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Pat Putnam

Patrick Edward Putnam

Position: First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: December 3, 1953 in Bethel, VT
High School: Fort Myers HS (Fort Myers, FL)
School: University of South Alabama (Mobile, AL)
Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 1st round (23rd pick) of the 1975 amateur draft (June Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: September 2, 1977
Teams (by GP): Rangers/Mariners/Twins 1977-1984
Agents: Steve Comte [*]
Final Game: September 20, 1984
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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
1975	21	TEX-min	A,Rk	62	256	231	28	56	11	1	7	39	1	0	16	24	.242	.294	.390	.683		90	5	2	4	3	0		LBG,RGS · CARL,GULF
1976	22	TEX-min	A	138	538	538		194	33	3	24						.361	.361	.567	.928		305							AVL · WCRS
1977	23	TEX-min	AAA	130	560	495	71	149	31	4	15	102	3	5	58	67	.301	.376	.471	.847		233		3	2	2			TUC · PCL
1977	23	TEX	AL	11	27	26	3	8	4	0	0	3	0	1	1	4	.308	.333	.462	.795	114	12	1	0	0	0	1	/3D
1978	24	TEX-min	AAA	114	522	447	81	138	25	2	21	96	3	3	67	59	.309	.402	.515	.917		230		5	0	3			TUC · PCL
1978	24	TEX	AL	20	49	46	4	7	1	0	1	2	0	0	2	5	.152	.188	.239	.427	20	11	0	0	1	0	1	D/3
1979	25	TEX	AL	139	465	426	57	118	19	2	18	64	1	6	23	50	.277	.319	.458	.777	109	195	12	6	4	6	6	3D	RoY-4
1980	26	TEX	AL	147	454	410	42	108	16	2	13	55	0	2	36	49	.263	.319	.407	.727	102	167	13	0	3	5	6	*3/5D
1981	27	TEX	AL	95	317	297	33	79	17	2	8	35	4	2	17	38	.266	.304	.418	.721	112	124	4	0	1	2	3	*3/79
1982	28	TEX-min	AAA	80	324	281	47	87	20	3	13	60	1	0	36	34	.310	.395	.541	.936		152		5	0	2	5		DEN · AA
1982	28	TEX	AL	43	133	122	14	28	8	0	2	9	0	2	10	18	.230	.293	.344	.637	80	42	3	1	0	0	1	3/57
1983	29	SEA	AL	144	517	469	58	126	23	2	19	67	2	1	39	57	.269	.326	.448	.773	108	210	12	3	1	5	8	*3D
1984	30	TOT	AL	78	212	193	12	34	7	0	2	20	3	0	16	39	.176	.236	.244	.479	34	47	5	0	0	3	1	D7/3
1984	30	SEA	AL	64	169	155	11	31	6	0	2	16	3	0	12	27	.200	.254	.277	.532	49	43	5	0	0	2	1	D7/3
1984	30	MIN	AL	14	43	38	1	3	1	0	0	4	0	0	4	12	.079	.163	.105	.268	-25	4	0	0	0	1	0	D
1985	31	KCR-min	AAA	123	472	416	50	107	16	2	9	67	0	2	48	72	.257	.333	.370	.704		154		2	1	5	4		OMA · AA
1986	32	NPN	Fgn																										NPN · JPPL
1987	33	NPN	Fgn																										NPN · JPPL
8 Yrs				677	2174	1989	223	508	95	8	63	255	10	14	144	260	.255	.306	.406	.712	97	808	50	10	10	21	27
162 Game Avg.				162	520	476	53	122	23	2	15	61	2	3	34	62	.255	.306	.406	.712	97	193	12	2	2	5	6

TEX (6 yrs)				455	1445	1327	153	348	65	6	42	168	5	13	89	164	.262	.309	.415	.724	102	551	33	7	9	13	18
SEA (2 yrs)				208	686	624	69	157	29	2	21	83	5	1	51	84	.252	.308	.405	.713	93	253	17	3	1	7	9
MIN (1 yr)				14	43	38	1	3	1	0	0	4	0	0	4	12	.079	.163	.105	.268	-25	4	0	0	0	1	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
1977	23	TEX	AL	11	27	-0	-0	-0	-1	-1	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.2	.478	.499	-0.1	-0.2	-1	$	/3D
1978	24	TEX	AL	20	49	-5	-0	0	0	-2	-6	-0.7	2	-4	-0.5	.466	.496	-0.5	-0.1	-5	$	D/3
1979	25	TEX	AL	139	465	0	-2	-0	4	-9	-7	-0.5	15	8	0.9	.495	.496	0.4	-0.4	4	$	3D	RoY-4
1980	26	TEX	AL	147	454	-2	-3	-0	-6	-7	-18	-1.7	14	-4	-0.5	.487	.488	0.1	-1.2	1	$45,000	*3/5D
1981	27	TEX	AL	95	317	2	0	1	3	-5	0	0.1	10	10	1.0	.501	.500	0.7	-0.2	7	$	*3/79
1982	28	TEX	AL	43	133	-4	-1	0	0	-2	-6	-0.6	4	-2	-0.3	.484	.496	-0.3	-0.2	-3	$	3/57
1983	29	SEA	AL	144	517	2	-2	0	-3	-9	-12	-1.0	16	4	0.5	.492	.493	0.8	-1.1	7	$190,000	*3D
1984	30	SEA	AL	64	169	-11	1	-0	-0	-4	-14	-1.5	5	-9	-1.0	.476	.491	-0.9	-0.4	-8	$280,000	D7/3
1984	30	MIN	AL	14	43	-7	0	0	0	-1	-8	-0.9	1	-6	-0.7	.439	.495	-0.7	-0.1	-7	$	D
8 Seasons				677	2174	-25	-7	1	-2	-39	-73	-7.0	68	-5	-0.8	.489	.495	-0.5	-3.8	-3	$515,000

