Kevin Polcovich

Kevin Michael Polcovich

Positions: Shortstop, Second Baseman and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: June 28, 1970 in Auburn, NY
High School: Auburn HS (Auburn, NY)
School: University of Florida (Gainesville, FL)
Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 30th round of the 1992 amateur draft.
Signed June 5, 1992. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 17, 1997
Team: Pirates 1997-1998

Final Game: September 22, 1998
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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
1992	22	PIT-min	A,AA	59	223	188	25	46	6	2	0	11	7	9	22	34	.245	.355	.298	.652		56	2	10	3	0	0		AUG,CAR · SALL,SOUL
1993	23	PIT-min	A+,A,AA	112	424	341	54	88	12	3	1	30	15	7	57	51	.258	.379	.320	.699		109	9	12	10	4	0		SAL,AUG,CAR · CARL,SALL,SOUL
1994	24	PIT-min	AA	125	473	406	46	95	14	2	2	33	9	4	38	70	.234	.311	.293	.604		119	6	11	10	8	4		CAR · SOUL
1995	25	PIT-min	AA,AAA	126	481	434	58	130	16	1	6	45	15	11	25	61	.300	.353	.382	.735		166	10	13	5	4	1		CAR,CGY · SOUL,PCL
1996	26	PIT-min	AAA	104	375	336	53	92	21	3	1	46	7	6	18	49	.274	.335	.363	.698		122	9	14	5	2	3		CGY · PCL
1997	27	PIT-min	AAA,AA	34	129	112	20	35	9	0	4	16	4	2	11	11	.313	.386	.500	.886		56	2	3	2	1	0		CGY,CAR · PCL,SOUL
1997	27	PIT	NL	84	279	245	37	67	16	1	4	21	2	2	21	45	.273	.350	.396	.746	93	97	11	9	2	2	4	6/45
1998	28	PIT	NL	81	238	212	18	40	12	0	0	14	4	3	15	33	.189	.255	.245	.501	32	52	7	5	3	3	2	64/5
1999	29	PIT-min	AAA	80	268	233	37	56	10	1	3	25	6	4	20	52	.240	.307	.330	.637		77	4	4	7	4	1		NVL · PCL
2000		Did not play in major leagues (Did Not Play)
2001	31	STL-min	AAA	72	205	183	35	54	10	2	3	20	4	0	12	39	.295	.363	.421	.784		77	1	8	1	1	2		MEM · PCL
2002	32	NYY-min	AAA	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		CLB · IL
2003	33	FLA-min	AA	13	47	42	4	6	0	0	0	5	2	1	0	7	.143	.163	.143	.306		6	1	1	4	0	0		CAR · SOUL
2 Yrs				165	517	457	55	107	28	1	4	35	6	5	36	78	.234	.307	.326	.633	65	149	18	14	5	5	6
162 Game Avg.				162	508	449	54	105	27	1	4	34	6	5	35	77	.234	.307	.326	.633	65	146	18	14	5	5	6

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
1997	27	PIT	NL	84	279	-1	-0	-2	-7	4	-5	-0.6	8	2	0.1	.493	.497	0.9	-0.3	9	$150,000	6/45
1998	28	PIT	NL	81	238	-21	-2	0	7	3	-13	-1.4	6	-6	-0.7	.484	.492	-1.4	1.0	-13	$200,000	64/5
2 Seasons				165	517	-22	-2	-1	-0	7	-18	-2.0	14	-4	-0.6	.489	.494	-0.5	0.7	-4	$350,000

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
1997	27	PIT	NL	279	195	32	4.4	111	.318	.273	.274	.350	.346	.396	.430	.746	.776	93	.454	-1.9	-0.2	.665	.208	.122	2.7
1998	28	PIT	NL	238	188	13	1.9	109	.220	.189	.271	.255	.342	.245	.428	.501	.770	32	.147	-21.1	-2.0	.401	.132	.057	.0
2 Yrs				517	383	45	3.2	110	.271	.234	.273	.307	.344	.326	.429	.633	.774	65	.311	-23.0	-2.2	.536	.173	.092	4.8
162 Game Avg.				508	376	44	3.2	110	.271	.234	.273	.307	.344	.326	.429	.633	.774	65	.311	-23.0	-2.2	.536	.173	.092	5

