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Hank Schenz

Henry Leonard Schenz

Positions: Second Baseman and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: April 11, 1919 in New Richmond, OH (All Transactions)
Debut: September 18, 1946
Teams (by GP): Cubs/Pirates/Giants 1946-1951

Final Game: September 13, 1951
Died: May 12, 1988 in Cincinnati, OH
Buried: Green Mound Cemetery, New Richmond, OH
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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
1939	20	SRK	D	83	333	333		104	23	6	6						.312	.312	.471	.784		157						SRK · VIRL
1940	21	TAR	D	125	500	500		164	22	11	8						.328	.328	.464	.792		232						TAR · COPL
1941	22	CHC-min	B	137	525	525		129	12	6	0						.246	.246	.291	.537		153						PTH · PIED
1942	23	CHC-min	B	118	420	420		102	14	4	1						.243	.243	.302	.545		127						PTH · PIED
1946	27	CHC-min	AA,AAA	143	555	555		180	44	7	4	0	1				.324	.324	.450	.775		250						TUL,LOS · TL,PCL
1946	27	CHC	NL	6	11	11	0	2	0	0	0	1	1		0	0	.182	.182	.182	.364	4	2	0	0	0		/5
1947	28	CHC-min	AA	99	375	375		124	25	8	0						.331	.331	.440	.771		165						NVL · SOUA
1947	28	CHC	NL	7	18	14	2	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	1	.071	.235	.071	.307	-14	1	0	1	1		/5
1948	29	CHC	NL	96	361	337	43	88	17	1	1	14	3		18	15	.261	.306	.326	.633	75	110	6	4	2		4/5
1949	30	LAD-min	AAA	123	567	516	104	178	26	8	17	77	30		39	22	.345	.394	.525	.919		271	13	3	9			STP · AA
1949	30	CHC	NL	7	15	14	2	6	0	0	0	1	2		1	0	.429	.467	.429	.895	146	6	0	0	0		/5
1950	31	PIT	NL	58	110	101	17	23	4	2	1	5	0		6	7	.228	.271	.337	.608	57	34	4	0	0		45/6
1951	32	TOT	NL	33	63	61	6	13	1	0	0	3	0	2	0	2	.213	.226	.230	.455	22	14	0	1	1		4/5
1951	32	PIT	NL	25	63	61	5	13	1	0	0	3	0	2	0	2	.213	.226	.230	.455	22	14	0	1	1		4/5
1951	32	NYG	NL	8	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0
1952	33	OLD	Opn	164	696	627	82	174	29	4	2	51	18		44	34	.278	.327	.346	.673		217		2	23			OLD · PCL
1953	34	SAC,OLD	Opn	51	196	177	25	51	9	2	0	18	0		8	4	.288	.337	.362	.698		64	6	5	6			SAC,OLD · PCL
1954	35	SAC	Opn	165	715	646	92	180	28	3	11	61	9		45	34	.279	.328	.382	.710		247	22	4	17	3		SAC · PCL
1955	36	CLE-min	AA,Opn	69	212	184	16	37	3	1	2	13	5	1	18	17	.201	.290	.261	.551		48	3	5	5	0		TUL,SAC · TL,PCL
6 Yrs				207	578	538	70	133	22	3	2	24	6	2	27	25	.247	.291	.310	.601	64	167	10	6	4
162 Game Avg.				162	452	421	55	104	17	2	2	19	5		21	20	.247	.291	.310	.601	64	131	8	5	3

CHC (4 yrs)				116	405	376	47	97	17	1	1	16	6		21	16	.258	.306	.316	.622	72	119	6	5	3
PIT (2 yrs)				83	173	162	22	36	5	2	1	8	0	2	6	9	.222	.254	.296	.551	44	48	4	1	1
NYG (1 yr)				8	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
1946	27	CHC	NL	6	11	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.479	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$	/5
1947	28	CHC	NL	7	18	-2	0	0	0	0	-2	-0.2	1	-2	-0.2	.467	.499	-0.2	0.0	-2	$	/5
1948	29	CHC	NL	96	361	-10	-0	0	-3	4	-9	-1.0	13	4	0.3	.490	.494	0.6	0.1	6	$	4/5
1949	30	CHC	NL	7	15	1	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	0	2	0.2	.517	.501	0.2	0.0	2	$	/5
1950	31	PIT	NL	58	110	-6	-0	-0	1	1	-5	-0.5	4	-1	-0.1	.492	.497	-0.2	0.2	-2	$	45/6
1951	32	PIT	NL	25	63	-6	-0	0	-1	1	-7	-0.7	2	-5	-0.5	.471	.495	-0.4	-0.0	-4	$	4/5
1951	32	NYG	NL	8	0	0	-0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.499	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$
6 Seasons				207	578	-25	-1	1	-3	5	-23	-2.5	20	-3	-0.4	.488	.498	-0.1	0.2	-0	$

