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Art Shamsky

Arthur Louis Shamsky

Positions: Outfielder, Pinch Hitter and First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 168 lb.

Born: October 14, 1941 in St. Louis, MO
High School: University City HS (University City, MO)
School: University of Missouri Columbia (Columbia, MO)
Signed by the Cincinnati Redlegs as an amateur free agent in 1959. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 17, 1965
Teams (by GP): Mets/Reds/Cubs/Athletics 1965-1972

Final Game: July 18, 1972
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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
1960	18	CIN-min	D	119	409	409		111	16	8	18						.271	.271	.482	.753		197							GEN · NYPL
1961	19	CIN-min	B	116	403	403		116	20	4	15						.288	.288	.469	.757		189							TPK · IIIL
1962	20	CIN-min	A	81	332	275	58	78	15	3	16	61	6		52	47	.284	.396	.535	.930		147		1	1	3	1		MAC · SALL
1963	21	CIN-min	AAA	150	553	494	64	132	21	6	18	68	5	4	59	93	.267	.345	.443	.789		219							SDG · PCL
1964	22	CIN-min	AAA	145	583	507	82	138	21	2	25	69	12	6	70	69	.272	.363	.469	.832		238		3	1	2			SDG · PCL
1965	23	CIN	NL	64	106	96	13	25	4	3	2	10	1	0	10	29	.260	.330	.427	.757	106	41	0	0	0	0	0	9/73
1966	24	CIN	NL	96	271	234	41	54	5	0	21	47	0	2	32	45	.231	.321	.521	.842	121	122	5	0	3	2	1	79
1967	25	CIN	NL	76	164	147	6	29	3	1	3	13	0	1	15	34	.197	.274	.293	.567	55	43	1	1	0	1	5	97
1968	26	NYM	NL	116	381	345	30	82	14	4	12	48	1	0	21	58	.238	.292	.406	.698	108	140	6	7	4	4	6	739
1969	27	NYM-min	AAA	11	45	38	9	11	5	0	4	12	0	0	5	7	.289	.378	.737	1.115		28		1	0	1			TID · IL
1969	27	NYM	NL	100	349	303	42	91	9	3	14	47	1	2	36	32	.300	.375	.488	.863	139	148	5	3	2	5	2	97/3
1970	28	NYM	NL	122	458	403	48	118	19	2	11	49	1	1	49	33	.293	.371	.432	.803	115	174	11	3	0	3	13	39/7
1971	29	NYM	NL	68	157	135	13	25	6	2	5	18	1	1	21	18	.185	.299	.370	.670	91	50	6	1	0	0	2	97/3
1972	30	CHC-min	AAA	26	83	64	12	17	2	1	6	11	0	1	19	9	.266	.434	.609	1.043		39		0	0	0			WCH · AA
1972	30	TOT	MLB	23	27	23	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	5	.087	.222	.087	.309	-10	2	0	0	0	0	0	/3
1972	30	CHC	NL	15	19	16	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	3	.125	.263	.125	.388	10	2	0	0	0	0	0	/3
1972	30	OAK	AL	8	8	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.125	.000	.125	-60	0	0	0	0	0	0
8 Yrs				665	1913	1686	194	426	60	15	68	233	5	7	188	254	.253	.330	.427	.757	110	720	34	15	9	15	29
162 Game Avg.				162	466	411	47	104	15	4	17	57	1	2	46	62	.253	.330	.427	.757	110	175	8	4	2	4	7

NYM (4 yrs)				406	1345	1186	133	316	48	11	42	162	4	4	127	141	.266	.341	.432	.773	117	512	28	14	6	12	23
CIN (3 yrs)				236	541	477	60	108	12	4	26	70	1	3	57	108	.226	.309	.432	.740	98	206	6	1	3	3	6
OAK (1 yr)				8	8	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.125	.000	.125	-60	0	0	0	0	0	0
CHC (1 yr)				15	19	16	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	3	.125	.263	.125	.388	10	2	0	0	0	0	0

