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Dave Skaggs

David Lindsey Skaggs

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: June 12, 1951 in Santa Monica, CA
High School: North Torrance HS (Lawndale, CA)
Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 6th round of the 1969 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 17, 1977
Teams (by GP): Orioles/Angels 1977-1980

Final Game: October 4, 1980
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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
1969	18	BAL-min	A-	62	238	220	21	69	11	1	4	31	1	0	13	22	.314	.353	.427	.780		94		1	3	1			ABD · NORL
1971	20	BAL-min	A	77	184	184		35	2	0	3						.190	.190	.250	.440		46							STK · CALL
1972	21	BAL-min	A	72	277	239	25	50	3	1	3	23	1	2	34	29	.209	.307	.268	.574		64		0	3	1			MIA · FLOR
1973	22	BAL-min	A	82	260	260		66	9	5	1						.254	.254	.338	.592		88							LOD · CALL
1974	23	BAL-min	AA	110	421	363	41	91	16	2	5	38	0	2	52	36	.251	.344	.347	.692		126		1	3	2			AVL · SOUL
1975	24	BAL-min	AA,AAA	100	355	298	30	75	16	1	0	34	2	3	50	35	.252	.356	.312	.668		93	7	1	1	5	1		AVL,ROC · SOUL,IL
1976	25	BAL-min	AAA	85	294	252	40	61	8	2	2	27	1	0	32	28	.242	.325	.313	.639		79		1	5	4			ROC · IL
1977	26	BAL	AL	80	246	216	22	62	9	1	1	24	0	0	20	34	.287	.345	.352	.696	96	76	2	0	8	2	0	2
1978	27	BAL	AL	36	98	86	6	13	1	1	0	2	0	1	9	14	.151	.232	.186	.418	22	16	1	0	3	0	1	2
1979	28	BAL	AL	63	152	137	9	34	8	0	1	14	0	0	13	14	.248	.313	.328	.642	76	45	8	0	2	0	0	2
1980	29	TOT	AL	26	82	71	7	14	0	0	1	9	0	0	9	14	.197	.284	.239	.523	47	17	1	0	1	1	0	2
1980	29	BAL	AL	2	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	/2
1980	29	CAL	AL	24	77	66	7	13	0	0	1	9	0	0	9	13	.197	.289	.242	.532	50	16	1	0	1	1	0	2
4 Yrs				205	578	510	44	123	18	2	3	49	0	1	51	76	.241	.309	.302	.610	72	154	12	0	14	3	1
162 Game Avg.				162	457	403	35	97	14	2	2	39	0	1	40	60	.241	.309	.302	.610	72	122	9	0	11	2	1

BAL (4 yrs)				181	501	444	37	110	18	2	2	40	0	1	42	63	.248	.311	.311	.622	75	138	11	0	13	2	1
CAL (1 yr)				24	77	66	7	13	0	0	1	9	0	0	9	13	.197	.289	.242	.532	50	16	1	0	1	1	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
1977	26	BAL	AL	80	246	-2	-2	0	2	4	3	0.4	8	11	1.1	.503	.502	0.9	0.7	9	$	2
1978	27	BAL	AL	36	98	-8	-2	-0	1	2	-7	-0.8	3	-4	-0.5	.478	.495	-0.6	0.3	-5	$	2
1979	28	BAL	AL	63	152	-4	-0	-2	-4	3	-8	-0.7	5	-3	-0.2	.488	.495	0.2	-0.1	1	$	2
1980	29	BAL	AL	2	5	-1	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.1	0	-0	0.0	.474	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	/2
1980	29	CAL	AL	24	77	-5	0	0	-4	1	-7	-0.7	2	-5	-0.5	.468	.495	-0.1	-0.2	-1	$	2
4 Seasons				205	578	-20	-4	-2	-5	10	-20	-1.9	19	-1	-0.1	.490	.497	0.4	0.7	4	$

