Mario Picone

Mario Peter Picone (Babe)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: July 5, 1926 in Brooklyn, NY
Signed by the New York Giants as an amateur free agent in 1944. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 27, 1947
Teams (by GP): Giants/Redlegs 1947-1954

Final Game: June 24, 1954
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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	Pos	Awards
1944	17	SFG-min	D	29	68	68		8	1	2	0						.118	.118	.191	.309		13						BRS · APPY
1945	18	SFG-min	B	36	82	82		18	2	2	1						.220	.220	.329	.549		27						RMD · PIED
1946	19	SFG-min	A,AAA	28	56	56		10	2	1	0						.179	.179	.250	.429		14	0					JCK,JER · SALL,IL
1947	20	SFG-min	AAA	30	31	27	3	7	0	0	0	0	0		1	6	.259	.286	.259	.545		7		0	3			JER · IL
1947	20	NYG	NL	2	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	2	0		0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	288	2	0	0	0		/1

1948	21	SFG-min	AAA	49	92	80	13	21	4	0	0	12	0		7	25	.263	.322	.313	.634		25		0	5			MNE · AA
1949	22	SFG-min	B,AAA	33	72	71	5	16	4	0	2	2	0		1	7	.225	.236	.366	.602		26	0	0	0			TRE,MNE · ISLG,AA
1950	23	SFG-min	AAA	1	0	0		0	0	0	0											0						JER · IL
1951	24	SFG-min	A	51	95	95		22	2	0	0						.232	.232	.253	.484		24						SXC · WL
1952	25	SFG-min	A,AAA	39	96	93	4	19	0	1	3	4	0		2	9	.204	.221	.323	.544		30	1	0	1			SXC,MNE · WL,AA
1952	25	NYG	NL	2	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1		/1

1953	26	SFG-min	AAA	56	107	100	14	22	2	1	1	15	0		3	22	.220	.243	.290	.533		29	2	0	4			MNE · AA
1954	27	STL-SFG-min	AAA	19	21	19	0	3	0	0	0	2	0		0	3	.158	.158	.158	.316		3		0	2	0		ROC,MNE · IL,AA
1954	27	TOT	NL	9	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	44	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1954	27	NYG	NL	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	44	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1954	27	CIN	NL	4	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	44	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1955	28	TTO,RMD	AAA	34	61	54	4	13	1	0	2	7	0		6	18	.241	.317	.370	.687		20		0	1	0		TTO,RMD · IL
1956	29	BFL	AAA	6	1	1		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000		0						BFL · IL
3 Yrs				13	9	6	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	1	.167	.375	.333	.708	90	2	0	0	1	0
162 Game Avg.				162	112	75	12	12	12	0	0	25	0		25	12	.167	.375	.333	.708	90	25	0	0	12

NYG (3 yrs)				9	7	5	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	.200	.333	.400	.733	96	2	0	0	1	0
CIN (1 yr)				4	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	44	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	20	NYG	NL	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.535	.500	0.1	0.0	1	$	/1

1952	25	NYG	NL	2	3	-1	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.478	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	/1

1954	27	NYG	NL	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.504	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
1954	27	CIN	NL	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.505	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
3 Seasons				13	9	-0	0	0	0	1	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.505	.500	0.1	0.0	1	$

NYG (3 yrs)				9	7	-0	0	0	0	1	0	0.1	0	1	0.1	.505	.500	0.1	0.0	1	$
CIN (1 yr)				4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.505	.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
1947	20	NYG	NL	2	1	1	26.5	107	.500	.500	.276	.500	.350	1.000	.408	1.500	.758	288	.961	0.6	0.0	2.000	.500	.500

