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Willie Tasby

Willie Tasby

Position: Centerfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: January 8, 1933 in Shreveport, LA
High School: McClymonds HS (Oakland, CA)
Signed by the St. Louis Browns as an amateur free agent in 1950. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 9, 1958
Teams (by GP): Orioles/Senators/Indians/RedSox 1958-1963

Final Game: September 2, 1963
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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
1950	17	FMH	C	7				5	1	0	0											6							FMH · NORL
1951	18	PHX	C	4	11	11		1	1	0	0						.091	.091	.182	.273		2							PHX · SWIL
1952	19	BAL-min	C	131	509	509		144	30	9	22						.283	.283	.507	.790		258							PCT · PION
1953	20	BAL-min	B	119	400	400		103	17	2	17						.258	.258	.438	.695		175							YOR · PIED
1954	21	BAL-min	B	142	514	514		156	23	6	27						.304	.304	.529	.833		272							YOR · PIED
1955	22	BAL-min	AA	48	164	147	23	41	7	1	9	28	2	0	15	32	.279	.354	.524	.877		77		2	0	0			SAN · TL
1956	23	BAL-min	B,AA	126	462	437	24	124	29	2	23	17	1	1	21	33	.284	.320	.517	.837		226		2	2	0			LUB,SAN · BSTL,TL
1957	24	BAL-min	A,Opn	135	496	495	0	137	27	4	15	0	0		1	4	.277	.278	.438	.717		217	0	0	0	0			KNX,VAN · SALL,PCL
1958	25	BAL-min	AAA	150	622	540	96	174	31	10	22	95	20		68	91	.322	.397	.539	.936		291		4	3	7	4		LOU · AA
1958	25	BAL	AL	18	58	50	6	10	3	0	1	1	1	1	7	15	.200	.310	.320	.630	79	16	0	1	0	0	0	8/79
1959	26	BAL	AL	142	552	505	69	126	16	5	13	48	3	5	34	80	.250	.303	.378	.682	89	191	8	6	5	2	0	*8/7
1960	27	TOT	AL	144	545	470	77	126	19	2	7	40	4	1	60	66	.268	.358	.362	.719	94	170	11	6	8	1	1	*897
1960	27	BAL	AL	39	97	85	9	18	2	1	0	3	1	0	9	12	.212	.295	.259	.554	52	22	2	1	1	0	1	97/8
1960	27	BOS	AL	105	448	385	68	108	17	1	7	37	3	1	51	54	.281	.371	.384	.755	103	148	9	5	7	1	0	8
1961	28	WSA	AL	141	561	494	54	124	13	2	17	63	4	10	58	94	.251	.330	.389	.718	97	192	15	2	3	4	2	*8/9
1962	29	TOT	AL	86	261	233	29	55	7	0	4	17	0	2	27	47	.236	.315	.318	.633	73	74	6	0	1	0	0	879/5
1962	29	WSA	AL	11	36	34	4	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	.206	.250	.206	.456	25	7	1	0	0	0	0	/78
1962	29	CLE	AL	75	225	199	25	48	7	0	4	17	0	2	25	41	.241	.326	.337	.663	82	67	5	0	1	0	0	879/5
1963	30	CLE-min	AAA	35	123	109	9	25	5	0	4	15	1	0	14	25	.229	.317	.385	.702		42							JCK · IL
1963	30	CLE	AL	52	134	116	11	26	3	1	4	5	0	1	15	25	.224	.318	.371	.689	94	43	5	1	2	0	4	79/84
1964	31	CLE-min	AAA	97	327	276	44	85	17	1	17	55	1	1	43	61	.308	.399	.562	.960		155		2	1	5			POR · PCL
6 Yrs				583	2111	1868	246	467	61	10	46	174	12	20	201	327	.250	.327	.367	.694	91	686	45	16	19	7	7
162 Game Avg.				162	587	519	68	130	17	3	13	48	3	6	56	91	.250	.327	.367	.694	91	191	13	4	5	2	2

