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Virgil Stallcup

Thomas Virgil Stallcup (Red)

Position: Shortstop
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: January 3, 1922 in Ravensford, NC
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1941. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 18, 1947
Teams (by GP): Reds/Cardinals 1947-1953

Final Game: April 25, 1953
Died: May 2, 1989 in Greenville, SC
Buried: Greenville Memorial Gardens, Greenville, SC
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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
1941	19	BOS-min	B	39	130	130		25	3	1	0						.192	.192	.231	.423		30						GBO · PIED
1942	20	BOS-min	C	123	483	483		136	21	5	1						.282	.282	.352	.634		170						CAN · MATL
1946	24	BOS-min	B	138	539	539		164	22	9	10						.304	.304	.434	.738		234						ROA · PIED
1947	25	SFG-min	AAA	76	322	308	43	104	15	6	15	67	4		6	18	.338	.352	.571	.924		176		1	7			JER · IL
1947	25	CIN	NL	8	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0		/6
1948	26	CIN	NL	149	566	539	40	123	30	4	3	65	2		18	52	.228	.253	.315	.569	55	170	14	0	9		*6
1949	27	CIN	NL	141	589	575	49	146	28	5	3	45	1		9	44	.254	.268	.336	.604	60	193	11	2	3		*6
1950	28	CIN	NL	136	507	483	44	121	23	2	8	54	4		17	39	.251	.276	.356	.632	65	172	14	0	7		*6
1951	29	CIN	NL	121	434	428	33	103	17	2	8	49	2	4	6	40	.241	.251	.346	.597	58	148	9	0	0		*6
1952	30	TOT	NL	31	33	32	4	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	5	.125	.152	.156	.308	-15	5	1	0	0		6
1952	30	CIN	NL	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0		/6
1952	30	STL	NL	29	32	31	4	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	5	.129	.156	.161	.318	-12	5	1	0	0		6
1953	31	STL-min	AAA	130	509	478	48	116	19	7	3	37	0		21	44	.243	.275	.331	.605		158	10	0	10			CLB · AA
1953	31	STL	NL	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0
1954	32	BAL-CIN-min	B,AA	86	266	259	7	78	8	1	4	10	1	0	5	9	.301	.314	.386	.700		100		0	2	0		AND,TUL · TRIS,TL
1955	33	CIN-min	B	60	215	215		53	5	0	3						.247	.247	.312	.558		67						SUN · PIED
7 Yrs				587	2131	2059	171	497	99	13	22	214	9	4	51	181	.241	.260	.334	.595	58	688	49	2	19
162 Game Avg.				162	588	568	47	137	27	4	6	59	2		14	50	.241	.260	.334	.595	58	190	14	1	5

CIN (6 yrs)				557	2098	2027	167	493	98	13	22	213	9	4	50	176	.243	.262	.337	.599	59	683	48	2	19
STL (2 yrs)				30	33	32	4	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	5	.125	.152	.156	.308	-15	5	1	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
1947	25	CIN	NL	8	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.496	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	/6
1948	26	CIN	NL	149	566	-34	-0	-0	-7	9	-32	-3.4	20	-12	-1.4	.478	.479	-0.6	0.3	-5	$	*6
1949	27	CIN	NL	141	589	-32	0	-1	-3	9	-26	-2.8	20	-6	-0.8	.481	.483	-0.5	0.7	-3	$	*6
1950	28	CIN	NL	136	507	-24	-3	0	-2	8	-21	-2.2	17	-4	-0.5	.485	.487	-0.2	0.6	-2	$	*6
1951	29	CIN	NL	121	434	-25	-1	-0	2	7	-17	-1.9	14	-3	-0.5	.485	.489	-0.6	0.9	-5	$	*6
1952	30	CIN	NL	2	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.489	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	/6
1952	30	STL	NL	29	32	-4	-1	-0	1	0	-4	-0.4	1	-3	-0.3	.485	.497	-0.4	0.2	-4	$	6
1953	31	STL	NL	1	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.470	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$
7 Seasons				587	2131	-120	-5	-1	-9	35	-100	-10.8	73	-28	-3.5	.482	.492	-2.3	2.6	-19	$

CIN (6 yrs)				557	2098	-115	-4	-1	-10	34	-96	-10.4	72	-25	-3.2	.482	.490	-1.9	2.4	-15	$
STL (2 yrs)				30	33	-5	-1	-0	1	0	-4	-0.4	1	-3	-0.3	.485	.499	-0.4	0.2	-4	$

