Earl Rapp

Earl Wellington Rapp

Positions: Pinch Hitter and Rightfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: May 20, 1921 in Corunna, MI
Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in 1940. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 28, 1949
Teams (by GP): Browns/Senators/WhiteSox/Giants/Tigers 1949-1952

Final Game: September 23, 1952
Died: February 13, 1992 in Swedesboro, NJ
Buried: St. Joseph Cemetery, Swedesboro, NJ
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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
1940	19	PHI-min	D	62	212	212		67	15	0	6						.316	.316	.472	.788		100						WAU · NORL
1941	20	DET-BOS-min	D,C	104	403	403		128	23	11	5						.318	.318	.467	.784		188						JAM,ONE · PONY,CAML
1942	21	DET-min	B,AA	146	504	504	3	141	22	11	8	3	0				.280	.280	.415	.694		209	0					HGR,BFL · ISLG,IL
1946	25	DET-min	A,AAA	126	473	439	46	144	29	7	10	38	8	2	31	25	.328	.374	.494	.868		217	4	1	2			WPT,BFL · EL,IL
1947	26	DET-min	AAA	137	542	439	86	129	28	3	16	80	12		96	56	.294	.425	.481	.905		211		4	3			BFL · IL
1948	27	DET-min	AAA	168	652	564	88	168	36	6	17	96	10		82	89	.298	.391	.473	.864		267		4	2			SLE · PCL
1949	28	-min	AAA	97	402	340	76	117	24	3	15	86	6		56	40	.344	.441	.565	1.006		192		3	3			OLD · PCL
1949	28	TOT	AL	20	60	54	3	14	1	1	0	11	1	1	6	6	.259	.333	.315	.648	75	17	1	0	0			O7/9
1949	28	DET	AL	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000				0	0	0	0
1949	28	CHW	AL	19	59	54	3	14	1	1	0	11	1	1	5	6	.259	.322	.315	.637	72	17	1	0	0			O7/9

1951	30	-min	AAA	97	412	357	66	115	15	8	10	74	5		51	37	.322	.411	.493	.904		176		3	1			OLD · PCL
1951	30	TOT	MLB	39	123	109	14	33	5	3	2	15	1	0	13	14	.303	.377	.459	.836	122	50	2	0	1			9
1951	30	NYG	NL	13	13	11	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	3	.091	.231	.091	.322	-10	1	1	0	0
1951	30	SLB	AL	26	110	98	14	32	5	3	2	14	1	0	11	11	.327	.394	.500	.894	138	49	1	0	1			O9
1952	31	TOT	AL	76	123	116	10	26	10	0	0	13	0	0	6	21	.224	.268	.310	.579	61	36	2	1	0			9
1952	31	SLB	AL	30	49	49	3	7	4	0	0	4	0	0	0	8	.143	.143	.224	.367	-0	11	2	0	0			/O9
1952	31	WSH	AL	46	74	67	7	19	6	0	0	9	0	0	6	13	.284	.351	.373	.724	104	25	0	1	0			O9
1953	32	-min	Opn	180	737	630	104	196	32	7	24	108	11		99	65	.311	.408	.498	.906		314	15	4	4			SDG · PCL
1954	33	-min	Opn	162	680	566	102	191	37	7	24	111	2		101	78	.337	.436	.555	.991		314	14	3	3	7		SDG · PCL
1955	34	-min	Opn	169	698	582	109	176	25	6	30	133	1		103	78	.302	.407	.521	.928		303	11	5	1	7		SDG · PCL
1956	35	CLE-min	Opn	122	474	414	59	124	14	5	9	65	3		51	42	.300	.374	.423	.797		175	11	2	1	6		SDG · PCL
1957	36	CHC-CLE-min	Opn,AAA	100	294	255	32	66	9	2	4	24	1		37	39	.259	.355	.357	.712		91	5	1	1	0	0	POR,LOU,SDG · PCL,AA
1959	38	CIN-min	AA	18	68	50	11	15	1	0	1	8	0		15	5	.300	.485	.380	.865		19		3	0	0	3	NVL · SOUA
3 Seasons				135	306	279	27	73	16	4	2	39	2	1	25	41	.262	.325	.369	.694	89	103	5	1	1
162 Game Avg.				162	367	335	32	88	19	5	2	47	2	1	30	49	.262	.325	.369	.694	89	124	6	1	1

