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Elmer Riddle

Elmer Ray Riddle

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: July 31, 1914 in Columbus, GA(All Transactions)
Debut: October 1, 1939
Teams (by GP): Reds/Pirates 1939-1949

Final Game: August 3, 1949
Died: May 14, 1984 in Columbus, GA
Buried: Parkhill Cemetery, Columbus, GA
Relatives: Brother of Johnny Riddle
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All-Star

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
1939 24 CIN NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1940 25 CIN NL 15 8 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .143 .250 .143 .393 10 1 0 0 0 1
1941 26 CIN NL 33 83 71 10 16 4 0 0 9 0 3 11 .225 .257 .282 .538 52 20 1 0 9 1 MVP-5
1942 27 CIN NL 29 61 58 4 15 1 0 0 5 0 2 12 .259 .283 .276 .559 64 16 0 0 0 1
1943 28 CIN NL 36 104 93 6 18 3 0 0 7 0 5 11 .194 .235 .226 .461 34 21 2 0 6 1 MVP-7
1944 29 CIN NL 4 10 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .125 .222 .125 .347 1 1 0 0 1 /1
1945 30 CIN NL 12 11 11 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .273 .273 .364 .636 77 4 0 0 0 1
1947 32 CIN NL 16 8 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .000 .286 .000 .286 -18 0 1 0 1 1
1948 33 PIT NL 29 74 64 6 12 1 0 1 5 1 4 16 .188 .235 .250 .485 30 16 0 0 6 1 AS
1949 34 PIT NL 16 24 22 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 1 10 .136 .174 .136 .310 -16 3 1 0 1 1
10 Yrs 191 383 339 30 69 10 0 1 28 1 19 69 .204 .246 .242 .488 38 82 5 0 24
162 Game Avg. 162 325 288 25 59 8 0 1 24 1 16 59 .204 .246 .242 .488 38 70 4 0 20
CIN (8 yrs) 146 285 253 24 54 9 0 0 21 0 14 43 .213 .255 .249 .504 45 63 4 0 17
PIT (2 yrs) 45 98 86 6 15 1 0 1 7 1 5 26 .174 .220 .221 .441 18 19 1 0 7

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
1939 24 CIN NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /1
1940 25 CIN NL 15 8 -1 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 -0.0 0 $ 1
1941 26 CIN NL 33 83 -5 0 0 0 9 4 0.4 3 7 0.4 .513 .503 0.4 -0.0 7 $ 1 MVP-5
1942 27 CIN NL 29 61 -3 0 0 0 6 3 0.4 2 5 0.4 .513 .502 0.4 -0.0 5 $ 1
1943 28 CIN NL 36 104 -8 0 0 0 9 1 0.1 3 4 0.1 .503 .501 0.1 0.0 4 $ 1 MVP-7
1944 29 CIN NL 4 10 -1 0 0 0 1 -0 -0.0 0 0 0.0 .495 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /1
1945 30 CIN NL 12 11 -0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .505 .500 0.1 0.0 1 $ 1
1947 32 CIN NL 16 8 -1 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
1948 33 PIT NL 29 74 -7 -0 0 0 8 1 0.1 3 4 0.1 .503 .501 0.1 0.0 3 $ 1 AS
1949 34 PIT NL 16 24 -4 0 0 0 3 -1 -0.1 1 -0 -0.1 .492 .499 -0.1 0.0 -0 $ 1
10 Seasons 191 383 -30 0 0 0 38 9 0.9 12 21 1.0 .505 .501 1.0 -0.0 21 $
CIN (8 yrs) 146 285 -19 0 0 0 28 9 1.0 9 18 1.0 .507 .501 1.0 -0.0 18 $
PIT (2 yrs) 45 98 -11 -0 0 0 10 -0 -0.0 3 3 0.0 .499 .500 0.0 0.0 3 $

