Barney Schultz

George Warren Schultz

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: August 15, 1926 in Beverly, NJ
High School: Burlington HS (Burlington, NJ)
Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in 1944. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 12, 1955
Teams (by GP): Cubs/Cardinals/Tigers 1955-1965

Final Game: September 6, 1965
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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
1944	17	PHI-min	B,D	10	9	9		2	0	1	0						.222	.222	.444	.667		4							WMT,BDF · ISLG,PONY
1945	18	PHI-min	B	48	93	93		24	2	3	0						.258	.258	.344	.602		32							WMT · ISLG
1946	19	PHI-min	C,B	22	18	18		3	0	0	0						.167	.167	.167	.333		3							SDY,TER · CAML,IIIL
1947	20	DET-min	B	30	45	45		6	1	0	0						.133	.133	.156	.289		7							HGR · ISLG
1948	21	DET-min	B	47	86	86		17	3	0	0						.198	.198	.233	.430		20							HGR · ISLG
1949	22	RKH	B	29	71	71		15	0	2	0						.211	.211	.268	.479		19							RKH · TRIS
1950	23	MAC	A	36	82	82		21	7	0	0						.256	.256	.341	.598		28							MAC · SALL
1951	24	CHC-ATL-min	A	31	60	60		11	0	0	0						.183	.183	.183	.367		11							DMO,DEN · WL
1952	25	PIT-min	A	35	101	101		27	6	0	1						.267	.267	.356	.624		36							DEN · WL
1953	26	PIT-min	A,Opn	36	58	58	0	13	1	0	1	0	0		0	2	.224	.224	.293	.517		17	0	0	0				DEN,HOL · WL,PCL
1954	27	STL-min	AAA	41	35	34	2	5	0	0	0	1	0		1	10	.147	.171	.147	.318		5	0	0	0	0			CLB · AA
1955	28	STL-min	AA	20	49	43	2	7	2	0	0	1	0	0	3	11	.163	.217	.209	.427		9		0	3	0			HSN · TL
1955	28	STL	NL	19	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1

1956	29	STL-min	AAA	46	35	30	2	5	0	2	0	5	0		2	6	.167	.219	.300	.519		9	2	0	3	0			OMA · AA
1957	30	STL-min	AAA	45	37	33	3	6	0	0	0	4	0		1	5	.182	.200	.182	.382		6		0	2	1	0		OMA · AA
1958	31	STL-DET-min	AAA	39	28	23	2	5	0	0	0	0	0		2	7	.217	.280	.217	.497		5		0	3	0	0		OMA,CHL · AA
1959	32	DET-min	AAA	36	20	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	8	.000	.053	.000	.053		0		0	1	0	0		CHL · AA
1959	32	DET	AL	13	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	439	2	0	0	0	0	0	1

1960	33	CHC-min	AAA	54	33	31	2	8	2	0	0	4	0		2	5	.258	.303	.323	.626		10							HSN · AA
1961	34	CHC-min	AAA	24	10	10	0	3	0	0	0	2	0		0	2	.300	.300	.300	.600		3							HSN · AA
1961	34	CHC	NL	41	12	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.100	.100	.100	.200	-47	1	0	0	2	0	0	1
1962	35	CHC	NL	51	8	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	.000	.167	.000	.167	-51	0	1	0	2	0	0	1
1963	36	TOT	NL	39	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
1963	36	CHC	NL	15	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1963	36	STL	NL	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	1	0	0	1
1964	37	STL-min	AAA	42	21	20	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	10	.050	.095	.050	.145		1		0	0	0			JCK · IL
1964	37	STL	NL	30	7	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.167	.167	.167	.333	-9	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	MVP-25
1965	38	STL-min	AAA	10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000		0		0	0	0			JCK · IL
1965	38	STL	NL	34	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1966	39	STL-min	AAA	25	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000		0		0	1	0			TUL · PCL
7 Yrs				227	40	33	1	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	11	.121	.147	.121	.268	-27	4	1	0	6	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	29	24	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	8	.121	.147	.121	.268	-27	3	1	0	4	0	0

STL (4 yrs)				107	14	12	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.083	.083	.083	.167	-55	1	0	0	2	0	0
CHC (3 yrs)				107	24	19	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	8	.053	.100	.053	.153	-57	1	1	0	4	0	0
DET (1 yr)				13	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	439	2	0	0	0	0	0

NL (6 yrs)				214	38	31	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	11	.065	.094	.065	.158	-56	2	1	0	6	0	0
AL (1 yr)				13	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	439	2	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	Awards
1955	28	STL	NL	19	4	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.496	.500	-0.1	-0.0	-1	$	1

