Billy Jo Robidoux

William Joseph Robidoux

Positions: First Baseman and Leftfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: January 13, 1964 in Ware, MA
High School: Ware HS (Ware, MA)
Drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 6th round of the 1982 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 11, 1985
Teams (by GP): Brewers/RedSox/WhiteSox 1985-1990

Final Game: September 17, 1990
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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
1982	18	MIL-min	Rk	54	199	167	28	48	10	1	0	13	2	0	28	29	.287	.389	.359	.748		60		1	1	2	1		PIK · APPY
1983	19	MIL-min	A	126	519	435	70	138	30	1	10	61	2	4	79	74	.317	.424	.460	.884		200		3	0	2	7		BEL · MIDW
1984	20	MIL-min	A	97	401	333	50	93	18	1	5	67	6	2	60	59	.279	.387	.384	.771		128		1	3	4	4		STK · CALL
1985	21	MIL-min	AA	133	616	515	111	176	46	3	23	132	9	4	97	62	.342	.443	.577	1.020		297		0	0	4	7		ELP · TL
1985	21	MIL	AL	18	63	51	5	9	2	0	3	8	0	0	12	16	.176	.333	.392	.725	99	20	1	0	0	0	0	7/3D
1986	22	MIL-min	AA,A	37	165	130	33	41	11	0	10	36	0	1	34	27	.315	.455	.631	1.085		82		0	0	1	8		ELP,BEL · TL,MIDW
1986	22	MIL	AL	56	215	181	15	41	8	0	1	21	0	0	33	36	.227	.344	.287	.631	73	52	8	0	0	1	1	3D
1987	23	MIL-min	AAA	30	134	116	27	33	9	3	3	15	0	0	18	15	.284	.381	.491	.872		57		0	0	0	1		DEN · AA
1987	23	MIL	AL	23	70	62	9	12	0	0	0	4	0	1	8	17	.194	.286	.194	.479	30	12	0	0	0	0	1	3D
1988	24	MIL-min	AAA	70	283	240	43	70	24	0	8	42	1	3	41	32	.292	.392	.492	.884		118		0	0	2	4		DEN · AA
1988	24	MIL	AL	33	104	91	9	23	5	0	0	5	1	1	8	14	.253	.307	.308	.615	73	28	3	0	3	2	3	3/D
1989	25	CHW-min	AAA	73	288	246	36	78	19	2	11	42	3	1	38	46	.317	.404	.545	.949		134		0	1	3	9		VAN · PCL
1989	25	CHW	AL	16	43	39	2	5	2	0	0	1	0	0	4	9	.128	.209	.179	.389	12	7	0	0	0	0	0	3/7
1990	26	BOS-min	AAA	22	64	54	5	11	1	0	3	7	0	0	9	16	.204	.317	.389	.706		21		0	1	0	0		PAW · IL
1990	26	BOS	AL	27	52	44	3	8	4	0	1	4	0	0	6	14	.182	.288	.341	.629	73	15	2	1	0	1	1	3/D
6 Yrs				173	547	468	43	98	21	0	5	43	1	2	71	106	.209	.313	.286	.599	65	134	14	1	3	4	6
162 Game Avg.				162	512	438	40	92	20	0	5	40	1	2	66	99	.209	.313	.286	.599	65	125	13	1	3	4	6

MIL (4 yrs)				130	452	385	38	85	15	0	4	38	1	2	61	83	.221	.325	.291	.616	69	112	12	0	3	3	5
BOS (1 yr)				27	52	44	3	8	4	0	1	4	0	0	6	14	.182	.288	.341	.629	73	15	2	1	0	1	1
CHW (1 yr)				16	43	39	2	5	2	0	0	1	0	0	4	9	.128	.209	.179	.389	12	7	0	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
1985	21	MIL	AL	18	63	-0	0	0	-2	-1	-3	-0.2	2	-1	-0.1	.485	.498	0.1	-0.3	1	$	7/3D
1986	22	MIL	AL	56	215	-6	0	-1	-1	-4	-12	-1.2	7	-5	-0.6	.478	.492	-0.4	-0.5	-4	$	3D
1987	23	MIL	AL	23	70	-6	-1	1	-1	-2	-9	-0.9	2	-7	-0.7	.461	.495	-0.6	-0.2	-6	$	3D
1988	24	MIL	AL	33	104	-5	0	0	-1	-2	-8	-0.8	3	-4	-0.5	.476	.495	-0.4	-0.3	-3	$	3/D
1989	25	CHW	AL	16	43	-5	-0	0	-1	-1	-6	-0.6	1	-5	-0.5	.459	.496	-0.4	-0.1	-4	$	3/7
1990	26	BOS	AL	27	52	-2	-1	-0	-1	-1	-5	-0.5	2	-3	-0.4	.480	.497	-0.2	-0.3	-2	$	3/D
6 Seasons				173	547	-24	-1	-0	-7	-10	-42	-4.2	17	-25	-2.8	.475	.495	-1.9	-1.6	-18	$

