Harry Perkowski

Harry Walter Perkowski

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 196 lb.

Born: September 6, 1922 in Dante, VA
Signed as a Free Agent with the Cincinnati Reds in 1946. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 13, 1947
Teams (by GP): Reds/Redlegs/Cubs 1947-1955

Final Game: September 18, 1955
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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
1942	19	BLD,NTZ	C,D																										BLD,NTZ · MTNS,EVAN
1946	23	CIN-min	C,A	37	96	96		26	4	6	1						.271	.271	.469	.740		45							OGD,CLM · PION,SALL
1947	24	CIN-min	A	57	119	119		32	7	0	2						.269	.269	.378	.647		45							CLM · SALL
1947	24	CIN	NL	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	43	0	0	0	0			/1

1948	25	CIN-min	AA	71	128	128		36	4	4	4						.281	.281	.469	.750		60							TUL · TL
1949	26	CIN-min	AAA	49	106	95	15	18	2	0	2	7	0		9	32	.189	.267	.274	.540		26		1	1				SYR · IL
1949	26	CIN	NL	5	9	9	0	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	3	.333	.333	.333	.667	79	3	0	0	0			/1
1950	27	CIN	NL	32	23	22	1	7	0	0	0	0	0		0	6	.318	.348	.318	.666	77	7	0	1	0			1
1951	28	CIN	NL	37	28	25	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.040	.040	.040	.080	-79	1	0	0	3			1
1952	29	CIN	NL	33	77	75	8	12	2	1	0	5	0	0	1	23	.160	.171	.213	.384	6	16	1	0	1			1
1953	30	CIN	NL	33	73	69	7	14	4	0	0	5	0	0	3	24	.203	.247	.261	.507	32	18	0	1	0			1
1954	31	CIN	NL	28	28	25	1	4	1	0	1	3	0	0	0	7	.160	.154	.320	.474	19	8	0	0	2	1		1
1955	32	CHC	NL	26	14	13	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.154	.214	.154	.368	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1
1956	33	CHC-min	Opn,AA	43	68	64	8	17	4	0	3	7	0	0	3	21	.266	.299	.469	.767		30	1	0	1	0			LOS,TUL · PCL,TL
1957	34	CHC-min	AA	45	18	18		2	1	0	0						.111	.111	.167	.278		3							MEM · SOUA
1958	35	CHC-min	AA	51	44	43	6	11	3	0	1	8	0	0	1	15	.256	.273	.395	.668		17		0	0	0			FTW · TL
1959	36	DEN	AAA	48	34	32	1	5	0	0	1	3	0		1	15	.156	.182	.250	.432		8		0	1	0	0		DEN · AA
1960	37	DET-min	AAA	59	24	22	3	4	1	1	0	4	0		2	13	.182	.250	.318	.568		7							DEN · AA
8 Yrs				197	254	239	19	43	7	1	1	13	0	0	6	71	.180	.206	.230	.436	16	55	1	2	6	1	0
162 Game Avg.				162	209	197	16	35	6	1	1	11	0		5	58	.180	.206	.230	.436	16	45	1	2	5

CIN (7 yrs)				171	240	226	17	41	7	1	1	13	0	0	5	69	.181	.205	.235	.440	17	53	1	2	6	1
CHC (1 yr)				26	14	13	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.154	.214	.154	.368	0	2	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
1947	24	CIN	NL	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.507	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1

1949	26	CIN	NL	5	9	-0	0	0	0	1	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.516	.501	0.1	0.0	1	$	/1
1950	27	CIN	NL	32	23	-1	0	0	0	3	2	0.2	1	3	0.2	.507	.501	0.2	-0.0	3	$	1
1951	28	CIN	NL	37	28	-7	-0	0	0	3	-4	-0.4	1	-3	-0.4	.489	.497	-0.4	-0.0	-3	$	1
1952	29	CIN	NL	33	77	-10	0	0	0	9	-0	-0.0	3	2	0.0	.499	.500	0.0	0.0	2	$	1
1953	30	CIN	NL	33	73	-8	0	1	0	8	1	0.1	2	4	0.1	.504	.501	0.2	-0.0	4	$	1
1954	31	CIN	NL	28	28	-4	-0	0	0	3	-1	-0.1	1	0	-0.1	.497	.500	-0.1	-0.0	0	$	1
1955	32	CHC	NL	26	14	-2	0	0	0	1	-0	-0.0	0	0	0.0	.499	.500	0.0	-0.0	0	$	1
8 Seasons				197	254	-31	0	2	0	28	-0	-0.1	8	8	-0.1	.500	.500	0.0	-0.1	8	$