1959	32	DET	AL	13	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.509	.501	0.1	-0.0	1	$	1

1961	34	CHC	NL	41	12	-2	0	0	0	1	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.497	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$	1
1962	35	CHC	NL	51	8	-2	0	-0	0	1	-1	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.499	.500	-0.1	0.0	-0	$	1
1963	36	CHC	NL	15	4	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.495	.500	-0.1	0.0	-1	$	1
1963	36	STL	NL	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	1
1964	37	STL	NL	30	7	-1	0	0	0	1	-0	-0.0	0	0	0.0	.499	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	1	MVP-25
1965	38	STL	NL	34	2	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	1
7 Seasons				227	40	-7	0	0	0	5	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.3	.499	.500	-0.3	0.0	-1	$

STL (4 yrs)				107	14	-3	0	0	0	2	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.499	.500	-0.1	0.0	-0	$
CHC (3 yrs)				107	24	-5	0	-0	0	3	-2	-0.2	1	-2	-0.3	.498	.499	-0.3	0.0	-2	$
DET (1 yr)				13	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.509	.501	0.1	-0.0	1	$

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
1955	28	STL	NL	4	4	0	0.0	105	.000	.000	.264	.000	.335	.000	.419	.000	.754	-100	.000	-1.2	-0.1	.000	.000	.000

1959	32	DET	AL	2	0	2		103	1.000	1.000	.267	1.000	.340	1.000	.408	2.000	.748	439	.000	0.9	0.1		.000	.000

1961	34	CHC	NL	12	11	0	0.0	106	.200	.100	.270	.100	.337	.100	.421	.200	.757	-47	.000	-2.1	-0.2	.111	.000	.000
1962	35	CHC	NL	8	8	0	0.0	107	.000	.000	.275	.167	.343	.000	.417	.167	.760	-51	.000	-1.1	-0.1	.167	.200	.000
1963	36	TOT	NL	5	5	0	0.0	94	.000	.000	.261	.000	.324	.000	.390	.000	.714	-100	.000	-1.1	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1963	36	CHC	NL	4	4	0	0.0	94	.000	.000	.261	.000	.324	.000	.390	.000	.714	-100	.000	-1.0	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1963	36	STL	NL	1	1	0	0.0												.000	-0.0	0.0
1964	37	STL	NL	7	6	0	0.0	101	.250	.167	.274	.167	.332	.167	.406	.333	.738	-9	.000	-0.9	-0.1	.200	.000	.000
1965	38	STL	NL	2	2	0	0.0	101	.000	.000	.268	.000	.333	.000	.406	.000	.738	-100	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
7 Yrs				40	36	2	1.5	103	.182	.121	.269	.147	.335	.121	.412	.268	.747	-27	.121	-6.0	-0.6	.167	.030	.000
162 Game Avg.				29	26	1	1.5	103	.182	.121	.269	.147	.335	.121	.412	.268	.747	-27	.121	-6.0	-0.6	.167	.030	.000

STL (4 yrs)				14	13	0	0.0	102	.111	.083	.270	.083	.333	.083	.410	.167	.744	-55	.000	-2.6	-0.3	.091	.000	.000
CHC (3 yrs)				24	23	0	0.0	104	.091	.053	.269	.100	.336	.053	.413	.153	.749	-57	.000	-4.3	-0.4	.105	.053	.000
DET (1 yr)				2	0	2		103	1.000	1.000	.267	1.000	.340	1.000	.408	2.000	.748	439		0.9	0.1		.000	.000

NL (6 yrs)				38	36	0	0.0	103	.100	.065	.269	.094	.335	.065	.412	.158	.747	-56	.000	-6.9	-0.7	.100	.032	.000
AL (1 yr)				2	0	2		103	1.000	1.000	.267	1.000	.340	1.000	.408	2.000	.748	439		0.9	0.1		.000	.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
1964	37	STL	NL	WS	NYY	W	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1 WS							4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	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%
1955	28	STL	NL	4	0.0%	25.0%	0.0%	0.0%			4.0				75%

1959	32	DET	AL	2	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%						100%

1961	34	CHC	NL	12	0.0%	41.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		2.0			2.00	42%
1962	35	CHC	NL	8	0.0%	25.0%	12.5%	0.0%		2.00	2.5		5.0	5.00	38%
1963	36	TOT	NL	5	0.0%	20.0%	0.0%	0.0%			4.0			3.00	60%
1963	36	CHC	NL	4	0.0%	25.0%	0.0%	0.0%			4.0			2.00	75%
1963	36	STL	NL	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%							0%
1964	37	STL	NL	7	0.0%	28.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		3.0			3.00	57%
1965	38	STL	NL	2	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%							100%
7 Yrs				40	0.0%	27.5%	2.5%	0.0%	0%	11.00	3.0		33.0	3.80	55%
MLB Averages					2.3%	13.8%	8.6%	6.5%	29%	1.60	6.4	38.3	8.5	1.04	74%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1955	28	STL	NL	-1.2	-0.1	3	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	1.35	-0.1	-0.0	-0.9	-0.1	1.06	-0.8	0

