Bud Podbielan

Clarence Anthony Podbielan

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: March 6, 1924 in Curlew, WA
Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1946. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 25, 1949
Teams (by GP): Reds/Dodgers/Redlegs/Indians 1949-1959

Final Game: June 13, 1959
Died: October 26, 1982 in Syracuse, NY
Buried: St. Mary Cemetery, Syracuse, NY
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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	22	LAD-min	C	28	90	90		21	4	0	0						.233	.233	.278	.511		25							SNB · CALL
1947	23	LAD-min	AA	36	74	74		16	2	0	0						.216	.216	.243	.459		18							FTW · TL
1948	24	LAD-min	AAA	36	67	58	6	11	3	0	0	2	0		7	13	.190	.277	.241	.518		14		0	2				MTL · IL
1949	25	LAD-min	AAA	34	69	66	5	10	1	1	0	5	0		2	3	.152	.176	.197	.373		13		0	1				MTL · IL
1949	25	BRO	NL	7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0			/1
1950	26	LAD-min	AA	15	32	32		7	0	0	0						.219	.219	.219	.438		7							FTW · TL
1950	26	BRO	NL	20	31	28	1	3	1	0	0	1	0		1	4	.107	.138	.143	.281	-27	4	1	0	2			1
1951	27	LAD-min	AAA	10	30	28	5	8	0	1	0	4	0		0	5	.286	.286	.357	.643		10		0	2				MTL · IL
1951	27	BRO	NL	27	23	23	1	7	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	.304	.304	.304	.609	63	7	0	0	0			1
1952	28	TOT	NL	28	27	25	1	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	4	.160	.222	.160	.382	8	4	0	0	0			1
1952	28	BRO	NL	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0			/1
1952	28	CIN	NL	24	27	25	1	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	4	.160	.222	.160	.382	8	4	0	0	0			1
1953	29	CIN	NL	36	61	56	2	7	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	11	.125	.155	.125	.280	-26	7	0	0	3			1
1954	30	CIN	NL	27	49	42	2	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	4	9	.143	.217	.143	.360	-4	6	0	0	3	0		1
1955	31	CIN	NL	17	8	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.400	.571	.400	.971	160	2	0	0	1	0	0	1

1956	32	CIN-min	Opn	45	71	63	6	12	0	0	0	4	0		1	10	.190	.212	.190	.403		12	2	1	5	1			SLE · PCL
1957	33	CIN-min	Opn	24	40	33	3	4	0	0	1	4	0		1	4	.121	.143	.212	.355		7	0	0	5	1			SLE · PCL
1957	33	CIN	NL	5	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1

1958	34	CLE-min	AAA	29	71	63	4	11	2	0	0	1	1		1	8	.175	.257	.206	.463		13	1	6	1	0			SDG · PCL
1959	35	CLE-min	AAA	26	55	51	5	12	1	0	1	3	0	0	1	9	.235	.250	.314	.564		16		0	3	0			SDG · PCL
1959	35	CLE	AL	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1960	36	CHW-PHI-min	AAA	32	38	34	3	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	7	.147	.194	.147	.342		5		0	2	0			SDG,BFL · PCL,IL
1961	37	STL-OAK-min	AAA	29	34	34	3	6	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	6	.176	.176	.294	.471		10							POR,HAW · PCL
9 Yrs				173	208	188	7	29	1	0	0	9	0	0	11	32	.154	.201	.160	.361	-4	30	1	0	9	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	195	176	7	27	1	0	0	8	0		10	30	.154	.201	.160	.361	-4	28	1	0	8

CIN (5 yrs)				109	150	133	5	19	0	0	0	6	0	0	10	24	.143	.203	.143	.346	-7	19	0	0	7	0	0
BRO (4 yrs)				58	57	54	2	10	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	8	.185	.200	.204	.404	6	11	1	0	2
CLE (1 yr)				6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0

