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Hal Raether

Harold Herman Raether (Bud)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: October 10, 1932 in Lake Mills, WI
School: University of Wisconsin at Madison (Madison, WI)
Signed by the Philadelphia Athletics as an amateur free agent in 1954. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 4, 1954
Team: Athletics 1954-1957

Final Game: May 19, 1957
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Standard Pitching

Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1954 21 PHA AL 0 0 4.50 1 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 1 1 1 0 4 0 0 1 0 9 104 2.500 4.5 0.0 18.0 0.0 0.00
1957 24 KCA AL 0 0 9.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 52 1.000 9.0 4.5 0.0 0.0
2 Yrs 0 0 6.75 2 0 2 0 0 0 4.0 3 3 3 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 17 69 1.750 6.8 2.3 9.0 0.0 0.00
162 Game Avg. 0 0 6.75 68 0 68 0 0 0 136 102 102 102 34 136 0 0 34 0 578 69 1.750 6.8 2.3 9.0 0.0 0.00

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1954 21 PHA AL 2.0 1 0 1 4.50 4.00 -0.23 0.00 122.0 5.17 0 0.0 .0 -0.0 0.0 0 .517 .500 $
1957 24 KCA AL 2.0 1 0 2 9.00 4.10 -0.04 0.00 88.0 3.65 -1 -0.1 .0 0.1 0.0 -1 .384 .499 $
2 Seasons 4.0 2 0 3 6.75 4.05 -0.14 0.00 105.0 4.41 -1 -0.1 .0 0.0 0.0 -1 .450 .500 $

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE
1954 21 PHA AL 1 9 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 .200 .556 .200 .756 .200 1 2 0 0 0 0
1957 24 KCA AL 1 8 8 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .875 1.125 .143 7 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Yrs 2 17 13 3 3 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 .231 .412 .615 1.027 .167 8 2 0 0 0 0 0
162 Game Avg. 68 578 442 102 102 0 34 34 0 0 136 0 .231 .412 .615 1.027 .167 272 68 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages .259 .330 .391 .721 .274

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1954 21 PHA AL 0.1 0.0 10 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .01 -0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.01 -0.2 0 0 1
1957 24 KCA AL -0.8 -0.1 8 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .00 -0.3 -0.7 -1.1 -0.1 0.00 -0.7 0 0 1
2 Yrs -0.7 -0.1 18 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .01 -0.4 -0.2 -1.1 -0.1 0.01 -0.9 0 0 2

Reliever Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1954 21 PHA AL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .013 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 6.0
1957 24 KCA AL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .004 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 6.0
2 Yrs 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .009 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 6.0

Ratio Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1954 21 PHA AL 9 56% 0.0% 0.0% 44.4% 0.0% 0% 5.00 56% 4 2 50%
1957 24 KCA AL 8 63% 12.5% 0.0% 0.0% 25.0% 100% 0.50 88% 0 0
2 Yrs 17 59% 5.9% 0.0% 23.5% 11.8% 67% 1.40 71% 4 2 50%
MLB Averages 52% 2.4% 12.3% 9.7% 6.7% 28% 0.96 79% 11%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1954 21 PHA AL 9 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 50% 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1957 24 KCA AL 8 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Yrs 17 3 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 3 2 0 67% 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
MLB Averages 51% 55%

Cumulative Pitching

Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1954 21 0 0 4.50 1 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 1 1 1 0 4 0 0 1 0 9 104 2.500 4.5 0.0 18.0 0.0 0.00 104
1955 22 0 0 4.50 1 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 1 1 1 0 4 0 0 1 0 9 104 2.500 4.5 0.0 18.0 0.0 0.00 104
1956 23 0 0 4.50 1 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 1 1 1 0 4 0 0 1 0 9 104 2.500 4.5 0.0 18.0 0.0 0.00 104
1957 24 0 0 6.75 2 0 2 0 0 0 4.0 3 3 3 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 17 69 1.750 6.8 2.3 9.0 0.0 0.00 69

Neutralized Pitching

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 W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1954 21 0 0 18.00 1.0 1 2 2 0 4 0 0 5.000 9.0 36.0 0.0 0.00 0.0 1
1957 24 0 0 6.00 3.0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1
2 Yrs 0 0 9.00 4.0 1 4 4 0 4 0 0 1.250 2.3 0.0 0.00 0.0 2

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