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Arnie Portocarrero

Arnold Mario Portocarrero

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 196 lb.

Born: July 5, 1931 in New York, NY
Signed by the Philadelphia Athletics as an amateur free agent in 1949. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 18, 1954
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Orioles 1954-1960

Final Game: June 15, 1960
Died: June 21, 1986 in Kansas City, KS
Buried: Calverton National Cemetery, Calverton, 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
1952 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1953 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1954 22 PHA AL 34 87 75 3 8 0 1 1 2 0 0 5 30 .107 .163 .173 .336 -8 13 0 0 7 0 1
1955 23 KCA AL 24 40 37 3 4 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 17 .108 .132 .189 .321 -14 7 1 0 2 0 0 1
1956 24 KCA AL 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1957 25 KCA AL 33 34 28 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 9 .107 .194 .107 .301 -16 3 1 0 3 0 0 1
1958 26 BAL AL 32 72 67 4 11 2 0 1 8 0 0 2 23 .164 .188 .239 .427 20 16 0 0 3 0 0 1
1959 27 BAL AL 27 26 21 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13 .000 .045 .000 .045 -86 0 0 0 3 0 0 1
1960 28 BAL AL 13 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
7 Yrs 166 271 240 11 26 2 1 3 11 0 0 12 98 .108 .151 .163 .313 -14 39 2 0 18 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 264 234 11 25 2 1 3 11 0 0 12 96 .108 .151 .163 .313 -14 38 2 0 18 0
KCA (4 yrs) 94 162 141 6 15 0 1 2 3 0 0 9 56 .106 .160 .163 .323 -12 23 2 0 12 0 0
BAL (3 yrs) 72 109 99 5 11 2 0 1 8 0 0 3 42 .111 .137 .162 .299 -16 16 0 0 6 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 Awards
1954 22 PHA AL 34 87 -12 0 0 0 10 -2 -0.2 2 0 -0.2 .494 .499 -0.2 0.0 0 $ 1
1955 23 KCA AL 24 40 -5 -0 -0 0 4 -1 -0.1 1 0 -0.1 .495 .499 -0.1 0.0 0 $ 1
1956 24 KCA AL 3 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .493 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $ /1
1957 25 KCA AL 33 34 -5 0 0 0 4 -1 -0.1 1 -0 -0.1 .496 .499 -0.1 -0.0 -0 $ 1
1958 26 BAL AL 32 72 -8 0 0 0 8 0 0.0 2 2 0.0 .502 .500 0.0 -0.0 2 $ 1
1959 27 BAL AL 27 26 -5 0 0 0 3 -2 -0.3 1 -2 -0.3 .491 .498 -0.3 -0.0 -2 $ 1
1960 28 BAL AL 13 11 -3 0 0 0 1 -2 -0.2 0 -2 -0.2 .485 .499 -0.2 -0.0 -1 $ 1
7 Seasons 166 271 -39 0 1 0 30 -8 -0.9 7 -1 -0.9 .495 .499 -0.9 -0.0 -1 $
KCA (4 yrs) 94 162 -23 0 0 0 18 -4 -0.5 4 -0 -0.4 .495 .499 -0.4 0.0 -0 $
BAL (3 yrs) 72 109 -16 0 0 0 12 -4 -0.4 3 -1 -0.5 .495 .499 -0.5 -0.0 -1 $

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
1954 22 PHA AL 87 74 2 0.7 100 .159 .107 .267 .163 .342 .173 .390 .336 .732 -8 .037 -11.8 -1.2 .269 .133 .067 .0
1955 23 KCA AL 40 36 1 0.7 103 .158 .108 .266 .132 .346 .189 .397 .321 .743 -14 .034 -6.3 -0.6 .235 .108 .081 .0
1956 24 KCA AL 1 1 0 0.0 106 .000 .000 .267 .000 .349 .000 .408 .000 .757 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
1957 25 KCA AL 34 29 1 0.9 100 .158 .107 .264 .194 .337 .107 .399 .301 .736 -16 .055 -4.6 -0.5 .231 .107 .000
1958 26 BAL AL 72 59 3 1.4 93 .233 .164 .255 .188 .322 .239 .387 .427 .709 20 .109 -7.3 -0.8 .321 .104 .075 .0
1959 27 BAL AL 26 24 0 0.0 96 .000 .000 .257 .045 .328 .000 .393 .045 .720 -86 .000 -5.4 -0.6 .048 .048 .000
1960 28 BAL AL 11 11 0 0.0 101 .000 .000 .262 .000 .336 .000 .401 .000 .737 -100 .000 -3.1 -0.3 .000 .000 .000
7 Yrs 271 234 7 0.8 98 .165 .108 .262 .151 .335 .163 .392 .313 .727 -14 .043 -38.8 -4.0 .236 .104 .054 .0
162 Game Avg. 264 228 7 0.8 98 .165 .108 .262 .151 .335 .163 .392 .313 .727 -14 .043 -38.8 -4.0 .236 .104 .054
KCA (4 yrs) 162 140 4 0.8 101 .157 .106 .266 .160 .342 .163 .394 .323 .736 -12 .040 -23.0 -2.4 .250 .121 .057 .0
BAL (3 yrs) 109 94 3 0.9 94 .179 .111 .256 .137 .325 .162 .390 .299 .715 -16 .049 -15.8 -1.6 .216 .081 .051 .0

