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Marv Rickert

Marvin August Rickert (Twitch)

Positions: Outfielder and First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: January 8, 1921 in Longbranch, WA
High School: Vaughn HS (Vaughn, WA) (All Transactions)
Debut: September 10, 1942
Teams (by GP): Cubs/Braves/WhiteSox/Pirates/Reds 1942-1950

Final Game: September 26, 1950
Died: June 3, 1978 in Oakville, WA
Buried: Longbranch Cemetery, Longbranch, WA
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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	17	TAC	B	19	70	70		14	4	1	0						.200	.200	.286	.486		20					TAC · WINT
1939	18	BOI,TAC	C,B	108	409	409		146	21	4	14						.357	.357	.531	.888		217					BOI,TAC · PION,WINT
1940	19	TAC	B	128	482	482		139	23	8	8						.288	.288	.419	.707		202					TAC · WINT
1941	20	CHC-min	B,A1	125	476	476		127	22	12	2						.267	.267	.376	.643		179					TAC,TUL · WINT,TL
1942	21	CHC-min	A1	152	587	587		182	35	9	9						.310	.310	.446	.756		262					TUL · TL
1942	21	CHC	NL	8	27	26	5	7	0	0	0	1	0		1	5	.269	.296	.269	.566	69	7	1	0	0	/8O

1946	25	CHC	NL	111	425	392	44	103	18	3	7	47	3		28	54	.263	.314	.378	.691	97	148	9	1	4	*O789
1947	26	CHC	NL	71	154	137	7	20	0	0	2	15	0		15	17	.146	.230	.190	.420	15	26	5	0	2	O7/938
1948	27	ATL-min	AAA	128	565	510	99	154	22	13	27	117	5		50	65	.302	.364	.555	.919		283		0	5		MLW · AA
1948	27	TOT	NL	11	20	19	1	4	0	1	0	2	0		0	1	.211	.250	.316	.566	53	6	0	1	0	/7
1948	27	CIN	NL	8	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	-8	1	0	0	0
1948	27	BSN	NL	3	14	13	1	3	0	1	0	2	0		0	1	.231	.286	.385	.670	81	5	0	1	0	/7O
1949	28	BSN	NL	100	300	277	44	81	18	3	6	49	1		23	38	.292	.347	.444	.791	115	123	7	0	1	O793/8
1950	29	TOT	MLB	101	321	298	38	69	9	2	4	31	0	1	21	46	.232	.282	.315	.598	55	94	12	0	2	97/3
1950	29	PIT	NL	17	20	20	0	3	0	0	0	4	0		0	4	.150	.150	.150	.300	-22	3	1	0	0	/O9
1950	29	CHW	AL	84	301	278	38	66	9	2	4	27	0	1	21	42	.237	.291	.327	.618	60	91	11	0	2	O97/3
1951	30	PHI-min	AAA	152	650	546	106	175	29	3	35	104	4		92	57	.321	.421	.577	.998		315		3	9		BLT · IL
1952	31	BAL-PHI-min	AAA	148	548	477	61	125	17	4	13	68	8		69	66	.262	.358	.396	.754		189		2	0		TTO,BLT · IL
6 Yrs				402	1247	1149	139	284	45	9	19	145	4	1	88	161	.247	.302	.352	.653	78	404	34	2	9
162 Game Avg.				162	503	463	56	114	18	4	8	58	2		35	65	.247	.302	.352	.653	78	163	14	1	4

CHC (3 yrs)				190	606	555	56	130	18	3	9	63	3		44	76	.234	.292	.326	.618	74	181	15	1	6
BSN (2 yrs)				103	314	290	45	84	18	4	6	51	1		23	39	.290	.344	.441	.785	114	128	7	1	1
PIT (1 yr)				17	20	20	0	3	0	0	0	4	0		0	4	.150	.150	.150	.300	-22	3	1	0	0
CIN (1 yr)				8	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	-8	1	0	0	0
CHW (1 yr)				84	301	278	38	66	9	2	4	27	0	1	21	42	.237	.291	.327	.618	60	91	11	0	2

NL (6 yrs)				318	946	871	101	218	36	7	15	118	4		67	119	.250	.305	.359	.665	85	313	23	2	7
AL (1 yr)				84	301	278	38	66	9	2	4	27	0	1	21	42	.237	.291	.327	.618	60	91	11	0	2

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
1942	21	CHC	NL	8	27	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	1	-0	0.0	.485	.499	0.0	0.0	-0	$	/8O

