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Dave Pope

David Pope

Positions: Outfielder and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: June 17, 1921 in Talladega, AL
School: University of Pittsburgh
Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent in 1950. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 1, 1952
Teams (by GP): Indians/Orioles 1952-1956

Final Game: September 30, 1956
Died: August 28, 1999 in Cleveland, OH
Buried: Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, OH
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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
1950	29	CLE-min	A	120	403	403		108	13	18	8						.268	.268	.449	.717		181						WKB · EL
1951	30	CLE-min	A	138	512	512		158	27	13	15						.309	.309	.500	.809		256						WKB · EL
1952	31	CLE-min	AAA	126	523	475	77	167	29	7	13	79	4		45	42	.352	.408	.524	.932		249	12	0	3			INA · AA
1952	31	CLE	AL	12	35	34	9	10	1	1	1	4	0	0	1	7	.294	.314	.471	.785	122	16	0	0	0			O9

1954	33	CLE	AL	60	114	102	21	30	2	1	4	13	2	1	10	22	.294	.354	.451	.805	118	46	2	0	1	1		7/89
1955	34	TOT	AL	121	363	326	38	86	13	4	7	52	5	2	28	65	.264	.325	.393	.718	96	128	7	3	3	3	3	*897
1955	34	CLE	AL	35	118	104	17	31	5	0	6	22	0	0	12	31	.298	.373	.519	.892	135	54	1	1	0	1	0	87/9
1955	34	BAL	AL	86	245	222	21	55	8	4	1	30	5	2	16	34	.248	.302	.333	.635	77	74	6	2	3	2	3	897
1956	35	CLE-min	AAA	100	414	367	66	111	18	9	25	76	4		41	69	.302	.370	.605	.975		222	6	1	1	4		INA · AA
1956	35	TOT	AL	37	93	89	7	20	3	1	0	4	0	0	1	19	.225	.239	.281	.520	37	25	0	1	1	1	0	8/79
1956	35	BAL	AL	12	21	19	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	.158	.200	.158	.358	-1	3	0	1	1	0	0	/97
1956	35	CLE	AL	25	72	70	6	17	3	1	0	3	0	0	1	12	.243	.250	.314	.564	47	22	0	0	0	1	0	8/79
1957	36	CLE-min	Opn	129	516	460	74	144	21	6	18	83	8		47	75	.313	.375	.502	.878		231	8	2	2	5		SDG · PCL
1958	37	CLE-min	AAA	142	618	545	88	172	31	7	19	96	11		62	86	.316	.383	.503	.886		274	4	2	2	7		SDG · PCL
1959	38	-min	AAA	129	501	455	62	125	30	3	16	69	5		37	85	.275	.330	.459	.789		209		2	4	3	7	TTO · IL
1960	39	CHC-min	AAA	135	528	498	61	138	33	5	12	62	9		30	88	.277	.318	.436	.754		217						HSN · AA
1961	40	-min	AAA	30	58	50	8	12	2	0	2	5	0		8	6	.240	.345	.400	.745		20						TTO · IL
4 Seasons				230	605	551	75	146	19	7	12	73	7	3	40	113	.265	.317	.390	.707	92	215	9	4	5	5	3
162 Game Avg.				162	426	388	53	103	13	5	8	51	5	2	28	80	.265	.317	.390	.707	92	151	6	3	4

CLE (4 yrs)				132	339	310	53	88	11	3	11	42	2	1	24	72	.284	.334	.445	.779	108	138	3	1	1	3	0
BAL (2 yrs)				98	266	241	22	58	8	4	1	31	5	2	16	41	.241	.294	.320	.613	71	77	6	3	4	2	3

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
1952	31	CLE	AL	35	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	3	0.3	3	0.3	0.0	$	O9

1954	33	CLE	AL	114	2	1	1	0	-0	-1	3	6	0.7	6	0.6	0.1	$	7/89
1955	34	CLE	AL	118	5	0	1	1	-2	-1	3	6	0.7	9	1.0	-0.3	$	87/9
1955	34	BAL	AL	245	-8	-1	-1	0	6	-3	7	0	-0.1	-6	-0.6	0.5	$	897
1956	35	BAL	AL	21	-3	0	0	0	-2	0	1	-4	-0.5	-2	-0.2	-0.3	$	/97
1956	35	CLE	AL	72	-5	0	-1	0	-0	0	2	-4	-0.4	-4	-0.4	0.0	$	8/79
4 Seasons				605	-8	1	0	1	0	-5	17	7	0.7	6	0.7	-0.0	$

CLE (4 yrs)				339	3	2	1	1	-3	-2	9	11	1.3	14	1.5	-0.2	$
BAL (2 yrs)				266	-11	-1	-1	0	4	-3	8	-4	-0.6	-8	-0.8	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
1952	31	CLE	AL	35	24	5	5.6	91	.346	.294	.253	.314	.332	.471	.369	.785	.701	122	.636	0.6	0.1	.708	.206	.176	.0

