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George Susce

George Daniel Susce

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: September 13, 1931 in Pittsburgh, PA
High School: Schenley HS (Pittsburgh, PA)
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1951. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 15, 1955
Teams (by GP): RedSox/Tigers 1955-1959

Final Game: May 6, 1959
Died: May 8, 2010 in Matlacha, FL
Buried: Woodlawn Cemetery, Wellesley, MA
Relatives: Son of George Susce
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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
1955 23 BOS AL 29 53 49 0 7 1 0 0 4 0 0 1 16 .143 .160 .163 .323 -16 8 1 0 3 0 0 1
1956 24 BOS AL 21 22 18 2 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 6 .222 .364 .333 .697 77 6 0 0 0 0 0 1
1957 25 BOS AL 29 28 25 1 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 10 .120 .185 .160 .345 -7 4 0 0 1 0 0 1
1958 26 TOT AL 29 28 24 0 3 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 11 .125 .192 .167 .359 -3 4 0 1 2 0 0 1
1958 26 BOS AL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1958 26 DET AL 27 28 24 0 3 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 11 .125 .192 .167 .359 -3 4 0 1 2 0 0 1
1959 27 DET AL 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
5 Yrs 117 132 117 3 17 5 0 0 9 0 0 8 44 .145 .206 .188 .394 4 22 1 1 6 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 183 162 4 24 7 0 0 12 0 0 11 61 .145 .206 .188 .394 4 30 1 1 8 0 0
BOS (4 yrs) 81 103 92 3 14 4 0 0 6 0 0 7 32 .152 .212 .196 .408 7 18 1 0 4 0 0
DET (2 yrs) 36 29 25 0 3 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 12 .120 .185 .160 .345 -6 4 0 1 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 Awards
1955 23 BOS AL 29 53 -8 -0 0 0 5 -3 -0.3 1 -2 -0.3 .488 .498 -0.3 0.0 -2 $ 1
1956 24 BOS AL 21 22 -1 -0 0 0 2 2 0.2 1 3 0.2 .510 .501 0.2 0.0 3 $ 1
1957 25 BOS AL 29 28 -4 0 0 0 3 -1 -0.1 1 0 -0.1 .498 .500 -0.1 -0.0 0 $ 1
1958 26 BOS AL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /1
1958 26 DET AL 27 28 -4 0 0 0 3 -1 -0.1 1 0 -0.1 .497 .500 -0.1 -0.0 0 $ 1
1959 27 DET AL 9 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .498 .500 0.0 -0.0 -0 $ /1
5 Seasons 117 132 -17 -1 1 0 14 -3 -0.3 4 1 -0.3 .497 .500 -0.3 0.0 1 $
BOS (4 yrs) 81 103 -13 -1 1 0 11 -2 -0.2 3 1 -0.2 .498 .500 -0.2 0.0 1 $
DET (2 yrs) 36 29 -4 0 0 0 3 -1 -0.1 1 -0 -0.1 .497 .500 -0.1 -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
1955 23 BOS AL 53 46 1 0.6 110 .212 .143 .277 .160 .358 .163 .412 .323 .770 -16 .022 -8.5 -0.8 .209 .041 .020
1956 24 BOS AL 22 14 3 5.7 116 .333 .222 .281 .364 .365 .333 .429 .697 .794 77 .580 -0.4 -0.0 .714 .333 .111
1957 25 BOS AL 28 23 1 1.2 104 .200 .120 .270 .185 .343 .160 .408 .345 .751 -7 .082 -3.8 -0.4 .273 .120 .040
1958 26 TOT AL 28 23 1 1.2 104 .231 .125 .270 .192 .340 .167 .410 .359 .749 -3 .084 -3.5 -0.4 .286 .083 .042
1958 26 DET AL 28 23 1 1.2 104 .231 .125 .270 .192 .340 .167 .410 .359 .749 -3 .084 -3.5 -0.4 .286 .083 .042
1959 27 DET AL 1 1 0 0.0 103 .000 .267 .000 .339 .000 .408 .000 .747 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
5 Yrs 132 107 6 1.5 108 .233 .145 .274 .206 .352 .188 .413 .394 .765 4 .117 -16.6 -1.7 .307 .111 .043
162 Game Avg. 183 148 8 1.5 108 .233 .145 .274 .206 .352 .188 .413 .394 .765 4 .117 -16.6 -1.7 .307 .111 .043
BOS (4 yrs) 103 83 5 1.6 110 .233 .152 .276 .212 .355 .196 .414 .408 .770 7 .130 -12.8 -1.3 .316 .120 .043
DET (2 yrs) 29 24 1 1.1 104 .231 .120 .269 .185 .339 .160 .409 .345 .749 -6 .078 -3.8 -0.4 .273 .080 .040

