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George Shuba

George Thomas Shuba (Shotgun)

Positions: Leftfielder and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: December 13, 1924 in Youngstown, OH
Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1944. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 2, 1948
Team: Dodgers 1948-1955

Final Game: September 25, 1955
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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
1948 23 BRO NL 63 199 161 21 43 6 0 4 32 1 34 31 .267 .395 .379 .774 107 61 2 0 4 O7/89
1949 24 BRO NL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
1950 25 BRO NL 34 126 111 15 23 8 2 3 12 2 13 22 .207 .302 .396 .698 80 44 1 2 0 7O
1952 27 BRO NL 94 294 256 40 78 12 1 9 40 1 3 38 29 .305 .395 .465 .859 135 119 8 0 0 7O MVP-31
1953 28 BRO NL 74 189 169 19 43 12 1 5 23 1 2 17 20 .254 .326 .426 .752 92 72 5 1 2 O7/9
1954 29 BRO NL 45 76 65 3 10 5 0 2 10 0 0 7 10 .154 .240 .323 .563 43 21 1 1 0 2 /79
1955 30 BRO NL 44 64 51 8 14 2 0 1 8 0 0 11 10 .275 .422 .373 .794 110 19 2 2 0 0 1 /79
7 Yrs 355 949 814 106 211 45 4 24 125 5 5 120 122 .259 .358 .413 .771 104 336 19 6 6 2 1
162 Game Avg. 162 433 371 48 96 21 2 11 57 2 55 56 .259 .358 .413 .771 104 153 9 3 3

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
1948 23 BRO NL 63 199 3 1 0 -2 -2 0 -0.0 7 7 0.7 .500 .500 0.9 -0.4 9 $ O7/89
1949 24 BRO NL 1 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .468 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $
1950 25 BRO NL 34 126 -4 0 -0 1 -1 -4 -0.4 4 0 0.0 .488 .497 -0.1 -0.0 -1 $ 7O
1952 27 BRO NL 94 294 13 -0 -1 1 -3 9 1.0 10 19 2.0 .511 .506 1.9 -0.2 18 $ 7O MVP-31
1953 28 BRO NL 74 189 -3 -0 -0 2 -2 -4 -0.4 6 3 0.2 .495 .498 0.1 -0.0 1 $ O7/9
1954 29 BRO NL 45 76 -7 0 -0 -1 -1 -8 -0.8 2 -5 -0.6 .482 .495 -0.5 -0.2 -4 $ /79
1955 30 BRO NL 44 64 1 0 0 -0 -0 1 0.0 2 3 0.2 .501 .500 0.3 -0.2 3 $ /79
7 Seasons 355 949 2 2 -1 1 -9 -6 -0.7 32 27 2.5 .499 .500 2.6 -1.0 26 $

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
1948 23 BRO NL 199 124 24 5.1 105 .310 .267 .274 .395 .349 .379 .405 .774 .754 107 .566 3.2 0.3 .800 .329 .112 1.6
1949 24 BRO NL 1 1 0 0.0 107 .000 .000 .275 .000 .349 .000 .412 .000 .761 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
1950 25 BRO NL 126 89 13 3.9 111 .233 .207 .273 .302 .351 .396 .423 .698 .774 80 .413 -3.6 -0.4 .685 .324 .189 2.4
1952 27 BRO NL 294 189 46 6.5 99 .317 .305 .264 .395 .337 .465 .393 .859 .730 135 .695 13.6 1.4 .820 .301 .160 1.8
1953 28 BRO NL 189 135 23 4.5 113 .264 .254 .278 .326 .349 .426 .433 .752 .782 92 .469 -2.0 -0.2 .669 .266 .172 1.7
1954 29 BRO NL 76 58 5 2.3 113 .145 .154 .279 .240 .351 .323 .431 .563 .782 43 .208 -5.6 -0.5 .518 .277 .169 .0
1955 30 BRO NL 64 39 9 6.2 109 .325 .275 .270 .422 .342 .373 .428 .794 .770 110 .624 1.6 0.2 .821 .314 .098 .0
7 Yrs 949 635 120 5.0 106 .279 .259 .272 .358 .345 .413 .413 .771 .758 104 .551 6.9 0.7 .737 .301 .154 8.3
162 Game Avg. 433 290 55 5.0 106 .279 .259 .272 .358 .345 .413 .413 .771 .758 104 .551 3 0 .737 .301 .154 4

