Ken Silvestri

Kenneth Joseph Silvestri (Hawk)

Positions: Catcher and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: May 3, 1916 in Chicago, IL
School: Purdue University (West Lafayette, IN)
Signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent in 1936. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 18, 1939
Teams (by GP): WhiteSox/Yankees/Phillies 1939-1951

Final Game: July 31, 1951
Died: March 31, 1992 in Tallahassee, FL
Buried: Mount Carmel Cemetery, Hillside, IL
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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	Pos	Awards
1936	20	CHW-min	D	128	445	445		120	28	7	9						.270	.270	.425	.694		189						RAY · EVAN
1937	21	CHW-min	D	133	531	531		163	29	7	23						.307	.307	.518	.825		275						RAY · EVAN
1938	22	CHW-min	AA	114	371	371		101	22	8	11						.272	.272	.464	.736		172						STP · AA
1939	23	CHW-min	AA	60	177	177		48	6	4	3						.271	.271	.401	.672		71						STP · AA
1939	23	CHW	AL	22	83	75	6	13	3	0	2	5	0	1	6	13	.173	.244	.293	.537	35	22	0	1	1		2
1940	24	CHW	AL	28	28	24	5	6	2	0	2	10	0	0	4	7	.250	.357	.583	.940	138	14	2	0	0		/2
1941	25	NYY	AL	17	47	40	6	10	5	0	1	4	0	0	7	6	.250	.362	.450	.812	114	18	1	0	0		2
1942		Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1943		Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1944		Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1945		Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1946	30	NYY	AL	13	24	21	4	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	7	.286	.375	.333	.708	98	7	0	0	0		2
1947	31	NYY-min	AAA	83	305	242	44	58	12	2	9	41	2		58	46	.240	.391	.417	.808		101	3	2	3			KCY · AA
1947	31	NYY	AL	3	12	10	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	.200	.333	.200	.533	51	2	0	0	0		/2

1948	32	NYY-min	AAA	129	465	372	55	81	12	3	17	44	5		85	62	.218	.369	.403	.772		150		4	4			NWK · IL
1949	33	PHI	NL	4	6	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	1	.000	.333	.000	.333	-2	0	0	0	0		/426
1950	34	PHI	NL	11	26	20	2	5	0	1	0	4	0		4	3	.250	.400	.350	.750	101	7	2	1	1		/2
1951	35	PHI	NL	4	12	9	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	2	.222	.417	.222	.639	78	2	0	0	0		/24
1952		Did not play in major leagues (Did Not Play)
1953		Did not play in major leagues (Did Not Play)
1954	38	NYY-min	AAA	48	98	79	8	19	2	0	1	8	0		16	16	.241	.361	.304	.665		24	5	0	1	2		KCY · AA
1955	39	NYY-min	B,D	48	96	96		22	2	0	1						.229	.229	.281	.510		27						WSM,OWN · CARL,KITL
1956	40	NYY-min	D	77	156	156		50	7	1	4						.321	.321	.455	.776		71						SPT · FLOR
1957	41	NYY-min	AAA	2	6	6		1									.167	.167										RMD · IL
8 Yrs				102	238	203	26	44	11	1	5	25	0	1	31	41	.217	.326	.355	.681	78	72	5	2	2
162 Game Avg.				162	378	322	41	70	17	2	8	40	0		49	65	.217	.326	.355	.681	78	114	8	3	3

PHI (3 yrs)				19	44	33	5	7	0	1	0	5	0	0	9	6	.212	.395	.273	.668	82	9	2	1	1
NYY (3 yrs)				33	83	71	10	18	6	0	1	5	0	0	12	15	.254	.361	.380	.742	101	27	1	0	0
CHW (2 yrs)				50	111	99	11	19	5	0	4	15	0	1	10	20	.192	.273	.364	.636	60	36	2	1	1

AL (5 yrs)				83	194	170	21	37	11	0	5	20	0	1	22	35	.218	.311	.371	.681	77	63	3	1	1
NL (3 yrs)				19	44	33	5	7	0	1	0	5	0	0	9	6	.212	.395	.273	.668	82	9	2	1	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
1939	23	CHW	AL	22	83	-8	-0	0	0	1	-8	-0.7	3	-5	-0.5	.466	.495	-0.5	0.1	-5	$	2
1940	24	CHW	AL	28	28	1	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	1	2	0.2	.504	.501	0.2	0.0	2	$	/2
1941	25	NYY	AL	17	47	1	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	1	2	0.2	.507	.501	0.2	0.0	2	$	2

1946	30	NYY	AL	13	24	-0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	0.1	.501	.500	0.1	0.0	1	$	2
1947	31	NYY	AL	3	12	-1	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.1	0	-0	0.0	.481	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	/2

