Gene Roof

Eugene Lawrence Roof

Positions: Leftfielder and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: January 13, 1958 in Paducah, KY
High School: St. Mary's (Paducah, KY)
Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 12th round of the 1976 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 3, 1981
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Expos 1981-1983

Final Game: October 2, 1983
Relatives: Brother of Phil Roof and Cousin of Eddie Haas
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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
1976	18	STL-min	Rk	58	216	195	21	44	4	0	2	28	2	1	10	29	.226	.269	.277	.546		54		3	4	4		JOH,CDS · APPY,GULF
1977	19	STL-min	Rk,A	101	407	357	62	107	14	3	6	44	9	3	37	38	.300	.379	.406	.785		145		9	3	1		JOH,GST · APPY,WCRS
1978	20	STL-min	A	101	398	360	50	93	7	6	2	31	10	7	29	20	.258	.322	.328	.650		118		6	1	2		SPT · FLOR
1979	21	STL-min	AA	128	559	478	86	145	22	3	11	53	10	7	72	49	.303	.401	.431	.832		206		7	1	1		ARK · TL
1980	22	STL-min	AAA	133	557	481	68	124	23	0	10	57	26	13	56	64	.258	.347	.368	.715		177		11	7	2		SPR · AA
1981	23	STL-min	AAA	96	387	322	65	112	19	3	11	44	17	6	54	50	.348	.451	.528	.978		170		7	3	1	3	SPR · AA
1981	23	STL	NL	23	73	60	11	18	6	0	0	3	5	1	12	16	.300	.411	.400	.811	129	24	1	0	0	1	2	7
1982	24	STL-min	AAA	119	542	458	78	140	27	5	3	49	13	12	74	64	.306	.402	.406	.808		186		3	2	5	4	LOU · AA
1982	24	STL	NL	11	16	15	3	4	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	4	.267	.313	.267	.579	64	4	1	0	0	0	0	/79
1983	25	STL-min	AAA	114	527	450	74	139	23	5	3	60	15	15	65	54	.309	.395	.402	.797		181		2	5	5	3	LOU · AA
1983	25	TOT	NL	14	16	15	3	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	.133	.188	.267	.454	25	4	0	0	0	0	0	/987
1983	25	STL	NL	6	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/7
1983	25	MON	NL	8	13	12	2	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	.167	.231	.333	.564	56	4	0	0	0	0	0	/98
1984	26	STL-WSN-min	AAA	134	566	496	67	150	38	8	6	64	17	8	47	74	.302	.363	.448	.810		222		4	12	7	3	LOU,INA · AA
1985	27	ATL-STL-min	AAA	103	382	331	36	72	5	1	3	29	4	4	38	51	.218	.294	.266	.560		88		1	5	7	4	RMD,LOU · IL,AA
1986	28	DET-min	AAA	59	163	141	18	39	8	1	0	12	6	2	19	19	.277	.363	.348	.710		49		0	3	0	1	NVL · AA
1987	29	DET-min	AAA	5	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000		0		0	0	0	0	TOL · IL
3 Seasons				48	105	90	17	24	8	0	0	6	7	1	14	23	.267	.362	.356	.717	102	32	2	0	0	1	2
162 Game Avg.				162	354	304	57	81	27	0	0	20	24	3	47	78	.267	.362	.356	.717	102	108	7	0	0	3	7

STL (3 yrs)				40	92	78	15	22	6	0	0	5	7	1	13	20	.282	.380	.359	.739	109	28	2	0	0	1	2
MON (1 yr)				8	13	12	2	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	.167	.231	.333	.564	56	4	0	0	0	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
1981	23	STL	NL	73	3	0	0	0	2	-1	2	6	0.7	4	0.4	0.3	$	7
1982	24	STL	NL	16	-1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	-0.1	0	0.0	-0.1	$	/79
1983	25	STL	NL	3	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	/7
1983	25	MON	NL	13	-1	0	0	0	-1	0	0	-2	-0.2	-1	-0.1	-0.1	$	/98
3 Seasons				105	0	0	0	0	1	-1	3	3	0.3	2	0.2	0.1	$

STL (3 yrs)				92	1	0	0	0	2	-1	3	5	0.5	3	0.3	0.2	$
MON (1 yr)				13	-1	0	0	0	-1	0	0	-2	-0.2	-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
1981	23	STL	NL	73	45	11	6.6	94	.400	.300	.266	.411	.332	.400	.381	.811	.713	129	.704	3.4	0.4	.909	.367	.100	.0
1982	24	STL	NL	16	12	1	2.3	95	.364	.267	.267	.313	.330	.267	.388	.579	.718	64	.241	-0.8	-0.1	.583	.200	.000	.0
1983	25	TOT	NL	16	13	1	2.1	96	.167	.133	.263	.188	.331	.267	.389	.454	.720	25	.212	-1.5	-0.1	.385	.200	.133
1983	25	STL	NL	3	3	0	0.0	97	.000	.000	.265	.000	.333	.000	.392	.000	.725	-100	.000	-0.8	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1983	25	MON	NL	13	10	1	2.7	96	.222	.167	.262	.231	.330	.333	.388	.564	.719	56	.303	-0.7	-0.1	.500	.250	.167
3 Seasons				105	70	13	5.0	95	.353	.267	.266	.362	.331	.356	.384	.717	.715	102	.586	1.1	0.1	.754	.311	.089	.0
162 Game Avg.				354	236	44	5.0	95	.353	.267	.266	.362	.331	.356	.384	.717	.715	102	.586	4	0	.754	.311	.089

