1977	22	CHC-min	AA	118	505	410	88	137	28	6	28	104	4	2	88	117	.334	.451	.637	1.088		261		3	0	4			MDL · TL
1978	23	CHC-min	AAA	134	556	462	81	124	27	5	23	86	3	3	91	142	.268	.389	.498	.887		230		1	1	1			WCH · AA
1978	23	CHC	NL	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
1979	24	CHC-min	AAA	136	575	472	96	149	25	0	39	123	10	3	100	109	.316	.436	.617	1.052		291		1	1	1			WCH · AA
1979	24	CHC	NL	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0

1980	25	CHC-CLE-min	AAA	104	434	350	60	93	19	4	15	58	1	2	74	100	.266	.394	.471	.865		165		4	0	6			WCH,TAC · AA,PCL
1981	26	CLE-min	AAA	114	407	323	62	88	13	1	20	67	3	0	81	102	.272	.416	.505	.921		163		0	1	2	9		CHL · IL
1981	26	CLE	AL	14	19	15	3	4	0	2	1	4	0	0	4	1	.267	.421	.733	1.154	230	11	0	0	0	0	1	/3D
1982	27	CLE-min	AAA	50	205	157	39	52	12	1	9	33	1	1	46	47	.331	.478	.592	1.070		93		0	0	2	4		CHL · IL
1982	27	CLE	AL	23	25	18	3	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	7	11	.167	.400	.167	.567	63	3	0	0	0	0	1	3/D
1983	28	CLE-min	AAA	124	494	381	78	124	12	3	20	82	5	3	109	96	.325	.477	.530	1.007		202		2	1	1	9		CHL · IL
1983	28	CLE	AL	8	20	20	1	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	.300	.300	.300	.600	64	6	0	0	0	0	0	/D7
1984	29	CLE-min	AAA	35	143	109	21	25	6	0	6	20	2	1	33	33	.229	.406	.450	.855		49		0	0	1	2		MAI · IL
5 Yrs				48	67	56	7	13	0	2	1	7	0	0	11	20	.232	.358	.357	.715	99	20	0	0	0	0	2
162 Game Avg.				162	226	189	24	44	0	7	3	24	0	0	37	68	.232	.358	.357	.715	99	68	0	0	0	0	7

CLE (3 yrs)				45	64	53	7	13	0	2	1	7	0	0	11	17	.245	.375	.377	.752	110	20	0	0	0	0	2
CHC (2 yrs)				3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0

AL (3 yrs)				45	64	53	7	13	0	2	1	7	0	0	11	17	.245	.375	.377	.752	110	20	0	0	0	0	2
NL (2 yrs)				3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	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
1978	23	CHC	NL	2	2	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.471	.500	-0.1	0.0	-0	$
1979	24	CHC	NL	1	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.467	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$

1981	26	CLE	AL	14	19	3	0	0	1	-0	4	0.4	1	4	0.5	.529	.503	0.4	0.1	3	$	/3D
1982	27	CLE	AL	23	25	-1	0	0	-1	-0	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.1	.491	.499	-0.1	-0.1	-0	$	3/D
1983	28	CLE	AL	8	20	-1	0	0	-1	-0	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.1	.478	.499	-0.1	-0.1	-0	$	/D7
5 Seasons				48	67	0	0	0	-0	-1	-1	-0.1	2	1	0.2	.498	.500	0.1	-0.1	2	$

CLE (3 yrs)				45	64	1	0	0	-0	-1	-0	0.0	2	2	0.3	.500	.500	0.2	-0.1	2	$
CHC (2 yrs)				3	3	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.470	.500	-0.1	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	PwrSpd
1978	23	CHC	NL	2	2	0	0.0	104		.000	.274	.000	.344	.000	.404	.000	.748	-100	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1979	24	CHC	NL	1	1	0	0.0	108		.000	.280	.000	.347	.000	.416	.000	.763	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000

1981	26	CLE	AL	19	11	5	12.2	88	.231	.267	.255	.421	.319	.733	.371	1.154	.690	230	.881	2.4	0.2	1.364	.733	.467	.0
1982	27	CLE	AL	25	15	2	3.6	99	.429	.167	.264	.400	.328	.167	.402	.567	.730	63	.388	-0.4	-0.0	.667	.389	.000
1983	28	CLE	AL	20	14	2	3.8	101	.400	.300	.270	.300	.333	.300	.408	.600	.740	64	.422	-1.1	-0.1	.429	.000	.000
5 Yrs				67	43	9	5.6	97	.343	.232	.264	.358	.328	.357	.396	.715	.724	99	.608	0.1	0.0	.721	.321	.125	.0
162 Game Avg.				226	145	30	5.6	97	.343	.232	.264	.358	.328	.357	.396	.715	.724	99	.608	0	0	.721	.321	.125