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
1947	25	CIN	NL	1	1	0	0.0	106		.000	.274	.000	.349	.000	.406	.000	.755	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
1948	26	CIN	NL	566	439	43	2.6	99	.248	.228	.265	.253	.339	.315	.393	.569	.732	55	.272	-35.2	-3.6	.442	.124	.087	2.4
1949	27	CIN	NL	589	443	51	3.1	105	.271	.254	.272	.268	.345	.336	.406	.604	.752	60	.326	-34.8	-3.5	.466	.099	.082	1.5
1950	28	CIN	NL	507	383	47	3.3	108	.259	.251	.270	.276	.346	.356	.418	.632	.764	65	.338	-26.4	-2.6	.513	.149	.106	5.3
1951	29	CIN	NL	434	338	36	2.9	104	.250	.241	.269	.251	.343	.346	.407	.597	.750	58	.302	-27.4	-2.8	.450	.114	.105	3.2
1952	30	TOT	NL	33	29	1	0.9	97	.148	.125	.262	.152	.334	.156	.389	.308	.724	-15	.060	-5.0	-0.5	.207	.063	.031
1952	30	CIN	NL	1	1	0	0.0	96	.000	.000	.260	.000	.333	.000	.388	.000	.721	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
1952	30	STL	NL	32	28	1	1.0	97	.154	.129	.262	.156	.334	.161	.389	.318	.724	-12	.064	-4.8	-0.5	.214	.065	.032
1953	31	STL	NL	1	1	0	0.0	110	.000	.000	.274	.000	.345	.000	.427	.000	.772	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
7 Yrs				2131	1634	178	2.9	104	.256	.241	.269	.260	.343	.334	.405	.595	.749	58	.305	-129.3	-13.0	.462	.120	.093	12.8
162 Game Avg.				588	451	49	2.9	104	.256	.241	.269	.260	.343	.334	.405	.595	.749	58	.305	-129.3	-13.0	.462	.120	.093	4

CIN (6 yrs)				2098	1605	177	2.9	104	.258	.243	.269	.262	.343	.337	.406	.599	.749	59	.310	-124.2	-12.4	.467	.121	.094	12.8
STL (2 yrs)				33	29	1	0.9	98	.148	.125	.262	.152	.335	.156	.390	.308	.725	-15	.060	-5.1	-0.5	.207	.063	.031

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1947	25	CIN	NL	1	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.0				0%
1948	26	CIN	NL	566	0.5%	9.2%	3.2%	6.5%	30%	2.89	10.4	179.7	8.3	0.95	86%
1949	27	CIN	NL	589	0.5%	7.5%	1.5%	6.1%	25%	4.89	13.1	191.7	12.8	0.83	90%
1950	28	CIN	NL	507	1.6%	7.7%	3.4%	6.5%	27%	2.29	12.4	60.4	8.9	0.94	86%
1951	29	CIN	NL	434	1.8%	9.2%	1.4%	6.2%	26%	6.67	10.7	53.5	8.7	0.73	88%
1952	30	TOT	NL	33	0.0%	15.2%	3.0%	3.0%	25%	5.00	6.4		32.0	0.58	82%
1952	30	CIN	NL	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%						0.00	100%
1952	30	STL	NL	32	0.0%	15.6%	3.1%	3.1%	25%	5.00	6.2		31.0	0.64	81%
1953	31	STL	NL	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%							100%
7 Yrs				2131	1.0%	8.5%	2.4%	6.3%	27%	3.55	11.4	93.6	9.6	0.85	87%
MLB Averages					1.9%	9.9%	9.8%	6.4%	28%	1.02	8.9	47.2	8.1	0.97	77%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1947	25	CIN	NL	-0.3	-0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1948	26	CIN	NL	-35.2	-3.6	236	-1.8	2.8	-4.6	.99	-1.8	-0.1	-15.4	-1.6	0.91	-18.0		0
1949	27	CIN	NL	-34.8	-3.5	365	-1.8	5.6	-7.4	1.09	-2.6	1.0	-21.9	-2.2	0.95	-28.1	4.08	1
1950	28	CIN	NL	-26.4	-2.6	367	-2.0	5.2	-7.2	.99	-1.5	-0.5	-19.8	-1.9	0.96	-18.7		0
1951	29	CIN	NL	-27.4	-2.8	346	-1.2	5.6	-6.8	1.04	-2.1	1.0	-12.6	-1.3	0.94	-20.8	1.23	4
1952	30	TOT	NL	-5.0	-0.5	23	-0.3	0.3	-0.6	1.09	-0.3	0.0	-3.8	-0.4	0.99	-3.6	0.81	9
1952	30	CIN	NL	-0.3	-0.0	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.32	-0.0	0.0	-0.2	-0.0	0.86	-0.3	0.32	1
1952	30	STL	NL	-4.8	-0.5	22	-0.3	0.3	-0.6	1.12	-0.3	0.0	-3.6	-0.4	1.00	-3.3	0.87	8
1953	31	STL	NL	-0.3	-0.0	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.34	-0.0	-0.0	-0.3	-0.0	0.86	-0.3	0.34	1
7 Yrs				-129.3	-13.0	1338	-7.2	19.5	-26.6	1.03	-8.4	1.5	-73.8	-7.4	0.95	-89.4	1.11	15

