Tom Shopay

Thomas Michael Shopay

Positions: Pinch Hitter and Outfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 160 lb.

Born: February 21, 1945 in Bristol, CT
Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 34th round of the 1965 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 17, 1967
Teams (by GP): Orioles/Yankees 1967-1977

Final Game: September 30, 1977
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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
1965	20	NYY-min	A	67	218	218		70	9	6	5						.321	.321	.486	.807		106							BNG · NYPL
1966	21	NYY-min	A	71	243	243		65	11	4	1						.267	.267	.358	.626		87							GBO · CARL
1967	22	NYY-min	AAA	138	590	542	70	150	18	13	9	45	24	9	37	99	.277	.324	.408	.732		221		2	7	2			SYR · IL
1967	22	NYY	AL	8	29	27	2	8	1	0	2	6	2	0	1	5	.296	.310	.556	.866	157	15	0	0	0	1	1	/7

1968	23	NYY-min	AAA	125	490	458	40	112	20	8	2	35	15	10	21	75	.245	.283	.336	.620		154		5	3	3			SYR · IL
1969	24	NYY-min	AAA	65	279	242	43	62	9	5	7	32	25	3	26	39	.256	.336	.421	.757		102		5	2	4			SYR · IL
1969	24	NYY	AL	28	50	48	2	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	10	.083	.120	.125	.245	-30	6	1	0	0	0	1	/79

1970	25	BAL-min	AAA	88	408	343	76	111	14	6	7	34	37	15	49	27	.324	.408	.461	.869		158		4	6	6			ROC · IL
1971	26	BAL	AL	47	79	74	10	19	2	0	0	5	2	1	3	7	.257	.286	.284	.569	63	21	2	0	2	0	1	/97
1972	27	BAL	AL	49	45	40	3	9	0	0	0	2	0	0	5	12	.225	.311	.225	.536	60	9	0	0	0	0	0	/7

1973	28	BAL-min	AAA	131	536	478	63	127	23	4	7	33	13	10	46	55	.266	.331	.374	.705		179		2	7	3			ROC · IL
1974	29	BAL-min	AAA	103	400	352	62	110	16	0	10	36	12	5	41	19	.313	.383	.443	.826		156		1	3	3			ROC · IL
1975	30	BAL	AL	40	36	31	4	5	1	0	0	2	3	0	4	7	.161	.257	.194	.451	33	6	2	0	1	0	0	/89D27
1976	31	BAL-min	AAA	55	202	173	29	60	9	1	4	19	9	3	24	7	.347	.425	.480	.905		83		1	2	2			ROC · IL
1976	31	BAL	AL	14	23	20	4	4	0	0	0	1	1	0	3	3	.200	.304	.200	.504	54	4	0	0	0	0	0	/7982
1977	32	BAL-min	AAA	11	43	40	4	14	2	1	0	7	0	0	2	2	.350	.372	.450	.822		18		0	0	1			ROC · IL
1977	32	BAL	AL	67	79	69	15	13	3	0	1	4	3	3	8	7	.188	.273	.275	.548	55	19	0	0	2	0	0	789/D
1978	33	PIT-min	AAA	64	234	203	34	58	11	3	3	24	4	1	26	26	.286	.365	.414	.779		84		0	4	1			CLB · IL
7 Yrs				253	341	309	40	62	7	1	3	20	11	5	26	51	.201	.262	.259	.521	51	80	5	0	5	1	3
162 Game Avg.				162	218	198	26	40	4	1	2	13	7	3	17	33	.201	.262	.259	.521	51	51	3	0	3	1	2

BAL (5 yrs)				217	262	234	36	50	6	0	1	14	9	4	23	36	.214	.284	.252	.536	55	59	4	0	5	0	1
NYY (2 yrs)				36	79	75	4	12	1	1	2	6	2	1	3	15	.160	.190	.280	.470	35	21	1	0	0	1	2

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
1967	22	NYY	AL	8	29	1	0	0	0	-0	2	0.2	1	3	0.3	.530	.501	0.3	0.0	2	$	/7

1969	24	NYY	AL	28	50	-8	-1	0	2	-1	-7	-0.8	1	-5	-0.6	.472	.495	-0.9	0.2	-8	$8,500	/79

1971	26	BAL	AL	47	79	-4	0	0	2	-1	-2	-0.3	3	0	0.0	.495	.498	-0.2	0.2	-2	$	/97
1972	27	BAL	AL	49	45	0	0	0	-0	-0	-0	-0.0	2	1	0.1	.500	.500	0.2	-0.1	2	$	/7

1975	30	BAL	AL	40	36	-3	0	-0	2	-1	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.1	.495	.499	-0.3	0.2	-2	$	/89D27
1976	31	BAL	AL	14	23	-1	0	0	-1	-0	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.1	.485	.499	-0.1	-0.1	-1	$	/7982
1977	32	BAL	AL	67	79	-5	-1	1	1	-2	-7	-0.7	2	-4	-0.4	.489	.496	-0.5	-0.1	-5	$28,000	789/D
7 Seasons				253	341	-20	0	1	6	-5	-17	-1.9	11	-7	-0.8	.492	.498	-1.5	0.2	-13	$36,500

