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Kelly Paris

Kelly Jay Paris

Positions: Third Baseman, First Baseman and Second Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: October 17, 1957 in Encino, CA
High School: Taft HS (Woodland Hills, CA)
Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 2nd round of the 1975 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 1, 1982
Teams (by GP): Reds/WhiteSox/Cardinals/Orioles 1982-1988

Final Game: August 18, 1988
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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
1975	17	STL-min	Rk	34	138	123	14	29	2	0	2	13	7	2	15	18	.236	.319	.301	.620		37	1	0	0	0	0		CDS · GULF
1976	18	STL-min	Rk	70	292	247	40	68	7	3	5	30	20	8	37	28	.275	.368	.389	.756		96		2	1	5			JOH · APPY
1977	19	STL-min	Rk,A	95	347	293	46	75	11	1	2	37	10	5	40	41	.256	.344	.321	.665		94		3	4	7			JOH,SPT · APPY,FLOR
1978	20	STL-min	A	121	468	452	14	107	15	3	3	12	5	1	14	17	.237	.259	.303	.562		137		0	1	1			GST,SPT · WCRS,FLOR
1979	21	STL-min	A	118	388	388		110	15	3	2						.284	.284	.353	.637		137							SPT · FLOR
1980	22	STL-min	AA	116	446	399	63	120	28	3	4	49	17	11	38	59	.301	.360	.416	.776		166		2	1	6			ARK · TL
1981	23	STL-min	AAA	90	323	292	38	78	10	1	6	31	4	3	26	48	.267	.328	.370	.698		108		1	3	1	2		SPR · AA
1982	24	STL-min	AAA	129	518	482	71	158	32	5	11	83	20	8	24	52	.328	.364	.483	.848		233		6	2	4	1		LOU · AA
1982	24	STL	NL	12	30	29	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	.103	.100	.103	.203	-43	3	1	0	0	1	0	/56
1983	25	CIN-min	AAA	8	40	35	9	11	1	0	2	9	0	0	5	7	.314	.400	.514	.914		18		0	0	0	0		INA · AA
1983	25	CIN	NL	56	138	120	13	30	6	0	0	7	8	2	15	22	.250	.336	.300	.636	76	36	3	1	1	1	1	54/63

1984	26	PIT-min	AAA	127	504	460	65	115	26	3	10	58	14	8	34	57	.250	.297	.385	.682		177		0	2	8	1		HAW · PCL
1985	27	BAL-min	AAA	126	508	440	69	121	25	2	18	67	11	3	59	56	.275	.359	.464	.823		204		1	4	4	1		ROC · IL
1985	27	BAL	AL	5	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/4D
1986	28	BAL-min	AAA	87	339	309	43	77	16	2	11	48	9	8	22	35	.249	.297	.421	.717		130		1	2	5	2		ROC · IL
1986	28	BAL	AL	5	10	10	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	.200	.200	.200	.400	11	2	1	0	0	0	0	/5D

1988	30	CHW-min	AAA	89	409	359	41	102	32	3	5	52	9	8	43	48	.284	.359	.432	.790		155		1	2	4	2		VAN · PCL
1988	30	CHW	AL	14	44	44	6	11	0	0	3	6	0	0	0	6	.250	.250	.455	.705	93	20	1	0	0	0	0	/35D
1989	31	CHW-KCR-min	AAA	117	471	411	55	97	25	1	9	54	9	3	44	71	.236	.305	.367	.673		151		1	6	9	2		VAN,OMA · PCL,AA
5 Yrs				92	231	212	20	46	6	0	3	14	8	3	15	39	.217	.270	.288	.557	54	61	6	1	1	2	1
162 Game Avg.				162	407	373	35	81	11	0	5	25	14	5	26	69	.217	.270	.288	.557	54	107	11	2	2	4	2

BAL (2 yrs)				10	19	19	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	.105	.105	.105	.211	-41	2	1	0	0	0	0
STL (1 yr)				12	30	29	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	.103	.100	.103	.203	-43	3	1	0	0	1	0
CIN (1 yr)				56	138	120	13	30	6	0	0	7	8	2	15	22	.250	.336	.300	.636	76	36	3	1	1	1	1
CHW (1 yr)				14	44	44	6	11	0	0	3	6	0	0	0	6	.250	.250	.455	.705	93	20	1	0	0	0	0

AL (3 yrs)				24	63	63	6	13	0	0	3	6	0	1	0	10	.206	.206	.349	.556	52	22	2	0	0	0	0
NL (2 yrs)				68	168	149	14	33	6	0	0	8	8	2	15	29	.221	.293	.262	.555	54	39	4	1	1	2	1

