Fred Scherman

Frederick John Scherman

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: July 25, 1944 in Dayton, OH
High School: Fairview HS (Dayton, OH)
School: The Ohio State University (Columbus, OH)
Signed by the Minnesota Twins as an amateur free agent in 1964. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 26, 1969
Teams (by GP): Tigers/Astros/Expos 1969-1976

Final Game: July 6, 1976
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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
1964	19	MIN-min	A	34	74	74		14	1	0	0						.189	.189	.203	.392		15							ORL · FLOR
1965	20	DET-min	A	22	34	34		9	1	0	0						.265	.265	.294	.559		10							RKM · CARL
1966	21	DET-min	A,AA	25	45	45	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.244	.244	.244	.489		11							RKM,MTG · CARL,SOUL
1967	22	DET-min	AA	42	28	28	3	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.321	.571		9							MTG · SOUL
1968	23	DET-min	AAA	33	41	39	3	6	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	7	.154	.154	.154	.308		6		0	2	0			TOL · IL
1969	24	DET-min	AAA	13	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000		0		0	0	0			TOL · IL
1969	24	DET	AL	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1970	25	DET	AL	48	12	12	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.167	.167	.167	.333	-8	2	0	0	0	0	0	1
1971	26	DET	AL	69	30	24	3	5	0	0	0	4	0	0	3	9	.208	.321	.208	.530	50	5	0	1	2	0	0	1
1972	27	DET	AL	57	24	22	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	.091	.130	.091	.221	-34	2	0	0	1	0	0	1
1973	28	DET	AL	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1974	29	HOU	NL	53	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1975	30	TOT	NL	50	18	17	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.059	.111	.118	.229	-37	2	0	0	0	0	0	1
1975	30	HOU	NL	16	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1975	30	MON	NL	34	17	16	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.063	.118	.125	.243	-34	2	0	0	0	0	0	1
1976	31	MON	NL	31	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	40	1	0	0	1	0	0	1
1977	32	PIT-min	AAA	49	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000		0		0	1	0			CLB · IL
8 Yrs				347	92	82	5	11	1	0	0	4	0	0	5	23	.134	.193	.146	.340	-3	12	0	1	4	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	43	38	2	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	11	.134	.193	.146	.340	-3	6	0	0	2	0	0

DET (5 yrs)				213	66	58	5	9	0	0	0	4	0	0	4	18	.155	.222	.155	.377	9	9	0	1	3	0	0
MON (2 yrs)				65	22	20	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.100	.143	.150	.293	-19	3	0	0	1	0	0
HOU (2 yrs)				69	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0

NL (3 yrs)				134	26	24	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.083	.120	.125	.245	-32	3	0	0	1	0	0
AL (5 yrs)				213	66	58	5	9	0	0	0	4	0	0	4	18	.155	.222	.155	.377	9	9	0	1	3	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
1969	24	DET	AL	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
1970	25	DET	AL	48	12	-2	0	0	0	1	-0	-0.0	0	0	0.0	.499	.500	0.0	-0.0	0	$	1
1971	26	DET	AL	69	30	-2	0	0	0	3	2	0.2	1	3	0.2	.503	.501	0.2	-0.0	3	$	1
1972	27	DET	AL	57	24	-4	0	0	0	2	-1	-0.1	1	-0	-0.1	.498	.499	-0.1	-0.0	-0	$	1
1973	28	DET	AL	35	0	0	-0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.1	-0	$32,000	1
1974	29	HOU	NL	53	3	-1	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.499	.500	-0.1	0.0	-0	$	1
1975	30	HOU	NL	16	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.499	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	1
1975	30	MON	NL	34	17	-3	-0	0	0	2	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.496	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$	1
1976	31	MON	NL	31	5	-0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	1
8 Seasons				347	92	-11	0	0	0	10	-1	-0.1	3	2	-0.1	.500	.500	-0.1	0.0	2	$32,000

