Gary Rajsich

Gary Louis Rajsich

Positions: Pinch Hitter, First Baseman and Rightfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: October 28, 1954 in Youngstown, OH
School: Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ)
Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 11th round of the 1976 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 9, 1982
Teams (by GP): Mets/Giants/Cardinals 1982-1985

Final Game: July 1, 1985
Relatives: Brother of Dave Rajsich
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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
1976	21	HOU-min	Rk	66	274	244	33	54	8	3	6	27	13	2	27	61	.221	.307	.352	.659		86		3	0	0			CVN · APPY
1977	22	HOU-min	A	136	527	486	50	119	19	5	8	53	22	8	36	91	.245	.301	.354	.655		172		3	2	0			COC · FLOR
1978	23	HOU-min	AA,AAA	126	469	412	56	98	16	6	9	47	17	3	46	77	.238	.312	.371	.683		153		1	4	6			CBS,CHL · SOUL,IL
1979	24	HOU-min	AA,AAA	131	510	450	70	113	33	6	20	81	8	7	47	60	.251	.322	.484	.807		218		4	1	8			CBS,CHL · SOUL,IL
1980	25	HOU-min	AAA	134	544	445	94	143	22	14	21	99	12	10	87	41	.321	.435	.575	1.010		256		6	1	5			TUC · PCL
1981	26	NYM-min	AAA	74	288	253	47	70	11	1	24	56	6	2	28	52	.277	.352	.613	.965		155		3	1	3	7		TID · IL
1982	27	NYM	NL	80	182	162	17	42	8	3	2	12	1	3	17	40	.259	.333	.383	.716	101	62	2	1	2	0	3	97/3
1983	28	NYM-min	AAA	129	496	430	68	116	15	2	28	83	7	7	52	78	.270	.359	.509	.868		219		9	3	2	9		TID · IL
1983	28	NYM	NL	11	40	36	5	12	3	0	1	3	0	0	3	1	.333	.400	.500	.900	150	18	1	1	0	0	1	3
1984	29	STL-min	AAA	117	473	416	71	119	29	2	29	95	1	1	49	82	.286	.359	.575	.934		239		2	0	6	9		LOU · AA
1984	29	STL	NL	7	10	7	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	1	.143	.300	.143	.443	30	1	0	0	0	1	0	/3
1985	30	STL-SFG-min	AAA	59	246	213	35	57	6	2	13	49	0	0	27	36	.268	.350	.498	.847		106		2	0	4	5		LOU,PHX · AA,PCL
1985	30	SFG	NL	51	110	91	5	15	6	0	0	10	0	1	17	22	.165	.296	.231	.527	53	21	0	0	2	0	4	3
1986	31	CNI	Fgn																										CNI · JPCL
1987	32	CNI	Fgn																										CNI · JPCL
1988	33	CNI	Fgn																										CNI · JPCL
4 Yrs				149	342	296	28	70	17	3	3	27	1	4	39	64	.236	.328	.345	.673	91	102	3	2	4	1	8
162 Game Avg.				162	372	322	30	76	18	3	3	29	1	4	42	70	.236	.328	.345	.673	91	111	3	2	4	1	9

NYM (2 yrs)				91	222	198	22	54	11	3	3	15	1	3	20	41	.273	.345	.404	.749	110	80	3	2	2	0	4
SFG (1 yr)				51	110	91	5	15	6	0	0	10	0	1	17	22	.165	.296	.231	.527	53	21	0	0	2	0	4
STL (1 yr)				7	10	7	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	1	.143	.300	.143	.443	30	1	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
1982	27	NYM	NL	80	182	-1	-2	-0	-3	-2	-7	-0.8	6	-2	-0.2	.490	.495	0.0	-0.4	1	$	97/3
1983	28	NYM	NL	11	40	2	0	-0	-1	-1	0	0.0	1	1	0.1	.501	.500	0.2	-0.2	2	$	3
1984	29	STL	NL	7	10	-1	-0	0	-0	-0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.481	.499	-0.1	-0.0	-1	$	/3
1985	30	SFG	NL	51	110	-7	-0	0	0	-1	-8	-0.9	3	-5	-0.6	.481	.494	-0.6	-0.1	-5	$	3
4 Seasons				149	342	-6	-3	-0	-4	-4	-17	-1.8	11	-6	-0.8	.487	.497	-0.5	-0.8	-2	$

NYM (2 yrs)				91	222	1	-2	-0	-4	-2	-7	-0.8	7	-0	-0.1	.491	.497	0.2	-0.6	3	$
SFG (1 yr)				51	110	-7	-0	0	0	-1	-8	-0.9	3	-5	-0.6	.481	.494	-0.6	-0.1	-5	$
STL (1 yr)				7	10	-1	-0	0	-0	-0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.481	.499	-0.1	-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
1982	27	NYM	NL	182	127	20	4.3	94	.333	.259	.264	.333	.327	.383	.384	.716	.712	101	.503	0.2	0.0	.624	.216	.123	1.3
1983	28	NYM	NL	40	25	7	7.5	96	.324	.333	.262	.400	.330	.500	.388	.900	.719	150	.741	2.5	0.3	.880	.250	.167	.0
1984	29	STL	NL	10	7	1	3.8	92	.143	.143	.261	.300	.326	.143	.380	.443	.705	30	.462	-0.4	-0.1	.500	.286	.000
1985	30	SFG	NL	110	79	7	2.4	91	.217	.165	.254	.296	.321	.231	.379	.527	.700	53	.262	-4.8	-0.5	.481	.242	.066
4 Yrs				342	238	35	4.0	93	.291	.236	.261	.328	.326	.345	.383	.673	.709	91	.472	-2.5	-0.3	.601	.230	.108	1.5
162 Game Avg.				372	259	38	4.0	93	.291	.236	.261	.328	.326	.345	.383	.673	.709	91	.472	-2.5	-0.3	.601	.230	.108	2

