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Gaylen Pitts

Gaylen Richard Pitts

Positions: Third Baseman, Second Baseman and Shortstop
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: June 6, 1946 in Wichita, KS
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1964. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 12, 1974
Team: Athletics 1974-1975

Final Game: September 25, 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
1964	18	STL-min	Rk	56	176	176		40	2	2	0						.227	.227	.261	.489		46							CDS · SARR
1965	19	STL-min	A	98	358	358		87	10	3	3						.243	.243	.313	.556		112							CDR · MIDW
1966	20	STL-min	A	15	56	56		13	2	1	1						.232	.232	.357	.589		20							CDR · MIDW
1967		Did not play in major leagues (Did Not Play)
1968	22	STL-min	A	136	460	460		117	19	2	5						.254	.254	.337	.591		155							MOD,SPT · CALL,FLOR
1969	23	STL-min	AA	122	463	422	56	110	18	3	11	48	7	4	41	60	.261	.326	.396	.722		167							ARK · TL
1970	24	STL-min	AAA	115	420	364	51	86	14	3	9	39	5	2	46	71	.236	.328	.365	.693		133		5	2	3			TUL · AA
1971	25	STL-OAK-min	AAA	83	285	251	28	58	7	2	5	31	1	3	24	55	.231	.306	.335	.641		84		4	4	2			TUL,IWA · AA
1972	26	OAK-min	AAA	114	418	373	43	82	12	1	10	43	6	0	37	64	.220	.292	.338	.630		126		2	4	2			IWA · AA
1973	27	OAK-min	AAA	75	237	202	34	58	8	3	5	22	2	2	27	27	.287	.371	.431	.801		87		1	5	2			TUC · PCL
1974	28	OAK-min	AAA	67	275	236	28	58	10	1	4	28	3	4	33	46	.246	.338	.347	.686		82		1	3	2			TUC · PCL
1974	28	OAK	AL	18	47	41	4	10	3	0	0	3	0	0	5	4	.244	.326	.317	.643	91	13	1	0	1	0	0	5/43
1975	29	OAK-min	AAA	135	565	482	74	129	23	2	11	58	11	5	74	76	.268	.362	.392	.754		189		1	2	6			TUC · PCL
1975	29	OAK	AL	10	3	3	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.667	1.000	180	2	1	0	0	0	0	/564
1976	30	OAK-min	AAA	106	381	310	56	81	14	0	12	50	15	5	66	65	.261	.389	.423	.812		131		1	1	3			TUC · PCL
1977	31	OAK-CHC-min	AAA	97	385	316	43	74	13	2	8	38	4	2	61	55	.234	.355	.364	.719		115		1	2	5			SJO,WCH · PCL,AA
2 Yrs				28	50	44	5	11	4	0	0	4	0	0	5	4	.250	.327	.341	.667	98	15	2	0	1	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	289	255	29	64	23	0	0	23	0	0	29	23	.250	.327	.341	.667	98	87	12	0	6	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
1974	28	OAK	AL	18	47	-1	-0	0	1	0	0	0.1	2	2	0.2	.503	.500	0.2	0.1	1	$	5/43
1975	29	OAK	AL	10	3	0	0	-0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.504	.500	0.0	0.1	0	$	/564
2 Seasons				28	50	-0	-0	0	1	1	1	0.1	2	2	0.2	.504	.500	0.2	0.2	2	$

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
1974	28	OAK	AL	47	33	4	3.3	84	.270	.244	.251	.326	.315	.317	.361	.643	.676	91	.393	-0.2	-0.0	.563	.195	.073
1975	29	OAK	AL	3	3	0	0.0	91	.333	.333	.256	.333	.325	.667	.376	1.000	.701	180	.000	0.3	0.0	.667	.333	.333
2 Yrs				50	36	4	3.0	85	.275	.250	.252	.327	.315	.341	.362	.667	.678	98	.355	0.1	0.0	.571	.205	.091
162 Game Avg.				289	208	23	3.0	85	.275	.250	.252	.327	.315	.341	.362	.667	.678	98	.355	1	0	.571	.205	.091

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1974	28	OAK	AL	47	0.0%	8.5%	10.6%	6.4%	30%	0.80	10.3		13.7	1.90	79%
1975	29	OAK	AL	3	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	33.3%	100%				3.0		100%
2 Yrs				50	0.0%	8.0%	10.0%	8.0%	36%	0.80	11.0		11.0	2.20	80%
MLB Averages					1.8%	13.0%	8.9%	6.0%	26%	1.47	6.8	49.3	8.8	1.08	75%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1974	28	OAK	AL	-0.2	-0.0	47	-0.3	0.7	-1.0	1.01	-0.1	-0.2	-2.2	-0.2	1.00	-1.4	0.02	1
1975	29	OAK	AL	0.3	0.0	3	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	1.81	-0.1	-0.0	0.3	0.0	1.24	0.1		0
2 Yrs				0.1	0.0	50	-0.5	0.7	-1.2	1.06	-0.2	-0.3	-1.9	-0.2	1.01	-1.3	0.02	1

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	RS%	SBO	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1974	28	OAK	AL	27%	23	33%	3	2	1	3	2	1
1975	29	OAK	AL	100%	2		0	0	0	0	0	0
2 Yrs				31%	25	33%	3	2	1	3	2	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
1974	28	OAK	AL	47	34%	10			1	1	0	0	0.02	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	12	1	8%	8	2	25%	31	3	10%	1	0	0%	2	0	0%	0
1975	29	OAK	AL	3	0%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	1	50%	1	0	0%	2	1	50%	0	0		0	0		0
2 Yrs				50	32%	11			1	1	0	0	0.02	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	14	2	14%	9	2	22%	33	4	12%	1	0	0%	2	0	0%	0
MLB Averages					55%																			75%			11%			33%			14%			48%			53%

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
1974	28	18	47	41	4	10	3	0	0	3	0	0	5	4	.244	.326	.317	.643	91	13	1	0	1	0	0
1975	29	28	50	44	5	11	4	0	0	4	0	0	5	4	.250	.327	.341	.667	98	15	2	0	1	0	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	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1974	28	18	49	42	5	11	3	4	6	4	.262	.354	.333	.687	5	18
1975	29	10	3	3	2	1	1	2	0	0	.333	.333	.667	1.000	1	10
2 Yrs		28	52	45	7	12	4	6	6	4	.267	.353	.356	.708	6	28
162 Game Avg.		162	301	260	41	69	23	35	35	23	.267	.353	.356	.708	35	28

* 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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