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Biff Pocoroba

Biff Benedict Pocoroba

Positions: Catcher, Pinch Hitter and Third Baseman
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: July 25, 1953 in Burbank, CA
High School: Canoga Park HS (Canoga Park, CA)
Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 17th round of the 1971 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 25, 1975
Team: Braves 1975-1984

Final Game: April 20, 1984
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All-Star

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
1971	17	ATL-min	Rk	42	124	124		37	7	0	3						.298	.298	.427	.726		53							WYV · APPY
1972	18	ATL-min	A,AAA	76	244	213	25	55	5	0	7	29	2	1	31	22	.258	.352	.380	.733		81		0	0	0			GRW,RMD · WCRS,IL
1973	19	ATL-min	AA	114	368	368		86	13	0	12						.234	.234	.367	.601		135							SAV · SOUL
1974	20	ATL-min	AA	79	299	241	48	75	10	2	9	45	2	0	48	17	.311	.424	.481	.905		116		2	4	4			SAV · SOUL
1975	21	ATL	NL	67	211	188	15	48	7	1	1	22	0	0	20	11	.255	.325	.319	.645	78	60	5	0	2	1	2	2
1976	22	ATL	NL	54	196	174	16	42	7	0	0	14	1	0	19	12	.241	.313	.282	.594	66	49	8	0	1	2	2	2
1977	23	ATL	NL	113	387	321	46	93	24	1	8	44	3	4	57	27	.290	.394	.445	.840	115	143	9	1	4	4	15	2
1978	24	ATL	NL	92	327	289	21	70	8	0	6	34	0	3	29	14	.242	.312	.332	.644	72	96	15	2	3	4	6	2	AS
1979	25	ATL	NL	28	46	38	6	12	4	0	0	4	1	1	7	0	.316	.422	.421	.843	125	16	2	0	1	0	1	/2
1980	26	ATL	NL	70	96	83	7	22	4	0	2	8	1	0	11	11	.265	.347	.386	.733	103	32	2	0	1	1	0	2
1981	27	ATL	NL	57	140	122	4	22	4	0	0	8	0	0	12	15	.180	.265	.213	.478	36	26	5	2	4	0	1	5/2
1982	28	ATL	NL	56	134	120	5	33	7	0	2	22	0	0	13	12	.275	.351	.383	.734	103	46	2	1	0	0	2	2/5
1983	29	ATL	NL	55	133	120	11	32	6	0	2	16	0	0	12	7	.267	.331	.367	.697	88	44	3	0	0	1	4	2
1984	30	ATL	NL	4	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	48	0	0	0	0	0	0
10 Yrs				596	1674	1457	132	374	71	2	21	172	6	8	182	109	.257	.339	.351	.690	86	512	51	6	16	13	33
162 Game Avg.				162	455	396	36	102	19	1	6	47	2	2	49	30	.257	.339	.351	.690	86	139	14	2	4	4	9

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	Awards
1975	21	ATL	NL	67	211	-6	-1	-0	-10	3	-14	-1.6	6	-8	-0.9	.477	.490	0.1	-0.7	2	$	2
1976	22	ATL	NL	54	196	-7	0	-0	-1	3	-5	-0.6	6	1	0.0	.489	.496	0.1	0.2	2	$	2
1977	23	ATL	NL	113	387	5	-2	-1	-4	5	3	0.3	11	14	1.4	.503	.502	1.8	0.2	18	$25,000	2
1978	24	ATL	NL	92	327	-13	-1	-1	-9	5	-19	-2.1	10	-10	-1.2	.476	.486	-0.2	-0.4	-1	$	2	AS
1979	25	ATL	NL	28	46	2	-0	-0	-1	0	1	0.1	1	2	0.2	.503	.501	0.3	-0.1	3	$	/2
1980	26	ATL	NL	70	96	1	-0	0	-4	0	-3	-0.3	3	0	0.0	.495	.498	0.4	-0.4	4	$	2
1981	27	ATL	NL	57	140	-9	0	-1	-3	1	-12	-1.3	4	-7	-0.9	.477	.492	-0.6	-0.2	-4	$165,000	5/2
1982	28	ATL	NL	56	134	0	-1	0	-5	2	-3	-0.3	4	1	0.1	.494	.498	0.6	-0.3	5	$	2/5
1983	29	ATL	NL	55	133	-1	-0	1	-4	2	-3	-0.3	4	1	0.1	.494	.498	0.5	-0.2	5	$	2
1984	30	ATL	NL	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$
10 Seasons				596	1674	-28	-5	-3	-40	21	-56	-6.1	49	-6	-1.2	.489	.496	3.0	-1.9	34	$190,000

