Don Rudolph

Frederick Donald Rudolph

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: August 16, 1931 in Baltimore, MD(All Transactions)
Debut: September 21, 1957
Teams (by GP): Senators/WhiteSox/Redlegs/Indians 1957-1964

Final Game: October 3, 1964
Died: September 12, 1968 in Granada Hills, CA
Buried: Forest Lawn-Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles, 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	JES	D	44	89	89		18	6	0	1						.202	.202	.303	.506		27							JES · GASL
1951	19	JES	D	57	138	138		27	8	0	0						.196	.196	.254	.449		35							JES · GASL
1952	20	CHW-min	A	25	15	15		2	0	0	0						.133	.133	.133	.267		2							CSP · WL
1953		Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1954	22	CHW-min	A	43	65	65		14	2	0	0						.215	.215	.246	.462		16							CSP · WL
1955	23	CHW-min	AA	35	20	20		4	2	0	0						.200	.200	.300	.500		6							MEM · SOUA
1956	24	CHW-min	AA	37	80	80		16	2	1	0						.200	.200	.250	.450		20							MEM · SOUA
1957	25	CHW-min	AAA	42	75	62	4	8	2	0	0	2	0		3	19	.129	.194	.161	.355		10		2	8	0	0		LOU,INA · AA
1957	25	CHW	AL	5	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	299	2	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1958	26	CHW-min	AAA	39	60	52	3	11	1	0	0	5	0		2	12	.212	.255	.231	.485		12		1	5	0	0		INA · AA
1958	26	CHW	AL	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1959	27	CIN-min	AAA	28	45	41	3	8	2	0	0	2	0	0	2	8	.195	.233	.244	.476		10		0	2	0	0		SLE,HAV · PCL,IL
1959	27	TOT	MLB	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1959	27	CHW	AL	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1959	27	CIN	NL	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1

1960	28	CIN-min	AAA	42	77	74	3	10	2	0	0	7	0	0	3	18	.135	.169	.162	.331		12							SLE · PCL
1961	29	CIN-min	AAA	35	80	78	5	9	1	0	2	10	0		2	20	.115	.138	.205	.343		16							INA · AA
1962	30	TOT	AL	38	63	57	5	10	2	1	0	2	0	0	3	18	.175	.230	.246	.475	28	14	1	1	1	0	0	1
1962	30	CLE	AL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1962	30	WSA	AL	37	63	57	5	10	2	1	0	2	0	0	3	18	.175	.230	.246	.475	28	14	1	1	1	0	0	1
1963	31	WSA	AL	37	54	45	3	8	2	0	1	4	0	0	3	10	.178	.224	.289	.513	43	13	1	0	5	1	0	1
1964	32	TEX/ATL-min	AAA	11	17	14	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	.071	.235	.071	.307		1		0	0	0			TTO · IL
1964	32	WSA	AL	28	16	15	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	.067	.125	.067	.192	-45	1	1	0	0	0	0	1
1965	33	CIN-min	AAA	43	66	56	1	7	0	0	0	4	0	0	4	17	.125	.183	.125	.308		7		0	6	0			SDG · PCL
1966	34	CIN-min	AAA	42	72	64	2	9	2	0	0	5	0	0	0	27	.141	.141	.172	.313		11		0	8	0			BFL · IL
6 Yrs				124	136	120	8	20	5	1	1	6	0	0	7	35	.167	.217	.250	.467	28	30	3	1	6	1	0
162 Game Avg.				162	178	157	10	26	7	1	1	8	0	0	9	46	.167	.217	.250	.467	28	39	4	1	8	1	0

WSA (3 yrs)				102	133	117	8	19	4	1	1	6	0	0	7	34	.162	.214	.239	.454	25	28	3	1	6	1	0
CHW (3 yrs)				16	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	299	2	0	0	0	0	0
CLE (1 yr)				1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
CIN (1 yr)				5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0

AL (6 yrs)				119	135	119	8	20	5	1	1	6	0	0	7	34	.168	.219	.252	.471	29	30	3	1	6	1	0
NL (1 yr)				5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	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
1957	25	CHW	AL	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.517	.501	0.1	0.0	1	$	/1
1958	26	CHW	AL	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
1959	27	CHW	AL	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
1959	27	CIN	NL	5	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.496	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	/1

