Willie Ramsdell

James Willard Ramsdell (Willie the Knuck)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: April 4, 1916 in Williamsburg, KS (All Transactions)
Debut: September 24, 1947
Teams (by GP): Reds/Dodgers/Cubs 1947-1952

Final Game: July 15, 1952
Died: October 8, 1969 in Wichita, KS
Buried: Riverview Cemetery, Kiowa, KS
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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	Pos	Awards
1938	22	BIG	D	36	121	121		33	6	3	0						.273	.273	.372	.645		45					BIG · WTNM
1939	23	NYY-min	D	10	24	24		8	3	1	1						.333	.333	.667	1.000		16					BIG · WTNM
1940	24	BIG	D	55	143	143		32	1	1	0						.224	.224	.245	.469		35					BIG · WTNM
1941	25	LAD-min	D	41	99	99		17	4	1	0						.172	.172	.232	.404		23					BIG · WTNM
1942	26	LAD-min	C	75	99	99		17	1	1	0						.172	.172	.202	.374		20					SNB,MSK · CALL,WA
1946	30	LAD-min	AA	31	75	75		16	1	0	1						.213	.213	.267	.480		20					FTW · TL
1947	31	LAD-min	AA	34	87	87		14	3	2	0						.161	.161	.241	.402		21					FTW · TL
1947	31	BRO	NL	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	425	1	0	0	0	/1
1948	32	LAD-min	AA	14	26	26		3	1	0	0						.115	.115	.154	.269		4					FTW,MOB · TL,SOUA
1948	32	BRO	NL	27	12	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	4	.091	.091	.091	.182	-51	1	0	0	0	1

1949	33	LAD-min	AAA	34	110	89	5	13	0	0	1	10	0		3	24	.146	.183	.180	.363		16		1	17		HOL · PCL
1950	34	TOT	NL	32	64	53	1	10	0	0	0	2	0		5	9	.189	.259	.189	.447	20	10	0	0	6	1
1950	34	BRO	NL	5	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	/1
1950	34	CIN	NL	27	61	50	1	10	0	0	0	2	0		5	8	.200	.273	.200	.473	27	10	0	0	6	1
1951	35	CIN	NL	31	65	58	4	9	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	15	.155	.183	.172	.356	-4	10	2	0	5	1
1952	36	CHC-min	Opn	13	34	28	2	2	0	0	0	1	0		3	5	.071	.161	.071	.233		2		0	3		LOS · PCL
1952	36	CHC	NL	19	19	18	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	.056	.105	.111	.216	-40	2	0	0	0	1
1953	37	CHC-min	Opn	23	22	17	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	.118	.167	.118	.284		2	0	0	4		POR,LOS · PCL
1954	38	CHW-CHC-min	A,AA,C	29	24	24		2	0	0	0						.083	.083	.083	.167		2					CSP,BMT,IOL · WL,TL,WA
5 Yrs				111	161	141	5	22	2	0	0	4	0	0	8	35	.156	.201	.170	.372	0	24	2	0	11
162 Game Avg.				162	235	206	7	32	3	0	0	6	0		12	51	.156	.201	.170	.372	0	35	3	0	16

BRO (3 yrs)				34	16	15	0	2	0	0	0	1	0		0	5	.133	.133	.133	.267	-29	2	0	0	0
CIN (2 yrs)				58	126	108	5	19	1	0	0	3	0	0	7	23	.176	.226	.185	.411	11	20	2	0	11
CHC (1 yr)				19	19	18	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	.056	.105	.111	.216	-40	2	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
1947	31	BRO	NL	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.530	.500	0.1	0.0	1	$	/1
1948	32	BRO	NL	27	12	-3	0	0	0	1	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.495	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$	1

