John Rabb

John Andrew Rabb

Positions: Pinch Hitter, Catcher and Outfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: June 23, 1960 in Los Angeles, CA
High School: Washington HS (Los Angeles, CA)
Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 11th round of the 1978 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 4, 1982
Teams (by GP): Giants/Mariners/Braves 1982-1988

Final Game: July 31, 1988
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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
1978	18	SFG-min	Rk	54	184	184		52	5	3	8						.283	.283	.473	.755		87							GRF · PION
1979	19	SFG-min	A	125	483	447	63	118	19	1	19	90	7	7	36	75	.264	.319	.438	.757		196							CDR · MIDW
1980	20	SFG-min	A	128	493	395	69	96	21	2	19	80	11	4	80	89	.243	.375	.451	.826		178		9	0	9			FRE · CALL
1981	21	SFG-min	AA	102	391	355	51	98	16	2	16	58	8	2	26	88	.276	.335	.468	.803		166		7	0	3	2		SHV · TL
1982	22	SFG-min	AAA	119	466	413	66	115	27	2	22	73	4	4	41	81	.278	.354	.513	.867		212		9	0	3	2		PHX · PCL
1982	22	SFG	NL	2	2	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	1.500	2.000	443	3	0	0	0	0	0	/7
1983	23	SFG-min	AAA	62	250	216	50	74	11	1	10	51	8	1	27	40	.343	.415	.542	.957		117		2	2	3	1		PHX · PCL
1983	23	SFG	NL	40	114	104	10	24	9	0	1	14	1	0	9	17	.231	.292	.346	.638	79	36	4	0	1	0	1	2/9
1984	24	SFG	NL	54	92	82	10	16	1	0	3	9	1	1	10	33	.195	.283	.317	.600	71	26	0	0	0	0	0	3/297
1985	25	ATL-SFG-min	AAA	117	450	391	58	100	13	5	21	62	16	1	43	83	.256	.342	.476	.818		186		10	3	3	1		RMD,PHX · IL,PCL
1985	25	ATL	NL	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/7

1986	26	ATL-min	AAA	123	479	414	73	110	19	6	19	78	9	5	57	101	.266	.353	.478	.831		198		2	0	6	5		RMD · IL
1987	27	ATL-min	AAA	121	460	403	57	91	15	3	20	50	11	11	50	87	.226	.312	.427	.738		172		2	1	4	2		RMD · IL
1988	28	SEA-min	AAA,A	56	230	204	40	62	13	1	13	45	6	1	23	28	.304	.376	.569	.944		116	0	1	1	1	0		CGY,SBR · PCL,CALL
1988	28	SEA	AL	9	14	14	2	5	2	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	.357	.357	.500	.857	134	7	0	0	0	0	0	/D93
1989	29	MTY	AAA																										MTY · MEX
1990	30	UNL	AAA																										UNL · MEX
1991	31	SLS,REN	A+	37	158	132	27	36	6	0	6	17	3	2	22	32	.273	.389	.455	.843		60	3	3	1	0	0		SLS,REN · CALL
5 Yrs				108	224	204	22	46	12	1	4	27	2	1	19	53	.225	.291	.353	.644	81	72	4	0	1	0	1
162 Game Avg.				162	336	306	33	69	18	2	6	41	3	2	29	80	.225	.291	.353	.644	81	108	6	0	2	0	2

SFG (3 yrs)				96	208	188	20	41	10	1	4	23	2	1	19	51	.218	.290	.346	.636	79	65	4	0	1	0	1
ATL (1 yr)				3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
SEA (1 yr)				9	14	14	2	5	2	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	.357	.357	.500	.857	134	7	0	0	0	0	0

NL (4 yrs)				99	210	190	20	41	10	1	4	23	2	1	19	52	.216	.287	.342	.629	78	65	4	0	1	0	1
AL (1 yr)				9	14	14	2	5	2	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	.357	.357	.500	.857	134	7	0	0	0	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
1982	22	SFG	NL	2	2	1	-0	0	-1	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.489	.500	0.1	-0.1	1	$	/7
1983	23	SFG	NL	40	114	-1	0	-0	-4	2	-3	-0.3	4	1	0.0	.492	.498	0.4	-0.2	4	$	2/9
1984	24	SFG	NL	54	92	-2	-1	0	-1	-1	-5	-0.5	3	-2	-0.3	.490	.497	-0.1	-0.2	-1	$	3/297
1985	25	ATL	NL	3	2	-0	0	0	-0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.477	.500	-0.1	-0.0	-0	$	/7

