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Rick Sofield

Richard Michael Sofield

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: December 16, 1956 in Cheyenne, WY
High School: Morristown HS (Morristown, NJ)
Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 1st round (13th pick) of the 1975 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 6, 1979
Team: Twins 1979-1981

Final Game: October 4, 1981
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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
1975	18	MIN-min	Rk	61	247	208	37	43	9	3	2	29	4	2	38	62	.207	.328	.308	.636		64		0	0	1			ELZ · APPY
1976	19	MIN-min	A	104	340	340		81	11	4	4						.238	.238	.329	.568		112							WRA · MIDW
1977	20	MIN-min	A,AAA	112	492	415	109	135	22	8	27	108	10	5	68	95	.325	.419	.612	1.031		254		3	0	6			VIS,TAC · CALL,PCL
1978	21	MIN-min	AA,AAA	87	297	246	39	62	11	3	5	27	7	1	45	55	.252	.366	.382	.749		94		0	5	1			ORL,TOL · SOUL,IL
1979	22	MIN-min	AAA,AA	84	340	278	37	69	13	2	4	27	7	4	57	56	.248	.376	.353	.729		98		0	5	0			TOL,ORL · IL,SOUL
1979	22	MIN	AL	35	107	93	8	28	5	0	0	12	2	3	12	27	.301	.381	.355	.736	98	33	2	0	2	0	0	9/78
1980	23	MIN	AL	131	459	417	52	103	18	4	9	49	4	5	24	92	.247	.287	.374	.661	75	156	3	2	9	7	2	*78/9D
1981	24	MIN-min	AAA	22	85	72	8	15	2	0	1	4	2	1	12	12	.208	.329	.278	.607		20		1	0	0	0		TOL · IL
1981	24	MIN	AL	41	112	102	9	18	2	0	0	5	3	2	8	22	.176	.234	.196	.430	23	20	5	0	1	1	0	7/D9
1982	25	MIN-TEX-min	AAA	100	378	333	49	80	17	6	5	36	3	4	35	58	.240	.314	.372	.686		124		2	5	3	1		TOL,DEN · IL,AA
3 Yrs				207	678	612	69	149	25	4	9	66	9	10	44	141	.243	.293	.342	.634	70	209	10	2	12	8	2
162 Game Avg.				162	531	479	54	117	20	3	7	52	7	8	34	110	.243	.293	.342	.634	70	164	8	2	9	6	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
1979	22	MIN	AL	35	107	-0	-1	-0	1	-1	-2	-0.2	4	1	0.1	.493	.499	0.0	-0.0	0	$	9/78
1980	23	MIN	AL	131	459	-14	-1	1	1	-4	-18	-1.7	14	-4	-0.4	.486	.489	-0.5	-0.2	-5	$	*78/9D
1981	24	MIN	AL	41	112	-10	0	-1	3	-2	-9	-1.0	3	-6	-0.7	.474	.494	-1.0	0.2	-9	$	7/D9
3 Seasons				207	678	-25	-2	0	5	-8	-29	-2.9	21	-8	-1.0	.485	.494	-1.5	-0.0	-13	$

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
1979	22	MIN	AL	107	72	12	4.4	105	.424	.301	.274	.381	.340	.355	.416	.736	.755	98	.473	0.2	0.0	.629	.172	.054	.0
1980	23	MIN	AL	459	338	46	3.7	104	.291	.247	.277	.287	.340	.374	.411	.661	.752	75	.398	-15.9	-1.6	.562	.182	.127	5.5
1981	24	MIN	AL	112	93	4	1.2	94	.222	.176	.263	.234	.328	.196	.382	.430	.711	23	.090	-10.5	-1.1	.319	.108	.020	.0
3 Yrs				678	503	62	3.3	103	.298	.243	.274	.293	.338	.342	.407	.634	.745	70	.360	-26.2	-2.7	.526	.168	.098	9.0
162 Game Avg.				531	394	49	3.3	103	.298	.243	.274	.293	.338	.342	.407	.634	.745	70	.360	-26.2	-2.7	.526	.168	.098	7

