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Ed Rakow

Edward Charles Rakow (Rock)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 178 lb.

Born: May 30, 1935 in Pittsburgh, PA
Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1957. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 22, 1960
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Tigers/Braves/Dodgers 1960-1967

Final Game: September 28, 1967
Died: August 26, 2000 in West Palm Beach, FL
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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
1960 25 LAD NL 9 6 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 79 2 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1961 26 KCA AL 45 34 29 4 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 10 .103 .129 .103 .232 -37 3 1 0 3 1 0 1
1962 27 KCA AL 42 89 82 3 8 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 31 .098 .119 .110 .229 -39 9 4 1 5 0 0 1
1963 28 KCA AL 34 64 57 6 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 27 .105 .177 .123 .300 -16 7 1 0 2 0 0 1
1964 29 DET AL 42 46 39 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 16 .000 .071 .000 .071 -78 0 1 0 4 0 0 1
1965 30 DET AL 6 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .250 .000 .250 -22 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1967 32 ATL NL 17 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
7 Yrs 195 253 226 16 19 2 0 0 3 0 0 11 90 .084 .130 .093 .223 -38 21 7 1 14 1 0
162 Game Avg. 162 210 188 13 16 2 0 0 2 0 0 9 75 .084 .130 .093 .223 -38 17 6 1 12 1 0
KCA (3 yrs) 121 187 168 13 17 2 0 0 3 0 0 7 68 .101 .141 .113 .254 -31 19 6 1 10 1 0
DET (2 yrs) 48 50 42 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 17 .000 .087 .000 .087 -73 0 1 0 4 0 0
ATL (1 yr) 17 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
LAD (1 yr) 9 6 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 79 2 0 0 0 0 0
AL (5 yrs) 169 237 210 16 17 2 0 0 3 0 0 11 85 .081 .130 .090 .221 -39 19 7 1 14 1 0
NL (2 yrs) 26 16 16 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .125 .125 .125 .250 -30 2 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 Awards
1960 25 LAD NL 9 6 -0 -1 0 0 1 -0 -0.0 0 0 0.0 .499 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $9,000 /1
1961 26 KCA AL 45 34 -5 0 -0 0 4 -1 -0.1 1 -0 -0.1 .498 .499 -0.1 -0.0 -0 $ 1
1962 27 KCA AL 42 89 -17 0 -0 0 11 -7 -0.7 2 -4 -0.7 .483 .496 -0.7 -0.0 -4 $ 1
1963 28 KCA AL 34 64 -9 -0 -0 0 7 -3 -0.3 2 -1 -0.3 .490 .498 -0.3 -0.0 -1 $ 1
1964 29 DET AL 42 46 -9 -0 -0 0 5 -4 -0.5 1 -3 -0.5 .489 .497 -0.5 -0.0 -3 $ 1
1965 30 DET AL 6 4 -0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .504 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /1
1967 32 ATL NL 17 10 -2 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.2 0 -1 -0.2 .491 .499 -0.2 0.0 -1 $ 1
7 Seasons 195 253 -44 -1 -1 0 29 -16 -1.8 7 -9 -1.8 .491 .498 -1.8 -0.1 -9 $9,000
KCA (3 yrs) 121 187 -31 -0 -1 0 22 -11 -1.2 5 -6 -1.1 .491 .498 -1.1 -0.1 -5 $
DET (2 yrs) 48 50 -10 0 -0 0 6 -4 -0.5 1 -3 -0.5 .491 .499 -0.5 -0.0 -3 $
ATL (1 yr) 17 10 -2 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.2 0 -1 -0.2 .491 .499 -0.2 0.0 -1 $
LAD (1 yr) 9 6 -0 -1 0 0 1 -0 -0.0 0 0 0.0 .499 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $9,000