MIL (4 yrs)				130	452	-18	-0	0	-5	-8	-31	-3.0	14	-17	-1.9	.475	.495	-1.3	-1.2	-12	$
BOS (1 yr)				27	52	-2	-1	-0	-1	-1	-5	-0.5	2	-3	-0.4	.480	.497	-0.2	-0.3	-2	$
CHW (1 yr)				16	43	-5	-0	0	-1	-1	-6	-0.6	1	-5	-0.5	.459	.496	-0.4	-0.1	-4	$

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
1985	21	MIL	AL	63	43	7	4.4	98	.188	.176	.260	.333	.326	.392	.404	.725	.730	99	.476	0.2	0.0	.744	.451	.216	.0
1986	22	MIL	AL	215	149	19	3.4	103	.276	.227	.265	.344	.333	.287	.413	.631	.747	73	.360	-5.7	-0.6	.574	.243	.061	.0
1987	23	MIL	AL	70	51	4	2.1	108	.267	.194	.268	.286	.337	.194	.431	.479	.768	30	.171	-6.4	-0.6	.373	.113	.000
1988	24	MIL	AL	104	77	8	2.8	95	.291	.253	.261	.307	.326	.308	.392	.615	.718	73	.301	-3.0	-0.3	.500	.143	.055	.0
1989	25	CHW	AL	43	34	2	1.6	91	.167	.128	.257	.209	.322	.179	.379	.389	.700	12	.135	-4.5	-0.5	.324	.154	.051
1990	26	BOS	AL	52	39	4	2.7	98	.233	.182	.264	.288	.333	.341	.394	.629	.727	73	.298	-1.4	-0.1	.579	.295	.159	.0
6 Yrs				547	393	44	3.0	100	.258	.209	.263	.313	.331	.286	.406	.599	.736	65	.312	-20.8	-2.1	.531	.226	.077	1.7
162 Game Avg.				512	368	41	3.0	100	.258	.209	.263	.313	.331	.286	.406	.599	.736	65	.312	-20.8	-2.1	.531	.226	.077	2

MIL (4 yrs)				452	320	38	3.2	101	.269	.221	.264	.325	.331	.291	.410	.616	.741	69	.332	-14.9	-1.5	.548	.226	.070	1.6
BOS (1 yr)				52	39	4	2.7	98	.233	.182	.264	.288	.333	.341	.394	.629	.727	73	.298	-1.4	-0.1	.579	.295	.159	.0
CHW (1 yr)				43	34	2	1.6	91	.167	.128	.257	.209	.322	.179	.379	.389	.700	12	.135	-4.5	-0.5	.324	.154	.051

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
1985	21	MIL	AL	63	4.8%	25.4%	19.1%	7.9%	56%	1.33	3.2	17.0	6.4		1.00	51%
1986	22	MIL	AL	215	0.5%	16.7%	15.4%	4.2%	22%	1.09	5.0	181.0	8.6		1.31	67%
1987	23	MIL	AL	70	0.0%	24.3%	11.4%	0.0%	0%	2.13	3.6		15.5		2.30	64%
1988	24	MIL	AL	104	0.0%	13.5%	7.7%	4.8%	22%	1.75	6.5		18.2	1.08	1.54	76%	15%	0.0%	53%
1989	25	CHW	AL	43	0.0%	20.9%	9.3%	4.7%	40%	2.25	4.3		39.0	1.00	0.85	70%	17%	0.0%	0%
1990	26	BOS	AL	52	1.9%	26.9%	11.5%	9.6%	63%	2.33	3.1	44.0	11.0	0.48	0.85	58%	26%	4.8%	0%
6 Yrs				547	0.9%	19.4%	13.0%	4.8%	27%	1.49	4.4	93.6	10.9	0.89	1.30	66%	17%	1.9%	27%
MLB Averages					2.2%	14.9%	8.6%	6.8%	30%	1.73	6.0	40.0	8.4	0.80	1.06	73%	20%	6.6%	26%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1985	21	MIL	AL	0.1	0.0	63	0.3	1.4	-1.1	1.11	0.0	0.2	0.5	0.1	0.88	-0.0	1.40	4
1986	22	MIL	AL	-5.7	-0.6	218	-0.6	4.1	-4.7	1.22	-0.8	0.3	-6.3	-0.6	0.99	-7.1	3.14	2
1987	23	MIL	AL	-6.4	-0.6	71	-0.0	1.2	-1.2	1.03	-0.4	0.4	-4.4	-0.4	0.97	-4.9	0.66	4
1988	24	MIL	AL	-3.0	-0.3	108	-0.2	1.4	-1.6	.99	-0.4	0.1	-4.4	-0.4	0.92	-4.8	0.30	3
1989	25	CHW	AL	-4.5	-0.5	43	-0.5	0.5	-0.9	1.17	-0.5	0.1	-3.9	-0.4	0.96	-4.4	3.46	1
1990	26	BOS	AL	-1.5	-0.2	52	-0.0	1.1	-1.1	1.27	-0.1	0.0	-2.1	-0.2	1.01	-0.5	1.96	11
6 Yrs				-20.9	-2.1	555	-1.0	9.6	-10.6	1.14	-2.1	1.2	-20.6	-2.0	0.96	-21.8	1.62	25

