Ray Semproch

Roman Anthony Semproch (Baby)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: January 7, 1931 in Cleveland, OH
Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in 1951. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 15, 1958
Teams (by GP): Phillies/Tigers/Angels 1958-1961

Final Game: May 2, 1961
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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
1951	20	PHI-min	D	37	82	82		9	1	1	0						.110	.110	.146	.256		12							ELZ · APPY
1952		Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1953		Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1954	23	PHI-min	B	43	72	72		11	2	0	0						.153	.153	.181	.333		13							TER · IIIL
1955	24	PHI-min	C,B	48	59	59		12	1	0	0						.203	.203	.220	.424		13							TRV,REI · PROV,CARL
1956	25	PHI-min	B	31	70	70		8	4	0	0						.114	.114	.171	.286		12							WLS · CARL
1957	26	PHI-min	AAA	37	64	62	1	7	0	0	0	4	0		0	13	.113	.111	.113	.224		7		0	1	1			MIA · IL
1958	27	PHI	NL	36	77	74	1	7	1	0	0	4	0	0	1	20	.095	.107	.108	.215	-43	8	0	0	2	0	0	1
1959	28	PHI	NL	30	36	34	1	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	16	.176	.176	.176	.353	-6	6	0	0	2	0	0	1
1960	29	LAD-min	AAA	20	44	43	4	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	9	.140	.159	.140	.299		6							SPO · PCL
1960	29	DET	AL	17	6	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.200	.000	.200	-42	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
1961	30	TTO	AAA	2	0	0		0	0	0	0											0							TTO · IL
1961	30	LAA	AL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
4 Yrs				85	119	112	2	13	1	0	0	6	0	0	2	39	.116	.132	.125	.257	-31	14	0	0	5	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	227	213	4	25	2	0	0	11	0	0	4	74	.116	.132	.125	.257	-31	27	0	0	10	0	0

PHI (2 yrs)				66	113	108	2	13	1	0	0	6	0	0	1	36	.120	.128	.130	.258	-31	14	0	0	4	0	0
LAA (1 yr)				2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
DET (1 yr)				17	6	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.200	.000	.200	-42	0	0	0	1	0	0

AL (2 yrs)				19	6	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.200	.000	.200	-42	0	0	0	1	0	0
NL (2 yrs)				66	113	108	2	13	1	0	0	6	0	0	1	36	.120	.128	.130	.258	-31	14	0	0	4	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
1958	27	PHI	NL	36	77	-14	-0	1	0	8	-5	-0.5	3	-2	-0.5	.486	.497	-0.5	-0.0	-2	$	1
1959	28	PHI	NL	30	36	-5	0	0	0	4	-0	-0.1	1	1	-0.1	.498	.500	-0.1	0.0	1	$	1
1960	29	DET	AL	17	6	-1	0	0	0	1	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.498	.500	0.0	-0.0	-0	$	1
1961	30	LAA	AL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
4 Seasons				85	119	-19	-0	1	0	13	-6	-0.6	4	-2	-0.6	.493	.499	-0.6	-0.0	-2	$

PHI (2 yrs)				66	113	-18	-0	1	0	12	-5	-0.6	4	-2	-0.6	.491	.498	-0.6	0.0	-2	$
LAA (1 yr)				2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$
DET (1 yr)				17	6	-1	0	0	0	1	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.498	.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
1958	27	PHI	NL	77	69	1	0.4	105	.130	.095	.269	.107	.336	.108	.420	.215	.756	-43	.011	-15.3	-1.5	.134	.027	.014
1959	28	PHI	NL	36	30	1	0.9	106	.333	.176	.271	.176	.338	.176	.420	.353	.758	-6	.047	-5.3	-0.5	.214	.000	.000
1960	29	DET	AL	6	5	0	0.0	105	.000	.000	.268	.200	.342	.000	.410	.200	.753	-42	.000	-0.8	-0.1	.250	.250	.000
4 Yrs				119	104	2	0.5	105	.178	.116	.269	.132	.337	.125	.419	.257	.756	-31	.018	-21.4	-2.1	.162	.027	.009
162 Game Avg.				227	198	4	0.5	105	.178	.116	.269	.132	.337	.125	.419	.257	.756	-31	.018	-21.4	-2.1	.162	.027	.009