1950	34	BRO	NL	5	3	-1	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.492	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	/1
1950	34	CIN	NL	27	61	-6	0	0	0	7	2	0.1	2	4	0.1	.506	.501	0.2	-0.0	4	$	1
1951	35	CIN	NL	31	65	-9	-1	-0	0	6	-4	-0.4	2	-2	-0.4	.487	.497	-0.4	-0.0	-2	$	1
1952	36	CHC	NL	19	19	-3	0	0	0	2	-1	-0.1	1	-0	-0.1	.494	.499	-0.1	0.0	-0	$	1
5 Seasons				111	161	-21	-1	-0	0	17	-5	-0.5	5	1	-0.4	.496	.499	-0.3	-0.0	1	$

BRO (3 yrs)				34	16	-3	0	0	0	2	-1	-0.1	1	-1	0.0	.497	.500	0.0	0.0	-1	$
CIN (2 yrs)				58	126	-15	-1	-0	0	14	-2	-0.3	4	2	-0.3	.495	.499	-0.2	-0.0	2	$
CHC (1 yr)				19	19	-3	0	0	0	2	-1	-0.1	1	-0	-0.1	.494	.499	-0.1	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
1947	31	BRO	NL	1	0	1		109	1.000	1.000	.278	1.000	.354	1.000	.412	2.000	.766	425	.000	0.5	0.0		.000	.000
1948	32	BRO	NL	12	10	0	0.0	105	.143	.091	.274	.091	.349	.091	.405	.182	.754	-51	.000	-2.4	-0.2	.100	.000	.000

1950	34	TOT	NL	64	49	3	1.6	108	.227	.189	.270	.259	.347	.189	.418	.447	.765	20	.126	-6.3	-0.6	.349	.094	.000
1950	34	BRO	NL	3	3	0	0.0	111	.000	.000	.273	.000	.351	.000	.423	.000	.774	-100	.000	-0.9	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1950	34	CIN	NL	61	46	3	1.7	108	.238	.200	.270	.273	.346	.200	.418	.473	.764	27	.138	-5.4	-0.5	.375	.100	.000
1951	35	CIN	NL	65	56	2	1.0	104	.209	.155	.269	.183	.343	.172	.407	.356	.750	-4	.055	-8.7	-0.9	.235	.052	.017
1952	36	CHC	NL	19	17	0	0.0	98	.091	.056	.263	.105	.336	.111	.391	.216	.727	-40	.000	-3.5	-0.4	.176	.111	.056
5 Yrs				161	132	6	1.2	105	.208	.156	.269	.201	.344	.170	.409	.372	.753	0	.082	-20.4	-2.1	.264	.071	.014
162 Game Avg.				235	193	9	1.2	105	.208	.156	.269	.201	.344	.170	.409	.372	.753	0	.082	-20.4	-2.1	.264	.071	.014

BRO (3 yrs)				16	13	1	2.0	107	.200	.133	.274	.133	.349	.133	.409	.267	.759	-29	.190	-2.8	-0.3	.154	.000	.000
CIN (2 yrs)				126	102	5	1.3	106	.224	.176	.269	.226	.345	.185	.412	.411	.757	11	.091	-14.1	-1.4	.297	.074	.009
CHC (1 yr)				19	17	0	0.0	98	.091	.056	.263	.105	.336	.111	.391	.216	.727	-40	.000	-3.5	-0.4	.176	.111	.056

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1947	31	BRO	NL	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%				1.0		100%
1948	32	BRO	NL	12	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		2.8			5.00	58%

1950	34	TOT	NL	64	0.0%	14.1%	7.8%	0.0%	0%	1.80	5.9		26.5	1.00	69%
1950	34	BRO	NL	3	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%	0.0%			3.0				67%
1950	34	CIN	NL	61	0.0%	13.1%	8.2%	0.0%	0%	1.60	6.3		25.0	0.86	69%
1951	35	CIN	NL	65	0.0%	23.1%	3.1%	1.5%	11%	7.50	3.9		58.0	2.00	66%
1952	36	CHC	NL	19	0.0%	36.8%	5.3%	5.3%	100%	7.00	2.6			6.00	58%
5 Yrs				161	0.0%	21.7%	5.0%	1.2%	9%	4.38	4.0		35.3	1.74	66%
MLB Averages					1.8%	9.8%	9.9%	6.4%	28%	0.99	9.0	48.5	8.1	0.97	77%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1947	31	BRO	NL	0.5	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1948	32	BRO	NL	-2.4	-0.2	12	-0.2	0.0	-0.3	.90	-0.2	-0.0	-2.6	-0.3	0.97	-2.6	0

