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Bob Seeds

Ira Robert Seeds (Suitcase Bob)

Positions: Outfielder and First Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: February 24, 1907 in Ringgold, TX (All Transactions)
Debut: April 19, 1930
Teams (by GP): Giants/Indians/WhiteSox/RedSox/Yankees 1930-1940

Final Game: September 24, 1940
Died: October 28, 1993 in Shamrock, TX
Buried: Shamrock Cemetery, Shamrock, TX
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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
1930 23 CLE AL 85 296 277 37 79 11 3 3 32 1 3 12 22 .285 .315 .379 .694 73 105 0 7 O78/9
1931 24 CLE AL 48 147 134 26 41 4 1 1 10 1 0 11 11 .306 .359 .373 .732 89 50 0 1 O9/738
1932 25 TOT AL 118 480 438 53 126 18 6 2 45 5 7 31 37 .288 .339 .370 .709 89 162 3 7 *O978
1932 25 CLE AL 2 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 /O9
1932 25 CHW AL 116 476 434 53 126 18 6 2 45 5 7 31 37 .290 .342 .373 .715 91 162 3 7 *O978
1933 26 BOS AL 82 256 230 26 56 13 4 0 23 1 3 21 20 .243 .310 .335 .644 69 77 1 3 3O79
1934 27 TOT AL 69 219 192 28 47 8 1 0 19 2 1 21 14 .245 .322 .297 .619 60 57 1 5 O79/8
1934 27 BOS AL 8 6 6 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .167 .167 .167 .333 -15 1 0 0 /O9
1934 27 CLE AL 61 213 186 28 46 8 1 0 18 2 1 21 13 .247 .327 .301 .628 62 56 1 5 O79/8
1936 29 NYY AL 13 47 42 12 11 1 0 4 10 3 1 5 3 .262 .340 .571 .912 124 24 0 0 /O957
1938 31 NYG NL 81 320 296 35 86 12 3 9 52 0 20 33 .291 .338 .443 .780 112 131 8 1 3 O87/9
1939 32 NYG NL 63 198 173 33 46 5 1 5 26 1 22 31 .266 .352 .393 .745 99 68 3 1 2 O87
1940 33 NYG NL 56 177 155 18 45 5 2 4 16 0 17 19 .290 .371 .426 .797 118 66 4 3 2 O87
9 Yrs 615 2140 1937 268 537 77 21 28 233 14 15 160 190 .277 .336 .382 .718 89 740 15 10 30
162 Game Avg. 162 564 510 71 141 20 6 7 61 4 42 50 .277 .336 .382 .718 89 195 3 8
CLE (4 yrs) 196 660 601 91 166 23 5 4 60 4 4 44 46 .276 .327 .351 .678 72 211 1 13
NYG (3 yrs) 200 695 624 86 177 22 6 18 94 1 59 83 .284 .350 .425 .775 110 265 15 5 7
BOS (2 yrs) 90 262 236 26 57 13 4 0 24 1 3 21 21 .242 .306 .331 .637 67 78 1 3
NYY (1 yr) 13 47 42 12 11 1 0 4 10 3 1 5 3 .262 .340 .571 .912 124 24 0 0
CHW (1 yr) 116 476 434 53 126 18 6 2 45 5 7 31 37 .290 .342 .373 .715 91 162 3 7
AL (6 yrs) 415 1445 1313 182 360 55 15 10 139 13 15 101 107 .274 .328 .362 .690 79 475 5 23
NL (3 yrs) 200 695 624 86 177 22 6 18 94 1 59 83 .284 .350 .425 .775 110 265 15 5 7

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
1930 23 CLE AL 85 296 -12 -1 0 -1 -3 -17 -1.5 9 -8 -0.6 .482 .491 -0.6 -0.3 -6 $ O78/9
1931 24 CLE AL 48 147 -2 0 0 0 -2 -3 -0.3 5 1 0.2 .494 .498 0.2 -0.1 1 $ O9/738
1932 25 CLE AL 2 4 -1 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .442 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 $ /O9
1932 25 CHW AL 116 476 -5 -2 0 1 -5 -10 -0.9 15 5 0.5 .492 .494 0.5 -0.3 4 $ *O978
1933 26 BOS AL 82 256 -10 -1 0 -3 -4 -18 -1.7 8 -10 -0.9 .479 .489 -0.6 -0.6 -6 $ 3O79
1934 27 BOS AL 8 6 -1 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .487 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 $ /O9
1934 27 CLE AL 61 213 -10 0 0 -1 -2 -13 -1.3 7 -6 -0.6 .480 .492 -0.5 -0.3 -6 $ O79/8
1936 29 NYY AL 13 47 1 0 0 0 -0 1 0.1 1 2 0.2 .506 .500 0.2 -0.0 2 $ /O957
1938 31 NYG NL 81 320 4 0 0 -2 -2 0 -0.1 9 10 0.9 .501 .500 1.1 -0.5 12 $ O87/9
1939 32 NYG NL 63 198 -0 0 0 -6 -1 -7 -0.8 6 -2 -0.2 .488 .495 0.4 -0.8 4 $ O87
1940 33 NYG NL 56 177 4 0 0 -4 -1 -1 -0.1 6 6 0.5 .499 .500 1.0 -0.6 10 $ O87
9 Seasons 615 2140 -32 -2 0 -16 -19 -69 -6.9 66 -3 -0.2 .489 .496 1.5 -3.6 13 $
CLE (4 yrs) 196 660 -25 -0 0 -2 -7 -34 -3.2 21 -14 -1.1 .484 .495 -1.0 -0.8 -12 $
NYG (3 yrs) 200 695 8 1 0 -12 -4 -8 -1.0 21 14 1.2 .496 .498 2.5 -1.8 26 $
BOS (2 yrs) 90 262 -11 -1 0 -3 -4 -19 -1.8 8 -10 -1.0 .480 .494 -0.7 -0.6 -7 $
NYY (1 yr) 13 47 1 0 0 0 -0 1 0.1 1 2 0.2 .506 .500 0.2 -0.0 2 $
CHW (1 yr) 116 476 -5 -2 0 1 -5 -10 -0.9 15 5 0.5 .492 .494 0.5 -0.3 4 $

