Ed Sadowski

Edward Roman Sadowski

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: January 19, 1931 in Pittsburgh, PA
High School: St. John's Lyceum HS (Pittsburgh, PA) (All Transactions)
Debut: April 20, 1960
Teams (by GP): Angels/RedSox/Braves 1960-1966

Final Game: October 2, 1966
Died: November 6, 1993 in Garden Grove, CA
Buried: Holy Sepulcher Cemetery, Orange, CA
Relatives: Brother of Bob 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
1950	19	RAD	D	102	367	367		94	16	6	0						.256	.256	.332	.589		122							RAD · BLRI
1951	20	BOS-min	D	125	506	506		156	33	2	18						.308	.308	.488	.796		247							MAR · OHIN
1952	21	BOS-min	AA,AAA,A	72	206	206		44	7	1	3						.214	.214	.282	.495		58							MTG,BIR,LOU,ALB · SALL,SOUA,AA,EL
1953	22	BOS-min	B,A	119	413	413		108	23	0	17						.262	.262	.441	.702		182							GBO,ALB · CARL,EL
1954		Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1955		Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1956	25	BOS-min	Opn	89	248	213	33	50	9	6	7	24	2		30	44	.235	.327	.432	.758		92	3	0	3	2			SFR · PCL
1957	26	BOS-min	Opn	108	345	314	51	77	12	3	7	38	3		27	46	.245	.304	.369	.674		116	5	0	3	1			SFR · PCL
1958	27	BOS-min	AAA	123	444	401	54	105	12	2	15	44	6		38	42	.262	.325	.414	.739		166		0	4	1	13		MNE · AA
1959	28	BOS-min	AAA	117	409	367	39	76	8	2	14	53	1		33	45	.207	.270	.354	.624		130		0	5	4	5		MNE · AA
1960	29	LAD-min	AAA	34	128	128		36	8	1	4						.281	.281	.453	.734		58							SPO · PCL
1960	29	BOS	AL	38	102	93	10	20	2	0	3	8	0	0	8	13	.215	.284	.333	.618	65	31	5	1	0	0	2	2
1961	30	ANA-min	AAA	14	62	55	3	13	3	0	1	7	0		7	6	.236	.323	.345	.668		19							DFW · AA
1961	30	LAA	AL	69	178	164	16	38	13	0	4	12	2	3	11	33	.232	.278	.384	.663	69	63	3	0	2	1	1	2
1962	31	LAA	AL	27	57	55	4	11	4	0	1	3	1	0	2	14	.200	.228	.327	.555	50	18	1	0	0	0	0	2
1963	32	LAA	AL	80	194	174	24	30	1	1	4	15	2	1	17	33	.172	.245	.259	.503	45	45	4	0	2	1	5	2

1964	33	ANA-min	AAA	93	290	255	27	44	5	0	7	22	0	1	33	75	.173	.267	.275	.542		70		0	2	0			HAW · PCL
1965	34	ATL-min	AAA	62	185	165	19	37	8	0	5	21	1	0	13	40	.224	.282	.364	.645		60		1	4	2			ATA · IL
1966	35	ATL-min	AAA	67	208	183	18	37	5	0	5	18	2	1	23	42	.202	.295	.311	.606		57		1	1	0			RMD · IL
1966	35	ATL	NL	3	10	9	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	.111	.200	.111	.311	-11	1	0	0	0	0	0	/2
5 Yrs				217	541	495	55	100	20	1	12	39	5	4	39	94	.202	.261	.319	.580	57	158	13	1	4	2	8
162 Game Avg.				162	404	370	41	75	15	1	9	29	4	3	29	70	.202	.261	.319	.580	57	118	10	1	3	1	6

LAA (3 yrs)				176	429	393	44	79	18	1	9	30	5	4	30	80	.201	.256	.321	.577	56	126	8	0	4	2	6
ATL (1 yr)				3	10	9	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	.111	.200	.111	.311	-11	1	0	0	0	0	0
BOS (1 yr)				38	102	93	10	20	2	0	3	8	0	0	8	13	.215	.284	.333	.618	65	31	5	1	0	0	2

AL (4 yrs)				214	531	486	54	99	20	1	12	38	5	4	38	93	.204	.262	.323	.585	58	157	13	1	4	2	8
NL (1 yr)				3	10	9	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	.111	.200	.111	.311	-11	1	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
1960	29	BOS	AL	38	102	-6	-0	-1	2	2	-3	-0.4	3	-1	-0.1	.490	.498	-0.3	0.3	-3	$	2
1961	30	LAA	AL	69	178	-8	-2	0	-4	2	-11	-1.2	5	-6	-0.7	.484	.493	-0.2	-0.2	-2	$	2
1962	31	LAA	AL	27	57	-4	1	-0	-2	1	-5	-0.6	2	-3	-0.4	.481	.497	-0.2	-0.2	-1	$	2
1963	32	LAA	AL	80	194	-11	0	0	7	3	-1	-0.2	5	5	0.4	.499	.499	-0.3	1.0	-2	$	2

