Bob Roselli

Robert Edward Roselli

Positions: Catcher and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: December 10, 1931 in San Francisco, CA
Signed by the Boston Braves as an amateur free agent in 1950. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 16, 1955
Teams (by GP): WhiteSox/Braves 1955-1962

Final Game: September 29, 1962
Died: November 6, 2009 in Roseville, CA
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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
1950	18	ATL-min	C	107	354	354		100	17	4	5						.282	.282	.395	.678		140							VNT · CALL
1951	19	ATL-min	C	139	481	481		120	23	5	8						.249	.249	.368	.617		177							VNT · CALL
1952	20	ATL-min	A	129	401	401		108	16	3	5						.269	.269	.362	.631		145							HFD · EL
1953	21	ATL-min	C	64	235	235		71	18	0	12						.302	.302	.532	.834		125							MOD · CALL
1955	23	MLN	NL	6	11	9	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.222	.364	.333	.697	91	3	0	1	0	0	0	/2
1956	24	ATL-min	AAA	24	77	69	3	14	0	0	0	2	0		7	13	.203	.286	.203	.489		14	3	1	0	0			WCH · AA
1956	24	MLN	NL	4	2	2	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	2.000	2.500	547	4	0	0	0	0	0	/2

1957	25	TTO	AAA	108	374	311	40	75	13	4	10	44	1		54	64	.241	.360	.405	.765		126		5	2	2			TTO · IL
1958	26	SAC	AAA	97	317	272	41	74	11	2	10	38	3		38	41	.272	.367	.438	.805		119	9	4	1	2			SAC · PCL
1958	26	MLN	NL	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0

1959	27	ATL-min	AAA	27	66	53	6	15	1	0	3	9	0	0	12	10	.283	.409	.472	.881		25		0	0	1			SAC · PCL
1960	28	ATL-min	AAA	109	349	306	29	79	10	1	7	29	1	0	43	49	.258	.350	.366	.716		112							SAC · PCL
1961	29	CHW	AL	22	39	38	2	10	3	0	0	4	0	0	0	11	.263	.263	.342	.605	62	13	1	0	1	0	0	2
1962	30	CHW	AL	35	76	64	4	12	3	1	1	5	1	0	11	15	.188	.316	.313	.628	70	20	1	1	0	0	1	2
1963	31	ANA-min	AAA	99	287	259	18	55	7	0	3	28	0	2	28	52	.212	.289	.274	.563		71							HAW · PCL
5 Yrs				68	129	114	8	25	7	1	2	10	1	0	12	31	.219	.305	.351	.656	77	40	2	2	1	0	1
162 Game Avg.				162	307	272	19	60	17	2	5	24	2	0	29	74	.219	.305	.351	.656	77	95	5	5	2	0	2

MLN (3 yrs)				11	14	12	2	3	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	5	.250	.357	.583	.940	150	7	0	1	0	0	0
CHW (2 yrs)				57	115	102	6	22	6	1	1	9	1	0	11	26	.216	.298	.324	.622	68	33	2	1	1	0	1

NL (3 yrs)				11	14	12	2	3	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	5	.250	.357	.583	.940	150	7	0	1	0	0	0
AL (2 yrs)				57	115	102	6	22	6	1	1	9	1	0	11	26	.216	.298	.324	.622	68	33	2	1	1	0	1

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
1955	23	MLN	NL	6	11	1	-0	0	0	0	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.512	.500	0.1	0.0	1	$	/2
1956	24	MLN	NL	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.529	.501	0.1	-0.0	1	$	/2

1958	26	MLN	NL	1	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.468	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$

1961	29	CHW	AL	22	39	-2	-1	0	1	0	-2	-0.2	1	-0	-0.1	.492	.499	-0.2	0.1	-1	$	2
1962	30	CHW	AL	35	76	-2	-0	0	-1	1	-3	-0.3	2	-0	-0.1	.492	.498	0.0	-0.1	0	$	2
5 Seasons				68	129	-4	-1	0	0	1	-3	-0.3	4	1	0.0	.496	.500	0.0	0.1	1	$

MLN (3 yrs)				11	14	2	-0	0	0	0	2	0.2	1	2	0.2	.514	.500	0.2	-0.0	2	$
CHW (2 yrs)				57	115	-5	-1	0	0	1	-4	-0.5	3	-1	-0.2	.492	.499	-0.2	0.1	-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
1955	23	MLN	NL	11	7	1	3.8	102	.400	.222	.261	.364	.331	.333	.413	.697	.744	91	.408	0.0	0.0	.714	.222	.111
1956	24	MLN	NL	2	1	2	53.4	98		.500	.257	.500	.323	2.000	.406	2.500	.729	547	.989	1.1	0.1	4.000	1.500	1.500	.0

1958	26	MLN	NL	1	1	0	0.0	99	.000	.000	.260	.000	.327	.000	.406	.000	.733	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000

1961	29	CHW	AL	39	30	3	2.7	102	.370	.263	.262	.263	.336	.342	.407	.605	.743	62	.266	-2.1	-0.2	.448	.079	.079
1962	30	CHW	AL	76	53	7	3.6	103	.229	.188	.263	.316	.335	.313	.410	.628	.745	70	.387	-2.5	-0.2	.623	.313	.125	1.0
5 Yrs				129	92	13	3.8	102	.284	.219	.262	.305	.335	.351	.409	.656	.744	77	.412	-3.7	-0.4	.604	.246	.132	1.3
162 Game Avg.				307	219	31	3.8	102	.284	.219	.262	.305	.335	.351	.409	.656	.744	77	.412	-3.7	-0.4	.604	.246	.132	3

