Ron Shepherd

Ronald Wayne Shepherd

Positions: Outfielder, Pinch Runner and Designated Hitter
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: October 27, 1960 in Longview, TX
High School: Kilgore HS (Kilgore, TX)
Drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 2nd round of the 1979 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 5, 1984
Team: BlueJays 1984-1986

Final Game: October 5, 1986
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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
1979	18	TOR-min	Rk	49	178	178		37	6	2	3						.208	.208	.315	.522		56							MDH · PION
1980	19	TOR-min	A	110	442	384	53	80	16	4	11	61	5	5	49	122	.208	.295	.357	.652		137		1	2	6			KIN · CARL
1981	20	TOR-min	A	135	545	486	71	114	15	3	16	66	16	7	47	147	.235	.307	.377	.684		183		6	1	5	5		KIN · CARL
1982	21	TOR-min	AA	136	534	482	62	119	19	8	15	65	31	8	40	125	.247	.304	.413	.717		199		2	5	5	2		KNX · SOUL
1983	22	TOR-min	AAA	119	441	404	60	110	20	3	13	62	12	8	29	108	.272	.326	.433	.760		175		4	3	1	0		SYR · IL
1984	23	TOR-min	AAA	113	410	363	37	80	16	3	12	50	6	3	41	99	.220	.301	.380	.681		138		2	1	3	0		SYR · IL
1984	23	TOR	AL	12	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/7D
1985	24	TOR-min	AAA	37	144	133	23	41	12	2	2	16	1	3	11	28	.308	.361	.474	.835		63		0	0	0	0		SYR · IL
1985	24	TOR	AL	38	37	35	7	4	2	0	0	1	3	0	2	12	.114	.162	.171	.334	-10	6	1	0	0	0	0	D8/79
1986	25	TOR-min	AAA	34	140	128	14	27	4	0	3	17	3	4	11	24	.211	.271	.313	.584		40		0	0	1	1		SYR · IL
1986	25	TOR	AL	65	73	69	16	14	4	0	2	4	0	0	3	22	.203	.236	.348	.584	55	24	1	0	1	0	0	D798
1987	26	WSN-min	AAA	102	384	358	45	104	22	1	13	53	13	4	21	64	.291	.331	.466	.797		167		2	0	3	1		INA · AA
1988	27	WSN-min	AAA	30	115	110	8	25	6	0	2	17	1	2	4	24	.227	.261	.336	.597		37		1	0	0	1		INA · AA
1989	28	STL-min	AAA	99	331	304	35	76	20	6	5	30	2	2	25	73	.250	.308	.405	.713		123		1	0	1	0		LOU · AA
1990	29	LEO	AAA																										LEO · MEX
1991	30	LEO	AAA																										LEO · MEX
1992	31	MTY,MTN	AAA																										MTY,MTN · MEX
1993	32	YUC	AAA																										YUC · MEX
3 Yrs				115	114	108	23	18	6	0	2	5	3	1	5	37	.167	.204	.278	.481	28	30	2	0	1	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	161	152	32	25	8	0	3	7	4	1	7	52	.167	.204	.278	.481	28	42	3	0	1	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
1984	23	TOR	AL	12	4	-1	-0	0	0	-1	-2	-0.2	0	-2	-0.2	.484	.499	-0.2	-0.0	-2	$	/7D
1985	24	TOR	AL	38	37	-6	1	0	2	-2	-4	-0.4	1	-3	-0.3	.488	.497	-0.5	0.0	-5	$	D8/79
1986	25	TOR	AL	65	73	-5	0	-0	-5	-3	-12	-1.2	2	-10	-1.0	.481	.492	-0.5	-0.7	-5	$90,000	D798
3 Seasons				115	114	-12	1	0	-3	-5	-19	-1.9	3	-15	-1.5	.483	.496	-1.2	-0.7	-12	$90,000

