Roy Staiger

Roy Joseph Staiger

Position: Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: January 6, 1950 in Tulsa, OK
High School: Will Rogers HS (Tulsa, OK)
School: Bacone College (Muskogee, OK)
Drafted by the New York Mets in the 1st round (24th pick) of the 1970 amateur draft (January Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: September 12, 1975
Teams (by GP): Mets/Yankees 1975-1979

Final Game: September 23, 1979
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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
1970	20	NYM-min	A	76	320	297	37	71	13	0	7	34	4	2	20	56	.239	.284	.354	.638		105		0	0	3			VIS · CALL
1971	21	NYM-min	A	139	524	524		148	18	5	19						.282	.282	.445	.727		233							VIS · CALL
1972	22	NYM-min	AA	81	294	277	24	78	10	4	3	38	0	0	9	39	.282	.306	.379	.685		105		2	3	3			MEM · TL
1973	23	NYM-min	AAA	136	483	434	49	108	13	1	8	55	1	0	32	72	.249	.302	.339	.641		147		3	10	4			TID · IL
1974	24	NYM-min	AAA	136	508	452	34	123	21	1	3	38	1	2	49	61	.272	.343	.343	.685		155		1	3	3			TID · IL
1975	25	NYM-min	AAA	137	523	471	52	133	29	4	9	81	2	3	36	56	.282	.331	.418	.750		197		3	4	9			TID · IL
1975	25	NYM	NL	13	19	19	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.158	.158	.211	.368	4	4	2	0	0	0	0	5
1976	26	NYM	NL	95	335	304	23	67	8	1	2	26	3	3	25	35	.220	.278	.273	.551	62	83	8	1	1	4	6	5/6
1977	27	NYM-min	AAA	72	279	247	39	71	5	3	15	57	1	1	25	42	.287	.351	.514	.865		127		2	0	5			TID · IL
1977	27	NYM	NL	40	129	123	16	31	9	0	2	11	1	0	4	20	.252	.276	.374	.650	77	46	2	0	2	0	0	5/6

1978	28	NYY-min	AAA	118	493	420	65	119	16	5	19	85	2	3	58	81	.283	.369	.481	.850		202		4	3	8			TAC · PCL
1979	29	NYY-min	AAA	104	426	365	56	95	21	0	9	62	1	1	52	56	.260	.350	.392	.742		143		1	3	5			CLB · IL
1979	29	NYY	AL	4	13	11	1	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	.273	.308	.364	.671	83	4	1	0	0	1	0	/5
1980	30	NYY-min	AAA	90	311	269	35	63	12	3	6	40	0	0	29	64	.234	.314	.368	.682		99		4	5	4			CLB · IL
4 Yrs				152	496	457	42	104	19	1	4	38	4	3	30	59	.228	.274	.300	.574	65	137	13	1	3	5	6
162 Game Avg.				162	529	487	45	111	20	1	4	41	4	3	32	63	.228	.274	.300	.574	65	146	14	1	3	5	6

NYM (3 yrs)				148	483	446	41	101	18	1	4	37	4	3	29	59	.226	.273	.298	.571	65	133	12	1	3	4	6
NYY (1 yr)				4	13	11	1	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	.273	.308	.364	.671	83	4	1	0	0	1	0

NL (3 yrs)				148	483	446	41	101	18	1	4	37	4	3	29	59	.226	.273	.298	.571	65	133	12	1	3	4	6
AL (1 yr)				4	13	11	1	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	.273	.308	.364	.671	83	4	1	0	0	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
1975	25	NYM	NL	13	19	-2	0	-0	-0	0	-3	-0.3	0	-3	-0.3	.473	.498	-0.2	-0.0	-2	$	5
1976	26	NYM	NL	95	335	-12	-0	-0	15	2	4	0.5	10	14	1.5	.505	.503	-0.3	2.0	-2	$	5/6
1977	27	NYM	NL	40	129	-0	1	-0	4	1	5	0.5	4	8	0.9	.513	.503	0.5	0.5	5	$40,000	5/6

1979	29	NYY	AL	4	13	-0	0	-0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	0	0.0	.495	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/5
4 Seasons				152	496	-15	0	-1	19	3	5	0.6	14	20	2.1	.504	.501	-0.0	2.5	1	$40,000

NYM (3 yrs)				148	483	-15	0	-1	19	3	6	0.7	14	20	2.1	.504	.501	-0.0	2.5	1	$40,000
NYY (1 yr)				4	13	-0	0	-0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	0	0.0	.495	.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
1975	25	NYM	NL	19	18	0	0.0	92	.200	.158	.259	.158	.329	.211	.375	.368	.704	4	.000	-2.5	-0.2	.222	.053	.053
1976	26	NYM	NL	335	253	23	2.4	86	.240	.220	.254	.278	.320	.273	.362	.551	.682	62	.281	-14.3	-1.5	.440	.135	.053	2.4
1977	27	NYM	NL	129	96	12	3.4	98	.287	.252	.262	.276	.329	.374	.399	.650	.728	77	.360	-4.0	-0.4	.543	.163	.122	1.3

1979	29	NYY	AL	13	10	1	2.7	100	.250	.273	.267	.308	.332	.364	.405	.671	.736	83	.261	-0.1	-0.0	.556	.182	.091
4 Yrs				496	377	36	2.6	90	.251	.228	.257	.274	.323	.300	.374	.574	.697	65	.284	-20.9	-2.2	.458	.140	.072	4.0
162 Game Avg.				529	402	38	2.6	90	.251	.228	.257	.274	.323	.300	.374	.574	.697	65	.284	-20.9	-2.2	.458	.140	.072	4

