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Marv Rackley

Marvin Eugene Rackley

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

Born: July 25, 1921 in Seneca, SC
Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1941. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 15, 1947
Teams (by GP): Dodgers/Pirates/Reds 1947-1950

Final Game: May 8, 1950
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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
1947 25 BRO NL 18 10 9 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 .222 .300 .222 .522 39 2 0 0 0 /O89
1948 26 BRO NL 88 304 281 55 92 13 5 0 15 8 19 25 .327 .370 .409 .779 107 115 1 0 3 O78/9
1949 27 TOT NL 74 203 185 30 56 7 1 1 17 2 16 11 .303 .358 .368 .726 92 68 2 0 2 78
1949 27 BRO NL 9 11 9 2 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 .444 .500 .556 1.056 178 5 0 0 1 7/8O
1949 27 PIT NL 11 37 35 5 11 2 0 0 2 1 2 3 .314 .351 .371 .723 92 13 0 0 0 /8O
1949 27 BRO NL 54 155 141 23 41 4 1 1 14 1 13 8 .291 .351 .355 .705 87 50 2 0 1 O
1950 28 CIN NL 5 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 164 1 0 0 0
4 Yrs 185 519 477 87 151 20 6 1 35 10 36 36 .317 .365 .390 .754 100 186 3 0 5
162 Game Avg. 162 454 418 76 132 18 5 1 31 9 32 32 .317 .365 .390 .754 100 163 3 0 4
BRO (3 yrs) 169 480 440 82 139 18 6 1 32 9 34 33 .316 .365 .391 .756 101 172 3 0 5
PIT (1 yr) 11 37 35 5 11 2 0 0 2 1 2 3 .314 .351 .371 .723 92 13 0 0 0
CIN (1 yr) 5 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 164 1 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 Awards
1947 25 BRO NL 18 10 -1 0 0 0 -0 -1 -0.1 0 -0 0.0 .495 .499 0.0 0.0 -0 $ /O89
1948 26 BRO NL 88 304 3 1 1 0 -2 2 0.2 11 13 1.2 .503 .501 1.3 -0.2 13 $ O78/9
1949 27 BRO NL 63 166 -1 2 1 -2 -2 -2 -0.3 6 3 0.3 .496 .498 0.5 -0.4 5 $ 7/8O
1949 27 PIT NL 11 37 -0 0 0 0 -0 -0 -0.0 1 1 0.1 .499 .500 0.1 -0.0 1 $ /8O
1950 28 CIN NL 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .504 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $
4 Seasons 185 519 1 3 2 -2 -5 -1 -0.2 18 17 1.6 .499 .500 1.9 -0.7 19 $
BRO (3 yrs) 169 480 1 2 2 -2 -5 -1 -0.2 17 16 1.5 .499 .500 1.8 -0.7 18 $
PIT (1 yr) 11 37 -0 0 0 0 -0 -0 -0.0 1 1 0.1 .499 .500 0.1 -0.0 1 $
CIN (1 yr) 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .504 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $

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
1947 25 BRO NL 10 7 1 3.8 108 .222 .222 .278 .300 .354 .222 .412 .522 .765 39 .409 -0.8 -0.1 .429 .111 .000
1948 26 BRO NL 304 193 43 5.9 105 .359 .327 .274 .370 .349 .409 .405 .779 .754 107 .627 2.5 0.2 .747 .178 .082 .0
1949 27 TOT NL 203 133 26 5.2 107 .318 .303 .275 .358 .349 .368 .411 .726 .760 92 .560 -1.9 -0.2 .656 .162 .065 1.3
1949 27 BRO NL 11 6 3 13.4 107 .444 .444 .275 .500 .349 .556 .412 1.056 .761 178 .877 1.1 0.1 1.200 .222 .111
1949 27 PIT NL 37 24 5 5.6 106 .344 .314 .273 .351 .347 .371 .408 .723 .755 92 .589 -0.4 -0.0 .667 .143 .057 .0
1949 27 BRO NL 155 103 18 4.7 107 .303 .291 .275 .351 .349 .355 .412 .705 .761 87 .510 -2.7 -0.3 .627 .163 .064 1.0
1950 28 CIN NL 2 1 1 26.7 108 .500 .500 .270 .500 .346 .500 .418 1.000 .764 164 .960 0.2 0.0 1.000 .000 .000
4 Yrs 519 334 71 5.7 106 .341 .317 .274 .365 .349 .390 .407 .754 .756 100 .602 -0.1 -0.0 .705 .170 .073 1.8
162 Game Avg. 454 292 62 5.7 106 .341 .317 .274 .365 .349 .390 .407 .754 .756 100 .602 -0.1 -0.0 .705 .170 .073 2
BRO (3 yrs) 480 309 65 5.6 106 .340 .316 .274 .365 .349 .391 .407 .756 .756 101 .599 0.1 0.0 .707 .173 .075 1.8
PIT (1 yr) 37 24 5 5.6 106 .344 .314 .273 .351 .347 .371 .408 .723 .755 92 .589 -0.4 -0.0 .667 .143 .057 .0
CIN (1 yr) 2 1 1 26.7 108 .500 .500 .270 .500 .346 .500 .418 1.000 .764 164 .960 0.2 0.0 1.000 .000 .000

