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Bobby Sturgeon

Robert Harwood Sturgeon

Positions: Shortstop and Second Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: August 6, 1919 in Clinton, IN
High School: Polytechnic HS (Long Beach, CA)(All Transactions)
Debut: April 16, 1940
Teams (by GP): Cubs/Braves 1940-1948

Final Game: October 3, 1948
Died: March 10, 2007 in San Dimas, CA
Buried: Westminster Memorial Park, Westminster, CA
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	Pos	Awards
1937	17	ABQ	D	116	497	497		148	13	8	1					.298	.298	.362	.660		180					ABQ · AZTX
1938	18	STL-min	D,AA	74	261	261		77	5	10	0					.295	.295	.391	.686		102					ABQ,SAC · AZTX,PCL
1939	19	STL-min	AA	151	559	559		166	24	2	0					.297	.297	.347	.644		194					CLB · AA
1940	20	SFG-min	AA	124	406	406		95	8	1	1					.234	.234	.266	.500		108					JER · IL
1940	20	CHC	NL	7	21	21	1	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	.190	.190	.238	.429	19	5	1	0	0	/6
1941	21	CHC	NL	129	453	433	45	106	15	3	0	25	5	9	30	.245	.260	.293	.553	58	127	10	0	11	*6/45
1942	22	CHC	NL	63	169	162	8	40	7	1	0	7	2	4	13	.247	.269	.302	.572	70	49	2	1	2	46/5

1946	26	CHC	NL	100	311	294	26	87	12	2	1	21	0	10	18	.296	.319	.361	.680	94	106	5	0	7	64
1947	27	CHC	NL	87	243	232	16	59	10	5	0	21	0	7	12	.254	.276	.341	.617	66	79	9	0	4	64/5
1948	28	BSN	NL	34	82	78	10	17	3	1	0	4	0	4	5	.218	.256	.282	.538	46	22	2	0	0	4/56
1949	29	CHC-min	AAA	152	573	526	44	143	28	4	0	41	1	36	30	.272	.320	.340	.660		179		1	10		SLE,LOS · PCL
1950	30	CHC-min	AAA	110	360	342	27	69	16	0	0	17	0	14	36	.202	.233	.249	.482		85		0	4		LOS · PCL
1951	31	CHC-min	B,AAA	80	273	273	0	71	10	4	2	0	0	0	1	.260	.260	.348	.608		95		0	0		VIC,LOS · WINT,PCL
1952	32	ATL-min	C,Opn	99	377	371	11	108	20	1	2	16	1	6	11	.291	.302	.367	.669		136		0	0		VNT,SAC · CALL,PCL
1953	33	EDM	A	118	427	427		104	15	0	3					.244	.244	.300	.543		128					EDM · WINT
1954	34	EDM	A	97	375	375		101	14	1	1					.269	.269	.320	.589		120					EDM · WINT
1955	35	CLE-PHI-min	C	47	144	144		46	3	0	2					.319	.319	.382	.701		55					FMH,SLC · NORL,PION
6 Yrs				420	1279	1220	106	313	48	12	1	80	7	34	79	.257	.277	.318	.595	68	388	29	1	24
162 Game Avg.				162	493	471	41	121	19	5	0	31	3	13	30	.257	.277	.318	.595	68	150	11	0	9

CHC (5 yrs)				386	1197	1142	96	296	45	11	1	76	7	30	74	.259	.279	.320	.599	70	366	27	1	24
BSN (1 yr)				34	82	78	10	17	3	1	0	4	0	4	5	.218	.256	.282	.538	46	22	2	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
1940	20	CHC	NL	7	21	-2	0	0	-2	0	-4	-0.4	1	-3	-0.3	.444	.498	-0.1	-0.2	-1	$	/6
1941	21	CHC	NL	129	453	-23	-0	0	1	8	-15	-1.7	16	1	-0.1	.488	.490	-0.2	0.9	0	$	*6/45
1942	22	CHC	NL	63	169	-6	-0	0	3	3	0	0.0	5	6	0.5	.501	.500	0.2	0.7	3	$	46/5