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
1975	21	ATL	NL	211	148	20	3.6	99	.266	.255	.269	.325	.340	.319	.388	.645	.729	78	.422	-5.6	-0.6	.552	.170	.064	.0
1976	22	ATL	NL	196	143	15	2.8	97	.256	.241	.270	.313	.337	.282	.384	.594	.721	66	.338	-7.4	-0.8	.493	.155	.040	.0
1977	23	ATL	NL	387	249	57	6.2	113	.293	.290	.283	.394	.353	.445	.431	.840	.784	115	.630	10.0	1.0	.830	.330	.156	4.4
1978	24	ATL	NL	327	244	27	3.0	104	.234	.242	.275	.312	.345	.332	.405	.644	.750	72	.347	-11.2	-1.2	.523	.180	.090	.0
1979	25	ATL	NL	46	30	6	5.4	105	.316	.316	.277	.422	.344	.421	.411	.843	.755	125	.590	1.9	0.2	.793	.289	.105	.0
1980	26	ATL	NL	96	65	12	5.0	98	.282	.265	.270	.347	.333	.386	.392	.733	.725	103	.574	0.6	0.1	.698	.265	.120	1.3
1981	27	ATL	NL	140	109	7	1.7	94	.206	.180	.266	.265	.332	.213	.381	.478	.713	36	.171	-10.4	-1.1	.381	.131	.033
1982	28	ATL	NL	134	89	16	4.9	98	.292	.275	.270	.351	.334	.383	.393	.734	.726	103	.564	0.7	0.1	.674	.217	.108	.0
1983	29	ATL	NL	133	92	14	4.1	103	.268	.267	.272	.331	.342	.367	.404	.697	.746	88	.484	-2.0	-0.2	.615	.200	.100	.0
1984	30	ATL	NL	4	2	0	0.0	99	.000	.000	.272	.500	.337	.000	.394	.500	.732	48	.000	0.1	0.0	1.000	1.000	.000
10 Yrs				1674	1171	174	4.0	103	.263	.257	.274	.339	.342	.351	.402	.690	.745	86	.468	-23.2	-2.5	.611	.218	.095	9.3
162 Game Avg.				455	318	47	4.0	103	.263	.257	.274	.339	.342	.351	.402	.690	.745	86	.468	-23.2	-2.5	.611	.218	.095	3

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1982	28	ATL	NL	NLCS	STL	L	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1 NLCS							1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

