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Dave Sisler

David Michael Sisler

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: October 16, 1931 in St. Louis, MO
School: Princeton University (Princeton, NJ)
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1953. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 21, 1956
Teams (by GP): RedSox/Tigers/Senators/Reds 1956-1962

Final Game: September 23, 1962
Died: January 9, 2011 in St. Louis, MO
Buried: Old Meeting House Presbytherian Church Cemetery, Frontenac, MO
Relatives: Brother of Dick Sisler and Son of George Sisler
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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
1954 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1955 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1956 24 BOS AL 39 51 42 4 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 13 .119 .191 .119 .311 -20 5 0 0 4 1 0 1
1957 25 BOS AL 22 50 42 5 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 12 .167 .239 .167 .406 11 7 1 0 4 0 0 1
1958 26 BOS AL 30 60 46 4 9 1 1 0 3 0 0 2 11 .196 .224 .261 .485 30 12 2 0 11 1 0 1
1959 27 TOT AL 35 8 7 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .286 .286 .286 .571 54 2 0 0 1 0 0 1
1959 27 BOS AL 3 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 172 1 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1959 27 DET AL 32 6 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .200 .200 .200 .400 8 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
1960 28 DET AL 41 19 16 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 .125 .222 .125 .347 -5 2 0 0 1 0 0 1
1961 29 WSA AL 45 9 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 .000 .333 .000 .333 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1962 30 CIN NL 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
7 Yrs 247 197 159 14 25 1 1 0 5 0 0 15 48 .157 .227 .176 .403 8 28 3 0 21 2 0
162 Game Avg. 162 129 104 9 16 1 1 0 3 0 0 10 31 .157 .227 .176 .403 8 18 2 0 14 1 0
BOS (4 yrs) 94 163 132 13 22 1 1 0 5 0 0 10 37 .167 .222 .189 .412 9 25 3 0 19 2 0
DET (2 yrs) 73 25 21 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 9 .143 .217 .143 .360 -2 3 0 0 2 0 0
WSA (1 yr) 45 9 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 .000 .333 .000 .333 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
CIN (1 yr) 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
AL (6 yrs) 212 197 159 14 25 1 1 0 5 0 0 15 48 .157 .227 .176 .403 8 28 3 0 21 2 0
NL (1 yr) 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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
1956 24 BOS AL 39 51 -9 0 0 0 6 -3 -0.3 1 -2 -0.3 .492 .498 -0.3 0.0 -2 $ 1
1957 25 BOS AL 22 50 -3 -0 -0 0 5 2 0.2 1 3 0.2 .509 .501 0.2 -0.0 3 $ 1
1958 26 BOS AL 30 60 -6 0 -0 0 7 1 0.1 2 2 0.1 .503 .501 0.1 -0.0 3 $ 1
1959 27 BOS AL 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .514 .500 0.0 0.0 1 $ /1
1959 27 DET AL 32 6 -1 0 0 0 1 -0 -0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 -0.0 0 $ 1
1960 28 DET AL 41 19 -2 0 0 0 2 -0 -0.0 0 0 0.0 .499 .500 0.0 -0.0 0 $ 1
1961 29 WSA AL 45 9 -1 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 -0.0 1 $ 1
1962 30 CIN NL 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
7 Seasons 247 197 -22 0 0 0 21 -0 -0.0 6 6 -0.0 .500 .500 -0.0 -0.1 5 $
BOS (4 yrs) 94 163 -18 0 0 0 18 0 0.0 5 5 -0.0 .500 .500 -0.0 0.0 5 $
DET (2 yrs) 73 25 -3 0 0 0 3 -0 -0.0 1 0 0.0 .499 .500 0.0 -0.0 0 $
WSA (1 yr) 45 9 -1 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 -0.0 1 $
CIN (1 yr) 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $

