Al Papai

Alfred Thomas Papai

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: May 7, 1917 in Divernon, IL
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1940. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 24, 1948
Teams (by GP): Browns/Cardinals/RedSox/WhiteSox 1948-1955

Final Game: September 16, 1955
Died: September 7, 1995 in Springfield, IL
Buried: Brush Creek Cemetery, Divernon, IL
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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
1940	23	STL-min	D	38	85	85		19	2	0	0						.224	.224	.247	.471		21							WTH · WL
1941	24	STL-min	C	21	48	48		12	1	1	0						.250	.250	.313	.563		15							SPG · WA
1945	28	STL-min	B	11	25	25		1	1	0	0						.040	.040	.080	.120		2							LBG,ALN · PIED,ISLG
1946	29	STL-min	B	34	82	82		11	1	1	0						.134	.134	.171	.305		14							LBG · PIED
1947	30	STL-min	AA	38	103	103		21	3	0	1						.204	.204	.262	.466		27							HSN · TL
1948	31	STL-min	AAA	12	29	24	3	3	1	0	0	3	0		4	9	.125	.250	.167	.417		4		0	1				ROC · IL
1948	31	STL	NL	11	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0			1
1949	32	SLB	AL	42	45	38	6	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	6	20	.079	.205	.079	.283	-25	3	0	0	1			1
1950	33	TOT	MLB	29	24	20	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	.150	.261	.150	.411	4	3	0	0	1			1
1950	33	BOS	AL	16	21	17	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	.176	.300	.176	.476	20	3	0	0	1			1
1950	33	STL	NL	13	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0			1

1951	34	STL-min	AA	34	95	95		18	5	0	0						.189	.189	.242	.432		23							HSN · TL
1952	35	STL-min	AA	31	87	87		21	3	0	0						.241	.241	.276	.517		24							HSN · TL
1953	36	STL-min	AA,AAA	34	91	80	4	10	1	0	1	5	0	0	4	20	.125	.167	.175	.342		14		0	7				HSN,ROC · TL,IL
1954	37	STL-min	AA,AAA	35	85	76	7	13	2	0	0	4	0	0	7	21	.171	.238	.197	.435		15		0	1	1			OKC,ROC · TL,IL
1955	38	OKC	AA	43	98	89	6	10	0	0	0	5	0	0	6	26	.112	.177	.112	.289		10		1	2	0			OKC · TL
1955	38	CHW	AL	7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1956	39	CHW-min	AA	36	95	95		12	1	0	0						.126	.126	.137	.263		13							MEM · SOUA
1957	40	CHW-min	AAA	30	36	27	3	5	0	0	0	0	0		5	7	.185	.313	.185	.498		5		0	4	0	0		INA · AA
1958	41	SFG-min	AA	5	0	0		0	0	0	0											0							CPC · TL
4 Yrs				89	73	62	9	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	9	26	.097	.211	.097	.308	-20	6	0	0	2	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	133	113	16	11	0	0	0	2	0		16	47	.097	.211	.097	.308	-20	11	0	0	4

STL (2 yrs)				24	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0
BOS (1 yr)				16	21	17	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	.176	.300	.176	.476	20	3	0	0	1
SLB (1 yr)				42	45	38	6	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	6	20	.079	.205	.079	.283	-25	3	0	0	1
CHW (1 yr)				7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0

AL (3 yrs)				65	68	57	9	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	9	24	.105	.227	.105	.333	-13	6	0	0	2	0	0
NL (2 yrs)				24	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	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
1948	31	STL	NL	11	2	-1	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.496	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	1
1949	32	SLB	AL	42	45	-8	0	0	0	5	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.2	.494	.498	-0.2	0.0	-1	$	1
1950	33	BOS	AL	16	21	-2	-0	0	0	2	0	0.0	1	1	0.0	.502	.500	0.0	0.0	1	$	1
1950	33	STL	NL	13	3	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.495	.500	-0.1	-0.0	-1	$	1