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
1930 23 CLE AL 296 208 32 4.1 118 .302 .285 .299 .315 .363 .379 .439 .694 .803 73 .388 -12.6 -1.2 .572 .130 .094 1.5
1931 24 CLE AL 147 94 18 5.1 112 .328 .306 .293 .359 .360 .373 .418 .732 .779 89 .519 -2.4 -0.2 .667 .157 .067 1.0
1932 25 TOT AL 480 326 53 4.4 105 .311 .288 .276 .339 .346 .370 .406 .709 .753 89 .436 -6.7 -0.6 .608 .148 .082 2.9
1932 25 CLE AL 4 4 0 0.0 118 .000 .000 .295 .000 .367 .000 .434 .000 .800 -100 .000 -1.2 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1932 25 CHW AL 476 322 53 4.4 105 .314 .290 .276 .342 .346 .373 .406 .715 .752 91 .442 -5.5 -0.5 .616 .150 .083 2.9
1933 26 BOS AL 256 180 23 3.4 108 .267 .243 .283 .310 .355 .335 .408 .644 .763 69 .354 -10.5 -1.0 .548 .174 .091 .0
1934 27 TOT AL 219 151 18 3.2 113 .264 .245 .289 .322 .364 .297 .417 .619 .781 60 .302 -11.3 -1.1 .548 .167 .052 .0
1934 27 BOS AL 6 5 0 0.0 115 .200 .167 .293 .167 .368 .167 .422 .333 .790 -15 .000 -1.1 -0.1 .200 .000 .000
1934 27 CLE AL 213 146 18 3.3 113 .266 .247 .289 .327 .363 .301 .417 .628 .780 62 .315 -10.3 -1.0 .560 .172 .054 .0
1936 29 NYY AL 47 32 8 6.6 119 .200 .262 .295 .340 .370 .571 .433 .912 .803 124 .582 1.1 0.1 .969 .476 .310 3.4
1938 31 NYG NL 320 221 44 5.3 100 .303 .291 .276 .338 .340 .443 .393 .780 .733 112 .588 3.8 0.4 .697 .220 .152 .0
1939 32 NYG NL 198 132 24 4.8 104 .299 .266 .281 .352 .347 .393 .402 .745 .750 99 .528 -0.1 -0.0 .708 .260 .127 1.7
1940 33 NYG NL 177 116 24 5.6 99 .311 .290 .273 .371 .338 .426 .393 .797 .730 118 .610 4.1 0.4 .754 .245 .135 .0
9 Yrs 2140 1460 244 4.5 107 .296 .277 .283 .336 .351 .382 .410 .718 .762 89 .465 -34.6 -3.2 .636 .187 .105 18.7
162 Game Avg. 564 385 64 4.5 107 .296 .277 .283 .336 .351 .382 .410 .718 .762 89 .465 -34.6 -3.2 .636 .187 .105 5
CLE (4 yrs) 660 452 68 4.0 115 .294 .276 .294 .327 .363 .351 .428 .678 .791 72 .391 -26.5 -2.5 .583 .148 .075 4.0
NYG (3 yrs) 695 469 92 5.3 101 .304 .284 .277 .350 .341 .425 .395 .775 .737 110 .577 7.8 0.8 .714 .237 .141 1.9
BOS (2 yrs) 262 185 23 3.3 108 .265 .242 .284 .306 .355 .331 .409 .637 .764 67 .343 -11.6 -1.1 .538 .169 .089 .0
NYY (1 yr) 47 32 8 6.6 119 .200 .262 .295 .340 .370 .571 .433 .912 .803 124 .583 1.1 0.1 .969 .476 .310 3.4
CHW (1 yr) 476 322 53 4.4 105 .314 .290 .276 .342 .346 .373 .406 .715 .752 91 .442 -5.5 -0.5 .616 .150 .083 2.9
AL (6 yrs) 1445 991 152 4.1 111 .293 .274 .287 .328 .356 .362 .417 .690 .773 79 .408 -42.5 -4.0 .598 .163 .088 11.3
NL (3 yrs) 695 469 92 5.3 101 .304 .284 .277 .350 .341 .425 .395 .775 .737 110 .577 7.8 0.8 .714 .237 .141 1.9