1959	32	DET	AL	0.9	0.1	2	0.1	0.1	0.0	1.20	0.1	-0.0	0.7	0.1	0.80	0.8	0

1961	34	CHC	NL	-2.1	-0.2	12	-0.4	0.0	-0.5	1.48	-0.2	-0.1	-3.1	-0.3	1.05	-2.6	0
1962	35	CHC	NL	-1.1	-0.1	8	-0.1	0.0	-0.2	1.36	-0.1	0.0	-1.6	-0.2	1.01	-1.5	0
1963	36	TOT	NL	-1.1	-0.1	5	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.71	-0.1	0.0	-0.8	-0.1	0.76	-1.1	0
1963	36	CHC	NL	-1.0	-0.1	4	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.45	-0.1	0.0	-0.6	-0.1	0.67	-0.9	0
1963	36	STL	NL	-0.0	0.0	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	1.76	-0.0	-0.0	-0.2	-0.0	1.12	-0.2	0
1964	37	STL	NL	-0.9	-0.1	7	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	1.29	-0.1	-0.0	-1.4	-0.1	1.03	-1.1	0
1965	38	STL	NL	-0.6	-0.1	2	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	2.18	-0.1	0.0	-0.6	-0.1	1.26	-0.5	0
7 Yrs				-6.0	-0.6	39	-0.9	0.1	-1.1	1.33	-0.6	-0.1	-7.8	-0.8	1.00	-6.8	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
1955	28	STL	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

1959	32	DET	AL	0	0	0%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1961	34	CHC	NL	0	0	0%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1962	35	CHC	NL	0	0	0%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1963	36	TOT	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
1963	36	CHC	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
1963	36	STL	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
1964	37	STL	NL	0	0	0%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1965	38	STL	NL	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
7 Yrs				0	0	20%	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	33%	2	2	0	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
1955	28	STL	NL	4	67%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		2	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0

1959	32	DET	AL	2	50%	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

1961	34	CHC	NL	12	25%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	4	0	0%	4	0	0%	10	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1962	35	CHC	NL	8	63%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	3	1	33%	5	2	40%	6	1	17%	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	0
1963	36	TOT	NL	5	40%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1963	36	CHC	NL	4	50%	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
1963	36	STL	NL	1	0%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1964	37	STL	NL	7	29%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	1	1	100%	5	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1965	38	STL	NL	2	0%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	2	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
7 Yrs				40	38%	4			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	6	100%	10	1	10%	12	3	25%	27	1	4%	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	0
MLB Averages					50%																			76%			10%			31%			14%			49%			53%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH
1955	28	19	4	4	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0
1956	29	19	4	4	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0
1957	30	19	4	4	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0
1958	31	19	4	4	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0
1959	32	32	6	6	0	2	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	79	2	0	0
1960	33	32	6	6	0	2	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	79	2	0	0
1961	34	73	18	16	0	3	0	0	6	.188	.188	.188	.375	0	3	0	2
1962	35	124	26	21	0	3	1	1	8	.143	.182	.143	.325	-12	3	1	4
1963	36	163	31	25	0	3	1	1	9	.120	.154	.120	.274	-25	3	1	5
1964	37	193	38	31	0	4	1	1	11	.129	.156	.129	.285	-22	4	1	6
1965	38	227	40	33	1	4	1	1	11	.121	.147	.121	.268	-27	4	1	6

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1955	28	20	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	19

1959	32	14	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	2	13

1961	34	43	12	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	41
1962	35	51	8	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	.000	.167	.000	.167	0	51
1963	36	39	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	39
1964	37	30	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	30
1965	38	34	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	34
7 Yrs		231	40	33	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	11	.061	.088	.061	.149	2	227
162 Game Avg.		162	28	23	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	8	.061	.088	.061	.149	1	227

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1964 NL (25, 0%) 0.00 Career Shares (1712th)	Oldest s c a p y 1964 NL born 1926-08-15 (5th) 1965 NL born 1926-08-15 (3rd)

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1964 NL (25, 0%)
0.00 Career Shares (1712th)

Oldest s c a p y
1964 NL born 1926-08-15 (5th)
1965 NL born 1926-08-15 (3rd)

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