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John Tamargo

John Felix Tamargo

Positions: Pinch Hitter and Catcher
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: November 7, 1951 in Tampa, FL
High School: Catholic HS (Tampa, FL)
School: Georgia Southern University (Statesboro, GA)
Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 6th round of the 1973 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 3, 1976
Teams (by GP): Giants/Expos/Cardinals 1976-1980

Final Game: October 5, 1980
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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
1973	21	STL-min	A	68	220	220		57	3	2	2						.259	.259	.318	.577		70							SPT · FLOR
1974	22	STL-min	A,AA	35	143	116	21	31	6	0	3	14	0	1	22	15	.267	.390	.397	.787		46	3	2	2	1	2		MOD,SPT,ARK · CALL,FLOR,TL
1975	23	STL-min	AAA,AA	92	365	284	47	78	19	1	6	34	0	1	71	33	.275	.419	.412	.831		117	2	3	2	5	1		TUL,ARK · AA,TL
1976	24	STL-min	AAA	113	394	346	44	96	21	3	8	48	0	1	46	32	.277	.363	.425	.788		147		1	0	1			TUL · AA
1976	24	STL	NL	10	14	10	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	.300	.429	.300	.729	109	3	1	0	0	1	0	/2
1977	25	STL-min	AAA	111	344	284	38	72	13	2	10	42	0	0	53	29	.254	.370	.419	.789		119		2	1	4			NOR · AA
1977	25	STL	NL	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/2
1978	26	STL-min	AAA	65	274	222	35	67	14	1	9	43	0	0	46	17	.302	.427	.495	.923		110		4	0	2			SPR · AA
1978	26	TOT	NL	42	119	98	6	22	4	1	1	8	1	1	18	9	.224	.342	.316	.658	89	31	1	0	2	1	5	2
1978	26	STL	NL	6	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/2
1978	26	SFG	NL	36	113	92	6	22	4	1	1	8	1	1	18	7	.239	.360	.337	.697	100	31	1	0	2	1	5	2
1979	27	WSN-min	AAA	53	212	187	35	60	11	2	4	29	0	2	23	9	.321	.398	.465	.863		87		1	1	0			DEN · AA
1979	27	TOT	NL	42	92	81	7	20	5	0	2	11	0	0	7	11	.247	.293	.383	.676	88	31	0	0	0	4	0	2
1979	27	SFG	NL	30	67	60	7	12	3	0	2	6	0	0	4	8	.200	.239	.350	.589	64	21	0	0	0	3	0	2
1979	27	MON	NL	12	25	21	0	8	2	0	0	5	0	0	3	3	.381	.440	.476	.916	152	10	0	0	0	1	0	/2
1980	28	MON	NL	37	58	51	4	14	3	0	1	13	0	0	6	5	.275	.345	.392	.737	106	20	0	0	0	1	0	2
1981	29	WSN-min	AAA	20	42	38	1	10	1	0	0	3	0	1	4	6	.263	.333	.289	.623		11		0	0	0	1		DEN · AA
5 Yrs				135	287	244	19	59	12	1	4	33	1	1	34	27	.242	.326	.348	.675	90	85	2	0	2	7	5
162 Game Avg.				162	344	293	23	71	14	1	5	40	1	1	41	32	.242	.326	.348	.675	90	102	2	0	2	8	6

STL (3 yrs)				20	24	20	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	4	.150	.250	.150	.400	15	3	1	0	0	1	0
SFG (2 yrs)				66	180	152	13	34	7	1	3	14	1	1	22	15	.224	.315	.342	.657	87	52	1	0	2	4	5
MON (2 yrs)				49	83	72	4	22	5	0	1	18	0	0	9	8	.306	.373	.417	.790	120	30	0	0	0	2	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
1976	24	STL	NL	10	14	0	-0	-0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/2
1977	25	STL	NL	4	4	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.470	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$	/2
1978	26	STL	NL	6	6	-2	0	0	0	0	-2	-0.2	0	-1	-0.2	.471	.499	-0.2	0.0	-1	$	/2
1978	26	SFG	NL	36	113	-1	-1	0	-6	2	-6	-0.6	3	-2	-0.3	.482	.496	0.4	-0.5	4	$	2
1979	27	SFG	NL	30	67	-3	-0	0	1	1	-1	-0.1	2	1	0.1	.496	.499	0.0	0.2	0	$	2
1979	27	MON	NL	12	25	1	0	0	-1	0	1	0.1	1	1	0.1	.505	.500	0.2	-0.1	2	$	/2
1980	28	MON	NL	37	58	0	-0	0	-3	0	-3	-0.3	2	-1	-0.1	.492	.498	0.2	-0.3	2	$	2
5 Seasons				135	287	-5	-1	1	-9	3	-11	-1.2	8	-3	-0.5	.491	.499	0.5	-0.6	6	$

