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Bob Savage

John Robert Savage

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: December 1, 1921 in Manchester, NH (All Transactions)
Debut: June 24, 1942
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Browns 1942-1949

Final Game: May 4, 1949
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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
1942 20 PHA AL 8 11 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 .111 .273 .111 .384 11 1 0 0 0 /1
1946 24 PHA AL 40 53 41 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 22 .122 .308 .122 .430 24 5 0 0 1 1
1947 25 PHA AL 44 44 40 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 18 .050 .095 .050 .145 -59 2 0 0 2 1
1948 26 PHA AL 33 18 13 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 .077 .250 .077 .327 -11 1 0 0 2 1
1949 27 SLB AL 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 /1
5 Yrs 129 127 104 6 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 51 .087 .221 .087 .308 -13 9 0 0 5
162 Game Avg. 162 159 131 8 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 64 .087 .221 .087 .308 -13 11 0 0 6
PHA (4 yrs) 125 126 103 6 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 50 .087 .223 .087 .311 -12 9 0 0 5
SLB (1 yr) 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 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 Awards
1942 20 PHA AL 8 11 -1 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /1
1946 24 PHA AL 40 53 -4 0 0 0 5 1 0.1 1 3 0.1 .503 .501 0.1 0.0 3 $ 1
1947 25 PHA AL 44 44 -9 0 0 0 5 -4 -0.5 1 -3 -0.5 .489 .497 -0.5 -0.0 -3 $ 1
1948 26 PHA AL 33 18 -2 -0 0 0 2 -1 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .498 .500 -0.1 0.0 -0 $ 1
1949 27 SLB AL 4 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .495 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $ /1
5 Seasons 129 127 -17 -0 0 0 13 -4 -0.4 3 -1 -0.5 .497 .499 -0.5 -0.0 -1 $
PHA (4 yrs) 125 126 -16 -0 0 0 13 -4 -0.4 3 -0 -0.5 .497 .499 -0.5 -0.0 -0 $
SLB (1 yr) 4 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .495 .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
1942 20 PHA AL 11 8 0 0.0 94 .200 .111 .264 .273 .339 .111 .370 .384 .709 11 .000 -1.0 -0.1 .375 .222 .000
1946 24 PHA AL 53 37 2 1.4 94 .263 .122 .261 .308 .335 .122 .376 .430 .711 24 .126 -3.6 -0.4 .444 .268 .000
1947 25 PHA AL 44 40 0 0.0 98 .091 .050 .264 .095 .344 .050 .379 .145 .723 -59 .000 -8.8 -0.9 .105 .050 .000
1948 26 PHA AL 18 14 0 0.0 106 .143 .077 .274 .250 .360 .077 .396 .327 .756 -11 .000 -2.1 -0.2 .333 .231 .000
1949 27 SLB AL 1 1 0 0.0 111 .000 .277 .000 .370 .000 .402 .000 .772 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
5 Yrs 127 100 2 0.5 97 .170 .087 .264 .221 .342 .087 .380 .308 .722 -13 .022 -15.9 -1.6 .284 .173 .000
162 Game Avg. 159 126 3 0.5 97 .170 .087 .264 .221 .342 .087 .380 .308 .722 -13 .022 -15.9 -1.6 .284 .173 .000
PHA (4 yrs) 126 99 2 0.5 97 .170 .087 .264 .223 .342 .087 .379 .311 .721 -12 .023 -15.6 -1.6 .287 .175 .000
SLB (1 yr) 1 1 0 0.0 111 .000 .277 .000 .370 .000 .402 .000 .772 -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 GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1942 20 PHA AL 11 0.0% 36.4% 18.2% 0.0% 0% 2.00 2.3 45%
1946 24 PHA AL 53 0.0% 41.5% 20.8% 0.0% 0% 2.00 1.9 36%
1947 25 PHA AL 44 0.0% 40.9% 4.6% 0.0% 0% 9.00 2.2 50%
1948 26 PHA AL 18 0.0% 33.3% 16.7% 0.0% 0% 2.00 2.2 1.50 39%
1949 27 SLB AL 1 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.0 0%
5 Yrs 127 0.0% 40.2% 14.2% 0.0% 0% 2.83 2.0 1.50 42%
MLB Averages 1.3% 9.2% 9.3% 5.9% 26% 0.99 9.7 67.2 8.7 0.97 78%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1942 20 PHA AL -1.0 -0.1 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1946 24 PHA AL -3.6 -0.4 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1947 25 PHA AL -8.9 -0.9 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1948 26 PHA AL -2.1 -0.2 10 -0.0 0.0 -0.1 .50 -0.1 0.0 -1.2 -0.1 0.66 -1.4 0
1949 27 SLB AL -0.3 -0.0 1 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .32 -0.0 -0.0 -0.1 -0.0 0.39 -0.3 0
5 Yrs -15.9 -1.6 11 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .48 -0.1 0.0 -1.3 -0.1 0.64 -1.7 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
1948 26 PHA AL 0 0 50% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1949 27 SLB 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
5 Yrs 0 0 22% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 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
1948 26 PHA AL 18 40% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 1 0 0% 2 1 50% 3 0 0% 0 0 1 1 100% 0
1949 27 SLB AL 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 0 0
5 Yrs 19 36% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 250% 1 0 0% 2 1 50% 3 0 0% 0 0 1 1 100% 0
MLB Averages 52% 533% 56% 34% 15% 51% 56%

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
1942 20 8 11 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 .111 .273 .111 .384 11 1 0 0 0
1943 21 8 11 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 .111 .273 .111 .384 11 1 0 0 0
1944 22 8 11 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 .111 .273 .111 .384 11 1 0 0 0
1945 23 8 11 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 .111 .273 .111 .384 11 1 0 0 0
1946 24 48 64 50 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 26 .120 .302 .120 .422 22 6 0 0 1
1947 25 92 108 90 4 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 44 .089 .219 .089 .308 -12 8 0 0 3
1948 26 125 126 103 6 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 50 .087 .223 .087 .311 -12 9 0 0 5
1949 27 129 127 104 6 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 51 .087 .221 .087 .308 -13 9 0 0 5

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
1942 20 8 12 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 .000 .167 .000 .167 0 8
1946 24 42 58 44 4 6 0 0 0 0 0 13 23 .136 .333 .136 .470 2 40
1947 25 46 46 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 19 .000 .045 .000 .045 0 44
1948 26 34 19 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 .000 .176 .000 .176 0 33
1949 27 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 4
5 Yrs 134 136 111 4 6 0 0 0 0 0 20 53 .054 .198 .054 .253 2 129
162 Game Avg. 162 164 134 5 7 0 0 0 0 0 24 64 .054 .198 .054 .253 2 129

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Youngest s c a p y
1942 AL  born 1921-12-01 (6th)

                                         

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