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Greg Pirkl

Gregory Daniel Pirkl

Positions: First Baseman, Pinch Hitter and Designated Hitter
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5", Weight: 225 lb.

Born: August 7, 1970 in Long Beach, CA
High School: Los Alamitos HS (Los Alamitos, CA)
Drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 2nd round of the 1988 amateur draft.
Signed June 6, 1988. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 13, 1993
Teams (by GP): Mariners/RedSox 1993-1996

Final Game: August 16, 1996
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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
1988	17	SEA-min	A-	65	266	246	22	59	6	0	6	35	1	1	12	59	.240	.289	.337	.627		83		6	0	2	0		BLH · NORW
1989	18	SEA-min	A-	70	295	265	31	68	6	0	8	36	4	1	23	51	.257	.320	.370	.690		98	8	3	1	3	2		BLH · NORW
1990	19	SEA-min	A+	58	224	207	37	61	10	0	5	28	3	0	13	34	.295	.344	.415	.759		86		3	0	1	0		SBR · CALL
1991	20	SEA-min	A+	127	517	478	52	138	29	1	20	94	4	0	21	85	.289	.325	.479	.804		229	17	9	0	9	1		PNS,SBR · CARL,CALL
1992	21	SEA-min	AAA,AA	138	552	513	55	142	32	4	16	61	4	3	23	109	.277	.317	.448	.765		230	18	10	0	6	1		CGY,JCK · PCL,SOUL
1993	22	SEA-min	AAA	115	475	445	67	137	24	1	21	94	3	3	13	50	.308	.329	.508	.837		226	15	6	1	10	1		CGY · PCL
1993	22	SEA	AL	7	23	23	1	4	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	4	.174	.174	.304	.478	26	7	2	0	0	0	0	/3D
1994	23	SEA-min	AAA	87	385	353	69	112	21	0	22	72	1	1	24	58	.317	.367	.564	.931		199	12	5	1	2	0		CGY · PCL
1994	23	SEA	AL	19	56	53	7	14	3	0	6	11	0	0	1	12	.264	.286	.660	.946	134	35	1	1	0	1	1	D/3
1995	24	SEA-min	AAA	47	190	174	29	51	8	2	15	44	1	1	14	28	.293	.347	.621	.968		108	3	1	0	1	1		TAC · PCL
1995	24	SEA	AL	10	18	17	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	.235	.278	.235	.513	35	4	0	0	0	0	0	/3D
1996	25	SEA-min	AAA	88	371	348	50	105	22	2	21	75	1	1	14	58	.302	.337	.557	.894		194	13	6	0	3	2		TAC · PCL
1996	25	TOT	AL	9	23	23	2	4	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	4	.174	.174	.348	.522	28	8	1	0	0	0	0	/D3
1996	25	SEA	AL	7	21	21	2	4	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	3	.190	.190	.381	.571	41	8	1	0	0	0	0	/D3
1996	25	BOS	AL	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
1997	26	FKA	Fgn																										FKA · JPPL
1998	27	CLE-min	A,A+	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		CBS,KIN · SALL,CARL
1999	28	CLE-min	A+	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		KIN · CARL
4 Yrs				45	120	116	12	26	4	0	8	16	0	0	2	27	.224	.242	.466	.707	78	54	4	1	0	1	1
162 Game Avg.				162	432	418	43	94	14	0	29	58	0	0	7	97	.224	.242	.466	.707	78	194	14	4	0	4	4

SEA (4 yrs)				43	118	114	12	26	4	0	8	16	0	0	2	26	.228	.246	.474	.719	81	54	4	1	0	1	1
BOS (1 yr)				2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.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
1993	22	SEA	AL	7	23	-3	0	-0	-1	-0	-4	-0.4	1	-4	-0.4	.435	.497	-0.3	-0.1	-3	$109,000	/3D
1994	23	SEA	AL	19	56	1	-0	0	1	-1	1	0.1	2	3	0.3	.505	.501	0.2	0.0	1	$109,000	D/3
1995	24	SEA	AL	10	18	-2	0	0	-1	-0	-3	-0.3	1	-2	-0.2	.473	.498	-0.1	-0.2	-1	$112,500	/3D
1996	25	SEA	AL	7	21	-2	0	-0	0	-0	-3	-0.2	1	-2	-0.2	.463	.498	-0.2	-0.0	-2	$	/D3
1996	25	BOS	AL	2	2	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.472	.500	-0.1	0.0	-1	$
4 Seasons				45	120	-6	0	-0	-1	-3	-10	-0.9	4	-6	-0.6	.479	.499	-0.5	-0.3	-5	$330,500

