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Bob Sadowski

Robert Sadowski

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: February 19, 1938 in Pittsburgh, PA
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1958. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 19, 1963
Teams (by GP): Braves/RedSox 1963-1966

Final Game: July 4, 1966
Relatives: Brother of Ed Sadowski, Brother of Ted Sadowski and Uncle of Jim Sadowski
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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
1963 25 MLN NL 19 39 35 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 .057 .083 .057 .140 -58 2 1 1 3 0 0 1
1964 26 MLN NL 51 59 52 6 8 1 0 0 4 0 0 1 22 .154 .170 .173 .343 -3 9 1 0 6 0 0 1
1965 27 MLN NL 34 38 35 3 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 19 .086 .111 .086 .197 -44 3 1 0 2 0 0 1
1966 28 BOS AL 11 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
4 Yrs 115 144 129 9 13 1 0 0 6 0 0 2 57 .101 .121 .109 .230 -34 14 3 1 12 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 203 182 13 18 1 0 0 8 0 0 3 80 .101 .121 .109 .230 -34 20 4 1 17 0 0
MLN (3 yrs) 104 136 122 9 13 1 0 0 6 0 0 2 56 .107 .128 .115 .243 -30 14 3 1 11 0 0
BOS (1 yr) 11 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0
NL (3 yrs) 104 136 122 9 13 1 0 0 6 0 0 2 56 .107 .128 .115 .243 -30 14 3 1 11 0 0
AL (1 yr) 11 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 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
1963 25 MLN NL 19 39 -7 0 0 0 4 -2 -0.2 1 -0 -0.2 .489 .499 -0.2 0.0 -0 $ 1
1964 26 MLN NL 51 59 -6 -0 -0 0 7 0 0.0 2 2 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 2 $ 1
1965 27 MLN NL 34 38 -7 0 -0 0 4 -3 -0.3 1 -1 -0.3 .491 .498 -0.3 0.0 -1 $ 1
1966 28 BOS AL 11 8 -2 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .491 .499 -0.1 -0.0 -1 $ 1
4 Seasons 115 144 -22 -0 0 0 16 -5 -0.6 5 -0 -0.6 .495 .499 -0.6 0.0 -0 $
MLN (3 yrs) 104 136 -20 -0 0 0 16 -4 -0.5 5 0 -0.5 .495 .499 -0.5 0.0 0 $
BOS (1 yr) 11 8 -2 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .491 .499 -0.1 -0.0 -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
1963 25 MLN NL 39 37 0 0.0 89 .100 .057 .253 .083 .315 .057 .378 .140 .693 -58 .000 -7.2 -0.8 .088 .000 .000
1964 26 MLN NL 59 51 2 1.0 94 .267 .154 .264 .170 .322 .173 .393 .343 .715 -3 .077 -7.2 -0.8 .222 .038 .019
1965 27 MLN NL 38 35 0 0.0 94 .188 .086 .258 .111 .322 .086 .390 .197 .712 -44 .000 -6.7 -0.7 .121 .029 .000
1966 28 BOS AL 8 8 0 0.0 98 .000 .000 .260 .000 .328 .000 .401 .000 .729 -100 .000 -1.9 -0.2 .000 .000 .000
4 Yrs 144 131 2 0.4 93 .181 .101 .259 .121 .320 .109 .389 .230 .709 -34 .015 -23.0 -2.5 .143 .023 .008
162 Game Avg. 203 185 3 0.4 93 .181 .101 .259 .121 .320 .109 .389 .230 .709 -34 .015 -23.0 -2.5 .143 .023 .008
MLN (3 yrs) 136 123 2 0.4 92 .197 .107 .259 .128 .320 .115 .388 .243 .708 -30 .017 -21.1 -2.3 .152 .025 .008
BOS (1 yr) 8 8 0 0.0 98 .000 .000 .260 .000 .328 .000 .401 .000 .729 -100 .000 -1.9 -0.2 .000 .000 .000
NL (3 yrs) 136 123 2 0.4 92 .197 .107 .259 .128 .320 .115 .388 .243 .708 -30 .017 -21.1 -2.3 .152 .025 .008
AL (1 yr) 8 8 0 0.0 98 .000 .000 .260 .000 .328 .000 .401 .000 .729 -100 .000 -1.9 -0.2 .000 .000 .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
