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Dick Rozek

Richard Louis Rozek

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: March 27, 1927 in Cedar Rapids, IA
High School: Immaculate Conception HS (Cedar Rapids, IA)
Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent in 1946. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.) (All Transactions)
Debut: April 29, 1950
Teams (by GP): Indians/Athletics 1950-1954

Final Game: May 16, 1954
Died: September 27, 2001 in Indio, CA
Buried: St. John Cemetery, Cedar Rapids, IA
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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 23 CLE AL 12 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 1
1951 24 CLE AL 7 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 .333 .667 85 1 0 0 0 /1
1952 25 CLE AL 10 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 1
1953 26 PHA AL 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .333 .000 .333 -5 0 0 0 0 /1
1954 27 PHA AL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
5 Yrs 33 14 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 .083 .154 .083 .237 -35 1 0 0 1 0
162 Game Avg. 162 69 59 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 39 .083 .154 .083 .237 -35 5 0 0 5
CLE (3 yrs) 29 11 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .100 .100 .100 .200 -46 1 0 0 1
PHA (2 yrs) 4 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .333 .000 .333 -5 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 Awards
1950 23 CLE AL 12 6 -2 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .490 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 $ 1
1951 24 CLE AL 7 3 -0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .503 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /1
1952 25 CLE AL 10 2 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .497 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $ 1
1953 26 PHA AL 2 3 -0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /1
1954 27 PHA AL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /1
5 Seasons 33 14 -3 0 0 0 2 -1 -0.1 1 -1 -0.1 .496 .500 -0.1 0.0 -1 $
CLE (3 yrs) 29 11 -2 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .496 .500 -0.1 0.0 -1 $
PHA (2 yrs) 4 3 -0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $

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
1950 23 CLE AL 6 6 0 0.0 110 .000 .000 .274 .000 .360 .000 .410 .000 .770 -100 .000 -1.5 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1951 24 CLE AL 3 2 0 0.0 97 1.000 .333 .260 .333 .340 .333 .382 .667 .722 85 .000 -0.1 -0.0 .500 .000 .000
1952 25 CLE AL 2 2 0 0.0 90 .000 .252 .000 .330 .000 .368 .000 .698 -100 .000 -0.5 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1953 26 PHA AL 3 2 0 0.0 105 .000 .000 .274 .333 .350 .000 .402 .333 .752 -5 .000 -0.2 -0.0 .500 .500 .000
5 Yrs 14 12 0 0.0 103 .250 .083 .267 .154 .348 .083 .394 .237 .743 -35 .000 -2.4 -0.2 .182 .083 .000
162 Game Avg. 69 59 0 0.0 103 .250 .083 .267 .154 .348 .083 .394 .237 .743 -35 .000 -2.4 -0.2 .182 .083 .000
CLE (3 yrs) 11 10 0 0.0 102 .333 .100 .265 .100 .348 .100 .393 .200 .741 -46 .000 -2.1 -0.2 .111 .000 .000
PHA (2 yrs) 3 2 0 0.0 105 .000 .000 .274 .333 .350 .000 .402 .333 .752 -5 .000 -0.2 -0.0 .500 .500 .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
1950 23 CLE AL 6 0.0% 50.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.7 33%
1951 24 CLE AL 3 0.0% 66.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 1.5 33%
1952 25 CLE AL 2 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.0 0%
1953 26 PHA AL 3 0.0% 33.3% 33.3% 0.0% 1.00 2.0 33%
5 Yrs 14 0.0% 57.1% 7.1% 0.0% 0% 8.00 1.5 29%
MLB Averages 2.0% 10.4% 9.6% 6.5% 28% 1.09 8.5 43.8 8.1 0.97 76%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1950 23 CLE AL -1.5 -0.1 6 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .55 -0.1 0.0 -1.7 -0.2 0.96 -1.8 0
1951 24 CLE AL -0.1 -0.0 3 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .83 -0.0 -0.0 -0.3 -0.0 0.66 -0.2 0
1952 25 CLE AL -0.5 -0.1 2 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .51 -0.0 0.0 -0.2 -0.0 0.49 -0.5 0
1953 26 PHA AL -0.2 -0.0 3 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .37 -0.0 -0.0 -0.3 -0.0 0.70 -0.2 0
1954 27 PHA AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
5 Yrs -2.4 -0.2 14 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 .57 -0.2 -0.0 -2.6 -0.3 0.77 -2.8 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
1950 23 CLE AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1951 24 CLE AL 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1952 25 CLE AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1953 26 PHA AL 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
5 Yrs 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

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
1950 23 CLE AL 6 33% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 2 0 0% 2 0 0% 6 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1951 24 CLE AL 3 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1952 25 CLE AL 2 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1953 26 PHA AL 3 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Yrs 14 36% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 2 0 0% 2 0 0% 7 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 50% 88% 12% 32% 15% 51% 55%

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
1950 23 12 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1
1951 24 19 9 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .125 .125 .125 .250 -33 1 0 0 1
1952 25 29 11 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .100 .100 .100 .200 -46 1 0 0 1
1953 26 31 14 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 .083 .154 .083 .237 -35 1 0 0 1
1954 27 33 14 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 .083 .154 .083 .237 -35 1 0 0 1 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
1950 23 13 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 12
1951 24 7 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 7
1952 25 10 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 10
1953 26 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .333 .000 .333 0 2
4 Yrs 32 14 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 .000 .077 .000 .077 0 31
162 Game Avg. 162 71 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 41 .000 .077 .000 .077 0 31

* 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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