Hugh Poland

Hugh Reid Poland

Positions: Catcher and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: January 19, 1910 in Tompkinsville, KY
School: Western Kentucky University (Bowling Green, KY)(All Transactions)
Debut: April 22, 1943
Teams (by GP): Braves/Reds/Phillies/Giants 1943-1948

Final Game: May 18, 1948
Died: March 29, 1984 in Guthrie, KY
Buried: Guthrie Highland Cemetery, Guthrie, KY
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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	Pos	Awards
1935	25	STL-min	C	97	354	354		106	15	5	6						.299	.299	.421	.720		149					HUN · MATL
1936	26	STL-min	AA	124	247	247		63	7	1	13						.255	.255	.449	.704		111					ROC · IL
1937	27	STL-min	AA	113	364	364		88	7	5	12						.242	.242	.387	.629		141					ROC · IL
1938	28	STL-min	A1	100	336	336		80	12	8	1						.238	.238	.330	.568		111					HSN · TL
1939	29	STL-min	B	96	334	334		102	16	8	6						.305	.305	.455	.760		152					DEC · IIIL
1940	30	STL-min	D	88	306	306		95	14	5	7						.310	.310	.458	.768		140					CMG · ESHL
1941	31	STL-min	AA	85	261	242	20	59	7	1	2	25	0		15	21	.244	.288	.306	.594		74		0	4		CLB · AA
1942	32	SFG-min	AA	121	413	374	33	102	19	2	0	36	5	0	36	24	.273	.340	.334	.674		125	7	2	1		JER · IL
1943	33	TOT	NL	48	159	153	6	28	7	1	0	15	0		5	11	.183	.209	.242	.451	31	37	3	0	1	2
1943	33	NYG	NL	4	13	12	1	1	0	1	0	2	0		1	0	.083	.154	.250	.404	16	3	0	0	0	/2
1943	33	BSN	NL	44	146	141	5	27	7	0	0	13	0		4	11	.191	.214	.241	.455	32	34	3	0	1	2
1944	34	ATL-min	AA	123	436	413	37	115	20	4	2	64	6		19	23	.278	.313	.361	.674		149	10	2	2		INA · AA
1944	34	BSN	NL	8	23	23	1	3	1	0	0	2	0		0	1	.130	.130	.174	.304	-16	4	1	0	0	/2

1946	36	ATL-min	AAA	50	152	143	15	41	5	1	1	18	0		7	8	.287	.325	.357	.681		51	1	1	1		INA,SLE · AA,PCL
1946	36	BSN	NL	4	6	6	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	.167	.167	.333	.500	39	2	0	0	0	/2
1947	37	PIT-min	AAA	10	28	26	1	7	0	0	0	2	0		2	3	.269	.321	.269	.591		7	0	0	0		INA · AA
1947	37	TOT	NL	20	27	26	1	6	1	0	0	2	0		1	4	.231	.259	.269	.528	41	7	1	0	0	/2
1947	37	PHI	NL	4	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1	0	0	/2
1947	37	CIN	NL	16	19	18	1	6	1	0	0	2	0		1	4	.333	.368	.389	.757	101	7	0	0	0	/2
1948	38	CIN	NL	3	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	83	1	0	0	0
1949	39	SFG-min	B	15	33	33		10	1	1	2						.303	.303	.576	.879		19					TRE · ISLG
5 Yrs				83	218	211	8	39	10	1	0	19	0		6	16	.185	.207	.242	.449	28	51	5	0	1
162 Game Avg.				162	425	412	16	76	20	2	0	37	0		12	31	.185	.207	.242	.449	28	100	10	0	2