DET (5 yrs)				213	66	-7	0	0	0	7	0	0.1	2	3	0.1	.500	.500	0.1	-0.0	3	$32,000
MON (2 yrs)				65	22	-3	0	0	0	2	-1	-0.1	1	-0	-0.1	.498	.500	-0.1	0.0	-0	$
HOU (2 yrs)				69	4	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.499	.500	-0.1	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
1970	25	DET	AL	12	10	0	0.0	98	.182	.167	.259	.167	.334	.167	.395	.333	.729	-8	.000	-1.8	-0.2	.200	.000	.000
1971	26	DET	AL	30	21	2	2.6	96	.333	.208	.260	.321	.334	.208	.387	.530	.720	50	.304	-1.5	-0.2	.474	.125	.000
1972	27	DET	AL	24	21	0	0.0	85	.143	.091	.250	.130	.319	.091	.361	.221	.680	-34	.000	-3.8	-0.4	.150	.045	.000

1974	29	HOU	NL	3	3	0	0.0	90	.000	.000	.256	.000	.328	.000	.371	.000	.698	-100	.000	-0.8	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1975	30	TOT	NL	18	16	0	0.0	99	.071	.059	.269	.111	.341	.118	.389	.229	.730	-37	.000	-3.2	-0.3	.188	.118	.059
1975	30	HOU	NL	1	1	0	0.0	90		.000	.256	.000	.325	.000	.370	.000	.695	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
1975	30	MON	NL	17	15	0	0.0	99	.071	.063	.270	.118	.342	.125	.390	.243	.732	-34	.000	-3.0	-0.3	.200	.125	.063
1976	31	MON	NL	5	4	0	0.0	96	.250	.250	.268	.250	.336	.250	.382	.500	.718	40	.000	-0.4	-0.0	.333	.000	.000
8 Yrs				92	75	2	0.7	94	.186	.134	.259	.193	.331	.146	.381	.340	.712	-3	.041	-11.5	-1.2	.254	.073	.012
162 Game Avg.				43	35	1	0.7	94	.186	.134	.259	.193	.331	.146	.381	.340	.712	-3	.041	-11.5	-1.2	.254	.073	.012

DET (5 yrs)				66	52	2	1.0	93	.225	.155	.256	.222	.328	.155	.379	.377	.707	9	.080	-7.1	-0.8	.286	.069	.000
MON (2 yrs)				22	19	0	0.0	99	.111	.100	.270	.143	.340	.150	.389	.293	.729	-19	.000	-3.3	-0.4	.222	.100	.050
HOU (2 yrs)				4	4	0	0.0	90	.000	.000	.256	.000	.327	.000	.370	.000	.698	-100	.000	-1.0	-0.1	.000	.000	.000

NL (3 yrs)				26	23	0	0.0	97	.105	.083	.267	.120	.338	.125	.386	.245	.724	-32	.000	-4.4	-0.5	.182	.083	.042
AL (5 yrs)				66	52	2	1.0	93	.225	.155	.256	.222	.328	.155	.379	.377	.707	9	.080	-7.1	-0.8	.286	.069	.000

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
1972	27	DET	AL	ALCS	OAK	L	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
1 ALCS							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%
1970	25	DET	AL	12	0.0%	8.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		12.0			1.25	92%
1971	26	DET	AL	30	0.0%	30.0%	10.0%	0.0%	0%	3.00	2.7		6.0	1.75	50%
1972	27	DET	AL	24	0.0%	33.3%	4.2%	0.0%	0%	8.00	2.8			0.86	58%

