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Herb Plews

Herbert Eugene Plews

Positions: Second Baseman, Pinch Hitter and Third Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 160 lb.

Born: June 14, 1928 in Helena, MT
School: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Champaign, IL)
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1950. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 18, 1956
Teams (by GP): Senators/RedSox 1956-1959

Final Game: July 26, 1959
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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
1950	22	NYY-min	B,AAA	15	44	44		13	1	0	0						.295	.295	.318	.614		14							QUI,KCY · IIIL,AA
1951		Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1952		Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1953	25	NYY-min	B,A	127	472	472		134	22	6	3						.284	.284	.375	.659		177							NFK,BNG · PIED,EL
1954	26	NYY-min	AA	129	525	525		157	25	16	9						.299	.299	.459	.758		241							BIR · SOUA
1955	27	NYY-min	AAA	140	624	530	100	160	30	11	0	44	9		87	84	.302	.400	.400	.800		212	7	2	1	4			DEN · AA
1956	28	WSH	AL	91	285	256	24	69	10	7	1	25	1	2	26	40	.270	.337	.375	.712	92	96	6	1	0	2	3	4/65
1957	29	WSH	AL	104	366	329	51	89	19	4	1	26	0	3	28	39	.271	.326	.362	.688	90	119	10	2	1	6	1	45/6
1958	30	WSH	AL	111	401	380	46	98	12	6	2	29	2	3	17	45	.258	.291	.337	.628	74	128	7	1	3	0	1	45
1959	31	BOS-min	AAA	46	181	163	15	41	4	1	0	10	4		17	20	.252	.326	.288	.614		47		1	0	0	1		MNE · AA
1959	31	TOT	AL	40	55	52	4	10	1	0	0	2	0	1	3	9	.192	.236	.212	.448	24	11	3	0	0	0	0	/4
1959	31	WSH	AL	27	43	40	4	9	0	0	0	2	0	1	3	5	.225	.279	.225	.504	41	9	2	0	0	0	0	/4
1959	31	BOS	AL	13	12	12	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.083	.083	.167	.250	-34	2	1	0	0	0	0	/4
1960	32	CLE-min	AAA	81	214	194	27	54	9	2	0	19	2	2	16	18	.278	.329	.345	.674		67		0	1	3			TTO · IL
1961	33	DET-min	AA,AAA	101	362	332	58	117	15	2	0	43	0		30	39	.352	.406	.410	.816		136							BIR,TTO · SOUA,IL
1962	34	ANA-min	AAA	138	583	519	66	127	20	4	7	41	1	4	49	50	.245	.314	.339	.653		176		5	7	3			HAW · PCL
1963	35	ANA-min	AAA	135	500	457	65	124	22	2	2	52	3	1	43	62	.271	.334	.341	.675		156							HAW · PCL
1964	36	ANA-min	AAA	131	442	410	59	120	18	3	8	39	4	10	25	63	.293	.339	.410	.749		168		5	0	2			HAW · PCL
1965	37	SFG-PHI-min	AAA	81	246	234	17	36	10	1	1	10	1	1	9	26	.154	.189	.218	.406		51		1	2	0			TAC,ARK · PCL
4 Yrs				346	1107	1017	125	266	42	17	4	82	3	9	74	133	.262	.312	.348	.660	81	354	26	4	4	8	5
162 Game Avg.				162	518	476	59	125	20	8	2	38	1	4	35	62	.262	.312	.348	.660	81	166	12	2	2	4	2

WSH (4 yrs)				333	1095	1005	125	265	41	17	4	82	3	9	74	129	.264	.314	.350	.665	83	352	25	4	4	8	5
BOS (1 yr)				13	12	12	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.083	.083	.167	.250	-34	2	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
1956	28	WSH	AL	91	285	-2	-0	1	-8	2	-7	-0.6	8	1	0.1	.493	.496	0.8	-0.5	8	$	4/65
1957	29	WSH	AL	104	366	-2	-0	0	-14	3	-14	-1.5	10	-4	-0.5	.486	.491	1.1	-1.3	11	$	45/6
1958	30	WSH	AL	111	401	-11	-1	0	-8	3	-18	-2.0	11	-6	-0.9	.483	.488	0.1	-0.7	2	$	45
1959	31	WSH	AL	27	43	-3	-0	-0	-1	0	-5	-0.5	1	-3	-0.4	.482	.497	-0.3	-0.1	-2	$	/4
1959	31	BOS	AL	13	12	-2	0	0	0	0	-2	-0.2	0	-2	-0.2	.483	.499	-0.2	0.0	-2	$	/4
4 Seasons				346	1107	-21	-2	2	-31	8	-44	-4.9	30	-14	-1.9	.486	.494	1.5	-2.5	17	$