1962	30	CLE	AL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
1962	30	WSA	AL	37	63	-6	-0	0	0	8	1	0.1	2	3	0.1	.504	.501	0.1	-0.0	3	$	1
1963	31	WSA	AL	37	54	-4	-0	0	0	6	2	0.2	2	3	0.2	.505	.501	0.2	-0.0	3	$	1
1964	32	WSA	AL	28	16	-3	0	-0	0	2	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.495	.499	-0.1	-0.0	-1	$	1
6 Seasons				124	136	-13	-0	0	0	16	2	0.2	4	6	0.3	.502	.500	0.3	-0.1	6	$

WSA (3 yrs)				102	133	-13	-0	0	0	15	2	0.2	4	5	0.2	.502	.500	0.2	-0.1	5	$
CHW (3 yrs)				16	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.505	.500	0.1	0.0	1	$
CLE (1 yr)				1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$
CIN (1 yr)				5	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.496	.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
1957	25	CHW	AL	2	1	1	27.1	100	.500	.500	.264	.500	.336	1.000	.399	1.500	.736	299	.965	0.6	0.1	2.000	.500	.500

1959	27	TOT	MLB	1	1	0	0.0	107		.000	.274	.000	.340	.000	.424	.000	.764	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
1959	27	CIN	NL	1	1	0	0.0	107		.000	.274	.000	.340	.000	.424	.000	.764	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000

1962	30	TOT	AL	63	49	3	1.6	103	.256	.175	.263	.230	.335	.246	.410	.475	.745	28	.135	-6.0	-0.6	.375	.123	.070
1962	30	WSA	AL	63	49	3	1.6	103	.256	.175	.263	.230	.335	.246	.410	.475	.745	28	.135	-6.0	-0.6	.375	.123	.070
1963	31	WSA	AL	54	44	3	1.8	95	.200	.178	.255	.224	.322	.289	.394	.513	.716	43	.181	-3.4	-0.4	.421	.178	.111	.0
1964	32	WSA	AL	16	15	0	0.0	96	.111	.067	.256	.125	.324	.067	.397	.192	.721	-45	.000	-3.0	-0.3	.133	.067	.000
6 Yrs				136	110	7	1.7	99	.224	.167	.259	.217	.329	.250	.402	.467	.731	28	.153	-12.1	-1.2	.369	.142	.083	.0
162 Game Avg.				178	144	9	1.7	99	.224	.167	.259	.217	.329	.250	.402	.467	.731	28	.153	-12.1	-1.2	.369	.142	.083

WSA (3 yrs)				133	108	6	1.5	99	.217	.162	.259	.214	.329	.239	.402	.454	.731	25	.123	-12.4	-1.3	.356	.137	.077	.0
CIN (1 yr)				1	1	0	0.0	107		.000	.274	.000	.340	.000	.424	.000	.764	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
CHW (3 yrs)				2	1	1	27.1	100	.500	.500	.264	.500	.336	1.000	.399	1.500	.736	299	.965	0.6	0.1	2.000	.500	.500

AL (6 yrs)				135	109	7	1.7	99	.224	.168	.259	.219	.329	.252	.402	.471	.731	29	.155	-11.8	-1.2	.373	.143	.084	.0
NL (1 yr)				1	1	0	0.0	107		.000	.274	.000	.340	.000	.424	.000	.764	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1957	25	CHW	AL	2	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	50.0%	100%					0.00	100%

1959	27	TOT	MLB	1	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.0				0%
1959	27	CIN	NL	1	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.0				0%

1962	30	TOT	AL	63	0.0%	28.6%	4.8%	4.8%	30%	6.00	3.2		28.5	2.56	62%
1962	30	WSA	AL	63	0.0%	28.6%	4.8%	4.8%	30%	6.00	3.2		28.5	2.56	62%
1963	31	WSA	AL	54	1.9%	18.5%	5.6%	5.6%	38%	3.33	4.5	45.0	11.3	1.50	65%
1964	32	WSA	AL	16	0.0%	37.5%	6.3%	0.0%	0%	6.00	2.5			2.00	56%
6 Yrs				136	0.7%	25.7%	5.2%	5.2%	35%	5.00	3.4	120.0	20.0	1.85	63%
MLB Averages					2.3%	14.0%	8.5%	6.5%	29%	1.65	6.4	38.2	8.5	1.05	73%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1957	25	CHW	AL	0.6	0.1	2	0.0	0.0	-0.0	.22	0.1	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.74	0.5	0
1958	26	CHW	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1959	27	TOT	MLB	-0.3	-0.0	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.46	-0.0	0.0	-0.3	-0.0	1.11	-0.3	0
1959	27	CHW	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1959	27	CIN	NL	-0.3	-0.0	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.46	-0.0	0.0	-0.3	-0.0	1.11	-0.3	0