1952	25	NYG	NL	3	3	0	0.0	98	.000	.000	.262	.000	.336	.000	.391	.000	.727	-100	.000	-0.5	-0.1	.000	.000	.000

1954	27	TOT	NL	4	2	0	0.0	110	.000	.000	.276	.500	.348	.000	.427	.500	.774	44	.000	0.1	0.0	1.000	1.000	.000
1954	27	NYG	NL	2	1	0	0.0	110		.000	.275	.500	.347	.000	.426	.500	.773	44	.000	0.0	0.0	1.000	1.000	.000
1954	27	CIN	NL	2	1	0	0.0	111	.000	.000	.277	.500	.348	.000	.428	.500	.776	44	.000	0.0	0.0	1.000	1.000	.000
3 Yrs				9	6	1	4.5	105	.200	.167	.271	.375	.345	.333	.409	.708	.754	90	.491	0.1	-0.0	.800	.500	.167
162 Game Avg.				112	75	12	4.5	105	.200	.167	.271	.375	.345	.333	.409	.708	.754	90	.491	1	-0.0	.800	.500	.167

NYG (3 yrs)				7	5	1	5.3	104	.250	.200	.270	.333	.344	.400	.405	.733	.749	96	.581	0.1	-0.0	.750	.400	.200
CIN (1 yr)				2	1	0	0.0	111	.000	.000	.277	.500	.348	.000	.428	.500	.776	44	.000	0.0	0.0	1.000	1.000	.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	20	NYG	NL	2	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	50.0%	100%				1.0		100%

1952	25	NYG	NL	3	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%						2.00	67%

1954	27	TOT	NL	4	0.0%	25.0%	50.0%	0.0%		0.50	2.0				25%
1954	27	NYG	NL	2	0.0%	50.0%	50.0%	0.0%		1.00	1.0				0%
1954	27	CIN	NL	2	0.0%	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%		0.00					50%
3 Yrs				9	0.0%	11.1%	22.2%	11.1%	100%	0.50	6.0		3.0	3.00	56%
MLB Averages					1.9%	10.0%	9.7%	6.4%	28%	1.03	8.8	46.7	8.1	0.97	77%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1947	20	NYG	NL	0.6	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0

1952	25	NYG	NL	-0.5	-0.1	3	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	1.20	-0.1	0.0	-0.6	-0.1	1.01	-0.7	0

1954	27	TOT	NL	0.1	0.0	2	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.89	0.0	-0.0	0.0	0.0	0.74	0.1	0
1954	27	NYG	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	0
1954	27	CIN	NL	0.0	0.0	2	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.89	0.0	-0.0	0.0	0.0	0.74	0.1	0
3 Yrs				0.1	-0.0	5	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	1.08	-0.0	-0.0	-0.6	-0.1	0.90	-0.5	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1952	25	NYG	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

1954	27	TOT	NL	0	0	50%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1954	27	NYG	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	0
1954	27	CIN	NL	0	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3 Yrs				0	0	33%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
1952	25	NYG	NL	3	0%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	1	1	100%	2	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0

1954	27	TOT	NL	4	50%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
1954	27	NYG	NL	2		0			0	0	0			0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0			0	0		0	0		0
1954	27	CIN	NL	2	50%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
3 Yrs				7	20%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	1	1	100%	2	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
MLB Averages					50%																			111%			14%			33%			15%			51%			55%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	SH	SF
1947	20	2	2	2	0	1	1	2		0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	288	2	0
1948	21	2	2	2	0	1	1	2		0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	288	2	0
1949	22	2	2	2	0	1	1	2		0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	288	2	0
1950	23	2	2	2	0	1	1	2		0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	288	2	0
1951	24	2	2	2	0	1	1	2		0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	288	2	0
1952	25	4	5	4	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	.250	.250	.500	.750	98	2	1
1953	26	4	5	4	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	.250	.250	.500	.750	98	2	1
1954	27	13	9	6	1	1	1	2	0	2	1	.167	.375	.333	.708	90	2	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	20	2	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	1	2

1952	25	2	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	2

1954	27	9	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	9
3 Yrs		13	9	6	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	2	1	.167	.375	.333	.708	1	13
162 Game Avg.		162	112	75	12	12	12	0	0	25	0	25	12	.167	.375	.333	.708	12	13

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