WSH (4 yrs)				333	1095	-19	-2	1	-31	8	-42	-4.7	30	-13	-1.7	.486	.493	1.7	-2.5	19	$
BOS (1 yr)				13	12	-2	0	0	0	0	-2	-0.2	0	-2	-0.2	.483	.499	-0.2	0.0	-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	PwrSpd
1956	28	WSH	AL	285	197	32	4.4	103	.313	.270	.262	.337	.344	.375	.401	.712	.744	92	.454	-3.4	-0.3	.626	.203	.105	1.0
1957	29	WSH	AL	366	260	38	4.0	98	.298	.271	.261	.326	.333	.362	.394	.688	.726	90	.452	-3.8	-0.4	.577	.167	.091	.0
1958	30	WSH	AL	401	295	36	3.3	96	.288	.258	.259	.291	.328	.337	.394	.628	.722	74	.377	-14.7	-1.5	.497	.121	.079	2.0
1959	31	TOT	AL	55	46	2	1.2	99	.233	.192	.261	.236	.333	.212	.400	.448	.732	24	.082	-5.6	-0.6	.283	.058	.019
1959	31	WSH	AL	43	34	2	1.6	98	.257	.225	.260	.279	.332	.225	.398	.504	.730	41	.134	-3.3	-0.3	.324	.050	.000
1959	31	BOS	AL	12	12	0	0.0	102	.125	.083	.265	.083	.337	.167	.405	.250	.742	-34	.000	-2.2	-0.2	.167	.083	.083
4 Yrs				1107	798	108	3.6	99	.295	.262	.261	.312	.334	.348	.396	.660	.730	81	.407	-27.4	-2.8	.542	.153	.087	3.4
162 Game Avg.				518	374	51	3.6	99	.295	.262	.261	.312	.334	.348	.396	.660	.730	81	.407	-27.4	-2.8	.542	.153	.087	2

WSH (4 yrs)				1095	786	108	3.7	99	.297	.264	.261	.314	.334	.350	.396	.665	.729	83	.414	-25.2	-2.6	.548	.154	.087	3.4
BOS (1 yr)				12	12	0	0.0	102	.125	.083	.265	.083	.337	.167	.405	.250	.742	-34	.000	-2.2	-0.2	.167	.083	.083

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1956	28	WSH	AL	285	0.4%	14.0%	9.1%	6.3%	26%	1.54	6.4	256.0	10.2	1.11	76%
1957	29	WSH	AL	366	0.3%	10.7%	7.7%	6.6%	27%	1.39	8.4	329.0	12.7	0.88	81%
1958	30	WSH	AL	401	0.5%	11.2%	4.2%	5.0%	20%	2.65	8.4	190.0	13.1	0.98	83%
1959	31	TOT	AL	55	0.0%	16.4%	5.5%	1.8%	10%	3.00	5.8		26.0	1.77	78%
1959	31	WSH	AL	43	0.0%	11.6%	7.0%	0.0%	0%	1.67	8.0		20.0	1.55	81%
1959	31	BOS	AL	12	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%	8.3%	100%		3.0			3.00	67%
4 Yrs				1107	0.4%	12.0%	6.7%	5.7%	24%	1.80	7.6	254.3	12.4	1.01	80%
MLB Averages					2.4%	12.7%	8.8%	6.7%	29%	1.44	7.0	37.5	8.3	1.00	74%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1956	28	WSH	AL	-3.4	-0.3	291	-1.0	4.1	-5.1	1.01	-0.2	-0.8	-4.8	-0.5	0.99	-0.2	0.99	24
1957	29	WSH	AL	-3.8	-0.4	376	-0.7	6.1	-6.7	1.06	-0.3	-0.3	-2.8	-0.3	0.95	-4.5	1.57	25
1958	30	WSH	AL	-14.7	-1.5	410	-1.4	5.9	-7.4	1.03	-1.4	-0.0	-7.0	-0.7	0.95	-13.8	1.35	22
1959	31	TOT	AL	-5.6	-0.6	57	-1.1	0.6	-1.7	1.37	-0.6	-0.2	-8.3	-0.8	1.05	-6.6	1.64	32
1959	31	WSH	AL	-3.3	-0.3	45	-0.4	0.6	-1.0	1.20	-0.3	-0.1	-4.4	-0.4	1.01	-4.1	1.36	21
1959	31	BOS	AL	-2.2	-0.2	12	-0.7	0.0	-0.7	2.03	-0.3	-0.0	-3.9	-0.4	1.19	-2.6	2.17	11
4 Yrs				-27.4	-2.8	1134	-4.2	16.8	-20.9	1.05	-2.4	-1.5	-22.9	-2.3	0.96	-25.2	1.41	103