BAL (4 yrs)				181	501	-15	-4	-2	-1	9	-12	-1.1	16	4	0.4	.493	.498	0.5	1.0	5	$
CAL (1 yr)				24	77	-5	0	0	-4	1	-7	-0.7	2	-5	-0.5	.468	.495	-0.1	-0.2	-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	PwrSpd
1977	26	BAL	AL	246	166	28	4.5	95	.333	.287	.259	.345	.322	.352	.394	.696	.716	96	.488	-0.2	-0.0	.615	.157	.065	.0
1978	27	BAL	AL	98	78	4	1.4	89	.181	.151	.254	.232	.318	.186	.374	.418	.693	22	.109	-8.7	-0.9	.320	.128	.035
1979	28	BAL	AL	152	113	13	3.1	99	.270	.248	.266	.313	.330	.328	.403	.642	.733	76	.314	-4.2	-0.4	.523	.175	.080	.0
1980	29	TOT	AL	82	60	5	2.2	96	.228	.197	.266	.284	.328	.239	.394	.523	.722	47	.211	-5.0	-0.5	.448	.169	.042	.0
1980	29	BAL	AL	5	4	0	0.0	98	.250	.200	.268	.200	.330	.200	.397	.400	.727	11	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.250	.000	.000
1980	29	CAL	AL	77	56	5	2.4	96	.226	.197	.266	.289	.328	.242	.394	.532	.721	50	.234	-4.3	-0.4	.463	.182	.045	.0
4 Yrs				578	417	50	3.2	95	.276	.241	.261	.309	.324	.302	.393	.610	.718	72	.341	-18.1	-1.8	.510	.159	.061	.0
162 Game Avg.				457	330	40	3.2	95	.276	.241	.261	.309	.324	.302	.393	.610	.718	72	.341	-18.1	-1.8	.510	.159	.061

BAL (4 yrs)				501	361	45	3.3	95	.283	.248	.260	.311	.324	.311	.393	.622	.717	75	.357	-13.8	-1.4	.517	.155	.063	.0
CAL (1 yr)				77	56	5	2.4	96	.226	.197	.266	.289	.328	.242	.394	.532	.721	50	.234	-4.3	-0.4	.463	.182	.045	.0

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP
1979	28	BAL	AL	ALCS	CAL	W	1	4	4	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0
1979	28	BAL	AL	WS	PIT	L	1	3	3	1	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	1
1 Yr (2 Series)							2	7	7	1	1	.143	.143	.143	.286	1	1
1 ALCS							1	4	4	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0
1 WS							1	3	3	1	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	1

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	26	BAL	AL	246	0.4%	13.8%	8.1%	4.5%	18%	1.70	6.4	216.0	9.0	1.10	74%
1978	27	BAL	AL	98	0.0%	14.3%	9.2%	2.0%	15%	1.56	6.1		43.0	1.18	73%
1979	28	BAL	AL	152	0.7%	9.2%	8.6%	5.9%	27%	1.08	9.8	137.0	9.8	1.33	80%
1980	29	TOT	AL	82	1.2%	17.1%	11.0%	1.2%	7%	1.56	5.1	71.0	7.9	1.42	70%
1980	29	BAL	AL	5	0.0%	20.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		5.0			2.00	80%
1980	29	CAL	AL	77	1.3%	16.9%	11.7%	1.3%	8%	1.44	5.1	66.0	7.3	1.39	69%
4 Yrs				578	0.5%	13.2%	8.8%	4.0%	19%	1.49	6.7	170.0	10.4	1.22	75%
MLB Averages					2.0%	12.8%	8.4%	6.7%	28%	1.52	7.0	43.6	8.4	1.10	75%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1977	26	BAL	AL	-0.2	-0.0	247	-0.7	3.4	-4.1	.96	-0.5	-0.3	-4.4	-0.5	0.93	-4.3	0.01	1
1978	27	BAL	AL	-8.7	-0.9	99	-1.1	0.8	-1.8	.89	-0.9	-0.3	-11.7	-1.3	0.94	-10.2	5.42	1
1979	28	BAL	AL	-4.2	-0.4	152	-0.3	2.3	-2.6	.90	-0.6	0.3	-3.4	-0.3	0.89	-7.1		0
1980	29	TOT	AL	-5.0	-0.5	82	-0.6	0.7	-1.3	.88	-0.5	-0.2	-3.1	-0.3	0.96	-4.0		0
1980	29	BAL	AL	-0.6	-0.1	5	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.90	-0.1	-0.0	-0.8	-0.1	0.86	-0.7		0
1980	29	CAL	AL	-4.3	-0.4	77	-0.5	0.7	-1.2	.88	-0.4	-0.2	-2.3	-0.2	0.97	-3.3		0
4 Yrs				-18.1	-1.8	580	-2.7	7.2	-9.8	.92	-2.5	-0.4	-22.7	-2.4	0.92	-25.5	2.72	2

