Tom Saffell

Thomas Judson Saffell

Positions: Centerfielder and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: July 26, 1921 in Etowah, TN
School: Maryville College (Maryville, TN) (All Transactions)
Debut: July 2, 1949
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Athletics 1949-1955

Final Game: September 25, 1955
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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
1941	19	NPO,KPT	D	23	65	65		15	1	0	0						.231	.231	.246	.477		16							NPO,KPT · APPY
1946	24	BRL,CHS	C,A	130	489	489		154	26	6	5						.315	.315	.423	.738		207							BRL,CHS · CARL,SALL
1947	25	PIT-min	B,AA	119	401	401		140	32	7	7						.349	.349	.516	.865		207							SEL,ATA · SEAL,SOUA
1948	26	PIT-min	AAA	149	669	586	119	175	24	10	6	56	22		66	76	.299	.375	.404	.780		237		6	11				INA · AA
1949	27	PIT-min	AAA	69	273	236	39	65	6	4	9	38	13		35	38	.275	.371	.449	.820		106	2	1	1				INA · AA
1949	27	PIT	NL	73	233	205	36	66	7	1	2	25	5		21	27	.322	.385	.395	.780	108	81	3	0	7			O8/9
1950	28	PIT-min	AAA	85	338	298	49	97	15	3	5	23	11		37	33	.326	.404	.446	.850		133	0	2	1				INA · AA
1950	28	PIT	NL	67	202	182	18	37	7	0	2	6	1		14	34	.203	.264	.275	.539	40	50	1	1	5			O8/9
1951	29	PIT-min	AAA	42	171	150	29	48	5	0	1	14	10		19	19	.320	.404	.373	.777		56	0	2	0				INA · AA
1951	29	PIT	NL	49	71	65	11	13	0	0	1	5	1	1	5	18	.200	.257	.246	.503	35	16	1	0	1			O8/97

1952	30	PIT-min	Opn	154	572	495	62	135	11	6	4	57	16		57	55	.273	.349	.343	.692		170		1	19				HOL · PCL
1953	31	HOL	Opn	170	711	630	100	172	28	6	13	61	29		64	59	.273	.346	.398	.744		251	7	6	11				HOL · PCL
1954	32	PIT-min	Opn	166	664	567	89	158	18	10	8	58	48		72	66	.279	.363	.388	.751		220	7	6	14	5			HOL · PCL
1955	33	TOT	MLB	82	173	150	26	27	1	0	1	4	2	0	19	29	.180	.272	.207	.479	31	31	2	0	4	0	3	8/79
1955	33	PIT	NL	73	132	113	21	19	1	0	1	3	1	0	15	22	.168	.266	.204	.469	28	23	1	0	4	0	3	8/79
1955	33	KCA	AL	9	41	37	5	8	0	0	0	1	1	0	4	7	.216	.293	.216	.509	39	8	1	0	0	0	0	/8
1956	34	LAD-min	Opn	147	615	538	94	156	19	5	4	41	9		63	63	.290	.366	.366	.732		197	10	4	6	4			POR · PCL
1957	35	LAD-min	Opn	135	511	443	65	116	21	0	6	30	7		55	58	.262	.349	.350	.698		155	5	5	6	2			LOS · PCL
1958	36	LAD-min	AAA	142	519	442	62	106	15	10	2	32	5		68	47	.240	.340	.333	.673		147	4	1	5	3			SPO · PCL
1959	37	LAD-min	AAA	46	80	64	13	15	1	1	0	6	3	0	15	6	.234	.380	.281	.661		18		0	1	0			SPO · PCL
1962	40	PIT-min	C	9	9	6	0	3	1	0	0	2	0		3	1	.500	.667	.667	1.333		4		0	0	0			GFK · NORL
1963	41	PIT-min	A	2	3	3		1	0	0	0						.333	.333	.333	.667		1							REN · CALL
1964	42	PIT-min	A	6	4	4		1	0	0	0						.250	.250	.250	.500		1							REN · CALL
4 Yrs				271	679	602	91	143	15	1	6	40	9	1	59	108	.238	.307	.296	.602	60	178	7	1	17	0	3
162 Game Avg.				162	406	360	54	85	9	1	4	24	5		35	65	.238	.307	.296	.602	60	106	4	1	10

PIT (4 yrs)				262	638	565	86	135	15	1	6	39	8	1	55	101	.239	.308	.301	.608	62	170	6	1	17	0	3
KCA (1 yr)				9	41	37	5	8	0	0	0	1	1	0	4	7	.216	.293	.216	.509	39	8	1	0	0	0	0