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	PO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1956	28	WSH	AL	6	24%	126	1	2	33%	1	2	1	2	4	48%	13	10	3	4	2	2	10	2	8
1957	29	WSH	AL	8	42%	169	0	3	0%	0	3	2	5	11	44%	25	18	7	7	3	4	11	2	8
1958	30	WSH	AL	7	39%	135	2	3	40%	2	3	1	12	7	53%	25	14	10	6	1	5	9	3	6
1959	31	TOT	AL	0	31%	20	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	1	25%	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1959	31	WSH	AL	0	33%	18	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	1	25%	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1959	31	BOS	AL	0	0%	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4 Yrs				21	36%	450	3	9	25%	3	9	4	19	23	47%	67	45	21	17	6	11	30	7	22

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
1956	28	WSH	AL	285	80%	69			24	4	0	1	0.99	1	0	13	1	0	1	0	0	0	0		54	6	11%	26	8	31%	187	24	13%	14	6	43%	11	7	64%	0
1957	29	WSH	AL	366	87%	89			25	5	0	2	1.57	1	0	9	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	100%	81	10	12%	38	12	32%	204	27	13%	14	9	64%	12	8	67%	0
1958	30	WSH	AL	401	86%	98			22	4	0	3	1.35	2	0	12	2	0	0	2	0	3	3	100%	77	7	9%	29	9	31%	220	28	13%	13	9	69%	12	7	58%	0
1959	31	TOT	AL	55	95%	10			32	7	0	1	1.64	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		16	3	19%	14	3	21%	38	2	5%	4	1	25%	4	0	0%	0
1959	31	WSH	AL	43	95%	9			21	6	0	1	1.36	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		11	2	18%	11	2	18%	27	2	7%	4	1	25%	4	0	0%	0
1959	31	BOS	AL	12	92%	1			11	1	0	0	2.17	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		5	1	20%	3	1	33%	11	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
4 Yrs				1107	85%	266			103	20	0	7	1.41	4	0	37	4	0	1	3	0	4	4	100%	228	26	11%	107	32	30%	649	81	12%	45	25	56%	39	22	56%	0
MLB Averages					48%																			75%			11%			31%			14%			50%			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
1956	28	91	285	256	24	69	10	7	1	25	1	2	26	40	.270	.337	.375	.712	92	96	6	1	0	2	3
1957	29	195	651	585	75	158	29	11	2	51	1	5	54	79	.270	.331	.368	.698	91	215	16	3	1	8	4
1958	30	306	1052	965	121	256	41	17	4	80	3	8	71	124	.265	.316	.355	.671	84	343	23	4	4	8	5
1959	31	346	1107	1017	125	266	42	17	4	82	3	9	74	133	.262	.312	.348	.660	81	354	26	4	4	8	5

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
1956	28	95	297	267	25	72	10	7	1	26	1	27	42	.270	.337	.371	.707	33	91
1957	29	109	390	350	58	98	21	4	1	29	0	31	41	.280	.337	.371	.708	44	104
1958	30	116	425	402	52	107	13	7	2	33	2	19	47	.266	.301	.348	.649	42	111
1959	31	42	58	55	5	11	1	0	0	2	0	3	9	.200	.241	.218	.460	3	40
4 Yrs		362	1170	1074	140	288	45	18	4	90	3	80	139	.268	.319	.355	.674	122	346
162 Game Avg.		162	524	481	63	129	20	8	2	40	1	36	62	.268	.319	.355	.674	55	346

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Triples s c a p y 1956 AL 7 (9th) 1958 AL 6 (10th)	Sacrifice Flies s c a p y 1957 AL 6 (9th)

Triples s c a p y
1956 AL 7 (9th)
1958 AL 6 (10th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1957 AL 6 (9th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Batting - 2 (2156), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 2 (2725), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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