Duane Pillette

Duane Xavier Pillette (Dee)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: July 24, 1922 in Detroit, MI
High School: San Diego HS (San Diego, CA)
School: Santa Clara University (Santa Clara, CA)
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1946. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 19, 1949
Teams (by GP): Browns/Orioles/Phillies/Yankees 1949-1956

Final Game: September 16, 1956
Died: May 6, 2011 in San Jose, CA
Cremated
Relatives: Son of Herman Pillette
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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
1946	23	NYY-min	AAA	31	76	62	7	7	0	0	0	2	0	0	9	18	.113	.225	.113	.338		7	1	0	5				NWK · IL
1947	24	NYY-min	AAA	27	48	40	2	8	2	0	0	4	0		3	5	.200	.256	.250	.506		10		0	5				POR,NWK · PCL,IL
1948	25	POR	AAA	39	75	60	7	9	1	0	0	2	0		5	15	.150	.215	.167	.382		10		0	10				POR · PCL
1949	26	NYY-min	AAA	19	39	30	2	3	0	1	0	3	0		6	5	.100	.250	.167	.417		5		0	3				NWK · IL
1949	26	NYY	AL	12	15	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	.000	.154	.000	.154	-58	0	0	0	2			1
1950	27	NYY-min	AAA	4	8	8		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000		0							KCY · AA
1950	27	TOT	AL	31	25	22	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	.136	.208	.182	.390	-1	4	1	0	1			1
1950	27	NYY	AL	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0			/1
1950	27	SLB	AL	27	25	22	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	.136	.208	.182	.390	-1	4	1	0	1			1
1951	28	SLB	AL	41	71	59	3	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	6	12	.136	.215	.136	.351	-5	8	3	0	6			1
1952	29	SLB	AL	35	77	66	7	12	2	0	0	7	0	0	4	15	.182	.239	.212	.452	25	14	2	1	6			1
1953	30	SLB	AL	31	60	53	4	7	1	0	1	4	0	0	5	16	.132	.207	.208	.414	11	11	1	0	2			1
1954	31	BAL	AL	25	65	53	5	7	1	0	0	3	0	0	5	18	.132	.203	.151	.354	2	8	0	0	6	1		1
1955	32	OLD	Opn	9	15	13	1	3	1	0	0	1	0		1	1	.231	.286	.308	.593		4	0	0	1	0			OLD · PCL
1955	32	BAL	AL	7	7	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.167	.286	.167	.452	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1956	33	PHI-min	AAA	3	0	0		0	0	0	0											0							MIA · IL
1956	33	PHI	NL	20	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
1957	34	CIN-BOS-min	Opn	35	73	65	4	13	4	0	0	5	0		1	17	.200	.224	.262	.485		17	0	1	6	0			SLE,SFR · PCL
1958	35	CIN-CHC-min	AAA	32	45	37	3	4	0	0	0	3	0		5	8	.108	.209	.108	.317		4	1	0	2	1			SLE,POR · PCL
1959	36	OAK-min	AAA	30	37	32	2	5	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	10	.156	.182	.156	.338		5		0	4	0			POR · PCL
1960	37	PIT-min	AAA	16	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000		0							SLC,POR · PCL
8 Yrs				202	321	271	21	38	5	0	1	15	0	0	25	70	.140	.215	.170	.385	5	46	8	1	23	1	0
162 Game Avg.				162	257	217	17	30	4	0	1	12	0	0	20	56	.140	.215	.170	.385	5	37	6	1	18

BAL (6 yrs)				166	305	259	21	38	5	0	1	15	0	0	23	68	.147	.218	.178	.396	9	46	7	1	21	1	0
NYY (2 yrs)				16	15	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	.000	.154	.000	.154	-58	0	0	0	2
PHI (1 yr)				20	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1	0	0	0	0