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
1936 29 NYY AL WS NYG W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1930 23 CLE AL 296 1.0% 7.4% 4.1% 5.7% 22% 1.83 12.6 92.3 8.7 85%
1931 24 CLE AL 147 0.7% 7.5% 7.5% 4.1% 15% 1.00 12.2 134.0 13.4 83%
1932 25 TOT AL 480 0.4% 7.7% 6.5% 5.4% 21% 1.19 11.8 219.0 9.7 83%
1932 25 CLE AL 4 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100%
1932 25 CHW AL 476 0.4% 7.8% 6.5% 5.5% 21% 1.19 11.7 217.0 9.6 83%
1933 26 BOS AL 256 0.0% 7.8% 8.2% 6.6% 30% 0.95 11.5 10.0 82%
1934 27 TOT AL 219 0.0% 6.4% 9.6% 4.1% 19% 0.67 13.7 10.1 81%
1934 27 BOS AL 6 0.0% 16.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 6.0 6.0 83%
1934 27 CLE AL 213 0.0% 6.1% 9.9% 4.2% 20% 0.62 14.3 10.3 81%
1936 29 NYY AL 47 8.5% 6.4% 10.6% 10.6% 46% 0.60 14.0 10.5 4.2 74%
1938 31 NYG NL 320 2.8% 10.3% 6.3% 7.5% 28% 1.65 9.0 32.9 5.7 79%
1939 32 NYG NL 198 2.5% 15.7% 11.1% 5.6% 24% 1.41 5.6 34.6 6.7 69%
1940 33 NYG NL 177 2.3% 10.7% 9.6% 6.2% 24% 1.12 8.2 38.8 9.7 75%
9 Yrs 2140 1.3% 8.9% 7.5% 5.9% 24% 1.19 10.2 69.2 8.3 80%
MLB Averages 1.4% 8.6% 8.3% 6.9% 28% 1.03 10.4 63.1 7.7 80%

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 SF IBB
1930 23 85 296 277 37 79 11 3 3 32 1 3 12 22 .285 .315 .379 .694 73 105 0 7
1931 24 133 443 411 63 120 15 4 4 42 2 3 23 33 .292 .329 .377 .707 78 155 0 8
1932 25 251 923 849 116 246 33 10 6 87 7 10 54 70 .290 .334 .373 .708 84 317 3 15
1933 26 333 1179 1079 142 302 46 14 6 110 8 13 75 90 .280 .329 .365 .694 81 394 4 18
1934 27 402 1398 1271 170 349 54 15 6 129 10 14 96 104 .275 .328 .355 .683 77 451 5 23
1935 28 402 1398 1271 170 349 54 15 6 129 10 14 96 104 .275 .328 .355 .683 77 451 5 23
1936 29 415 1445 1313 182 360 55 15 10 139 13 15 101 107 .274 .328 .362 .690 79 475 5 23
1937 30 415 1445 1313 182 360 55 15 10 139 13 15 101 107 .274 .328 .362 .690 79 475 5 23
1938 31 496 1765 1609 217 446 67 18 19 191 13 15 121 140 .277 .330 .377 .707 85 606 8 6 26
1939 32 559 1963 1782 250 492 72 19 24 217 14 15 143 171 .276 .332 .378 .711 86 674 11 7 28
1940 33 615 2140 1937 268 537 77 21 28 233 14 15 160 190 .277 .336 .382 .718 89 740 15 10 30

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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
1930 23 89 298 280 31 72 10 3 3 26 1 11 23 .257 .285 .346 .632 27 85
1931 24 50 146 135 23 38 4 1 1 9 1 10 11 .281 .331 .348 .679 16 48
1932 25 124 495 454 51 126 18 6 2 43 5 31 39 .278 .328 .357 .685 53 118
1933 26 87 263 239 23 54 13 4 0 21 1 20 21 .226 .288 .314 .602 21 82
1934 27 73 226 199 26 46 8 1 0 17 2 21 15 .231 .308 .281 .589 17 69
1936 29 14 47 42 11 10 1 0 4 9 3 5 3 .238 .319 .548 .867 7 13
1938 31 86 338 313 37 91 13 3 10 55 0 21 35 .291 .337 .447 .785 47 81
1939 32 66 208 182 34 48 5 1 5 27 1 23 33 .264 .350 .385 .734 24 63
1940 33 59 187 164 19 48 5 2 4 17 0 18 20 .293 .373 .421 .794 25 56
9 Yrs 648 2208 2008 255 533 77 21 29 224 14 160 200 .265 .323 .368 .691 237 615
162 Game Avg. 162 552 502 64 133 19 5 7 56 4 40 50 .265 .323 .368 .691 59 615

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 6 (2065), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Name and misspellings: Ira Suitcase Bob bobby Robert Seeds

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