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
1952 27 BRO NL WS NYY L 4 10 10 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .300 .300 .400 .700 4 0 0 0 0 0
1953 28 BRO NL WS NYY L 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 4.000 5.000 4 0 0 0 0 0
1955 30 BRO NL WS NYY W 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Yrs (3 Series) 7 12 12 1 4 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 4 .333 .333 .667 1.000 8 0 0 0 0 0
3 WS 7 12 12 1 4 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 4 .333 .333 .667 1.000 8 0 0 0 0 0

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
1948 23 BRO NL 199 2.0% 15.6% 17.1% 5.0% 23% 0.91 5.2 40.3 5.0 1.21 63%
1949 24 BRO NL 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100%
1950 25 BRO NL 126 2.4% 17.5% 10.3% 10.3% 57% 1.69 5.0 37.0 9.3 0.72 68%
1952 27 BRO NL 294 3.1% 9.9% 12.9% 7.5% 28% 0.76 8.8 28.4 6.4 0.61 74%
1953 28 BRO NL 189 2.7% 10.6% 9.0% 9.5% 42% 1.18 8.5 33.8 7.3 0.80 76%
1954 29 BRO NL 76 2.6% 13.2% 9.2% 9.2% 70% 1.43 6.5 32.5 6.5 0.78 72%
1955 30 BRO NL 64 1.6% 15.6% 17.2% 4.7% 21% 0.91 5.1 51.0 6.4 1.50 63%
7 Yrs 949 2.5% 12.9% 12.6% 7.7% 35% 1.02 6.7 33.9 6.5 0.82 71%
MLB Averages 2.0% 10.3% 9.7% 6.5% 28% 1.05 8.6 44.6 8.0 0.97 76%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1948 23 BRO NL 3.2 0.3 201 1.3 4.2 -2.8 1.07 0.6 0.6 9.3 0.9 1.02 7.8 2.49 11
1949 24 BRO NL -0.3 -0.0 1 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .78 -0.0 0.0 -0.2 -0.0 0.86 -0.3 0.78 1
1950 25 BRO NL -3.6 -0.4 130 0.5 2.6 -2.1 1.01 -0.2 0.6 -0.6 -0.1 0.92 -2.7 2.22 6
1952 27 BRO NL 13.6 1.4 300 2.1 7.5 -5.4 1.14 1.9 -0.0 15.8 1.6 1.02 20.9 1.65 26
1953 28 BRO NL -2.0 -0.2 196 -0.2 4.1 -4.4 1.13 -0.4 0.2 -8.6 -0.8 1.00 -5.8 1.52 30
1954 29 BRO NL -5.6 -0.5 76 -0.9 1.3 -2.2 1.47 -0.5 -0.1 -7.0 -0.7 1.10 -5.0 1.99 30
1955 30 BRO NL 1.6 0.2 64 0.9 1.9 -1.0 1.17 0.2 0.5 1.3 0.1 0.98 1.3 1.54 29
7 Yrs 6.9 0.7 968 3.7 21.6 -17.9 1.13 1.7 1.6 10.0 1.1 1.00 16.1 1.76 133

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
1948 23 BRO NL 0 0 23% 83 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 4 72% 9 2 6 3 1 2 6 1 5
1949 24 BRO NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1950 25 BRO NL 1 0 34% 33 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 60% 4 2 2 2 1 1 4 1 3
1952 27 BRO NL 4 0 29% 112 1 3 25% 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 2 57% 17 10 7 4 1 3 14 3 10
1953 28 BRO NL 1 0 25% 64 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 67% 7 4 3 1 0 1 4 0 4
1954 29 BRO NL 0 1 6% 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 50% 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1955 30 BRO NL 0 0 27% 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 57% 2 1 1 3 2 1 2 0 2
7 Yrs 6 1 26% 324 5 5 71% 4 5 0 1 1 0 2 0 9 14 62% 41 20 20 13 5 8 30 5 24