AL (7 yrs)				182	320	270	21	38	5	0	1	15	0	0	25	70	.141	.215	.170	.386	6	46	7	1	23	1	0
NL (1 yr)				20	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1	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
1949	26	NYY	AL	12	15	-3	0	0	0	2	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.490	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$	1
1950	27	NYY	AL	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
1950	27	SLB	AL	27	25	-4	0	-0	0	3	-1	-0.1	1	-0	-0.1	.496	.499	-0.1	0.0	-0	$	1
1951	28	SLB	AL	41	71	-10	-1	-0	0	7	-3	-0.3	2	-1	-0.3	.492	.498	-0.3	0.0	-1	$	1
1952	29	SLB	AL	35	77	-7	-0	-0	0	9	1	0.1	2	3	0.1	.504	.501	0.1	0.0	3	$	1
1953	30	SLB	AL	31	60	-7	-0	-0	0	6	-1	-0.1	2	0	-0.1	.496	.499	-0.1	0.0	0	$	1
1954	31	BAL	AL	25	65	-6	0	0	0	7	2	0.2	2	4	0.2	.507	.501	0.2	0.0	4	$	1
1955	32	BAL	AL	7	7	-1	-0	0	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
1956	33	PHI	NL	20	1	-0	0	-0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.498	.500	0.0	-0.0	-0	$	1
8 Seasons				202	321	-38	-0	-1	0	35	-4	-0.4	9	5	-0.3	.498	.500	-0.3	0.0	5	$

BAL (6 yrs)				166	305	-35	-1	-0	0	33	-2	-0.2	8	6	-0.2	.499	.500	-0.2	0.0	6	$
NYY (2 yrs)				16	15	-3	0	0	0	2	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.492	.500	-0.1	0.0	-1	$
PHI (1 yr)				20	1	-0	0	-0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.498	.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
1949	26	NYY	AL	15	13	0	0.0	107	.000	.000	.271	.154	.363	.000	.393	.154	.756	-58	.000	-2.6	-0.3	.182	.182	.000
1950	27	TOT	AL	25	21	1	1.3	117	.176	.136	.283	.208	.371	.182	.424	.390	.796	-1	.075	-3.5	-0.3	.300	.136	.045
1950	27	SLB	AL	25	21	1	1.3	117	.176	.136	.283	.208	.371	.182	.424	.390	.796	-1	.075	-3.5	-0.3	.300	.136	.045
1951	28	SLB	AL	71	60	2	0.9	105	.170	.136	.271	.215	.353	.136	.397	.351	.750	-5	.050	-9.0	-0.9	.259	.102	.000
1952	29	SLB	AL	77	62	3	1.3	98	.235	.182	.262	.239	.343	.212	.383	.452	.726	25	.108	-6.8	-0.7	.339	.091	.030
1953	30	SLB	AL	60	49	2	1.1	104	.167	.132	.272	.207	.349	.208	.400	.414	.749	11	.072	-6.9	-0.7	.340	.170	.075	.0
1954	31	BAL	AL	65	53	2	1.0	92	.194	.132	.256	.203	.330	.151	.374	.354	.704	2	.067	-6.8	-0.7	.283	.113	.019
1955	32	BAL	AL	7	5	0	0.0	96	.250	.167	.257	.286	.335	.167	.382	.452	.717	29	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.400	.167	.000
1956	33	PHI	NL	1	2	0	0.0	101	.000	.000	.262	.000	.328	.000	.413	.000	.741	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
8 Yrs				321	265	10	1.0	101	.184	.140	.267	.215	.346	.170	.392	.385	.738	5	.063	-36.5	-3.7	.299	.122	.030	.0
162 Game Avg.				257	213	8	1.0	101	.184	.140	.267	.215	.346	.170	.392	.385	.738	5	.063	-36.5	-3.7	.299	.122	.030