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
1956 24 BOS AL 51 42 2 1.3 116 .167 .119 .281 .191 .365 .119 .429 .311 .794 -20 .082 -7.8 -0.8 .243 .095 .000
1957 25 BOS AL 50 40 2 1.4 104 .233 .167 .270 .239 .343 .167 .408 .406 .751 11 .103 -5.4 -0.6 .306 .095 .000
1958 26 BOS AL 60 51 3 1.6 103 .250 .196 .268 .224 .338 .261 .408 .485 .746 30 .137 -4.7 -0.5 .359 .109 .065
1959 27 TOT AL 8 6 1 4.5 103 1.000 .286 .267 .286 .339 .286 .407 .571 .746 54 .508 -0.5 -0.0 .400 .000 .000
1959 27 BOS AL 2 1 1 26.8 102 1.000 .500 .265 .500 .337 .500 .405 1.000 .742 172 .965 0.2 0.0 1.000 .000 .000
1959 27 DET AL 6 5 0 0.0 103 1.000 .200 .267 .200 .339 .200 .408 .400 .748 8 .000 -0.7 -0.1 .250 .000 .000
1960 28 DET AL 19 15 1 1.8 105 .182 .125 .268 .222 .342 .125 .410 .347 .752 -5 .158 -2.4 -0.2 .286 .125 .000
1961 29 WSA AL 9 6 0 0.0 99 .000 .000 .257 .333 .331 .000 .400 .333 .730 1 .000 -0.7 -0.1 .500 .500 .000
7 Yrs 197 160 9 1.5 107 .221 .157 .272 .227 .347 .176 .413 .403 .760 8 .120 -21.6 -2.2 .314 .113 .019
162 Game Avg. 129 105 6 1.5 107 .221 .157 .272 .227 .347 .176 .413 .403 .760 8 .120 -21.6 -2.2 .314 .113 .019
BOS (4 yrs) 163 134 8 1.6 108 .227 .167 .273 .222 .349 .189 .414 .412 .763 9 .132 -17.8 -1.8 .310 .098 .023
DET (2 yrs) 25 20 1 1.3 104 .250 .143 .268 .217 .342 .143 .410 .360 .751 -2 .100 -3.1 -0.3 .278 .095 .000
WSA (1 yr) 9 6 0 0.0 99 .000 .000 .257 .333 .331 .000 .400 .333 .730 1 .000 -0.7 -0.1 .500 .500 .000

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
1956 24 BOS AL 51 0.0% 25.5% 7.8% 0.0% 0% 3.25 3.2 21.0 1.33 59%
1957 25 BOS AL 50 0.0% 24.0% 8.0% 0.0% 0% 3.00 3.5 2.29 60%
1958 26 BOS AL 60 0.0% 18.3% 3.3% 3.3% 22% 5.50 4.2 15.3 3.10 60%
1959 27 TOT AL 8 0.0% 62.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 1.4 25%
1959 27 BOS AL 2 0.0% 50.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 2.0 50%
1959 27 DET AL 6 0.0% 66.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 1.3 17%
1960 28 DET AL 19 0.0% 26.3% 10.5% 0.0% 0% 2.50 3.2 1.75 58%
1961 29 WSA AL 9 0.0% 22.2% 33.3% 0.0% 0.67 3.0 1.00 44%
7 Yrs 197 0.0% 24.4% 7.6% 1.0% 8% 3.20 3.3 31.8 2.09 57%
MLB Averages 2.4% 13.2% 8.9% 6.7% 29% 1.49 6.7 37.3 8.3 1.02 74%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1956 24 BOS AL -7.9 -0.8 49 -0.4 0.4 -0.8 .83 -0.6 0.1 -6.4 -0.6 0.86 -7.5 0
1957 25 BOS AL -5.4 -0.6 50 -0.4 0.3 -0.7 .74 -0.4 -0.2 -6.6 -0.7 0.89 -4.4 0
1958 26 BOS AL -4.7 -0.5 61 -0.8 0.5 -1.3 1.05 -0.6 -0.1 -7.2 -0.7 1.06 -6.0 0
1959 27 TOT AL -0.5 -0.0 8 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .64 -0.1 -0.0 -1.0 -0.1 0.67 -1.0 0
1959 27 BOS AL 0.2 0.0 2 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .28 0.0 -0.0 -0.0 -0.0 0.50 0.1 0
1959 27 DET AL -0.7 -0.1 6 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .76 -0.1 0.0 -0.9 -0.1 0.73 -1.0 0
1960 28 DET AL -2.4 -0.2 19 -0.2 0.2 -0.4 1.18 -0.3 0.1 -2.9 -0.3 0.86 -2.7 0
1961 29 WSA AL -0.7 -0.1 9 0.1 0.2 -0.1 1.22 -0.1 0.1 -0.3 -0.0 0.85 -0.7 0
1962 30 CIN NL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
7 Yrs -21.7 -2.2 196 -1.8 1.6 -3.4 .92 -2.1 0.1 -24.4 -2.4 0.92 -22.2 0

