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Jay Ritchie

Jay Seay Ritchie

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: November 20, 1936 in Salisbury, NC
High School: Granite Quarry HS (Granite Quarry, NC)
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1955. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 4, 1964
Teams (by GP): Braves/RedSox/Reds 1964-1968

Final Game: September 6, 1968
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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
1964 27 BOS AL 21 9 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .111 .111 .111 .222 -39 1 1 0 0 0 0 1
1965 28 BOS AL 44 6 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .200 .333 .200 .533 52 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
1966 29 ATL NL 22 5 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 177 2 0 0 1 0 0 1
1967 30 ATL NL 52 10 10 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 .300 .300 .500 .800 127 5 0 0 0 0 0 1
1968 31 CIN NL 28 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
5 Yrs 167 38 35 0 7 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 8 .200 .222 .257 .479 35 9 2 0 1 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 37 34 0 7 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 8 .200 .222 .257 .479 35 9 2 0 1 0 0
ATL (2 yrs) 74 15 14 0 5 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 .357 .357 .500 .857 141 7 0 0 1 0 0
BOS (2 yrs) 65 15 14 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 .143 .200 .143 .343 -4 2 1 0 0 0 0
CIN (1 yr) 28 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 0 0 0
NL (3 yrs) 102 23 21 0 5 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 4 .238 .238 .333 .571 62 7 1 0 1 0 0
AL (2 yrs) 65 15 14 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 .143 .200 .143 .343 -4 2 1 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
1964 27 BOS AL 21 9 -1 0 -0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 -0.0 0 $ 1
1965 28 BOS AL 44 6 -0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 1 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 -0.0 1 $ 1
1966 29 ATL NL 22 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .504 .501 0.1 0.0 1 $ 1
1967 30 ATL NL 52 10 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.2 0 2 0.2 .503 .501 0.2 0.1 2 $ 1
1968 31 CIN NL 28 8 -2 0 -0 0 1 -1 -0.2 0 -1 -0.2 .495 .499 -0.2 0.0 -1 $ 1
5 Seasons 167 38 -2 0 -0 0 4 2 0.2 1 3 0.1 .501 .500 0.1 0.1 3 $
ATL (2 yrs) 74 15 1 0 0 0 2 2 0.3 1 3 0.3 .503 .501 0.3 0.1 3 $
BOS (2 yrs) 65 15 -1 0 -0 0 2 1 0.1 0 1 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 -0.0 1 $
CIN (1 yr) 28 8 -2 0 -0 0 1 -1 -0.2 0 -1 -0.2 .495 .499 -0.2 0.0 -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
1964 27 BOS AL 9 9 0 0.0 100 .143 .111 .261 .111 .330 .111 .406 .222 .736 -39 .000 -1.7 -0.2 .111 .000 .000
1965 28 BOS AL 6 4 0 0.0 97 .333 .200 .257 .333 .328 .200 .394 .533 .723 52 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .500 .200 .000
1966 29 ATL NL 5 3 1 9.0 99 .500 .500 .268 .500 .327 .500 .404 1.000 .731 177 .799 0.4 0.0 1.000 .000 .000
1967 30 ATL NL 10 7 2 7.7 90 .375 .300 .257 .300 .319 .500 .377 .800 .696 127 .772 0.2 0.0 .714 .200 .200
1968 31 CIN NL 8 8 0 0.0 86 .000 .000 .259 .000 .318 .000 .365 .000 .682 -100 .000 -1.7 -0.2 .000 .000 .000
5 Yrs 38 31 3 2.6 94 .259 .200 .260 .222 .324 .257 .388 .479 .712 35 .314 -3.2 -0.4 .333 .086 .057
162 Game Avg. 37 30 3 2.6 94 .259 .200 .260 .222 .324 .257 .388 .479 .712 35 .314 -3.2 -0.4 .333 .086 .057
ATL (2 yrs) 15 10 3 8.1 92 .417 .357 .260 .357 .322 .500 .385 .857 .706 141 .780 0.5 0.1 .778 .143 .143
BOS (2 yrs) 15 13 0 0.0 99 .200 .143 .260 .200 .330 .143 .402 .343 .731 -4 .000 -2.0 -0.2 .231 .071 .000