1950	34	TOT	NL	-6.3	-0.6	48	-0.7	0.4	-1.2	1.26	-0.5	-0.1	-6.2	-0.6	1.02	-5.1	0
1950	34	BRO	NL	-0.9	-0.1	3	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	2.60	-0.1	0.0	-0.8	-0.1	0.94	-0.9	0
1950	34	CIN	NL	-5.4	-0.5	45	-0.6	0.4	-1.0	1.17	-0.4	-0.1	-5.4	-0.5	1.02	-4.2	0
1951	35	CIN	NL	-8.7	-0.9	54	-0.8	0.5	-1.3	1.12	-0.7	-0.0	-5.8	-0.6	0.90	-7.0	0
1952	36	CHC	NL	-3.5	-0.4	16	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	.65	-0.2	0.0	-3.0	-0.3	0.79	-2.5	0
5 Yrs				-20.4	-2.0	130	-1.9	1.0	-2.9	1.09	-1.6	-0.1	-17.7	-1.8	0.94	-17.2	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	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
1948	32	BRO	NL	0	0	0%	4	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1950	34	TOT	NL	3	0	7%	13	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1950	34	BRO	NL	0	0		2	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1950	34	CIN	NL	3	0	7%	11	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1951	35	CIN	NL	0	0	36%	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	2	0
1952	36	CHC	NL	1	0	0%	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5 Yrs				4	0	17%	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0%	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	2	0

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	32	BRO	NL	12	25%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	2	0	0%	2	1	50%	8	0	0%	0	0		1	0	0%	0

1950	34	TOT	NL	64	46%	10			0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	6	150%	11	0	0%	11	2	18%	33	1	3%	2	1	50%	2	1	50%	0
1950	34	BRO	NL	3	67%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1950	34	CIN	NL	61	44%	10			0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	6	200%	10	0	0%	10	2	20%	32	1	3%	2	1	50%	2	1	50%	0
1951	35	CIN	NL	65	49%	9			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	5	83%	8	2	25%	7	2	29%	25	1	4%	1	0	0%	1	1	100%	0
1952	36	CHC	NL	19	25%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	2	0	0%	7	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
5 Yrs				160	43%	22			0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	11	11	100%	22	2	9%	22	5	23%	73	2	3%	4	1	25%	4	2	50%	0
MLB Averages					51%																			124%			16%			33%			15%			51%			55%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH
1947	31	2	1	1	0	1	0	1		0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	425	1	0	0
1948	32	29	13	12	0	2	0	1		0	4	.167	.167	.167	.333	-11	2	0	0
1949	33	29	13	12	0	2	0	1		0	4	.167	.167	.167	.333	-11	2	0	0
1950	34	61	77	65	1	12	0	3		5	13	.185	.243	.185	.427	14	12	0	6
1951	35	92	142	123	5	21	1	4	0	7	28	.171	.215	.179	.394	6	22	2	11
1952	36	111	161	141	5	22	2	4	0	8	35	.156	.201	.170	.372	0	24	2	11

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
1947	31	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	2
1948	32	28	11	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	27

1950	34	33	68	56	1	11	0	0	0	2	0	6	9	.196	.274	.196	.471	3	32
1951	35	32	68	61	5	10	1	0	0	1	0	2	16	.164	.190	.180	.371	2	31
1952	36	20	20	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	.000	.050	.000	.050	0	19
5 Yrs		115	168	148	6	22	1	0	0	4	0	9	36	.149	.197	.155	.353	6	111
162 Game Avg.		162	237	208	8	31	1	0	0	6	0	13	51	.149	.197	.155	.353	8	111

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