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Erik Pappas

Erik Daniel Pappas

Positions: Catcher and Rightfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: April 25, 1966 in Chicago, IL
High School: Mount Carmel HS (Chicago, IL)
Drafted by the California Angels in the 1st round (6th pick) of the 1984 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 19, 1991
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Cubs 1991-1994

Final Game: April 30, 1994
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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
1984	18	ANA-min	A-	56	215	177	24	43	3	3	1	15	10	5	31	26	.243	.363	.311	.674		55		3	3	1	0		SLM · NORW
1985	19	ANA-min	A	100	385	317	53	76	8	4	2	29	16	6	61	56	.240	.366	.309	.676		98		3	3	1	1		QDS · MIDW
1986	20	ANA-min	A	74	310	248	40	61	16	2	5	38	9	5	56	58	.246	.382	.387	.769		96		1	1	4	1		PSP · CALL
1987	21	ANA-min	A	119	471	395	50	96	20	3	3	64	16	6	66	77	.243	.346	.332	.678		131		0	3	7	0		PSP · CALL
1988	22	ANA-min	AA	83	314	275	40	76	17	2	4	38	16	3	29	53	.276	.345	.396	.742		109	6	2	4	4	0		MDL · TL
1989	23	CHC-min	AA	119	434	354	69	106	31	1	16	49	7	8	66	50	.299	.419	.528	.947		187		8	4	2	1		CHR · SOUL
1990	24	CHC-min	AAA	131	487	405	56	101	19	2	16	55	6	6	65	84	.249	.362	.425	.786		172		8	6	3	1		IWA · AA
1991	25	CHC-min	AAA	88	340	284	41	78	19	1	7	48	5	3	45	47	.275	.378	.423	.801		120	12	4	4	3	3		IWA · AA
1991	25	CHC	NL	7	18	17	1	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	5	.176	.222	.176	.399	12	3	0	0	0	0	0	/2

1992	26	KCR-CHW-min	AAA	82	283	236	35	57	12	1	5	28	8	1	39	40	.242	.349	.364	.713		86	6	2	2	4	1		OMA,VAN · AA,PCL
1993	27	STL-min	AAA	21	82	71	19	24	6	1	4	13	0	2	11	12	.338	.427	.620	1.047		44	1	0	0	0	0		LOU · AA
1993	27	STL	NL	82	266	228	25	63	12	0	1	28	1	3	35	35	.276	.368	.342	.711	95	78	7	0	0	3	2	29/37
1994	28	STL-min	AAA	64	243	206	33	41	7	2	7	30	2	3	29	44	.199	.309	.354	.663		73	5	5	0	3	0		LOU · AA
1994	28	STL	NL	15	58	44	8	4	1	0	0	5	0	0	10	13	.091	.259	.114	.372	3	5	1	1	0	3	0	2
1995	29	FLA-min	AAA	122	461	389	48	86	28	3	10	52	10	7	61	78	.221	.333	.386	.718		150	11	6	1	4	0		CHR · IL
1996	30	TEX-min	AAA	107	404	330	38	68	15	0	5	36	3	8	63	69	.206	.329	.297	.626		98	7	1	3	7	3		OKC · AA
3 Yrs				104	342	289	34	70	13	0	1	35	1	3	46	53	.242	.342	.298	.640	75	86	8	1	0	6	2
162 Game Avg.				162	533	450	53	109	20	0	2	55	2	5	72	83	.242	.342	.298	.640	75	134	12	2	0	9	3

STL (2 yrs)				97	324	272	33	67	13	0	1	33	1	3	45	48	.246	.349	.305	.654	79	83	8	1	0	6	2
CHC (1 yr)				7	18	17	1	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	5	.176	.222	.176	.399	12	3	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
1991	25	CHC	NL	7	18	-2	0	0	0	0	-2	-0.2	0	-1	-0.1	.472	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$100,000	/2

1993	27	STL	NL	82	266	-1	-2	-1	4	3	2	0.3	7	9	1.0	.502	.501	0.5	0.7	6	$	29/37
1994	28	STL	NL	15	58	-4	0	-0	-4	1	-7	-0.8	2	-6	-0.6	.450	.495	-0.2	-0.3	-2	$140,000	2
3 Seasons				104	342	-8	-2	-1	-0	4	-7	-0.7	9	2	0.3	.493	.498	0.2	0.4	2	$240,000

STL (2 yrs)				97	324	-6	-2	-1	-0	4	-6	-0.5	9	3	0.4	.494	.498	0.3	0.4	4	$140,000
CHC (1 yr)				7	18	-2	0	0	0	0	-2	-0.2	0	-1	-0.1	.472	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$100,000

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
1991	25	CHC	NL	18	14	1	1.9	97	.250	.176	.262	.222	.330	.176	.393	.399	.723	12	.193	-2.1	-0.2	.286	.059	.000

1993	27	STL	NL	266	178	29	4.4	101	.318	.276	.267	.368	.332	.342	.407	.711	.740	95	.473	0.5	0.0	.634	.211	.066	1.0
1994	28	STL	NL	58	44	2	1.2	108	.118	.091	.272	.259	.339	.114	.426	.372	.764	3	.072	-5.8	-0.6	.390	.250	.023
3 Yrs				342	236	32	3.6	102	.286	.242	.268	.342	.333	.298	.409	.640	.742	75	.389	-7.4	-0.7	.570	.208	.055	1.0
162 Game Avg.				533	368	50	3.6	102	.286	.242	.268	.342	.333	.298	.409	.640	.742	75	.389	-7.4	-0.7	.570	.208	.055	2