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	CS	SB%	CS2	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1977	26	BAL	AL	1	26%	103	0		0	0	0	5	2	43%	13	9	2	8	4	4	7	0	6
1978	27	BAL	AL	2	27%	31	1	0%	1	1	1	2	0	50%	3	2	1	1	1	0	4	1	3
1979	28	BAL	AL	1	17%	59	0		0	0	0	1	3	13%	6	6	0	5	5	0	4	2	2
1980	29	TOT	AL	0	27%	26	0		0	0	0	0	0	44%	4	3	1	3	2	1	2	0	2
1980	29	BAL	AL	0	0%	1	0		0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1980	29	CAL	AL	0	29%	25	0		0	0	0	0	0	44%	4	3	1	3	2	1	2	0	2
4 Yrs				4	24%	219	1	0%	1	1	1	8	5	37%	26	20	4	17	12	5	17	3	13

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
1977	26	BAL	AL	246	25%	62			1	1	0	0	0.01	1	0	7	1	0	0	1	0	9	8	89%	33	2	6%	32	14	44%	147	24	16%	17	8	47%	11	5	45%	0
1978	27	BAL	AL	98	27%	13			1	0	0	0	5.42	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	100%	12	1	8%	7	5	71%	55	4	7%	5	2	40%	5	2	40%	0
1979	28	BAL	AL	152	26%	34			0	0	0	0		1	0	4	1	0	0	1	0	3	2	67%	30	8	27%	11	2	18%	75	15	20%	4	1	25%	1	0	0%	0
1980	29	TOT	AL	82	40%	14			0	0	0	0		1	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	3	1	33%	9	1	11%	6	3	50%	52	8	15%	4	2	50%	1	0	0%	0
1980	29	BAL	AL	5	60%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		3	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1980	29	CAL	AL	77	39%	13			0	0	0	0		1	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	3	1	33%	9	1	11%	6	3	50%	49	8	16%	4	2	50%	1	0	0%	0
4 Yrs				578	28%	123			2	1	0	0	2.72	3	0	15	3	0	0	3	0	18	14	78%	84	12	14%	56	24	43%	329	51	16%	30	13	43%	18	7	39%	0
MLB Averages					56%																			79%			11%			36%			15%			51%			54%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH	SF	IBB
1977	26	80	246	216	22	62	9	1	1	24	0	20	34	.287	.345	.352	.696	96	76	2	8	2	0
1978	27	116	344	302	28	75	10	2	1	26	1	29	48	.248	.312	.305	.617	76	92	3	11	2	1
1979	28	179	496	439	37	109	18	2	2	40	1	42	62	.248	.313	.312	.625	76	137	11	13	2	1
1980	29	205	578	510	44	123	18	2	3	49	1	51	76	.241	.309	.302	.610	72	154	12	14	3	1

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	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1977	26	80	251	220	24	66	10	1	1	26	21	34	.300	.358	.368	.726	29	80
1978	27	36	100	87	6	14	1	1	0	2	10	14	.161	.247	.195	.443	4	36
1979	28	63	154	139	10	35	8	0	1	15	13	14	.252	.316	.331	.647	15	63
1980	29	26	82	71	7	14	0	0	1	9	9	14	.197	.284	.239	.523	5	26
4 Yrs		205	587	517	47	129	19	2	3	52	53	76	.250	.318	.311	.629	53	205
162 Game Avg.		162	464	409	37	102	15	2	2	41	42	60	.250	.318	.311	.629	42	205

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