1949	33	PHI	NL	4	6	-0	-0	0	0	0	-0	-0.1	0	-0	0.0	.487	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	/426
1950	34	PHI	NL	11	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	0.1	.505	.500	0.1	0.0	1	$	/2
1951	35	PHI	NL	4	12	-0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	1	0.1	.505	.500	0.1	0.0	1	$	/24
8 Seasons				102	238	-7	-0	0	0	2	-6	-0.6	7	1	0.2	.495	.500	0.2	0.2	1	$

PHI (3 yrs)				19	44	-0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	2	0.2	.501	.500	0.2	0.0	2	$
NYY (3 yrs)				33	83	0	0	0	0	1	1	0.1	2	3	0.3	.502	.500	0.3	0.1	3	$
CHW (2 yrs)				50	111	-7	-0	0	0	1	-7	-0.6	3	-3	-0.3	.487	.498	-0.3	0.1	-3	$

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
1939	23	CHW	AL	83	64	5	2.1	116	.183	.173	.290	.244	.366	.293	.429	.537	.795	35	.163	-7.9	-0.8	.444	.187	.120	.0
1940	24	CHW	AL	28	20	5	6.6	112	.267	.250	.280	.357	.354	.583	.425	.940	.779	138	.630	1.3	0.1	.900	.500	.333	.0
1941	25	NYY	AL	47	31	7	6.0	106	.273	.250	.274	.362	.351	.450	.404	.812	.755	114	.610	1.1	0.1	.806	.375	.200	.0

1946	30	NYY	AL	24	15	3	5.3	97	.429	.286	.265	.375	.339	.333	.381	.708	.720	98	.612	0.1	0.0	.667	.190	.048
1947	31	NYY	AL	12	8	1	3.3	96	.250	.200	.262	.333	.341	.200	.376	.533	.717	51	.398	-0.6	-0.1	.500	.200	.000

1949	33	PHI	NL	6	4	0	0.0	101	.000	.000	.267	.333	.340	.000	.399	.333	.739	-2	.000	-0.5	-0.1	.500	.500	.000
1950	34	PHI	NL	26	18	3	4.4	106	.294	.250	.267	.400	.344	.350	.414	.750	.758	101	.472	0.2	0.0	.706	.300	.100
1951	35	PHI	NL	12	7	1	3.8	102	.286	.222	.265	.417	.339	.222	.402	.639	.740	78	.426	-0.0	0.0	.714	.333	.000
8 Yrs				238	167	25	4.0	109	.248	.217	.278	.326	.353	.355	.413	.681	.766	78	.418	-6.2	-0.6	.630	.286	.138	.0
162 Game Avg.				378	265	40	4.0	109	.248	.217	.278	.326	.353	.355	.413	.681	.766	78	.418	-6.2	-0.6	.630	.286	.138

PHI (3 yrs)				44	29	4	3.7	104	.259	.212	.267	.395	.342	.273	.409	.668	.751	82	.396	-0.3	-0.0	.679	.333	.061
NYY (3 yrs)				83	54	11	5.4	102	.309	.254	.270	.361	.346	.380	.393	.742	.740	101	.588	0.6	0.1	.722	.296	.127	.0
CHW (2 yrs)				111	84	10	3.2	115	.200	.192	.288	.273	.363	.364	.428	.636	.791	60	.298	-6.6	-0.6	.554	.263	.172	.0

AL (5 yrs)				194	138	21	4.1	110	.246	.218	.280	.311	.356	.371	.414	.681	.769	77	.423	-5.9	-0.6	.620	.276	.153	.0
NL (3 yrs)				44	29	4	3.7	104	.259	.212	.267	.395	.342	.273	.409	.668	.751	82	.396	-0.3	-0.0	.679	.333	.061

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
1950	34	PHI	NL	WS	NYY	L	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
1 WS							1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					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	GO/AO	IP%
1939	23	CHW	AL	83	2.4%	15.7%	7.2%	6.0%	39%	2.17	5.8	37.5	15.0		72%
1940	24	CHW	AL	28	7.1%	25.0%	14.3%	14.3%	67%	1.75	3.4	12.0	2.4		54%
1941	25	NYY	AL	47	2.1%	12.8%	14.9%	12.8%	60%	0.86	6.7	40.0	10.0		70%

1946	30	NYY	AL	24	0.0%	29.2%	12.5%	4.2%	17%	2.33	3.0		21.0		58%
1947	31	NYY	AL	12	0.0%	16.7%	16.7%	0.0%	0%	1.00	5.0				67%

1949	33	PHI	NL	6	0.0%	16.7%	33.3%	0.0%		0.50	4.0			0.50	50%
1950	34	PHI	NL	26	0.0%	11.5%	15.4%	3.9%	20%	0.75	6.7		5.0	1.25	65%
1951	35	PHI	NL	12	0.0%	16.7%	25.0%	0.0%	0%	0.67	4.5		9.0	1.50	58%
8 Yrs				238	2.1%	17.2%	13.0%	7.1%	39%	1.32	5.0	40.6	8.1	1.13	66%
MLB Averages					1.5%	9.3%	9.3%	6.2%	27%	1.00	9.6	60.1	8.4	0.97	78%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1939	23	CHW	AL	-7.9	-0.8	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1940	24	CHW	AL	1.3	0.1	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1941	25	NYY	AL	1.1	0.1	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0