1946	25	CHC	NL	111	425	-2	-0	0	-2	-4	-9	-1.0	15	6	0.5	.491	.494	0.7	-0.7	8	$	*O789
1947	26	CHC	NL	71	154	-16	0	0	-1	-2	-19	-1.9	5	-13	-1.4	.473	.488	-1.3	-0.2	-12	$	O7/938
1948	27	CIN	NL	8	6	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.489	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$
1948	27	BSN	NL	3	14	-0	0	0	0	-0	-0	-0.0	0	0	0.0	.489	.500	0.0	-0.0	0	$	/7O
1949	28	BSN	NL	100	300	5	2	-0	0	-4	3	0.2	10	13	1.3	.503	.502	1.3	-0.4	13	$	O793/8
1950	29	PIT	NL	17	20	-4	0	-0	-1	-0	-5	-0.5	1	-4	-0.4	.471	.497	-0.3	-0.1	-3	$	/O9
1950	29	CHW	AL	84	301	-18	1	-1	0	-4	-22	-2.1	8	-14	-1.2	.475	.487	-1.3	-0.3	-14	$	O97/3
6 Seasons				402	1247	-37	3	-1	-4	-14	-53	-5.4	41	-12	-1.3	.487	.496	-1.0	-1.8	-8	$

CHC (3 yrs)				190	606	-20	0	0	-3	-6	-28	-3.0	21	-7	-0.9	.484	.494	-0.6	-0.9	-4	$
BSN (2 yrs)				103	314	5	2	0	0	-4	2	0.2	11	13	1.3	.503	.501	1.3	-0.4	13	$
PIT (1 yr)				17	20	-4	0	-0	-1	-0	-5	-0.5	1	-4	-0.4	.471	.497	-0.3	-0.1	-3	$
CIN (1 yr)				8	6	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.489	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$
CHW (1 yr)				84	301	-18	1	-1	0	-4	-22	-2.1	8	-14	-1.2	.475	.487	-1.3	-0.3	-14	$

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
1942	21	CHC	NL	27	20	2	2.7	84	.333	.269	.251	.296	.323	.269	.349	.566	.672	69	.348	-1.1	-0.1	.400	.038	.000

1946	25	CHC	NL	425	302	46	4.1	91	.290	.263	.260	.314	.335	.378	.364	.691	.700	97	.504	-2.8	-0.3	.604	.194	.115	4.2
1947	26	CHC	NL	154	124	6	1.3	102	.153	.146	.269	.230	.344	.190	.399	.420	.743	15	.087	-16.9	-1.7	.336	.153	.044	.0
1948	27	TOT	NL	20	15	1	1.8	101	.222	.211	.267	.250	.341	.316	.395	.566	.736	53	.156	-1.4	-0.1	.467	.105	.105
1948	27	CIN	NL	6	5	0	0.0	99	.167	.167	.265	.167	.339	.167	.393	.333	.732	-8	.000	-0.9	-0.1	.200	.000	.000
1948	27	BSN	NL	14	10	1	2.7	101	.250	.231	.268	.286	.342	.385	.396	.670	.738	81	.279	-0.5	-0.1	.600	.154	.154
1949	28	BSN	NL	300	204	43	5.6	100	.322	.292	.264	.347	.337	.444	.396	.791	.733	115	.594	5.7	0.6	.724	.238	.152	1.7
1950	29	TOT	MLB	321	244	26	2.8	111	.262	.232	.275	.282	.361	.315	.412	.598	.773	55	.265	-21.4	-2.0	.471	.151	.084	.0
1950	29	PIT	NL	20	18	0	0.0	111	.188	.150	.273	.150	.351	.150	.424	.300	.774	-22	.000	-3.6	-0.4	.167	.000	.000
1950	29	CHW	AL	301	226	26	3.0	111	.267	.237	.275	.291	.361	.327	.412	.618	.773	60	.291	-17.7	-1.7	.496	.162	.090	.0
6 Yrs				1247	909	124	3.6	100	.273	.247	.266	.302	.343	.352	.389	.653	.732	78	.406	-38.0	-3.7	.552	.184	.104	6.6
162 Game Avg.				503	366	50	3.6	100	.273	.247	.266	.302	.343	.352	.389	.653	.732	78	.406	-38.0	-3.7	.552	.184	.104	3