SLB (2 yrs)				56	159	147	17	39	9	3	2	18	1	0	11	19	.265	.316	.408	.725	94	60	3	0	1
WSH (1 yr)				46	74	67	7	19	6	0	0	9	0	0	6	13	.284	.351	.373	.724	104	25	0	1	0
NYG (1 yr)				13	13	11	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	3	.091	.231	.091	.322	-10	1	1	0	0
DET (1 yr)				1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000				0	0	0	0
CHW (1 yr)				19	59	54	3	14	1	1	0	11	1	1	5	6	.259	.322	.315	.637	72	17	1	0	0

AL (3 yrs)				122	293	268	27	72	16	4	2	38	2	1	23	38	.269	.329	.381	.709	93	102	4	1	1
NL (1 yr)				13	13	11	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	3	.091	.231	.091	.322	-10	1	1	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
1949	28	DET	AL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$
1949	28	CHW	AL	59	-2	0	0	0	1	-1	2	0	0.0	-1	-0.1	0.1	$	O7/9

1951	30	NYG	NL	13	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	-2	-0.2	-2	-0.2	0.0	$
1951	30	SLB	AL	110	5	0	0	0	-1	-1	3	6	0.6	7	0.7	-0.1	$	O9
1952	31	SLB	AL	49	-6	0	0	0	0	0	1	-5	-0.5	-5	-0.5	0.0	$	/O9
1952	31	WSH	AL	74	1	0	0	0	-2	0	2	1	0.1	3	0.3	-0.2	$	O9
3 Seasons				306	-4	0	0	0	-2	-2	8	0	0.0	2	0.2	-0.2	$

SLB (2 yrs)				159	-1	0	0	0	-1	-1	4	1	0.1	2	0.2	-0.1	$
WSH (1 yr)				74	1	0	0	0	-2	0	2	1	0.1	3	0.3	-0.2	$
NYG (1 yr)				13	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	-2	-0.2	-2	-0.2	0.0	$
DET (1 yr)				1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$
CHW (1 yr)				59	-2	0	0	0	1	-1	2	0	0.0	-1	-0.1	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
1949	28	TOT	AL	60	42	5	3.2	103	.292	.259	.266	.333	.357	.315	.386	.648	.743	75	.337	-2.0	-0.2	.548	.167	.056	.0
1949	28	DET	AL	1	0	0						1.000	.364							0.3	0.0
1949	28	CHW	AL	59	42	5	3.2	103	.292	.259	.266	.322	.357	.315	.386	.637	.743	72	.337	-2.4	-0.2	.524	.148	.056	.0

1951	30	TOT	MLB	123	79	20	6.8	105	.333	.303	.271	.377	.352	.459	.398	.836	.750	122	.679	3.2	0.3	.821	.284	.156	1.3
1951	30	NYG	NL	13	11	0	0.0	104	.125	.091	.269	.231	.343	.091	.407	.322	.750	-10	.000	-1.7	-0.2	.273	.182	.000
1951	30	SLB	AL	110	68	20	7.9	105	.353	.327	.271	.394	.353	.500	.398	.894	.750	138	.736	5.0	0.5	.910	.296	.173	1.3
1952	31	TOT	AL	123	92	11	3.2	96	.274	.224	.260	.268	.339	.310	.379	.579	.718	61	.387	-6.1	-0.6	.467	.138	.086
1952	31	SLB	AL	49	44	2	1.2	99	.171	.143	.264	.143	.344	.224	.385	.367	.729	-0	.098	-6.8	-0.7	.250	.082	.082
1952	31	WSH	AL	74	48	9	5.1	94	.352	.284	.257	.351	.336	.373	.375	.724	.710	104	.590	0.7	0.1	.667	.179	.090
3 Seasons				306	213	36	4.5	101	.301	.262	.265	.325	.348	.369	.388	.694	.736	89	.516	-4.9	-0.5	.613	.201	.108	2.0
162 Game Avg.				367	256	43	4.5	101	.301	.262	.265	.325	.348	.369	.388	.694	.736	89	.516	-4.9	-0.5	.613	.201	.108	2