CIN (1 yr) 8 8 0 0.0 86 .000 .000 .259 .000 .318 .000 .365 .000 .682 -100 .000 -1.7 -0.2 .000 .000 .000
NL (3 yrs) 23 18 3 4.5 90 .294 .238 .260 .238 .320 .333 .378 .571 .698 62 .567 -1.2 -0.1 .412 .095 .095
AL (2 yrs) 15 13 0 0.0 99 .200 .143 .260 .200 .330 .143 .402 .343 .731 -4 .000 -2.0 -0.2 .231 .071 .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
1964 27 BOS AL 9 0.0% 22.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 4.5 78%
1965 28 BOS AL 6 0.0% 33.3% 16.7% 0.0% 0% 2.00 2.5 5.0 50%
1966 29 ATL NL 5 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 4.0 80%
1967 30 ATL NL 10 0.0% 20.0% 0.0% 10.0% 33% 5.0 10.0 4.00 80%
1968 31 CIN NL 8 0.0% 25.0% 0.0% 0.0% 3.5 5.00 63%
5 Yrs 38 0.0% 21.1% 2.6% 2.6% 14% 8.00 4.4 11.7 9.50 71%
MLB Averages 2.1% 15.7% 7.8% 6.1% 28% 2.01 5.7 43.8 9.5 1.11 73%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1964 27 BOS AL -1.7 -0.2 9 -0.0 0.1 -0.1 .92 -0.1 0.1 -2.3 -0.2 1.17 -1.5 0
1965 28 BOS AL -0.3 -0.0 6 -0.0 0.0 -0.1 .56 -0.0 -0.1 0.7 0.1 0.91 -0.1 0
1966 29 ATL NL 0.4 0.0 5 0.1 0.1 -0.0 .64 0.0 0.1 0.8 0.1 0.89 0.5 0
1967 30 ATL NL 0.2 0.0 10 0.0 0.1 -0.1 .46 -0.0 0.1 1.1 0.1 0.69 0.0 0
1968 31 CIN NL -1.7 -0.2 8 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 .75 -0.2 -0.0 -2.5 -0.3 0.85 -1.8 0
5 Yrs -3.2 -0.4 38 -0.1 0.4 -0.5 .67 -0.3 0.1 -2.2 -0.2 0.90 -3.0 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
1964 27 BOS AL 1 0 0% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1965 28 BOS AL 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 29 ATL NL 0 0 0% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1967 30 ATL NL 0 0 0% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1968 31 CIN NL 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Yrs 1 1 0% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 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
1964 27 BOS AL 9 11% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33% 2 1 50% 9 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
1965 28 BOS AL 6 33% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 17% 0 0 0 0 0
1966 29 ATL NL 5 0% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 2 1 50% 0 0 0 0 0
1967 30 ATL NL 10 30% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 3 2 67% 1 1 100% 0 0 0
1968 31 CIN NL 8 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 1 1 100% 5 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 1 100% 0
5 Yrs 38 16% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 6 2 33% 4 2 50% 25 4 16% 3 1 33% 2 1 50% 0
MLB Averages 53% 79% 11% 30% 13% 47% 51%

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
1964 27 21 9 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .111 .111 .111 .222 -39 1 1 0 0 0 0
1965 28 65 15 14 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 .143 .200 .143 .343 -4 2 1 0 0 0 0
1966 29 87 20 18 0 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 4 .222 .263 .222 .485 35 4 1 0 1 0 0
1967 30 139 30 28 0 7 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 6 .250 .276 .321 .597 66 9 1 0 1 0 0
1968 31 167 38 35 0 7 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 8 .200 .222 .257 .479 35 9 2 0 1 0 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
1964 27 21 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 21
1965 28 44 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .167 .000 .167 0 44
1966 29 22 5 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1 22
1967 30 52 11 11 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 .364 .364 .545 .909 2 52
1968 31 28 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 28
5 Yrs 167 38 36 0 6 0 1 0 2 0 1 8 .167 .189 .222 .411 3 167
162 Game Avg. 162 37 35 0 6 0 1 0 2 0 1 8 .167 .189 .222 .411 3 167

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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