Bob Shirley Batting Statistics and History

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Bob Shirley

Robert Charles Shirley

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: June 25, 1954 in Cushing, OK
High School: Putnam City HS (Oklahoma City, OK)
School: University of Oklahoma (Norman, OK)
Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 1st round (8th pick) of the 1976 amateur draft (January Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: April 10, 1977 (Age 22)
Teams (by GP): Padres/Yankees/Reds/Cardinals/Royals 1977-1987
Agents: Tony Attanasio [*]
Final Game: June 21, 1987 (Age 32)
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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
1976	22	SDP-min	AA,AAA	29	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000		0		0	0	0			AMA,HAW · TL,PCL
1977	23	SDP	NL	39	80	74	5	9	2	0	0	2	0	0	2	34	.122	.145	.149	.293	-17	11	1	0	4	0	0	1
1978	24	SDP	NL	50	51	40	4	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	4	16	.125	.205	.125	.330	-2	5	0	0	7	0	0	1
1979	25	SDP	NL	49	63	55	2	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	17	.091	.138	.109	.247	-29	6	1	0	5	0	0	1
1980	26	SDP	NL	59	37	30	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	15	.033	.121	.033	.155	-53	1	0	0	4	0	0	1
1981	27	STL	NL	28	23	22	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	.136	.136	.136	.273	-23	3	0	0	1	0	0	1
1982	28	CIN	NL	41	48	42	1	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	13	.143	.163	.143	.306	-14	6	0	0	5	0	0	1
1983	29	NYY	AL	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1984	30	NYY	AL	41	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1985	31	NYY	AL	48	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1986	32	NYY	AL	39	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1987	33	NYY-min	AAA	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		CLB · IL
1987	33	TOT	AL	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1987	33	NYY	AL	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1987	33	KCR	AL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1988	34	TOR-min	AAA	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		SYR · IL
11 Yrs				434	302	263	15	29	3	0	0	8	0	0	13	102	.110	.152	.122	.274	-21	32	2	0	26	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	113	98	6	11	1	0	0	3	0	0	5	38	.110	.152	.122	.274	-21	12	1	0	10	0	0

NYY (5 yrs)				165	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
SDP (4 yrs)				197	231	199	14	20	3	0	0	5	0	0	12	82	.101	.152	.116	.267	-23	23	2	0	20	0	0
KCR (1 yr)				3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
STL (1 yr)				28	23	22	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	.136	.136	.136	.273	-23	3	0	0	1	0	0
CIN (1 yr)				41	48	42	1	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	13	.143	.163	.143	.306	-14	6	0	0	5	0	0

AL (5 yrs)				168	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
NL (6 yrs)				266	302	263	15	29	3	0	0	8	0	0	13	102	.110	.152	.122	.274	-21	32	2	0	26	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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
1977	23	SDP	NL	39	80	-11	0	0	0	10	-1	-0.1	3	2	-0.1	.498	.500	-0.1	0.0	2	$19,000	1
1978	24	SDP	NL	50	51	-4	-0	0	0	6	2	0.2	2	4	0.2	.505	.502	0.2	0.0	4	$50,000	1
1979	25	SDP	NL	49	63	-9	-0	-0	0	8	-2	-0.2	2	0	-0.2	.496	.499	-0.2	0.0	0	$50,000	1
1980	26	SDP	NL	59	37	-6	0	0	0	4	-1	-0.1	1	1	-0.1	.499	.500	-0.1	0.0	1		1
1981	27	STL	NL	28	23	-4	-0	0	0	3	-1	-0.1	1	-0	-0.1	.496	.499	-0.1	0.0	-0		1
1982	28	CIN	NL	41	48	-6	-0	0	0	6	-0	-0.0	2	1	-0.0	.499	.500	-0.0	0.0	1		1
1983	29	NYY	AL	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$500,000	1
1984	30	NYY	AL	41	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$600,000	1
1985	31	NYY	AL	48	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$637,500	1
1986	32	NYY	AL	39	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$750,000	1
1987	33	NYY	AL	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$250,000	1
1987	33	KCR	AL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0		/1
11 Seasons				434	302	-40	-0	1	0	38	-1	-0.1	10	9	-0.1	.500	.500	-0.1	0.3	9	$2,856,500