SLB (2 yrs)				159	112	22	5.3	103	.294	.265	.269	.316	.350	.408	.393	.725	.743	94	.583	-1.8	-0.2	.649	.224	.143	1.3
WSH (1 yr)				74	48	9	5.1	94	.352	.284	.257	.351	.336	.373	.375	.724	.710	104	.590	0.7	0.1	.667	.179	.090
NYG (1 yr)				13	11	0	0.0	104	.125	.091	.269	.231	.343	.091	.407	.322	.750	-10	.000	-1.7	-0.2	.273	.182	.000
DET (1 yr)				1	0	0						1.000	.364							0.3	0.0
CHW (1 yr)				59	42	5	3.2	103	.292	.259	.266	.322	.357	.315	.386	.637	.743	72	.338	-2.4	-0.2	.524	.148	.056	.0

AL (3 yrs)				293	202	36	4.8	101	.307	.269	.265	.329	.348	.381	.387	.709	.735	93	.541	-3.2	-0.4	.632	.201	.112	2.0
NL (1 yr)				13	11	0	0.0	104	.125	.091	.269	.231	.343	.091	.407	.322	.750	-10	.000	-1.7	-0.2	.273	.182	.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%
1949	28	TOT	AL	60	0.0%	10.0%	10.0%	3.3%	14%	1.00	9.0		4.9		80%
1949	28	DET	AL	1	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%		0.00					0%
1949	28	CHW	AL	59	0.0%	10.2%	8.5%	3.4%	14%	1.20	9.0		4.9		81%

1951	30	TOT	MLB	123	1.6%	11.4%	10.6%	8.1%	30%	1.08	7.8	54.5	7.3	0.59	76%
1951	30	NYG	NL	13	0.0%	23.1%	15.4%	0.0%	0%	1.50	3.7		11.0	0.33	62%
1951	30	SLB	AL	110	1.8%	10.0%	10.0%	9.1%	31%	1.00	8.9	49.0	7.0	0.65	77%
1952	31	TOT	AL	123	0.0%	17.1%	4.9%	8.1%	39%	3.50	5.5		8.9	1.19	77%
1952	31	SLB	AL	49	0.0%	16.3%	0.0%	8.2%	57%		6.1		12.3	1.54	84%
1952	31	WSH	AL	74	0.0%	17.6%	8.1%	8.1%	32%	2.17	5.2		7.4	0.94	73%
3 Seasons				306	0.7%	13.4%	8.2%	7.2%	30%	1.64	6.8	139.5	7.2	0.89	77%
MLB Averages					1.9%	10.0%	9.9%	6.4%	28%	1.01	8.9	46.1	8.0	0.96	76%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1949	28	TOT	AL	-2.0	-0.2	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1949	28	DET	AL	0.3	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1949	28	CHW	AL	-2.4	-0.2	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0