STL (3 yrs)				20	24	-2	-0	-0	0	0	-3	-0.3	1	-2	-0.3	.485	.499	-0.3	0.0	-2	$
SFG (2 yrs)				66	180	-4	-1	0	-5	2	-7	-0.7	5	-1	-0.2	.489	.498	0.4	-0.3	4	$
MON (2 yrs)				49	83	1	-0	0	-4	1	-2	-0.2	2	0	0.0	.495	.499	0.4	-0.4	4	$

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	STL	NL	14	9	2	6.0	93	.273	.300	.264	.429	.330	.300	.376	.729	.706	109	.668	0.5	0.1	.750	.300	.000
1977	25	STL	NL	4	4	0	0.0	102	.000	.000	.268	.000	.336	.000	.408	.000	.744	-100	.000	-1.1	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1978	26	TOT	NL	119	81	12	4.0	92	.236	.224	.258	.342	.325	.316	.379	.658	.704	89	.476	-0.7	-0.1	.628	.276	.092	1.0
1978	26	STL	NL	6	6	0	0.0	94	.000	.000	.261	.000	.329	.000	.384	.000	.712	-100	.000	-1.6	-0.2	.000	.000	.000
1978	26	SFG	NL	113	75	12	4.3	91	.247	.239	.257	.360	.325	.337	.378	.697	.703	100	.511	0.9	0.1	.681	.293	.098	1.0
1979	27	TOT	NL	92	65	11	4.6	95	.250	.247	.262	.293	.327	.383	.389	.676	.717	88	.515	-0.9	-0.1	.623	.222	.136	.0
1979	27	SFG	NL	67	51	6	3.2	94	.189	.200	.260	.239	.325	.350	.387	.589	.711	64	.353	-2.8	-0.3	.521	.217	.150	.0
1979	27	MON	NL	25	14	5	9.6	99	.421	.381	.268	.440	.333	.476	.397	.916	.731	152	.806	1.9	0.2	1.000	.238	.095
1980	28	MON	NL	58	38	8	5.7	95	.283	.275	.267	.345	.329	.392	.387	.737	.716	106	.631	0.7	0.1	.703	.235	.118	.0
5 Yrs				287	197	33	4.5	94	.250	.242	.261	.326	.327	.348	.384	.675	.711	90	.524	-1.5	-0.1	.633	.246	.107	1.6
162 Game Avg.				344	236	40	4.5	94	.250	.242	.261	.326	.327	.348	.384	.675	.711	90	.524	-1.5	-0.1	.633	.246	.107	2

STL (3 yrs)				24	19	2	2.8	95	.176	.150	.264	.250	.331	.150	.385	.400	.716	15	.327	-2.2	-0.2	.333	.150	.000
SFG (2 yrs)				180	126	18	3.8	92	.225	.224	.259	.315	.325	.342	.382	.657	.706	87	.451	-1.9	-0.2	.617	.263	.118	1.5
MON (2 yrs)				83	52	13	6.7	96	.323	.306	.267	.373	.330	.417	.390	.790	.721	120	.696	2.6	0.3	.780	.236	.111	.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%
1976	24	STL	NL	14	0.0%	0.0%	21.4%	0.0%	0%	0.00			10.0	3.50	79%
1977	25	STL	NL	4	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%			2.0			1.00	50%
1978	26	TOT	NL	119	0.8%	7.6%	15.1%	5.0%	27%	0.50	10.9	98.0	12.3	1.03	75%
1978	26	STL	NL	6	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%	0.0%			3.0			1.00	67%
1978	26	SFG	NL	113	0.9%	6.2%	15.9%	5.3%	27%	0.39	13.1	92.0	11.5	1.03	75%
1979	27	TOT	NL	92	2.2%	12.0%	7.6%	7.6%	35%	1.57	7.4	40.5	7.4	0.36	78%
1979	27	SFG	NL	67	3.0%	11.9%	6.0%	7.5%	42%	2.00	7.5	30.0	10.0	0.40	79%
1979	27	MON	NL	25	0.0%	12.0%	12.0%	8.0%	25%	1.00	7.0		4.2	0.22	76%
1980	28	MON	NL	58	1.7%	8.6%	10.3%	6.9%	29%	0.83	10.2	51.0	3.9	0.74	79%
5 Yrs				287	1.4%	9.4%	11.9%	5.9%	29%	0.79	9.0	61.0	7.4	0.75	77%
MLB Averages					1.9%	12.8%	8.4%	6.5%	28%	1.52	7.0	45.8	8.5	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	STL	NL	0.5	0.1	14	-0.0	0.2	-0.2	1.11	-0.1	0.0	-1.0	-0.1	1.06	-0.3	1.30	7
1977	25	STL	NL	-1.1	-0.1	4	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.65	-0.1	-0.0	-0.7	-0.1	0.64	-1.1	0.63	3
1978	26	TOT	NL	-0.7	-0.1	122	-0.2	2.1	-2.3	1.19	-0.1	-0.0	-5.3	-0.6	0.98	-0.8	1.77	11
1978	26	STL	NL	-1.6	-0.2	6	-0.3	0.0	-0.3	1.81	-0.2	-0.0	-1.7	-0.2	1.00	-1.6	1.81	6
1978	26	SFG	NL	0.9	0.1	116	0.1	2.1	-2.0	1.16	0.0	0.1	-3.6	-0.4	0.98	0.8	1.72	5
1979	27	TOT	NL	-0.9	-0.1	92	0.0	1.9	-1.9	1.19	-0.1	0.1	-1.4	-0.2	0.96	2.0	1.37	20
1979	27	SFG	NL	-2.8	-0.3	67	-0.3	1.0	-1.3	1.12	-0.3	0.0	-3.9	-0.4	0.99	-0.4	1.35	15
1979	27	MON	NL	1.9	0.2	25	0.3	0.9	-0.6	1.37	0.2	-0.0	2.5	0.2	0.87	2.4	1.41	5
1980	28	MON	NL	0.7	0.1	59	0.7	2.0	-1.3	1.76	0.1	0.3	4.6	0.5	1.14	1.9	2.11	23
5 Yrs				-1.5	-0.1	291	0.4	6.2	-5.8	1.30	-0.2	0.5	-3.7	-0.4	1.00	1.7	1.66	64

