R C Stevens

R C Stevens

Position: First Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 5", Weight: 219 lb.

Born: July 22, 1934 in Moultrie, GA
High School: Moultrie School for Negro Youth (Moultrie, GA)
Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1952. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 15, 1958
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Senators 1958-1961

Final Game: June 10, 1961
Died: November 30, 2010 in Davenport, IA
Buried: Rock Island National Cemetery, Rock Island, IL
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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
1952	17	PIT-min	D	110	414	414		102	14	3	6						.246	.246	.338	.585		140							BAT · PONY
1953	18	PIT-min	C	121	448	448		140	26	5	12						.313	.313	.473	.786		212							SJE · PROV
1954	19	PIT-min	B	140	509	509		149	31	3	25						.293	.293	.513	.806		261							BGH · CARL
1955	20	PIT-min	Opn	116	362	316	32	76	13	0	9	44	2		38	102	.241	.326	.367	.693		116	0	3	3	2			HOL · PCL
1956	21	PIT-min	Opn	125	501	427	70	112	15	2	27	72	3		62	92	.262	.358	.496	.855		212	3	4	4	4			HOL · PCL
1957	22	PIT-min	Opn,AAA	135	529	437	61	112	25	3	19	68	1		81	98	.256	.372	.458	.829		200	3	1	7	3			HOL,CLB · PCL,IL
1958	23	PIT-min	AAA	64	272	239	44	66	9	2	12	51	2		27	42	.276	.351	.481	.832		115	4	2	1	3			SLC · PCL
1958	23	PIT	NL	59	97	90	16	24	3	1	7	18	0	0	5	25	.267	.320	.556	.875	128	50	0	2	0	0	0	3
1959	24	PIT-min	AAA	111	450	403	60	114	15	1	19	77	2	2	36	56	.283	.340	.467	.807		188		2	3	6			SLC,CLB · PCL,IL
1959	24	PIT	NL	3	7	7	2	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	.286	.286	.714	1.000	158	5	0	0	0	0	0	/3
1960	25	PIT-min	AAA	148	605	533	84	147	18	0	37	109	1	4	72	86	.276	.362	.518	.880		276							SLC · PCL
1960	25	PIT	NL	9	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/3
1961	26	TTO	AAA	67	266	239	35	58	10	0	12	32	1		27	48	.243	.320	.435	.755		104							TTO · IL
1961	26	WSA	AL	33	69	62	2	8	1	0	0	2	1	0	7	15	.129	.217	.145	.363	2	9	3	0	0	0	0	3
1962	27	ATL-min	AAA	23	62	58	7	14	2	1	1	4	0	1	4	14	.241	.290	.362	.652		21		0	0	0			TTO · IL
1963	28	ANA-TEX-min	A,AAA	69	221	218	3	50	5	1	12	2	0	0	3	9	.229	.240	.427	.666		93							QDS,TTO · MIDW,IL
4 Yrs				104	177	162	21	34	4	1	8	21	1	0	12	41	.210	.273	.395	.668	78	64	3	2	0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	276	252	33	53	6	2	12	33	2	0	19	64	.210	.273	.395	.668	78	100	5	3	0	0	0

PIT (3 yrs)				71	108	100	19	26	3	1	8	19	0	0	5	26	.260	.308	.550	.858	124	55	0	2	0	0	0
WSA (1 yr)				33	69	62	2	8	1	0	0	2	1	0	7	15	.129	.217	.145	.363	2	9	3	0	0	0	0

NL (3 yrs)				71	108	100	19	26	3	1	8	19	0	0	5	26	.260	.308	.550	.858	124	55	0	2	0	0	0
AL (1 yr)				33	69	62	2	8	1	0	0	2	1	0	7	15	.129	.217	.145	.363	2	9	3	0	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
1958	23	PIT	NL	59	97	3	-0	0	-0	-1	1	0.1	3	4	0.4	.502	.501	0.5	-0.2	5	$	3
1959	24	PIT	NL	3	7	0	0	0	0	-0	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.528	.501	0.1	0.0	1	$	/3
1960	25	PIT	NL	9	4	-1	0	0	0	-0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.489	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$	/3
1961	26	WSA	AL	33	69	-8	0	-0	3	-1	-6	-0.6	2	-4	-0.4	.481	.496	-0.7	0.2	-7	$	3
4 Seasons				104	177	-6	0	-0	3	-2	-5	-0.6	5	1	0.0	.495	.499	-0.2	0.0	-3	$

PIT (3 yrs)				71	108	2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.1	4	5	0.4	.501	.500	0.5	-0.2	4	$
WSA (1 yr)				33	69	-8	0	-0	3	-1	-6	-0.6	2	-4	-0.4	.481	.496	-0.7	0.2	-7	$

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
1958	23	PIT	NL	97	66	17	6.9	104	.293	.267	.267	.320	.335	.556	.418	.875	.753	128	.673	2.9	0.3	.864	.344	.289	.0
1959	24	PIT	NL	7	5	1	5.4	103	.167	.286	.268	.286	.334	.714	.415	1.000	.748	158	.567	0.4	0.0	1.000	.429	.429	.0
1960	25	PIT	NL	4	3	0	0.0	100	.000	.000	.264	.000	.330	.000	.406	.000	.736	-100	.000	-0.8	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1961	26	WSA	AL	69	57	2	0.9	99	.170	.129	.257	.217	.331	.145	.400	.363	.730	2	.051	-8.5	-0.8	.298	.145	.016	.0
4 Yrs				177	131	20	4.1	102	.230	.210	.263	.273	.333	.395	.410	.668	.744	78	.442	-5.9	-0.6	.603	.265	.185	1.8
162 Game Avg.				276	204	31	4.1	102	.230	.210	.263	.273	.333	.395	.410	.668	.744	78	.442	-5.9	-0.6	.603	.265	.185	3