CHC (4 yrs)				116	405	-13	0	0	-3	4	-11	-1.2	14	3	0.2	.490	.498	0.5	0.1	6	$
PIT (2 yrs)				83	173	-13	-1	0	0	2	-12	-1.3	6	-6	-0.6	.485	.496	-0.6	0.2	-6	$
NYG (1 yr)				8	0	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	PwrSpd
1946	27	CHC	NL	11	9	0	0.0	91	.182	.182	.260	.182	.335	.182	.364	.364	.700	4	.000	-1.4	-0.2	.333	.091	.000	.0
1947	28	CHC	NL	18	14	0	0.0	102	.077	.071	.269	.235	.344	.071	.399	.307	.743	-14	.000	-2.2	-0.2	.308	.143	.000
1948	29	CHC	NL	361	257	33	3.4	98	.271	.261	.263	.306	.336	.326	.389	.633	.726	75	.381	-11.5	-1.2	.529	.128	.065	1.5
1949	30	CHC	NL	15	8	3	10.0	100	.429	.429	.266	.467	.339	.429	.397	.895	.736	146	.808	1.0	0.1	1.125	.214	.000	.0
1950	31	PIT	NL	110	82	9	2.9	111	.237	.228	.273	.271	.351	.337	.424	.608	.774	57	.294	-6.9	-0.7	.488	.168	.109	.0
1951	32	TOT	NL	63	51	3	1.6	105	.220	.213	.270	.226	.344	.230	.409	.455	.753	22	.128	-7.0	-0.7	.260	-.016	.016
1951	32	PIT	NL	63	51	3	1.6	105	.220	.213	.270	.226	.344	.230	.409	.455	.753	22	.128	-7.0	-0.7	.260	-.016	.016
6 Yrs				578	421	48	3.0	101	.256	.247	.266	.291	.340	.310	.398	.601	.738	64	.327	-28.0	-2.8	.489	.121	.063	3.0
162 Game Avg.				452	329	38	3.0	101	.256	.247	.266	.291	.340	.310	.398	.601	.738	64	.327	-28.0	-2.8	.489	.121	.063	2

CHC (4 yrs)				405	288	36	3.3	98	.267	.258	.263	.306	.337	.316	.389	.622	.726	72	.369	-14.2	-1.4	.530	.130	.059	1.7
PIT (2 yrs)				173	133	12	2.4	108	.230	.222	.272	.254	.348	.296	.418	.551	.766	44	.232	-13.9	-1.4	.402	.099	.074	.0

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1951	32	NYG	NL	WS	NYY	L	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
1 WS							1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1946	27	CHC	NL	11	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%				11.0		100%
1947	28	CHC	NL	18	0.0%	5.6%	11.1%	0.0%	0%	0.50	14.0				72%
1948	29	CHC	NL	361	0.3%	4.2%	5.0%	5.3%	22%	0.83	22.5	337.0	24.1	1.22	89%
1949	30	CHC	NL	15	0.0%	0.0%	6.7%	0.0%	0%	0.00			14.0	1.00	93%
1950	31	PIT	NL	110	0.9%	6.4%	5.5%	6.4%	30%	1.17	14.4	101.0	20.2	1.89	85%
1951	32	TOT	NL	63	0.0%	3.2%	0.0%	1.6%	8%		30.5		20.3	0.91	94%
1951	32	PIT	NL	63	0.0%	3.2%	0.0%	1.6%	8%		30.5		20.3	0.91	94%
6 Yrs				578	0.4%	4.3%	4.7%	4.7%	20%	0.93	21.5	269.0	22.4	1.28	88%
MLB Averages					1.7%	9.7%	9.9%	6.3%	27%	0.98	9.1	50.9	8.1	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
1946	27	CHC	NL	-1.4	-0.2	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1947	28	CHC	NL	-2.2	-0.2	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1948	29	CHC	NL	-11.5	-1.2	119	-0.8	1.2	-2.1	.94	-0.7	-0.2	-7.6	-0.8	0.92	-7.2	0.81	2
1949	30	CHC	NL	0.9	0.1	5	0.0	0.0	-0.0	.44	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.75	0.3		0
1950	31	PIT	NL	-6.9	-0.7	85	-0.6	1.2	-1.7	1.03	-0.3	-0.3	-3.5	-0.3	0.96	-3.9	0.89	11
1951	32	TOT	NL	-7.0	-0.7	59	-0.4	0.4	-0.8	.68	-0.5	-0.0	-4.9	-0.5	0.89	-6.3	0.30	1
1951	32	PIT	NL	-7.0	-0.7	59	-0.4	0.4	-0.8	.68	-0.5	-0.0	-4.9	-0.5	0.89	-6.3	0.30	1
1951	32	NYG	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
6 Yrs				-28.1	-2.8	268	-1.8	2.9	-4.6	.90	-1.5	-0.5	-15.5	-1.6	0.92	-17.1	0.84	14

