Paul Pettit

George William Paul Pettit (Lefty)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: November 29, 1931 in Los Angeles, CA
High School: Narbonne HS (Harbor City, CA)
Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1950. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 4, 1951
Team: Pirates 1951-1953

Final Game: September 19, 1953
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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
1950	18	PIT-min	AA	21	33	33		11	2	2	0						.333	.333	.515	.848		17							NOR · SOUA
1951	19	PIT-min	A,AA,AAA	14	14	14		2	0	0	0						.143	.143	.000	.143		0							CHS,NOR,INA · SALL,SOUA,AA
1951	19	PIT	NL	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0			/1

1952	20	PIT-min	Opn	33	86	75	11	24	8	2	1	17	0		4	23	.320	.354	.520	.874		39		0	7				HOL · PCL
1953	21	PIT-min	AA,A	30	43	43		12	3	0	1						.279	.279	.419	.698		18							NOR,CHS · SOUA,SALL
1953	21	PIT	NL	11	11	8	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	.250	.400	.250	.650	75	2	0	0	1			1
1954	22	PIT-min	C,Opn	117	368	367	0	119	24	3	20	0	0		1	1	.324	.326	.569	.896		209	0	0	0	0			SLS,HOL · CALL,PCL
1955	23	PIT-min	Opn,AA	95	56	46	2	7	3	0	0	2	0		9	9	.152	.291	.217	.508		10	0	0	1	0			HOL,MCT · PCL,MEX
1956	24	PIT-min	Opn	114	337	284	39	67	11	0	10	45	1		45	36	.236	.344	.380	.725		108	8	3	3	2			HOL · PCL
1957	25	PIT-min	Opn	158	649	542	85	154	31	1	20	102	2		85	60	.284	.382	.456	.838		247	14	8	3	11			HOL · PCL
1958	26	PIT-min	AAA	118	442	367	51	98	17	7	13	64	0		63	60	.267	.373	.458	.831		168	2	1	8	3	4		CLB,SLC · IL,PCL
1959	27	CIN-PIT-min	AAA	130	498	431	65	109	24	5	16	68	3	4	57	61	.253	.341	.443	.785		191		3	3	4			SLE,SLC · PCL
1960	28	CIN-min	AAA	93	275	243	31	62	9	0	5	30	1	2	32	28	.255	.342	.354	.696		86							SLE · PCL
1962	30	BOS-min	AAA	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000		0		0	0	0			SLE · PCL
2 Yrs				13	12	9	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	.222	.364	.222	.586	58	2	0	0	1
162 Game Avg.				162	150	112	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	25	25	.222	.364	.222	.586	58	25	0	0	12

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
1951	19	PIT	NL	2	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.489	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	/1

1953	21	PIT	NL	11	11	-0	-0	0	0	1	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.508	.501	0.1	-0.0	1	$	1
2 Seasons				13	12	-1	-0	0	0	1	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.505	.500	0.1	-0.0	1	$

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
1951	19	PIT	NL	1	1	0	0.0	105	.000	.000	.270	.000	.344	.000	.409	.000	.753	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000

1953	21	PIT	NL	11	7	1	3.8	109	.333	.250	.273	.400	.344	.250	.426	.650	.770	75	.390	-0.2	-0.0	.667	.250	.000
2 Yrs				12	8	1	3.3	109	.286	.222	.273	.364	.344	.222	.424	.586	.768	58	.336	-0.4	-0.1	.571	.222	.000
162 Game Avg.				150	100	12	3.3	109	.286	.222	.273	.364	.344	.222	.424	.586	.768	58	.336	-0.4	-0.1	.571	.222	.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%
1951	19	PIT	NL	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%							100%

1953	21	PIT	NL	11	0.0%	18.2%	18.2%	0.0%	0%	1.00	4.0			4.00	55%
2 Yrs				12	0.0%	16.7%	16.7%	0.0%	0%	1.00	4.5			4.00	58%
MLB Averages					2.0%	10.5%	9.3%	6.4%	28%	1.12	8.5	45.1	8.2	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
1951	19	PIT	NL	-0.3	-0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0

1953	21	PIT	NL	-0.2	-0.0	9	-0.0	0.1	-0.1	.68	-0.1	0.0	-1.0	-0.1	0.99	-1.1	0
2 Yrs				-0.4	-0.1	9	-0.0	0.1	-0.1	.68	-0.1	0.0	-1.0	-0.1	0.99	-1.1	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
1951	19	PIT	NL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1953	21	PIT	NL	0	0	0%	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
2 Yrs				0	0	0%	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0

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
1951	19	PIT	NL	1		0				0	0			0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0			0	0		0	0		0

1953	21	PIT	NL	11	44%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	4	0	0%	3	0	0%	5	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
2 Yrs				12	44%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	4	0	0%	3	0	0%	5	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
MLB Averages					50%																			88%			12%			32%			15%			51%			55%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	H	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	SH
1951	19	2	1	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0
1952	20	2	1	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0
1953	21	13	12	9	2	2	2	.222	.364	.222	.586	58	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
1951	19	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	2

1953	21	11	11	8	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	.250	.400	.250	.650	1	11
2 Yrs		13	12	9	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	.222	.364	.222	.586	1	13
162 Game Avg.		162	150	112	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	25	25	.222	.364	.222	.586	12	13

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Youngest s c a p y 1951 NL born 1931-11-29 (4th) 1953 NL born 1931-11-29 (9th)

Youngest s c a p y
1951 NL born 1931-11-29 (4th)
1953 NL born 1931-11-29 (9th)

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