Jerry Tabb

Jerry Lynn Tabb

Positions: First Baseman and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: March 17, 1952 in Altus, OK
High School: Altus (Altus, OK)
School: University of Tulsa
Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 1st round (16th pick) of the 1973 amateur draft.
Signed June 7, 1973. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 8, 1976
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Cubs 1976-1978

Final Game: May 29, 1978
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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
1973	21	CHC-min	AA	76	310	260	56	71	14	2	12	44	3	2	43	42	.273	.378	.481	.859		125		2	3	2		MDL · TL
1974	22	CHC-min	AA,AAA	134	511	507	10	142	19	6	31	7	0	1	4	8	.280	.286	.525	.810		266		0	0	0		MDL,WCH · TL,AA
1975	23	CHC-min	AAA	97	412	355	57	86	18	1	7	48	2	2	50	48	.242	.339	.358	.697		127		3	2	2		WCH · AA
1976	24	CHC-min	AAA	124	453	395	60	114	21	1	19	67	3	1	50	52	.289	.368	.491	.859		194		2	2	4		WCH · AA
1976	24	CHC	NL	11	27	24	2	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	.292	.370	.292	.662	84	7	0	0	0	0	0	/3
1977	25	OAK-min	AAA	84	352	285	59	98	23	2	11	45	8	4	62	39	.344	.461	.554	1.016		158		1	3	1		SJO · PCL
1977	25	OAK	AL	51	157	144	8	32	3	0	6	19	0	1	10	26	.222	.269	.368	.637	75	53	5	0	1	2	2	3/D
1978	26	OAK-min	AAA	97	412	342	69	122	24	6	18	75	8	2	64	40	.357	.455	.620	1.075		212		1	1	4		VAN · PCL
1978	26	OAK	AL	12	11	9	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	5	.111	.273	.111	.384	15	1	0	0	0	0	1	/3
3 Seasons				74	195	177	10	40	3	0	6	20	0	1	15	33	.226	.284	.345	.628	73	61	5	0	1	2	3
162 Game Avg.				162	427	387	22	88	7	0	13	44	0	2	33	72	.226	.284	.345	.628	73	134	11	0	2	4	7

OAK (2 yrs)				63	168	153	8	33	3	0	6	20	0	1	12	31	.216	.269	.353	.622	71	54	5	0	1	2	3
CHC (1 yr)				11	27	24	2	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	.292	.370	.292	.662	84	7	0	0	0	0	0

AL (2 yrs)				63	168	153	8	33	3	0	6	20	0	1	12	31	.216	.269	.353	.622	71	54	5	0	1	2	3
NL (1 yr)				11	27	24	2	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	.292	.370	.292	.662	84	7	0	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
1976	24	CHC	NL	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0.2	1	0.1	0.1	$	/3
1977	25	OAK	AL	157	-5	-1	-1	-1	-1	-2	5	-6	-0.6	-5	-0.5	-0.1	$	3/D
1978	26	OAK	AL	11	-1	0	0	0	-1	0	0	-2	-0.2	-1	-0.1	-0.1	$	/3
3 Seasons				195	-6	-1	-1	-1	-1	-2	6	-6	-0.6	-5	-0.5	-0.1	$

OAK (2 yrs)				168	-6	-1	-1	-1	-1	-2	5	-8	-0.8	-6	-0.6	-0.2	$
CHC (1 yr)				27	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0.2	1	0.1	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	PwrSpd
1976	24	CHC	NL	27	17	3	4.8	98	.318	.292	.272	.370	.339	.292	.387	.662	.727	84	.568	-0.4	-0.1	.588	.125	.000
1977	25	OAK	AL	157	121	13	2.9	97	.228	.222	.263	.269	.326	.368	.400	.637	.726	75	.295	-5.4	-0.5	.525	.208	.146	.0
1978	26	OAK	AL	11	8	0	0.0	89	.250	.111	.254	.273	.318	.111	.374	.384	.693	15	.000	-0.9	-0.1	.375	.222	.000
3 Seasons				195	146	16	2.9	97	.243	.226	.263	.284	.328	.345	.397	.628	.724	73	.310	-6.8	-0.7	.524	.198	.119	.0
162 Game Avg.				427	320	35	2.9	97	.243	.226	.263	.284	.328	.345	.397	.628	.724	73	.310	-6.8	-0.7	.524	.198	.119