BAL (3 yrs)				199	707	640	84	154	21	6	14	52	5	6	50	107	.241	.303	.358	.661	83	229	10	8	6	2	1
WSA (2 yrs)				152	597	528	58	131	13	2	17	63	4	10	60	100	.248	.325	.377	.702	92	199	16	2	3	4	2
CLE (2 yrs)				127	359	315	36	74	10	1	8	22	0	3	40	66	.235	.323	.349	.672	86	110	10	1	3	0	4
BOS (1 yr)				105	448	385	68	108	17	1	7	37	3	1	51	54	.281	.371	.384	.755	103	148	9	5	7	1	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	25	BAL	AL	18	58	-2	0	0	-1	-1	-3	-0.3	2	-1	-0.1	.484	.498	0.0	-0.2	-0	$	8/79
1959	26	BAL	AL	142	552	-3	-1	1	-3	-1	-7	-0.9	15	8	0.6	.495	.495	1.0	-0.6	11	$	*8/7
1960	27	BAL	AL	39	97	-6	-0	1	2	-2	-6	-0.7	3	-4	-0.4	.483	.496	-0.6	-0.0	-5	$	97/8
1960	27	BOS	AL	105	448	3	0	-1	-11	-1	-9	-1.0	12	4	0.1	.491	.494	1.4	-1.3	15	$	8
1961	28	WSA	AL	141	561	-1	-4	-2	-4	-1	-11	-1.3	15	5	0.2	.492	.493	0.8	-0.6	9	$	*8/9
1962	29	WSA	AL	11	36	-1	-1	-0	-2	-0	-4	-0.4	1	-3	-0.3	.465	.498	-0.1	-0.2	-1	$	/78
1962	29	CLE	AL	75	225	-2	-2	-1	-7	-2	-13	-1.5	6	-7	-0.8	.482	.492	-0.1	-0.9	-0	$	879/5
1963	30	CLE	AL	52	134	-2	-0	-0	-1	-2	-6	-0.7	4	-2	-0.3	.487	.496	-0.1	-0.4	-1	$	79/84
6 Seasons				583	2111	-13	-7	-2	-27	-9	-58	-6.8	58	-1	-1.0	.489	.495	2.3	-4.2	27	$

BAL (3 yrs)				199	707	-11	-1	2	-2	-4	-16	-1.9	19	3	0.1	.491	.496	0.4	-0.8	5	$
WSA (2 yrs)				152	597	-2	-4	-2	-6	-1	-14	-1.7	16	2	-0.1	.490	.495	0.7	-0.8	8	$
CLE (2 yrs)				127	359	-4	-2	-2	-8	-3	-19	-2.2	10	-9	-1.1	.484	.494	-0.2	-1.3	-1	$
BOS (1 yr)				105	448	3	0	-1	-11	-1	-9	-1.0	12	4	0.1	.491	.494	1.4	-1.3	15	$

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	25	BAL	AL	58	41	5	3.3	93	.265	.200	.254	.310	.322	.320	.387	.630	.709	79	.377	-1.2	-0.1	.585	.260	.120	1.0
1959	26	BAL	AL	552	399	57	3.8	96	.273	.250	.257	.303	.328	.378	.393	.682	.720	89	.438	-9.2	-0.9	.584	.192	.129	4.9
1960	27	TOT	AL	545	365	65	4.8	103	.299	.268	.266	.358	.340	.362	.407	.719	.747	94	.530	-2.6	-0.3	.671	.228	.094	5.1
1960	27	BAL	AL	97	70	7	2.7	101	.247	.212	.262	.295	.336	.259	.401	.554	.737	52	.281	-5.7	-0.6	.478	.165	.047	.0
1960	27	BOS	AL	448	295	58	5.3	104	.311	.281	.267	.371	.341	.384	.408	.755	.749	103	.575	3.1	0.3	.718	.242	.104	4.2
1961	28	WSA	AL	561	402	60	4.0	99	.276	.251	.257	.330	.331	.389	.400	.718	.730	97	.429	-1.7	-0.2	.623	.243	.138	6.5
1962	29	TOT	AL	261	187	24	3.4	100	.280	.236	.260	.315	.332	.318	.405	.633	.737	73	.375	-8.5	-0.8	.532	.189	.082	.0
1962	29	WSA	AL	36	28	2	1.9	103	.250	.206	.263	.250	.335	.206	.410	.456	.745	25	.170	-3.7	-0.4	.321	.059	.000
1962	29	CLE	AL	225	159	22	3.7	100	.286	.241	.259	.326	.331	.337	.404	.663	.736	82	.408	-4.8	-0.5	.570	.211	.095	.0
1963	30	CLE	AL	134	98	13	3.6	94	.253	.224	.254	.318	.320	.371	.393	.689	.713	94	.427	-1.0	-0.1	.604	.267	.147	.0
6 Yrs				2111	1492	224	4.0	99	.280	.250	.259	.327	.332	.367	.399	.694	.731	91	.451	-24.0	-2.4	.611	.221	.117	19.0
162 Game Avg.				587	415	62	4.0	99	.280	.250	.259	.327	.332	.367	.399	.694	.731	91	.451	-24.0	-2.4	.611	.221	.117	5