NL (8 yrs)				167	207	187	7	29	1	0	0	9	0	0	11	32	.155	.202	.160	.362	-3	30	1	0	9	0	0
AL (1 yr)				6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.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
1949	25	BRO	NL	7	3	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.491	.500	-0.1	0.0	-1	$	/1
1950	26	BRO	NL	20	31	-6	0	-0	0	4	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.2	.490	.499	-0.2	-0.0	-1	$	1
1951	27	BRO	NL	27	23	-1	0	0	0	2	2	0.2	1	2	0.2	.506	.501	0.2	0.0	2	$	1
1952	28	BRO	NL	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
1952	28	CIN	NL	24	27	-3	0	0	0	3	0	0.0	1	1	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	1	$	1
1953	29	CIN	NL	36	61	-8	-0	0	0	7	-2	-0.2	2	0	-0.2	.495	.499	-0.2	-0.0	0	$	1
1954	30	CIN	NL	27	49	-6	-0	0	0	6	-1	-0.1	2	1	-0.1	.497	.500	-0.1	-0.0	1	$	1
1955	31	CIN	NL	17	8	1	-0	0	0	1	2	0.2	0	2	0.2	.510	.501	0.2	-0.0	2	$	1

1957	33	CIN	NL	5	5	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.481	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$	/1

1959	35	CLE	AL	6	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.496	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	/1
9 Seasons				173	208	-26	-1	1	0	23	-3	-0.3	7	4	-0.3	.498	.500	-0.3	-0.1	4	$

CIN (5 yrs)				109	150	-18	-1	1	0	16	-2	-0.2	5	3	-0.2	.498	.500	-0.2	-0.0	3	$
BRO (4 yrs)				58	57	-8	0	0	0	6	-1	-0.1	2	1	-0.1	.498	.500	-0.1	-0.0	1	$
CLE (1 yr)				6	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.496	.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
1949	25	BRO	NL	3	3	0	0.0	107	.000	.000	.275	.000	.349	.000	.412	.000	.761	-100	.000	-0.9	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1950	26	BRO	NL	31	28	1	1.0	111	.125	.107	.273	.138	.351	.143	.424	.281	.774	-27	.050	-5.3	-0.5	.192	.071	.036
1951	27	BRO	NL	23	16	2	3.4	105	.333	.304	.270	.304	.344	.304	.409	.609	.753	63	.368	-1.3	-0.1	.438	.000	.000
1952	28	TOT	NL	27	21	1	1.3	96	.190	.160	.260	.222	.333	.160	.388	.382	.721	8	.103	-3.2	-0.3	.286	.080	.000
1952	28	CIN	NL	27	21	1	1.3	96	.190	.160	.260	.222	.333	.160	.388	.382	.721	8	.103	-3.2	-0.3	.286	.080	.000
1953	29	CIN	NL	61	52	1	0.5	110	.156	.125	.274	.155	.345	.125	.427	.280	.773	-26	.016	-10.5	-1.0	.184	.036	.000
1954	30	CIN	NL	49	39	1	0.7	111	.182	.143	.277	.217	.348	.143	.428	.360	.776	-4	.028	-6.7	-0.6	.278	.095	.000
1955	31	CIN	NL	8	4	2	13.4	110	.400	.400	.271	.571	.343	.400	.430	.971	.773	160	.872	0.7	0.1	1.333	.400	.000

1957	33	CIN	NL	5	5	0	0.0	108	.000	.000	.276	.000	.340	.000	.427	.000	.766	-100	.000	-1.4	-0.1	.000	.000	.000

1959	35	CLE	AL	1	1	0	0.0	96	.000	.000	.257	.000	.328	.000	.393	.000	.721	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
9 Yrs				208	169	8	1.3	108	.186	.154	.272	.201	.345	.160	.419	.361	.764	-4	.083	-28.9	-2.8	.256	.064	.005
162 Game Avg.				195	158	7	1.3	108	.186	.154	.272	.201	.345	.160	.419	.361	.764	-4	.083	-28.9	-2.8	.256	.064	.005