1974	29	HOU	NL	3	0.0%	66.7%	0.0%	0.0%			1.5				33%
1975	30	TOT	NL	18	0.0%	16.7%	5.6%	5.6%	100%	3.00	5.7			1.60	78%
1975	30	HOU	NL	1	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.0				0%
1975	30	MON	NL	17	0.0%	11.8%	5.9%	5.9%	100%	2.00	8.0			1.60	82%
1976	31	MON	NL	5	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%					3.00	80%
8 Yrs				92	0.0%	25.0%	5.4%	1.1%	9%	4.60	3.6		20.5	1.43	64%
MLB Averages					1.9%	14.0%	8.8%	6.0%	27%	1.59	6.4	46.2	9.0	1.10	74%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1969	24	DET	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1970	25	DET	AL	-1.8	-0.2	12	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.54	-0.2	-0.0	-1.0	-0.1	0.57	-1.8	0
1971	26	DET	AL	-1.5	-0.2	30	0.2	0.7	-0.4	1.13	-0.1	0.3	-0.4	-0.0	1.09	-1.9	0
1972	27	DET	AL	-3.8	-0.4	25	-0.4	0.0	-0.4	.74	-0.4	-0.2	-2.7	-0.3	0.92	-3.2	0
1973	28	DET	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1974	29	HOU	NL	-0.8	-0.1	3	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.22	-0.1	0.0	-0.7	-0.1	0.72	-0.8	0
1975	30	TOT	NL	-3.2	-0.3	19	-0.3	0.1	-0.3	.76	-0.3	-0.1	-3.3	-0.3	0.81	-3.4	0
1975	30	HOU	NL	-0.3	-0.0	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.03	-0.0	-0.0	-0.1	-0.0	0.37	-0.2	0
1975	30	MON	NL	-3.0	-0.3	18	-0.3	0.1	-0.3	.80	-0.3	-0.1	-3.2	-0.3	0.83	-3.2	0
1976	31	MON	NL	-0.4	-0.0	5	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.83	-0.0	-0.0	-0.3	-0.0	1.00	-0.5	0
8 Yrs				-11.5	-1.2	94	-0.6	0.8	-1.4	.83	-1.1	0.3	-8.3	-0.9	0.90	-11.6	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1970	25	DET	AL	0	0	50%	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1971	26	DET	AL	0	0	33%	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	75%	3	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	1
1972	27	DET	AL	0	0	33%	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0%	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1974	29	HOU	NL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1975	30	TOT	NL	0	0	0%	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1975	30	HOU	NL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1975	30	MON	NL	0	0	0%	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1976	31	MON	NL	0	0	0%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
8 Yrs				0	0	29%	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	44%	8	5	3	0	0	0	1	0	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
1970	25	DET	AL	12	92%	2			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
1971	26	DET	AL	30	60%	5			0	0	0	0		0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	67%	7	0	0%	6	1	17%	26	4	15%	2	1	50%	1	0	0%	0
1972	27	DET	AL	24	67%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	3	0	0%	4	0	0%	8	0	0%	0	0		1	0	0%	0

1974	29	HOU	NL	3	100%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		1	0	0%	0
1975	30	TOT	NL	18	67%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		5	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1975	30	HOU	NL	1	100%	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
1975	30	MON	NL	17	65%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		5	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1976	31	MON	NL	5	80%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	1	1	100%	2	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
8 Yrs				92	70%	11			0	0	0	0		0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	5	4	80%	11	0	0%	12	2	17%	43	4	9%	2	1	50%	3	0	0%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			75%			11%			32%			14%			48%			53%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	HBP	SH
1970	25	52	12	12	1	2	0	0	0	1	.167	.167	.167	.333	-8	2	0	0
1971	26	121	42	36	4	7	0	4	3	10	.194	.275	.194	.469	32	7	1	2
1972	27	178	66	58	5	9	0	4	4	18	.155	.222	.155	.377	9	9	1	3
1973	28	213	66	58	5	9	0	4	4	18	.155	.222	.155	.377	9	9	1	3
1974	29	266	69	61	5	9	0	4	4	20	.148	.212	.148	.360	4	9	1	3
1975	30	316	87	78	5	10	1	4	5	23	.128	.190	.141	.332	-5	11	1	3
1976	31	347	92	82	5	11	1	4	5	23	.134	.193	.146	.340	-3	12	1	4

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
1970	25	48	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	48
1971	26	69	32	25	4	6	0	0	0	5	0	4	9	.240	.367	.240	.607	2	69
1972	27	60	25	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	.000	.042	.000	.042	0	57

1974	29	53	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	53
1975	30	50	18	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.056	.000	.056	0	50
1976	31	31	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	31
6 Yrs		311	95	84	4	6	0	0	0	5	0	6	23	.071	.143	.071	.214	2	308
162 Game Avg.		162	49	44	2	3	0	0	0	3	0	3	12	.071	.143	.071	.214	1	308

* 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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Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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