BSN (3 yrs)				56	175	170	6	31	9	0	0	15	0		4	12	.182	.201	.235	.436	26	40	4	0	1
CIN (2 yrs)				19	22	21	1	7	1	0	0	2	0		1	4	.333	.364	.381	.745	99	8	0	0	0
NYG (1 yr)				4	13	12	1	1	0	1	0	2	0		1	0	.083	.154	.250	.404	16	3	0	0	0
PHI (1 yr)				4	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1	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
1943	33	NYG	NL	4	13	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.468	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$	/2
1943	33	BSN	NL	44	146	-11	0	0	0	1	-10	-1.2	4	-6	-0.8	.473	.493	-0.7	0.1	-6	$	2
1944	34	BSN	NL	8	23	-3	0	0	0	0	-3	-0.4	1	-2	-0.3	.455	.498	-0.3	0.0	-3	$	/2

1946	36	BSN	NL	4	6	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.1	0	-0	0.0	.486	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	/2
1947	37	PHI	NL	4	8	-2	0	0	0	0	-2	-0.2	0	-2	-0.2	.447	.499	-0.2	0.0	-2	$	/2
1947	37	CIN	NL	16	19	0	0	0	-1	0	-1	-0.1	1	-0	0.0	.494	.499	0.1	-0.1	1	$	/2
1948	38	CIN	NL	3	3	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	0	0.0	.496	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$
5 Seasons				83	218	-19	0	0	-1	2	-18	-2.1	7	-11	-1.4	.475	.498	-1.2	0.1	-10	$

BSN (3 yrs)				56	175	-15	0	0	0	1	-14	-1.6	5	-8	-1.1	.471	.497	-1.0	0.1	-9	$
CIN (2 yrs)				19	22	-0	0	0	-1	0	-1	-0.1	1	-0	0.0	.495	.500	0.1	-0.1	1	$
NYG (1 yr)				4	13	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.468	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$
PHI (1 yr)				4	8	-2	0	0	0	0	-2	-0.2	0	-2	-0.2	.447	.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
1943	33	TOT	NL	159	129	7	1.5	88	.197	.183	.263	.209	.331	.242	.356	.451	.687	31	.139	-14.0	-1.5	.328	.092	.059
1943	33	NYG	NL	13	11	0	0.0	89	.083	.083	.265	.154	.333	.250	.359	.404	.692	16	.000	-1.5	-0.2	.364	.250	.167
1943	33	BSN	NL	146	118	7	1.6	88	.208	.191	.262	.214	.331	.241	.356	.455	.687	32	.161	-12.5	-1.4	.325	.078	.050
1944	34	BSN	NL	23	21	1	1.3	97	.136	.130	.273	.130	.340	.174	.383	.304	.723	-16	.102	-3.6	-0.4	.190	.043	.043

1946	36	BSN	NL	6	5	0	0.0	94	.167	.167	.264	.167	.339	.333	.369	.500	.709	39	.000	-0.5	-0.1	.400	.167	.167
1947	37	TOT	NL	27	21	3	3.8	105	.273	.231	.272	.259	.347	.269	.404	.528	.751	41	.409	-2.2	-0.2	.381	.077	.038
1947	37	PHI	NL	8	9	0	0.0	102	.000	.000	.268	.000	.342	.000	.397	.000	.740	-100	.000	-2.3	-0.2	.000	.000	.000
1947	37	CIN	NL	19	12	3	6.6	106	.429	.333	.274	.368	.349	.389	.406	.757	.756	101	.659	0.0	0.0	.667	.111	.056
1948	38	CIN	NL	3	2	0	0.0	99	.333	.333	.265	.333	.339	.333	.393	.667	.732	83	.000	-0.1	-0.0	.500	.000	.000
5 Yrs				218	178	11	1.7	91	.200	.185	.265	.207	.334	.242	.366	.449	.700	28	.162	-20.4	-2.2	.322	.085	.057
162 Game Avg.				425	347	21	1.7	91	.200	.185	.265	.207	.334	.242	.366	.449	.700	28	.162	-20.4	-2.2	.322	.085	.057

