Dick Starr

Richard Eugene Starr

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: March 2, 1921 in Kittanning, PA
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1941. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 5, 1947
Teams (by GP): Browns/Senators/Yankees 1947-1951

Final Game: September 29, 1951
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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	20	NYY-min	D	34	80	80		14	4	3	3						.175	.175	.413	.588		33						BUT,FIN · PASA,OHSL
1942	21	NYY-min	D	29	66	66		20	3	0	3						.303	.303	.485	.788		32						BUT · PASA
1946	25	NYY-min	A	38	105	105		15	4	0	0						.143	.143	.181	.324		19						AUG · SALL
1947	26	NYY-min	AAA	22	52	43	3	7	1	0	0	3	0		6	13	.163	.265	.186	.451		8		0	3			NWK · IL
1947	26	NYY	AL	4	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.667	1.000	175	2	1	0	1		/1
1948	27	NYY-min	AAA	32	76	67	8	9	2	0	2	6	0		6	21	.134	.216	.254	.470		17		1	2			NWK · IL
1948	27	NYY	AL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0		/1
1949	28	SLB	AL	30	27	23	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	7	.087	.222	.087	.309	-18	2	0	0	0		1
1950	29	SLB	AL	33	41	36	3	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	16	.139	.162	.139	.301	-24	5	0	0	4		1
1951	30	TOT	AL	26	41	35	4	7	3	0	0	1	0	1	5	12	.200	.300	.286	.586	59	10	1	0	1		1
1951	30	SLB	AL	15	20	18	3	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.222	.263	.333	.596	58	6	1	0	1		1
1951	30	WSH	AL	11	21	17	1	3	1	0	0	1	0	1	4	7	.176	.333	.235	.569	57	4	0	0	0		1
1952	31	PHI-min	AAA	44	74	64	7	12	2	0	1	3	0		7	16	.188	.268	.266	.533		17		0	3			BLT · IL
1953	32	PHI-min	AAA	38	53	41	3	6	0	0	1	2	0		9	15	.146	.300	.220	.520		9		0	3			BLT · IL
1954	33	RMD	AAA	6	5	5		2									.400	.400										RMD · IL
1955	34	RMD	AAA	22	43	37	3	8	1	0	2	9	0		5	12	.216	.326	.405	.731		15		1	0	0		RMD · IL
1956	35	NYY-min	AAA	27	21	17	0	3	0	0	0	1	0		2	7	.176	.263	.176	.440		3		0	2	0		RMD · IL
5 Yrs				94	113	97	11	15	4	0	0	2	0	1	10	36	.155	.234	.196	.430	13	19	2	0	6
162 Game Avg.				162	195	167	19	26	7	0	0	3	0	2	17	62	.155	.234	.196	.430	13	33	3	0	10

SLB (3 yrs)				78	88	77	9	11	2	0	0	1	0	0	6	28	.143	.205	.169	.374	-3	13	1	0	5
NYY (2 yrs)				5	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.667	1.000	175	2	1	0	1
WSH (1 yr)				11	21	17	1	3	1	0	0	1	0	1	4	7	.176	.333	.235	.569	57	4	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
1947	26	NYY	AL	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.519	.500	0.1	0.0	1	$	/1
1948	27	NYY	AL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
1949	28	SLB	AL	30	27	-4	0	0	0	3	-1	-0.1	1	0	-0.1	.498	.500	-0.1	0.0	0	$	1
1950	29	SLB	AL	33	41	-8	-0	0	0	5	-3	-0.3	1	-2	-0.3	.491	.498	-0.3	0.0	-2	$	1
1951	30	SLB	AL	15	20	-1	0	-0	0	2	0	0.1	0	1	0.1	.503	.500	0.1	0.0	1	$	1
1951	30	WSH	AL	11	21	-1	-0	0	0	2	1	0.1	1	1	0.1	.506	.500	0.1	0.0	1	$	1
5 Seasons				94	113	-14	-0	0	0	12	-2	-0.2	3	1	-0.1	.498	.500	-0.1	0.0	1	$

SLB (3 yrs)				78	88	-14	0	0	0	10	-3	-0.3	2	-1	-0.3	.496	.499	-0.3	0.0	-1	$
NYY (2 yrs)				5	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.515	.500	0.1	0.0	1	$
WSH (1 yr)				11	21	-1	-0	0	0	2	1	0.1	1	1	0.1	.506	.500	0.1	0.0	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
1947	26	NYY	AL	4	4	1	6.7	96	.500	.333	.261	.333	.341	.667	.376	1.000	.717	175	.703	0.3	0.0	.667	.333	.333

1949	28	SLB	AL	27	21	0	0.0	111	.125	.087	.277	.222	.370	.087	.402	.309	.772	-18	.000	-4.1	-0.4	.286	.174	.000
1950	29	SLB	AL	41	35	1	0.8	117	.250	.139	.283	.162	.371	.139	.424	.301	.796	-24	.031	-7.0	-0.7	.194	.028	.000
1951	30	TOT	AL	41	31	3	2.6	103	.304	.200	.268	.300	.349	.286	.393	.586	.743	59	.267	-1.9	-0.2	.467	.200	.086
1951	30	SLB	AL	20	16	2	3.4	105	.308	.222	.271	.263	.353	.333	.398	.596	.750	58	.368	-1.1	-0.1	.467	.167	.111
1951	30	WSH	AL	21	15	1	1.8	100	.300	.176	.265	.333	.346	.235	.389	.569	.735	57	.156	-0.8	-0.1	.467	.235	.059
5 Yrs				113	91	5	1.5	110	.246	.155	.276	.234	.362	.196	.406	.430	.768	13	.106	-12.7	-1.2	.329	.134	.041
162 Game Avg.				195	157	9	1.5	110	.246	.155	.276	.234	.362	.196	.406	.430	.768	13	.106	-12.7	-1.2	.329	.134	.041