1962	30	TOT	AL	-6.0	-0.6	63	-0.4	0.5	-1.0	.77	-0.6	0.0	-6.8	-0.7	0.96	-6.7	0
1962	30	CLE	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1962	30	WSA	AL	-6.0	-0.6	63	-0.4	0.5	-1.0	.77	-0.6	0.0	-6.8	-0.7	0.96	-6.7	0
1963	31	WSA	AL	-3.4	-0.4	55	-0.7	0.4	-1.1	1.03	-0.5	-0.2	-5.1	-0.5	0.88	-5.4	0
1964	32	WSA	AL	-3.0	-0.3	16	-0.4	0.0	-0.5	1.02	-0.3	-0.1	-3.8	-0.4	0.95	-3.5	0
6 Yrs				-12.1	-1.2	137	-1.6	0.9	-2.5	.90	-1.4	-0.3	-15.6	-1.6	0.92	-15.4	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	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
1957	25	CHW	AL	0	0	0%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1959	27	TOT	MLB	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1959	27	CIN	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

1962	30	TOT	AL	0	0	36%	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	3	3	0	1	1	0	1	1	0
1962	30	WSA	AL	0	0	36%	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	3	3	0	1	1	0	1	1	0
1963	31	WSA	AL	0	0	20%	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	33%	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1964	32	WSA	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	0
6 Yrs				0	0	26%	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	13%	6	5	1	1	1	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
1957	25	CHW	AL	2	100%	1			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

1959	27	TOT	MLB	1	100%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1959	27	CIN	NL	1	100%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0

1962	30	TOT	AL	63	83%	10			0	0	0	0		0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	50%	13	1	8%	11	1	9%	39	2	5%	5	1	20%	3	0	0%	0
1962	30	WSA	AL	63	83%	10			0	0	0	0		0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	50%	13	1	8%	11	1	9%	39	2	5%	5	1	20%	3	0	0%	0
1963	31	WSA	AL	54	78%	8			0	0	0	0		1	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	7	5	71%	12	1	8%	12	4	33%	30	3	10%	4	2	50%	3	2	67%	0
1964	32	WSA	AL	16	63%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	1	50%	1	1	100%	11	0	0%	2	0	0%	1	1	100%	0
6 Yrs				136	79%	20			0	0	0	0		1	0	7	0	1	0	1	0	9	6	67%	28	3	11%	25	6	24%	81	5	6%	11	3	27%	7	3	43%	0
MLB Averages					50%																			75%			10%			31%			14%			49%			53%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF
1957	25	5	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	299	2	0	0	0	0
1958	26	12	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	299	2	0	0	0	0
1959	27	21	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.667	1.000	162	2	0	0	0	0
1960	28	21	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.667	1.000	162	2	0	0	0	0
1961	29	21	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.667	1.000	162	2	0	0	0	0
1962	30	59	66	60	5	11	3	1	0	2	3	19	.183	.234	.267	.501	35	16	1	1	1	0
1963	31	96	120	105	8	19	5	1	1	6	6	29	.181	.230	.276	.506	38	29	2	1	6	1
1964	32	124	136	120	8	20	5	1	1	6	7	35	.167	.217	.250	.467	28	30	3	1	6	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
1957	25	5	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	1	5

1959	27	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	9

1962	30	38	62	57	5	10	2	1	0	2	0	3	18	.175	.230	.246	.475	3	38
1963	31	37	54	45	3	8	2	0	1	4	0	3	10	.178	.224	.289	.513	3	37
1964	32	28	16	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	.000	.063	.000	.063	0	28
5 Yrs		117	135	120	8	19	5	1	1	6	0	7	35	.158	.209	.242	.451	7	117
162 Game Avg.		162	187	166	11	26	7	1	1	8	0	10	48	.158	.209	.242	.451	10	117

* 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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Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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