CLE (3 yrs)				64	40	9	6.0	96	.343	.245	.264	.375	.327	.377	.395	.752	.722	110	.638	0.9	0.1	.775	.340	.132	.0
CHC (2 yrs)				3	3	0	0.0	105		.000	.276	.000	.345	.000	.408	.000	.753	-100	.000	-0.8	-0.1	.000	.000	.000

AL (3 yrs)				64	40	9	6.0	96	.343	.245	.264	.375	.327	.377	.395	.752	.722	110	.638	0.9	0.1	.775	.340	.132	.0
NL (2 yrs)				3	3	0	0.0	105		.000	.276	.000	.345	.000	.408	.000	.753	-100	.000	-0.8	-0.1	.000	.000	.000

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1978	23	CHC	NL	2	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.0				0%
1979	24	CHC	NL	1	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.0				0%

1981	26	CLE	AL	19	5.3%	5.3%	21.1%	15.8%	75%	0.25	15.0	15.0	3.8	0.25	68%
1982	27	CLE	AL	25	0.0%	44.0%	28.0%	0.0%	0%	1.57	1.6		9.0	0.33	28%
1983	28	CLE	AL	20	0.0%	25.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		4.0		20.0	1.25	75%
5 Yrs				67	1.5%	29.9%	16.4%	4.5%	23%	1.82	2.8	56.0	8.0	0.53	52%
MLB Averages					2.0%	12.8%	8.4%	6.6%	28%	1.53	7.0	45.2	8.5	1.10	75%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1978	23	CHC	NL	-0.6	-0.1	2	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	3.50	-0.1	0.0	-0.7	-0.1	1.25	-0.6	3.50	2
1979	24	CHC	NL	-0.3	-0.0	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	1.78	-0.0	-0.0	-0.5	-0.0	1.75	-0.3	1.78	1

1981	26	CLE	AL	2.4	0.2	20	0.1	0.4	-0.3	1.17	0.2	-0.1	2.9	0.3	1.26	3.5	1.75	5
1982	27	CLE	AL	-0.4	-0.0	25	0.3	0.6	-0.3	1.34	0.0	0.2	-0.7	-0.1	1.11	-0.6	2.66	8
1983	28	CLE	AL	-1.1	-0.1	20	0.1	0.2	-0.2	.60	-0.1	0.2	-0.9	-0.1	0.95	-1.1	0.38	3
5 Yrs				0.0	0.0	68	0.3	1.3	-1.0	1.14	0.0	0.2	0.1	0.0	1.12	1.0	2.10	19

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	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
1978	23	CHC	NL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1979	24	CHC	NL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1981	26	CLE	AL	1	0	29%	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1982	27	CLE	AL	0	0	30%	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1983	28	CLE	AL	0	0	17%	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	33%	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0
5 Yrs				1	0	26%	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	25%	3	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	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
1978	23	CHC	NL	2	100%	0			2	0	0	0	3.50	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		3	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1979	24	CHC	NL	1	100%	0			1	0	0	0	1.78	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		2	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0

1981	26	CLE	AL	19	89%	4			5	1	1	1	1.75	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0		3	0	0%	2	1	50%	20	3	15%	2	0	0%	1	1	100%	0
1982	27	CLE	AL	25	76%	3			8	2	0	2	2.66	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	1	0	0%	24	2	8%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
1983	28	CLE	AL	20	100%	6			3	1	0	0	0.38	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		4	0	0%	0	0		14	1	7%	0	0		0	0		0
5 Yrs				67	88%	13			19	4	1	3	2.10	1	0	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	0		11	0	0%	3	1	33%	63	6	10%	3	0	0%	2	1	50%	0
MLB Averages					57%																			81%			11%			36%			15%			51%			54%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	IBB
1978	23	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0
1979	24	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0
1980	25	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0
1981	26	17	22	18	3	4	2	1	4	4	4	.222	.364	.611	.975	175	11	1
1982	27	40	47	36	6	7	2	1	6	11	15	.194	.383	.389	.772	117	14	2
1983	28	48	67	56	7	13	2	1	7	11	20	.232	.358	.357	.715	99	20	2

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	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1978	23	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	2
1979	24	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1

1981	26	21	29	23	5	6	0	3	2	7	0	6	2	.261	.414	.783	1.196	8	14
1982	27	23	25	18	2	3	0	0	0	2	0	7	11	.167	.400	.167	.567	1	23
1983	28	8	20	20	1	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	.300	.300	.300	.600	2	8
5 Yrs		55	77	64	8	15	0	3	2	10	0	13	21	.234	.364	.422	.786	11	48
162 Game Avg.		162	227	189	24	44	0	9	6	29	0	38	62	.234	.364	.422	.786	32	48

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