TEX (6 yrs)				455	1445	-9	-7	1	1	-25	-39	-3.7	45	6	0.4	.491	.496	0.3	-2.1	5	$45,000
SEA (2 yrs)				208	686	-9	-1	0	-4	-13	-26	-2.5	21	-5	-0.5	.487	.492	-0.1	-1.5	-1	$470,000
MIN (1 yr)				14	43	-7	0	0	0	-1	-8	-0.9	1	-6	-0.7	.439	.495	-0.7	-0.1	-7	$

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
1977	23	TEX	AL	27	20	3	4.0	101	.364	.308	.267	.333	.331	.462	.407	.795	.738	114	.435	0.6	0.1	.600	.154	.154
1978	24	TEX	AL	49	40	2	1.3	94	.150	.152	.261	.188	.326	.239	.385	.427	.711	20	.105	-5.1	-0.5	.333	.130	.087	.0
1979	25	TEX	AL	465	336	57	4.5	100	.275	.277	.267	.319	.332	.458	.405	.777	.736	109	.481	4.3	0.4	.672	.223	.181	1.9
1980	26	TEX	AL	454	325	51	4.2	95	.269	.263	.264	.319	.326	.407	.392	.727	.718	102	.462	0.8	0.1	.634	.227	.144	.0
1981	27	TEX	AL	317	227	37	4.4	84	.281	.266	.249	.304	.313	.418	.362	.721	.675	112	.531	3.8	0.4	.638	.215	.152	5.3
1982	28	TEX	AL	133	99	11	3.0	93	.255	.230	.257	.293	.320	.344	.392	.637	.712	80	.313	-3.1	-0.3	.515	.180	.115	.0
1983	29	SEA	AL	517	362	67	5.0	101	.269	.269	.270	.326	.333	.448	.408	.773	.740	108	.539	4.2	0.4	.711	.264	.179	3.6
1984	30	TOT	AL	212	167	12	1.9	96	.206	.176	.263	.236	.325	.244	.396	.479	.722	34	.174	-17.3	-1.7	.402	.166	.067	2.4
1984	30	SEA	AL	169	131	11	2.2	95	.227	.200	.261	.254	.324	.277	.394	.532	.718	49	.218	-10.6	-1.1	.450	.174	.077	2.4
1984	30	MIN	AL	43	36	1	0.8	100	.111	.079	.268	.163	.331	.105	.405	.268	.736	-25	.036	-6.6	-0.7	.229	.132	.026
8 Yrs				2174	1576	240	4.1	96	.264	.255	.263	.306	.326	.406	.394	.712	.721	97	.453	-11.9	-1.2	.620	.221	.151	17.3
162 Game Avg.				520	377	57	4.1	96	.264	.255	.263	.306	.326	.406	.394	.712	.721	97	.453	-11.9	-1.2	.620	.221	.151	4

TEX (6 yrs)				1445	1047	161	4.1	94	.270	.262	.261	.309	.324	.415	.390	.724	.714	102	.459	1.2	0.1	.623	.214	.153	8.9
SEA (2 yrs)				686	493	78	4.2	100	.259	.252	.268	.308	.330	.405	.404	.713	.735	93	.469	-6.5	-0.7	.641	.242	.154	8.1
MIN (1 yr)				43	36	1	0.7	100	.111	.079	.268	.163	.331	.105	.405	.268	.736	-25	.036	-6.6	-0.7	.229	.132	.026