SEA (4 yrs)				43	118	-5	0	-0	-1	-3	-9	-0.9	4	-5	-0.5	.479	.499	-0.4	-0.3	-4	$330,500
BOS (1 yr)				2	2	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.472	.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	PwrSpd
1993	22	SEA	AL	23	21	1	1.3	103	.167	.174	.268	.174	.339	.304	.409	.478	.748	26	.080	-2.6	-0.3	.333	.130	.130	.0
1994	23	SEA	AL	56	41	10	6.5	112	.222	.264	.274	.286	.346	.660	.436	.946	.782	134	.590	2.1	0.2	.925	.415	.396	.0
1995	24	SEA	AL	18	13	1	2.0	110	.400	.235	.272	.278	.346	.235	.429	.513	.774	35	.153	-1.7	-0.2	.385	.059	.000
1996	25	TOT	AL	23	20	1	1.3	115	.167	.174	.276	.174	.349	.348	.443	.522	.793	28	.068	-2.7	-0.2	.400	.174	.174	.0
1996	25	SEA	AL	21	18	1	1.5	115	.176	.190	.276	.190	.349	.381	.443	.571	.792	41	.081	-2.1	-0.2	.444	.190	.190	.0
1996	25	BOS	AL	2	2	0	0.0	117	.000	.000	.278	.000	.352	.000	.447	.000	.798	-100	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
4 Yrs				120	95	13	3.7	111	.220	.224	.273	.242	.345	.466	.431	.707	.776	78	.338	-4.9	-0.5	.606	.259	.241	.0
162 Game Avg.				432	342	47	3.7	111	.220	.224	.273	.242	.345	.466	.431	.707	.776	78	.338	-4.9	-0.5	.606	.259	.241

SEA (4 yrs)				118	93	13	3.7	111	.222	.228	.273	.246	.345	.474	.431	.719	.776	81	.348	-4.3	-0.4	.620	.263	.246	.0
BOS (1 yr)				2	2	0	0.0	117	.000	.000	.278	.000	.352	.000	.447	.000	.798	-100	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.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
1993	22	SEA	AL	23	4.4%	17.4%	0.0%	4.4%	25%		5.8	23.0	5.8	0.58	0.89	78%	11%	8.3%	0%
1994	23	SEA	AL	56	10.7%	21.4%	1.8%	16.1%	64%	12.00	4.4	8.8	4.8	0.56	0.81	64%	12%	27.3%	19%
1995	24	SEA	AL	18	0.0%	38.9%	5.6%	0.0%	0%	7.00	2.4			0.43	0.50	56%	20%	0.0%	29%
1996	25	TOT	AL	23	4.4%	17.4%	0.0%	8.7%	50%		5.8	23.0	23.0	0.27	0.45	78%	26%	8.3%	20%
1996	25	SEA	AL	21	4.8%	14.3%	0.0%	9.5%	50%		7.0	21.0	21.0	0.29	0.50	81%	28%	8.3%	14%
1996	25	BOS	AL	2	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%			2.0			0.00	0.00	50%	0%		100%
4 Yrs				120	6.7%	22.5%	1.7%	10.0%	46%	13.50	4.3	14.5	7.3	0.48	0.70	68%	16%	15.7%	16%
MLB Averages					2.6%	15.9%	8.9%	7.6%	32%	1.78	5.6	34.2	7.5	0.83	1.10	71%	21%	7.8%	16%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1993	22	SEA	AL	-2.6	-0.3	23	-0.0	0.4	-0.5	1.02	-0.2	0.2	-2.1	-0.2	1.03	-3.0		0
1994	23	SEA	AL	2.0	0.2	57	0.3	1.2	-0.9	.80	0.4	-0.0	2.3	0.2	0.88	6.5	3.70	4
1995	24	SEA	AL	-1.7	-0.2	19	-0.3	0.1	-0.4	.97	-0.1	-0.2	-3.2	-0.3	1.01	-2.0	1.25	5
1996	25	TOT	AL	-2.7	-0.2	23	-0.6	0.0	-0.6	1.00	-0.4	-0.1	-3.5	-0.3	0.80	-4.0	1.59	4
1996	25	SEA	AL	-2.1	-0.2	21	-0.5	0.0	-0.5	.90	-0.4	-0.1	-2.9	-0.3	0.79	-3.3	1.10	2
1996	25	BOS	AL	-0.6	-0.1	2	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	2.08	-0.1	0.0	-0.6	-0.1	0.92	-0.7	2.08	2
4 Yrs				-5.0	-0.5	122	-0.6	1.8	-2.4	.91	-0.4	-0.3	-6.4	-0.6	0.92	-2.5	2.11	13