CIN (7 yrs)				171	240	-29	0	2	0	26	-0	-0.1	8	8	-0.1	.500	.500	0.0	-0.0	8	$
CHC (1 yr)				26	14	-2	0	0	0	1	-0	-0.0	0	0	0.0	.499	.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	PwrSpd
1947	24	CIN	NL	2	1	0	0.0	106	.000	.000	.274	.500	.350	.000	.406	.500	.756	43	.000	0.0	0.0	1.000	1.000	.000

1949	26	CIN	NL	9	6	1	4.5	105	.500	.333	.272	.333	.345	.333	.406	.667	.752	79	.488	-0.3	-0.0	.500	.000	.000
1950	27	CIN	NL	23	15	2	3.6	108	.438	.318	.270	.348	.346	.318	.418	.666	.764	77	.373	-0.8	-0.1	.533	.000	.000
1951	28	CIN	NL	28	27	0	0.0	104	.053	.040	.269	.040	.343	.040	.407	.080	.750	-79	.000	-6.4	-0.6	.042	.000	.000
1952	29	CIN	NL	77	65	3	1.2	96	.231	.160	.260	.171	.333	.213	.387	.384	.721	6	.099	-9.8	-1.0	.266	.067	.053
1953	30	CIN	NL	73	55	4	1.9	110	.311	.203	.274	.247	.345	.261	.427	.507	.773	32	.156	-6.8	-0.7	.400	.101	.058
1954	31	CIN	NL	28	24	1	1.1	111	.167	.160	.277	.154	.348	.320	.428	.474	.776	19	.065	-3.1	-0.3	.381	.160	.160	.0
1955	32	CHC	NL	14	11	0	0.0	106	.182	.154	.266	.214	.337	.154	.420	.368	.757	0	.000	-1.9	-0.2	.273	.077	.000
8 Yrs				254	204	11	1.4	105	.250	.180	.269	.206	.341	.230	.411	.436	.752	16	.108	-29.0	-2.9	.320	.075	.050	.0
162 Game Avg.				209	168	9	1.4	105	.250	.180	.269	.206	.341	.230	.411	.436	.752	16	.108	-29.0	-2.9	.320	.075	.050

CIN (7 yrs)				240	193	11	1.5	104	.255	.181	.269	.205	.342	.235	.410	.440	.752	17	.119	-27.2	-2.7	.323	.075	.053	.0
CHC (1 yr)				14	11	0	0.0	106	.182	.154	.266	.214	.337	.154	.420	.368	.757	0	.000	-1.9	-0.2	.273	.077	.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%
1947	24	CIN	NL	2	0.0%	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%		0.00					50%

1949	26	CIN	NL	9	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		3.0			2.00	67%
1950	27	CIN	NL	23	0.0%	26.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		3.7			3.00	70%
1951	28	CIN	NL	28	0.0%	21.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		4.2			1.57	68%
1952	29	CIN	NL	77	0.0%	29.9%	1.3%	3.9%	25%	23.00	3.3		15.0	2.22	68%
1953	30	CIN	NL	73	0.0%	32.9%	4.1%	5.5%	29%	8.00	2.9		13.8	1.67	62%
1954	31	CIN	NL	28	3.6%	25.0%	0.0%	7.1%	50%		3.6	25.0	8.3	2.40	64%
1955	32	CHC	NL	14	0.0%	14.3%	7.1%	0.0%	0%	2.00	6.5			1.00	79%
8 Yrs				254	0.4%	28.0%	2.4%	3.5%	21%	11.83	3.4	239.0	18.4	1.90	66%
MLB Averages					1.9%	10.2%	9.7%	6.4%	28%	1.05	8.7	45.5	8.1	0.97	76%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1947	24	CIN	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0