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1955 23 BOS AL 53 0.0% 30.2% 1.9% 1.9% 14% 16.00 3.1 12.3 2.00 62%
1956 24 BOS AL 22 0.0% 27.3% 18.2% 9.1% 50% 1.50 3.0 1.67 55%
1957 25 BOS AL 28 0.0% 35.7% 7.1% 3.6% 33% 5.00 2.5 12.5 2.25 54%
1958 26 TOT AL 28 0.0% 39.3% 3.6% 3.6% 33% 11.00 2.2 8.0 1.00 46%
1958 26 DET AL 28 0.0% 39.3% 3.6% 3.6% 33% 11.00 2.2 8.0 1.00 46%
1959 27 DET AL 1 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.0 0%
5 Yrs 132 0.0% 33.3% 6.1% 3.8% 29% 5.50 2.7 13.0 1.74 55%
MLB Averages 2.4% 12.5% 9.0% 6.6% 29% 1.39 7.1 37.5 8.3 1.00 74%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1955 23 BOS AL -8.6 -0.9 53 -0.8 0.4 -1.2 1.00 -0.8 -0.0 -8.9 -0.9 1.05 -9.4 0
1956 24 BOS AL -0.5 -0.0 22 -0.1 0.2 -0.3 .75 -0.1 -0.1 -1.3 -0.1 0.86 -1.0 0
1957 25 BOS AL -3.8 -0.4 28 -0.3 0.2 -0.5 .81 -0.3 -0.0 -3.8 -0.4 0.96 -3.7 0
1958 26 TOT AL -3.5 -0.4 28 -0.3 0.5 -0.7 1.24 -0.3 0.1 -3.0 -0.3 1.07 -3.2 0
1958 26 BOS AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1958 26 DET AL -3.5 -0.4 28 -0.3 0.5 -0.7 1.24 -0.3 0.1 -3.0 -0.3 1.07 -3.2 0
1959 27 DET AL -0.3 -0.0 1 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 1.04 -0.0 0.0 -0.1 -0.0 0.39 -0.3 0
5 Yrs -16.7 -1.7 132 -1.5 1.2 -2.7 .97 -1.6 0.0 -17.2 -1.7 1.00 -17.6 0

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% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1955 23 BOS AL 1 0 0% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 24 BOS AL 0 0 25% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1957 25 BOS AL 0 0 20% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 26 TOT AL 0 0 0% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 26 DET AL 0 0 0% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 27 DET AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Yrs 1 0 12% 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 25% 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 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
1955 23 BOS AL 53 34% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 60% 13 1 8% 12 1 8% 48 4 8% 3 1 33% 4 0 0% 0
1956 24 BOS AL 22 36% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 3 0 0% 12 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1957 25 BOS AL 28 21% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 5 0 0% 4 1 25% 19 2 11% 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 0
1958 26 TOT AL 28 18% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 7 0 0% 8 1 13% 28 3 11% 2 0 0% 0 0 0
1958 26 DET AL 28 18% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 7 0 0% 8 1 13% 28 3 11% 2 0 0% 0 0 0
1959 27 DET AL 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Yrs 132 28% 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 9 6 67% 28 1 4% 27 3 11% 107 9 8% 6 2 33% 5 0 0% 0
MLB Averages 48% 77% 11% 31% 14% 50% 53%

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
1955 23 29 53 49 0 7 1 0 0 4 0 0 1 16 .143 .160 .163 .323 -16 8 1 0 3 0 0
1956 24 50 75 67 2 11 3 0 0 4 0 0 5 22 .164 .222 .209 .431 12 14 1 0 3 0 0
1957 25 79 103 92 3 14 4 0 0 6 0 0 7 32 .152 .212 .196 .408 7 18 1 0 4 0 0
1958 26 108 131 116 3 17 5 0 0 9 0 0 8 43 .147 .208 .190 .398 5 22 1 1 6 0 0
1959 27 117 132 117 3 17 5 0 0 9 0 0 8 44 .145 .206 .188 .394 4 22 1 1 6 0 0

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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
1955 23 30 54 50 0 6 1 0 0 3 0 1 17 .120 .137 .140 .277 1 29
1956 24 22 23 19 2 4 2 0 0 0 0 4 6 .211 .348 .316 .664 2 21
1957 25 31 31 27 1 4 1 0 0 3 0 3 11 .148 .233 .185 .419 1 29
1958 26 30 30 26 0 4 1 0 0 5 0 1 11 .154 .214 .192 .407 1 29
1959 27 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 9
5 Yrs 122 139 123 3 18 5 0 0 11 0 9 46 .146 .211 .187 .398 5 117
162 Game Avg. 162 185 163 4 24 7 0 0 15 0 12 61 .146 .211 .187 .398 7 117

* 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.

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