1966	35	ATL	NL	3	10	-1	0	0	1	0	-0	-0.0	0	0	0.0	.496	.500	-0.1	0.1	-1	$	/2
5 Seasons				217	541	-30	-1	-0	4	8	-20	-2.3	15	-5	-0.8	.490	.497	-1.1	1.2	-9	$

LAA (3 yrs)				176	429	-23	-1	0	1	6	-16	-1.9	12	-4	-0.7	.490	.496	-0.7	0.7	-5	$
ATL (1 yr)				3	10	-1	0	0	1	0	-0	-0.0	0	0	0.0	.496	.500	-0.1	0.1	-1	$
BOS (1 yr)				38	102	-6	-0	-1	2	2	-3	-0.4	3	-1	-0.1	.490	.498	-0.3	0.3	-3	$

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
1960	29	BOS	AL	102	78	8	2.8	104	.221	.215	.267	.284	.341	.333	.408	.618	.749	65	.291	-5.0	-0.5	.513	.204	.118	.0
1961	30	LAA	AL	178	135	16	3.2	112	.266	.232	.275	.278	.352	.384	.428	.663	.780	69	.330	-7.9	-0.8	.553	.213	.152	2.7
1962	31	LAA	AL	57	45	4	2.4	100	.250	.200	.259	.228	.331	.327	.404	.555	.736	50	.235	-4.0	-0.4	.467	.182	.127	1.0
1963	32	LAA	AL	194	152	11	2.0	90	.188	.172	.248	.245	.314	.259	.384	.503	.697	45	.197	-12.7	-1.3	.423	.190	.086	2.7

1966	35	ATL	NL	10	8	0	0.0	99	.125	.111	.268	.200	.327	.111	.404	.311	.731	-11	.000	-1.4	-0.2	.250	.111	.000
5 Yrs				541	418	39	2.5	101	.225	.202	.262	.261	.334	.319	.406	.580	.739	57	.260	-31.0	-3.2	.483	.198	.117	7.1
162 Game Avg.				404	312	29	2.5	101	.225	.202	.262	.261	.334	.319	.406	.580	.739	57	.260	-31.0	-3.2	.483	.198	.117	5

LAA (3 yrs)				429	332	31	2.5	100	.229	.201	.261	.256	.332	.321	.405	.577	.737	56	.261	-24.6	-2.5	.482	.198	.120	6.4
ATL (1 yr)				10	8	0	0.0	99	.125	.111	.268	.200	.327	.111	.404	.311	.731	-11	.000	-1.4	-0.2	.250	.111	.000
BOS (1 yr)				102	78	8	2.8	104	.221	.215	.267	.284	.341	.333	.408	.618	.749	65	.291	-5.0	-0.5	.513	.204	.118	.0

AL (4 yrs)				531	410	39	2.6	101	.227	.204	.262	.262	.334	.323	.406	.585	.739	58	.267	-29.6	-3.0	.488	.200	.119	7.1
NL (1 yr)				10	8	0	0.0	99	.125	.111	.268	.200	.327	.111	.404	.311	.731	-11	.000	-1.4	-0.2	.250	.111	.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%
1960	29	BOS	AL	102	2.9%	12.8%	7.8%	4.9%	25%	1.63	7.2	31.0	11.6	0.63	75%
1961	30	LAA	AL	178	2.3%	18.5%	6.2%	9.6%	45%	3.00	5.0	41.0	13.7	0.62	72%
1962	31	LAA	AL	57	1.8%	24.6%	3.5%	8.8%	46%	7.00	3.9	55.0	18.3	0.65	70%
1963	32	LAA	AL	194	2.1%	17.0%	8.8%	3.1%	20%	1.94	5.3	43.5	11.6	0.87	71%