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1977	23	TEX	AL	27	0.0%	14.8%	3.7%	14.8%	50%	4.00	6.5		8.7	2.00	81%
1978	24	TEX	AL	49	2.0%	10.2%	4.1%	4.1%	29%	2.50	9.2	46.0	23.0	1.13	82%
1979	25	TEX	AL	465	3.9%	10.8%	5.0%	8.4%	33%	2.17	8.5	23.7	6.7	1.04	78%
1980	26	TEX	AL	454	2.9%	10.8%	7.9%	6.8%	29%	1.36	8.4	31.5	7.5	1.17	78%
1981	27	TEX	AL	317	2.5%	12.0%	5.4%	8.5%	34%	2.24	7.8	37.1	8.5	1.11	80%
1982	28	TEX	AL	133	1.5%	13.5%	7.5%	7.5%	36%	1.80	6.8	61.0	13.6	1.35	77%
1983	29	SEA	AL	517	3.7%	11.0%	7.5%	8.5%	35%	1.46	8.2	24.7	7.0	1.17	77%
1984	30	TOT	AL	212	0.9%	18.4%	7.6%	4.3%	27%	2.44	4.9	96.5	9.7	1.17	73%
1984	30	SEA	AL	169	1.2%	16.0%	7.1%	4.7%	26%	2.25	5.7	77.5	9.7	1.37	76%
1984	30	MIN	AL	43	0.0%	27.9%	9.3%	2.3%	33%	3.00	3.2		9.5	0.60	63%
8 Yrs				2174	2.9%	12.0%	6.6%	7.6%	33%	1.81	7.7	31.6	7.8	1.15	78%
MLB Averages					2.0%	13.1%	8.4%	6.6%	28%	1.56	6.8	44.2	8.5	1.09	75%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1977	23	TEX	AL	0.6	0.1	28	-0.2	0.4	-0.5	.87	-0.1	-0.1	-1.2	-0.1	0.94	-1.2	0.44	2
1978	24	TEX	AL	-5.1	-0.5	49	-0.4	0.4	-0.8	1.00	-0.4	-0.0	-4.8	-0.5	0.94	-4.6	2.42	6
1979	25	TEX	AL	3.7	0.4	479	-0.0	8.4	-8.5	1.00	-0.2	0.2	6.6	0.6	0.96	0.2	1.42	21
1980	26	TEX	AL	0.2	0.0	457	-0.2	7.4	-7.7	.98	-0.5	0.3	-4.8	-0.5	0.97	-4.5	1.66	18
1981	27	TEX	AL	3.8	0.4	323	1.0	5.6	-4.6	.85	-0.1	1.2	2.2	0.2	0.95	0.2	1.63	2
1982	28	TEX	AL	-3.3	-0.3	136	-1.1	1.9	-3.0	1.12	-0.4	-0.6	-7.5	-0.8	0.94	-5.5	2.74	6
1983	29	SEA	AL	4.2	0.4	521	0.5	10.1	-9.6	1.05	0.4	0.1	5.7	0.6	0.93	5.7	1.91	12
1984	30	TOT	AL	-17.3	-1.7	217	-2.2	2.2	-4.3	1.05	-1.5	-0.5	-16.5	-1.7	0.99	-16.4	1.65	25
1984	30	SEA	AL	-10.6	-1.1	173	-1.5	1.9	-3.5	1.07	-1.0	-0.4	-10.9	-1.1	0.99	-10.7	1.60	21
1984	30	MIN	AL	-6.6	-0.7	44	-0.6	0.2	-0.9	.99	-0.5	-0.1	-5.7	-0.6	1.00	-5.6	1.93	4
8 Yrs				-13.2	-1.4	2210	-2.6	36.4	-39.0	1.00	-2.8	0.1	-20.4	-2.1	0.96	-26.0	1.73	92

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	CS3	CSH	PO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1977	23	TEX	AL	0	33%	9	0	1	0%	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	33%	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
1978	24	TEX	AL	1	38%	8	0	0		0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0%	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
1979	25	TEX	AL	2	30%	155	1	6	14%	1	6	0	0	1	4	11	38%	26	21	5	6	2	4	16	6	9
1980	26	TEX	AL	3	22%	158	0	2	0%	0	1	0	1	0	9	7	31%	33	23	8	3	2	1	16	7	7
1981	27	TEX	AL	1	28%	116	4	2	67%	4	1	1	0	0	3	6	36%	10	8	2	6	4	2	12	6	6
1982	28	TEX	AL	1	32%	56	0	2	0%	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	30%	9	9	0	2	2	0	9	3	6
1983	29	SEA	AL	6	26%	194	2	1	67%	2	1	0	0	1	3	2	30%	27	22	4	3	2	1	13	5	8
1984	30	TOT	AL	2	21%	59	3	0	100%	3	0	0	0	0	0	4	18%	10	9	1	1	1	0	6	4	2
1984	30	SEA	AL	2	22%	48	3	0	100%	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	20%	8	7	1	1	1	0	6	4	2
1984	30	MIN	AL	0	14%	11	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0%	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8 Yrs				16	27%	755	10	14	42%	10	11	2	1	3	21	32	31%	119	96	20	21	13	8	74	32	39

