Joe Schaffernoth

Joseph Arthur Schaffernoth

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: August 6, 1937 in Trenton, NJ
High School: Dayton HS (Trenton, NJ)
Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent in 1956. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 15, 1959
Teams (by GP): Cubs/Indians 1959-1961

Final Game: September 30, 1961
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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
1956	18	CHC-min	D	37	96	96		28	2	2	2						.292	.292	.417	.708		40							PRS · MIDW
1957	19	CHC-min	A	32	64	64		14	4	0	1						.219	.219	.328	.547		21							DMO · WL
1958	20	CHC-min	A	31	42	42		13	3	0	1						.310	.310	.452	.762		19							PBO · WL
1959	21	CHC-min	AAA	18	17	17	0	3	1	0	0	2	0		0	7	.176	.176	.235	.412		4		0	0	0	0		FTW · AA
1959	21	CHC	NL	5	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1960	22	CHC-min	AAA	21	34	34	3	3	1	0	0	1	0		0	15	.088	.088	.118	.206		4							HSN · AA
1960	22	CHC	NL	33	8	7	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.286	.286	.286	.571	59	2	0	0	1	0	0	1
1961	23	CLE-min	AAA	7	4	4		2									.500	.500											SLC · PCL
1961	23	TOT	MLB	36	6	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1961	23	CHC	NL	21	5	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1961	23	CLE	AL	15	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1962	24	CLE-min	AAA	31	83	76	3	15	1	1	0	4	0	0	1	24	.197	.208	.237	.445		18		0	6	0			JCK · IL
1963	25	CLE-min	AAA	17	32	31	3	10	1	0	1	6	0	0	1	10	.323	.344	.452	.795		14							JCK · IL
3 Yrs				74	16	16	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	.125	.125	.125	.250	-32	2	0	0	1	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	35	35	2	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	11	.125	.125	.125	.250	-32	4	0	0	2	0	0

CHC (3 yrs)				59	15	15	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	.133	.133	.133	.267	-27	2	0	0	1	0	0
CLE (1 yr)				15	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0

NL (3 yrs)				59	15	15	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	.133	.133	.133	.267	-27	2	0	0	1	0	0
AL (1 yr)				15	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	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
1959	21	CHC	NL	5	2	-1	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.491	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	/1
1960	22	CHC	NL	33	8	-0	0	0	0	1	0	0.0	0	1	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	1	$	1
1961	23	CHC	NL	21	5	-1	0	0	0	1	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.496	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$	1
1961	23	CLE	AL	15	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.499	.500	0.0	-0.0	-0	$	1
3 Seasons				74	16	-3	0	0	0	2	-1	-0.1	1	-0	-0.1	.499	.500	-0.1	-0.0	-0	$

CHC (3 yrs)				59	15	-2	0	0	0	2	-1	-0.1	1	-0	-0.1	.499	.500	-0.1	0.0	-0	$
CLE (1 yr)				15	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.499	.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
1959	21	CHC	NL	2	3	0	0.0	103	.000	.000	.268	.000	.334	.000	.415	.000	.748	-100	.000	-0.8	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1960	22	CHC	NL	8	6	1	4.5	98	.400	.286	.261	.286	.326	.286	.400	.571	.727	59	.512	-0.4	-0.0	.400	.000	.000
1961	23	TOT	MLB	6	6	0	0.0	105	.000	.000	.268	.000	.336	.000	.418	.000	.754	-100	.000	-1.7	-0.2	.000	.000	.000
1961	23	CHC	NL	5	5	0	0.0	106	.000	.000	.270	.000	.337	.000	.421	.000	.757	-100	.000	-1.4	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1961	23	CLE	AL	1	1	0	0.0	101		.000	.260	.000	.335	.000	.405	.000	.740	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
3 Yrs				16	15	1	1.8	101	.182	.125	.265	.125	.332	.125	.410	.250	.741	-32	.156	-3.0	-0.3	.143	.000	.000
162 Game Avg.				35	33	2	1.8	101	.182	.125	.265	.125	.332	.125	.410	.250	.741	-32	.156	-3.0	-0.3	.143	.000	.000

