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Ron Piche

Ronald Jacques Piche

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: May 22, 1935 in Verdun, Quebec, CAN
Signed by the Milwaukee Braves as an amateur free agent in 1955. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 30, 1960
Teams (by GP): Braves/Cardinals/Angels 1960-1966

Final Game: September 26, 1966
Died: February 3, 2011 in Montreal, Quebec, CAN
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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
1960 25 MLN NL 37 9 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 .000 .222 .000 .222 -30 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1961 26 MLN NL 12 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
1962 27 MLN NL 16 19 18 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 12 .056 .105 .056 .161 -55 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
1963 28 MLN NL 37 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1965 30 CAL AL 14 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1966 31 STL NL 20 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
6 Yrs 136 48 42 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 26 .024 .089 .024 .113 -67 1 0 0 2 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 57 50 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 31 .024 .089 .024 .113 -67 1 0 0 2 0 0
MLN (4 yrs) 102 41 37 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 24 .027 .100 .027 .127 -62 1 0 0 1 0 0
STL (1 yr) 20 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0
CAL (1 yr) 14 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (5 yrs) 122 46 41 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 26 .024 .091 .024 .115 -66 1 0 0 2 0 0
AL (1 yr) 14 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 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 Awards
1960 25 MLN NL 37 9 -1 -0 0 0 1 -0 -0.0 0 0 0.0 .499 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
1961 26 MLN NL 12 6 -1 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
1962 27 MLN NL 16 19 -4 0 0 0 2 -1 -0.2 1 -1 -0.2 .491 .499 -0.2 0.0 -1 $ 1
1963 28 MLN NL 37 7 -2 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .497 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 $ 1
1965 30 CAL AL 14 2 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 0 0.0 .499 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $9,500 1
1966 31 STL NL 20 5 -1 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .495 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 $ 1
6 Seasons 136 48 -9 -0 0 0 5 -3 -0.4 2 -2 -0.4 .497 .500 -0.4 0.1 -2 $9,500
MLN (4 yrs) 102 41 -8 -0 0 0 5 -3 -0.3 1 -1 -0.3 .497 .500 -0.3 0.0 -1 $
STL (1 yr) 20 5 -1 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .495 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 $
CAL (1 yr) 14 2 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 0 0.0 .499 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $9,500