NL (8 yrs)				657	1905	1679	194	426	60	15	68	233	5	7	187	252	.254	.331	.429	.760	110	720	34	15	9	15	29
AL (1 yr)				8	8	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.125	.000	.125	-60	0	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
1965	23	CIN	NL	64	106	0	0	0	-3	-1	-3	-0.3	4	1	0.0	.495	.498	0.3	-0.4	3	$	9/73
1966	24	CIN	NL	96	271	6	1	-0	-1	-4	1	0.2	9	10	1.1	.501	.501	1.1	-0.4	11	$	79
1967	25	CIN	NL	76	164	-11	-1	0	0	-2	-13	-1.5	6	-7	-0.9	.480	.491	-1.0	-0.1	-8	$	97
1968	26	NYM	NL	116	381	2	1	1	3	-5	2	0.4	13	15	1.7	.502	.501	1.1	-0.1	11	$	739
1969	27	NYM	NL	100	349	15	-2	1	-5	-4	6	0.7	12	17	1.9	.506	.504	2.3	-0.9	22	$	97/3
1970	28	NYM	NL	122	458	6	1	-1	6	-6	6	0.7	13	19	2.0	.505	.504	1.3	0.1	13	$	39/7
1971	29	NYM	NL	68	157	-1	-1	-1	0	-2	-5	-0.6	5	-1	-0.1	.491	.496	-0.2	-0.2	-1	$	97/3
1972	30	CHC	NL	15	19	-1	0	0	0	-0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.491	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$	/3
1972	30	OAK	AL	8	8	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.2	0	-1	-0.1	.479	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$25,000
8 Seasons				665	1913	15	-1	0	1	-25	-9	-0.7	62	52	5.5	.498	.499	4.7	-2.1	51	$25,000

NYM (4 yrs)				406	1345	22	-1	-0	5	-18	8	1.2	43	50	5.5	.502	.501	4.5	-1.1	46	$
CIN (3 yrs)				236	541	-5	0	0	-3	-7	-15	-1.6	18	4	0.2	.493	.496	0.4	-1.0	7	$
OAK (1 yr)				8	8	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.2	0	-1	-0.1	.479	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$25,000
CHC (1 yr)				15	19	-1	0	0	0	-0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.491	.499	-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	PwrSpd
1965	23	CIN	NL	106	71	15	5.7	99	.354	.260	.266	.330	.331	.427	.402	.757	.733	106	.643	0.5	0.0	.732	.281	.167	1.3
1966	24	CIN	NL	271	192	39	5.5	104	.194	.231	.276	.321	.336	.521	.416	.842	.752	121	.616	6.1	0.6	.813	.419	.291	.0
1967	25	CIN	NL	164	121	12	2.7	100	.234	.197	.271	.274	.336	.293	.398	.567	.734	55	.328	-9.1	-1.0	.483	.190	.095	.0
1968	26	NYM	NL	381	277	41	4.0	81	.251	.238	.252	.292	.310	.406	.355	.698	.666	108	.552	2.6	0.3	.628	.232	.168	1.8
1969	27	NYM	NL	349	226	57	6.8	96	.294	.300	.262	.375	.332	.488	.388	.863	.720	139	.708	16.1	1.6	.849	.304	.188	1.9
1970	28	NYM	NL	458	300	64	5.7	103	.296	.293	.267	.371	.340	.432	.408	.803	.748	115	.595	9.8	1.0	.761	.261	.139	1.8
1971	29	NYM	NL	157	117	14	3.2	91	.179	.185	.257	.299	.323	.370	.377	.670	.700	91	.395	-1.6	-0.2	.615	.341	.185	1.7
1972	30	TOT	MLB	27	21	1	1.3	93	.111	.087	.260	.222	.329	.087	.381	.309	.710	-10	.115	-3.3	-0.4	.286	.174	.000
1972	30	CHC	NL	19	14	1	1.9	100	.154	.125	.268	.263	.337	.125	.395	.388	.733	10	.205	-1.9	-0.2	.357	.188	.000
1972	30	OAK	AL	8	7	0	0.0	79	.000	.000	.241	.125	.309	.000	.348	.125	.657	-60	.000	-1.4	-0.2	.143	.143	.000
8 Yrs				1913	1325	243	4.9	96	.260	.253	.264	.330	.330	.427	.391	.757	.720	110	.579	21.1	2.1	.708	.285	.174	9.3
162 Game Avg.				466	323	59	4.9	96	.260	.253	.264	.330	.330	.427	.391	.757	.720	110	.579	5	1	.708	.285	.174	2