NYM (2 yrs)				222	152	27	4.8	94	.331	.273	.264	.345	.328	.404	.385	.749	.713	110	.558	2.8	0.3	.667	.222	.131	1.5
SFG (1 yr)				110	79	7	2.4	91	.217	.165	.254	.296	.321	.231	.379	.527	.700	53	.262	-4.8	-0.5	.481	.242	.066
STL (1 yr)				10	7	1	3.8	92	.143	.143	.261	.300	.326	.143	.380	.443	.705	30	.462	-0.4	-0.1	.500	.286	.000

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1982	27	NYM	NL	182	1.1%	22.0%	9.3%	7.1%	31%	2.35	4.1	81.0	13.5	0.55	66%
1983	28	NYM	NL	40	2.5%	2.5%	7.5%	10.0%	33%	0.33	36.0	36.0	12.0	0.41	85%
1984	29	STL	NL	10	0.0%	10.0%	20.0%	0.0%	0%	0.50	7.0		3.5	0.00	70%
1985	30	SFG	NL	110	0.0%	20.0%	15.5%	5.5%	40%	1.29	4.1		9.1	0.62	63%
4 Yrs				342	0.9%	18.7%	11.4%	6.7%	33%	1.64	4.6	98.7	11.0	0.52	67%
MLB Averages					2.1%	13.7%	8.4%	6.7%	29%	1.63	6.5	42.4	8.5	1.08	74%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1982	27	NYM	NL	0.2	0.0	186	-0.4	3.0	-3.3	1.04	-0.0	-0.3	-0.4	-0.0	0.93	-0.0	1.13	35
1983	28	NYM	NL	2.5	0.3	40	0.0	0.6	-0.5	.86	-0.1	0.1	-0.1	-0.0	0.95	1.0	1.22	1
1984	29	STL	NL	-0.4	-0.1	10	-0.2	0.1	-0.3	1.30	-0.0	-0.1	-1.0	-0.1	1.35	-0.1	0.88	4
1985	30	SFG	NL	-4.8	-0.5	113	-0.7	1.8	-2.4	1.48	-0.5	0.1	-3.5	-0.4	0.98	-5.1	2.17	24
4 Yrs				-2.5	-0.3	349	-1.2	5.4	-6.6	1.17	-0.7	-0.3	-5.0	-0.5	0.96	-4.3	1.50	64

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	CSH	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1982	27	NYM	NL	1	26%	74	1	3	25%	1	3	0	3	4	47%	10	6	4	3	2	1	4	0	3
1983	28	NYM	NL	0	27%	15	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	43%	4	4	0	0	0	0	3	0	3
1984	29	STL	NL	0	33%	4	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
1985	30	SFG	NL	0	16%	27	0	1	0%	0	0	1	3	1	22%	5	3	1	2	1	0	2	1	1
4 Yrs				1	23%	120	1	4	20%	1	3	1	6	5	40%	20	14	5	5	3	1	10	1	8

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	27	NYM	NL	182	93%	42			35	2	1	1	1.13	2	0	1	2	0	2	0	0	3	2	67%	29	2	7%	14	1	7%	97	10	10%	6	0	0%	5	3	60%	0
1983	28	NYM	NL	40	100%	12			1	0	0	0	1.22	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		7	1	14%	5	2	40%	23	2	9%	1	0	0%	4	2	50%	0
1984	29	STL	NL	10	100%	1			4	1	0	1	0.88	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	3	1	33%	13	2	15%	2	1	50%	1	0	0%	0
1985	30	SFG	NL	110	97%	15			24	1	0	2	2.17	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	11	0	0%	7	4	57%	77	10	13%	9	3	33%	6	4	67%	0
4 Yrs				342	95%	70			64	4	1	4	1.50	3	0	7	3	0	2	1	0	5	4	80%	49	3	6%	29	8	28%	210	24	11%	18	4	22%	16	9	56%	0
MLB Averages					59%																			86%			11%			35%			15%			52%			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
1982	27	80	182	162	17	42	8	3	2	12	1	3	17	40	.259	.333	.383	.716	101	62	2	1	2	0	3
1983	28	91	222	198	22	54	11	3	3	15	1	3	20	41	.273	.345	.404	.749	110	80	3	2	2	0	4
1984	29	98	232	205	23	55	11	3	3	17	1	3	22	42	.268	.343	.395	.739	107	81	3	2	2	1	4
1985	30	149	342	296	28	70	17	3	3	27	1	4	39	64	.236	.328	.345	.673	91	102	3	2	4	1	8

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	27	80	185	164	18	44	8	3	2	13	1	18	40	.268	.344	.390	.735	22	80
1983	28	11	41	37	6	13	3	0	1	3	0	3	1	.351	.415	.514	.928	8	11
1984	29	7	10	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.000	.200	.000	.200	0	7
1985	30	51	112	92	6	16	6	0	0	11	0	18	22	.174	.309	.239	.548	7	51
4 Yrs		149	348	300	30	73	17	3	3	27	1	41	64	.243	.337	.350	.687	37	149
162 Game Avg.		162	378	326	33	79	18	3	3	29	1	45	70	.243	.337	.350	.687	40	149

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