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	CS3	SBH	PO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1948	26	CIN	NL	5	27%	84	2			2	2	0	0	0	1	3	29%	10	9	1	0	0	0	4	0	3
1949	27	CIN	NL	4	30%	107	1			0	2	0	1	1	5	3	41%	18	15	2	3	1	2	13	3	10
1950	28	CIN	NL	6	28%	116	4			1	1	0	0	1	7	2	23%	13	11	1	2	2	0	7	2	4
1951	29	CIN	NL	2	25%	80	2	4	33%	2	2	1	0	0	1	3	39%	9	8	1	1	0	1	8	3	5
1952	30	TOT	NL	0	80%	11	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	25%	2	2	0	1	0	1	1	0	0
1952	30	CIN	NL	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1952	30	STL	NL	0	80%	11	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	25%	2	2	0	1	0	1	1	0	0
1953	31	STL	NL	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7 Yrs				17	28%	398	9	4	150%	5	7	1	1	2	15	11	34%	52	45	5	7	3	4	33	8	22

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
1948	26	CIN	NL	566	40%	123			0	0	0	0		3	0	6	0	1	1	2	0	5	9	180%	37	14	38%	17	6	35%	129	17	13%	11	7	64%	8	4	50%	0
1949	27	CIN	NL	589	49%	146			1	0	0	0	4.08	3	0	9	0	3	0	3	0	2	3	150%	63	11	17%	30	8	27%	218	31	14%	17	9	53%	9	4	44%	0
1950	28	CIN	NL	507	42%	121			0	0	0	0		8	0	6	1	5	5	3	0	6	7	117%	72	14	19%	42	17	40%	241	33	14%	19	10	53%	13	5	38%	0
1951	29	CIN	NL	434	47%	103			4	0	0	0	1.23	8	0	4	5	1	2	6	0	0	0		66	9	14%	26	8	31%	205	32	16%	16	8	50%	9	1	11%	0
1952	30	TOT	NL	33	78%	4			9	2	0	1	0.81	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		4	1	25%	1	0	0%	13	1	8%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
1952	30	CIN	NL	1	0%	0			1	0	0	0	0.32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
1952	30	STL	NL	32	82%	4			8	2	0	1	0.87	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		4	1	25%	1	0	0%	13	1	8%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
1953	31	STL	NL	1	100%	0			1	0	0	0	0.34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
7 Yrs				2130	46%	497			15	2	0	1	1.11	22	0	26	6	10	8	14	0	13	19	146%	242	49	20%	116	39	34%	806	114	14%	64	34	53%	39	14	36%	0
MLB Averages					51%																			117%			15%			33%			15%			51%			55%

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
1947	25	8	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0
1948	26	157	567	540	41	123	30	4	3	65	2		18	53	.228	.253	.315	.568	55	170	14	0	9
1949	27	298	1156	1115	90	269	58	9	6	110	3		27	97	.241	.260	.326	.586	58	363	25	2	12
1950	28	434	1663	1598	134	390	81	11	14	164	7		44	136	.244	.265	.335	.600	60	535	39	2	19
1951	29	555	2097	2026	167	493	98	13	22	213	9	4	50	176	.243	.262	.337	.599	59	683	48	2	19
1952	30	586	2130	2058	171	497	99	13	22	214	9	4	51	181	.241	.261	.334	.595	58	688	49	2	19
1953	31	587	2131	2059	171	497	99	13	22	214	9	4	51	181	.241	.260	.334	.595	58	688	49	2	19

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
1947	25	8	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	8
1948	26	156	593	565	43	130	32	4	3	69	2	19	54	.230	.255	.317	.572	46	149
1949	27	146	608	594	49	148	28	5	3	45	1	9	46	.249	.263	.328	.591	51	141
1950	28	142	525	501	44	123	23	2	8	53	4	17	41	.246	.270	.347	.618	47	136
1951	29	126	448	442	33	105	17	2	8	49	2	6	42	.238	.248	.339	.587	37	121
1952	30	32	35	34	5	5	1	0	0	1	0	1	5	.147	.171	.176	.348	1	31
1953	31	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1
7 Yrs		611	2211	2138	175	511	101	13	22	217	9	52	189	.239	.258	.329	.587	182	587
162 Game Avg.		162	586	567	46	135	27	3	6	58	2	14	50	.239	.258	.329	.587	48	587

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Defensive WAR† s c a p y 1949 NL 0.7 (8th) 1951 NL 0.9 (10th)	Games Played s c a p y 1948 NL 149 (8th)	Doubles s c a p y 1948 NL 30 (7th)	Sacrifice Hits s c a p y 1948 NL 9 (8th)
Outs Made s c a p y 1948 NL 439 (3rd) 1949 NL 443 (8th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Batting - 3 (2071), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 1 (2899), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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