NL (4 yrs)				262	638	565	86	135	15	1	6	39	8	1	55	101	.239	.308	.301	.608	62	170	6	1	17	0	3
AL (1 yr)				9	41	37	5	8	0	0	0	1	1	0	4	7	.216	.293	.216	.509	39	8	1	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
1949	27	PIT	NL	73	233	3	-1	1	-4	-0	-1	-0.1	8	7	0.7	.499	.499	1.1	-0.4	11	$	O8/9
1950	28	PIT	NL	67	202	-16	-1	1	2	-0	-14	-1.5	7	-8	-0.8	.478	.491	-1.0	0.1	-10	$	O8/9
1951	29	PIT	NL	49	71	-6	-0	0	-2	-0	-9	-0.9	2	-6	-0.7	.481	.494	-0.5	-0.2	-4	$	O8/97

1955	33	PIT	NL	73	132	-12	1	1	-4	-1	-15	-1.6	4	-10	-1.1	.479	.491	-0.6	-0.6	-6	$	8/79
1955	33	KCA	AL	9	41	-2	-1	0	-1	-0	-4	-0.4	1	-3	-0.3	.454	.497	-0.2	-0.1	-2	$	/8
4 Seasons				271	679	-34	-1	4	-9	-2	-42	-4.5	23	-20	-2.2	.484	.495	-1.2	-1.3	-10	$

PIT (4 yrs)				262	638	-32	-0	4	-8	-2	-38	-4.1	22	-17	-1.9	.485	.494	-1.0	-1.2	-8	$
KCA (1 yr)				9	41	-2	-1	0	-1	-0	-4	-0.4	1	-3	-0.3	.454	.497	-0.2	-0.1	-2	$

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
1949	27	PIT	NL	233	149	31	5.6	106	.364	.322	.273	.385	.347	.395	.408	.780	.755	108	.589	2.8	0.3	.754	.200	.073	2.9
1950	28	PIT	NL	202	151	13	2.3	111	.240	.203	.273	.264	.351	.275	.424	.539	.774	40	.211	-16.4	-1.6	.452	.154	.071	1.3
1951	29	PIT	NL	71	55	4	2.0	105	.261	.200	.270	.257	.344	.246	.409	.503	.753	35	.178	-6.2	-0.6	.389	.123	.046	1.0

1955	33	TOT	MLB	173	129	10	2.1	104	.217	.180	.264	.272	.337	.207	.412	.479	.749	31	.185	-14.8	-1.5	.416	.167	.027	1.3
1955	33	PIT	NL	132	99	7	1.9	104	.200	.168	.263	.266	.334	.204	.417	.469	.751	28	.160	-11.6	-1.1	.411	.177	.035	1.0
1955	33	KCA	AL	41	30	3	2.7	103	.267	.216	.266	.293	.346	.216	.397	.509	.743	39	.273	-3.2	-0.3	.433	.135	.000	.0
4 Yrs				679	484	58	3.2	106	.281	.238	.270	.307	.345	.296	.414	.602	.759	60	.338	-34.6	-3.4	.527	.169	.058	7.2
162 Game Avg.				406	289	35	3.2	106	.281	.238	.270	.307	.345	.296	.414	.602	.759	60	.338	-34.6	-3.4	.527	.169	.058	4

PIT (4 yrs)				638	454	55	3.2	107	.282	.239	.271	.308	.345	.301	.415	.608	.760	62	.341	-31.4	-3.1	.533	.172	.062	6.9
KCA (1 yr)				41	30	3	2.7	103	.267	.216	.266	.293	.346	.216	.397	.509	.743	39	.272	-3.2	-0.3	.433	.135	.000	.0

NL (4 yrs)				638	454	55	3.2	107	.282	.239	.271	.308	.345	.301	.415	.608	.760	62	.341	-31.4	-3.1	.533	.172	.062	6.9
AL (1 yr)				41	30	3	2.7	103	.267	.216	.266	.293	.346	.216	.397	.509	.743	39	.272	-3.2	-0.3	.433	.135	.000	.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%
1949	27	PIT	NL	233	0.9%	11.6%	9.0%	4.3%	15%	1.29	7.6	102.5	8.2	1.25	76%
1950	28	PIT	NL	202	1.0%	16.8%	6.9%	4.5%	24%	2.43	5.4	91.0	30.3	1.32	72%
1951	29	PIT	NL	71	1.4%	25.4%	7.0%	1.4%	8%	3.60	3.6	65.0	13.0	1.57	65%

1955	33	TOT	MLB	173	0.6%	16.8%	11.0%	1.2%	7%	1.53	5.2	150.0	37.5	1.66	69%
1955	33	PIT	NL	132	0.8%	16.7%	11.4%	1.5%	11%	1.47	5.1	113.0	37.7	1.74	68%
1955	33	KCA	AL	41	0.0%	17.1%	9.8%	0.0%	0%	1.75	5.3		37.0	1.44	73%
4 Yrs				679	0.9%	15.9%	8.7%	3.2%	15%	1.83	5.6	100.3	15.1	1.43	72%
MLB Averages					2.0%	10.4%	9.7%	6.5%	28%	1.07	8.5	43.5	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
1949	27	PIT	NL	2.8	0.3	146	0.7	2.8	-2.0	1.02	0.2	0.5	7.1	0.7	0.99	2.3	1.08	9
1950	28	PIT	NL	-16.4	-1.6	147	-1.1	1.9	-3.0	1.16	-0.8	-0.1	-9.0	-0.9	0.89	-9.4	1.83	15
1951	29	PIT	NL	-6.2	-0.6	41	-0.1	0.6	-0.7	1.06	-0.2	0.1	-1.6	-0.2	0.87	-2.4	1.33	17