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	PO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1985	21	MIL	AL	0	11%	20	0	0		0	0	0	1	1	60%	4	1	3	1	1	0	0	0	0
1986	22	MIL	AL	2	19%	83	0	0		0	0	1	3	5	28%	11	10	1	4	2	2	3	1	2
1987	23	MIL	AL	1	45%	33	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	33%	3	3	0	1	1	0	2	0	2
1988	24	MIL	AL	0	29%	50	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	3	27%	9	7	2	1	1	0	1	0	1
1989	25	CHW	AL	0	22%	10	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	33%	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
1990	26	BOS	AL	1	14%	14	0	0		0	0	0	1	0	0%	4	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
6 Yrs				4	23%	210	1	2	33%	1	2	1	5	9	29%	33	26	6	7	5	2	8	2	6

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
1985	21	MIL	AL	63	84%	9			4	0	0	0	1.40	3	0	0	1	2	0	3	0	0	0		16	1	6%	6	1	17%	36	5	14%	4	2	50%	1	0	0%	0
1986	22	MIL	AL	215	80%	41			2	0	0	0	3.14	1	0	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	0		48	8	17%	22	10	45%	156	21	13%	12	8	67%	11	8	73%	0
1987	23	MIL	AL	70	87%	12			4	0	0	0	0.66	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		11	0	0%	5	1	20%	46	5	11%	2	2	100%	1	1	100%	0
1988	24	MIL	AL	104	90%	23	5	0	3	1	0	0	0.30	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	100%	15	3	20%	11	7	64%	54	8	15%	6	3	50%	4	2	50%	0
1989	25	CHW	AL	43	79%	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.46	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		12	0	0%	3	0	0%	27	1	4%	2	1	50%	1	1	100%	0
1990	26	BOS	AL	52	98%	8	0	0	11	1	0	1	1.96	1	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0		11	2	18%	5	1	20%	38	3	8%	3	1	33%	2	0	0%	0
6 Yrs				547	85%	98	5	0	25	2	0	1	1.62	5	0	8	2	3	1	4	0	3	3	100%	113	14	12%	52	20	38%	357	43	12%	29	17	59%	20	12	60%	0
MLB Averages					60%																			73%			11%			35%			15%			51%			56%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru
1988	24	MIL	AL	102	356	3.49	214	60%	30%	9%	24%	37%	70%	8%	42%	87%	31%	10%	10	2	17%	17	3	7%	7	4	57%	2	0	0
1989	25	CHW	AL	43	181	4.21	113	62%	28%	17%	28%	27%	72%	0%	45%	77%	19%	2%	1	0	19%	8	4	7%	3	1	22%	0	0	0
1990	26	BOS	AL	52	193	3.71	118	61%	17%	25%	31%	26%	83%	4%	51%	69%	42%	6%	3	0	21%	11	6	10%	5	2	14%	0	0	0
3 Yrs				197	730	3.71	445	61%	26%	15%	27%	32%	74%	5%	45%	79%	31%	7%	14	2	18%	36	13	8%	15	7	32%	2	0	0
MLB Averages						3.60		62%	24%	14%	27%	34%	75%	2%	47%	81%	32%	6%			16%			9%			26%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1985	21	18	63	51	5	9	2	3	8	0	0	12	16	.176	.333	.392	.725	99	20	1	0	0	0	0
1986	22	74	278	232	20	50	10	4	29	0	0	45	52	.216	.342	.310	.652	79	72	9	0	0	1	1
1987	23	97	348	294	29	62	10	4	33	0	1	53	69	.211	.330	.286	.616	68	84	9	0	0	1	2
1988	24	130	452	385	38	85	15	4	38	1	2	61	83	.221	.325	.291	.616	69	112	12	0	3	3	5
1989	25	146	495	424	40	90	17	4	39	1	2	65	92	.212	.315	.281	.596	64	119	12	0	3	3	5
1990	26	173	547	468	43	98	21	5	43	1	2	71	106	.209	.313	.286	.599	65	134	14	1	3	4	6

Neutralized Batting

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1985	21	18	63	51	5	9	2	3	8	0	12	16	.176	.333	.392	.725	7	18
1986	22	56	215	181	15	41	8	1	21	0	33	36	.227	.344	.287	.631	18	56
1987	23	23	68	61	8	11	0	0	3	0	7	17	.180	.265	.180	.445	3	23
1988	24	33	104	91	9	23	5	0	5	1	8	14	.253	.307	.308	.615	9	33
1989	25	16	45	40	3	6	2	0	1	0	5	9	.150	.244	.200	.444	2	16
1990	26	27	52	44	3	8	4	1	4	0	6	14	.182	.288	.341	.629	4	27
6 Yrs		173	547	468	43	98	21	5	42	1	71	106	.209	.313	.286	.599	43	173
162 Game Avg.		162	512	438	40	92	20	5	39	1	66	99	.209	.313	.286	.599	40	173

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