NYM (4 yrs)				1345	920	176	5.2	94	.270	.266	.260	.341	.328	.432	.384	.773	.712	117	.597	26.9	2.7	.724	.272	.165	7.3
CIN (3 yrs)				541	384	66	4.6	102	.237	.226	.273	.309	.335	.432	.408	.740	.742	98	.553	-2.5	-0.3	.693	.321	.205	1.9
OAK (1 yr)				8	7	0	0.0	79	.000	.000	.241	.125	.309	.000	.348	.125	.657	-60	.000	-1.4	-0.2	.143	.143	.000
CHC (1 yr)				19	14	1	1.9	100	.154	.125	.268	.263	.337	.125	.395	.388	.733	10	.204	-1.9	-0.2	.357	.188	.000

NL (8 yrs)				1905	1318	243	5.0	96	.261	.254	.264	.331	.330	.429	.391	.760	.721	110	.582	22.4	2.2	.711	.285	.175	9.3
AL (1 yr)				8	7	0	0.0	79	.000	.000	.241	.125	.309	.000	.348	.125	.657	-60	.000	-1.4	-0.2	.143	.143	.000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB
1969	27	NYM	NL	NLCS	ATL	W	3	13	13	3	7	1	3	.538	.538	.538	1.077	7
1969	27	NYM	NL	WS	BAL	W	3	6	6	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0
1 Yr (2 Series)							6	19	19	3	7	1	3	.368	.368	.368	.737	7
1 NLCS							3	13	13	3	7	1	3	.538	.538	.538	1.077	7
1 WS							3	6	6	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	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%
1965	23	CIN	NL	106	1.9%	27.4%	9.4%	8.5%	36%	2.90	3.3	48.0	9.6	0.62	61%
1966	24	CIN	NL	271	7.8%	16.6%	11.8%	9.6%	48%	1.41	5.2	11.1	5.0	0.79	63%
1967	25	CIN	NL	164	1.8%	20.7%	9.2%	4.3%	24%	2.27	4.3	49.0	11.3	0.95	68%
1968	26	NYM	NL	381	3.2%	15.2%	5.5%	7.9%	37%	2.76	5.9	28.8	7.2	0.79	73%
1969	27	NYM	NL	349	4.0%	9.2%	10.3%	7.5%	29%	0.89	9.5	21.6	6.4	1.02	75%
1970	28	NYM	NL	458	2.4%	7.2%	10.7%	7.0%	27%	0.67	12.2	36.6	8.2	0.96	79%
1971	29	NYM	NL	157	3.2%	11.5%	13.4%	8.3%	52%	0.86	7.5	27.0	7.5	0.98	71%
1972	30	TOT	MLB	27	0.0%	18.5%	14.8%	0.0%	0%	1.25	4.6		23.0	0.50	67%
1972	30	CHC	NL	19	0.0%	15.8%	15.8%	0.0%	0%	1.00	5.3		16.0	0.67	68%
1972	30	OAK	AL	8	0.0%	25.0%	12.5%	0.0%		2.00	3.5			0.25	63%
8 Yrs				1913	3.6%	13.3%	9.8%	7.5%	34%	1.35	6.6	24.8	7.2	0.89	72%
MLB Averages					2.0%	15.2%	8.4%	6.0%	27%	1.82	5.9	44.1	9.3	1.12	73%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1965	23	CIN	NL	0.5	0.0	107	-0.5	1.7	-2.2	1.13	0.2	-0.6	-2.3	-0.2	0.98	1.3	1.46	45
1966	24	CIN	NL	6.1	0.6	276	0.8	6.3	-5.5	1.11	0.9	-0.1	10.7	1.0	0.96	12.6	1.70	24
1967	25	CIN	NL	-9.1	-1.0	165	-1.4	1.9	-3.3	1.09	-1.1	-0.2	-5.1	-0.5	0.92	-10.0	1.72	34
1968	26	NYM	NL	2.6	0.3	391	0.4	7.1	-6.7	1.12	0.9	-0.6	9.3	1.0	0.98	10.7	2.02	23
1969	27	NYM	NL	16.1	1.6	354	2.4	7.9	-5.4	1.06	2.3	-0.0	20.3	2.1	0.98	24.3	2.92	13
1970	28	NYM	NL	9.8	1.0	466	-0.3	9.1	-9.4	1.18	0.6	-0.9	7.2	0.7	0.99	8.0	1.78	11
1971	29	NYM	NL	-1.6	-0.2	159	-0.6	2.5	-3.1	1.06	-0.2	-0.4	-0.3	-0.0	0.96	-1.8	1.43	24
1972	30	TOT	MLB	-3.3	-0.4	27	0.0	0.5	-0.4	1.17	-0.1	0.2	-1.2	-0.1	1.02	-1.9	1.43	15
1972	30	CHC	NL	-1.9	-0.2	19	0.2	0.5	-0.3	1.31	0.0	0.1	-0.6	-0.1	1.02	-0.7	1.94	8
1972	30	OAK	AL	-1.4	-0.2	8	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	.85	-0.1	-0.1	-0.6	-0.1	1.00	-1.1	0.85	7
8 Yrs				21.1	2.1	1945	1.0	37.0	-36.1	1.12	3.6	-2.7	38.5	3.9	0.97	43.2	1.72	189