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
1948 23 BRO NL 199 74% 43 11 4 0 2 2.49 4 0 8 3 1 0 4 0 4 4 100% 46 2 4% 19 12 63% 147 29 20% 27 16 59% 6 3 50% 0
1949 24 BRO NL 1 100% 0 1 0 0 0 0.78 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1950 25 BRO NL 126 94% 23 6 1 0 0 2.22 3 0 3 3 0 2 1 0 1 0 0% 24 1 4% 13 3 23% 68 10 15% 4 1 25% 4 3 75% 0
1952 27 BRO NL 294 94% 78 26 9 1 6 1.65 9 0 9 8 1 3 6 0 0 0 61 8 13% 27 5 19% 210 33 16% 21 8 38% 13 6 46% 0
1953 28 BRO NL 189 97% 43 30 7 0 3 1.52 5 0 11 4 1 2 3 0 3 2 67% 42 5 12% 24 4 17% 140 18 13% 16 4 25% 8 2 25% 0
1954 29 BRO NL 76 97% 10 30 5 2 4 1.99 2 0 4 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 19 1 5% 12 3 25% 71 8 11% 8 3 38% 1 0 0% 0
1955 30 BRO NL 64 98% 14 29 11 0 4 1.54 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0% 15 2 13% 8 2 25% 50 7 14% 6 1 17% 4 0 0% 0
7 Yrs 949 91% 211 133 37 3 19 1.76 24 0 36 21 3 8 16 0 9 6 67% 207 19 9% 103 29 28% 686 105 15% 82 33 40% 36 14 39% 0
MLB Averages 50% 95% 12% 32% 15% 51% 55%

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
1948 23 63 199 161 21 43 6 0 4 32 1 34 31 .267 .395 .379 .774 107 61 2 0 4
1949 24 64 200 162 21 43 6 0 4 32 1 34 31 .265 .393 .377 .769 106 61 2 0 4
1950 25 98 326 273 36 66 14 2 7 44 3 47 53 .242 .357 .385 .742 95 105 3 2 4
1951 26 98 326 273 36 66 14 2 7 44 3 47 53 .242 .357 .385 .742 95 105 3 2 4
1952 27 192 620 529 76 144 26 3 16 84 4 3 85 82 .272 .375 .423 .798 114 224 11 2 4
1953 28 266 809 698 95 187 38 4 21 107 5 5 102 102 .268 .364 .424 .788 109 296 16 3 6
1954 29 311 885 763 98 197 43 4 23 117 5 5 109 112 .258 .353 .415 .769 103 317 17 4 6 2
1955 30 355 949 814 106 211 45 4 24 125 5 5 120 122 .259 .358 .413 .771 104 336 19 6 6 2 1

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
1948 23 66 206 167 21 44 6 0 4 32 1 35 32 .263 .391 .371 .762 24 63
1949 24 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1
1950 25 36 130 115 15 23 8 2 3 12 2 13 23 .200 .292 .383 .675 13 34
1952 27 98 311 270 44 84 13 1 10 44 1 41 30 .311 .402 .478 .880 51 94
1953 28 77 193 173 18 42 12 1 5 22 1 17 21 .243 .314 .410 .725 22 74
1954 29 47 80 69 3 11 6 0 2 11 0 8 11 .159 .250 .333 .583 5 45
1955 30 46 66 53 8 14 2 0 1 8 0 11 11 .264 .409 .358 .768 7 44
7 Yrs 371 987 848 109 218 47 4 25 129 5 125 128 .257 .356 .410 .766 122 355
162 Game Avg. 162 431 370 48 95 21 2 11 56 2 55 56 .257 .356 .410 .766 53 355

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1952 NL (31, 1%)
0.01 Career Shares (1497th)

                                          

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