CIN (5 yrs)				150	121	5	1.1	108	.174	.143	.272	.203	.344	.143	.420	.346	.764	-7	.066	-21.1	-2.1	.254	.075	.000
BRO (4 yrs)				57	47	3	1.7	108	.217	.185	.272	.200	.348	.204	.417	.404	.764	6	.139	-7.5	-0.7	.267	.037	.019
CLE (1 yr)				1	1	0	0.0	96	.000	.000	.257	.000	.328	.000	.393	.000	.721	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000

NL (8 yrs)				207	168	8	1.3	108	.187	.155	.272	.202	.345	.160	.419	.362	.764	-3	.085	-28.6	-2.8	.258	.064	.005
AL (1 yr)				1	1	0	0.0	96	.000	.000	.257	.000	.328	.000	.393	.000	.721	-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	25	BRO	NL	3	0.0%	66.7%	0.0%	0.0%			1.5				33%
1950	26	BRO	NL	31	0.0%	12.9%	3.2%	3.2%	33%	4.00	7.0		28.0	3.17	77%
1951	27	BRO	NL	23	0.0%	8.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		11.5		11.5	2.00	91%
1952	28	TOT	NL	27	0.0%	14.8%	7.4%	0.0%	0%	2.00	6.3		12.5	1.00	78%
1952	28	CIN	NL	27	0.0%	14.8%	7.4%	0.0%	0%	2.00	6.3		12.5	1.00	78%
1953	29	CIN	NL	61	0.0%	18.0%	3.3%	0.0%	0%	5.50	5.1		28.0	1.17	74%
1954	30	CIN	NL	49	0.0%	18.4%	8.2%	0.0%	0%	2.25	4.7		21.0	1.23	67%
1955	31	CIN	NL	8	0.0%	0.0%	25.0%	0.0%	0%	0.00				3.00	63%

1957	33	CIN	NL	5	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%						4.00	100%

1959	35	CLE	AL	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%							100%
9 Yrs				208	0.0%	15.4%	5.3%	0.5%	3%	2.91	5.9		20.9	1.65	75%
MLB Averages					2.2%	11.2%	9.4%	6.5%	29%	1.20	7.9	41.1	8.1	0.98	75%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1949	25	BRO	NL	-0.9	-0.1	3	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	1.31	-0.1	-0.0	-1.2	-0.1	1.31	-0.9	0
1950	26	BRO	NL	-5.3	-0.5	32	-0.7	0.1	-0.8	.98	-0.5	-0.2	-6.8	-0.7	0.99	-6.3	0
1951	27	BRO	NL	-1.3	-0.1	23	-0.3	0.1	-0.4	.77	-0.1	-0.2	-1.0	-0.1	0.86	-1.1	0
1952	28	TOT	NL	-3.2	-0.3	11	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	.95	-0.2	-0.1	-1.9	-0.2	0.87	-1.7	0
1952	28	BRO	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1952	28	CIN	NL	-3.2	-0.3	11	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	.95	-0.2	-0.1	-1.9	-0.2	0.87	-1.7	0
1953	29	CIN	NL	-10.5	-1.0	61	-1.3	0.3	-1.7	1.17	-0.9	-0.2	-10.6	-1.0	0.98	-10.0	0
1954	30	CIN	NL	-6.7	-0.6	49	-0.4	0.3	-0.7	.80	-0.5	-0.1	-6.3	-0.6	0.93	-6.2	0
1955	31	CIN	NL	0.7	0.1	8	0.0	0.1	-0.1	1.00	0.0	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	0.91	0.4	0

1957	33	CIN	NL	-1.4	-0.1	5	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	1.01	-0.1	-0.0	-1.9	-0.2	1.10	-1.5	0