MLN (3 yrs)				14	9	3	8.9	101	.333	.250	.260	.357	.330	.583	.411	.940	.741	150	.767	0.9	0.1	1.000	.417	.333	.0
CHW (2 yrs)				115	83	10	3.2	102	.280	.216	.262	.298	.336	.324	.409	.622	.744	68	.345	-4.6	-0.4	.561	.225	.108	1.0

NL (3 yrs)				14	9	3	8.9	101	.333	.250	.260	.357	.330	.583	.411	.940	.741	150	.767	0.9	0.1	1.000	.417	.333	.0
AL (2 yrs)				115	83	10	3.2	102	.280	.216	.262	.298	.336	.324	.409	.622	.744	68	.345	-4.6	-0.4	.561	.225	.108	1.0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1955	23	MLN	NL	11	0.0%	36.4%	9.1%	9.1%	50%	4.00	2.3			2.00	45%
1956	24	MLN	NL	2	50.0%	50.0%	0.0%	50.0%	100%		2.0	2.0	2.0		0%

1958	26	MLN	NL	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%							100%

1961	29	CHW	AL	39	0.0%	28.2%	0.0%	7.7%	30%		3.5		9.5	1.57	69%
1962	30	CHW	AL	76	1.3%	19.7%	14.5%	6.6%	42%	1.36	4.3	64.0	12.8	1.31	63%
5 Yrs				129	1.6%	24.0%	9.3%	7.8%	40%	2.58	3.7	57.0	11.4	1.46	63%
MLB Averages					2.4%	13.0%	8.9%	6.6%	29%	1.46	6.8	37.3	8.2	1.02	74%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1955	23	MLN	NL	0.0	0.0	12	-0.1	0.2	-0.4	1.47	0.0	-0.1	-0.2	-0.0	1.09	0.2	1.58	3
1956	24	MLN	NL	1.1	0.1	2	0.2	0.2	-0.0	1.00	0.1	0.1	0.7	0.1	0.96	0.9	1.91	1

1958	26	MLN	NL	-0.3	-0.0	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.38	-0.0	0.0	-0.2	-0.0	0.86	-0.2	0.38	1

1961	29	CHW	AL	-2.1	-0.2	39	0.0	1.0	-0.9	1.38	-0.2	0.2	-0.7	-0.1	1.01	-1.7	2.21	12
1962	30	CHW	AL	-2.5	-0.2	77	-0.5	1.0	-1.5	1.01	0.0	-0.5	-0.3	-0.0	0.97	0.3	1.58	15
5 Yrs				-3.8	-0.4	131	-0.3	2.4	-2.8	1.16	-0.1	-0.2	-0.7	-0.1	0.99	-0.5	1.79	32

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%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1955	23	MLN	NL	1	0	25%	1	0	0		0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50%	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1956	24	MLN	NL	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1958	26	MLN	NL	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1961	29	CHW	AL	0	0	20%	13	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	33%	2	2	0	0	0	0	4	2	2
1962	30	CHW	AL	1	0	13%	24	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	3	3	0	0	0	0	2	2	0
5 Yrs				2	0	16%	38	1	0	100%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	23%	7	6	1	0	0	0	6	4	2

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
1955	23	MLN	NL	11	27%	2			3	0	0	0	1.58	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		5	0	0%	1	0	0%	9	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
1956	24	MLN	NL	2	50%	1			1	1	1	1	1.91	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0

1958	26	MLN	NL	1	0%	0			1	0	0	0	0.38	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0

1961	29	CHW	AL	39	44%	10			12	4	0	2	2.21	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	50%	9	1	11%	6	2	33%	22	4	18%	2	2	100%	5	2	40%	0
1962	30	CHW	AL	76	28%	12			15	2	0	1	1.58	1	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		19	1	5%	6	3	50%	55	6	11%	4	3	75%	6	5	83%	0
5 Yrs				129	33%	25			32	7	1	4	1.79	2	0	4	1	1	1	1	0	2	1	50%	33	2	6%	13	5	38%	87	10	11%	7	5	71%	11	7	64%	0
MLB Averages					49%																			76%			10%			31%			14%			50%			54%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	IBB
1955	23	6	11	9	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	4	.222	.364	.333	.697	91	3	0	1	0	0
1956	24	10	13	11	2	3	1	0	1	1	0	1	5	.273	.385	.636	1.021	171	7	0	1	0	0
1957	25	10	13	11	2	3	1	0	1	1	0	1	5	.273	.385	.636	1.021	171	7	0	1	0	0
1958	26	11	14	12	2	3	1	0	1	1	0	1	5	.250	.357	.583	.940	150	7	0	1	0	0
1959	27	11	14	12	2	3	1	0	1	1	0	1	5	.250	.357	.583	.940	150	7	0	1	0	0
1960	28	11	14	12	2	3	1	0	1	1	0	1	5	.250	.357	.583	.940	150	7	0	1	0	0
1961	29	33	53	50	4	13	4	0	1	5	0	1	16	.260	.288	.400	.688	84	20	1	1	1	0
1962	30	68	129	114	8	25	7	1	2	10	1	12	31	.219	.305	.351	.656	77	40	2	2	1	1

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
1955	23	6	11	9	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	4	.222	.364	.333	.697	1	6
1956	24	4	2	2	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	.500	.500	2.000	2.500	2	4

1958	26	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1

1961	29	22	38	37	2	9	3	0	0	4	0	0	11	.243	.243	.324	.568	3	22
1962	30	35	76	64	4	12	3	1	1	5	1	11	15	.188	.316	.313	.628	6	35
5 Yrs		68	128	113	8	24	7	1	2	10	1	12	31	.212	.299	.345	.644	12	68
162 Game Avg.		162	305	269	19	57	17	2	5	24	2	29	74	.212	.299	.345	.644	29	68

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