All-Star Batting

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	GS	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1978	ATL	NL	24		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	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%
1975	21	ATL	NL	211	0.5%	5.2%	9.5%	4.3%	19%	0.55	17.1	188.0	8.5	0.90	84%
1976	22	ATL	NL	196	0.0%	6.1%	9.7%	3.6%	17%	0.63	14.5		12.4	1.36	84%
1977	23	ATL	NL	387	2.1%	7.0%	14.7%	8.5%	36%	0.47	11.9	40.1	7.3	1.01	75%
1978	24	ATL	NL	327	1.8%	4.3%	8.9%	4.3%	20%	0.48	20.6	48.2	8.5	1.27	83%
1979	25	ATL	NL	46	0.0%	0.0%	15.2%	8.7%	33%	0.00			9.5	1.55	83%
1980	26	ATL	NL	96	2.1%	11.5%	11.5%	6.3%	27%	1.00	7.5	41.5	10.4	0.80	74%
1981	27	ATL	NL	140	0.0%	10.7%	8.6%	2.9%	18%	1.25	8.1		15.3	1.68	76%
1982	28	ATL	NL	134	1.5%	9.0%	9.7%	6.7%	27%	0.92	10.0	60.0	5.5	1.00	79%
1983	29	ATL	NL	133	1.5%	5.3%	9.0%	6.0%	25%	0.58	17.1	60.0	7.5	1.31	84%
1984	30	ATL	NL	4	0.0%	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%		0.00					50%
10 Yrs				1674	1.3%	6.5%	10.9%	5.6%	25%	0.60	13.4	69.4	8.5	1.16	80%
MLB Averages					2.0%	13.0%	8.4%	6.5%	28%	1.54	6.9	45.7	8.6	1.09	75%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1975	21	ATL	NL	-5.6	-0.6	213	0.3	4.0	-3.7	1.08	-0.5	0.8	-1.6	-0.2	0.98	-3.7	1.58	8
1976	22	ATL	NL	-7.4	-0.8	201	-0.5	2.8	-3.4	1.00	-0.5	-0.0	-5.4	-0.6	0.98	-5.5	1.69	2
1977	23	ATL	NL	10.0	1.0	400	0.9	8.3	-7.5	1.16	1.0	-0.3	11.8	1.1	0.98	12.6	1.97	19
1978	24	ATL	NL	-11.2	-1.2	335	-0.5	5.9	-6.3	1.07	-1.0	0.6	-10.1	-1.0	1.00	-12.5	1.54	13
1979	25	ATL	NL	1.9	0.2	49	0.7	1.3	-0.6	1.00	0.3	0.4	3.0	0.3	0.87	2.8	1.35	16
1980	26	ATL	NL	0.6	0.1	97	0.3	2.1	-1.8	1.31	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.98	0.8	1.47	53
1981	27	ATL	NL	-10.2	-1.1	142	-0.6	2.2	-2.7	1.14	-0.9	0.4	-6.7	-0.7	0.90	-8.6	1.45	26
1982	28	ATL	NL	0.7	0.1	137	0.9	3.5	-2.6	1.40	0.3	0.4	5.6	0.6	1.01	3.3	3.87	17
1983	29	ATL	NL	-2.0	-0.2	134	-0.3	2.3	-2.5	1.13	0.0	-0.2	2.8	0.3	0.98	1.4	2.04	20
1984	30	ATL	NL	0.1	0.0	4	0.1	0.1	-0.0	.75	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.85	0.3	0.75	2
10 Yrs				-23.1	-2.5	1712	1.3	32.4	-31.1	1.13	-1.2	2.4	0.1	-0.1	0.98	-9.0	1.81	176

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1975	21	ATL	NL	2	21%	77	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	3	29%	9	7	1	2	2	0	6	1	4
1976	22	ATL	NL	3	26%	87	1	0	100%	1	0	0	1	0	2	6	45%	10	6	3	1	1	0	9	3	6
1977	23	ATL	NL	4	27%	150	3	4	43%	2	4	1	0	0	6	11	22%	21	19	2	4	2	2	21	14	6
1978	24	ATL	NL	2	16%	116	0	3	0%	0	3	0	1	1	4	11	14%	10	9	1	0	0	0	4	3	1
1979	25	ATL	NL	1	32%	25	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	60%	2	1	1	1	0	1	2	1	1
1980	26	ATL	NL	1	16%	34	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	38%	5	5	0	1	0	1	2	0	2
1981	27	ATL	NL	3	11%	38	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1	2	40%	3	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	2
1982	28	ATL	NL	1	7%	58	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	3	22%	5	4	1	1	1	0	3	1	1
1983	29	ATL	NL	4	21%	48	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	25%	7	7	0	0	0	0	5	2	3
1984	30	ATL	NL	0	50%	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10 Yrs				21	21%	636	6	8	43%	5	8	1	2	1	22	38	29%	73	62	9	10	6	4	54	25	26