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
1956 24 BOS AL 0 0 44% 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 33% 4 3 1 0 0 0 2 1 1
1957 25 BOS AL 3 0 46% 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33% 5 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
1958 26 BOS AL 0 0 36% 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 67% 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0
1959 27 TOT AL 0 0 50% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 27 BOS AL 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 27 DET AL 0 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 28 DET AL 0 0 0% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 29 WSA AL 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Yrs 3 0 35% 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 44% 12 7 5 1 1 0 3 1 2

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
1956 24 BOS AL 51 23% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 80% 9 0 0% 11 2 18% 25 2 8% 3 1 33% 0 0 0
1957 25 BOS AL 50 20% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 4 67% 9 1 11% 10 2 20% 31 1 3% 2 1 50% 2 0 0% 0
1958 26 BOS AL 60 14% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 11 92% 18 2 11% 22 7 32% 45 3 7% 4 1 25% 4 3 75% 0
1959 27 TOT AL 8 13% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 3 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1959 27 BOS AL 2 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 27 DET AL 6 17% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 3 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1960 28 DET AL 19 16% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 3 0 0% 4 1 25% 8 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
1961 29 WSA AL 9 22% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 5 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
7 Yrs 197 18% 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 26 21 81% 41 3 7% 48 12 25% 117 6 5% 10 3 30% 6 3 50% 0
MLB Averages 49% 75% 10% 31% 14% 50% 54%

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
1956 24 39 51 42 4 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 13 .119 .191 .119 .311 -20 5 0 0 4 1 0
1957 25 61 101 84 9 12 0 0 0 2 0 0 8 25 .143 .215 .143 .358 -5 12 1 0 8 1 0
1958 26 91 161 130 13 21 1 1 0 5 0 0 10 36 .162 .218 .185 .403 7 24 3 0 19 2 0
1959 27 126 169 137 14 23 1 1 0 5 0 0 10 41 .168 .221 .190 .411 9 26 3 0 20 2 0
1960 28 167 188 153 14 25 1 1 0 5 0 0 12 46 .163 .222 .183 .405 8 28 3 0 21 2 0
1961 29 212 197 159 14 25 1 1 0 5 0 0 15 48 .157 .227 .176 .403 8 28 3 0 21 2 0
1962 30 247 197 159 14 25 1 1 0 5 0 0 15 48 .157 .227 .176 .403 8 28 3 0 21 2 0

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
1956 24 41 53 44 4 5 0 0 0 2 0 4 14 .114 .184 .114 .297 1 39
1957 25 23 54 45 6 8 0 0 0 0 0 5 13 .178 .260 .178 .438 2 22
1958 26 31 63 49 5 10 1 1 0 3 0 2 11 .204 .231 .265 .496 3 30
1959 27 37 9 8 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .375 .375 .375 .750 1 35
1960 28 43 20 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 .000 .105 .000 .105 0 41
1961 29 45 9 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 .000 .333 .000 .333 0 45
6 Yrs 220 208 169 16 26 1 1 0 5 0 16 50 .154 .225 .172 .396 7 212
162 Game Avg. 162 153 124 12 19 1 1 0 4 0 12 37 .154 .225 .172 .396 5 212

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1958 AL  11 (4th)

                                         

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