1951	30	TOT	MLB	3.2	0.3	89	0.4	2.2	-1.8	1.21	0.5	-0.2	2.9	0.3	0.92	4.5	2.19	11
1951	30	NYG	NL	-1.7	-0.2	12	-0.4	0.2	-0.6	2.19	-0.2	-0.0	-3.4	-0.3	0.99	-2.4	2.19	11
1951	30	SLB	AL	5.0	0.5	77	0.9	2.1	-1.2	1.06	0.7	0.1	6.2	0.6	0.91	6.9		0
1952	31	TOT	AL	-6.1	-0.6	121	-1.7	1.6	-3.3	1.42	-0.7	-0.5	-6.4	-0.7	1.05	-5.1	1.78	53
1952	31	SLB	AL	-6.8	-0.7	48	-0.9	0.4	-1.3	1.29	-0.5	-0.2	-5.1	-0.5	1.07	-4.4	1.48	22
1952	31	WSH	AL	0.7	0.1	73	-0.7	1.2	-2.0	1.51	-0.2	-0.3	-1.3	-0.1	1.04	-0.8	1.99	31
3 Seasons				-4.9	-0.5	210	-1.2	3.9	-5.1	1.33	-0.2	-0.8	-3.5	-0.4	0.99	-0.7	1.85	64

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1951	30	TOT	MLB	2	27%	37	1	0	100%	43%	2	2	0	1	0	1	4	2	2
1951	30	NYG	NL	0	0%	4	0	0			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1951	30	SLB	AL	2	29%	33	1	0	100%	43%	2	2	0	1	0	1	4	2	2
1952	31	TOT	AL	2	30%	36	0	0		38%	5	3	2	2	2	0	1	0	1
1952	31	SLB	AL	2	43%	11	0	0		50%	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1952	31	WSH	AL	0	27%	25	0	0		33%	3	2	1	2	2	0	1	0	1
3 Seasons				4	26%	73	2	1	67%	40%	7	5	2	3	2	1	5	2	3

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
1951	30	TOT	MLB	89	75%	33			11	1	0	1	2.19	2	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	1		17	2	12%	9	4	44%	54	13	24%	8	5	63%	3	2	67%	34
1951	30	NYG	NL	12	100%	1			11	1	0	1	2.19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		4	1	25%	4	1	25%	9	1	11%	4	1	25%	0	0		1
1951	30	SLB	AL	77	71%	32			0	0	0	0		2	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	1		13	1	8%	5	3	60%	45	12	27%	4	4	100%	3	2	67%	33
1952	31	TOT	AL	121	92%	26			53	8	0	6	1.78	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		32	2	6%	14	6	43%	110	15	14%	15	9	60%	7	5	71%	2
1952	31	SLB	AL	48	94%	7			22	4	0	1	1.48	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		14	2	14%	7	2	29%	43	6	14%	3	2	67%	2	1	50%	1
1952	31	WSH	AL	73	90%	19			31	4	0	5	1.99	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		18	0	0%	7	4	57%	67	9	13%	12	7	58%	5	4	80%	1
3 Seasons				210	85%	73			64	9	0	7	1.85	2	0	7	2	0	0	2	0	0	1		49	5	10%	23	10	43%	164	28	17%	23	14	61%	10	7	70%	36
MLB Averages					51%																			128%			17%			32%			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
1949	28	20	60	54	3	14	1	1	0	11	1	1	6	6	.259	.333	.315	.648	75	17	1	0	0
1950	29	20	60	54	3	14	1	1	0	11	1	1	6	6	.259	.333	.315	.648	75	17	1	0	0
1951	30	59	183	163	17	47	6	4	2	26	2	1	19	20	.288	.363	.411	.774	107	67	3	0	1
1952	31	135	306	279	27	73	16	4	2	39	2	1	25	41	.262	.325	.369	.694	89	103	5	1	1

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1949	28	21	62	56	3	14	1	1	0	11	1	6	6	.250	.323	.304	.626	5	20

1951	30	41	127	114	14	34	5	3	2	15	1	13	15	.298	.370	.447	.817	19	39
1952	31	79	132	124	11	30	12	0	0	15	0	7	22	.242	.288	.339	.627	11	76
3 Seasons		141	321	294	28	78	18	4	2	41	2	26	43	.265	.327	.374	.701	35	135
162 Game Avg.		162	369	338	32	90	21	5	2	47	2	30	49	.265	.327	.374	.701	40	135

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