NYY (5 yrs)				165	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.501	.500	0.1	0.1	1	$2,737,500
SDP (4 yrs)				197	231	-30	0	1	0	28	-1	-0.1	7	7	-0.1	.500	.500	-0.1	0.1	7	$119,000
KCR (1 yr)				3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0
STL (1 yr)				28	23	-4	-0	0	0	3	-1	-0.1	1	-0	-0.1	.496	.499	-0.1	0.0	-0
CIN (1 yr)				41	48	-6	-0	0	0	6	-0	-0.0	2	1	-0.0	.499	.500	-0.0	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
1977	23	SDP	NL	80	70	2	0.8	93	.225	.122	.256	.145	.322	.149	.390	.293	.711	-17	.036	-11.7	-1.2	.197	.054	.027
1978	24	SDP	NL	51	42	2	1.3	87	.208	.125	.251	.205	.318	.125	.370	.330	.687	-2	.103	-5.2	-0.5	.257	.100	.000
1979	25	SDP	NL	63	56	1	0.5	94	.132	.091	.260	.138	.325	.109	.387	.247	.711	-29	.017	-9.6	-1.0	.176	.073	.018
1980	26	SDP	NL	37	33	0	0.0	90	.067	.033	.260	.121	.321	.033	.377	.155	.698	-53	.000	-6.1	-0.6	.138	.100	.000
1981	27	STL	NL	23	20	0	0.0	94	.200	.136	.266	.136	.332	.136	.381	.273	.713	-23	.000	-3.7	-0.4	.158	.000	.000
1982	28	CIN	NL	48	41	1	0.7	96	.207	.143	.268	.163	.331	.143	.389	.306	.721	-14	.032	-6.6	-0.7	.194	.024	.000
11 Yrs				302	262	6	0.6	93	.180	.110	.259	.152	.324	.122	.384	.274	.708	-21	.027	-42.9	-4.4	.191	.061	.011
162 Game Avg.				113	98	2	0.6	93	.180	.110	.259	.152	.324	.122	.384	.274	.708	-21	.027	-42.9	-4.4	.191	.061	.011

SDP (4 yrs)				231	201	5	0.7	92	.171	.101	.257	.152	.322	.116	.383	.267	.704	-23	.031	-32.6	-3.3	.193	.075	.015
STL (1 yr)				23	20	0	0.0	94	.200	.136	.266	.136	.332	.136	.381	.273	.713	-23		-3.7	-0.4	.158	.000	.000
CIN (1 yr)				48	41	1	0.7	96	.207	.143	.268	.163	.331	.143	.389	.306	.721	-14	.032	-6.6	-0.7	.194	.024	.000

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1977	23	SDP	NL	80	0.0%	42.5%	2.5%	2.5%	22%	17.00	2.2		37.0	1.60	50%
1978	24	SDP	NL	51	0.0%	31.4%	7.8%	0.0%	0%	4.00	2.5		20.0	1.45	47%
1979	25	SDP	NL	63	0.0%	27.0%	4.8%	1.6%	20%	5.67	3.2			2.25	60%
1980	26	SDP	NL	37	0.0%	40.5%	8.1%	0.0%	0%	5.00	2.0		30.0	5.33	41%
1981	27	STL	NL	23	0.0%	30.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		3.1		22.0	3.33	65%
1982	28	CIN	NL	48	0.0%	27.1%	2.1%	0.0%	0%	13.00	3.2		21.0	2.63	60%
11 Yrs				302	0.0%	33.8%	4.3%	1.0%	10%	7.85	2.6		32.9	2.19	53%
MLB Averages					2.1%	13.6%	8.5%	6.7%	29%	1.60	6.6	41.6	8.4	1.09	74%