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1979	22	MIN	AL	107	0.0%	25.2%	11.2%	4.7%	18%	2.25	3.4		7.8	0.91	62%
1980	23	MIN	AL	459	2.0%	20.0%	5.2%	6.8%	30%	3.83	4.5	46.3	8.5	0.78	70%
1981	24	MIN	AL	112	0.0%	19.6%	7.1%	1.8%	11%	2.75	4.6		20.4	1.06	72%
3 Yrs				678	1.3%	20.8%	6.5%	5.6%	26%	3.20	4.3	68.0	9.3	0.84	69%
MLB Averages					1.9%	12.5%	8.3%	6.5%	28%	1.50	7.1	45.9	8.5	1.10	76%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1979	22	MIN	AL	0.2	0.0	112	0.4	2.0	-1.5	.99	-0.2	0.6	0.2	0.0	0.99	-1.6	0.37	3
1980	23	MIN	AL	-16.4	-1.6	473	-0.8	7.2	-8.0	.94	-0.9	0.1	-8.5	-0.8	0.93	-11.4	1.44	13
1981	24	MIN	AL	-10.6	-1.1	117	-1.2	1.3	-2.5	1.06	-1.1	-0.1	-9.8	-1.0	0.92	-11.6	1.51	7
3 Yrs				-26.8	-2.7	702	-1.5	10.5	-12.0	.97	-2.2	0.6	-18.2	-1.8	0.94	-24.6	1.32	23

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndSH
1979	22	MIN	AL	0	20%	40	2	3	40%	2	2	0	1	1	1	3	1	64%	7	4	3	0	0	0	4	4
1980	23	MIN	AL	8	36%	147	4	5	44%	4	5	0	0	1	0	12	7	67%	20	9	10	6	3	3	13	13
1981	24	MIN	AL	1	35%	36	3	2	60%	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	44%	5	5	0	0	0	0	4	4
3 Yrs				9	32%	223	9	10	47%	8	9	1	1	2	1	15	10	63%	32	18	13	6	3	3	21	21

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
1979	22	MIN	AL	107	95%	28			3	1	0	0	0.37	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	21	2	10%	7	2	29%	75	12	16%	5	2	40%	5	2	40%	0
1980	23	MIN	AL	459	78%	103			13	4	0	2	1.44	9	0	5	8	1	5	4	1	11	9	82%	77	3	4%	40	23	58%	270	42	16%	19	14	74%	16	10	63%	0
1981	24	MIN	AL	112	99%	18			7	1	0	0	1.51	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	25	5	20%	12	3	25%	59	6	10%	8	3	38%	2	2	100%	0
3 Yrs				678	84%	149			23	6	0	2	1.32	9	0	8	8	1	5	4	1	14	12	86%	123	10	8%	59	28	47%	404	60	15%	32	19	59%	23	14	61%	0
MLB Averages					56%																			79%			11%			36%			15%			52%			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
1979	22	35	107	93	8	28	5	0	0	12	2	3	12	27	.301	.381	.355	.736	98	33	2	0	2	0	0
1980	23	166	566	510	60	131	23	4	9	61	6	8	36	119	.257	.305	.371	.675	79	189	5	2	11	7	2
1981	24	207	678	612	69	149	25	4	9	66	9	10	44	141	.243	.293	.342	.634	70	209	10	2	12	8	2

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
1979	22	35	106	92	8	27	5	0	0	12	2	12	27	.293	.375	.348	.723	12	35
1980	23	131	458	416	51	102	18	4	9	48	4	24	92	.245	.285	.373	.658	44	131
1981	24	62	171	155	14	28	3	0	0	8	5	12	33	.181	.237	.200	.437	8	41
3 Yrs		228	735	663	73	157	26	4	9	68	11	48	152	.237	.287	.329	.616	64	207
162 Game Avg.		162	522	471	52	112	18	3	6	48	8	34	108	.237	.287	.329	.616	45	207

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Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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