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
1982	24	STL	NL	12	30	-6	0	-0	0	0	-5	-0.6	1	-4	-0.5	.450	.496	-0.5	0.1	-5	$	/56
1983	25	CIN	NL	56	138	-3	0	-0	-4	1	-7	-0.8	4	-3	-0.3	.486	.495	0.1	-0.4	2	$	54/63

1985	27	BAL	AL	5	9	-2	0	0	-1	-0	-4	-0.4	0	-3	-0.3	.427	.498	-0.2	-0.1	-2	$	/4D
1986	28	BAL	AL	5	10	-1	-0	-0	0	-0	-2	-0.2	0	-1	-0.2	.464	.499	-0.2	0.0	-2	$	/5D

1988	30	CHW	AL	14	44	-1	0	0	2	-1	1	0.1	1	2	0.3	.508	.501	0.0	0.2	0	$62,500	/35D
5 Seasons				92	231	-13	0	-1	-2	0	-16	-1.8	7	-9	-1.0	.480	.498	-0.8	-0.2	-7	$62,500

BAL (2 yrs)				10	19	-4	-0	-0	-1	-0	-5	-0.6	1	-5	-0.5	.445	.498	-0.4	-0.1	-4	$
STL (1 yr)				12	30	-6	0	-0	0	0	-5	-0.6	1	-4	-0.5	.450	.496	-0.5	0.1	-5	$
CIN (1 yr)				56	138	-3	0	-0	-4	1	-7	-0.8	4	-3	-0.3	.486	.495	0.1	-0.4	2	$
CHW (1 yr)				14	44	-1	0	0	2	-1	1	0.1	1	2	0.3	.508	.501	0.0	0.2	0	$62,500

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
1982	24	STL	NL	30	28	0	0.0	95	.130	.103	.267	.100	.330	.103	.388	.203	.718	-43	.000	-5.6	-0.6	.111	.000	.000
1983	25	CIN	NL	138	97	13	3.6	99	.303	.250	.267	.336	.336	.300	.395	.636	.731	76	.426	-3.3	-0.3	.611	.225	.050	.0

1985	27	BAL	AL	9	9	0	0.0	97	.000	.000	.258	.000	.323	.000	.400	.000	.723	-100	.000	-2.4	-0.2	.000	.000	.000
1986	28	BAL	AL	10	10	0	0.0	99	.286	.200	.259	.200	.327	.200	.404	.400	.731	11	.000	-1.3	-0.1	.100	-.100	.000

1988	30	CHW	AL	44	34	5	3.9	94	.229	.250	.259	.250	.324	.455	.391	.705	.715	93	.449	-0.9	-0.1	.588	.205	.205	.0
5 Yrs				231	178	18	2.7	98	.250	.217	.264	.270	.332	.288	.394	.557	.726	54	.302	-13.5	-1.4	.469	.165	.071	4.4
162 Game Avg.				407	313	32	2.7	98	.250	.217	.264	.270	.332	.288	.394	.557	.726	54	.302	-13.5	-1.4	.469	.165	.071	8

BAL (2 yrs)				19	19	0	0.0	98	.133	.105	.259	.105	.325	.105	.402	.211	.727	-41	.000	-3.7	-0.4	.053	-.053	.000
STL (1 yr)				30	28	0	0.0	95	.130	.103	.267	.100	.330	.103	.388	.203	.718	-43	.000	-5.6	-0.6	.111	.000	.000
CIN (1 yr)				138	97	13	3.6	99	.303	.250	.267	.336	.336	.300	.395	.636	.731	76	.426	-3.3	-0.3	.611	.225	.050	.0
CHW (1 yr)				44	34	5	3.9	94	.229	.250	.259	.250	.324	.455	.391	.705	.715	93	.448	-0.9	-0.1	.588	.205	.205	.0

AL (3 yrs)				63	53	5	2.5	95	.200	.206	.259	.206	.325	.349	.394	.556	.719	52	.260	-4.6	-0.5	.396	.127	.143	.0
NL (2 yrs)				168	125	13	2.8	98	.270	.221	.267	.293	.335	.262	.394	.555	.728	54	.319	-8.9	-0.9	.500	.181	.040	.0

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
1982	24	STL	NL	30	0.0%	23.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		4.1		29.0		0.62	77%
1983	25	CIN	NL	138	0.0%	15.9%	10.9%	4.4%	20%	1.47	5.5		17.1		0.58	72%

1985	27	BAL	AL	9	0.0%	11.1%	0.0%	0.0%			9.0				0.33	89%
1986	28	BAL	AL	10	0.0%	30.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		3.3				2.00	70%