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
1940 25 CIN NL 8 6 0 0.0 99 .333 .143 .273 .250 .338 .143 .393 .393 .730 10 .000 -0.8 -0.1 .333 .143 .000
1941 26 CIN NL 83 65 5 2.1 94 .267 .225 .266 .257 .336 .282 .375 .538 .711 52 .217 -4.7 -0.5 .411 .099 .056
1942 27 CIN NL 61 43 5 3.1 87 .326 .259 .256 .283 .328 .276 .356 .559 .684 64 .411 -2.8 -0.3 .419 .052 .017
1943 28 CIN NL 104 83 5 1.6 89 .220 .194 .264 .235 .332 .226 .358 .461 .690 34 .165 -8.0 -0.9 .338 .086 .032
1944 29 CIN NL 10 8 0 0.0 91 .167 .125 .263 .222 .330 .125 .370 .347 .699 1 .000 -1.0 -0.1 .286 .125 .000
1945 30 CIN NL 11 8 1 3.4 95 .300 .273 .271 .273 .340 .364 .374 .636 .714 77 .390 -0.4 -0.0 .500 .091 .091
1947 32 CIN NL 8 7 0 0.0 106 .000 .000 .274 .286 .349 .000 .406 .286 .756 -18 .000 -0.8 -0.1 .333 .400 .000
1948 33 PIT NL 74 58 4 1.8 104 .234 .188 .271 .235 .346 .250 .402 .485 .748 30 .164 -6.6 -0.7 .404 .141 .063 1.0
1949 34 PIT NL 24 21 1 1.3 106 .250 .136 .273 .174 .347 .136 .408 .310 .755 -16 .087 -3.7 -0.4 .200 .045 .000
10 Yrs 383 299 21 1.9 94 .253 .204 .265 .246 .336 .242 .375 .488 .711 38 .190 -28.8 -3.0 .371 .097 .038 1.0
162 Game Avg. 325 254 18 1.9 94 .253 .204 .265 .246 .336 .242 .375 .488 .711 38 .190 -28.8 -3.0 .371 .097 .038 1
CIN (8 yrs) 285 220 16 2.0 91 .257 .213 .263 .255 .333 .249 .365 .504 .698 45 .210 -18.5 -2.0 .379 .091 .036
PIT (2 yrs) 98 79 5 1.7 104 .237 .174 .272 .220 .346 .221 .403 .441 .749 18 .143 -10.3 -1.0 .347 .116 .047 1.0

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
1940 25 CIN NL WS DET W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

All-Star Batting

Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1948 PIT NL 33 DNP

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
1940 25 CIN NL 8 0.0% 50.0% 12.5% 0.0% 0% 4.00 1.8 38%
1941 26 CIN NL 83 0.0% 13.3% 3.6% 4.8% 25% 3.67 6.5 7.9 72%
1942 27 CIN NL 61 0.0% 19.7% 3.3% 1.6% 7% 6.00 4.8 11.6 75%
1943 28 CIN NL 104 0.0% 10.6% 4.8% 2.9% 17% 2.20 8.5 13.3 79%
1944 29 CIN NL 10 0.0% 20.0% 10.0% 0.0% 0% 2.00 4.0 60%
1945 30 CIN NL 11 0.0% 9.1% 0.0% 9.1% 33% 11.0 91%
1947 32 CIN NL 8 0.0% 25.0% 25.0% 0.0% 1.00 2.5 38%
1948 33 PIT NL 74 1.4% 21.6% 5.4% 2.7% 17% 4.00 4.0 64.0 12.8 3.00 64%
1949 34 PIT NL 24 0.0% 41.7% 4.2% 0.0% 0% 10.00 2.2 11.0 1.00 50%
10 Yrs 383 0.3% 18.0% 5.0% 2.9% 16% 3.63 4.9 339.0 12.1 1.80 70%
MLB Averages 1.4% 9.2% 9.2% 6.1% 26% 1.00 9.7 64.8 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
1939 24 CIN NL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1940 25 CIN NL -0.9 -0.1 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1941 26 CIN NL -4.8 -0.5 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1942 27 CIN NL -2.8 -0.3 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1943 28 CIN NL -8.0 -0.9 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1944 29 CIN NL -1.0 -0.1 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1945 30 CIN NL -0.4 -0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1947 32 CIN NL -0.8 -0.1 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1948 33 PIT NL -6.6 -0.7 15 -0.3 0.0 -0.3 .69 -0.3 -0.2 -2.6 -0.3 0.91 -3.1 0
1949 34 PIT NL -3.7 -0.4 13 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 .76 -0.3 -0.0 -1.9 -0.2 0.73 -2.8 0
10 Yrs -28.9 -3.0 28 -0.5 0.0 -0.5 .72 -0.5 -0.2 -4.5 -0.4 0.82 -5.9 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
1948 33 PIT NL 0 0 33% 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1
1949 34 PIT NL 1 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Yrs 1 0 33% 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1