1955	38	CHW	AL	7	2	-1	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.494	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	/1
4 Seasons				89	73	-12	0	0	0	8	-4	-0.3	2	-2	-0.3	.496	.500	-0.3	0.0	-2	$

STL (2 yrs)				24	5	-2	0	0	0	1	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.496	.500	-0.1	-0.0	-1	$
BOS (1 yr)				16	21	-2	-0	0	0	2	0	0.0	1	1	0.0	.502	.500	0.0	0.0	1	$
SLB (1 yr)				42	45	-8	0	0	0	5	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.2	.494	.498	-0.2	0.0	-1	$
CHW (1 yr)				7	2	-1	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.494	.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
1948	31	STL	NL	2	2	0	0.0	107	.000	.000	.276	.000	.352	.000	.408	.000	.760	-100	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1949	32	SLB	AL	45	36	1	0.7	111	.167	.079	.277	.205	.370	.079	.402	.283	.772	-25	.034	-7.2	-0.7	.257	.158	.000
1950	33	TOT	MLB	24	18	1	1.5	121	.188	.150	.288	.261	.376	.150	.434	.411	.809	4	.098	-3.0	-0.3	.353	.150	.000
1950	33	BOS	AL	21	15	1	1.8	122	.214	.176	.290	.300	.379	.176	.435	.476	.814	20	.132	-2.1	-0.2	.429	.176	.000
1950	33	STL	NL	3	3	0	0.0	111	.000	.000	.274	.000	.352	.000	.425	.000	.777	-100	.000	-0.9	-0.1	.000	.000	.000

1955	38	CHW	AL	2	2	0	0.0	104	.000	.000	.269	.000	.348	.000	.400	.000	.749	-100	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
4 Yrs				73	58	2	0.9	114	.167	.097	.280	.211	.370	.097	.412	.308	.783	-20	.048	-11.4	-1.1	.268	.145	.000
162 Game Avg.				133	106	4	0.9	114	.167	.097	.280	.211	.370	.097	.412	.308	.783	-20	.048	-11.4	-1.1	.268	.145	.000

STL (2 yrs)				5	5	0	0.0	110	.000	.000	.275	.000	.352	.000	.419	.000	.770	-100	.000	-1.5	-0.2	.000	.000	.000
BOS (1 yr)				21	15	1	1.8	122	.214	.176	.290	.300	.379	.176	.435	.476	.814	20	.132	-2.1	-0.2	.429	.176	.000
SLB (1 yr)				45	36	1	0.7	111	.167	.079	.277	.205	.370	.079	.402	.283	.772	-25	.034	-7.2	-0.7	.257	.158	.000
CHW (1 yr)				2	2	0	0.0	104	.000	.000	.269	.000	.348	.000	.400	.000	.749	-100	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.000	.000	.000

AL (3 yrs)				68	53	2	1.0	114	.182	.105	.280	.227	.372	.105	.412	.333	.784	-13	.056	-9.9	-1.0	.294	.158	.000
NL (2 yrs)				5	5	0	0.0	110	.000	.000	.275	.000	.352	.000	.419	.000	.770	-100	.000	-1.5	-0.2	.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%
1948	31	STL	NL	2	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%			2.0				50%
1949	32	SLB	AL	45	0.0%	44.4%	13.3%	0.0%	0%	3.33	1.9		38.0	1.33	40%
1950	33	TOT	MLB	24	0.0%	16.7%	12.5%	0.0%	0%	1.33	5.0			2.67	67%
1950	33	BOS	AL	21	0.0%	14.3%	14.3%	0.0%	0%	1.00	5.7			2.67	67%
1950	33	STL	NL	3	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%	0.0%			3.0				67%

