Mike Sandlock

Michael Joseph Sandlock

Positions: Catcher, Shortstop and Third Baseman
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: October 17, 1915 in Old Greenwich, CT (All Transactions)
Debut: September 19, 1942
Teams (by GP): Dodgers/Pirates/Braves 1942-1953

Final Game: September 27, 1953
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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	Pos	Awards
1938	22	HUN	D	114	380	380		105	18	2	5						.276	.276	.374	.650		142						HUN · MTNS
1939	23	ATL-min	D,A	94	307	307		92	14	6	8						.300	.300	.463	.762		142						BDF,HFD · PONY,EL
1940	24	ATL-min	A	49	111	111		26	4	1	0						.234	.234	.288	.523		32						HFD · EL
1941	25	ATL-min	B	80	222	222		72	9	3	1						.324	.324	.405	.730		90						EVN · IIIL
1942	26	ATL-min	B	120	445	445		136	27	12	4						.306	.306	.447	.753		199						EVN · IIIL
1942	26	BSN	NL	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	494	1	0	0	0		/6

1944	28	LAD-min	AA	35	137	120	17	37	5	0	1	15	0		15	16	.308	.385	.375	.760		45	1	0	2			STP · AA
1944	28	BSN	NL	30	37	30	1	3	0	0	0	2	0		5	3	.100	.250	.100	.350	-0	3	1	1	1		5/6
1945	29	BRO	NL	80	218	195	21	55	14	2	2	17	2		18	19	.282	.346	.405	.751	109	79	3	1	4		26/45
1946	30	LAD-min	AAA	37	85	79	12	14	2	1	1	11	0		5	10	.177	.226	.266	.492		21	0	0	1			STP · AA
1946	30	BRO	NL	19	39	34	1	5	0	0	0	0	0		3	4	.147	.216	.147	.363	4	5	0	0	2		2/5

1947	31	LAD-min	AAA	101	332	298	34	66	9	2	0	36	0		26	11	.221	.286	.265	.551		79		1	7			MTL · IL
1948	32	LAD-min	AAA	79	239	201	26	53	11	0	0	23	1		37	18	.264	.378	.318	.697		64		0	1			MTL · IL
1949	33	LAD-min	AAA	118	418	379	33	92	14	0	1	54	0		35	30	.243	.307	.288	.594		109		0	4			HOL · PCL
1950	34	LAD-min	AAA	140	469	411	39	122	23	1	2	32	3		49	33	.297	.373	.372	.745		153		1	8			HOL · PCL
1951	35	HOL	AAA	90	353	311	31	77	17	0	3	38	0		34	24	.248	.330	.331	.661		103		4	4			HOL · PCL
1952	36	PIT-min	Opn	111	421	374	36	107	9	2	0	31	1		36	22	.286	.350	.321	.671		120		1	10			HOL · PCL
1953	37	PIT	NL	64	202	186	10	43	5	0	0	12	0	0	12	19	.231	.281	.258	.539	42	48	3	1	3		2
1954	38	PHI-min	Opn,AAA	81	269	230	10	42	7	1	0	22	0		28	25	.183	.270	.222	.492		51	6	0	10	1		SDG,SYR · PCL,IL
5 Yrs				195	497	446	34	107	19	2	2	31	2	0	38	45	.240	.304	.305	.609	66	136	7	3	10
162 Game Avg.				162	413	371	28	89	16	2	2	26	2		32	37	.240	.304	.305	.609	66	113	6	2	8

BSN (2 yrs)				32	38	31	2	4	0	0	0	2	0		5	3	.129	.270	.129	.399	13	4	1	1	1
BRO (2 yrs)				99	257	229	22	60	14	2	2	17	2		21	23	.262	.327	.367	.694	94	84	3	1	6
PIT (1 yr)				64	202	186	10	43	5	0	0	12	0	0	12	19	.231	.281	.258	.539	42	48	3	1	3

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
1942	26	BSN	NL	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	0	0	0.1	.523	.500	0.1	0.0	0	$	/6

1944	28	BSN	NL	30	37	-4	0	0	0	0	-3	-0.4	1	-2	-0.3	.488	.498	-0.3	0.1	-2	$	5/6
1945	29	BRO	NL	80	218	2	-0	0	-1	3	4	0.4	6	11	1.1	.506	.503	1.2	0.3	12	$	26/45
1946	30	BRO	NL	19	39	-4	0	0	0	0	-4	-0.4	1	-2	-0.3	.476	.497	-0.3	0.0	-3	$	2/5

1953	37	PIT	NL	64	202	-17	-1	1	1	2	-14	-1.4	7	-7	-0.7	.479	.492	-0.8	0.3	-8	$	2
5 Seasons				195	497	-22	-1	1	0	6	-16	-1.7	16	-1	-0.1	.491	.498	-0.1	0.6	-0	$

BSN (2 yrs)				32	38	-3	0	0	0	0	-3	-0.3	1	-2	-0.2	.490	.499	-0.2	0.1	-2	$
BRO (2 yrs)				99	257	-2	-0	0	-1	4	0	0.0	8	8	0.8	.500	.500	0.9	0.3	9	$
PIT (1 yr)				64	202	-17	-1	1	1	2	-14	-1.4	7	-7	-0.7	.479	.492	-0.8	0.3	-8	$

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
1942	26	BSN	NL	1	0	1		84	1.000	1.000	.253	1.000	.324	1.000	.351	2.000	.675	494	.000	0.5	0.0		.000	.000