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
1960 25 MLN NL 9 7 0 0.0 92 .000 .000 .254 .222 .318 .000 .389 .222 .708 -30 .000 -1.2 -0.1 .286 .286 .000
1961 26 MLN NL 6 6 0 0.0 99 .000 .000 .260 .000 .326 .000 .406 .000 .731 -100 .000 -1.4 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1962 27 MLN NL 19 17 0 0.0 101 .167 .056 .266 .105 .333 .056 .404 .161 .738 -55 .000 -4.0 -0.4 .118 .056 .000
1963 28 MLN NL 7 7 0 0.0 89 .000 .000 .253 .000 .315 .000 .378 .000 .693 -100 .000 -1.8 -0.2 .000 .000 .000
1965 30 CAL AL 2 1 0 0.0 89 .000 .000 .247 .000 .317 .000 .379 .000 .696 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
1966 31 STL NL 5 5 0 0.0 96 .000 .000 .265 .000 .324 .000 .399 .000 .722 -100 .000 -1.1 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
6 Yrs 48 43 0 0.0 96 .063 .024 .261 .089 .325 .024 .397 .113 .722 -67 .000 -9.6 -1.0 .098 .071 .000
162 Game Avg. 57 51 0 0.0 96 .063 .024 .261 .089 .325 .024 .397 .113 .722 -67 .000 -9.6 -1.0 .098 .071 .000
MLN (4 yrs) 41 37 0 0.0 96 .077 .027 .261 .100 .326 .027 .397 .127 .722 -62 .000 -8.3 -0.8 .111 .081 .000
STL (1 yr) 5 5 0 0.0 96 .000 .000 .265 .000 .324 .000 .399 .000 .722 -100 .000 -1.1 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
CAL (1 yr) 2 1 0 0.0 89 .000 .000 .247 .000 .317 .000 .379 .000 .696 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
NL (5 yrs) 46 42 0 0.0 96 .067 .024 .261 .091 .325 .024 .397 .115 .722 -66 .000 -9.4 -1.0 .100 .073 .000
AL (1 yr) 2 1 0 0.0 89 .000 .000 .247 .000 .317 .000 .379 .000 .696 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .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
1960 25 MLN NL 9 0.0% 55.6% 22.2% 0.0% 2.50 1.4 22%
1961 26 MLN NL 6 0.0% 33.3% 0.0% 0.0% 2.5 50%
1962 27 MLN NL 19 0.0% 63.2% 5.3% 0.0% 0% 12.00 1.5 9.0 4.00 32%
1963 28 MLN NL 7 0.0% 71.4% 0.0% 0.0% 1.4 1.00 29%
1965 30 CAL AL 2 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 50%
1966 31 STL NL 5 0.0% 40.0% 0.0% 0.0% 2.0 40%
6 Yrs 48 0.0% 54.2% 6.3% 0.0% 0% 8.67 1.6 21.0 7.50 33%
MLB Averages 2.3% 14.8% 8.3% 6.4% 29% 1.79 6.0 39.0 8.7 1.07 73%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1960 25 MLN NL -1.2 -0.1 9 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 .91 -0.1 -0.1 -1.0 -0.1 0.82 -1.2 0
1961 26 MLN NL -1.4 -0.1 6 -0.1 0.1 -0.2 1.68 -0.1 0.1 -1.4 -0.1 1.13 -1.3 0
1962 27 MLN NL -4.0 -0.4 19 -0.3 0.2 -0.5 1.20 -0.3 0.1 -3.2 -0.3 1.09 -3.0 0
1963 28 MLN NL -1.8 -0.2 7 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .77 -0.2 -0.0 -1.7 -0.2 0.97 -1.7 0
1965 30 CAL AL -0.3 -0.0 2 0.0 0.0 -0.0 1.12 0.0 0.0 -0.1 -0.0 0.75 0.1 0
1966 31 STL NL -1.1 -0.1 5 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .85 -0.1 0.0 -1.2 -0.1 0.92 -1.3 0
6 Yrs -9.7 -1.0 48 -0.7 0.4 -1.1 1.10 -0.8 0.1 -8.6 -0.9 1.00 -8.6 0

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% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1960 25 MLN NL 0 0 0% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 26 MLN NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1962 27 MLN NL 0 0 50% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1963 28 MLN 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
1965 30 CAL AL 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1966 31 STL 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
6 Yrs 1 0 25% 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 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
1960 25 MLN NL 9 22% 0 0 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
1961 26 MLN NL 6 67% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 2 0 0% 1 0 0% 4 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1962 27 MLN NL 19 42% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0% 5 0 0% 18 2 11% 0 0 1 0 0% 0
1963 28 MLN NL 7 43% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1965 30 CAL AL 2 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1966 31 STL NL 5 40% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 1 1 100% 3 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
6 Yrs 48 40% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 9 0 0% 8 1 13% 35 2 6% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
MLB Averages 52% 76% 10% 30% 14% 48% 52%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1960 25 37 9 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 .000 .222 .000 .222 -30 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 26 49 15 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 .000 .143 .000 .143 -55 0 0 0 1 0 0
1962 27 65 34 30 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 19 .033 .121 .033 .155 -55 1 0 0 1 0 0
1963 28 102 41 37 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 24 .027 .100 .027 .127 -62 1 0 0 1 0 0
1964 29 102 41 37 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 24 .027 .100 .027 .127 -62 1 0 0 1 0 0
1965 30 116 43 38 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 24 .026 .098 .026 .124 -63 1 0 0 1 0 0
1966 31 136 48 42 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 26 .024 .089 .024 .113 -67 1 0 0 2 0 0

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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
1960 25 39 9 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 .000 .222 .000 .222 0 37
1961 26 13 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 12
1962 27 16 19 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12 .000 .053 .000 .053 0 16
1963 28 37 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 37
1965 30 14 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 14
1966 31 20 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 20
6 Yrs 139 47 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 26 .000 .067 .000 .067 0 136
162 Game Avg. 162 55 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 30 .000 .067 .000 .067 0 136

* 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.

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