1963 25 MLN NL 39 0.0% 38.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 2.3 6.00 51%
1964 26 MLN NL 59 0.0% 37.3% 1.7% 1.7% 13% 22.00 2.4 13.0 7.33 51%
1965 27 MLN NL 38 0.0% 50.0% 2.6% 0.0% 0% 19.00 1.8 17.5 3.67 42%
1966 28 BOS AL 8 0.0% 12.5% 0.0% 0.0% 7.0 2.50 75%
4 Yrs 144 0.0% 39.6% 1.4% 0.7% 8% 28.50 2.3 21.5 5.09 50%
MLB Averages 2.2% 15.5% 7.9% 6.3% 28% 1.97 5.8 40.3 9.1 1.10 73%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1963 25 MLN NL -7.2 -0.8 38 -0.8 0.1 -0.9 1.11 -0.6 -0.1 -7.1 -0.8 1.00 -6.6 0
1964 26 MLN NL -7.2 -0.8 59 -0.3 0.4 -0.8 .69 -0.6 0.1 -8.5 -0.9 1.04 -6.4 0
1965 27 MLN NL -6.8 -0.7 36 -0.3 0.4 -0.7 .93 -0.6 0.3 -5.4 -0.6 0.95 -6.3 0
1966 28 BOS AL -1.9 -0.2 8 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .80 -0.2 0.0 -1.9 -0.2 0.88 -2.1 0
4 Yrs -23.0 -2.5 141 -1.6 0.9 -2.5 .87 -2.0 0.1 -22.9 -2.4 0.99 -21.4 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
1963 25 MLN NL 1 0 0% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 67% 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
1964 26 MLN NL 2 0 67% 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 83% 4 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 2
1965 27 MLN NL 0 0 75% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
1966 28 BOS AL 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Yrs 3 0 56% 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 82% 8 2 6 0 0 0 3 0 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
1963 25 MLN NL 39 24% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 3 43% 12 1 8% 13 2 15% 28 0 0% 0 0 1 0 0% 0
1964 26 MLN NL 59 20% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 100% 11 1 9% 16 5 31% 46 4 9% 6 1 17% 5 0 0% 0
1965 27 MLN NL 38 22% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 67% 3 1 33% 5 1 20% 20 2 10% 1 0 0% 1 1 100% 0
1966 28 BOS AL 8 38% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 3 0 0% 3 0 0% 4 0 0% 0 0 1 0 0% 0
4 Yrs 144 23% 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 17 12 71% 29 3 10% 37 8 22% 98 6 6% 7 1 14% 8 1 13% 0
MLB Averages 53% 77% 10% 30% 14% 47% 51%

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
1963 25 19 39 35 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 .057 .083 .057 .140 -58 2 1 1 3 0 0
1964 26 70 98 87 6 10 1 0 0 4 0 0 1 37 .115 .135 .126 .261 -25 11 2 1 9 0 0
1965 27 104 136 122 9 13 1 0 0 6 0 0 2 56 .107 .128 .115 .243 -30 14 3 1 11 0 0
1966 28 115 144 129 9 13 1 0 0 6 0 0 2 57 .101 .121 .109 .230 -34 14 3 1 12 0 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
1963 25 19 39 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 .000 .028 .000 .028 0 19
1964 26 51 60 53 8 9 1 0 0 5 0 1 22 .170 .185 .189 .374 2 51
1965 27 34 38 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 19 .000 .028 .000 .028 0 34
1966 28 11 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 11
4 Yrs 115 145 130 8 9 1 0 0 5 0 2 57 .069 .090 .077 .167 2 115
162 Game Avg. 162 204 183 11 13 1 0 0 7 0 3 80 .069 .090 .077 .167 3 115

* 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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