PIT (3 yrs)				108	74	18	6.5	104	.273	.260	.267	.308	.335	.550	.417	.858	.752	124	.651	2.6	0.2	.838	.340	.290	.0
WSA (1 yr)				69	57	2	0.9	99	.170	.129	.257	.217	.331	.145	.400	.363	.730	2	.051	-8.5	-0.8	.298	.145	.016	.0

NL (3 yrs)				108	74	18	6.5	104	.273	.260	.267	.308	.335	.550	.417	.858	.752	124	.651	2.6	0.2	.838	.340	.290	.0
AL (1 yr)				69	57	2	0.9	99	.170	.129	.257	.217	.331	.145	.400	.363	.730	2	.051	-8.5	-0.8	.298	.145	.016	.0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1958	23	PIT	NL	97	7.2%	25.8%	5.2%	11.3%	46%	5.00	3.6	12.9	5.0	0.95	60%
1959	24	PIT	NL	7	14.3%	0.0%	0.0%	14.3%	50%			7.0	7.0	0.67	86%
1960	25	PIT	NL	4	0.0%	25.0%	0.0%	0.0%			3.0			2.00	50%
1961	26	WSA	AL	69	0.0%	21.7%	10.1%	1.5%	13%	2.14	4.1		31.0	1.56	68%
4 Yrs				177	4.5%	23.2%	6.8%	7.3%	38%	3.42	4.0	20.3	7.7	1.20	64%
MLB Averages					2.4%	13.4%	8.8%	6.7%	29%	1.52	6.6	37.4	8.3	1.03	74%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1958	23	PIT	NL	3.1	0.3	99	0.6	2.4	-1.9	1.03	0.7	-0.2	1.3	0.1	1.00	4.9	1.48	6
1959	24	PIT	NL	0.4	0.0	7	0.0	0.1	-0.1	.92	0.1	-0.1	-0.0	-0.0	0.82	0.5	1.05	3
1960	25	PIT	NL	-0.8	-0.1	4	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	1.56	-0.1	-0.0	-1.3	-0.1	1.15	-1.1	3.10	2
1961	26	WSA	AL	-8.6	-0.8	71	-1.2	0.6	-1.8	1.14	-0.8	-0.3	-9.4	-1.0	0.87	-9.3	2.77	6
4 Yrs				-5.9	-0.6	181	-0.8	3.2	-4.0	1.08	-0.1	-0.7	-9.4	-1.0	0.94	-5.1	2.05	17

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	SB%	SB2	PO	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndSH
1958	23	PIT	NL	0	38%	36	0		0	1	4	14%	7	6	1	0	0	0	0	0
1959	24	PIT	NL	0	100%	0	0		0	0	0	100%	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
1960	25	PIT	NL	0		5	0		0	0	0	33%	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	1
1961	26	WSA	AL	1	13%	18	1	100%	1	0	1	40%	3	3	0	1	0	1	1	1
4 Yrs				1	33%	59	1	100%	1	1	5	31%	11	10	1	3	1	2	2	2

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
1958	23	PIT	NL	97	47%	24			6	1	1	1	1.48	7	0	3	4	3	2	5	0	1	0	0%	25	0	0%	9	0	0%	71	11	15%	9	1	11%	2	0	0%	0
1959	24	PIT	NL	7	43%	2			3	0	0	0	1.05	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		3	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1960	25	PIT	NL	4	50%	0			2	0	0	0	3.10	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		5	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1961	26	WSA	AL	69	46%	8			6	1	0	0	2.77	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		16	3	19%	6	1	17%	38	2	5%	3	1	33%	2	0	0%	0
4 Yrs				177	47%	34			17	2	1	1	2.05	8	0	4	5	3	2	6	0	1	0	0%	41	3	7%	15	1	7%	117	13	11%	12	2	17%	4	0	0%	0
MLB Averages					49%																			75%			10%			31%			14%			50%			54%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP
1958	23	59	97	90	16	24	3	1	7	18	0	5	25	.267	.320	.556	.875	128	50	0	2
1959	24	62	104	97	18	26	3	1	8	19	0	5	25	.268	.317	.567	.884	131	55	0	2
1960	25	71	108	100	19	26	3	1	8	19	0	5	26	.260	.308	.550	.858	124	55	0	2
1961	26	104	177	162	21	34	4	1	8	21	1	12	41	.210	.273	.395	.668	78	64	3	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
1958	23	62	102	95	18	26	3	1	8	20	0	5	26	.274	.324	.579	.902	17	59
1959	24	3	7	7	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	.286	.286	.714	1.000	1	3
1960	25	9	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	9
1961	26	33	69	62	2	8	1	0	0	2	1	7	15	.129	.217	.145	.363	2	33
4 Yrs		107	181	167	22	36	4	1	9	23	1	12	42	.216	.276	.413	.689	20	104
162 Game Avg.		162	274	253	33	55	6	2	14	35	2	18	64	.216	.276	.413	.689	30	104

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