CHC (3 yrs)				606	446	54	3.2	94	.257	.234	.262	.292	.337	.326	.372	.618	.709	74	.385	-20.9	-2.1	.520	.177	.092	4.5
BSN (2 yrs)				314	214	44	5.5	100	.318	.290	.265	.344	.337	.441	.396	.785	.733	114	.584	5.2	0.5	.718	.234	.152	1.7
PIT (1 yr)				20	18	0	0.0	111	.188	.150	.273	.150	.351	.150	.424	.300	.774	-22	.000	-3.6	-0.4	.167	.000	.000
CIN (1 yr)				6	5	0	0.0	99	.167	.167	.265	.167	.339	.167	.393	.333	.732	-8	.000	-0.9	-0.1	.200	.000	.000
CHW (1 yr)				301	226	26	3.1	111	.267	.237	.275	.291	.361	.327	.412	.618	.773	60	.291	-17.7	-1.7	.496	.162	.090	.0

NL (6 yrs)				946	683	98	3.8	96	.275	.250	.263	.305	.337	.359	.381	.665	.719	85	.445	-20.3	-2.0	.571	.191	.109	6.3
AL (1 yr)				301	226	26	3.1	111	.267	.237	.275	.291	.361	.327	.412	.618	.773	60	.291	-17.7	-1.7	.496	.162	.090	.0

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1948	27	BSN	NL	WS	CLE	L	5	19	19	2	4	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	4	.211	.211	.368	.579	7	1	0	0	0	0
1 WS							5	19	19	2	4	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	4	.211	.211	.368	.579	7	1	0	0	0	0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1942	21	CHC	NL	27	0.0%	18.5%	3.7%	0.0%	0%	5.00	5.2		26.0		78%

1946	25	CHC	NL	425	1.7%	12.7%	6.6%	6.6%	27%	1.93	7.3	56.0	8.3		78%
1947	26	CHC	NL	154	1.3%	11.0%	9.7%	1.3%	10%	1.13	8.1	68.5	9.1		77%
1948	27	TOT	NL	20	0.0%	5.0%	0.0%	5.0%	25%		19.0		9.5	2.50	90%
1948	27	CIN	NL	6	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%					4.00	100%
1948	27	BSN	NL	14	0.0%	7.1%	0.0%	7.1%	33%		13.0		6.5	1.00	86%
1949	28	BSN	NL	300	2.0%	12.7%	7.7%	9.0%	33%	1.65	7.3	46.2	5.7	1.24	78%
1950	29	TOT	MLB	321	1.3%	14.3%	6.5%	4.7%	22%	2.19	6.5	74.5	9.6	1.73	77%
1950	29	PIT	NL	20	0.0%	20.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		5.0		5.0	5.00	80%
1950	29	CHW	AL	301	1.3%	14.0%	7.0%	5.0%	23%	2.00	6.6	69.5	10.3	1.59	77%
6 Yrs				1247	1.5%	12.9%	7.1%	5.9%	26%	1.83	7.1	60.5	7.9	1.48	78%
MLB Averages					1.4%	9.3%	9.4%	6.0%	26%	0.99	9.6	62.7	8.5	0.97	78%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1942	21	CHC	NL	-1.1	-0.1	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0

1946	25	CHC	NL	-2.8	-0.3	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1947	26	CHC	NL	-16.9	-1.7	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1948	27	TOT	NL	-1.4	-0.1	10	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	1.24	-0.1	0.0	-0.3	-0.0	0.91	-1.2	1.51	6
1948	27	CIN	NL	-0.9	-0.1	6	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	1.51	-0.1	-0.0	-0.8	-0.1	0.85	-0.9	1.51	6
1948	27	BSN	NL	-0.5	-0.1	4	0.0	0.1	-0.0	.82	-0.0	0.1	0.5	0.1	1.00	-0.2		0
1949	28	BSN	NL	5.7	0.6	253	0.6	4.9	-4.3	1.10	0.3	0.2	7.7	0.8	0.99	5.1	1.78	16
1950	29	TOT	MLB	-21.4	-2.0	234	-1.6	3.7	-5.2	1.07	-1.2	-0.2	-12.5	-1.2	0.94	-15.4	2.49	17
1950	29	PIT	NL	-3.6	-0.4	17	-0.6	0.1	-0.7	1.53	-0.2	-0.2	-2.1	-0.2	1.18	-2.1	1.93	12
1950	29	CHW	AL	-17.7	-1.7	217	-1.0	3.5	-4.6	1.04	-1.0	0.1	-10.4	-1.0	0.92	-13.4	3.84	5
6 Yrs				-38.0	-3.7	497	-1.1	8.7	-9.8	1.09	-1.0	0.0	-5.1	-0.5	0.96	-11.5	2.05	39