1949	26	CIN	NL	-0.3	-0.0	8	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	1.13	-0.1	0.0	-1.4	-0.1	1.03	-0.9		0
1950	27	CIN	NL	-0.8	-0.1	18	-0.3	0.1	-0.4	.99	-0.1	-0.2	-0.3	-0.0	0.75	-0.9	1.38	12
1951	28	CIN	NL	-6.4	-0.6	23	-0.7	0.0	-0.7	1.21	-0.5	-0.1	-5.9	-0.6	1.03	-5.5		0
1952	29	CIN	NL	-9.8	-1.0	59	-0.4	0.5	-1.0	.83	-0.3	-0.2	-2.6	-0.3	0.91	-4.3		0
1953	30	CIN	NL	-6.8	-0.7	73	-0.6	0.7	-1.3	.84	-0.7	-0.0	-4.8	-0.5	0.90	-7.0		0
1954	31	CIN	NL	-3.1	-0.3	28	-0.5	0.2	-0.7	1.18	-0.3	-0.1	-4.2	-0.4	1.04	-3.9		0
1955	32	CHC	NL	-1.9	-0.2	7	-0.3	0.0	-0.3	1.60	-0.2	-0.0	-1.7	-0.2	0.86	-1.9	1.83	1
8 Yrs				-29.0	-2.9	216	-2.8	1.6	-4.4	.97	-2.2	-0.8	-20.9	-2.1	0.93	-24.3	1.41	13

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	CS	CS3	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndSH
1949	26	CIN	NL	0	0%	3		1	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1950	27	CIN	NL	0	13%	10		0	1	1	0%	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0
1951	28	CIN	NL	1	0%	10	0	0	1	0	0%	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
1952	29	CIN	NL	2	62%	19	0	0	0	0	75%	2	1	1	2	0	2	0	0
1953	30	CIN	NL	0	39%	24	0	0	0	0	25%	4	4	0	2	2	0	2	2
1954	31	CIN	NL	0	0%	3	0	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1955	32	CHC	NL	0	67%	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8 Yrs				3	36%	70	0	1	3	1	29%	10	9	1	5	3	2	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
1949	26	CIN	NL	9	71%	3			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		4	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1950	27	CIN	NL	23	88%	7			12	3	0	0	1.38	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	4	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1951	28	CIN	NL	28	43%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	75%	7	0	0%	10	0	0%	16	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1952	29	CIN	NL	77	73%	12			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		8	1	13%	7	1	14%	33	6	18%	2	2	100%	0	0		0
1953	30	CIN	NL	73	64%	14			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		16	0	0%	13	1	8%	40	5	13%	4	2	50%	4	4	100%	0
1954	31	CIN	NL	28	46%	4			0	0	0	0		1	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	2	2	100%	8	0	0%	7	3	43%	21	2	10%	2	2	100%	0	0		0
1955	32	CHC	NL	14	100%	2			1	0	0	0	1.83	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	2	0	0%	2	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
8 Yrs				252	65%	43			13	3	0	0	1.41	1	0	4	1	0	1	0	0	6	6	100%	42	1	2%	40	5	13%	120	13	11%	8	6	75%	4	4	100%	0
MLB Averages					50%																			108%			14%			32%			15%			51%			55%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1947	24	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	43	0	0	0	0
1948	25	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	43	0	0	0	0
1949	26	8	11	10	0	3	0	0	0	0		1	3	.300	.364	.300	.664	79	3	0	0	0
1950	27	40	34	32	1	10	0	0	0	0		1	9	.313	.353	.313	.665	77	10	0	1	0
1951	28	77	62	57	1	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	15	.193	.220	.193	.413	11	11	0	1	3
1952	29	110	139	132	9	23	2	1	0	5	0	2	38	.174	.193	.205	.397	8	27	1	1	4
1953	30	143	212	201	16	37	6	1	0	10	0	5	62	.184	.212	.224	.435	17	45	1	2	4
1954	31	171	240	226	17	41	7	1	1	13	0	5	69	.181	.205	.235	.440	17	53	1	2	6	1
1955	32	197	254	239	19	43	7	1	1	13	0	6	71	.180	.206	.230	.436	16	55	1	2	6	1	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
1947	24	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	3

1949	26	5	9	9	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	5
1950	27	33	24	23	1	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.304	.333	.304	.638	2	32
1951	28	38	29	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	37
1952	29	34	81	79	9	13	2	1	0	6	0	1	24	.165	.175	.215	.390	3	33
1953	30	34	75	71	7	14	4	0	0	5	0	3	25	.197	.240	.254	.494	4	33
1954	31	29	29	26	1	4	1	0	1	2	0	0	7	.154	.148	.308	.456	1	28
1955	32	27	15	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.067	.000	.067	0	26
8 Yrs		203	264	249	18	41	7	1	1	13	0	6	73	.165	.190	.213	.403	11	197
162 Game Avg.		162	211	199	14	33	6	1	1	10	0	5	58	.165	.190	.213	.403	9	197

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