1954	33	CLE	AL	114	77	16	5.6	100	.338	.294	.268	.354	.344	.451	.391	.805	.735	118	.620	2.2	0.2	.760	.265	.157	2.7
1955	34	TOT	AL	363	255	43	4.5	99	.307	.264	.261	.325	.340	.393	.389	.718	.730	96	.493	-2.2	-0.2	.651	.224	.129	5.8
1955	34	CLE	AL	118	75	21	7.5	106	.368	.298	.271	.373	.351	.519	.404	.892	.755	135	.711	5.0	0.5	.905	.337	.221	.0
1955	34	BAL	AL	245	180	22	3.3	96	.286	.248	.257	.302	.335	.333	.382	.635	.717	77	.351	-7.2	-0.7	.543	.171	.086	1.7
1956	35	TOT	AL	93	71	7	2.6	107	.282	.225	.268	.239	.350	.281	.409	.520	.759	37	.250	-8.5	-0.8	.391	.067	.056
1956	35	BAL	AL	21	17	1	1.6	99	.250	.158	.258	.200	.338	.158	.393	.358	.731	-1	.115	-2.7	-0.3	.250	.000	.000
1956	35	CLE	AL	72	54	6	3.0	109	.288	.243	.271	.250	.353	.314	.413	.564	.767	47	.294	-5.8	-0.6	.434	.086	.071
4 Seasons				605	427	71	4.4	100	.311	.265	.263	.317	.342	.390	.392	.707	.734	92	.492	-8.0	-0.8	.631	.205	.125	8.8
162 Game Avg.				426	301	50	4.4	100	.311	.265	.263	.317	.342	.390	.392	.707	.734	92	.492	-8.0	-0.8	.631	.205	.125	6

CLE (4 yrs)				339	230	48	5.6	103	.335	.284	.268	.334	.347	.445	.398	.779	.745	108	.601	1.9	0.2	.726	.242	.161	3.4
BAL (2 yrs)				266	197	23	3.1	96	.284	.241	.257	.294	.335	.320	.383	.613	.718	71	.330	-9.9	-1.0	.518	.158	.079	1.7

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
1954	33	CLE	AL	WS	NYG	L	3	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.250	.000	.250	0	0	0	0	0	1
1 WS							3	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.250	.000	.250	0	0	0	0	0	1

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1952	31	CLE	AL	35	2.9%	20.0%	2.9%	8.6%	30%	7.00	4.9	34.0	8.5	3.00	74%

1954	33	CLE	AL	114	3.5%	19.3%	8.8%	6.1%	23%	2.20	4.6	25.5	7.8	1.22	68%
1955	34	TOT	AL	363	1.9%	17.9%	7.7%	6.6%	28%	2.32	5.0	46.6	6.3	1.02	71%
1955	34	CLE	AL	118	5.1%	26.3%	10.2%	9.3%	36%	2.58	3.4	17.3	4.7	0.79	58%
1955	34	BAL	AL	245	0.4%	13.9%	6.5%	5.3%	24%	2.13	6.5	222.0	7.4	1.10	77%
1956	35	TOT	AL	93	0.0%	20.4%	1.1%	4.3%	20%	19.00	4.7		22.3	1.04	76%
1956	35	BAL	AL	21	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		2.7		19.0	2.00	57%
1956	35	CLE	AL	72	0.0%	16.7%	1.4%	5.6%	24%	12.00	5.8		23.3	0.91	82%
4 Seasons				605	2.0%	18.7%	6.6%	6.3%	26%	2.83	4.9	45.9	7.5	1.11	71%
MLB Averages					2.2%	11.2%	9.4%	6.5%	28%	1.19	7.9	41.1	8.2	0.96	75%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1952	31	CLE	AL	0.6	0.1	36	-0.3	0.3	-0.7	1.01	-0.0	-0.3	1.1	0.1	0.88	1.0	1.83	3

1954	33	CLE	AL	2.2	0.2	119	0.3	2.2	-2.0	.96	0.7	-0.4	5.2	0.5	0.94	6.4	1.47	19
1955	34	TOT	AL	-2.2	-0.2	370	0.3	7.1	-6.8	1.09	-0.3	0.6	5.6	0.5	0.99	-1.1	1.46	30
1955	34	CLE	AL	5.0	0.5	118	0.6	2.6	-2.0	1.01	0.6	0.0	9.2	0.9	1.01	7.2	1.39	6
1955	34	BAL	AL	-7.2	-0.7	252	-0.3	4.5	-4.8	1.13	-0.9	0.6	-3.6	-0.4	0.98	-8.3	1.48	24
1956	35	TOT	AL	-8.5	-0.8	93	-0.6	1.1	-1.7	.99	-0.7	0.1	-6.7	-0.6	0.84	-8.7	1.41	13
1956	35	BAL	AL	-2.7	-0.3	21	0.0	0.4	-0.4	1.11	-0.2	0.2	-1.3	-0.1	0.96	-2.1	1.25	8
1956	35	CLE	AL	-5.8	-0.6	72	-0.7	0.7	-1.3	.95	-0.5	-0.2	-5.4	-0.5	0.81	-6.6	1.67	5
4 Seasons				-8.0	-0.8	618	-0.4	10.8	-11.2	1.05	-0.4	0.0	5.2	0.5	0.95	-2.5	1.47	65