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	RS%	SBO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1993	22	SEA	AL	0%	5	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1994	23	SEA	AL	10%	7	0	1	0%	2	2	0	0	0	1	1	0
1995	24	SEA	AL	40%	8	0	1	67%	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	1
1996	25	TOT	AL	33%	2	0	0	0%	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0
1996	25	SEA	AL	33%	2	0	0	0%	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0
1996	25	BOS	AL		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4 Yrs				19%	22	1	2	29%	4	3	1	1	1	2	1	1

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
1993	22	SEA	AL	23	61%	4	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		7	2	29%	2	0	0%	16	3	19%	0	0		0	0		0
1994	23	SEA	AL	56	70%	14	0	0	4	3	1	1	3.70	6	0	1	1	5	2	4	0	0	0		11	1	9%	5	1	20%	36	5	14%	3	1	33%	2	0	0%	0
1995	24	SEA	AL	18	83%	4	0	0	5	0	0	0	1.25	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		4	0	0%	3	0	0%	12	0	0%	2	0	0%	0	0		0
1996	25	TOT	AL	23	74%	4	0	0	4	1	1	1	1.59	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0		3	1	33%	0	0		10	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1996	25	SEA	AL	21	76%	4	0	0	2	1	1	1	1.10	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0		2	1	50%	0	0		8	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1996	25	BOS	AL	2	50%	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2.08	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		2	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
4 Yrs				120	71%	26	0	0	13	4	2	2	2.11	8	0	2	1	7	3	5	0	0	0		25	4	16%	10	1	10%	74	8	11%	5	1	20%	2	0	0%	0
MLB Averages					57%																			71%			11%			35%			15%			52%			57%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru
1993	22	SEA	AL	23	68	2.96	48	71%	19%	23%	19%	40%	81%	0%	57%	72%	39%	0%	0	0	9%	2	2	4%	1	1	0%	0	0	0
1994	23	SEA	AL	56	190	3.39	132	69%	15%	27%	27%	32%	85%	3%	59%	69%	50%	4%	2	1	5%	3	1	4%	2	2	8%	0	0	0
1995	24	SEA	AL	18	80	4.44	54	68%	7%	43%	31%	19%	93%	0%	63%	54%	50%	6%	1	0	11%	2	1	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0
1996	25	TOT	AL	23	72	3.13	53	74%	11%	28%	25%	36%	89%	0%	65%	68%	48%	0%	0	0	9%	2	1	4%	1	1	0%	0	0	0
1996	25	SEA	AL	21	63	3.00	48	76%	13%	25%	25%	38%	88%	0%	67%	71%	48%	0%	0	0	10%	2	1	5%	1	1	0%	0	0	0
1996	25	BOS	AL	2	9	4.50	5	56%	0%	60%	20%	20%	100%	0%	56%	40%	50%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0
4 Yrs				120	410	3.42	287	70%	14%	29%	26%	31%	86%	2%	60%	66%	48%	3%	3	1	8%	9	5	3%	4	4	4%	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.68		61%	25%	15%	27%	33%	75%	2%	46%	80%	31%	6%			16%			9%			28%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SF	IBB
1993	22	7	23	23	1	4	0	1	4	0	4	.174	.174	.304	.478	26	7	2	0	0	0
1994	23	26	79	76	8	18	3	7	15	1	16	.237	.253	.553	.806	103	42	3	1	1	1
1995	24	36	97	93	10	22	3	7	15	2	23	.237	.258	.495	.752	90	46	3	1	1	1
1996	25	45	120	116	12	26	4	8	16	2	27	.224	.242	.466	.707	78	54	4	1	1	1

Neutralized Batting

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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
1993	22	7	23	23	1	4	0	1	3	0	4	.174	.174	.304	.478	1	7
1994	23	27	77	74	9	19	4	8	14	1	17	.257	.273	.635	.908	13	19
1995	24	11	20	19	2	4	0	0	0	1	8	.211	.250	.211	.461	1	10
1996	25	9	22	22	1	3	1	1	1	0	4	.136	.136	.318	.455	1	9
4 Yrs		54	142	138	13	30	5	10	18	2	33	.217	.232	.471	.703	16	45
162 Game Avg.		162	426	414	39	90	15	30	54	6	99	.217	.232	.471	.703	48	45

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