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John Scott

John Henry Scott

Positions: Outfielder and Pinch Runner
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: January 24, 1952 in Jackson, MS
High School: Centennial HS (Compton, CA)
Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 1st round (2nd pick) of the 1970 amateur draft (January). (All Transactions)
Debut: September 7, 1974
Teams (by GP): BlueJays/Padres 1974-1977

Final Game: September 27, 1977
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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
1970	18	SDP-min	A-	65	215	215		58	12	2	4						.270	.270	.400	.670		86							TRI · NORW
1971	19	SDP-min	A-,A	101	380	380		131	13	7	8						.345	.345	.479	.824		182							TRI,LOD · NORW,CALL
1972	20	SDP-min	AA	107	381	347	46	89	10	2	13	46	26	6	30	61	.256	.317	.409	.726		142		1	2	1			ALX · TL
1973	21	SDP-min	AA	130	496	461	62	136	19	6	5	45	17	8	29	55	.295	.337	.395	.732		182		1	3	2			ALX · TL
1974	22	SDP-min	AAA	141	636	582	93	159	23	5	12	59	28	6	43	76	.273	.322	.392	.714		228		1	6	4			HAW · PCL
1974	22	SDP	NL	14	15	15	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	.067	.067	.067	.133	-62	1	0	0	0	0	0	/789
1975	23	SDP-min	AA	61	254	239	40	64	11	1	3	37	15	8	10	25	.268	.295	.360	.655		86	5	1	0	4	2		ALX · TL
1975	23	SDP	NL	25	9	9	6	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/8

1976	24	SDP-min	AAA	133	562	517	83	163	25	4	15	82	38	7	36	47	.315	.360	.466	.826		241		2	3	4			HAW · PCL
1977	25	TOR	AL	79	247	233	26	56	9	0	2	15	10	8	8	39	.240	.266	.305	.570	56	71	4	0	6	0	0	87/D
1978	26	STL-min	AAA	121	552	505	84	142	25	1	12	57	50	12	37	83	.281	.331	.406	.737		205		2	5	3			SPR · AA
1979	27	YKU	Fgn																										YKU · JPCL
1980	28	YKU	Fgn																										YKU · JPCL
1981	29	YKU	Fgn																										YKU · JPCL
3 Yrs				118	271	257	35	57	9	0	2	15	13	8	8	45	.222	.245	.280	.525	44	72	4	0	6	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	372	353	48	78	12	0	3	21	18	11	11	62	.222	.245	.280	.525	44	99	5	0	8	0	0

SDP (2 yrs)				39	24	24	9	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	6	.042	.042	.042	.083	-76	1	0	0	0	0	0
TOR (1 yr)				79	247	233	26	56	9	0	2	15	10	8	8	39	.240	.266	.305	.570	56	71	4	0	6	0	0

NL (2 yrs)				39	24	24	9	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	6	.042	.042	.042	.083	-76	1	0	0	0	0	0
AL (1 yr)				79	247	233	26	56	9	0	2	15	10	8	8	39	.240	.266	.305	.570	56	71	4	0	6	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
1974	22	SDP	NL	14	15	-3	0	-0	-0	-0	-4	-0.4	0	-3	-0.4	.471	.498	-0.3	-0.1	-3	$	/789
1975	23	SDP	NL	25	9	-2	1	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.496	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$	/8

1977	25	TOR	AL	79	247	-12	-1	0	-8	-2	-23	-2.2	8	-15	-1.5	.470	.485	-0.7	-0.9	-7	$19,000	87/D
3 Seasons				118	271	-18	1	0	-8	-2	-27	-2.8	9	-19	-2.0	.476	.494	-1.1	-1.0	-10	$19,000

SDP (2 yrs)				39	24	-5	2	-0	-0	-0	-4	-0.5	1	-4	-0.5	.487	.498	-0.4	-0.0	-4	$
TOR (1 yr)				79	247	-12	-1	0	-8	-2	-23	-2.2	8	-15	-1.5	.470	.485	-0.7	-0.9	-7	$19,000

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
1974	22	SDP	NL	15	14	0	0.0	90	.091	.067	.256	.067	.328	.067	.371	.133	.698	-62	.000	-3.2	-0.3	.143	.067	.000	.0
1975	23	SDP	NL	9	9	0	0.0	91	.000	.000	.258	.000	.328	.000	.373	.000	.701	-100	.000	-2.4	-0.2	.222	.222	.000	.0