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
1977	23	TEX	AL	27	96%	8			2	1	0	0	0.44	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		4	1	25%	3	1	33%	18	4	22%	3	1	33%	2	0	0%	0
1978	24	TEX	AL	49	100%	7			6	1	0	0	2.42	1	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	100%	6	0	0%	6	3	50%	29	1	3%	2	0	0%	3	2	67%	0
1979	25	TEX	AL	465	86%	118			21	8	2	4	1.42	18	0	8	17	1	7	11	0	6	4	67%	93	12	13%	48	20	42%	283	49	17%	27	19	70%	21	14	67%	0
1980	26	TEX	AL	454	85%	108			18	8	2	5	1.66	13	0	8	12	1	7	6	0	4	3	75%	93	13	14%	53	24	45%	310	47	15%	30	19	63%	21	13	62%	0
1981	27	TEX	AL	317	77%	79			2	0	0	0	1.63	8	0	7	7	1	3	5	0	1	1	100%	65	4	6%	35	6	17%	186	28	15%	22	7	32%	8	3	38%	0
1982	28	TEX	AL	133	97%	28			6	1	0	0	2.74	2	0	1	2	0	1	1	0	0	0		30	3	10%	13	5	38%	76	7	9%	4	2	50%	6	5	83%	0
1983	29	SEA	AL	517	72%	126			12	4	1	2	1.91	19	0	7	17	2	11	8	0	1	1	100%	97	12	12%	46	15	33%	302	51	17%	21	12	57%	17	8	47%	0
1984	30	TOT	AL	212	100%	34			25	4	0	2	1.65	2	0	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0		41	5	12%	24	11	46%	156	19	12%	14	10	71%	8	3	38%	0
1984	30	SEA	AL	169	100%	31			21	4	0	2	1.60	2	0	1	2	0	1	1	0	0	0		33	5	15%	18	8	44%	127	15	12%	10	7	70%	7	3	43%	0
1984	30	MIN	AL	43	100%	3			4	0	0	0	1.93	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		8	0	0%	6	3	50%	29	4	14%	4	3	75%	1	0	0%	0
8 Yrs				2174	84%	508			92	27	5	13	1.73	63	0	35	58	5	31	32	0	13	10	77%	429	50	12%	228	85	37%	1360	206	15%	123	70	57%	86	48	56%	0
MLB Averages					57%																			82%			11%			35%			15%			51%			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
1977	23	11	27	26	3	8	4	0	0	3	0	1	1	4	.308	.333	.462	.795	114	12	1	0	0	0	1
1978	24	31	76	72	7	15	5	0	1	5	0	1	3	9	.208	.240	.319	.559	54	23	1	0	1	0	2
1979	25	170	541	498	64	133	24	2	19	69	1	7	26	59	.267	.308	.438	.746	102	218	13	6	5	6	8
1980	26	317	995	908	106	241	40	4	32	124	1	9	62	108	.265	.313	.424	.737	102	385	26	6	8	11	14
1981	27	412	1312	1205	139	320	57	6	40	159	5	11	79	146	.266	.311	.422	.733	104	509	30	6	9	13	17
1982	28	455	1445	1327	153	348	65	6	42	168	5	13	89	164	.262	.309	.415	.724	102	551	33	7	9	13	18
1983	29	599	1962	1796	211	474	88	8	61	235	7	14	128	221	.264	.314	.424	.737	103	761	45	10	10	18	26
1984	30	677	2174	1989	223	508	95	8	63	255	10	14	144	260	.255	.306	.406	.712	97	808	50	10	10	21	27

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
1977	23	11	27	26	3	8	4	0	0	3	0	1	4	.308	.333	.462	.795	4	11
1978	24	20	49	46	4	7	1	0	1	2	0	2	5	.152	.188	.239	.427	2	20
1979	25	140	471	431	59	121	19	2	18	66	1	24	50	.281	.323	.459	.783	63	139
1980	26	147	462	416	46	114	17	2	14	60	0	38	49	.274	.331	.425	.757	59	147
1981	27	144	500	466	62	136	29	3	14	66	7	29	58	.292	.331	.457	.788	71	95
1982	28	43	137	125	16	31	9	0	2	10	0	11	18	.248	.314	.368	.682	14	43
1983	29	144	518	470	59	127	23	2	19	68	2	39	57	.270	.327	.449	.776	69	144
1984	30	78	216	196	13	37	8	0	2	22	3	17	39	.189	.250	.260	.510	13	78
8 Yrs		727	2380	2176	262	581	110	9	70	297	13	161	280	.267	.317	.422	.740	295	677
162 Game Avg.		162	530	485	58	129	25	2	16	66	3	36	62	.267	.317	.422	.740	66	677

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