CHC (3 yrs)				15	14	1	1.9	101	.182	.133	.265	.133	.331	.133	.410	.267	.741	-27	.173	-2.7	-0.3	.154	.000	.000
CLE (1 yr)				1	1	0	0.0	101		.000	.260	.000	.335	.000	.405	.000	.740	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000

NL (3 yrs)				15	14	1	1.9	101	.182	.133	.265	.133	.331	.133	.410	.267	.741	-27	.173	-2.7	-0.3	.154	.000	.000
AL (1 yr)				1	1	0	0.0	101		.000	.260	.000	.335	.000	.405	.000	.740	-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	GO/AO	IP%
1959	21	CHC	NL	2	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%			3.0			0.00	100%
1960	22	CHC	NL	8	0.0%	25.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		3.5		7.0	3.00	63%
1961	23	TOT	MLB	6	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%	0.0%			3.0			0.50	67%
1961	23	CHC	NL	5	0.0%	20.0%	0.0%	0.0%			5.0			0.50	80%
1961	23	CLE	AL	1	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.0				0%
3 Yrs				16	0.0%	31.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		3.2		16.0	1.00	69%
MLB Averages					2.4%	13.5%	8.9%	6.7%	29%	1.53	6.6	37.3	8.2	1.04	74%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI
1959	21	CHC	NL	-0.9	-0.1	2	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.48	-0.1	-0.0	-0.4	-0.0	0.68	-0.6
1960	22	CHC	NL	-0.4	-0.0	8	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.82	-0.0	-0.1	-0.2	-0.0	0.88	-0.3
1961	23	TOT	MLB	-1.7	-0.2	6	0.1	0.1	-0.0	.83	-0.1	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.68	-0.9
1961	23	CHC	NL	-1.4	-0.1	5	0.1	0.1	-0.0	1.00	-0.1	0.1	0.4	0.0	0.64	-0.6
1961	23	CLE	AL	-0.3	-0.0	1	0.0	0.0	0.0	.01	-0.0	0.0	-0.3	-0.0	0.86	-0.3
3 Yrs				-3.0	-0.3	16	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	.78	-0.2	0.1	-0.4	-0.0	0.78	-1.8

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	RS%	SBO	OOB	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2
1959	21	CHC	NL		0	0		0	0
1960	22	CHC	NL	0%	2	1		0	0
1961	23	TOT	MLB		0	0	0%	1	1
1961	23	CHC	NL		0	0	0%	1	1
1961	23	CLE	AL		0	0		0	0
3 Yrs				50%	2	1	0%	1	1

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
1959	21	CHC	NL	2	0%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1960	22	CHC	NL	8	25%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	2	0	0%	2	1	50%	3	1	33%	0	0		0	0		0
1961	23	TOT	MLB	6	50%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		2	0	0%	0	0		1	1	100%	0
1961	23	CHC	NL	5	60%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		2	0	0%	0	0		1	1	100%	0
1961	23	CLE	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
3 Yrs				16	31%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	3	0	0%	2	1	50%	6	1	17%	0	0		1	1	100%	0
MLB Averages					50%																			75%			10%			31%			14%			50%			54%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	SH
1959	21	5	2	3	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0
1960	22	38	10	10	0	2	1	3	.200	.200	.200	.400	10	2	1
1961	23	74	16	16	1	2	1	5	.125	.125	.125	.250	-32	2	1

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1959	21	5	3	3	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	5
1960	22	34	9	8	0	3	2	2	.375	.375	.375	.750	1	33
1961	23	37	6	6	1	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	36
3 Yrs		76	18	17	1	3	2	5	.176	.176	.176	.353	1	74
162 Game Avg.		162	38	36	2	6	4	11	.176	.176	.176	.353	2	74

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