1966	35	ATL	NL	10	0.0%	10.0%	10.0%	0.0%	0%	1.00	9.0		9.0	0.17	80%
5 Yrs				541	2.2%	17.4%	7.2%	6.1%	33%	2.41	5.3	41.3	12.7	0.69	72%
MLB Averages					2.3%	14.8%	8.3%	6.4%	29%	1.79	6.0	39.0	8.7	1.07	73%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1960	29	BOS	AL	-5.0	-0.5	104	-0.7	1.1	-1.8	.87	-0.4	-0.4	-6.1	-0.6	0.98	-5.2		0
1961	30	LAA	AL	-8.1	-0.8	188	-0.1	3.6	-3.7	1.07	-0.7	0.6	-12.1	-1.1	0.95	-9.6	1.96	8
1962	31	LAA	AL	-4.0	-0.4	54	-0.4	0.6	-1.0	.96	-0.5	0.1	-4.2	-0.4	0.88	-3.3	0.66	7
1963	32	LAA	AL	-12.7	-1.3	201	-0.5	3.1	-3.6	1.02	-0.9	0.4	-6.3	-0.7	0.95	-8.2	1.67	5

1966	35	ATL	NL	-1.4	-0.2	10	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	.80	-0.1	-0.1	-0.8	-0.1	0.75	-1.5		0
5 Yrs				-31.2	-3.2	557	-1.8	8.4	-10.3	1.00	-2.7	0.8	-29.5	-2.9	0.95	-27.8	1.43	20

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
1960	29	BOS	AL	0	0	27%	32	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	38%	3	1	2	2	1	0	3	2	1
1961	30	LAA	AL	3	0	27%	72	2	3	40%	2	1	0	1	0	1	2	0	3	3	39%	6	5	1	1	1	0	6	2	4
1962	31	LAA	AL	0	0	25%	15	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100%	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0
1963	32	LAA	AL	5	0	47%	87	2	1	67%	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	4	48%	13	8	4	1	1	0	9	2	7

1966	35	ATL	NL	0	0	50%	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
5 Yrs				8	0	34%	207	5	4	56%	5	2	0	1	0	1	3	0	6	11	47%	24	14	9	5	3	1	18	6	12

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
1960	29	BOS	AL	102	33%	20			0	0	0	0		3	0	2	3	0	1	2	0	1	0	0%	19	5	26%	11	1	9%	64	5	8%	5	1	20%	6	3	50%	0
1961	30	LAA	AL	178	33%	38			8	1	0	1	1.96	4	0	3	4	0	1	3	0	2	2	100%	37	3	8%	14	5	36%	112	8	7%	9	3	33%	6	1	17%	0
1962	31	LAA	AL	57	57%	11			7	1	1	1	0.66	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		6	1	17%	3	0	0%	25	2	8%	2	0	0%	0	0		0
1963	32	LAA	AL	194	41%	30			5	1	0	1	1.67	4	0	0	2	2	0	4	0	4	2	50%	39	4	10%	19	4	21%	105	12	11%	7	3	43%	11	4	36%	0

1966	35	ATL	NL	10	40%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		4	1	25%	1	1	100%	0	0		0
5 Yrs				541	38%	100			20	3	1	3	1.43	12	0	5	9	3	3	9	0	7	4	57%	102	13	13%	47	10	21%	310	28	9%	24	8	33%	23	8	35%	0
MLB Averages					52%																			76%			10%			30%			14%			48%			52%

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
1960	29	38	102	93	10	20	2	0	3	8	0	0	8	13	.215	.284	.333	.618	65	31	5	1	0	0	2
1961	30	107	280	257	26	58	15	0	7	20	2	3	19	46	.226	.281	.366	.646	67	94	8	1	2	1	3
1962	31	134	337	312	30	69	19	0	8	23	3	3	21	60	.221	.272	.359	.631	65	112	9	1	2	1	3
1963	32	214	531	486	54	99	20	1	12	38	5	4	38	93	.204	.262	.323	.585	58	157	13	1	4	2	8
1964	33	214	531	486	54	99	20	1	12	38	5	4	38	93	.204	.262	.323	.585	58	157	13	1	4	2	8
1965	34	214	531	486	54	99	20	1	12	38	5	4	38	93	.204	.262	.323	.585	58	157	13	1	4	2	8
1966	35	217	541	495	55	100	20	1	12	39	5	4	39	94	.202	.261	.319	.580	57	158	13	1	4	2	8

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
1960	29	40	106	97	10	20	2	0	3	8	0	8	14	.206	.274	.320	.593	8	38
1961	30	69	175	162	15	36	12	0	4	11	2	10	33	.222	.266	.370	.636	16	69
1962	31	27	57	55	4	11	4	0	1	3	1	2	14	.200	.228	.327	.555	4	27
1963	32	80	199	177	28	33	1	1	4	18	2	19	33	.186	.264	.271	.535	13	80

1966	35	3	10	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.100	.000	.100	0	3
5 Yrs		219	547	500	57	100	19	1	12	40	5	40	95	.200	.260	.314	.574	41	217
162 Game Avg.		162	405	370	42	74	14	1	9	30	4	30	70	.200	.260	.314	.574	30	217

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