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SBH	PO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1965	23	CIN	NL	0	33%	24	1	0	100%	0	0	1	0	1	1	38%	6	4	2	2	1	1	0	0	0
1966	24	CIN	NL	1	31%	61	0	2	0%	0	2	0	0	0	7	39%	12	7	5	6	5	1	5	2	3
1967	25	CIN	NL	0	7%	40	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	1	0	33%	3	3	0	0	0	0	3	1	2
1968	26	NYM	NL	3	18%	96	1	0	100%	1	0	0	1	5	11	42%	11	7	4	3	2	1	5	1	3
1969	27	NYM	NL	4	24%	114	1	2	33%	1	2	0	1	5	4	36%	30	20	9	1	1	0	11	3	6
1970	28	NYM	NL	5	23%	191	1	1	50%	1	1	0	1	7	8	48%	26	13	12	7	3	4	9	4	4
1971	29	NYM	NL	2	19%	36	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	4	0	36%	6	4	1	1	0	1	4	1	2
1972	30	TOT	MLB	1	17%	6	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1972	30	CHC	NL	1	20%	4	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1972	30	OAK	AL	0	0%	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8 Yrs				16	23%	568	5	7	42%	4	7	1	3	23	32	41%	95	58	34	20	12	8	37	12	20

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
1965	23	CIN	NL	106	92%	25			45	13	2	6	1.46	2	0	4	2	0	1	1	0	0	0		19	0	0%	11	0	0%	65	8	12%	7	2	29%	1	0	0%	0
1966	24	CIN	NL	271	93%	54			24	5	2	3	1.70	21	0	3	19	2	15	6	0	4	3	75%	58	5	9%	26	8	31%	160	26	16%	16	6	38%	9	5	56%	0
1967	25	CIN	NL	164	91%	29			34	10	1	6	1.72	3	0	0	3	0	1	2	0	0	0		29	1	3%	16	3	19%	100	10	10%	9	2	22%	4	2	50%	0
1968	26	NYM	NL	381	90%	82			23	1	1	2	2.02	12	1	10	12	0	7	5	0	5	4	80%	74	6	8%	33	14	42%	226	36	16%	22	16	73%	16	11	69%	0
1969	27	NYM	NL	349	93%	91			13	5	0	4	2.92	14	0	6	13	1	7	7	0	2	2	100%	78	5	6%	28	12	43%	225	33	15%	20	11	55%	9	5	56%	0
1970	28	NYM	NL	458	95%	118			11	2	0	1	1.78	11	0	8	11	0	6	5	0	0	0		88	11	13%	37	11	30%	324	40	12%	40	17	43%	16	8	50%	0
1971	29	NYM	NL	157	96%	25			24	3	0	2	1.43	5	0	1	5	0	2	3	0	0	0		21	6	29%	11	3	27%	97	14	14%	6	4	67%	3	1	33%	0
1972	30	TOT	MLB	27	96%	2			15	2	0	1	1.43	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		4	0	0%	3	1	33%	19	1	5%	1	1	100%	2	1	50%	0
1972	30	CHC	NL	19	95%	2			8	2	0	1	1.94	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	2	1	50%	13	1	8%	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	0
1972	30	OAK	AL	8	100%	0			7	0	0	0	0.85	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	1	0	0%	6	0	0%	0	0		1	1	100%	0
8 Yrs				1913	93%	426			189	41	6	25	1.72	68	1	33	65	3	39	29	0	11	9	82%	371	34	9%	165	52	32%	1216	168	14%	121	59	49%	60	33	55%	0
MLB Averages					53%																			77%			11%			30%			13%			46%			52%