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1948	27	TOT	NL	0	20%	4	0			0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1948	27	CIN	NL	0	0%	4	0			0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1948	27	BSN	NL	0	25%	0	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1949	28	BSN	NL	2	39%	102	1			1	1	3	4	63%	13	10	3	5	5	12	1	11
1950	29	TOT	MLB	3	40%	107	0	1	0%	0	0	2	3	43%	25	21	4	2	2	13	2	11
1950	29	PIT	NL	0	0%	1	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1950	29	CHW	AL	3	41%	106	0	1	0%	0	0	2	3	43%	25	21	4	2	2	13	2	11
6 Yrs				5	34%	213	4	1	400%	1	1	5	7	51%	39	32	7	7	7	25	3	22

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	27	TOT	NL	20	100%	4			6	1	0	0	1.51	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0%	1	1	100%	6	1	17%	1	1	100%	1	1	100%	0
1948	27	CIN	NL	6	100%	1			6	1	0	0	1.51	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	1	100%	2	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1948	27	BSN	NL	14	100%	3			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	0	0		4	1	25%	1	1	100%	1	1	100%	0
1949	28	BSN	NL	300	90%	81			16	3	0	1	1.78	6	0	8	4	0	2	4	0	3	1	33%	48	7	15%	29	8	28%	175	33	19%	13	8	62%	10	6	60%	0
1950	29	TOT	MLB	321	87%	69			17	1	0	1	2.49	4	0	6	2	0	2	2	0	3	2	67%	60	12	20%	23	6	26%	152	25	16%	17	9	53%	5	1	20%	0
1950	29	PIT	NL	20	100%	3			12	1	0	1	1.93	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		4	1	25%	3	2	67%	22	5	23%	2	2	100%	0	0		0
1950	29	CHW	AL	301	86%	66			5	0	0	0	3.84	4	0	6	2	0	2	2	0	3	2	67%	56	11	20%	20	4	20%	130	20	15%	15	7	47%	5	1	20%	0
6 Yrs				641	89%	284			39	5	0	2	2.05	19	0	15	6	0	4	6	0	6	9	150%	111	34	31%	53	15	28%	333	59	18%	31	18	58%	16	8	50%	0
MLB Averages					51%																			379%			40%			33%			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
1942	21	8	27	26	5	7	0	0	0	1	0		1	5	.269	.296	.269	.566	69	7	1	0	0
1943	22	8	27	26	5	7	0	0	0	1	0		1	5	.269	.296	.269	.566	69	7	1	0	0
1944	23	8	27	26	5	7	0	0	0	1	0		1	5	.269	.296	.269	.566	69	7	1	0	0
1945	24	8	27	26	5	7	0	0	0	1	0		1	5	.269	.296	.269	.566	69	7	1	0	0
1946	25	119	452	418	49	110	18	3	7	48	3		29	59	.263	.313	.371	.683	95	155	10	1	4
1947	26	190	606	555	56	130	18	3	9	63	3		44	76	.234	.292	.326	.618	74	181	15	1	6
1948	27	201	626	574	57	134	18	4	9	65	3		44	77	.233	.290	.326	.616	73	187	15	2	6
1949	28	301	926	851	101	215	36	7	15	114	4		67	115	.253	.309	.364	.673	87	310	22	2	7
1950	29	402	1247	1149	139	284	45	9	19	145	4	1	88	161	.247	.302	.352	.653	78	404	34	2	9

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
1942	21	8	28	27	5	7	0	0	0	1	0	1	5	.259	.286	.259	.545	2	8

1946	25	116	456	419	53	117	20	3	8	56	3	32	56	.279	.332	.399	.730	55	111
1947	26	74	161	143	7	21	0	0	2	16	0	16	18	.147	.233	.189	.422	6	71
1948	27	11	21	20	1	4	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	.200	.238	.300	.538	1	11
1949	28	104	315	290	47	86	19	3	6	53	1	24	39	.297	.350	.445	.795	46	100
1950	29	106	330	307	35	68	9	2	4	29	0	21	48	.221	.271	.303	.574	25	101
6 Yrs		419	1311	1206	148	303	48	9	20	157	4	94	167	.251	.306	.356	.662	135	402
162 Game Avg.		162	507	466	57	117	19	3	8	61	2	36	65	.251	.306	.356	.662	52	402

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Strikeouts s c a p y 1946 NL 54 (10th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1946 NL 54 (10th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame Standards

Batting - 2 (2725), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Explanation of Similarity Scores

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Angel Mangual (982) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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