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Jack Shepard

Jack Leroy Shepard

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: May 13, 1931 in Clovis, CA
School: Stanford University (Palo Alto, CA)
Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1953. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 19, 1953
Team: Pirates 1953-1956

Final Game: September 30, 1956
Died: December 31, 1994 in Atherton, CA
Cremated
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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
1953 22 PIT NL 2 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .250 .500 31 1 0 0 0 /2
1954 23 PIT NL 82 265 227 24 69 8 2 3 22 0 0 26 33 .304 .370 .396 .766 102 90 10 0 8 4 2
1955 24 PIT NL 94 301 264 24 63 10 2 2 23 1 0 33 25 .239 .321 .314 .635 72 83 8 0 2 2 3 2
1956 25 PIT NL 100 290 256 24 62 11 2 7 30 1 1 25 37 .242 .309 .383 .691 87 98 8 0 8 1 5 2/3
4 Yrs 278 860 751 72 195 29 6 12 75 2 1 84 97 .260 .331 .362 .694 86 272 26 0 18 7 8
162 Game Avg. 162 501 438 42 114 17 3 7 44 1 1 49 57 .260 .331 .362 .694 86 159 15 0 10

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
1953 22 PIT NL 2 4 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .480 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $ /2
1954 23 PIT NL 82 265 -1 0 -1 2 2 3 0.2 9 12 1.1 .503 .502 1.0 0.4 10 $ 2
1955 24 PIT NL 94 301 -10 -1 -0 0 3 -9 -1.1 10 1 0.0 .490 .494 0.1 0.2 1 $ 2
1956 25 PIT NL 100 290 -7 -0 -0 3 3 -2 -0.3 10 8 0.6 .498 .499 0.5 0.5 6 $ 2/3
4 Seasons 278 860 -19 -1 -2 5 9 -8 -1.2 29 21 1.7 .497 .499 1.6 1.1 16 $

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
1953 22 PIT NL 4 3 0 0.0 109 .500 .250 .273 .250 .344 .250 .426 .500 .770 31 .000 -0.4 -0.0 .333 .000 .000
1954 23 PIT NL 265 180 34 5.1 107 .338 .304 .272 .370 .343 .396 .420 .766 .763 102 .525 1.7 0.2 .690 .207 .093 .0
1955 24 PIT NL 301 213 27 3.4 104 .255 .239 .263 .321 .334 .314 .417 .635 .751 72 .357 -10.0 -1.0 .560 .205 .076 1.3
1956 25 PIT NL 290 212 29 3.7 100 .258 .242 .260 .309 .327 .383 .411 .691 .738 87 .410 -4.6 -0.5 .606 .238 .141 1.8
4 Yrs 860 608 90 4.0 104 .282 .260 .265 .331 .334 .362 .416 .694 .750 86 .427 -13.2 -1.3 .612 .216 .103 3.4
162 Game Avg. 501 354 52 4.0 104 .282 .260 .265 .331 .334 .362 .416 .694 .750 86 .427 -13.2 -1.3 .612 .216 .103 2

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
1953 22 PIT NL 4 0.0% 50.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 2.0 50%
1954 23 PIT NL 265 1.1% 12.5% 9.8% 4.9% 19% 1.27 6.9 75.7 10.3 1.04 74%
1955 24 PIT NL 301 0.7% 8.3% 11.0% 4.7% 22% 0.76 10.6 132.0 11.5 1.19 79%
1956 25 PIT NL 290 2.4% 12.8% 8.6% 6.9% 32% 1.48 6.9 36.6 8.5 0.95 73%
4 Yrs 860 1.4% 11.3% 9.8% 5.5% 24% 1.15 7.7 62.6 10.0 1.06 75%
MLB Averages 2.2% 11.2% 9.4% 6.6% 29% 1.20 7.9 39.4 8.1 0.97 75%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1953 22 PIT NL -0.4 -0.0 2 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 1.30 -0.1 0.0 -1.0 -0.1 1.42 -0.6 0
1954 23 PIT NL 1.7 0.2 189 -0.4 3.3 -3.7 1.12 0.2 -0.5 -6.5 -0.6 1.03 0.6 1.87 13
1955 24 PIT NL -10.0 -1.0 224 -0.3 3.5 -3.8 1.06 -0.4 0.1 -5.2 -0.5 0.99 -2.1 2.38 13
1956 25 PIT NL -4.6 -0.5 219 -0.5 3.6 -4.1 1.10 -0.3 -0.1 -1.8 -0.2 0.95 -4.5 1.80 13
4 Yrs -13.2 -1.3 634 -1.2 10.3 -11.6 1.09 -0.6 -0.5 -14.4 -1.4 0.99 -6.6 2.02 39

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% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1953 22 PIT NL 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1954 23 PIT NL 0 0 23% 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 3 32% 12 10 1 2 1 1 5 1 4
1955 24 PIT NL 3 0 23% 101 1 0 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 3 23% 9 9 0 7 4 3 6 3 2
1956 25 PIT NL 1 0 21% 65 1 1 50% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 43% 7 6 1 2 0 2 5 2 3
4 Yrs 4 0 23% 234 2 1 67% 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 9 8 31% 28 25 2 11 5 6 16 6 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
1953 22 PIT NL 4 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 3 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
1954 23 PIT NL 265 67% 69 13 3 0 1 1.87 3 0 10 1 2 0 3 0 8 8 100% 59 10 17% 29 12 41% 148 14 9% 13 5 38% 8 3 38% 0
1955 24 PIT NL 302 52% 63 13 5 0 3 2.38 2 0 7 0 2 0 2 0 4 2 50% 46 8 17% 21 5 24% 155 15 10% 13 5 38% 2 0 0% -1
1956 25 PIT NL 290 34% 62 13 3 1 1 1.80 7 0 4 2 3 3 4 0 9 8 89% 36 8 22% 24 11 46% 133 16 12% 8 4 50% 12 6 50% 0
4 Yrs 861 50% 195 39 11 1 5 2.02 12 0 22 3 7 3 9 0 21 18 86% 142 26 18% 75 28 37% 439 45 10% 35 14 40% 22 9 41% -1
MLB Averages 49% 83% 11% 32% 14% 50% 54%

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
1953 22 2 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .250 .500 31 1 0 0 0
1954 23 84 269 231 24 70 8 2 3 22 0 0 26 35 .303 .368 .394 .762 101 91 10 0 8 4
1955 24 178 570 495 48 133 18 4 5 45 1 0 59 60 .269 .343 .352 .694 85 174 18 0 10 6 3
1956 25 278 860 751 72 195 29 6 12 75 2 1 84 97 .260 .331 .362 .694 86 272 26 0 18 7 8

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
1953 22 2 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 2
1954 23 86 277 238 25 72 8 2 3 23 0 27 35 .303 .368 .391 .759 35 82
1955 24 99 317 278 25 67 11 2 2 24 1 35 26 .241 .324 .317 .640 28 94
1956 25 105 307 271 27 68 12 2 8 34 1 27 39 .251 .318 .399 .716 34 100
4 Yrs 292 905 791 77 207 31 6 13 81 2 89 102 .262 .334 .365 .699 97 278
162 Game Avg. 162 502 439 43 115 17 3 7 45 1 49 57 .262 .334 .365 .699 54 278

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