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
1965	23	64	106	96	13	25	4	3	2	10	1	0	10	29	.260	.330	.427	.757	106	41	0	0	0	0	0
1966	24	160	377	330	54	79	9	3	23	57	1	2	42	74	.239	.324	.494	.817	117	163	5	0	3	2	1
1967	25	236	541	477	60	108	12	4	26	70	1	3	57	108	.226	.309	.432	.740	98	206	6	1	3	3	6
1968	26	352	922	822	90	190	26	8	38	118	2	3	78	166	.231	.302	.421	.723	102	346	12	8	7	7	12
1969	27	452	1271	1125	132	281	35	11	52	165	3	5	114	198	.250	.322	.439	.761	112	494	17	11	9	12	14
1970	28	574	1729	1528	180	399	54	13	63	214	4	6	163	231	.261	.335	.437	.772	113	668	28	14	9	15	27
1971	29	642	1886	1663	193	424	60	15	68	232	5	7	184	249	.255	.332	.432	.764	111	718	34	15	9	15	29
1972	30	665	1913	1686	194	426	60	15	68	233	5	7	188	254	.253	.330	.427	.757	110	720	34	15	9	15	29

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1965	23	64	106	96	13	25	4	3	2	10	1	10	29	.260	.330	.427	.757	14	64
1966	24	96	271	234	41	54	5	0	21	46	0	32	45	.231	.321	.521	.842	39	96
1967	25	76	164	147	6	29	3	1	3	13	0	15	34	.197	.274	.293	.567	12	76
1968	26	115	396	356	39	95	16	5	14	62	1	24	58	.267	.324	.458	.782	51	116
1969	27	100	355	307	45	95	9	3	15	50	1	38	32	.309	.385	.505	.890	59	100
1970	28	122	457	402	47	117	19	2	11	48	1	49	33	.291	.370	.430	.800	63	122
1971	29	68	161	137	15	27	6	2	5	21	1	23	18	.197	.317	.380	.696	17	68
1972	30	24	31	25	2	3	0	0	0	2	0	6	5	.120	.290	.120	.410	1	23
8 Yrs		665	1941	1704	208	445	62	16	71	252	5	197	254	.261	.341	.441	.782	256	665
162 Game Avg.		162	473	415	51	108	15	4	17	61	1	48	62	.261	.341	.441	.782	62	665

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1968 NL 7 (3rd)	Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y 1970 NL 13 (7th)

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1968 NL 7 (3rd)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1970 NL 13 (7th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 2 (1919), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 8 (1801), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Batters

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Matt Mieske (960)
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Rick Ankiel (957)
Tom Grieve (957)
Al Ferrara (955)

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Wily Mo Pena (960) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jim King (976) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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