BAL (6 yrs)				305	250	10	1.1	101	.194	.147	.267	.218	.346	.178	.392	.396	.737	9	.071	-33.7	-3.4	.307	.120	.031	.0
PHI (1 yr)				1	2	0	0.0	101	.000	.000	.262	.000	.328	.000	.413	.000	.741	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
NYY (2 yrs)				15	13	0	0.0	107	.000	.000	.271	.154	.363	.000	.393	.154	.756	-58	.000	-2.6	-0.3	.182	.182	.000

AL (7 yrs)				320	263	10	1.0	101	.185	.141	.267	.215	.346	.170	.392	.386	.738	6	.064	-36.2	-3.7	.301	.122	.030	.0
NL (1 yr)				1	2	0	0.0	101	.000	.000	.262	.000	.328	.000	.413	.000	.741	-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	GO/AO	IP%
1949	26	NYY	AL	15	0.0%	13.3%	13.3%	0.0%		1.00	5.5			0.83	60%
1950	27	TOT	AL	25	0.0%	20.0%	8.0%	4.0%	33%	2.50	4.4			2.67	68%
1950	27	SLB	AL	25	0.0%	20.0%	8.0%	4.0%	33%	2.50	4.4			2.67	68%
1951	28	SLB	AL	71	0.0%	16.9%	8.5%	0.0%	0%	2.00	4.9		59.0	1.67	66%
1952	29	SLB	AL	77	0.0%	19.5%	5.2%	2.6%	17%	3.75	4.4		9.4	1.00	66%
1953	30	SLB	AL	60	1.7%	26.7%	8.3%	3.3%	29%	3.20	3.3	53.0	13.3	1.73	60%
1954	31	BAL	AL	65	0.0%	27.7%	7.7%	1.5%	14%	3.60	2.9		17.7	1.75	55%
1955	32	BAL	AL	7	0.0%	28.6%	14.3%	0.0%	0%	2.00	3.0			0.50	57%
1956	33	PHI	NL	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%							100%
8 Yrs				321	0.3%	21.8%	7.8%	1.9%	16%	2.80	3.9	271.0	18.1	1.44	63%
MLB Averages					2.1%	10.6%	9.6%	6.5%	28%	1.10	8.3	42.5	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	AB
1949	26	NYY	AL	-2.6	-0.3	15	-0.4	0.1	-0.4	1.41	-0.3	0.0	-3.6	-0.4	1.13	-3.0	0
1950	27	TOT	AL	-3.5	-0.3	15	-0.4	0.1	-0.5	1.11	-0.2	-0.1	-3.4	-0.3	0.99	-3.0	0
1950	27	NYY	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1950	27	SLB	AL	-3.5	-0.3	15	-0.4	0.1	-0.5	1.11	-0.2	-0.1	-3.4	-0.3	0.99	-3.0	0
1951	28	SLB	AL	-9.0	-0.9	47	-0.4	0.4	-0.8	.97	-0.2	-0.2	-4.7	-0.5	0.98	-3.1	0
1952	29	SLB	AL	-6.9	-0.7	65	-0.7	0.5	-1.2	.95	-0.5	-0.3	-5.1	-0.5	0.96	-5.1	0
1953	30	SLB	AL	-6.9	-0.7	56	-0.5	0.7	-1.2	1.05	-0.6	0.1	-5.9	-0.6	0.94	-6.9	0
1954	31	BAL	AL	-6.8	-0.7	65	-0.5	0.5	-1.0	.92	-0.7	0.2	-6.5	-0.7	0.99	-6.9	0
1955	32	BAL	AL	-0.6	-0.1	7	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.81	-0.1	-0.0	-0.8	-0.1	1.02	-0.7	0
1956	33	PHI	NL	-0.3	-0.0	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.83	-0.0	0.0	-0.5	-0.0	1.12	-0.4	0
8 Yrs				-36.6	-3.7	271	-3.0	2.3	-5.3	.99	-2.6	-0.4	-30.5	-3.1	0.98	-29.2	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	OOB	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1949	26	NYY	AL	0	0%	2	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1950	27	TOT	AL	0	40%	11	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1950	27	SLB	AL	0	40%	11	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1951	28	SLB	AL	3	21%	18	1	43%	3	2	1	0	0	4	1	2
1952	29	SLB	AL	2	41%	25	1	17%	5	5	0	1	1	0	0	0
1953	30	SLB	AL	0	27%	9	1	25%	3	3	0	0	0	1	0	1
1954	31	BAL	AL	2	42%	18	0	80%	4	1	3	0	0	1	0	1
1955	32	BAL	AL	0	0%	2	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1956	33	PHI	NL	0		0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8 Yrs				7	32%	85	3	41%	15	11	4	1	1	6	1	4