PHI (2 yrs)				113	99	2	0.5	105	.181	.120	.269	.128	.337	.130	.420	.258	.756	-31	.019	-20.5	-2.0	.158	.019	.009
DET (1 yr)				6	5	0	0.0	105	.000	.000	.268	.200	.342	.000	.410	.200	.753	-42	.000	-0.8	-0.1	.250	.250	.000

NL (2 yrs)				113	99	2	0.5	105	.181	.120	.269	.128	.337	.130	.420	.258	.756	-31	.019	-20.5	-2.0	.158	.019	.009
AL (2 yrs)				6	5	0	0.0	105	.000	.000	.268	.200	.342	.000	.410	.200	.753	-42	.000	-0.8	-0.1	.250	.250	.000

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1958	27	PHI	NL	77	0.0%	26.0%	1.3%	1.3%	14%	20.00	3.7		18.5	1.50	70%
1959	28	PHI	NL	36	0.0%	44.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		2.1		17.0	3.33	50%
1960	29	DET	AL	6	0.0%	50.0%	16.7%	0.0%		3.00	1.3			2.00	17%
4 Yrs				119	0.0%	32.8%	1.7%	0.8%	8%	19.50	2.9		18.7	1.75	61%
MLB Averages					2.4%	13.4%	8.8%	6.7%	29%	1.52	6.6	37.4	8.3	1.03	74%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1958	27	PHI	NL	-15.3	-1.5	77	-1.3	0.3	-1.6	.87	-1.4	-0.1	-14.4	-1.4	0.91	-16.0	0
1959	28	PHI	NL	-5.3	-0.5	36	-0.2	0.3	-0.6	.80	-0.5	0.2	-4.1	-0.4	0.94	-5.2	0
1960	29	DET	AL	-0.8	-0.1	6	-0.0	0.1	-0.1	1.13	-0.1	0.1	-1.1	-0.1	1.04	-0.9	0
1961	30	LAA	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
4 Yrs				-21.4	-2.1	119	-1.5	0.8	-2.3	.87	-2.0	0.2	-19.5	-2.0	0.93	-22.2	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	OOB	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3
1958	27	PHI	NL	2	13%	17	1	50%	2	1	1
1959	28	PHI	NL	1	17%	8	0		0	0	0
1960	29	DET	AL	0	0%	3	0		0	0	0
4 Yrs				3	13%	28	1	50%	2	1	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
1958	27	PHI	NL	77	38%	7			0	0	0	0		0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	7	2	29%	11	0	0%	12	1	8%	44	4	9%	5	0	0%	0	0		0
1959	28	PHI	NL	36	50%	6			0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	67%	5	0	0%	6	0	0%	24	4	17%	4	1	25%	1	0	0%	0
1960	29	DET	AL	6	0%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	50%	2	0	0%	2	1	50%	5	0	0%	0	0		1	0	0%	0
4 Yrs				119	40%	13			0	0	0	0		0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	12	5	42%	18	0	0%	20	2	10%	73	8	11%	9	1	11%	2	0	0%	0
MLB Averages					49%																			75%			10%			31%			14%			50%			54%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	SH
1958	27	36	77	74	1	7	1	4	1	20	.095	.107	.108	.215	-43	8	2
1959	28	66	113	108	2	13	1	6	1	36	.120	.128	.130	.258	-31	14	4
1960	29	83	119	112	2	13	1	6	2	39	.116	.132	.125	.257	-31	14	5
1961	30	85	119	112	2	13	1	6	2	39	.116	.132	.125	.257	-31	14	5

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	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1958	27	38	81	78	1	8	1	5	1	21	.103	.114	.115	.229	1	36
1959	28	31	37	35	1	6	0	2	0	17	.171	.171	.171	.343	1	30
1960	29	18	6	4	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.200	.000	.200	0	17
3 Yrs		87	124	117	2	14	1	7	2	41	.120	.134	.128	.263	2	83
162 Game Avg.		162	231	218	4	26	2	13	4	76	.120	.134	.128	.263	4	83

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