STL (2 yrs)				324	222	31	3.7	102	.288	.246	.268	.349	.333	.305	.410	.654	.744	79	.398	-5.3	-0.5	.588	.217	.059	1.0
CHC (1 yr)				18	14	1	1.9	97	.250	.176	.262	.222	.330	.176	.393	.399	.723	12	.194	-2.1	-0.2	.286	.059	.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
1991	25	CHC	NL	18	0.0%	27.8%	5.6%	0.0%	0%	5.00	3.4		8.5	0.50	0.50	67%	17%	0.0%	25%

1993	27	STL	NL	266	0.4%	13.2%	13.2%	4.9%	21%	1.00	6.5	228.0	8.1	0.77	0.97	73%	24%	1.1%	18%
1994	28	STL	NL	58	0.0%	22.4%	17.2%	1.7%	25%	1.30	3.4		8.8	0.89	0.56	59%	15%	0.0%	28%
3 Yrs				342	0.3%	15.5%	13.5%	4.1%	20%	1.15	5.5	289.0	8.3	0.77	0.86	70%	22%	0.9%	20%
MLB Averages					2.2%	15.2%	8.7%	7.0%	30%	1.74	5.9	40.1	8.1	0.81	1.07	72%	21%	6.5%	16%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1991	25	CHC	NL	-2.1	-0.2	18	0.0	0.3	-0.3	.87	-0.2	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.80	-1.5	0.38	1

1993	27	STL	NL	0.2	0.0	273	-0.2	4.1	-4.3	.97	-0.3	0.1	-4.5	-0.4	0.97	-3.1	3.17	3
1994	28	STL	NL	-5.8	-0.6	60	0.1	1.1	-1.0	1.07	-0.3	0.4	-2.7	-0.3	1.00	-3.2		0
3 Yrs				-7.7	-0.8	351	-0.1	5.4	-5.5	.98	-0.7	0.6	-7.0	-0.7	0.97	-7.8	2.47	4

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
1991	25	CHC	NL	0	0	25%	8	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1993	27	STL	NL	2	0	25%	124	1	3	25%	1	2	0	1	0	0	2	1	1	3	33%	18	13	5	6	4	2	3	1	2
1994	28	STL	NL	3	0	53%	18	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	58%	7	4	3	2	0	2	3	0	2
3 Yrs				5	0	28%	150	1	3	25%	1	2	0	1	0	0	2	1	3	5	40%	26	18	8	8	4	4	6	1	4

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
1991	25	CHC	NL	18	61%	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.38	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		5	2	40%	1	1	100%	1	1	100%	0

1993	27	STL	NL	266	31%	63	11	0	3	0	0	1	3.17	1	0	10	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0%	48	7	15%	29	6	21%	181	27	15%	22	13	59%	11	2	18%	0
1994	28	STL	NL	58	21%	4	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		13	1	8%	6	3	50%	43	5	12%	6	4	67%	1	1	100%	0
3 Yrs				342	31%	70	12	0	4	1	0	1	2.47	1	0	14	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0%	62	8	13%	35	9	26%	229	34	15%	29	18	62%	13	4	31%	0
MLB Averages					58%																			73%			10%			36%			15%			52%			57%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru
1991	25	CHC	NL	18	65	3.61	42	65%	24%	24%	24%	29%	76%	0%	49%	69%	50%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	6%	1	0	40%	0	0	0

1993	27	STL	NL	242	976	4.03	575	59%	29%	13%	27%	30%	70%	1%	41%	81%	24%	7%	17	1	14%	34	12	10%	25	14	40%	24	0	4
1994	28	STL	NL	51	205	4.02	125	61%	37%	14%	23%	26%	62%	0%	38%	77%	20%	4%	2	0	12%	6	1	6%	3	1	50%	7	0	1
3 Yrs				311	1246	4.01	742	60%	30%	13%	27%	29%	69%	1%	41%	80%	25%	6%	19	1	13%	40	13	9%	29	15	42%	31	0	5
MLB Averages						3.66		61%	25%	14%	27%	33%	75%	2%	46%	81%	31%	6%			16%			9%			27%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SF	IBB
1991	25	7	18	17	1	3	0	0	2	0	0	1	5	.176	.222	.176	.399	12	3	0	0	0	0
1992	26	7	18	17	1	3	0	0	2	0	0	1	5	.176	.222	.176	.399	12	3	0	0	0	0
1993	27	89	284	245	26	66	12	1	30	1	3	36	40	.269	.359	.331	.690	90	81	7	0	3	2
1994	28	104	342	289	34	70	13	1	35	1	3	46	53	.242	.342	.298	.640	75	86	8	1	6	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
1991	25	7	19	18	1	4	0	0	0	3	0	1	5	.222	.263	.222	.485	1	7

1993	27	82	268	229	26	64	12	0	1	29	1	36	35	.279	.373	.345	.718	30	82
1994	28	21	78	61	9	5	1	0	0	5	0	12	18	.082	.231	.098	.329	1	15
3 Yrs		110	365	308	36	73	13	0	1	37	1	49	58	.237	.337	.289	.626	32	104
162 Game Avg.		162	538	454	53	108	19	0	1	54	1	72	85	.237	.337	.289	.626	47	104

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