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Don Pavletich

Donald Stephen Pavletich

Positions: Catcher, First Baseman and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: July 13, 1938 in Milwaukee, WI
High School: Hale (West Allis, WI)
Signed by the Cincinnati Redlegs as an amateur free agent (bonus baby) in 1956. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 20, 1957
Teams (by GP): Reds/WhiteSox/RedSox/Redlegs 1957-1971

Final Game: September 1, 1971
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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
1957	18	CIN	NL	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0

1959	20	CIN-min	B	69	242	242		67	12	0	12						.277	.277	.475	.752		115						TPK · IIIL
1959	20	CIN	NL	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

1962	23	CIN	NL	34	71	63	7	14	3	0	1	7	0	0	8	18	.222	.310	.317	.627	67	20	0	0	0	0	1	3/2
1963	24	CIN-min	AAA	30	128	121	19	35	5	2	6	19	0	0	7	15	.289	.328	.512	.841		62						SDG · PCL
1963	24	CIN	NL	71	204	183	18	38	11	0	5	18	0	0	17	12	.208	.274	.350	.623	76	64	3	0	3	1	3	32
1964	25	CIN-min	AAA	71	272	235	51	71	15	2	12	40	4	2	30	29	.302	.387	.536	.923		126		3	3	1		SDG · PCL
1964	25	CIN	NL	34	102	91	12	22	4	0	5	11	0	0	10	17	.242	.314	.451	.764	110	41	1	0	0	1	1	2/3
1965	26	CIN	NL	68	217	191	25	61	11	1	8	32	1	1	23	27	.319	.394	.513	.907	147	98	5	1	1	1	5	2/3
1966	27	CIN	NL	83	256	235	29	69	13	2	12	38	1	0	18	37	.294	.344	.519	.863	127	122	5	1	0	2	3	23
1967	28	CIN	NL	74	258	231	25	55	14	3	6	34	2	1	21	38	.238	.310	.403	.713	94	93	13	4	0	2	7	2/35
1968	29	CIN	NL	46	110	98	11	28	3	1	2	11	0	0	8	23	.286	.352	.398	.750	120	39	7	2	2	0	2	3/2
1969	30	CHW	AL	78	219	188	26	46	12	0	6	33	0	0	28	45	.245	.338	.404	.742	102	76	2	0	0	3	4	23
1970	31	BOS	AL	32	76	65	4	9	1	1	0	6	1	0	10	15	.138	.250	.185	.435	18	12	2	0	0	1	0	32
1971	32	BOS	AL	14	32	27	5	7	1	0	1	3	0	0	5	5	.259	.375	.407	.782	115	11	0	0	0	0	0	/2
12 Seasons				536	1546	1373	163	349	73	8	46	193	5	2	148	237	.254	.328	.420	.747	104	576	38	8	6	11	26
162 Game Avg.				162	467	415	49	105	22	2	14	58	2	1	45	72	.254	.328	.420	.747	104	174	11	2	2	3	8

CIN (9 yrs)				412	1219	1093	128	287	59	7	39	151	4	2	105	172	.263	.330	.436	.766	109	477	34	8	6	7	22
BOS (2 yrs)				46	108	92	9	16	2	1	1	9	1	0	15	20	.174	.287	.250	.537	46	23	2	0	0	1	0
CHW (1 yr)				78	219	188	26	46	12	0	6	33	0	0	28	45	.245	.338	.404	.742	102	76	2	0	0	3	4

NL (9 yrs)				412	1219	1093	128	287	59	7	39	151	4	2	105	172	.263	.330	.436	.766	109	477	34	8	6	7	22
AL (3 yrs)				124	327	280	35	62	14	1	7	42	1	0	43	65	.221	.321	.354	.675	84	99	4	0	0	4	4

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
1957	18	CIN	NL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$

