Bud Sheely

Hollis Kimball Sheely

Position: Catcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: November 26, 1920 in Spokane, WA
School: Saint Mary's College of California (Moraga, CA)
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1941. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 26, 1951
Team: WhiteSox 1951-1953

Final Game: September 13, 1953
Died: October 17, 1985 in Sacramento, CA
Cremated
Relatives: Son of Earl Sheely
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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	Pos	Awards
1941	20	BOS-min	B,C	86	265	265		70	11	1	0						.264	.264	.313	.577		83						GBO,CAN · PIED,MATL
1942	21	BOS-min	B	97	301	301		84	9	1	0						.279	.279	.316	.595		95						GBO · PIED
1946	25	PIT-min	AAA	38	97	80	7	16	4	0	0	4	0		16	6	.200	.333	.250	.583		20		0	1			HOL · PCL
1947	26	CHW-NYY-min	AAA,AA	100	245	227	9	51	6	1	0	24	0		17	15	.225	.282	.260	.542		59		1	0			HOL,BMT · PCL,TL
1948	27	SPO	B	129	454	454		144	21	5	11						.317	.317	.458	.775		208						SPO · WINT
1949	28	VAN,OLD	B,AAA	116	404	403	0	140	17	0	21	0	0		1	1	.347	.349	.546	.895		220		0	0			VAN,OLD · WINT,PCL
1950	29	SLE,OLD	AAA	84	205	172	16	39	4	0	1	11	0		28	8	.227	.348	.267	.615		46		4	1			SLE,OLD · PCL
1951	30	SLE	AAA	65	217	191	26	65	16	1	5	36	0		21	13	.340	.414	.513	.927		98		3	2			SLE · PCL
1951	30	CHW	AL	34	99	89	2	16	2	0	0	7	0	0	6	7	.180	.240	.202	.442	21	18	2	1	3		2
1952	31	CHW	AL	36	89	75	1	18	2	0	0	3	0	1	12	7	.240	.352	.267	.619	73	20	2	1	1		2
1953	32	CHW	AL	31	56	46	4	10	1	0	0	2	0	0	9	8	.217	.345	.239	.585	58	11	1	0	1		2
1954	33	SAC	Opn	60	207	171	16	39	6	0	1	22	0		29	11	.228	.341	.281	.622		48	7	2	2	3		SAC · PCL
1955	34	SAC	Opn	78	247	212	12	46	7	0	3	16	0		28	12	.217	.314	.292	.607		62	6	3	2	2		SAC · PCL
3 Yrs				101	244	210	7	44	5	0	0	12	0	1	27	22	.210	.305	.233	.539	48	49	5	2	5
162 Game Avg.				162	391	337	11	71	8	0	0	19	0	2	43	35	.210	.305	.233	.539	48	79	8	3	8

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	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1951	30	CHW	AL	34	99	-10	0	-0	1	-9	-0.9	3	-6	-0.6	.474	.495	-0.6	0.1	-6	$	2
1952	31	CHW	AL	36	89	-2	-1	-0	1	-2	-0.3	2	0	0.0	.493	.498	0.0	0.1	0	$	2
1953	32	CHW	AL	31	56	-3	0	-0	0	-2	-0.2	2	-1	-0.1	.492	.498	-0.1	0.0	-1	$	2
3 Seasons				101	244	-15	-0	-1	2	-13	-1.4	7	-7	-0.7	.486	.497	-0.7	0.2	-7	$

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
1951	30	CHW	AL	99	78	4	1.4	100	.195	.180	.265	.240	.346	.202	.389	.442	.735	21	.103	-9.9	-1.0	.333	.090	.022
1952	31	CHW	AL	89	61	7	3.1	97	.265	.240	.261	.352	.341	.267	.381	.619	.723	73	.370	-2.1	-0.2	.533	.173	.027
1953	32	CHW	AL	56	38	4	2.8	105	.263	.217	.273	.345	.350	.239	.402	.585	.752	58	.303	-2.4	-0.2	.541	.217	.022
3 Yrs				244	177	15	2.3	100	.234	.210	.266	.305	.345	.233	.389	.539	.734	48	.233	-14.4	-1.5	.448	.148	.024
162 Game Avg.				391	284	24	2.3	100	.234	.210	.266	.305	.345	.233	.389	.539	.734	48	.233	-14.4	-1.5	.448	.148	.024