SLB (3 yrs)				88	72	3	1.1	112	.224	.143	.278	.205	.366	.169	.411	.374	.778	-3	.066	-12.2	-1.2	.284	.104	.026
WSH (1 yr)				21	15	1	1.8	100	.300	.176	.265	.333	.346	.235	.389	.569	.735	57	.156	-0.8	-0.1	.467	.235	.059
NYY (2 yrs)				4	4	1	6.7	96	.500	.333	.261	.333	.341	.667	.376	1.000	.717	175	.702	0.3	0.0	.667	.333	.333

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	26	NYY	AL	4	0.0%	25.0%	0.0%	25.0%	100%		3.0				50%

1949	28	SLB	AL	27	0.0%	25.9%	14.8%	0.0%	0%	1.75	3.3			0.75	59%
1950	29	SLB	AL	41	0.0%	39.0%	2.4%	0.0%	0%	16.00	2.3		36.0	4.50	49%
1951	30	TOT	AL	41	0.0%	29.3%	12.2%	7.3%	43%	2.40	2.9		35.0	1.75	56%
1951	30	SLB	AL	20	0.0%	25.0%	5.0%	10.0%	50%	5.00	3.6			4.00	65%
1951	30	WSH	AL	21	0.0%	33.3%	19.1%	4.8%	33%	1.75	2.4		17.0	1.00	48%
5 Yrs				113	0.0%	31.9%	8.9%	3.5%	27%	3.60	2.7		48.5	1.90	54%
MLB Averages					1.8%	9.6%	10.0%	6.4%	28%	0.96	9.2	48.3	8.0	0.97	77%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1947	26	NYY	AL	0.3	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1948	27	NYY	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1949	28	SLB	AL	-4.1	-0.4	14	-0.2	0.1	-0.2	.79	-0.2	-0.1	-1.7	-0.2	0.97	-2.0	0
1950	29	SLB	AL	-7.0	-0.7	25	-0.1	0.3	-0.4	.94	-0.2	0.1	-1.8	-0.2	0.98	-2.4	0
1951	30	TOT	AL	-1.9	-0.2	29	-0.4	0.3	-0.7	1.09	-0.2	-0.2	-5.3	-0.5	1.10	-2.7	0
1951	30	SLB	AL	-1.1	-0.1	9	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	.88	-0.1	-0.1	-2.2	-0.2	1.03	-1.5	0
1951	30	WSH	AL	-0.8	-0.1	20	-0.2	0.2	-0.5	1.19	-0.1	-0.1	-3.1	-0.3	1.13	-1.3	0
5 Yrs				-12.7	-1.2	68	-0.7	0.6	-1.3	.97	-0.6	-0.1	-8.8	-0.9	1.03	-7.1	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	CS	SB%	CS3	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stD	1^stDH
1949	28	SLB	AL	0	50%	3	0		0	1	0%	1	1	0	0
1950	29	SLB	AL	1	50%	15	0		0	0	50%	1	1	1	1
1951	30	TOT	AL	1	33%	14	1	0%	1	0		0	0	0	0
1951	30	SLB	AL	0	60%	4	0		0	0		0	0	0	0
1951	30	WSH	AL	1	14%	10	1	0%	1	0		0	0	0	0
5 Yrs				2	44%	32	1	0%	1	1	33%	2	2	1	1

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
1949	28	SLB	AL	27	46%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	2	0	0%	2	0	0%	5	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1950	29	SLB	AL	41	40%	5			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	100%	7	0	0%	9	3	33%	17	3	18%	2	1	50%	0	0		0
1951	30	TOT	AL	41	46%	7			0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	8	1	13%	7	0	0%	23	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
1951	30	SLB	AL	20	44%	4			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	4	1	25%	4	0	0%	7	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
1951	30	WSH	AL	21	47%	3			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		4	0	0%	3	0	0%	16	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
5 Yrs				109	44%	15			0	0	0	0		0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	6	6	100%	17	2	12%	18	3	17%	45	3	7%	3	1	33%	1	0	0%	0
MLB Averages					51%																			135%			17%			33%			15%			51%			55%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH
1947	26	4	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.667	1.000	175	2	1	1
1948	27	5	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.667	1.000	175	2	1	1
1949	28	35	31	26	4	3	1	0	0	4	8	.115	.233	.154	.387	2	4	1	1
1950	29	68	72	62	7	8	1	1	0	5	24	.129	.194	.145	.339	-12	9	1	5
1951	30	94	113	97	11	15	4	2	1	10	36	.155	.234	.196	.430	13	19	2	6

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
1947	26	4	4	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.667	1.000	1	4

1949	28	31	28	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	7	.000	.143	.000	.143	0	30
1950	29	34	43	38	4	6	0	0	0	1	0	1	17	.158	.179	.158	.337	1	33
1951	30	27	42	36	4	7	3	0	0	1	0	5	13	.194	.293	.278	.570	3	26
4 Yrs		96	117	101	10	14	4	0	0	2	0	10	38	.139	.216	.178	.394	5	93
162 Game Avg.		162	197	170	17	24	7	0	0	3	0	17	64	.139	.216	.178	.394	8	93

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