NYM (3 yrs)				483	367	35	2.6	90	.251	.226	.257	.273	.322	.298	.373	.571	.696	65	.286	-20.8	-2.2	.456	.139	.072	4.0
NYY (1 yr)				13	10	1	2.7	100	.250	.273	.267	.308	.332	.364	.405	.671	.736	83	.261	-0.1	-0.0	.556	.182	.091

NL (3 yrs)				483	367	35	2.6	90	.251	.226	.257	.273	.322	.298	.373	.571	.696	65	.286	-20.8	-2.2	.456	.139	.072	4.0
AL (1 yr)				13	10	1	2.7	100	.250	.273	.267	.308	.332	.364	.405	.671	.736	83	.261	-0.1	-0.0	.556	.182	.091

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1975	25	NYM	NL	19	0.0%	21.1%	0.0%	5.3%	33%		4.8			1.00	79%
1976	26	NYM	NL	335	0.6%	10.5%	7.5%	3.3%	16%	1.40	8.7	152.0	11.7	0.73	81%
1977	27	NYM	NL	129	1.6%	15.5%	3.1%	8.5%	36%	5.00	6.2	61.5	11.2	1.59	78%

1979	29	NYY	AL	13	0.0%	0.0%	7.7%	7.7%	33%	0.00			11.0	1.50	92%
4 Yrs				496	0.8%	11.9%	6.1%	4.8%	23%	1.97	7.7	114.3	12.0	0.91	80%
MLB Averages					1.9%	12.8%	8.6%	6.4%	28%	1.50	6.9	46.2	8.6	1.09	75%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1975	25	NYM	NL	-2.5	-0.3	19	-0.4	0.2	-0.6	1.30	-0.4	0.0	-4.3	-0.5	0.90	-3.6		0
1976	26	NYM	NL	-14.7	-1.6	343	-0.8	5.1	-5.9	1.01	-1.1	0.4	-9.1	-1.0	0.99	-13.3	0.28	2
1977	27	NYM	NL	-4.2	-0.4	133	-0.5	2.0	-2.5	1.04	-0.0	-0.4	1.6	0.2	0.92	1.1	0.93	6

1979	29	NYY	AL	-0.1	-0.0	14	-0.1	0.1	-0.3	.90	-0.0	-0.1	-1.5	-0.1	1.16	-0.9		0
4 Yrs				-21.5	-2.2	509	-1.8	7.4	-9.2	1.03	-1.6	-0.2	-13.2	-1.4	0.97	-16.7	0.77	8

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%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1975	25	NYM	NL	0	0	67%	6	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
1976	26	NYM	NL	8	0	23%	108	3	3	50%	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	32%	22	17	5	4	2	1	8	3	5
1977	27	NYM	NL	6	0	42%	43	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	47%	7	5	2	1	0	1	7	2	4

1979	29	NYY	AL	0	0	25%	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
4 Yrs				14	0	29%	159	4	3	57%	3	3	1	0	0	0	2	0	3	8	39%	30	23	7	5	2	2	17	5	11

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
1975	25	NYM	NL	19	26%	3			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		4	2	50%	3	0	0%	10	0	0%	1	0	0%	2	0	0%	0
1976	26	NYM	NL	335	38%	67			2	1	0	0	0.28	2	0	7	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	100%	74	8	11%	24	6	25%	218	26	12%	19	9	47%	6	3	50%	0
1977	27	NYM	NL	129	36%	31			6	2	0	0	0.93	2	0	1	2	0	0	2	0	3	2	67%	24	2	8%	11	4	36%	72	10	14%	6	1	17%	6	3	50%	0

1979	29	NYY	AL	13	31%	3			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		6	1	17%	2	1	50%	13	1	8%	2	1	50%	0	0		0
4 Yrs				496	37%	104			8	3	0	0	0.77	4	0	8	3	1	1	3	0	4	3	75%	108	13	12%	40	11	28%	313	37	12%	28	11	39%	14	6	43%	0
MLB Averages					55%																			79%			11%			35%			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
1975	25	13	19	19	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.158	.158	.211	.368	4	4	2	0	0	0	0
1976	26	108	354	323	25	70	9	1	2	26	3	3	25	39	.217	.272	.269	.541	59	87	10	1	1	4	6
1977	27	148	483	446	41	101	18	1	4	37	4	3	29	59	.226	.273	.298	.571	65	133	12	1	3	4	6
1978	28	148	483	446	41	101	18	1	4	37	4	3	29	59	.226	.273	.298	.571	65	133	12	1	3	4	6
1979	29	152	496	457	42	104	19	1	4	38	4	3	30	59	.228	.274	.300	.574	65	137	13	1	3	5	6

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1975	25	13	20	20	3	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	.200	.200	.250	.450	1	13
1976	26	95	346	312	28	75	9	1	2	31	3	28	35	.240	.301	.295	.596	28	95
1977	27	40	131	125	18	33	10	0	2	12	1	4	20	.264	.287	.392	.679	14	40

1979	29	4	13	11	1	3	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	.273	.308	.364	.671	1	4
4 Yrs		152	510	468	50	115	21	1	4	44	4	33	59	.246	.294	.321	.614	44	152
162 Game Avg.		162	544	499	53	123	22	1	4	47	4	35	63	.246	.294	.321	.614	47	152

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Defensive WAR† s c a p y 1976 NL 2.0 (3rd)

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