1988	30	CHW	AL	44	6.8%	13.6%	0.0%	6.8%	27%		7.3	14.7	7.3	0.57	0.75	80%	18%	33.3%	61%
5 Yrs				231	1.3%	16.9%	6.5%	3.9%	20%	2.60	5.4	70.7	15.1	0.57	0.63	74%	18%	33.3%	61%
MLB Averages					2.2%	14.3%	8.5%	6.8%	29%	1.69	6.2	40.2	8.3	0.80	1.07	74%	20%	8.2%	41%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1982	24	STL	NL	-5.6	-0.6	30	-0.5	0.1	-0.7	1.05	-0.5	0.1	-5.2	-0.5	0.89	-5.7	1.42	3
1983	25	CIN	NL	-3.3	-0.3	151	-0.7	1.9	-2.5	.99	-0.3	-0.3	-5.1	-0.5	0.92	-3.7	1.14	11

1985	27	BAL	AL	-2.4	-0.2	9	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	.82	-0.2	-0.0	-2.0	-0.2	0.76	-2.6		1
1986	28	BAL	AL	-1.3	-0.1	11	-0.4	0.0	-0.5	1.37	-0.2	-0.1	-3.0	-0.3	0.98	-2.2		1

1988	30	CHW	AL	-0.9	-0.1	45	0.1	0.8	-0.7	.90	-0.1	0.2	-0.3	-0.0	0.95	-1.1	1.14	2
5 Yrs				-13.5	-1.4	246	-1.7	2.8	-4.5	.99	-1.4	-0.3	-15.5	-1.6	0.92	-15.3	1.06	18

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
1982	24	STL	NL	0	0	33%	10	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100%	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
1983	25	CIN	NL	2	0	28%	74	8	2	80%	8	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	6	47%	9	6	3	1	1	0	7	2	5

1985	27	BAL	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
1986	28	BAL	AL	0	0	0%	3	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1988	30	CHW	AL	0	0	38%	11	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
5 Yrs				2	0	29%	98	8	3	73%	8	2	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	7	50%	10	7	3	1	1	0	9	2	7

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
1982	24	STL	NL	30	100%	3			3	1	0	0	1.42	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	1	50%	1	1	100%	12	1	8%	1	1	100%	0	0		0
1983	25	CIN	NL	138	100%	30			11	1	0	1	1.14	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	50%	15	3	20%	12	5	42%	74	7	9%	6	1	17%	6	2	33%	0

1985	27	BAL	AL	9	44%	0			1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		5	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1986	28	BAL	AL	10	90%	2			1	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	1	50%	1	0	0%	6	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0

1988	30	CHW	AL	44	41%	11	1	0	2	0	0	0	1.14	3	0	1	0	3	0	3	0	0	0		10	1	10%	3	0	0%	24	3	13%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
5 Yrs				231	86%	46	1	0	18	2	0	1	1.06	3	0	5	0	3	0	3	0	2	1	50%	29	6	21%	17	6	35%	121	11	9%	9	2	22%	7	2	29%	0
MLB Averages					59%																			79%			11%			35%			15%			52%			55%

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
1988	30	CHW	AL	44	144	3.27	98	68%	12%	19%	30%	39%	88%	0%	60%	78%	52%	5%	2	1	9%	4	1	5%	2	2	33%	0	0	0
1 Yr				44	144	3.27	98	68%	12%	19%	30%	39%	88%	0%	60%	78%	52%	5%	2	1	9%	4	1	5%	2	2	33%	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.58		62%	24%	14%	27%	34%	76%	2%	47%	81%	33%	5%			16%			8%			26%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1982	24	12	30	29	1	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	.103	.100	.103	.203	-43	3	1	0	0	1	0
1983	25	68	168	149	14	33	6	0	8	8	2	15	29	.221	.293	.262	.555	54	39	4	1	1	2	1
1984	26	68	168	149	14	33	6	0	8	8	2	15	29	.221	.293	.262	.555	54	39	4	1	1	2	1
1985	27	73	177	158	14	33	6	0	8	8	2	15	30	.209	.278	.247	.525	46	39	4	1	1	2	1
1986	28	78	187	168	14	35	6	0	8	8	3	15	33	.208	.274	.244	.518	44	41	5	1	1	2	1
1987	29	78	187	168	14	35	6	0	8	8	3	15	33	.208	.274	.244	.518	44	41	5	1	1	2	1
1988	30	92	231	212	20	46	6	3	14	8	3	15	39	.217	.270	.288	.557	54	61	6	1	1	2	1

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
1982	24	12	30	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	12
1983	25	56	140	121	14	31	6	0	0	8	8	16	22	.256	.345	.306	.651	13	56

1985	27	5	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	5
1986	28	5	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	5

1988	30	14	44	44	6	11	0	0	3	6	0	0	6	.250	.250	.455	.705	5	14
5 Yrs		92	233	213	20	42	6	0	3	14	8	16	39	.197	.254	.268	.522	18	92
162 Game Avg.		162	410	375	35	74	11	0	5	25	14	28	69	.197	.254	.268	.522	32	92

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