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
1954 22 PHA AL 87 1.2% 34.5% 5.8% 2.3% 25% 6.00 2.5 75.0 37.5 1.26 51%
1955 23 KCA AL 40 2.5% 42.5% 2.5% 2.5% 25% 17.00 2.2 37.0 37.0 2.60 48%
1956 24 KCA AL 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.00 100%
1957 25 KCA AL 34 0.0% 26.5% 8.8% 0.0% 0% 3.00 3.1 0.73 56%
1958 26 BAL AL 72 1.4% 31.9% 2.8% 4.2% 27% 11.50 2.9 67.0 8.4 1.85 60%
1959 27 BAL AL 26 0.0% 50.0% 3.9% 0.0% 13.00 1.6 2.33 31%
1960 28 BAL AL 11 0.0% 54.6% 0.0% 0.0% 1.8 0.67 45%
7 Yrs 271 1.1% 36.2% 4.4% 2.2% 23% 8.17 2.4 80.0 21.8 1.42 51%
MLB Averages 2.3% 12.4% 9.0% 6.6% 29% 1.37 7.2 38.5 8.3 0.99 75%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1954 22 PHA AL -11.7 -1.2 87 -1.2 0.8 -2.0 1.11 -1.1 -0.0 -11.4 -1.2 0.96 -10.7 0
1955 23 KCA AL -6.3 -0.6 40 -0.6 0.3 -0.9 1.06 -0.5 -0.1 -7.6 -0.8 1.04 -6.2 0
1956 24 KCA AL -0.3 -0.0 1 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .42 -0.0 -0.0 -0.1 -0.0 0.39 -0.3 0
1957 25 KCA AL -4.6 -0.5 33 -0.5 0.1 -0.6 .85 -0.5 -0.0 -4.4 -0.4 0.83 -5.2 0
1958 26 BAL AL -7.3 -0.8 72 -0.5 0.7 -1.3 .92 -0.6 0.0 -4.9 -0.5 0.96 -6.3 0
1959 27 BAL AL -5.4 -0.6 26 -0.4 0.1 -0.5 .91 -0.5 0.0 -5.3 -0.5 0.93 -5.4 0
1960 28 BAL AL -3.1 -0.3 11 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .37 -0.3 0.0 -2.5 -0.3 0.76 -3.1 0
7 Yrs -38.7 -4.0 270 -3.4 2.0 -5.4 .97 -3.5 0.0 -36.2 -3.7 0.94 -37.4 0

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% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1954 22 PHA AL 0 0 17% 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 40% 3 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 2
1955 23 KCA AL 2 0 50% 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 24 KCA 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
1957 25 KCA AL 0 0 0% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 26 BAL AL 0 0 25% 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1959 27 BAL AL 1 0 100% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1960 28 BAL 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
7 Yrs 3 0 23% 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 30% 6 6 0 1 1 0 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
1954 22 PHA AL 87 23% 8 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 10 7 70% 19 0 0% 21 2 10% 58 3 5% 3 1 33% 6 2 33% 0
1955 23 KCA AL 40 38% 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 67% 9 1 11% 9 0 0% 31 0 0% 3 0 0% 1 1 100% 0
1956 24 KCA AL 1 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 0
1957 25 KCA AL 34 12% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 75% 6 1 17% 7 1 14% 16 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1958 26 BAL AL 72 22% 11 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 4 3 75% 13 0 0% 11 2 18% 48 7 15% 5 3 60% 0 0 0
1959 27 BAL AL 26 12% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 7 0 0% 7 2 29% 19 0 0% 2 0 0% 2 2 100% 0
1960 28 BAL AL 11 18% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 2 0 0% 6 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
7 Yrs 271 22% 26 0 0 0 0 3 0 9 2 1 2 1 0 24 18 75% 55 2 4% 57 7 12% 178 10 6% 14 4 29% 10 5 50% 0
MLB Averages 49% 77% 11% 31% 14% 50% 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
1954 22 34 87 75 3 8 0 1 1 2 0 0 5 30 .107 .163 .173 .336 -8 13 0 0 7 0
1955 23 58 127 112 6 12 0 1 2 3 0 0 6 47 .107 .153 .179 .331 -10 20 1 0 9 0 0
1956 24 61 128 113 6 12 0 1 2 3 0 0 6 47 .106 .151 .177 .328 -11 20 1 0 9 0 0
1957 25 94 162 141 6 15 0 1 2 3 0 0 9 56 .106 .160 .163 .323 -12 23 2 0 12 0 0
1958 26 126 234 208 10 26 2 1 3 11 0 0 11 79 .125 .169 .188 .356 -2 39 2 0 15 0 0
1959 27 153 260 229 11 26 2 1 3 11 0 0 12 92 .114 .158 .170 .328 -9 39 2 0 18 0 0
1960 28 166 271 240 11 26 2 1 3 11 0 0 12 98 .108 .151 .163 .313 -14 39 2 0 18 0 0

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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
1954 22 36 90 78 3 8 0 1 1 2 0 5 31 .103 .157 .167 .323 2 34
1955 23 25 41 38 3 4 0 0 1 1 0 1 18 .105 .128 .184 .312 1 24
1956 24 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 3
1957 25 35 37 30 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 9 .133 .235 .133 .369 1 33
1958 26 33 75 70 4 11 2 0 1 8 0 2 24 .157 .181 .229 .409 3 32
1959 27 28 26 22 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14 .000 .043 .000 .043 0 27
1960 28 14 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 13
7 Yrs 174 282 251 11 27 2 1 3 11 0 13 102 .108 .152 .159 .311 7 166
162 Game Avg. 162 263 234 10 25 2 1 3 10 0 12 95 .108 .152 .159 .311 7 166

* 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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