STL (3 yrs)				92	60	12	5.4	95	.373	.282	.266	.380	.331	.359	.383	.739	.714	109	.620	1.8	0.2	.797	.321	.077	.0
MON (1 yr)				13	10	1	2.7	96	.222	.167	.262	.231	.330	.333	.388	.564	.719	56	.303	-0.7	-0.1	.500	.250	.167

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1981	23	STL	NL	73	0.0%	21.9%	16.4%	8.2%	33%	1.33	3.8		20.0	0.93	62%
1982	24	STL	NL	16	0.0%	25.0%	6.3%	0.0%	0%	4.00	3.8		7.5	1.67	69%
1983	25	TOT	NL	16	0.0%	18.8%	6.3%	12.5%	100%	3.00	5.0		15.0	4.00	75%
1983	25	STL	NL	3	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%							100%
1983	25	MON	NL	13	0.0%	23.1%	7.7%	15.4%	100%	3.00	4.0		12.0	2.50	69%
3 Seasons				105	0.0%	21.9%	13.3%	7.6%	33%	1.64	3.9		15.0	1.37	65%
MLB Averages					2.0%	13.1%	8.4%	6.5%	28%	1.57	6.8	45.2	8.6	1.10	75%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1981	23	STL	NL	3.4	0.4	80	-0.1	1.1	-1.2	.89	0.2	-0.3	0.9	0.1	0.91	2.3	0.13	2
1982	24	STL	NL	-0.8	-0.1	18	-0.1	0.3	-0.4	1.32	-0.0	-0.0	-0.2	-0.0	1.02	-0.3	1.34	7
1983	25	TOT	NL	-1.5	-0.1	16	-0.4	0.1	-0.5	1.17	-0.2	-0.1	-1.9	-0.2	0.92	-2.1	0.79	7
1983	25	STL	NL	-0.8	-0.1	3	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.51	-0.1	0.0	-0.4	-0.0	0.60	-0.7	0.51	3
1983	25	MON	NL	-0.7	-0.1	13	-0.3	0.1	-0.5	1.33	-0.1	-0.1	-1.5	-0.2	1.00	-1.4	1.00	4
3 Seasons				1.1	0.1	114	-0.6	1.5	-2.1	1.00	-0.0	-0.5	-1.2	-0.1	0.93	-0.1	0.95	16

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	SB3	CS3	PO	OOB	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1981	23	STL	NL	1	37%	42	5	1	83%	4	1	1	1	1	50%	5	3	2	1	1	4	1	3
1982	24	STL	NL	0	60%	5	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	1	0%	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
1983	25	TOT	NL	0	100%	5	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0
1983	25	STL	NL	0		1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1983	25	MON	NL	0	67%	4	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0
3 Seasons				1	45%	52	7	1	88%	6	1	1	1	2	39%	6	4	2	1	1	6	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
1981	23	STL	NL	73	100%	18			2	0	0	0	0.13	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		8	1	13%	2	1	50%	37	3	8%	3	1	33%	1	1	100%	0
1982	24	STL	NL	16	100%	4			7	2	0	1	1.34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	1	50%	2	0	0%	10	2	20%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
1983	25	TOT	NL	16	100%	2			7	1	0	1	0.79	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	3	1	33%	10	1	10%	2	0	0%	1	1	100%	0
1983	25	STL	NL	3	100%	0			3	0	0	0	0.51	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
1983	25	MON	NL	13	100%	2			4	1	0	1	1.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	3	1	33%	10	1	10%	2	0	0%	1	1	100%	0
3 Seasons				105	100%	24			16	3	0	2	0.95	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		12	2	17%	7	2	29%	57	6	11%	6	1	17%	2	2	100%	0
MLB Averages					57%																			84%			11%			35%			15%			52%			54%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SF	IBB
1981	23	23	73	60	11	18	6	3	5	1	12	16	.300	.411	.400	.811	129	24	1	1	2
1982	24	34	89	75	14	22	6	5	7	1	13	20	.293	.393	.373	.767	116	28	2	1	2
1983	25	48	105	90	17	24	8	6	7	1	14	23	.267	.362	.356	.717	102	32	2	1	2

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1981	23	35	114	93	18	29	10	5	8	19	24	.312	.421	.419	.840	17	23
1982	24	11	16	15	2	4	0	2	2	1	4	.267	.313	.267	.579	1	11
1983	25	14	16	15	3	2	2	1	0	1	3	.133	.188	.267	.454	1	14
3 Seasons		60	146	123	23	35	12	8	10	21	31	.285	.384	.382	.766	19	48
162 Game Avg.		162	394	332	62	95	32	22	27	57	84	.285	.384	.382	.766	51	48

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