1962	23	CIN	NL	72	-3	0	0	0	3	-1	3	2	0.1	-1	-0.1	0.2	$	3/2
1963	24	CIN	NL	204	-5	0	1	0	-2	-2	7	-1	-0.2	1	0.1	-0.3	$	32
1964	25	CIN	NL	103	1	0	0	0	-3	1	4	3	0.3	6	0.6	-0.3	$	2/3
1965	26	CIN	NL	218	11	1	1	0	-7	3	8	17	1.8	24	2.6	-0.8	$	2/3
1966	27	CIN	NL	256	9	-1	2	-1	-2	3	9	18	1.9	21	2.3	-0.4	$	23
1967	28	CIN	NL	258	-3	0	0	-2	-5	3	9	1	0.0	7	0.8	-0.8	$	2/35
1968	29	CIN	NL	110	3	0	0	-1	-0	-1	4	5	0.5	5	0.6	-0.1	$21,500	3/2
1969	30	CHW	AL	219	0	-1	-1	0	-7	2	6	-1	-0.1	6	0.6	-0.7	$23,250	23
1970	31	BOS	AL	76	-7	1	-1	0	-1	0	3	-5	-0.6	-4	-0.4	-0.2	$28,000	32
1971	32	BOS	AL	32	1	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0.1	2	0.2	-0.1	$	/2
11 Seasons				1549	7	0	2	-4	-25	8	54	40	3.8	67	7.3	-3.5	$72,750

CIN (8 yrs)				1222	13	0	4	-4	-17	6	44	45	4.4	63	6.9	-2.5	$21,500
BOS (2 yrs)				108	-6	1	-1	0	-2	0	4	-4	-0.5	-2	-0.2	-0.3	$28,000
CHW (1 yr)				219	0	-1	-1	0	-7	2	6	-1	-0.1	6	0.6	-0.7	$23,250

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	PO	Awards
1962	CIN	NL	23	1B	25	17	10	153.0	173	162	11	0	12	1.000	3	21	10.18	6.92	.990	9.79	9.70
1962	CIN	NL	23	C	2	0	0	5.1	5	5	0	0	0	1.000	0	0	8.44	2.50	.988	6.75	6.65	0	1	1	0	0%	0
1963	CIN	NL	24	1B	57	42	26	350.0	336	317	16	3	20	.991	0	1	8.56	5.84	.989	9.81	9.78
1963	CIN	NL	24	C	13	10	5	93.0	96	92	4	0	1	1.000	-2	-26	9.29	7.38	.986	7.07	7.05	3	4	8	1	11%	0
1964	CIN	NL	25	C	27	21	18	203.2	172	161	8	3	1	.983	-3	-18	7.47	6.26	.988	6.81	6.76	3	5	12	2	14%	0
1964	CIN	NL	25	1B	1	1	1	8.0	7	7	0	0	1	1.000	0	0	7.88	7.00	.990	10.01	10.00
1965	CIN	NL	26	C	54	48	36	408.2	356	335	16	5	5	.986	-6	-18	7.73	6.50	.988	6.96	6.97	6	20	31	8	21%	2
1965	CIN	NL	26	1B	9	5	3	57.0	59	56	2	1	9	.983	-1	-15	9.16	6.44	.990	10.03	10.03
1966	CIN	NL	27	C	55	46	39	430.2	362	323	30	9	2	.975	-2	-6	7.38	6.42	.987	6.84	6.83	3	10	35	17	33%	0
1966	CIN	NL	27	1B	10	8	5	73.0	58	56	2	0	8	1.000	-0	-8	7.15	5.80	.989	9.90	9.89
1967	CIN	NL	28	C	66	57	42	506.0	420	383	31	6	5	.986	-5	-12	7.36	6.27	.990	6.89	6.89	5	22	39	15	28%	1
1967	CIN	NL	28	1B	6	4	4	45.0	34	31	3	0	3	1.000	0	8	6.80	5.67	.991	9.96	9.97
1967	CIN	NL	28	3B	1	1	0	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	.000	-1	-140	0.00	0.00	.950	3.00	3.00
1968	CIN	NL	29	1B	22	16	10	151.1	174	164	10	0	13	1.000	-0	-1	10.35	7.91	.992	10.09	10.12
1968	CIN	NL	29	C	5	5	2	37.0	24	21	3	0	1	1.000	0	0	5.84	4.80	.990	6.86	6.90	1	0	0	1	100%	0
1969	CHW	AL	30	C	51	36	21	304.2	227	195	26	6	3	.974	-5	-20	6.53	4.33	.987	6.65	6.65	6	14	38	13	25%	0
1969	CHW	AL	30	1B	13	10	8	89.1	93	90	2	1	13	.989	-2	-27	9.27	7.08	.992	9.63	9.62
1970	BOS	AL	31	1B	16	7	5	84.0	88	80	8	0	10	1.000	1	17	9.43	5.50	.991	9.59	9.56
1970	BOS	AL	31	C	10	9	9	83.2	47	43	4	0	1	1.000	-2	-29	5.06	4.70	.988	6.65	6.62	1	4	5	0	0%	0
1971	BOS	AL	32	C	8	4	3	50.0	37	35	1	1	1	.973	-1	-24	6.48	4.50	.988	6.37	6.34	3	0	6	1	14%	0
	10 Seasons			C	291	236	175	2122.2	1746	1593	123	30	20	.983	-26	-15	7.28	5.90	.988	6.84	6.82	31	80	175	58	25%	3
	9 Seasons			1B	159	110	72	1010.2	1022	963	54	5	89	.995	1	2	9.06	6.40	.990	9.84	9.81
	1 Season			3B	1	1	0	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	.000	-1	-140	0.00	0.00	.950	3.00	3.00
	12 Seasons			TOT	451	347	247	3139.1	2769	2556	177	36	109	.987	-25	-10	7.84	6.06	.989	7.80	7.87	31	80	175	58	25%	3
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	PO	Awards

