Bill Shipke

William Martin Shipke (Skipper Bill or Muskrat Bill)

Position: Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 7", Weight: 145 lb.

Born: November 18, 1882 in St. Louis, MO (All Transactions)
Debut: April 23, 1906
Teams (by GP): Senators/Naps 1906-1909

Final Game: May 13, 1909
Died: September 10, 1940 in Omaha, NE
Buried: Westlawn-Hillcrest Memorial Park, Omaha, NE
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	HBP	SH	Pos	Awards
1902	19	SPD	D																						SPD · MOVL
1903	20	FSC	D	129	470	470		144								.306	.306								FSC · MOVL
1904	21	OMA	A	146	537	537		123								.229	.229								OMA · WL
1905	22	OMA	A	143	541	541		142								.262	.262								OMA · WL
1906	23	DMO	A	103	393	393		102								.260	.260								DMO · WL
1906	23	CLE	AL	2	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	1	/4
1907	24	DMO	A	73	287	287		56								.195	.195								DMO · WL
1907	24	WSH	AL	64	210	189	17	37	3	2	1	9	6	15	36	.196	.262	.249	.511	69	47	2	4	5
1908	25	WSH	AL	111	410	341	40	71	7	8	0	20	15	38	53	.208	.297	.276	.573	94	94	5	26	*5/4
1909	26	OMA	A	72	258	258		74	18	1	4					.287	.287	.411	.698		106				OMA · WL
1909	26	WSH	AL	9	19	16	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	3	.125	.222	.188	.410	32	3	0	1	/56
1910	27	OMA	A	82	260	260		64	18	2	1					.246	.246	.342	.588		89				OMA · WL
1911	28	OMA	A	42	135	135		37	7	3	0					.274	.274	.370	.644		50				OMA · WL
1912	29	OMA	A	96	322	322		82	23	3	3					.255	.255	.373	.627		120				OMA · WL
1913	30	OMA	A	124	433	433		111	18	6	2					.256	.256	.339	.596		147				OMA · WL
1914	31	OMA	A	77	293	293		86	11	3	1					.294	.294	.362	.655		106				OMA · WL
1920	37	HUR	D	49	189	189		48								.254	.254								HUR · SDAK
4 Yrs				186	646	552	59	110	11	10	1	29	21	55	95	.199	.280	.261	.541	81	144	7	32
162 Game Avg.				162	563	481	51	96	10	9	1	25	18	48	83	.199	.280	.261	.541	81	125	6	28

WSH (3 yrs)				184	639	546	59	110	11	10	1	29	21	55	92	.201	.283	.264	.547	83	144	7	31
CLE (1 yr)				2	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	1

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
1906	23	CLE	AL	2	7	-2	0	0	0	0	-2	-0.2	0	-1	-0.2	.404	.499	-0.2	0.0	-1	$	/4
1907	24	WSH	AL	64	210	-6	-0	0	2	2	-2	-0.3	7	5	0.5	.496	.498	0.2	0.5	3	$	5
1908	25	WSH	AL	111	410	-1	-0	0	-1	3	1	0.2	14	15	1.6	.502	.501	1.6	0.3	16	$	*5/4
1909	26	WSH	AL	9	19	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	1	-0	0.0	.489	.499	0.0	0.0	-0	$	/56
4 Seasons				186	646	-9	-0	0	1	6	-3	-0.4	21	18	1.9	.498	.499	1.6	0.8	17	$

WSH (3 yrs)				184	639	-8	-0	0	1	6	-2	-0.2	21	20	2.1	.499	.500	1.8	0.8	19	$
CLE (1 yr)				2	7	-2	0	0	0	0	-2	-0.2	0	-1	-0.2	.404	.499	-0.2	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
1906	23	CLE	AL	7	7	0	0.0	73	.000	.000	.254	.000	.309	.000	.325	.000	.634	-100	.000	-1.4	-0.2	.000	.000	.000
1907	24	WSH	AL	210	156	12	2.1	66	.237	.196	.245	.262	.299	.249	.306	.511	.605	69	.319	-6.3	-0.8	.461	.164	.053	1.7
1908	25	WSH	AL	410	296	27	2.4	62	.247	.208	.236	.297	.291	.276	.300	.573	.591	94	.417	-0.9	-0.1	.563	.223	.067	.0
1909	26	WSH	AL	19	15	1	1.8	71	.154	.125	.248	.222	.308	.188	.315	.410	.623	32	.271	-1.1	-0.1	.357	.188	.063
4 Yrs				646	474	40	2.3	64	.239	.199	.239	.280	.295	.261	.303	.541	.597	81	.372	-9.7	-1.2	.514	.199	.062	1.9
162 Game Avg.				563	413	35	2.3	64	.239	.199	.239	.280	.295	.261	.303	.541	.597	81	.372	-9.7	-1.2	.514	.199	.062	2

WSH (3 yrs)				639	467	40	2.3	64	.241	.201	.239	.283	.295	.264	.302	.547	.597	83	.380	-8.4	-1.0	.521	.201	.062	1.9
CLE (1 yr)				7	7	0	0.0	73	.000	.000	.254	.000	.309	.000	.325	.000	.634	-100	.000	-1.4	-0.2	.000	.000	.000

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	HBP	SH
1906	23	2	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	1
1907	24	66	217	195	17	37	3	2	1	9	6	15	39	.190	.255	.241	.496	64	47	2	5
1908	25	177	627	536	57	108	10	10	1	29	21	53	92	.201	.282	.263	.545	83	141	7	31
1909	26	186	646	552	59	110	11	10	1	29	21	55	95	.199	.280	.261	.541	81	144	7	32

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	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1906	23	2	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	2
1907	24	67	231	206	24	46	4	2	1	13	7	19	38	.223	.295	.277	.572	17	64
1908	25	115	451	370	58	90	9	10	0	29	19	48	55	.243	.340	.322	.661	39	111
1909	26	9	22	18	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	3	3	.167	.286	.278	.563	1	9
4 Yrs		193	711	600	85	139	15	12	1	42	26	70	99	.232	.320	.302	.622	57	186
162 Game Avg.		162	597	504	71	117	13	10	1	35	22	59	83	.232	.320	.302	.622	48	186

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