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Jack Pierce

Lavern Jack Pierce

Position: First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: June 2, 1948 in Laurel, MS
High School: San Jose HS (San Jose, CA)
School: San Jose City College (San Jose, CA)
Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 2nd round of the 1970 amateur draft (January). (All Transactions)
Debut: April 27, 1973
Teams (by GP): Tigers/Braves 1973-1975

Final Game: September 12, 1975
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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
1970	22	ATL-min	Rk	70	281	281		79	16	1	9						.281	.281	.441	.722		124							MGV · PION
1971	23	NYY-min	A	136	465	465		136	29	1	20						.292	.292	.488	.781		227							KIN · CARL
1972	24	ATL-min	AA	138	551	479	78	140	29	4	23	103	10	6	57	111	.292	.370	.514	.884		246		6	3	6			SAV · SOUL
1973	25	ATL-min	AAA	124	472	411	55	101	14	1	14	68	4	0	53	102	.246	.335	.387	.722		159		4	1	3			RMD · IL
1973	25	ATL	NL	11	21	20	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	.050	.095	.050	.145	-60	1	0	0	0	0	0	/3
1974	26	JAL	AAA																										JAL · MEX
1974	26	ATL	NL	6	10	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.111	.200	.111	.311	-12	1	0	0	0	0	0	/3
1975	27	DET-min	AAA	36	156	132	26	37	7	0	9	25	0	1	17	33	.280	.372	.538	.910		71		4	0	3			EVN · AA
1975	27	DET	AL	53	194	170	19	40	6	1	8	22	0	0	20	40	.235	.320	.424	.743	107	72	2	2	0	2	1	3
1976	28	PUE	AAA																										PUE · MEX
1977	29	NAK	Fgn																										NAK · JPPL
1978	30	SEA-min	AAA	77	323	275	44	90	20	1	10	61	2	1	43	71	.327	.421	.516	.937		142		3	0	2			SJO,PUE · PCL,MEX
1979	31	SEA-min	AAA	133	529	472	64	132	27	4	16	90	1	2	48	92	.280	.343	.456	.799		215		1	2	6			SPO · PCL
1980	32	CZL,SLT,CZL	AAA																										CZL,SLT,CZL · MEX,MEX
1981	33	CZL	AAA																										CZL · MEX
1982	34	ASC	AAA																										ASC · MEX
1983	35	VCZ,SLT,CMP	AAA																										VCZ,SLT,CMP · MEX
1984	36	LEO	AAA																										LEO · MEX
1985	37	LEO	AAA																										LEO · MEX
1986	38	LEO	AAA																										LEO · MEX
1987	39	MCT,LEO	AAA																										MCT,LEO · MEX
3 Yrs				70	225	199	20	42	6	1	8	22	0	0	22	48	.211	.293	.372	.665	84	74	2	2	0	2	1
162 Game Avg.				162	521	461	46	97	14	2	19	51	0	0	51	111	.211	.293	.372	.665	84	171	5	5	0	5	2

ATL (2 yrs)				17	31	29	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	8	.069	.129	.069	.198	-45	2	0	0	0	0	0
DET (1 yr)				53	194	170	19	40	6	1	8	22	0	0	20	40	.235	.320	.424	.743	107	72	2	2	0	2	1

NL (2 yrs)				17	31	29	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	8	.069	.129	.069	.198	-45	2	0	0	0	0	0
AL (1 yr)				53	194	170	19	40	6	1	8	22	0	0	20	40	.235	.320	.424	.743	107	72	2	2	0	2	1

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
1973	25	ATL	NL	11	21	-4	-0	0	1	-0	-4	-0.4	1	-3	-0.4	.460	.497	-0.5	0.1	-4	$	/3
1974	26	ATL	NL	6	10	-1	-0	0	-0	-0	-2	-0.2	0	-1	-0.2	.468	.499	-0.1	-0.0	-1	$	/3
1975	27	DET	AL	53	194	1	0	0	-7	-3	-8	-0.8	6	-2	-0.3	.483	.494	0.5	-1.0	5	$	3
3 Seasons				70	225	-5	-0	1	-6	-3	-14	-1.5	7	-7	-0.9	.478	.497	-0.1	-1.0	-0	$

ATL (2 yrs)				17	31	-6	-0	0	1	-0	-6	-0.6	1	-5	-0.6	.463	.498	-0.6	0.0	-5	$
DET (1 yr)				53	194	1	0	0	-7	-3	-8	-0.8	6	-2	-0.3	.483	.494	0.5	-1.0	5	$