1988	28	SEA	AL	9	14	0	0	0	1	-1	1	0.1	0	2	0.2	.514	.501	0.1	0.1	1	$80,000	/D93
5 Seasons				108	224	-2	-0	0	-5	-0	-8	-0.8	7	-1	-0.2	.492	.499	0.4	-0.5	4	$80,000

SFG (3 yrs)				96	208	-2	-1	-0	-6	1	-8	-0.9	6	-2	-0.3	.491	.498	0.4	-0.6	4	$
ATL (1 yr)				3	2	-0	0	0	-0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.477	.500	-0.1	-0.0	-0	$
SEA (1 yr)				9	14	0	0	0	1	-1	1	0.1	0	2	0.2	.514	.501	0.1	0.1	1	$80,000

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
1982	22	SFG	NL	2	1	2	54.1	94	1.000	.500	.264	.500	.328	1.500	.384	2.000	.712	443	.991	0.8	0.1	3.000	1.000	1.000
1983	23	SFG	NL	114	85	10	3.2	94	.267	.231	.260	.292	.328	.346	.385	.638	.712	79	.369	-2.8	-0.3	.548	.212	.115	1.0
1984	24	SFG	NL	92	67	8	3.2	91	.283	.195	.260	.283	.324	.317	.378	.600	.702	71	.382	-3.3	-0.4	.537	.244	.122	1.5
1985	25	ATL	NL	2	2	0	0.0	99	.000	.000	.266	.000	.334	.000	.396	.000	.730	-100	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.000	.000	.000

1988	28	SEA	AL	14	9	3	8.9	98	.385	.357	.264	.357	.330	.500	.397	.857	.727	134	.784	0.6	0.1	.778	.143	.143
5 Yrs				224	164	23	3.8	93	.286	.225	.260	.291	.326	.353	.383	.644	.709	81	.448	-5.3	-0.6	.564	.225	.127	2.7
162 Game Avg.				336	246	35	3.8	93	.286	.225	.260	.291	.326	.353	.383	.644	.709	81	.448	-5.3	-0.6	.564	.225	.127	4

SFG (3 yrs)				208	153	20	3.5	93	.278	.218	.260	.290	.326	.346	.382	.636	.708	79	.418	-5.4	-0.6	.559	.234	.128	2.7
ATL (1 yr)				2	2	0	0.0	99	.000	.000	.266	.000	.334	.000	.396	.000	.730	-100	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
SEA (1 yr)				14	9	3	8.9	98	.385	.357	.264	.357	.330	.500	.397	.857	.727	134	.784	0.6	0.1	.778	.143	.143

NL (4 yrs)				210	155	20	3.5	93	.276	.216	.260	.287	.326	.342	.382	.629	.708	78	.412	-5.9	-0.6	.552	.232	.126	2.7
AL (1 yr)				14	9	3	8.9	98	.385	.357	.264	.357	.330	.500	.397	.857	.727	134	.784	0.6	0.1	.778	.143	.143

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
1982	22	SFG	NL	2	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	50.0%	100%		2.0					50%
1983	23	SFG	NL	114	0.9%	14.9%	7.9%	8.8%	42%	1.89	6.1	104.0	7.4		1.21	75%
1984	24	SFG	NL	92	3.3%	35.9%	10.9%	4.4%	25%	3.30	2.5	27.3	9.1		1.38	50%
1985	25	ATL	NL	2	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%			2.0					50%

1988	28	SEA	AL	14	0.0%	7.1%	0.0%	14.3%	40%		14.0		3.5	0.30	0.60	93%	31%	0.0%	40%
5 Yrs				224	1.8%	23.7%	8.5%	7.6%	37%	2.79	3.8	51.0	7.6	0.30	1.21	66%	31%	0.0%	40%
MLB Averages					2.2%	14.3%	8.5%	6.8%	29%	1.69	6.2	40.2	8.3	0.80	1.07	74%	20%	8.2%	41%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1982	22	SFG	NL	0.8	0.1	2	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.94	-0.0	-0.0	0.3	0.0	1.03	0.9	1.89	1
1983	23	SFG	NL	-2.8	-0.3	115	-0.2	1.6	-1.9	.93	-0.0	-0.2	1.0	0.1	0.99	0.4	2.24	6
1984	24	SFG	NL	-3.3	-0.4	94	-0.5	1.5	-2.0	1.13	-0.2	-0.2	-0.8	-0.1	0.98	-1.1	1.35	28
1985	25	ATL	NL	-0.6	-0.1	2	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.96	-0.1	-0.0	-0.3	-0.0	0.56	-0.5	0.96	2