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Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Errors Committed as C s c a p y 1966 NL 9 (5th) 1967 NL 6 (5th)	Stolen Bases Allowed as C s c a p y 1967 NL 39 (5th)	Total Zone Runs as 1B s c a p y 1962 NL 3 (5th)	Youngest s c a p y 1957 NL born 1938-07-13 (10th) 1959 NL born 1938-07-13 (9th)

Errors Committed as C s c a p y
1966 NL 9 (5th)
1967 NL 6 (5th)

Stolen Bases Allowed as C s c a p y
1967 NL 39 (5th)

Total Zone Runs as 1B s c a p y
1962 NL 3 (5th)

Youngest s c a p y
1957 NL born 1938-07-13 (10th)
1959 NL born 1938-07-13 (9th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame Standards

Batting - 7 (1931), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

August 13, 1956: Signed by the Cincinnati Redlegs as an amateur free agent (bonus baby).
December 5, 1968: Traded by the Cincinnati Reds with Don Secrist to the Chicago White Sox for Jack Fisher.
December 13, 1969: Traded by the Chicago White Sox with Gary Peters to the Boston Red Sox for Billy Farmer (minors) and Syd O'Brien. Billy Farmer (minors) refused to report to his new team. The Boston Red Sox sent Gerry Janeski (March 9, 1970) to the Chicago White Sox to complete the trade.
October 10, 1971: Traded by the Boston Red Sox with Ken Brett, Billy Conigliaro, Joe Lahoud, Jim Lonborg and George Scott to the Milwaukee Brewers for Pat Skrable (minors), Tommy Harper, Lew Krausse and Marty Pattin.
March 31, 1972: Released by the Milwaukee Brewers.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
1968	29	Cincinnati Reds	$21,500	Noll/Fort/Hylan database
1969	30	Chicago White Sox	$23,250	Noll/Fort/Hylan database
1970	31	Boston Red Sox	$28,000	Noll/Fort/Hylan database

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$72,750

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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