1944	28	BSN	NL	37	29	1	0.9	97	.111	.100	.273	.250	.340	.100	.383	.350	.723	-0	.060	-4.0	-0.4	.321	.167	.000
1945	29	BRO	NL	218	147	27	4.9	96	.305	.282	.272	.346	.342	.405	.375	.751	.717	109	.563	2.5	0.2	.699	.226	.123	2.0
1946	30	BRO	NL	39	31	1	0.9	94	.167	.147	.264	.216	.339	.147	.369	.363	.709	4	.056	-4.4	-0.5	.276	.088	.000

1953	37	PIT	NL	202	149	13	2.3	109	.257	.231	.273	.281	.344	.258	.426	.539	.770	42	.206	-15.6	-1.5	.418	.091	.027
5 Yrs				497	356	43	3.2	101	.263	.240	.272	.304	.342	.305	.396	.609	.739	66	.353	-21.0	-2.1	.517	.155	.065	2.0
162 Game Avg.				413	296	36	3.2	101	.263	.240	.272	.304	.342	.305	.396	.609	.739	66	.353	-21.0	-2.1	.517	.155	.065	2

BSN (2 yrs)				38	29	2	1.9	97	.143	.129	.272	.270	.340	.129	.382	.399	.722	13	.183	-3.5	-0.4	.357	.161	.000
BRO (2 yrs)				257	178	28	4.2	95	.284	.262	.271	.327	.341	.367	.374	.694	.716	94	.497	-1.9	-0.2	.628	.205	.105	2.0
PIT (1 yr)				202	149	13	2.3	109	.257	.231	.273	.281	.344	.258	.426	.539	.770	42	.206	-15.6	-1.5	.418	.091	.027

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1942	26	BSN	NL	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%						100%

1944	28	BSN	NL	37	0.0%	8.1%	13.5%	0.0%	0%	0.60	10.0		15.0		73%
1945	29	BRO	NL	218	0.9%	8.7%	8.3%	8.3%	33%	1.06	10.3	97.5	11.5		80%
1946	30	BRO	NL	39	0.0%	10.3%	7.7%	0.0%	0%	1.33	8.5				77%

1953	37	PIT	NL	202	0.0%	9.4%	5.9%	2.5%	12%	1.58	9.8		15.5	1.33	83%
5 Yrs				497	0.4%	9.1%	7.7%	4.6%	22%	1.18	9.9	223.0	14.4	1.33	80%
MLB Averages					1.6%	9.6%	9.4%	6.1%	27%	1.02	9.3	57.1	8.5	0.97	78%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1942	26	BSN	NL	0.5	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0

1944	28	BSN	NL	-4.0	-0.4	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1945	29	BRO	NL	2.5	0.2	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1946	30	BRO	NL	-4.4	-0.5	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0

1953	37	PIT	NL	-15.6	-1.5	146	-1.7	1.3	-3.0	1.01	-1.4	-0.3	-13.8	-1.3	0.91	-16.0	0
5 Yrs				-21.0	-2.1	146	-1.7	1.3	-3.0	1.01	-1.4	-0.3	-13.8	-1.3	0.91	-16.0	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%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1953	37	PIT	NL	1	0	18%	43	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0%	5	4	0	1	1	0	2	1	0
5 Yrs				1	0	22%	43	2	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0%	5	4	0	1	1	0	2	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
1953	37	PIT	NL	202	100%	43			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	100%	31	3	10%	14	5	36%	88	9	10%	8	4	50%	4	3	75%	0
5 Yrs				202	100%	107			0	0	0	0		2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	10	333%	31	7	23%	14	5	36%	88	9	10%	8	4	50%	4	3	75%	0
MLB Averages					51%																			220%			24%			33%			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
1942	26	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	494	1	0	0	0
1943	27	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	494	1	0	0	0
1944	28	32	38	31	2	4	0	0	0	2	0		5	3	.129	.270	.129	.399	13	4	1	1	1
1945	29	112	256	226	23	59	14	2	2	19	2		23	22	.261	.335	.367	.702	96	83	4	2	5
1946	30	131	295	260	24	64	14	2	2	19	2		26	26	.246	.319	.338	.658	84	88	4	2	7
1947	31	131	295	260	24	64	14	2	2	19	2		26	26	.246	.319	.338	.658	84	88	4	2	7
1948	32	131	295	260	24	64	14	2	2	19	2		26	26	.246	.319	.338	.658	84	88	4	2	7
1949	33	131	295	260	24	64	14	2	2	19	2		26	26	.246	.319	.338	.658	84	88	4	2	7
1950	34	131	295	260	24	64	14	2	2	19	2		26	26	.246	.319	.338	.658	84	88	4	2	7
1951	35	131	295	260	24	64	14	2	2	19	2		26	26	.246	.319	.338	.658	84	88	4	2	7
1952	36	131	295	260	24	64	14	2	2	19	2		26	26	.246	.319	.338	.658	84	88	4	2	7
1953	37	195	497	446	34	107	19	2	2	31	2	0	38	45	.240	.304	.305	.609	66	136	7	3	10

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
1942	26	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	2

1944	28	31	41	32	2	4	0	0	0	3	0	7	3	.125	.300	.125	.425	1	30
1945	29	84	227	203	22	57	15	2	2	18	2	19	20	.281	.345	.404	.749	28	80
1946	30	20	40	35	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	.143	.211	.143	.353	1	19

1953	37	66	208	192	10	44	5	0	0	12	0	12	20	.229	.278	.255	.533	14	64
5 Yrs		203	517	463	36	111	20	2	2	33	2	41	47	.240	.306	.305	.610	45	195
162 Game Avg.		162	413	369	29	89	16	2	2	26	2	33	38	.240	.306	.305	.610	36	195

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Oldest s c a p y 1953 NL born 1915-10-17 (7th)

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1953 NL born 1915-10-17 (7th)

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