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	NYY	AL	15	40%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	5	0	0%	4	1	25%	15	0	0%	0	0		2	0	0%	0
1950	27	TOT	AL	25	20%	3			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	4	1	25%	4	1	25%	12	0	0%	2	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
1950	27	SLB	AL	25	20%	3			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	4	1	25%	4	1	25%	12	0	0%	2	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
1951	28	SLB	AL	71	21%	8			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	7	6	86%	13	3	23%	9	4	44%	30	0	0%	2	0	0%	3	1	33%	0
1952	29	SLB	AL	77	40%	12			0	0	0	0		0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	8	6	75%	10	2	20%	11	3	27%	40	6	15%	2	2	100%	1	0	0%	0
1953	30	SLB	AL	60	50%	7			0	0	0	0		1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	3	2	67%	10	1	10%	11	2	18%	37	3	8%	4	1	25%	2	0	0%	0
1954	31	BAL	AL	65	29%	7			0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	6	6	100%	11	0	0%	13	5	38%	45	3	7%	4	2	50%	3	3	100%	0
1955	32	BAL	AL	7	0%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		7	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1956	33	PHI	NL	1	0%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	100%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
8 Yrs				321	34%	38			0	0	0	0		1	0	9	1	0	0	1	0	27	23	85%	55	8	15%	53	16	30%	187	12	6%	14	5	36%	12	4	33%	0
MLB Averages					50%																			89%			12%			32%			14%			50%			55%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1949	26	12	15	11	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	.000	.154	.000	.154	-58	0	0	0	2
1950	27	43	40	33	2	3	1	0	0	4	7	.091	.189	.121	.310	-19	4	1	0	3
1951	28	84	111	92	5	11	1	0	1	10	19	.120	.206	.130	.336	-10	12	4	0	9
1952	29	119	188	158	12	23	3	0	8	14	34	.146	.220	.165	.384	4	26	6	1	15
1953	30	150	248	211	16	30	4	1	12	19	50	.142	.216	.175	.392	6	37	7	1	17
1954	31	175	313	264	21	37	5	1	15	24	68	.140	.214	.170	.384	5	45	7	1	23	1
1955	32	182	320	270	21	38	5	1	15	25	70	.141	.215	.170	.386	6	46	7	1	23	1	0
1956	33	202	321	271	21	38	5	1	15	25	70	.140	.215	.170	.385	5	46	8	1	23	1	0

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	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1949	26	13	15	11	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	.000	.154	.000	.154	0	12
1950	27	32	26	23	3	3	1	0	0	2	5	.130	.200	.174	.374	1	31
1951	28	43	76	63	4	9	0	0	1	7	13	.143	.229	.143	.371	2	41
1952	29	37	79	68	7	12	2	0	7	4	16	.176	.233	.206	.439	3	35
1953	30	32	62	55	4	7	1	1	4	5	17	.127	.200	.200	.400	2	31
1954	31	26	69	56	6	8	1	0	4	6	19	.143	.222	.161	.383	2	25
1955	32	7	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.143	.000	.143	0	7
1956	33	21	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	20
8 Yrs		211	335	283	24	39	5	1	16	27	74	.138	.215	.166	.381	10	202
162 Game Avg.		162	257	217	18	30	4	1	12	21	57	.138	.215	.166	.381	8	202

* 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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Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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