1977	25	TOR	AL	247	195	17	2.3	100	.281	.240	.266	.266	.330	.305	.405	.570	.735	56	.222	-14.9	-1.5	.429	.107	.064	3.3
3 Yrs				271	218	17	2.1	99	.262	.222	.265	.245	.330	.280	.402	.525	.732	44	.190	-20.5	-2.1	.401	.109	.058	3.5
162 Game Avg.				372	299	23	2.1	99	.262	.222	.265	.245	.330	.280	.402	.525	.732	44	.190	-20.5	-2.1	.401	.109	.058	5

SDP (2 yrs)				24	23	0	0.0	91	.056	.042	.257	.042	.328	.042	.372	.083	.699	-76	.000	-5.6	-0.6	.174	.125	.000	.0
TOR (1 yr)				247	195	17	2.3	100	.281	.240	.266	.266	.330	.305	.405	.570	.735	56	.222	-14.9	-1.5	.429	.107	.064	3.3

NL (2 yrs)				24	23	0	0.0	91	.056	.042	.257	.042	.328	.042	.372	.083	.699	-76	.000	-5.6	-0.6	.174	.125	.000	.0
AL (1 yr)				247	195	17	2.3	100	.281	.240	.266	.266	.330	.305	.405	.570	.735	56	.222	-14.9	-1.5	.429	.107	.064	3.3

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1974	22	SDP	NL	15	0.0%	26.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		3.8			2.67	73%
1975	23	SDP	NL	9	0.0%	22.2%	0.0%	0.0%			4.5			0.40	78%

1977	25	TOR	AL	247	0.8%	15.8%	3.2%	4.5%	20%	4.88	6.0	116.5	15.5	1.07	78%
3 Yrs				271	0.7%	16.6%	3.0%	4.1%	19%	5.63	5.7	128.5	17.1	1.09	77%
MLB Averages					1.9%	13.1%	8.7%	6.2%	27%	1.51	6.8	48.0	8.7	1.09	75%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1974	22	SDP	NL	-3.2	-0.3	16	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	.66	-0.3	0.1	-2.5	-0.3	0.77	-3.1		0
1975	23	SDP	NL	-2.4	-0.2	12	0.1	0.2	-0.1	1.13	-0.1	0.2	-1.2	-0.1	0.88	-1.7	0.53	9

1977	25	TOR	AL	-15.2	-1.5	271	-1.6	3.6	-5.3	1.03	-1.2	-0.4	-12.1	-1.2	0.93	-13.2	3.47	1
3 Yrs				-20.8	-2.1	299	-1.7	3.9	-5.6	1.01	-1.7	-0.0	-15.8	-1.6	0.92	-18.0	0.82	10

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	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
1974	22	SDP	NL	0	0	300%	7	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1975	23	SDP	NL	0	0		18	2	0	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	80%	4	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	1

1977	25	TOR	AL	5	0	39%	97	10	8	56%	8	5	2	1	0	2	3	0	5	10	61%	11	7	4	3	1	2	9	1	8
3 Yrs				5	0	52%	122	13	8	62%	10	5	3	1	0	2	3	0	5	12	64%	15	8	7	3	1	2	10	1	9

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
1974	22	SDP	NL	15	27%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		6	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1975	23	SDP	NL	9	44%	0			9	0	0	0	0.53	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	2	0	0%	3	0	0%	0	0		1	0	0%	0

1977	25	TOR	AL	247	46%	56			1	0	0	0	3.47	2	0	2	1	1	0	2	0	6	6	100%	27	4	15%	13	7	54%	123	15	12%	6	1	17%	8	4	50%	0
3 Yrs				271	45%	57			10	0	0	0	0.82	2	0	2	1	1	0	2	0	6	6	100%	30	4	13%	15	7	47%	132	15	11%	6	1	17%	9	4	44%	0
MLB Averages					55%																			77%			11%			34%			14%			49%			53%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH
1974	22	14	15	15	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	.067	.067	.067	.133	-62	1	0	0
1975	23	39	24	24	9	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	6	.042	.042	.042	.083	-76	1	0	0
1976	24	39	24	24	9	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	6	.042	.042	.042	.083	-76	1	0	0
1977	25	118	271	257	35	57	9	2	15	13	8	8	45	.222	.245	.280	.525	44	72	4	6

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
1974	22	14	15	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	14
1975	23	25	9	9	6	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	25

1977	25	79	249	235	28	58	9	0	2	16	10	8	39	.247	.272	.311	.582	20	79
3 Yrs		118	273	259	34	58	9	0	2	16	13	8	45	.224	.247	.282	.529	20	118
162 Game Avg.		162	375	356	47	80	12	0	3	22	18	11	62	.224	.247	.282	.529	27	118

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