BAL (5 yrs)				217	262	-13	0	0	4	-4	-13	-1.4	8	-4	-0.5	.494	.498	-0.9	0.1	-8	$28,000
NYY (2 yrs)				36	79	-7	-0	0	3	-1	-5	-0.6	2	-3	-0.3	.485	.498	-0.6	0.2	-5	$8,500

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
1967	22	NYY	AL	29	20	5	6.8	80	.286	.296	.238	.310	.306	.556	.357	.866	.663	157	.747	1.8	0.2	.947	.370	.259	2.0

1969	24	NYY	AL	50	46	1	0.6	91	.105	.083	.250	.120	.326	.125	.377	.245	.703	-30	.027	-8.5	-0.9	.152	.063	.042

1971	26	BAL	AL	79	60	6	2.7	91	.284	.257	.254	.286	.326	.284	.377	.569	.702	63	.323	-3.8	-0.4	.431	.081	.027	.0
1972	27	BAL	AL	45	31	3	2.6	85	.321	.225	.250	.311	.319	.225	.361	.536	.680	60	.352	-1.9	-0.2	.452	.125	.000

1975	30	BAL	AL	36	29	2	1.9	88	.208	.161	.251	.257	.320	.194	.369	.451	.689	33	.177	-2.6	-0.3	.464	.258	.032	.0
1976	31	BAL	AL	23	16	2	3.4	81	.235	.200	.249	.304	.312	.200	.351	.504	.663	54	.425	-1.0	-0.1	.500	.200	.000	.0
1977	32	BAL	AL	79	61	5	2.2	95	.197	.188	.259	.273	.322	.275	.394	.548	.716	55	.203	-4.1	-0.4	.458	.203	.087	1.5
7 Yrs				341	263	24	2.5	89	.230	.201	.252	.262	.321	.259	.374	.521	.695	51	.278	-20.2	-2.1	.436	.162	.058	4.7
162 Game Avg.				218	168	15	2.5	89	.230	.201	.252	.262	.321	.259	.374	.521	.695	51	.278	-20.2	-2.1	.436	.162	.058	3

BAL (5 yrs)				262	197	18	2.5	90	.249	.214	.254	.284	.321	.252	.376	.536	.697	55	.274	-13.4	-1.4	.453	.158	.038	1.8
NYY (2 yrs)				79	66	6	2.5	87	.169	.160	.245	.190	.318	.280	.370	.470	.688	35	.286	-6.8	-0.7	.385	.173	.120	2.0

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1971	26	BAL	AL	WS	PIT	L	5	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0
1 WS							5	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1967	22	NYY	AL	29	6.9%	17.2%	3.5%	10.3%	38%	5.00	5.4	13.5	4.5	0.50	72%

1969	24	NYY	AL	50	0.0%	20.0%	4.0%	2.0%	25%	5.00	4.8			1.33	76%

1971	26	BAL	AL	79	0.0%	8.9%	3.8%	2.5%	11%	2.33	10.6		14.8	1.36	85%
1972	27	BAL	AL	45	0.0%	26.7%	11.1%	0.0%	0%	2.40	3.3		20.0	1.29	62%

1975	30	BAL	AL	36	0.0%	19.4%	11.1%	2.8%	20%	1.75	4.4		15.5	1.88	67%
1976	31	BAL	AL	23	0.0%	13.0%	13.0%	0.0%	0%	1.00	6.7		20.0	0.86	74%
1977	32	BAL	AL	79	1.3%	8.9%	10.1%	5.1%	31%	0.88	9.9	69.0	17.3	1.22	77%
7 Yrs				341	0.9%	15.0%	7.6%	3.2%	18%	1.96	6.1	103.0	15.5	1.23	75%
MLB Averages					1.9%	14.2%	8.6%	6.0%	27%	1.65	6.3	46.1	9.0	1.11	74%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1967	22	NYY	AL	1.8	0.2	34	-0.2	0.5	-0.7	1.10	0.3	-0.4	0.1	0.0	1.09	2.2	0.58	1

1969	24	NYY	AL	-8.5	-0.9	51	-0.7	0.3	-1.0	1.01	-0.9	0.2	-6.6	-0.7	0.89	-8.5	1.36	13

1971	26	BAL	AL	-3.8	-0.4	82	-0.5	1.6	-2.0	1.33	-0.4	0.1	-3.9	-0.4	1.01	-4.8	1.70	30
1972	27	BAL	AL	-1.9	-0.2	47	0.3	0.9	-0.6	1.08	0.1	0.2	2.9	0.3	0.87	1.2	1.09	32

1975	30	BAL	AL	-2.6	-0.3	39	-0.4	0.4	-0.8	1.42	-0.4	0.1	-4.3	-0.5	1.03	-4.2	1.15	11
1976	31	BAL	AL	-1.0	-0.1	24	-0.2	0.3	-0.5	1.32	-0.1	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	0.88	-1.2	1.65	3
1977	32	BAL	AL	-4.1	-0.4	86	-0.4	1.5	-1.9	1.19	-0.4	0.1	-6.4	-0.7	0.98	-5.6	1.64	10
7 Yrs				-20.2	-2.1	363	-2.1	5.5	-7.6	1.21	-1.9	0.2	-18.3	-1.9	0.97	-20.9	1.38	100