1959	35	CLE	AL	-0.3	-0.0	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	1.05	-0.0	0.0	-0.2	-0.0	0.86	-0.3	0
9 Yrs				-28.9	-2.8	193	-3.2	1.0	-4.2	.97	-2.4	-0.9	-29.9	-2.9	0.95	-27.5	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1949	25	BRO	NL	0	0		0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1950	26	BRO	NL	0	0	25%	10	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	100%	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
1951	27	BRO	NL	0	0	14%	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	100%	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
1952	28	TOT	NL	0	0	17%	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1952	28	CIN	NL	0	0	17%	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1953	29	CIN	NL	4	0	22%	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	50%	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	2
1954	30	CIN	NL	1	0	20%	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	25%	2	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	0
1955	31	CIN	NL	0	0	0%	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1957	33	CIN	NL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1959	35	CLE	AL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9 Yrs				5	0	18%	57	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	47%	10	6	3	2	0	1	3	0	3

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	25	BRO	NL	3	33%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	5	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1950	26	BRO	NL	31	42%	3			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	67%	6	1	17%	7	1	14%	26	1	4%	2	1	50%	2	1	50%	0
1951	27	BRO	NL	23	26%	7			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0%	3	1	33%	9	2	22%	0	0		1	1	100%	0
1952	28	TOT	NL	27	18%	4			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	5	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1952	28	CIN	NL	27	18%	4			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	5	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1953	29	CIN	NL	61	44%	7			0	0	0	0		0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	75%	8	0	0%	11	1	9%	44	2	5%	2	0	0%	4	1	25%	0
1954	30	CIN	NL	49	29%	6			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	75%	8	0	0%	9	4	44%	25	2	8%	1	1	100%	2	0	0%	0
1955	31	CIN	NL	8	38%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	2	0	0%	1	1	100%	5	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0

1957	33	CIN	NL	5	0%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	6	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0

1959	35	CLE	AL	1	100%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
9 Yrs				208	35%	29			0	0	0	0		0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	12	9	75%	30	1	3%	34	8	24%	125	7	6%	7	2	29%	10	3	30%	0
MLB Averages					49%																			84%			11%			32%			14%			50%			54%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH	SF	IBB
1949	25	7	3	3	0	0	0	0		0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0
1950	26	27	34	31	1	3	1	1		1	6	.097	.125	.129	.254	-34	4	1	2
1951	27	54	57	54	2	10	1	3	0	1	8	.185	.200	.204	.404	6	11	1	2
1952	28	82	84	79	3	14	1	5	0	3	12	.177	.207	.190	.397	7	15	1	2
1953	29	118	145	135	5	21	1	7	0	5	23	.156	.186	.163	.349	-7	22	1	5
1954	30	145	194	177	7	27	1	9	0	9	32	.153	.194	.158	.352	-6	28	1	8	0
1955	31	162	202	182	7	29	1	9	0	11	32	.159	.207	.165	.372	-1	30	1	9	0	0
1956	32	162	202	182	7	29	1	9	0	11	32	.159	.207	.165	.372	-1	30	1	9	0	0
1957	33	167	207	187	7	29	1	9	0	11	32	.155	.202	.160	.362	-3	30	1	9	0	0
1958	34	167	207	187	7	29	1	9	0	11	32	.155	.202	.160	.362	-3	30	1	9	0	0
1959	35	173	208	188	7	29	1	9	0	11	32	.154	.201	.160	.361	-4	30	1	9	0	0

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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
1949	25	7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	7
1950	26	21	33	30	2	4	1	0	0	2	0	1	4	.133	.161	.167	.328	1	20
1951	27	28	24	24	1	7	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	.292	.292	.292	.583	2	27
1952	28	29	28	26	1	4	0	0	0	2	0	2	4	.154	.214	.154	.368	1	28
1953	29	37	63	58	2	7	0	0	0	2	0	2	11	.121	.150	.121	.271	1	36
1954	30	28	49	43	2	5	0	0	0	2	0	3	9	.116	.174	.116	.290	1	27
1955	31	18	8	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.400	.571	.400	.971	1	17

1957	33	5	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	5

1959	35	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	6
9 Yrs		179	214	195	8	29	1	0	0	10	0	10	32	.149	.190	.154	.344	7	173
162 Game Avg.		162	194	176	7	26	1	0	0	9	0	9	29	.149	.190	.154	.344	6	173

* 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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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.

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