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
1949 27 BRO NL WS NYY L 2 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 2 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 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
1947 25 BRO NL 10 0.0% 0.0% 10.0% 0.0% 0% 0.00 4.5 90%
1948 26 BRO NL 304 0.0% 8.2% 6.3% 5.9% 20% 1.32 11.2 18.7 1.12 84%
1949 27 TOT NL 203 0.5% 5.4% 7.9% 4.4% 16% 0.69 16.8 185.0 10.9 1.11 85%
1949 27 BRO NL 166 0.6% 4.8% 8.4% 4.2% 16% 0.57 18.8 150.0 10.0 1.06 85%
1949 27 PIT NL 37 0.0% 8.1% 5.4% 5.4% 18% 1.50 11.7 17.5 1.50 86%
1950 28 CIN NL 2 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 2.0 0.00 100%
4 Yrs 519 0.2% 6.9% 6.9% 5.2% 18% 1.00 13.3 477.0 13.6 1.10 85%
MLB Averages 1.8% 9.6% 10.1% 6.4% 28% 0.94 9.2 49.0 7.9 0.97 77%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1947 25 BRO NL -0.8 -0.1 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1948 26 BRO NL 2.5 0.2 323 0.8 6.0 -5.2 1.04 0.7 0.1 9.3 0.9 0.94 5.7 2.15 13
1949 27 TOT NL -2.1 -0.2 197 0.7 3.7 -2.9 .98 0.1 0.7 4.6 0.4 0.96 0.5 1.75 24
1949 27 BRO NL -1.8 -0.2 170 0.6 3.2 -2.6 1.00 0.0 0.6 2.9 0.3 0.97 0.0 1.82 21
1949 27 PIT NL -0.4 -0.0 27 0.1 0.5 -0.3 .89 0.0 0.1 1.6 0.2 0.89 0.5 1.30 3
1950 28 CIN NL 0.2 0.0 2 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 1.47 0.0 -0.1 0.7 0.1 0.91 0.4 1.47 2
4 Yrs -0.3 -0.0 522 1.5 9.6 -8.2 1.02 0.8 0.7 14.6 1.4 0.95 6.7 1.87 39

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
1948 26 BRO NL 6 0 50% 156 8 6 4 1 0 1 0 2 0 6 6 45% 23 16 7 8 6 2 20 5 14
1949 27 TOT NL 3 0 41% 90 2 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 55% 20 11 9 8 2 5 3 0 3
1949 27 BRO NL 3 0 41% 74 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 58% 16 8 8 8 2 5 2 0 2
1949 27 PIT NL 0 0 39% 16 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 40% 4 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
1950 28 CIN NL 0 0 0% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Yrs 9 0 46% 248 10 8 7 1 0 1 0 2 0 9 7 49% 43 27 16 16 8 7 23 5 17

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
1948 26 BRO NL 304 76% 92 13 5 0 2 2.15 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 60% 44 1 2% 19 5 26% 139 17 12% 10 4 40% 6 5 83% 0
1949 27 TOT NL 203 94% 56 24 7 0 1 1.75 1 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 6 2 33% 53 2 4% 22 7 32% 116 15 13% 9 5 56% 8 4 50% 0
1949 27 BRO NL 166 95% 45 21 5 0 1 1.82 1 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 6 2 33% 48 2 4% 22 7 32% 106 14 13% 9 5 56% 7 3 43% 0
1949 27 PIT NL 37 88% 11 3 2 0 0 1.30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0% 0 0 10 1 10% 0 0 1 1 100% 0
1950 28 CIN NL 2 100% 1 2 1 0 1 1.47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0
4 Yrs 509 83% 151 39 13 0 4 1.87 1 0 6 1 0 0 1 0 11 5 45% 97 3 3% 41 12 29% 256 33 13% 19 9 47% 14 9 64% 0
MLB Averages 51% 152% 19% 33% 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
1947 25 18 10 9 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 .222 .300 .222 .522 39 2 0 0 0
1948 26 106 314 290 57 94 13 5 0 17 8 20 25 .324 .368 .403 .771 105 117 1 0 3
1949 27 180 517 475 87 150 20 6 1 34 10 36 36 .316 .364 .389 .753 100 185 3 0 5
1950 28 185 519 477 87 151 20 6 1 35 10 36 36 .317 .365 .390 .754 100 186 3 0 5

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
1947 25 19 12 10 3 3 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 .300 .417 .300 .717 1 18
1948 26 92 314 292 55 94 13 5 0 15 8 19 26 .322 .363 .401 .764 43 88
1949 27 77 208 190 29 56 7 1 1 17 2 16 11 .295 .350 .358 .707 24 74
1950 28 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 5
4 Yrs 193 536 494 87 153 20 6 1 35 10 37 37 .310 .358 .381 .738 68 185
162 Game Avg. 162 450 415 73 128 17 5 1 29 8 31 31 .310 .358 .381 .738 57 185

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1948 NL  8 (10th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 2 (2156), Average HOFer ≈ 144

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