1955	38	CHW	AL	2	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%			2.0			0.00	50%
4 Yrs				73	0.0%	35.6%	12.3%	0.0%	0%	2.89	2.4		62.0	1.71	49%
MLB Averages					2.0%	10.3%	9.7%	6.5%	28%	1.05	8.6	44.6	8.0	0.97	76%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1948	31	STL	NL	-0.6	-0.1	1	0.0	0.0	0.0	.01	-0.0	0.0	-0.1	-0.0	0.39	-0.3	0
1949	32	SLB	AL	-7.2	-0.7	20	-0.3	0.1	-0.4	.77	-0.4	-0.0	-3.6	-0.4	0.95	-4.5	0
1950	33	TOT	MLB	-3.1	-0.3	22	-0.1	0.2	-0.3	.62	-0.2	-0.0	-0.6	-0.1	0.83	-1.5	0
1950	33	BOS	AL	-2.2	-0.2	21	-0.1	0.2	-0.3	.64	-0.1	-0.0	-0.4	-0.0	0.85	-1.2	0
1950	33	STL	NL	-0.9	-0.1	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.27	-0.0	0.0	-0.1	-0.0	0.39	-0.3	0

1955	38	CHW	AL	-0.6	-0.1	2	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.69	-0.1	-0.0	-0.3	-0.0	0.62	-0.5	0
4 Yrs				-11.4	-1.1	45	-0.5	0.3	-0.7	.68	-0.6	-0.1	-4.7	-0.4	0.86	-6.8	0

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
1948	31	STL	NL	0	0		0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1949	32	SLB	AL	0	0	67%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	33%	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	1
1950	33	TOT	MLB	1	0	50%	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	33%	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	1
1950	33	BOS	AL	1	0	50%	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	33%	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	1
1950	33	STL	NL	0	0		0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1955	38	CHW	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
4 Yrs				1	0	60%	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	33%	1	1	0	1	1	0	4	2	2

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	31	STL	NL	2	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	0		0
1949	32	SLB	AL	45	50%	3			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		3	0	0%	3	1	33%	14	1	7%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
1950	33	TOT	MLB	24	0%	3			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	3	0	0%	3	1	33%	10	0	0%	0	0		3	2	67%	0
1950	33	BOS	AL	21	0%	3			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	3	0	0%	3	1	33%	10	0	0%	0	0		3	2	67%	0
1950	33	STL	NL	3	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	0		0

1955	38	CHW	AL	2	100%	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		0
4 Yrs				73	27%	6			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	200%	6	0	0%	6	2	33%	24	1	4%	1	0	0%	4	2	50%	0
MLB Averages					50%																			95%			12%			32%			15%			51%			55%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	SH	SF	IBB
1948	31	11	2	2	0	0	0		0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0
1949	32	53	47	40	6	3	1	0	6	21	.075	.196	.075	.271	-28	3	1
1950	33	82	71	60	9	6	1	0	9	25	.100	.217	.100	.317	-17	6	2
1951	34	82	71	60	9	6	1	0	9	25	.100	.217	.100	.317	-17	6	2
1952	35	82	71	60	9	6	1	0	9	25	.100	.217	.100	.317	-17	6	2
1953	36	82	71	60	9	6	1	0	9	25	.100	.217	.100	.317	-17	6	2
1954	37	82	71	60	9	6	1	0	9	25	.100	.217	.100	.317	-17	6	2
1955	38	89	73	62	9	6	1	0	9	26	.097	.211	.097	.308	-20	6	2	0	0

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
1948	31	11	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	11
1949	32	44	50	41	10	4	0	0	0	2	0	8	21	.098	.245	.098	.342	1	42
1950	33	30	27	22	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	.182	.308	.182	.490	1	29

1955	38	7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	7
4 Yrs		92	81	67	13	8	0	0	0	2	0	12	27	.119	.253	.119	.373	2	89
162 Game Avg.		162	143	118	23	14	0	0	0	4	0	21	48	.119	.253	.119	.373	4	89

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Oldest s c a p y 1955 AL born 1917-05-07 (10th)

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1955 AL born 1917-05-07 (10th)

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