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1976	24	STL	NL	0	33%	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1977	25	STL	NL	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1978	26	TOT	NL	1	13%	40	1	1	50%	1	1	3	1	18%	6	4	2	1	1	4	2	0
1978	26	STL	NL	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1978	26	SFG	NL	1	13%	40	1	1	50%	1	1	3	1	18%	6	4	2	1	1	4	2	0
1979	27	TOT	NL	1	20%	24	0	0		0	0	0	0	60%	2	2	0	0	0	3	0	3
1979	27	SFG	NL	1	36%	15	0	0		0	0	0	0	60%	2	2	0	0	0	3	0	3
1979	27	MON	NL	0	0%	9	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1980	28	MON	NL	0	16%	15	0	0		0	0	1	1	33%	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	1
5 Yrs				2	17%	82	1	1	50%	1	1	4	2	30%	11	9	2	1	1	8	2	4

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	STL	NL	14	100%	3			7	2	0	1	1.30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		4	1	25%	2	1	50%	12	1	8%	3	1	33%	0	0		0
1977	25	STL	NL	4	100%	0			3	0	0	0	0.63	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1978	26	TOT	NL	119	100%	22			11	1	0	0	1.77	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	2	2	100%	19	1	5%	10	4	40%	79	7	9%	7	2	29%	1	0	0%	0
1978	26	STL	NL	6	100%	0			6	0	0	0	1.81	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	2	0	0%	5	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
1978	26	SFG	NL	113	100%	22			5	1	0	0	1.72	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	2	2	100%	17	1	6%	8	4	50%	74	7	9%	6	2	33%	1	0	0%	0
1979	27	TOT	NL	92	100%	20			20	6	1	4	1.37	2	0	5	2	0	1	1	0	0	0		19	0	0%	12	4	33%	66	9	14%	8	4	50%	5	3	60%	0
1979	27	SFG	NL	67	100%	12			15	4	1	2	1.35	2	0	5	2	0	1	1	0	0	0		16	0	0%	10	3	30%	50	4	8%	7	3	43%	5	3	60%	0
1979	27	MON	NL	25	100%	8			5	2	0	2	1.41	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0%	2	1	50%	16	5	31%	1	1	100%	0	0		0
1980	28	MON	NL	58	100%	14			23	7	1	2	2.11	1	0	4	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0%	15	0	0%	9	3	33%	59	12	20%	7	4	57%	3	0	0%	0
5 Yrs				287	100%	59			64	16	2	7	1.66	4	0	10	4	0	2	2	0	3	2	67%	57	2	4%	33	12	36%	217	29	13%	25	11	44%	9	3	33%	0
MLB Averages					55%																			79%			11%			35%			15%			51%			54%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH	SF	IBB
1976	24	10	14	10	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	.300	.429	.300	.729	109	3	1	0	1	0
1977	25	14	18	14	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	2	.214	.333	.214	.548	56	3	1	0	1	0
1978	26	56	137	112	8	25	4	1	1	9	1	1	21	11	.223	.341	.304	.644	85	34	2	2	2	5
1979	27	98	229	193	15	45	9	1	3	20	1	1	28	22	.233	.322	.337	.658	86	65	2	2	6	5
1980	28	135	287	244	19	59	12	1	4	33	1	1	34	27	.242	.326	.348	.675	90	85	2	2	7	5

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
1976	24	10	16	11	3	4	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	.364	.500	.364	.864	2	10
1977	25	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	4
1978	26	42	124	101	7	25	5	1	1	9	1	20	9	.248	.369	.347	.715	13	42
1979	27	42	95	83	8	22	6	0	2	12	0	8	11	.265	.316	.410	.725	11	42
1980	28	37	59	52	5	15	3	0	1	15	0	6	5	.288	.356	.404	.760	8	37
5 Yrs		135	298	251	23	66	14	1	4	37	1	38	27	.263	.351	.375	.726	34	135
162 Game Avg.		162	358	301	28	79	17	1	5	44	1	46	32	.263	.351	.375	.726	41	135

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