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB
1997	27	PIT	NL	279	1.4%	16.1%	7.5%	7.5%	31%	2.14	5.4	61.3	11.7	0.85	1.17	71%	16%	4.5%	16%
1998	28	PIT	NL	238	0.0%	13.9%	6.3%	5.0%	30%	2.20	6.4		15.1	1.12	1.60	76%	16%	0.0%	25%
2 Yrs				517	0.8%	15.1%	7.0%	6.4%	31%	2.17	5.9	114.3	13.1	0.97	1.37	74%	16%	2.6%	20%
MLB Averages					2.7%	17.0%	8.8%	7.8%	33%	1.93	5.2	33.2	7.6	0.82	1.10	70%	21%	8.1%	15%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1997	27	PIT	NL	-1.9	-0.2	286	-0.8	4.1	-4.8	.93	-0.1	-0.7	-6.7	-0.6	0.97	-2.5	0.17	1
1998	28	PIT	NL	-21.1	-2.0	246	-1.9	2.6	-4.6	.98	-1.6	-0.3	-17.8	-1.7	0.98	-19.1	0.53	7
2 Yrs				-23.0	-2.2	532	-2.7	6.7	-9.4	.96	-1.7	-1.1	-24.6	-2.4	0.97	-21.6	0.48	8

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1997	27	PIT	NL	5	36%	122	2	2	50%	2	2	0	4	8	36%	8	7	1	2	0	1	12	6	6
1998	28	PIT	NL	3	30%	82	4	3	57%	3	3	1	3	5	24%	8	5	3	1	1	0	12	10	2
2 Yrs				8	33%	204	6	5	55%	5	5	1	7	13	30%	16	12	4	3	1	1	24	16	8

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
1997	27	PIT	NL	279	24%	67	14	3	1	0	0	0	0.17	4	0	5	2	2	0	4	0	4	2	50%	58	11	19%	22	7	32%	178	19	11%	17	7	41%	11	5	45%	0
1998	28	PIT	NL	238	35%	40	17	0	7	1	0	1	0.53	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	75%	52	7	13%	30	13	43%	139	16	12%	14	7	50%	10	6	60%	0
2 Yrs				517	29%	107	31	3	8	1	0	1	0.48	4	0	9	2	2	0	4	0	8	5	63%	110	18	16%	52	20	38%	317	35	11%	31	14	45%	21	11	52%	0
MLB Averages					55%																			72%			10%			34%			15%			52%			56%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru
1997	27	PIT	NL	276	953	3.45	603	63%	27%	15%	24%	33%	73%	3%	46%	78%	32%	6%	17	0	14%	39	14	9%	25	13	23%	3	1	3
1998	28	PIT	NL	238	827	3.47	531	64%	26%	12%	27%	35%	74%	3%	47%	84%	27%	7%	17	0	14%	34	10	10%	23	11	24%	0	0	0
2 Yrs				514	1780	3.46	1134	64%	27%	14%	25%	34%	73%	3%	47%	81%	30%	7%	34	0	14%	73	24	9%	48	24	23%	3	1	3
MLB Averages						3.71		62%	26%	15%	27%	32%	74%	1%	45%	79%	30%	5%			16%			9%			29%

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
1997	27	84	279	245	37	67	16	1	4	21	2	2	21	45	.273	.350	.396	.746	93	97	11	9	2	2	4
1998	28	165	517	457	55	107	28	1	4	35	6	5	36	78	.234	.307	.326	.633	65	149	18	14	5	5	6

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
1997	27	84	275	242	35	64	15	1	4	20	2	20	45	.264	.341	.384	.725	30	84
1998	28	81	237	211	17	39	12	0	0	13	4	15	33	.185	.252	.242	.494	12	81
2 Yrs		165	512	453	52	103	27	1	4	33	6	35	78	.227	.300	.318	.618	42	165
162 Game Avg.		162	503	445	51	101	27	1	4	32	6	34	77	.227	.300	.318	.618	41	165

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