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
1973	25	ATL	NL	21	19	0	0.0	103	.083	.050	.272	.095	.342	.050	.404	.145	.746	-60	.000	-4.6	-0.5	.105	.050	.000
1974	26	ATL	NL	10	8	0	0.0	98	.111	.111	.267	.200	.340	.111	.386	.311	.725	-12	.000	-1.4	-0.2	.250	.111	.000
1975	27	DET	AL	194	134	24	4.8	95	.258	.235	.261	.320	.332	.424	.384	.743	.716	107	.551	1.2	0.1	.712	.306	.188	.0
3 Yrs				225	161	24	4.0	96	.234	.211	.263	.293	.333	.372	.386	.665	.719	84	.467	-4.7	-0.5	.616	.271	.161	.0
162 Game Avg.				521	373	56	4.0	96	.234	.211	.263	.293	.333	.372	.386	.665	.719	84	.467	-4.7	-0.5	.616	.271	.161

ATL (2 yrs)				31	27	0	0.0	101	.095	.069	.270	.129	.341	.069	.398	.198	.739	-45	.000	-5.9	-0.6	.148	.069	.000
DET (1 yr)				194	134	24	4.8	95	.258	.235	.261	.320	.332	.424	.384	.743	.716	107	.551	1.2	0.1	.712	.306	.188	.0

NL (2 yrs)				31	27	0	0.0	101	.095	.069	.270	.129	.341	.069	.398	.198	.739	-45	.000	-5.9	-0.6	.148	.069	.000
AL (1 yr)				194	134	24	4.8	95	.258	.235	.261	.320	.332	.424	.384	.743	.716	107	.551	1.2	0.1	.712	.306	.188	.0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1973	25	ATL	NL	21	0.0%	38.1%	4.8%	0.0%	0%	8.00	2.5			0.57	57%
1974	26	ATL	NL	10	0.0%	0.0%	10.0%	0.0%	0%	0.00				3.00	90%
1975	27	DET	AL	194	4.1%	20.6%	10.3%	7.7%	38%	2.00	4.3	21.3	7.7	0.64	64%
3 Yrs				225	3.6%	21.3%	9.8%	6.7%	36%	2.18	4.1	24.9	9.0	0.71	64%
MLB Averages					1.9%	13.3%	8.8%	6.0%	26%	1.50	6.7	46.9	8.8	1.09	74%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1973	25	ATL	NL	-4.6	-0.5	21	-0.5	0.1	-0.6	1.19	-0.3	-0.1	-4.1	-0.4	0.92	-4.3	2.28	5
1974	26	ATL	NL	-1.4	-0.2	10	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	1.11	-0.1	-0.0	-1.2	-0.1	0.91	-1.4	1.08	3
1975	27	DET	AL	1.0	0.1	196	0.3	3.2	-2.9	.87	0.8	-0.5	3.5	0.4	0.91	6.7	2.14	4
3 Yrs				-5.0	-0.5	227	-0.4	3.2	-3.7	.91	0.3	-0.8	-1.8	-0.2	0.91	1.0	1.94	12

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	PO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1973	25	ATL	NL	0	0%	2	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1974	26	ATL	NL	0	50%	3	0	0	0	50%	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1
1975	27	DET	AL	2	20%	81	1	1	2	17%	13	13	2	1	1	3	1	2
3 Yrs				2	21%	86	1	1	2	19%	15	15	2	1	1	4	1	3

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
1973	25	ATL	NL	21	95%	1			5	0	0	0	2.28	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		10	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1974	26	ATL	NL	10	90%	1			3	1	0	0	1.08	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	1	100%	3	0	0%	0	0		1	1	100%	0
1975	27	DET	AL	194	88%	40			4	0	0	0	2.14	8	0	4	7	1	4	4	0	0	0		43	2	5%	17	4	24%	110	15	14%	7	5	71%	6	1	17%	0
3 Yrs				225	89%	42			12	1	0	0	1.94	8	0	5	7	1	4	4	0	0	0		45	2	4%	18	5	28%	123	15	12%	7	5	71%	7	2	29%	0
MLB Averages					55%																			76%			11%			33%			14%			48%			53%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SF	IBB
1973	25	11	21	20	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	8	.050	.095	.050	.145	-60	1	0	0	0	0
1974	26	17	31	29	1	2	0	0	0	0	2	8	.069	.129	.069	.198	-45	2	0	0	0	0
1975	27	70	225	199	20	42	6	1	8	22	22	48	.211	.293	.372	.665	84	74	2	2	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	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1973	25	11	21	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	.000	.048	.000	.048	0	11
1974	26	6	10	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.100	.000	.100	0	6
1975	27	53	198	173	20	42	6	1	8	23	21	40	.243	.328	.428	.756	24	53
3 Yrs		70	229	202	20	42	6	1	8	23	23	48	.208	.293	.366	.659	24	70
162 Game Avg.		162	530	467	46	97	14	2	19	53	53	111	.208	.293	.366	.659	56	70

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