Johnny Schaive

John Edward Schaive

Positions: Third Baseman, Pinch Hitter and Second Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 8", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: February 25, 1934 in Springfield, IL
Signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent in 1953. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 19, 1958
Team: Senators 1958-1963

Final Game: April 19, 1963
Died: May 11, 2009 in Springfield, IL
Cremated
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All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial…

All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial…

Standard Batting

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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
1952	18	-min	D	22	79	79		15	2	0	1						.190	.190	.253	.443		20						THV · GAFL
1953	19	CHW-min	D	16	50	50		10	3	2	1						.200	.200	.400	.600		20						WRA · WISL
1954	20	-min	D	40	118	118		32	7	0	4						.271	.271	.432	.703		51						DEC · MSOH
1955	21	MIN-min	D	126	535	535		178	41	5	14						.333	.333	.507	.839		271						ERI · PONY
1956	22	MIN-min	AA	91	363	363		109	15	5	2						.300	.300	.386	.686		140						CNG · SOUA
1958	24	MIN-min	AA	142	585	585		172	22	7	6						.294	.294	.386	.680		226						CNG · SOUA
1958	24	WSH	AL	7	25	24	1	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	.250	.280	.250	.530	49	6	3	0	0	0	0	/4
1959	25	MIN-min	AA,AAA	154	659	625	70	179	26	5	6	62	2		18	31	.286	.309	.373	.682		233		5	6	5	9	CNG,DEN · SOUA,AA
1959	25	WSH	AL	16	61	59	3	9	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	7	.153	.167	.186	.353	-3	11	0	1	1	0	0	4
1960	26	MIN-min	AAA	138	567	541	70	170	26	3	9	78	2		26	36	.314	.346	.423	.769		229						CHL · AA
1960	26	WSH	AL	6	12	12	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.250	.250	.333	.583	56	4	1	0	0	0	0	/4

1962	28	WSA	AL	82	235	225	20	57	15	1	6	29	0	1	6	25	.253	.270	.409	.679	80	92	11	0	2	2	1	5/4
1963	29	TEX-CLE-min	AA,AAA	76	204	195	25	61	11	1	4	27	2	0	9	14	.313	.343	.441	.784		86						YOR,JCK · EL,IL
1963	29	WSA	AL	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
1964	30	MIN-min	AAA,AA	85	29	25	1	7	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	.280	.379	.400	.779		10		1	0	0		ATA,REY · IL,MEX
1966	32	-min	AA	126																								MTY · MEX
5 Seasons				114	336	323	25	75	18	1	6	32	0	1	7	40	.232	.249	.350	.599	61	113	15	1	3	2	1
162 Game Avg.				162	477	459	36	107	26	1	9	45	0	1	10	57	.232	.249	.350	.599	61	161	21	1	4	3	1

WSH (3 yrs)				29	98	95	5	18	3	0	0	3	0	0	1	14	.189	.206	.221	.427	18	21	4	1	1	0	0
WSA (2 yrs)				85	238	228	20	57	15	1	6	29	0	1	6	26	.250	.267	.404	.670	78	92	11	0	2	2	1

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
1958	24	WSH	AL	25	-2	0	0	-1	-0	0	1	-2	-0.3	-2	-0.2	-0.1	$	/4
1959	25	WSH	AL	61	-8	0	0	0	2	1	2	-3	-0.4	-5	-0.5	0.1	$	4
1960	26	WSH	AL	12	-1	-1	0	0	-1	0	0	-3	-0.3	-2	-0.2	-0.1	$	/4

1962	28	WSA	AL	235	-9	0	1	-1	5	1	7	4	0.3	-1	-0.1	0.4	$	5/4
1963	29	WSA	AL	3	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$
5 Seasons				336	-21	-1	1	-2	5	2	10	-5	-0.8	-11	-1.1	0.3	$

WSH (3 yrs)				98	-11	-1	0	-1	1	1	3	-8	-1.0	-9	-0.9	-0.1	$
WSA (2 yrs)				238	-10	0	1	-1	5	1	7	3	0.2	-2	-0.2	0.4	$

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG
1958	WSH	AL	24	2B	6	6	6	49.0	31	18	13	0	4	1.000	-0	-7	5.69	5.17	.978	5.25	5.22
1959	WSH	AL	25	2B	16	16	13	137.2	86	32	52	2	10	.977	2	17	5.49	5.25	.976	5.29	5.25
1960	WSH	AL	26	2B	4	2	1	21.1	12	5	6	1	2	.917	-1	-51	4.64	2.75	.979	5.44	5.45
1962	WSA	AL	28	3B	49	47	43	407.0	152	42	105	5	7	.967	4	12	3.25	3.00	.952	3.08	3.07
1962	WSA	AL	28	2B	6	4	2	38.0	23	11	12	0	1	1.000	1	19	5.45	3.83	.980	5.26	5.23
	1 Season			3B	49	47	43	407.0	152	42	105	5	7	.967	4	12	3.25	3.00	.952	3.08	3.07
	4 Seasons			2B	32	28	22	246.0	152	66	83	3	17	.980	1	7	5.45	4.66	.977	5.29	5.27
	5 Seasons			TOT	81	75	65	653.0	304	108	188	8	24	.974	5	10	4.08	3.65	.965	3.91	3.94

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

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Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
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Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
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Transactions

February 23, 1953: Signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent.
Before 1954 Season: Sent from the Chicago White Sox to Decatur (Mississippi-Ohio Valley) in an unknown transaction.
Before 1955 Season: Sent from Decatur (Mississippi-Ohio Valley) to the Washington Senators in an unknown transaction.
December 14, 1960: Drafted by the Washington Senators from the Minnesota Twins as the 36th pick in the 1960 expansion draft.

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