1955	33	TOT	MLB	-14.8	-1.5	154	-1.3	1.5	-2.7	1.05	-1.1	-0.1	-12.6	-1.3	0.98	-11.4	1.40	10
1955	33	PIT	NL	-11.6	-1.1	111	-0.9	1.1	-2.0	1.14	-0.9	0.1	-9.7	-1.0	0.98	-8.7	1.40	10
1955	33	KCA	AL	-3.2	-0.3	43	-0.4	0.3	-0.7	.83	-0.3	-0.2	-2.9	-0.3	0.98	-2.7		0
4 Yrs				-34.6	-3.4	488	-1.7	6.7	-8.5	1.08	-1.9	0.3	-16.1	-1.6	0.94	-20.9	1.45	51

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
1949	27	PIT	NL	2	0	40%	61	5			4	5	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	2	38%	13	10	3	2	1	1	6	2	4
1950	28	PIT	NL	2	0	32%	67	1			1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	22%	6	5	0	1	0	1	2	1	1
1951	29	PIT	NL	1	0	59%	21	1	1	50%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	29%	5	5	0	0	0	0	2	0	2

1955	33	TOT	MLB	3	0	56%	78	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	3	46%	17	12	5	1	1	0	8	1	7
1955	33	PIT	NL	2	0	61%	54	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	55%	12	7	5	1	1	0	7	1	6
1955	33	KCA	AL	1	0	42%	24	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	17%	5	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
4 Yrs				8	0	43%	227	9	1	225%	8	6	0	0	1	0	2	0	6	6	38%	41	32	8	4	2	2	18	4	14

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
1949	27	PIT	NL	233	95%	66			9	4	0	0	1.08	2	1	6	1	0	1	1	0	3	7	233%	27	3	11%	11	7	64%	83	14	17%	5	3	60%	7	2	29%	0
1950	28	PIT	NL	202	88%	37			15	3	0	1	1.83	2	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	5	5	100%	32	1	3%	18	5	28%	75	4	5%	5	3	60%	8	3	38%	0
1951	29	PIT	NL	71	80%	13			17	3	0	1	1.33	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1		7	1	14%	2	1	50%	14	1	7%	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	0

1955	33	TOT	MLB	173	90%	27			10	3	0	0	1.40	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	4	4	100%	28	2	7%	15	3	20%	83	3	4%	3	2	67%	4	2	50%	0
1955	33	PIT	NL	132	93%	19			10	3	0	0	1.40	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	4	4	100%	19	1	5%	9	3	33%	59	2	3%	2	1	50%	4	2	50%	0
1955	33	KCA	AL	41	83%	8			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		9	1	11%	6	0	0%	24	1	4%	1	1	100%	0	0		0
4 Yrs				679	90%	143			51	13	0	2	1.45	6	1	9	3	0	1	5	0	12	17	142%	94	7	7%	46	16	35%	255	22	9%	14	9	64%	20	7	35%	0
MLB Averages					50%																			90%			12%			32%			14%			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
1949	27	73	233	205	36	66	7	1	2	25	5		21	27	.322	.385	.395	.780	108	81	3	0	7
1950	28	140	435	387	54	103	14	1	4	31	6		35	61	.266	.329	.339	.667	76	131	4	1	12
1951	29	189	506	452	65	116	14	1	5	36	7	1	40	79	.257	.318	.325	.644	70	147	5	1	13
1952	30	189	506	452	65	116	14	1	5	36	7	1	40	79	.257	.318	.325	.644	70	147	5	1	13
1953	31	189	506	452	65	116	14	1	5	36	7	1	40	79	.257	.318	.325	.644	70	147	5	1	13
1954	32	189	506	452	65	116	14	1	5	36	7	1	40	79	.257	.318	.325	.644	70	147	5	1	13
1955	33	271	679	602	91	143	15	1	6	40	9	1	59	108	.238	.307	.296	.602	60	178	7	1	17	0	3

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1949	27	76	239	211	36	67	7	1	2	25	5	21	28	.318	.379	.389	.768	31	73
1950	28	70	209	189	17	37	7	0	2	6	1	14	36	.196	.255	.265	.519	13	67
1951	29	51	73	67	11	13	0	0	1	5	1	5	19	.194	.250	.239	.489	4	49

1955	33	86	179	156	26	27	1	0	1	4	2	19	30	.173	.263	.199	.462	8	82
4 Yrs		283	700	623	90	144	15	1	6	40	9	59	113	.231	.299	.287	.586	56	271
162 Game Avg.		162	401	357	52	82	9	1	3	23	5	34	65	.231	.299	.287	.586	32	271

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