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
1984	23	TOR	AL	4	5	0	0.0	100	.000	.000	.268	.000	.332	.000	.405	.000	.736	-100	.000	-1.1	-0.1	-.200	-.250	.000
1985	24	TOR	AL	37	32	1	0.8	102	.174	.114	.266	.162	.332	.171	.413	.334	.745	-10	.043	-5.4	-0.5	.344	.200	.057	.0
1986	25	TOR	AL	73	57	6	2.8	103	.267	.203	.265	.236	.333	.348	.413	.584	.747	55	.283	-4.6	-0.4	.482	.188	.145	.0
3 Yrs				114	94	7	2.0	103	.232	.167	.265	.204	.333	.278	.413	.481	.746	28	.175	-11.2	-1.1	.398	.176	.111	2.4
162 Game Avg.				161	132	10	2.0	103	.232	.167	.265	.204	.333	.278	.413	.481	.746	28	.175	-11.2	-1.1	.398	.176	.111	3

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1984	23	TOR	AL	4	0.0%	75.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.3				25%
1985	24	TOR	AL	37	0.0%	32.4%	5.4%	5.4%	50%	6.00	2.9		35.0	0.82	62%
1986	25	TOR	AL	73	2.7%	30.1%	4.1%	8.2%	43%	7.33	3.1	34.5	17.3	1.19	62%
3 Yrs				114	1.8%	32.5%	4.4%	7.0%	44%	7.40	2.9	54.0	21.6	1.07	61%
MLB Averages					2.2%	14.5%	8.6%	6.8%	29%	1.68	6.2	40.3	8.4	1.06	73%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1984	23	TOR	AL	-1.1	-0.1	5	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.67	-0.1	-0.1	-1.7	-0.2	1.11	-1.6		0
1985	24	TOR	AL	-5.4	-0.5	43	-0.3	0.2	-0.5	.80	-0.2	-0.2	-4.9	-0.5	0.99	-4.9	2.22	8
1986	25	TOR	AL	-4.6	-0.4	75	-0.9	0.7	-1.6	1.03	-0.3	-0.5	-6.7	-0.6	0.92	-5.8	0.89	9
3 Yrs				-11.2	-1.1	123	-1.3	0.9	-2.2	.93	-0.6	-0.8	-13.3	-1.3	0.95	-12.2	1.52	17

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndSH
1984	23	TOR	AL		12	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0%	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
1985	24	TOR	AL	117%	39	3	0	100%	3	0	5	44%	5	4	1	1	1	0	3	3
1986	25	TOR	AL	93%	57	0	0		0	0	4	65%	11	6	5	1	0	1	5	5
3 Yrs				100%	108	3	1	75%	3	1	9	54%	18	12	6	2	1	1	8	8

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
1984	23	TOR	AL	4	50%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	4	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1985	24	TOR	AL	37	57%	4			8	0	0	0	2.22	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		11	1	9%	6	2	33%	22	1	5%	1	1	100%	1	1	100%	0
1986	25	TOR	AL	73	58%	14			9	1	0	1	0.89	2	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	100%	10	1	10%	4	1	25%	46	2	4%	3	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
3 Yrs				114	57%	18			17	1	0	1	1.52	2	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	100%	22	2	9%	11	3	27%	72	3	4%	4	1	25%	2	1	50%	0
MLB Averages					60%																			81%			11%			34%			15%			52%			56%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH
1984	23	12	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0
1985	24	50	41	39	7	4	2	0	1	3	1	2	15	.103	.146	.154	.300	-19	6	1	0
1986	25	115	114	108	23	18	6	2	5	3	1	5	37	.167	.204	.278	.481	28	30	2	1

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	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1984	23	12	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	12
1985	24	38	37	35	7	4	2	0	1	3	2	12	.114	.162	.171	.334	1	38
1986	25	65	73	69	17	14	4	2	4	0	3	22	.203	.236	.348	.584	6	65
3 Yrs		115	114	108	24	18	6	2	5	3	5	37	.167	.204	.278	.481	7	115
162 Game Avg.		162	161	152	34	25	8	3	7	4	7	52	.167	.204	.278	.481	10	115

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