Jerry Scala

Gerard Michael Scala

Position: Centerfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 178 lb.

Born: September 27, 1924 in Bayonne, NJ
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1942. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 22, 1948
Team: WhiteSox 1948-1950

Final Game: September 26, 1950
Died: December 14, 1993 in Fallston, MD
Buried: Lorraine Park Cemetery, Baltimore, MD
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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
1942	17	NYY-min	D	9	38	38		6									.158	.158										BUT · PASA
1946	21	SFG-min	C	95	327	327		111	27	9	2						.339	.339	.495	.835		162						ERI · MATL
1947	22	CHW-min	B	125	481	481		163	28	15	3						.339	.339	.478	.817		230						WLO · IIIL
1948	23	CHW-min	AA	68	237	237		81	13	6	1						.342	.342	.460	.802		109						MEM · SOUA
1948	23	CHW	AL	3	6	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0		/8O
1949	24	PIT-min	AAA	80	343	302	47	103	12	7	3	40	4		34	26	.341	.413	.457	.870		138	15	3	4			INA · AA
1949	24	CHW	AL	37	139	120	17	30	7	1	1	13	3	3	17	19	.250	.348	.350	.698	88	42	0	1	1		O8/7
1950	25	OAK-min	AAA	45	185	161	16	50	9	2	0	23	0		22	11	.311	.393	.391	.785		63		0	2			BFL · IL
1950	25	CHW	AL	40	77	67	8	13	2	1	0	6	0	0	10	10	.194	.299	.254	.552	44	17	2	0	0		O8/7
1951	26	CHW-min	AAA	124	471	418	62	113	17	6	2	33	8		50	27	.270	.348	.354	.702		148		0	3			SAC · PCL
1952	27	PHI-min	AAA	141	580	486	61	121	20	9	1	44	6		76	41	.249	.354	.333	.687		162		3	15			BLT · IL
1953	28	OAK-min	AAA	103	414	373	43	107	14	3	2	35	5		33	29	.287	.346	.357	.703		133		1	7			OTT · IL
1954	29	OAK-min	AAA	127	496	411	48	118	15	5	1	42	0		69	27	.287	.388	.355	.743		146		0	14	2		OTT · IL
1955	30	OAK-min	AAA	3	3	3		1									.333	.333										CLB · IL
3 Yrs				80	222	193	26	43	9	2	1	19	3	3	27	32	.223	.321	.306	.627	67	59	2	1	1
162 Game Avg.				162	450	391	53	87	18	4	2	38	6	6	55	65	.223	.321	.306	.627	67	119	4	2	2

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
1948	23	CHW	AL	3	6	-2	0	0	0	0	-2	-0.2	0	-2	-0.2	.441	.499	-0.2	0.0	-2	$	/8O
1949	24	CHW	AL	37	139	-2	0	0	-1	-0	-3	-0.3	4	1	0.1	.493	.498	0.2	-0.1	2	$	O8/7
1950	25	CHW	AL	40	77	-6	-0	1	-2	-0	-7	-0.7	2	-5	-0.5	.483	.496	-0.3	-0.2	-3	$	O8/7
3 Seasons				80	222	-9	-0	1	-3	-1	-11	-1.1	6	-6	-0.6	.486	.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
1948	23	CHW	AL	6	6	0	0.0	102	.000	.000	.268	.000	.353	.000	.388	.000	.740	-100	.000	-1.7	-0.2	.000	.000	.000
1949	24	CHW	AL	139	94	14	4.0	103	.290	.250	.266	.348	.357	.350	.386	.698	.743	88	.435	-1.7	-0.2	.645	.242	.100	1.5
1950	25	CHW	AL	77	56	5	2.4	111	.228	.194	.275	.299	.361	.254	.412	.552	.773	44	.206	-5.6	-0.5	.482	.209	.060
3 Yrs				222	156	19	3.2	106	.263	.223	.269	.321	.358	.306	.395	.627	.754	67	.334	-9.0	-0.9	.561	.223	.083	1.5
162 Game Avg.				450	316	38	3.2	106	.263	.223	.269	.321	.358	.306	.395	.627	.754	67	.334	-9.0	-0.9	.561	.223	.083	3

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1948	23	CHW	AL	6	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%			2.0				50%
1949	24	CHW	AL	139	0.7%	13.7%	12.2%	6.5%	30%	1.12	6.3	120.0	9.2	1.09	72%
1950	25	CHW	AL	77	0.0%	13.0%	13.0%	3.9%	23%	1.00	6.7		11.2	1.67	74%
3 Yrs				222	0.5%	14.4%	12.2%	5.4%	28%	1.19	6.0	193.0	10.2	1.29	72%
MLB Averages					1.9%	9.5%	10.3%	6.5%	28%	0.93	9.2	47.6	7.8	0.97	77%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1948	23	CHW	AL	-1.7	-0.2	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1949	24	CHW	AL	-1.7	-0.2	96	0.4	1.9	-1.5	1.13	-0.2	0.5	0.4	0.0	0.95	-1.9	0.76	5
1950	25	CHW	AL	-5.6	-0.5	51	-0.9	0.4	-1.3	1.15	-0.5	-0.2	-7.4	-0.7	1.06	-6.4	1.09	2
3 Yrs				-9.0	-0.9	147	-0.5	2.3	-2.8	1.13	-0.7	0.2	-7.0	-0.7	0.99	-8.3	0.85	7

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	2^ndS	2^ndSH
1948	23	CHW	AL	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1949	24	CHW	AL	3	34%	32	3	3	50%	1	1	3	1	65%	9	4	5	2	2	6	6
1950	25	CHW	AL	0	35%	25	0	0		0	0	1	0	38%	7	4	2	0	0	1	1
3 Yrs				3	36%	57	3	3	50%	1	1	4	1	56%	16	8	7	2	2	7	7

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	23	CHW	AL	6		0				0	0			0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0			0	0		0	0		0
1949	24	CHW	AL	139	69%	30			5	1	0	0	0.76	1	0	4	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	100%	14	0	0%	8	3	38%	56	11	20%	7	4	57%	3	1	33%	0
1950	25	CHW	AL	77	69%	13			2	0	0	0	1.09	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	16	2	13%	7	1	14%	42	3	7%	3	2	67%	1	0	0%	0
3 Yrs				222	69%	43			7	1	0	0	0.85	1	0	6	1	0	0	1	0	2	1	50%	30	2	7%	15	4	27%	98	14	14%	10	6	60%	4	1	25%	0
MLB Averages					51%																			113%			14%			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
1948	23	3	6	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0
1949	24	40	145	126	18	30	7	1	1	13	3	3	17	22	.238	.333	.333	.667	80	42	0	1	1
1950	25	80	222	193	26	43	9	2	1	19	3	3	27	32	.223	.321	.306	.627	67	59	2	1	1

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
1948	23	3	6	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	3
1949	24	39	145	125	17	31	7	1	1	13	3	18	20	.248	.347	.344	.691	15	37
1950	25	42	79	69	8	13	2	1	0	6	0	10	10	.188	.291	.246	.538	5	40
3 Yrs		84	230	200	26	44	9	2	1	19	3	28	33	.220	.319	.300	.619	20	80
162 Game Avg.		162	444	386	50	85	17	4	2	37	6	54	64	.220	.319	.300	.619	39	80

* 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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