Win Probability*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1977	23	SDP	NL	-11.7	-1.2	80	-0.8	0.7	-1.5	.86	-1.1	0.1	-12.8	-1.4	0.96	-12.3	0
1978	24	SDP	NL	-5.2	-0.5	51	-0.4	0.4	-0.7	.97	-0.4	-0.0	-4.0	-0.4	1.01	-4.6	0
1979	25	SDP	NL	-9.6	-1.0	63	-0.8	0.2	-1.1	.81	-1.0	-0.1	-11.5	-1.2	0.94	-10.9	0
1980	26	SDP	NL	-6.1	-0.6	37	-0.6	0.3	-0.9	1.14	-0.7	0.2	-6.2	-0.7	1.04	-6.5	0
1981	27	STL	NL	-3.7	-0.4	23	-0.3	0.1	-0.4	.83	-0.3	-0.0	-4.1	-0.4	1.02	-3.6	0
1982	28	CIN	NL	-6.6	-0.7	48	-0.6	0.3	-0.9	.92	-0.5	-0.1	-6.1	-0.6	0.89	-6.1	0
1983	29	NYY	AL	0.0	0.0
1984	30	NYY	AL	0.0	0.0
1985	31	NYY	AL	0.0	0.0
1986	32	NYY	AL	0.0	0.0
1987	33	TOT	AL	0.0	0.0
1987	33	NYY	AL	0.0	0.0
1987	33	KCR	AL	0.0	0.0
11 Yrs				-42.9	-4.4	302	-3.6	2.0	-5.5	.91	-4.0	0.1	-44.6	-4.7	0.97	-44.1	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	OOB	OOB2	OOB3	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1977	23	SDP	NL	2	46%	27	0	0	0	1	50%	2	1	1	2	1	1	2	1	1
1978	24	SDP	NL	2	44%	8	2	1	1	0	60%	2	0	2	2	2	0	1	0	1
1979	25	SDP	NL	1	25%	14	1	0	1	0	50%	3	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	1
1980	26	SDP	NL	1	75%	5	0	0	0	1	50%	3	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	0
1981	27	STL	NL	0	0%	5	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1982	28	CIN	NL	1	14%	13	0	0	0	0	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
11 Yrs				7	36%	72	3	1	2	2	50%	12	7	5	5	3	2	5	1	4

Situational Batting*

						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	%	DPopp	DPs	DP%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1977	23	SDP	NL	80	40%	9			0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	14	4	29%	13	1	8%	18	2	11%	51	3	6%	5	0	0%	3	1	33%	0
1978	24	SDP	NL	51	24%	5			0	0	0	0		0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	10	7	70%	14	0	0%	14	7	50%	33	4	12%	2	2	100%	6	5	83%	0
1979	25	SDP	NL	63	25%	5			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	7	5	71%	8	1	13%	12	1	8%	37	0	0%	1	0	0%	2	1	50%	0
1980	26	SDP	NL	37	22%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	7	4	57%	10	0	0%	12	0	0%	26	1	4%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
1981	27	STL	NL	23	26%	3			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	50%	1	0	0%	4	1	25%	17	1	6%	1	0	0%	2	0	0%	0
1982	28	CIN	NL	48	13%	6			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	7	5	71%	9	0	0%	12	2	17%	27	2	7%	3	1	33%	1	0	0%	0
11 Yrs				302	26%	29			0	0	0	0		0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	47	26	55%	55	2	4%	72	13	18%	191	11	6%	13	3	23%	15	7	47%	0
MLB Averages					58%																			80%			11%			35%			15%			51%			55%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH
1977	23	39	80	74	5	9	2	2	2	34	.122	.145	.149	.293	-17	11	1	4
1978	24	89	131	114	9	14	2	4	6	50	.123	.167	.140	.307	-11	16	1	11
1979	25	138	194	169	11	19	3	4	9	67	.112	.157	.130	.287	-17	22	2	16
1980	26	197	231	199	14	20	3	5	12	82	.101	.152	.116	.267	-23	23	2	20
1981	27	225	254	221	14	23	3	6	12	89	.104	.150	.118	.268	-23	26	2	21
1982	28	266	302	263	15	29	3	8	13	102	.110	.152	.122	.274	-21	32	2	26
1983	29	291	302	263	15	29	3	8	13	102	.110	.152	.122	.274	-21	32	2	26
1984	30	332	302	263	15	29	3	8	13	102	.110	.152	.122	.274	-21	32	2	26
1985	31	380	302	263	15	29	3	8	13	102	.110	.152	.122	.274	-21	32	2	26
1986	32	419	302	263	15	29	3	8	13	102	.110	.152	.122	.274	-21	32	2	26
1987	33	434	302	263	15	29	3	8	13	102	.110	.152	.122	.274	-21	32	2	26

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
1977	23	39	81	75	6	10	2	3	2	34	.133	.156	.160	.316	2	39
1978	24	50	51	40	4	5	0	2	4	16	.125	.205	.125	.330	1	50
1979	25	49	65	56	2	6	1	0	4	17	.107	.167	.125	.292	1	49
1980	26	59	37	30	0	0	0	0	3	15	.000	.091	.000	.091	0	59
1981	27	42	35	33	0	0	0	0	0	11	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	28
1982	28	41	48	42	1	6	0	2	1	13	.143	.163	.143	.306	1	41
6 Yrs		280	317	276	13	27	3	7	14	106	.098	.141	.109	.250	5	266
162 Game Avg.		162	183	160	8	16	2	4	8	61	.098	.141	.109	.250	3	266

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