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1951	30	CHW	AL	99	0.0%	7.1%	6.1%	2.0%	13%	1.17	12.7		12.7	0.65	83%
1952	31	CHW	AL	89	0.0%	7.9%	13.5%	2.3%	11%	0.58	10.7		25.0	0.83	76%
1953	32	CHW	AL	56	0.0%	14.3%	16.1%	1.8%	10%	0.89	5.8		23.0	0.78	68%
3 Yrs				244	0.0%	9.0%	11.1%	2.1%	11%	0.81	9.5		17.5	0.74	77%
MLB Averages					2.0%	10.5%	9.3%	6.4%	28%	1.12	8.5	45.1	8.2	0.97	76%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1951	30	CHW	AL	-9.9	-1.0	78	-1.1	0.6	-1.7	1.04	-0.9	-0.2	-7.1	-0.7	0.92	-9.4	1.08	1
1952	31	CHW	AL	-2.1	-0.2	90	-0.6	1.1	-1.7	1.08	-0.4	-0.1	-5.6	-0.6	0.97	-4.2	1.31	6
1953	32	CHW	AL	-2.4	-0.2	56	-0.6	0.7	-1.3	1.15	-0.3	-0.2	-5.0	-0.5	0.98	-4.3	1.77	10
3 Yrs				-14.4	-1.5	224	-2.2	2.4	-4.6	1.08	-1.6	-0.5	-17.7	-1.8	0.95	-17.9	1.57	17

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	CS	SB%	CS2	OOB	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1951	30	CHW	AL	1	9%	18	0		0	1	33%	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	1
1952	31	CHW	AL	0	3%	21	1	0%	1	0	0%	4	4	0	0	0	1	1	0
1953	32	CHW	AL	0	21%	8	0		0	1	50%	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	0
3 Yrs				1	10%	47	1	0%	1	2	20%	6	6	2	1	1	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
1951	30	CHW	AL	99	97%	16			1	0	0	0	1.08	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	100%	18	2	11%	8	3	38%	40	4	10%	2	1	50%	1	0	0%	0
1952	31	CHW	AL	89	99%	18			6	2	0	0	1.31	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	50%	15	2	13%	7	3	43%	62	3	5%	7	1	14%	5	3	60%	0
1953	32	CHW	AL	56	93%	10			10	4	0	0	1.77	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	12	1	8%	4	1	25%	37	2	5%	3	1	33%	2	1	50%	0
3 Yrs				244	97%	44			17	6	0	0	1.57	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	6	5	83%	45	5	11%	19	7	37%	139	9	6%	12	3	25%	8	4	50%	0
MLB Averages					50%																			88%			12%			32%			15%			51%			55%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH
1951	30	34	99	89	2	16	2	7	0	6	7	.180	.240	.202	.442	21	18	2	1	3
1952	31	70	188	164	3	34	4	10	1	18	14	.207	.293	.232	.525	46	38	4	2	4
1953	32	101	244	210	7	44	5	12	1	27	22	.210	.305	.233	.539	48	49	5	2	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
1951	30	36	103	93	2	16	2	7	6	7	.172	.230	.194	.424	4	34
1952	31	38	94	79	1	19	2	3	13	7	.241	.355	.266	.621	7	36
1953	32	32	60	49	4	11	1	2	10	8	.224	.356	.245	.601	4	31
3 Yrs		106	257	221	7	46	5	12	29	22	.208	.306	.231	.536	15	101
162 Game Avg.		162	393	338	11	70	8	18	44	34	.208	.306	.231	.536	23	101

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