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	PO	OOB	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1948	29	CHC	NL	0	0	39%	44	3			0	0	0	1	36%	8	4	3	3	2	1	3	2	1
1949	30	CHC	NL	0	0	29%	1	2			1	0	0	0	33%	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
1950	31	PIT	NL	2	2	57%	29	0			0	1	1	2	17%	4	3	1	2	1	0	0	0	0
1951	32	TOT	NL	1	0	43%	30	0	2	0%	0	2	0	1	64%	8	3	5	1	1	0	2	0	2
1951	32	PIT	NL	1	0	36%	15	0	2	0%	0	2	0	0	67%	7	2	5	1	1	0	1	0	1
6 Yrs				3	2	42%	104	6	2	300%	1	3	1	4	41%	22	12	9	6	4	1	6	2	4

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	29	CHC	NL	361	24%	88			2	0	0	0	0.81	1	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	2		12	6	50%	5	1	20%	51	5	10%	4	2	50%	0	0		0
1949	30	CHC	NL	15	25%	6			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1950	31	PIT	NL	110	19%	23			11	4	0	1	0.89	1	0	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0		16	4	25%	4	0	0%	48	3	6%	1	1	100%	1	1	100%	0
1951	32	TOT	NL	63	7%	13			1	0	0	0	0.30	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	6	0	0%	4	3	75%	25	3	12%	2	2	100%	1	1	100%	0
1951	32	PIT	NL	63	7%	13			1	0	0	0	0.30	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	6	0	0%	4	3	75%	25	3	12%	2	2	100%	1	1	100%	0
6 Yrs				549	19%	133			14	4	0	1	0.84	2	0	7	1	0	1	1	0	1	4	400%	35	10	29%	13	4	31%	125	11	9%	7	5	71%	2	2	100%	0
MLB Averages					51%																			168%			20%			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
1946	27	6	11	11	0	2	0	0	0	1	1		0	0	.182	.182	.182	.364	4	2	0	0	0
1947	28	13	29	25	2	3	0	0	0	1	1		2	1	.120	.214	.120	.334	-6	3	0	1	1
1948	29	109	390	362	45	91	17	1	1	15	4		20	16	.251	.300	.312	.612	69	113	6	5	3
1949	30	116	405	376	47	97	17	1	1	16	6		21	16	.258	.306	.316	.622	72	119	6	5	3
1950	31	174	515	477	64	120	21	3	2	21	6		27	23	.252	.299	.321	.619	69	153	10	5	3
1951	32	207	578	538	70	133	22	3	2	24	6	2	27	25	.247	.291	.310	.601	64	167	10	6	4

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
1946	27	6	11	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	6
1947	28	7	19	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.000	.167	.000	.167	0	7
1948	29	100	379	354	47	94	18	1	1	15	3	19	16	.266	.310	.331	.641	36	96
1949	30	7	16	15	2	7	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	.467	.500	.467	.967	3	7
1950	31	61	110	104	15	22	4	2	1	5	0	6	7	.212	.255	.317	.572	8	58
1951	32	34	66	64	6	14	1	0	0	3	0	0	2	.219	.231	.234	.465	3	33
6 Yrs		215	601	563	70	137	23	3	2	24	6	28	26	.243	.286	.306	.592	50	207
162 Game Avg.		162	453	424	53	103	17	2	2	18	5	21	20	.243	.286	.306	.592	38	207

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