1988	28	SEA	AL	0.6	0.1	15	0.3	0.5	-0.1	.95	0.0	0.3	1.5	0.1	1.06	0.5	0.21	3
5 Yrs				-5.3	-0.6	228	-0.5	3.6	-4.1	1.01	-0.3	-0.2	1.7	0.2	0.98	0.2	1.39	40

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
1982	22	SFG	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	0
1983	23	SFG	NL	4	0	28%	35	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	67%	2	0	2	0	0	0	4	2	2
1984	24	SFG	NL	2	0	30%	37	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	50%	8	4	4	0	0	0	4	1	2
1985	25	ATL	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

1988	28	SEA	AL	0	0	40%	5	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	50%	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
5 Yrs				6	0	30%	77	2	1	67%	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	55%	12	5	7	0	0	0	8	3	4

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
1982	22	SFG	NL	2	50%	1			1	0	0	0	1.89	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1983	23	SFG	NL	114	41%	24			6	2	0	1	2.24	1	0	3	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	100%	21	4	19%	12	4	33%	78	14	18%	7	2	29%	6	4	67%	0
1984	24	SFG	NL	92	51%	16			28	2	0	0	1.35	3	0	2	1	2	0	3	0	0	0		10	0	0%	3	1	33%	52	6	12%	3	2	67%	1	1	100%	0
1985	25	ATL	NL	2	50%	0			2	0	0	0	0.96	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0

1988	28	SEA	AL	14	71%	5	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	0	0		10	4	40%	3	2	67%	0	0		0
5 Yrs				224	47%	46	0	0	40	4	0	1	1.39	4	0	5	1	3	0	4	0	1	1	100%	34	4	12%	16	5	31%	142	24	17%	13	6	46%	7	5	71%	0
MLB Averages					59%																			79%			11%			35%			15%			52%			55%

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
1988	28	SEA	AL	14	52	3.71	33	63%	12%	21%	27%	39%	88%	0%	56%	76%	14%	0%	0	0	21%	3	3	7%	1	0	0%	0	0	0
1 Yr				14	52	3.71	33	63%	12%	21%	27%	39%	88%	0%	56%	76%	14%	0%	0	0	21%	3	3	7%	1	0	0%	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.58		62%	24%	14%	27%	34%	76%	2%	47%	81%	33%	5%			16%			8%			26%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH	IBB
1982	22	2	2	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	1.500	2.000	443	3	0	0	0
1983	23	42	116	106	10	25	9	1	1	14	1	0	9	18	.236	.296	.368	.664	86	39	4	1	1
1984	24	96	208	188	20	41	10	1	4	23	2	1	19	51	.218	.290	.346	.636	79	65	4	1	1
1985	25	99	210	190	20	41	10	1	4	23	2	1	19	52	.216	.287	.342	.629	78	65	4	1	1
1986	26	99	210	190	20	41	10	1	4	23	2	1	19	52	.216	.287	.342	.629	78	65	4	1	1
1987	27	99	210	190	20	41	10	1	4	23	2	1	19	52	.216	.287	.342	.629	78	65	4	1	1
1988	28	108	224	204	22	46	12	1	4	27	2	1	19	53	.225	.291	.353	.644	81	72	4	1	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
1982	22	2	2	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	1.500	2.000	2	2
1983	23	40	117	106	11	26	10	0	1	16	1	10	17	.245	.310	.368	.678	12	40
1984	24	54	94	83	11	17	1	0	3	10	1	11	33	.205	.298	.325	.623	8	54
1985	25	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	3

1988	28	9	15	15	2	6	2	0	0	5	0	0	1	.400	.400	.533	.933	3	9
5 Yrs		108	230	208	24	50	13	1	4	31	2	21	53	.240	.310	.370	.680	25	108
162 Game Avg.		162	345	312	36	75	20	2	6	47	3	32	80	.240	.310	.370	.680	38	108

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