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
1952	31	CLE	AL	1	0	80%	19	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	67%	2	2	0	0	0	0	4	0	4

1954	33	CLE	AL	2	0	47%	69	2	1	67%	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	60%	11	6	5	2	2	0	7	0	7
1955	34	TOT	AL	4	0	28%	155	5	2	71%	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	42%	21	15	5	3	1	2	17	7	10
1955	34	CLE	AL	2	0	29%	58	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	36%	5	3	2	2	1	1	7	5	2
1955	34	BAL	AL	2	0	28%	97	5	2	71%	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	44%	16	12	3	1	0	1	10	2	8
1956	35	TOT	AL	1	0	32%	32	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	50%	4	2	2	0	0	0	2	1	1
1956	35	BAL	AL	1	0	25%	7	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1956	35	CLE	AL	0	0	33%	25	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	75%	2	0	2	0	0	0	2	1	1
4 Seasons				8	0	35%	275	7	3	70%	7	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	8	7	49%	38	25	12	5	3	2	30	8	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
1952	31	CLE	AL	35	74%	10			3	0	0	0	1.83	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0		5	0	0%	3	1	33%	13	3	23%	0	0		1	1	100%	0

1954	33	CLE	AL	114	91%	30			19	5	1	1	1.47	4	0	3	4	0	4	0	0	2	1	50%	23	2	9%	14	4	29%	72	10	14%	7	3	43%	7	3	43%	0
1955	34	TOT	AL	363	79%	86			30	12	0	5	1.46	7	1	9	5	2	6	1	0	4	3	75%	85	7	8%	42	12	29%	242	45	19%	27	14	52%	11	6	55%	0
1955	34	CLE	AL	118	66%	31			6	2	0	1	1.39	6	1	4	4	2	5	1	0	0	0		25	1	4%	10	3	30%	80	16	20%	7	3	43%	5	3	60%	0
1955	34	BAL	AL	245	85%	55			24	10	0	4	1.48	1	0	5	1	0	1	0	0	4	3	75%	60	6	10%	32	9	28%	162	29	18%	20	11	55%	6	3	50%	0
1956	35	TOT	AL	93	96%	20			13	2	0	2	1.41	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	13	0	0%	8	4	50%	39	5	13%	3	3	100%	3	1	33%	0
1956	35	BAL	AL	21	100%	3			8	2	0	1	1.25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	6	0	0%	3	1	33%	12	2	17%	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	0
1956	35	CLE	AL	72	94%	17			5	0	0	1	1.67	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		7	0	0%	5	3	60%	27	3	11%	2	2	100%	2	1	50%	0
4 Seasons				605	83%	146			65	19	1	8	1.47	12	1	14	9	3	10	2	0	7	5	71%	126	9	7%	67	21	31%	366	63	17%	37	20	54%	22	11	50%	0
MLB Averages					49%																			86%			11%			32%			14%			50%			55%

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
1952	31	12	35	34	9	10	1	1	1	4	0	0	1	7	.294	.314	.471	.785	122	16	0	0	0
1953	32	12	35	34	9	10	1	1	1	4	0	0	1	7	.294	.314	.471	.785	122	16	0	0	0
1954	33	72	149	136	30	40	3	2	5	17	2	1	11	29	.294	.345	.456	.800	119	62	2	0	1	1
1955	34	193	512	462	68	126	16	6	12	69	7	3	39	94	.273	.331	.411	.742	103	190	9	3	4	4	3
1956	35	230	605	551	75	146	19	7	12	73	7	3	40	113	.265	.317	.390	.707	92	215	9	4	5	5	3

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
1952	31	13	38	37	11	12	1	1	1	5	0	1	7	.324	.342	.486	.829	6	12

1954	33	63	119	107	23	32	2	1	4	14	2	11	23	.299	.361	.449	.810	18	60
1955	34	126	380	344	42	93	14	4	8	57	5	30	68	.270	.332	.404	.736	46	121
1956	35	39	96	93	7	21	3	1	0	4	0	1	20	.226	.240	.280	.519	6	37
4 Seasons		241	633	581	83	158	20	7	13	80	7	43	118	.272	.324	.398	.721	76	230
162 Game Avg.		162	426	391	56	106	13	5	9	54	5	29	79	.272	.324	.398	.721	51	230

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