OAK (2 yrs)				168	129	13	2.7	97	.229	.216	.262	.269	.326	.353	.398	.622	.724	71	.273	-6.4	-0.6	.516	.209	.137	.0
CHC (1 yr)				27	17	3	4.8	98	.318	.292	.272	.370	.339	.292	.387	.662	.727	84	.568	-0.4	-0.1	.588	.125	.000

AL (2 yrs)				168	129	13	2.7	97	.229	.216	.262	.269	.326	.353	.398	.622	.724	71	.273	-6.4	-0.6	.516	.209	.137	.0
NL (1 yr)				27	17	3	4.8	98	.318	.292	.272	.370	.339	.292	.387	.662	.727	84	.568	-0.4	-0.1	.588	.125	.000

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1976	24	CHC	NL	27	0.0%	7.4%	11.1%	0.0%	0%	0.67	12.0			0.36	81%
1977	25	OAK	AL	157	3.8%	16.6%	6.4%	5.7%	28%	2.60	5.5	24.0	7.6	1.00	73%
1978	26	OAK	AL	11	0.0%	45.5%	18.2%	0.0%	0%	2.50	1.8		9.0	0.50	36%
3 Seasons				195	3.1%	16.9%	7.7%	4.6%	23%	2.20	5.4	29.5	8.9	0.87	72%
MLB Averages					1.9%	12.9%	8.5%	6.4%	28%	1.52	6.9	47.2	8.7	1.09	75%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1976	24	CHC	NL	-0.4	-0.1	29	-0.1	0.4	-0.5	1.14	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	0.79	-0.2	1.57	5
1977	25	OAK	AL	-5.4	-0.5	160	-1.3	2.3	-3.7	1.11	-0.9	-0.3	-12.5	-1.3	0.96	-11.1	1.30	11
1978	26	OAK	AL	-0.9	-0.1	11	-0.1	0.2	-0.2	.99	-0.1	0.0	-1.1	-0.1	1.01	-1.1	1.11	9
3 Seasons				-6.8	-0.7	200	-1.5	2.9	-4.4	1.10	-1.1	-0.3	-13.7	-1.4	0.94	-12.4	1.28	25

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	RS%	SBO	CS	SB%	CS3	PO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1976	24	CHC	NL	20%	16	0		0	1	1	2	40%	2	2	0	3	0	2
1977	25	OAK	AL	6%	37	1	0%	1	2	2	1	20%	9	6	2	1	1	0
1978	26	OAK	AL	0%	4	0		0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0
3 Seasons				8%	57	1	0%	1	3	3	3	25%	12	9	2	4	1	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
1976	24	CHC	NL	27	96%	7			5	0	0	0	1.57	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0%	0	0		7	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1977	25	OAK	AL	157	75%	32			11	2	0	1	1.30	6	0	2	6	0	2	4	0	1	1	100%	26	5	19%	15	5	33%	103	13	13%	8	4	50%	4	2	50%	0
1978	26	OAK	AL	11	82%	1			9	1	0	1	1.11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	9	1	11%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
3 Seasons				195	78%	40			25	3	0	2	1.28	6	0	2	6	0	2	4	0	1	1	100%	30	5	17%	16	5	31%	119	14	12%	9	4	44%	4	2	50%	0
MLB Averages					55%																			79%			11%			35%			14%			50%			54%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH	SF	IBB
1976	24	11	27	24	2	7	0	0	0	0	3	2	.292	.370	.292	.662	84	7	0	0	0	0
1977	25	62	184	168	10	39	3	6	19	1	13	28	.232	.284	.357	.641	76	60	5	1	2	2
1978	26	74	195	177	10	40	3	6	20	1	15	33	.226	.284	.345	.628	73	61	5	1	2	3

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	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1976	24	11	28	25	2	8	0	0	0	3	2	.320	.393	.320	.713	3	11
1977	25	51	159	146	9	34	3	6	21	11	26	.233	.283	.377	.660	16	51
1978	26	12	11	9	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	.000	.182	.000	.182	0	12
3 Seasons		74	198	180	11	42	3	6	21	16	33	.233	.293	.350	.643	19	74
162 Game Avg.		162	433	394	24	92	7	13	46	35	72	.233	.293	.350	.643	42	74

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