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
1960 25 LAD NL 6 4 1 6.7 104 .400 .333 .270 .333 .337 .333 .414 .667 .751 79 .688 -0.2 -0.0 .500 .000 .000
1961 26 KCA AL 34 31 0 0.0 104 .150 .103 .264 .129 .339 .103 .411 .232 .750 -37 .000 -5.7 -0.6 .148 .034 .000
1962 27 KCA AL 89 83 1 0.3 106 .157 .098 .268 .119 .341 .110 .417 .229 .758 -39 .008 -16.6 -1.7 .141 .024 .012
1963 28 KCA AL 64 54 1 0.5 99 .200 .105 .262 .177 .329 .123 .405 .300 .734 -16 .020 -9.2 -1.0 .231 .105 .018
1964 29 DET AL 46 44 0 0.0 98 .000 .000 .258 .071 .327 .000 .401 .071 .727 -78 .000 -9.6 -1.0 .075 .077 .000
1965 30 DET AL 4 3 0 0.0 93 .000 .000 .252 .250 .322 .000 .386 .250 .708 -22 .000 -0.5 -0.1 .333 .333 .000
1967 32 ATL NL 10 10 0 0.0 90 .000 .000 .257 .000 .319 .000 .377 .000 .696 -100 .000 -2.6 -0.3 .000 .000 .000
7 Yrs 253 229 3 0.4 102 .139 .084 .263 .130 .334 .093 .408 .223 .742 -38 .010 -44.3 -4.6 .154 .058 .009
162 Game Avg. 210 190 2 0.4 102 .139 .084 .263 .130 .334 .093 .408 .223 .742 -38 .010 -44.3 -4.6 .154 .058 .009
KCA (3 yrs) 187 168 2 0.3 103 .168 .101 .265 .141 .336 .113 .412 .254 .748 -31 .008 -31.4 -3.2 .172 .054 .012
DET (2 yrs) 50 47 0 0.0 97 .000 .000 .257 .087 .326 .000 .400 .087 .726 -73 .000 -10.1 -1.1 .093 .095 .000
ATL (1 yr) 10 10 0 0.0 90 .000 .000 .257 .000 .319 .000 .377 .000 .696 -100 .000 -2.6 -0.3 .000 .000 .000
LAD (1 yr) 6 4 1 6.7 104 .400 .333 .270 .333 .337 .333 .414 .667 .751 79 .688 -0.2 -0.0 .500 .000 .000
AL (5 yrs) 237 215 2 0.3 102 .135 .081 .264 .130 .334 .090 .409 .221 .744 -39 .005 -41.6 -4.3 .155 .062 .010
NL (2 yrs) 16 14 1 1.9 95 .182 .125 .262 .125 .326 .125 .391 .250 .717 -30 .199 -2.8 -0.3 .143 .000 .000

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
1960 25 LAD NL 6 0.0% 16.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 6.0 2.00 83%
1961 26 KCA AL 34 0.0% 29.4% 2.9% 0.0% 0% 10.00 2.9 14.5 1.71 59%
1962 27 KCA AL 89 0.0% 34.8% 1.1% 1.1% 13% 31.00 2.6 82.0 1.57 57%
1963 28 KCA AL 64 0.0% 42.2% 7.8% 1.6% 17% 5.40 2.1 1.70 47%
1964 29 DET AL 46 0.0% 34.8% 6.5% 0.0% 5.33 2.4 2.00 50%
1965 30 DET AL 4 0.0% 25.0% 25.0% 0.0% 1.00 3.0 1.00 50%
1967 32 ATL NL 10 0.0% 40.0% 0.0% 0.0% 2.5 1.00 60%
7 Yrs 253 0.0% 35.6% 4.4% 0.8% 11% 8.18 2.5 75.3 1.65 54%
MLB Averages 2.2% 15.0% 8.2% 6.4% 28% 1.82 6.0 39.9 8.8 1.08 73%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1960 25 LAD NL -0.2 -0.0 6 -0.0 0.1 -0.1 .77 -0.0 0.0 -0.4 -0.0 0.73 -0.3 0
1961 26 KCA AL -5.8 -0.6 34 -0.3 0.3 -0.6 .96 -0.5 0.1 -5.1 -0.5 1.04 -5.3 0
1962 27 KCA AL -16.6 -1.7 90 -1.7 0.3 -2.0 .92 -1.7 -0.2 -20.2 -2.0 0.96 -18.9 0
1963 28 KCA AL -9.2 -1.0 65 -1.1 0.4 -1.4 .94 -0.9 -0.3 -10.1 -1.0 0.93 -8.9 0
1964 29 DET AL -9.6 -1.0 46 -0.8 0.1 -0.9 .90 -0.9 -0.0 -8.2 -0.8 0.91 -9.1 0
1965 30 DET AL -0.5 -0.1 4 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .67 -0.1 0.0 -0.3 -0.0 0.67 -0.5 0
1967 32 ATL NL -2.6 -0.3 10 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 .76 -0.2 -0.0 -3.0 -0.3 1.19 -2.5 0
7 Yrs -44.4 -4.6 255 -4.2 1.1 -5.3 .91 -4.3 -0.3 -47.2 -4.8 0.96 -45.4 0