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
1975	21	ATL	NL	211	100%	48			8	2	0	1	1.58	1	0	6	1	0	0	1	0	3	2	67%	36	5	14%	24	9	38%	134	23	17%	17	10	59%	8	2	25%	0
1976	22	ATL	NL	196	100%	42			2	1	0	0	1.69	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	50%	42	8	19%	13	5	38%	125	14	11%	7	4	57%	4	3	75%	0
1977	23	ATL	NL	387	100%	93			19	2	1	2	1.97	8	1	12	8	0	4	4	0	4	4	100%	78	9	12%	38	12	32%	260	39	15%	25	12	48%	17	9	53%	0
1978	24	ATL	NL	327	100%	70			13	2	0	1	1.54	6	1	10	5	1	2	4	0	3	3	100%	74	15	20%	34	10	29%	216	29	13%	19	9	47%	8	6	75%	0
1979	25	ATL	NL	46	93%	12			16	6	0	3	1.35	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	7	2	29%	3	1	33%	23	5	22%	2	1	50%	1	1	100%	0
1980	26	ATL	NL	96	100%	22			53	15	2	5	1.47	2	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	1	1	100%	17	2	12%	12	5	42%	55	7	13%	5	3	60%	9	2	22%	0
1981	27	ATL	NL	140	100%	22			26	4	0	2	1.45	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	100%	19	5	26%	14	8	57%	73	10	14%	6	4	67%	4	4	100%	0
1982	28	ATL	NL	134	100%	33			17	4	0	6	3.87	2	0	7	2	0	2	0	0	0	0		20	2	10%	10	3	30%	91	20	22%	8	6	75%	2	2	100%	0
1983	29	ATL	NL	133	100%	32			20	1	0	1	2.04	2	0	6	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	0%	24	3	13%	14	5	36%	96	15	16%	6	4	67%	2	1	50%	0
1984	30	ATL	NL	4	100%	0			2	0	0	0	0.75	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		2	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
10 Yrs				1674	100%	374			176	37	3	21	1.81	21	2	52	20	1	11	10	0	19	16	84%	318	51	16%	162	58	36%	1075	162	15%	95	53	56%	55	30	55%	0
MLB Averages					56%																			81%			11%			35%			15%			51%			54%

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
1975	21	67	211	188	15	48	7	1	1	22	0	0	20	11	.255	.325	.319	.645	78	60	5	0	2	1	2
1976	22	121	407	362	31	90	14	1	1	36	1	0	39	23	.249	.319	.301	.620	72	109	13	0	3	3	4
1977	23	234	794	683	77	183	38	2	9	80	4	4	96	50	.268	.356	.369	.725	94	252	22	1	7	7	19
1978	24	326	1121	972	98	253	46	2	15	114	4	7	125	64	.260	.343	.358	.701	87	348	37	3	10	11	25
1979	25	354	1167	1010	104	265	50	2	15	118	5	8	132	64	.262	.346	.360	.706	89	364	39	3	11	11	26
1980	26	424	1263	1093	111	287	54	2	17	126	6	8	143	75	.263	.346	.362	.708	90	396	41	3	12	12	26
1981	27	481	1403	1215	115	309	58	2	17	134	6	8	155	90	.254	.338	.347	.685	85	422	46	5	16	12	27
1982	28	537	1537	1335	120	342	65	2	19	156	6	8	168	102	.256	.339	.351	.690	86	468	48	6	16	12	29
1983	29	592	1670	1455	131	374	71	2	21	172	6	8	180	109	.257	.339	.352	.690	86	512	51	6	16	13	33
1984	30	596	1674	1457	132	374	71	2	21	172	6	8	182	109	.257	.339	.351	.690	86	512	51	6	16	13	33

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	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1975	21	67	212	189	15	49	7	1	1	22	0	20	11	.259	.329	.323	.651	20	67
1976	22	54	197	175	17	43	7	0	0	14	1	19	12	.246	.316	.286	.602	16	54
1977	23	113	377	315	41	87	22	1	7	40	3	53	27	.276	.378	.419	.797	51	113
1978	24	92	327	289	21	70	8	0	6	34	0	29	14	.242	.312	.332	.644	30	92
1979	25	28	46	38	6	12	4	0	0	4	1	7	0	.316	.422	.421	.843	7	28
1980	26	70	98	84	7	23	4	0	2	9	1	12	11	.274	.361	.393	.754	12	70
1981	27	86	213	185	6	34	6	0	0	13	0	19	23	.184	.271	.216	.487	11	57
1982	28	56	135	121	5	34	7	0	2	24	0	13	12	.281	.356	.388	.744	17	56
1983	29	55	133	120	11	32	6	0	2	16	0	12	7	.267	.331	.367	.697	15	55
1984	30	4	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	4
10 Yrs		625	1742	1518	130	384	71	2	20	176	6	186	117	.253	.335	.342	.677	179	596
162 Game Avg.		162	452	393	34	100	18	1	5	46	2	48	30	.253	.335	.342	.677	46	596

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1977 NL 15 (4th)

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