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%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1967	22	NYY	AL	0	0	0%	11	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0

1969	24	NYY	AL	1	0	33%	8	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	50%	3	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0

1971	26	BAL	AL	0	0	46%	25	2	1	67%	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	42%	7	5	2	3	2	1	2	0	2
1972	27	BAL	AL	3	0	21%	39	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	40%	5	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0

1975	30	BAL	AL	0	0	44%	30	3	0	100%	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	38%	7	4	3	0	0	0	1	1	0
1976	31	BAL	AL	0	0	57%	16	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	60%	3	1	2	0	0	0	2	1	1
1977	32	BAL	AL	0	0	70%	65	3	3	50%	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	17%	8	6	1	3	2	1	1	1	0
7 Yrs				4	0	44%	194	11	5	69%	11	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	10	35%	33	20	12	7	5	2	8	5	3

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
1967	22	NYY	AL	29	83%	8			1	0	0	0	0.58	2	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0		12	0	0%	4	1	25%	23	4	17%	3	2	67%	0	0		0

1969	24	NYY	AL	50	94%	4			13	1	0	0	1.36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		8	1	13%	3	1	33%	21	0	0%	2	0	0%	1	1	100%	0

1971	26	BAL	AL	79	97%	19			30	8	0	3	1.70	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	18	2	11%	10	3	30%	49	5	10%	5	1	20%	0	0		0
1972	27	BAL	AL	45	98%	9			32	7	0	2	1.09	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0%	6	0	0%	2	0	0%	12	2	17%	2	1	50%	1	1	100%	0

1975	30	BAL	AL	36	83%	5			11	2	0	0	1.15	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	33%	8	2	25%	4	1	25%	25	2	8%	2	1	50%	1	1	100%	0
1976	31	BAL	AL	23	96%	4			3	1	0	0	1.65	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0%	1	0	0%	9	1	11%	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	0
1977	32	BAL	AL	79	87%	13			10	2	0	0	1.64	1	0	4	0	1	0	1	0	3	2	67%	13	0	0%	10	3	30%	43	3	7%	5	1	20%	1	0	0%	0
7 Yrs				341	92%	62			100	21	0	5	1.38	3	0	10	1	2	1	2	0	10	5	50%	68	5	7%	34	9	26%	182	17	9%	20	7	35%	5	3	60%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			77%			11%			32%			14%			48%			53%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH	SF	IBB
1967	22	8	29	27	2	8	1	0	2	6	2	0	1	5	.296	.310	.556	.866	157	15	0	0	1	1
1968	23	8	29	27	2	8	1	0	2	6	2	0	1	5	.296	.310	.556	.866	157	15	0	0	1	1
1969	24	36	79	75	4	12	1	1	2	6	2	1	3	15	.160	.190	.280	.470	35	21	1	0	1	2
1970	25	36	79	75	4	12	1	1	2	6	2	1	3	15	.160	.190	.280	.470	35	21	1	0	1	2
1971	26	83	158	149	14	31	3	1	2	11	4	2	6	22	.208	.237	.282	.519	49	42	3	2	1	3
1972	27	132	203	189	17	40	3	1	2	13	4	2	11	34	.212	.254	.270	.524	52	51	3	2	1	3
1973	28	132	203	189	17	40	3	1	2	13	4	2	11	34	.212	.254	.270	.524	52	51	3	2	1	3
1974	29	132	203	189	17	40	3	1	2	13	4	2	11	34	.212	.254	.270	.524	52	51	3	2	1	3
1975	30	172	239	220	21	45	4	1	2	15	7	2	15	41	.205	.254	.259	.513	49	57	5	3	1	3
1976	31	186	262	240	25	49	4	1	2	16	8	2	18	44	.204	.259	.254	.513	50	61	5	3	1	3
1977	32	253	341	309	40	62	7	1	3	20	11	5	26	51	.201	.262	.259	.521	51	80	5	5	1	3

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
1967	22	8	30	28	2	9	1	0	2	7	2	1	5	.321	.333	.571	.905	6	8

1969	24	28	51	49	3	5	0	1	0	0	0	2	10	.102	.137	.143	.280	1	28

1971	26	47	81	76	12	21	2	0	0	6	2	3	7	.276	.304	.303	.606	7	47
1972	27	51	48	42	3	10	0	0	0	2	0	6	13	.238	.333	.238	.571	3	49

1975	30	40	38	32	5	6	1	0	0	3	4	5	7	.188	.297	.219	.516	2	40
1976	31	14	25	21	7	5	0	0	0	2	1	4	3	.238	.360	.238	.598	2	14
1977	32	67	81	70	17	14	3	0	1	5	3	9	7	.200	.291	.286	.577	6	67
7 Yrs		255	354	318	49	70	7	1	3	25	12	30	52	.220	.287	.277	.563	27	253
162 Game Avg.		162	225	202	31	44	4	1	2	16	8	19	33	.220	.287	.277	.563	17	253

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