1946	26	CHC	NL	100	311	-3	0	0	-7	6	-4	-0.4	11	7	0.7	.496	.497	1.5	-0.1	14	$	64
1947	27	CHC	NL	87	243	-11	0	0	3	4	-4	-0.3	8	5	0.5	.496	.498	0.2	0.8	2	$	64/5
1948	28	BSN	NL	34	82	-6	-0	0	-1	1	-6	-0.6	3	-3	-0.3	.482	.496	-0.2	0.0	-2	$	4/56
6 Seasons				420	1279	-50	-0	0	-3	23	-31	-3.4	44	13	1.0	.492	.497	1.4	2.1	16	$

CHC (5 yrs)				386	1197	-45	0	0	-2	22	-25	-2.8	41	16	1.3	.493	.497	1.6	2.1	18	$
BSN (1 yr)				34	82	-6	-0	0	-1	1	-6	-0.6	3	-3	-0.3	.482	.496	-0.2	0.0	-2	$

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
1940	20	CHC	NL	21	18	1	1.5	96	.200	.190	.268	.190	.332	.238	.386	.429	.718	19	.124	-2.3	-0.2	.278	.048	.048
1941	21	CHC	NL	453	348	33	2.5	91	.263	.245	.261	.260	.331	.293	.368	.553	.699	58	.289	-25.2	-2.6	.418	.081	.048	.0
1942	22	CHC	NL	169	126	13	2.8	84	.268	.247	.251	.269	.323	.302	.349	.572	.672	70	.360	-6.6	-0.7	.452	.093	.056	.0

1946	26	CHC	NL	311	219	34	4.2	91	.313	.296	.260	.319	.335	.361	.364	.680	.700	94	.513	-3.5	-0.4	.547	.099	.065	.0
1947	27	CHC	NL	243	186	22	3.1	102	.268	.254	.269	.276	.344	.341	.399	.617	.743	66	.330	-12.4	-1.2	.473	.116	.086
1948	28	BSN	NL	82	63	6	2.5	101	.233	.218	.268	.256	.342	.282	.396	.538	.738	46	.262	-6.1	-0.6	.413	.115	.064
6 Yrs				1279	960	109	3.0	93	.274	.257	.262	.277	.334	.318	.373	.595	.707	68	.357	-56.1	-5.8	.459	.095	.061	1.8
162 Game Avg.				493	370	42	3.0	93	.274	.257	.262	.277	.334	.318	.373	.595	.707	68	.357	-56.1	-5.8	.459	.095	.061	1

CHC (5 yrs)				1197	897	103	3.1	92	.276	.259	.261	.279	.333	.320	.371	.599	.704	70	.363	-50.0	-5.2	.463	.094	.061	1.8
BSN (1 yr)				82	63	6	2.5	101	.233	.218	.268	.256	.342	.282	.396	.538	.738	46	.262	-6.1	-0.6	.413	.115	.064

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1940	20	CHC	NL	21	0.0%	4.8%	0.0%	4.8%	25%		21.0		10.5		95%
1941	21	CHC	NL	453	0.0%	6.6%	2.0%	4.0%	17%	3.33	14.4		17.3		89%
1942	22	CHC	NL	169	0.0%	7.7%	2.4%	4.7%	20%	3.25	12.5		23.1		88%

1946	26	CHC	NL	311	0.3%	5.8%	3.2%	4.8%	17%	1.80	16.3	294.0	14.0		88%
1947	27	CHC	NL	243	0.0%	4.9%	2.9%	6.2%	25%	1.71	19.3		11.0		91%
1948	28	BSN	NL	82	0.0%	6.1%	4.9%	4.9%	24%	1.25	15.6		19.5	0.90	89%
6 Yrs				1279	0.1%	6.2%	2.7%	4.8%	20%	2.32	15.4	1220.0	15.3	0.90	89%
MLB Averages					1.3%	9.2%	9.1%	6.0%	26%	1.01	9.7	67.8	8.7	0.97	78%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1940	20	CHC	NL	-2.4	-0.2	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1941	21	CHC	NL	-25.2	-2.6	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1942	22	CHC	NL	-6.6	-0.7	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0