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
1960 25 LAD NL 0 0 0% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
1961 26 KCA AL 2 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 67% 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
1962 27 KCA AL 0 0 30% 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 75% 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 2
1963 28 KCA AL 0 0 55% 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 25% 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1964 29 DET AL 1 0 100% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 50% 3 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 0
1965 30 DET AL 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1967 32 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
7 Yrs 3 0 52% 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 4 50% 10 6 4 0 0 0 6 1 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
1960 25 LAD NL 6 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1961 26 KCA AL 34 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 75% 8 1 13% 6 2 33% 27 2 7% 1 1 100% 2 1 50% 0
1962 27 KCA AL 89 100% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 100% 21 4 19% 23 4 17% 58 1 2% 3 1 33% 3 1 33% 0
1963 28 KCA AL 64 100% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 67% 7 1 14% 9 1 11% 39 0 0% 1 0 0% 4 2 50% 0
1964 29 DET AL 46 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 100% 10 1 10% 12 3 25% 22 0 0% 2 0 0% 2 1 50% 0
1965 30 DET AL 4 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1967 32 ATL NL 10 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 3 0 0% 10 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
7 Yrs 253 100% 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 16 14 88% 48 7 15% 53 10 19% 160 3 2% 7 2 29% 11 5 45% 0
MLB Averages 52% 77% 10% 30% 14% 48% 52%

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
1960 25 9 6 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 79 2 0 0 0 0 0
1961 26 54 40 35 4 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 11 .143 .162 .143 .305 -17 5 1 0 3 1 0
1962 27 96 129 117 7 13 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 42 .111 .132 .120 .252 -32 14 5 1 8 1 0
1963 28 130 193 174 13 19 2 0 0 3 0 0 7 69 .109 .148 .121 .268 -27 21 6 1 10 1 0
1964 29 172 239 213 16 19 2 0 0 3 0 0 10 85 .089 .133 .099 .232 -36 21 7 1 14 1 0
1965 30 178 243 216 16 19 2 0 0 3 0 0 11 86 .088 .135 .097 .233 -36 21 7 1 14 1 0
1966 31 178 243 216 16 19 2 0 0 3 0 0 11 86 .088 .135 .097 .233 -36 21 7 1 14 1 0
1967 32 195 253 226 16 19 2 0 0 3 0 0 11 90 .084 .130 .093 .223 -38 21 7 1 14 1 0

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
1960 25 9 7 7 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .429 .429 .429 .857 1 9
1961 26 45 34 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 .000 .032 .000 .032 0 45
1962 27 42 89 82 3 8 1 0 0 1 0 1 31 .098 .119 .110 .229 1 42
1963 28 34 62 56 5 5 1 0 0 0 0 4 27 .089 .150 .107 .257 1 34
1964 29 42 46 39 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 16 .000 .071 .000 .071 0 42
1965 30 6 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .250 .000 .250 0 6
1967 32 17 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 17
7 Yrs 195 252 226 11 16 2 0 0 1 0 10 90 .071 .113 .080 .193 3 195
162 Game Avg. 162 209 188 9 13 2 0 0 1 0 8 75 .071 .113 .080 .193 2 195

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