1946	30	NYY	AL	0.1	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1947	31	NYY	AL	-0.6	-0.1	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0

1949	33	PHI	NL	-0.5	-0.1	6	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	1.33	-0.0	-0.1	-0.7	-0.1	1.09	-0.2	1.65	2
1950	34	PHI	NL	0.2	0.0	19	0.0	0.3	-0.3	1.06	0.2	-0.2	2.0	0.2	1.20	2.0	2.61	2
1951	35	PHI	NL	-0.1	0.0	13	0.1	0.3	-0.2	1.53	0.0	0.1	1.1	0.1	1.00	0.3	3.66	0
8 Yrs				-6.2	-0.6	38	0.1	0.7	-0.7	1.27	0.2	-0.1	2.5	0.2	1.11	2.0	2.13	4

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	CS	SB%	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	2^ndS	2^ndS3
1949	33	PHI	NL	0	50%	4			0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1950	34	PHI	NL	1	20%	8			0	0%	2	2	0	0	0	1	1
1951	35	PHI	NL	0	40%	3	0		1	33%	2	1	1	1	1	0	0
8 Yrs				1	29%	15	1	0%	1	14%	5	4	1	1	1	1	1

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
1949	33	PHI	NL	6	100%	0			2	0	0	0	1.65	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		4	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1950	34	PHI	NL	26	100%	5			2	1	0	1	2.61	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	3	2	67%	2	1	50%	19	3	16%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
1951	35	PHI	NL	12	100%	2			0	0	0	0	3.66	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		4	0	0%	1	0	0%	7	1	14%	1	1	100%	0	0		0
8 Yrs				44	100%	44			4	1	0	1	2.13	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	200%	8	5	63%	3	1	33%	30	4	13%	2	1	50%	0	0		0
MLB Averages					51%																			397%			41%			33%			15%			51%			55%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH
1939	23	22	83	75	6	13	3	0	2	5	1	6	13	.173	.244	.293	.537	35	22	0	1	1
1940	24	50	111	99	11	19	5	0	4	15	1	10	20	.192	.273	.364	.636	60	36	2	1	1
1941	25	67	158	139	17	29	10	0	5	19	1	17	26	.209	.299	.388	.688	76	54	3	1	1
1942	26	67	158	139	17	29	10	0	5	19	1	17	26	.209	.299	.388	.688	76	54	3	1	1
1943	27	67	158	139	17	29	10	0	5	19	1	17	26	.209	.299	.388	.688	76	54	3	1	1
1944	28	67	158	139	17	29	10	0	5	19	1	17	26	.209	.299	.388	.688	76	54	3	1	1
1945	29	67	158	139	17	29	10	0	5	19	1	17	26	.209	.299	.388	.688	76	54	3	1	1
1946	30	80	182	160	21	35	11	0	5	20	1	20	33	.219	.309	.381	.691	78	61	3	1	1
1947	31	83	194	170	21	37	11	0	5	20	1	22	35	.218	.311	.371	.681	77	63	3	1	1
1948	32	83	194	170	21	37	11	0	5	20	1	22	35	.218	.311	.371	.681	77	63	3	1	1
1949	33	87	200	174	22	37	11	0	5	20	1	24	36	.213	.312	.362	.674	75	63	3	1	1
1950	34	98	226	194	24	42	11	1	5	24	1	28	39	.216	.321	.361	.682	78	70	5	2	2
1951	35	102	238	203	26	44	11	1	5	25	1	31	41	.217	.326	.355	.681	78	72	5	2	2

Neutralized Batting

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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
1939	23	23	85	77	5	12	3	0	2	4	0	6	14	.156	.226	.273	.499	4	22
1940	24	29	27	24	4	5	2	0	2	8	0	3	7	.208	.296	.542	.838	4	28
1941	25	18	48	41	6	10	5	0	1	4	0	7	6	.244	.354	.439	.793	6	17

1946	30	14	27	23	5	7	1	0	0	1	0	4	7	.304	.407	.348	.755	3	13
1947	31	3	14	11	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	.273	.429	.273	.701	1	3

1949	33	4	6	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	4
1950	34	11	29	22	2	6	0	1	0	5	0	5	3	.273	.429	.364	.792	3	11
1951	35	4	12	9	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	3	2	.222	.417	.222	.639	1	4
8 Yrs		106	248	211	25	45	11	1	5	23	0	33	42	.213	.325	.346	.671	22	102
162 Game Avg.		162	379	322	38	69	17	2	8	35	0	50	64	.213	.325	.346	.671	34	102

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