1946	26	CHC	NL	-3.5	-0.4	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1947	27	CHC	NL	-12.4	-1.2	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1948	28	BSN	NL	-6.1	-0.6	58	-0.3	1.0	-1.3	1.27	-0.2	-0.0	-1.2	-0.1	0.99	-2.4	2.43	4
6 Yrs				-56.1	-5.8	58	-0.3	1.0	-1.3	1.27	-0.2	-0.0	-1.2	-0.1	0.99	-2.4	2.43	4

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
1948	28	BSN	NL	2	0	48%	36	0			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8%	9	8	1	1	1	0	2	2	0
6 Yrs				2	0	30%	36	7			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8%	9	8	1	1	1	0	2	2	0

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	28	BSN	NL	82	59%	17			4	2	0	0	2.43	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0%	17	2	12%	6	0	0%	39	3	8%	2	1	50%	2	1	50%	0
6 Yrs				82	59%	313			4	2	0	0	2.43	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	24	1200%	17	29	171%	6	0	0%	39	3	8%	2	1	50%	2	1	50%	0
MLB Averages					51%																			1374%			144%			35%			15%			52%			55%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH
1940	20	7	21	21	1	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	.190	.190	.238	.429	19	5	1	0	0
1941	21	136	474	454	46	110	16	3	0	27	5	9	31	.242	.257	.291	.548	57	132	11	0	11
1942	22	199	643	616	54	150	23	4	0	34	7	13	44	.244	.260	.294	.554	60	181	13	1	13
1943	23	199	643	616	54	150	23	4	0	34	7	13	44	.244	.260	.294	.554	60	181	13	1	13
1944	24	199	643	616	54	150	23	4	0	34	7	13	44	.244	.260	.294	.554	60	181	13	1	13
1945	25	199	643	616	54	150	23	4	0	34	7	13	44	.244	.260	.294	.554	60	181	13	1	13
1946	26	299	954	910	80	237	35	6	1	55	7	23	62	.260	.279	.315	.595	71	287	18	1	20
1947	27	386	1197	1142	96	296	45	11	1	76	7	30	74	.259	.279	.320	.599	70	366	27	1	24
1948	28	420	1279	1220	106	313	48	12	1	80	7	34	79	.257	.277	.318	.595	68	388	29	1	24

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
1940	20	7	22	22	1	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	.182	.182	.227	.409	1	7
1941	21	134	477	456	51	116	16	3	0	28	5	10	31	.254	.270	.303	.573	37	129
1942	22	67	183	175	10	46	8	1	0	9	2	5	14	.263	.287	.320	.607	16	63

1946	26	105	333	315	31	99	14	2	1	25	0	11	19	.314	.337	.381	.718	41	100
1947	27	91	254	243	17	62	11	5	0	22	0	7	13	.255	.276	.342	.618	23	87
1948	28	36	86	82	11	18	3	1	0	4	0	4	5	.220	.256	.280	.536	6	34
6 Yrs		440	1355	1293	121	345	53	12	1	90	7	37	83	.267	.288	.329	.616	124	420
162 Game Avg.		162	499	476	45	127	20	4	0	33	3	14	31	.267	.288	.329	.616	46	420

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Defensive WAR† s c a p y 1941 NL 0.9 (9th) 1947 NL 0.8 (7th)	Sacrifice Hits s c a p y 1941 NL 11 (8th)	Youngest s c a p y 1940 NL born 1919-08-06 (6th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1941 NL 0.9 (9th)
1947 NL 0.8 (7th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1941 NL 11 (8th)

Youngest s c a p y
1940 NL born 1919-08-06 (6th)

Similarity Scores

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