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 33 PIT NL 74 7% 12 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 6 600% 1 0 0% 2 0 0% 8 1 13% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
1949 34 PIT NL 24 15% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 1 1 100% 1 1 100% 6 1 17% 1 1 100% 1 1 100% 0
10 Yrs 98 11% 69 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 24 1200% 2 5 250% 3 1 33% 14 2 14% 2 1 50% 2 1 50% 0
MLB Averages 52% 743% 78% 34% 15% 51% 56%

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
1940 25 16 8 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .143 .250 .143 .393 10 1 0 0 0
1941 26 49 91 78 10 17 4 0 0 9 0 4 15 .218 .256 .269 .525 48 21 1 0 9
1942 27 78 152 136 14 32 5 0 0 14 0 6 27 .235 .268 .272 .540 54 37 1 0 9
1943 28 114 256 229 20 50 8 0 0 21 0 11 38 .218 .254 .253 .507 46 58 3 0 15
1944 29 118 266 237 21 51 8 0 0 21 0 12 40 .215 .253 .249 .502 45 59 3 0 16
1945 30 130 277 248 22 54 9 0 0 21 0 12 41 .218 .254 .254 .508 46 63 3 0 16
1946 31 130 277 248 22 54 9 0 0 21 0 12 41 .218 .254 .254 .508 46 63 3 0 16
1947 32 146 285 253 24 54 9 0 0 21 0 14 43 .213 .255 .249 .504 45 63 4 0 17
1948 33 175 359 317 30 66 10 0 1 26 1 18 59 .208 .251 .249 .500 42 79 4 0 23
1949 34 191 383 339 30 69 10 0 1 28 1 19 69 .204 .246 .242 .488 38 82 5 0 24

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
1940 25 16 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .000 .125 .000 .125 0 15
1941 26 34 85 73 10 16 4 0 0 9 0 3 11 .219 .250 .274 .524 5 33
1942 27 31 65 63 5 17 1 0 0 6 0 2 13 .270 .292 .286 .578 5 29
1943 28 38 111 99 8 21 4 0 0 9 0 6 11 .212 .257 .253 .510 6 36
1944 29 4 10 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .111 .000 .111 0 4
1945 30 13 11 11 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .273 .273 .364 .636 1 12
1947 32 17 8 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .000 .286 .000 .286 0 16
1948 33 30 77 67 7 13 1 0 1 6 1 4 17 .194 .239 .254 .493 4 29
1949 34 17 25 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 .000 .042 .000 .042 0 16
9 Yrs 200 400 356 33 70 11 0 1 30 1 20 71 .197 .239 .236 .475 21 190
162 Game Avg. 162 324 288 27 57 9 0 1 24 1 16 58 .197 .239 .236 .475 17 190

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
1948

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1941 NL (5, 28%)
1943 NL (7, 20%)
0.49 Career Shares (453rd)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1941 NL  6.2 (5th)

             

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