BSN (3 yrs)				175	144	8	1.5	89	.196	.182	.264	.201	.332	.235	.360	.436	.692	26	.143	-16.6	-1.8	.308	.076	.053
CIN (2 yrs)				22	14	3	5.7	105	.412	.333	.273	.364	.348	.381	.404	.745	.752	99	.595	-0.0	-0.0	.643	.095	.048
NYG (1 yr)				13	11	0	0.0	89	.083	.083	.265	.154	.333	.250	.359	.404	.692	16	.000	-1.5	-0.2	.364	.250	.167
PHI (1 yr)				8	9	0	0.0	102	.000	.000	.268	.000	.342	.000	.397	.000	.740	-100	.000	-2.3	-0.2	.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%
1943	33	TOT	NL	159	0.0%	6.9%	3.1%	5.0%	29%	2.20	13.9		10.2		89%
1943	33	NYG	NL	13	0.0%	0.0%	7.7%	7.7%	100%	0.00			6.0		92%
1943	33	BSN	NL	146	0.0%	7.5%	2.7%	4.8%	26%	2.75	12.8		10.8		89%
1944	34	BSN	NL	23	0.0%	4.4%	0.0%	4.4%	33%		23.0		11.5		96%

1946	36	BSN	NL	6	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	16.7%	100%						100%
1947	37	TOT	NL	27	0.0%	14.8%	3.7%	3.7%	17%	4.00	6.5		13.0		81%
1947	37	PHI	NL	8	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%							100%
1947	37	CIN	NL	19	0.0%	21.1%	5.3%	5.3%	17%	4.00	4.5		9.0		74%
1948	38	CIN	NL	3	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%					0.00	100%
5 Yrs				218	0.0%	7.3%	2.8%	5.1%	28%	2.67	13.2		11.1	0.00	89%
MLB Averages					1.3%	9.2%	9.1%	5.9%	25%	1.01	9.6	69.8	8.8	0.97	78%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1943	33	TOT	NL	-14.0	-1.5	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1943	33	NYG	NL	-1.5	-0.2	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1943	33	BSN	NL	-12.5	-1.4	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1944	34	BSN	NL	-3.6	-0.4	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0

1946	36	BSN	NL	-0.5	-0.1	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1947	37	TOT	NL	-2.2	-0.2	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1947	37	PHI	NL	-2.3	-0.2	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1947	37	CIN	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1948	38	CIN	NL	-0.1	-0.0	3	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	3.32	-0.0	-0.0	-0.2	-0.0	1.01	-0.1	3.32	3
5 Yrs				-20.4	-2.2	3	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	3.32	-0.0	-0.0	-0.2	-0.0	1.01	-0.1	3.32	3

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	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
1948	38	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
5 Yrs				0	0	18%	0	0			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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
1948	38	CIN	NL	3	100%	1			3	1	0	0	3.32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		2	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
5 Yrs				3	100%	39			3	1	0	0	3.32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		1	5	500%	0	0		2	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
MLB Averages					51%																			955%			96%			35%			15%			52%			55%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH
1943	33	48	159	153	6	28	7	1	15	5	11	.183	.209	.242	.451	31	37	3	1
1944	34	56	182	176	7	31	8	1	17	5	12	.176	.199	.233	.432	25	41	4	1
1945	35	56	182	176	7	31	8	1	17	5	12	.176	.199	.233	.432	25	41	4	1
1946	36	60	188	182	7	32	9	1	17	5	12	.176	.198	.236	.434	25	43	4	1
1947	37	80	215	208	8	38	10	1	19	6	16	.183	.206	.240	.446	27	50	5	1
1948	38	83	218	211	8	39	10	1	19	6	16	.185	.207	.242	.449	28	51	5	1

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
1943	33	50	170	163	7	32	8	1	0	18	0	6	11	.196	.225	.258	.483	9	48
1944	34	8	25	25	2	4	1	0	0	4	0	0	1	.160	.160	.200	.360	1	8

1946	36	4	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	4
1947	37	21	30	29	1	8	1	0	0	2	0	1	4	.276	.300	.310	.610	3	20
1948	38	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	3
5 Yrs		86	234	226	10	44	10	1	0	24	0	7	16	.195	.219	.248	.467	13	83
162 Game Avg.		162	441	426	19	83	19	2	0	45	0	13	30	.195	.219	.248	.467	24	83

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