BAL (3 yrs)				707	510	69	3.6	96	.269	.241	.257	.303	.328	.358	.393	.661	.722	83	.413	-16.0	-1.6	.570	.194	.117	7.4
WSA (2 yrs)				597	430	62	3.8	99	.275	.248	.257	.325	.331	.377	.400	.702	.731	92	.415	-5.4	-0.5	.603	.231	.129	6.5
CLE (2 yrs)				359	257	35	3.7	98	.274	.235	.258	.323	.327	.349	.400	.672	.727	86	.415	-5.7	-0.6	.583	.232	.114	.0
BOS (1 yr)				448	295	58	5.3	104	.311	.281	.267	.371	.341	.384	.408	.755	.749	103	.575	3.1	0.3	.718	.242	.104	4.2

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	25	BAL	AL	58	1.7%	25.9%	12.1%	6.9%	40%	2.14	3.3	50.0	50.0	1.78	59%
1959	26	BAL	AL	552	2.4%	14.5%	6.2%	6.2%	27%	2.35	6.3	38.8	10.5	1.03	75%
1960	27	TOT	AL	545	1.3%	12.1%	11.0%	5.1%	22%	1.10	7.1	67.1	11.8	1.29	73%
1960	27	BAL	AL	97	0.0%	12.4%	9.3%	3.1%	17%	1.33	7.1		28.3	1.28	75%
1960	27	BOS	AL	448	1.6%	12.1%	11.4%	5.6%	23%	1.06	7.1	55.0	10.4	1.30	73%
1961	28	WSA	AL	561	3.0%	16.8%	10.3%	5.7%	26%	1.62	5.3	29.1	7.8	1.07	69%
1962	29	TOT	AL	261	1.5%	18.0%	10.3%	4.2%	20%	1.74	5.0	58.3	13.7	1.13	70%
1962	29	WSA	AL	36	0.0%	16.7%	5.6%	0.0%	0%	3.00	5.7			1.13	78%
1962	29	CLE	AL	225	1.8%	18.2%	11.1%	4.9%	23%	1.64	4.9	49.8	11.7	1.13	68%
1963	30	CLE	AL	134	3.0%	18.7%	11.2%	6.0%	31%	1.67	4.6	29.0	23.2	1.84	65%
6 Yrs				2111	2.2%	15.5%	9.5%	5.5%	25%	1.63	5.7	40.6	10.7	1.17	71%
MLB Averages					2.4%	13.9%	8.6%	6.6%	29%	1.61	6.4	37.8	8.4	1.04	73%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1958	25	BAL	AL	-1.2	-0.1	64	-0.0	0.8	-0.9	.82	-0.1	0.0	-0.2	-0.0	0.83	0.4	0.37	1
1959	26	BAL	AL	-9.2	-0.9	567	-0.4	9.4	-9.8	1.01	-0.2	-0.2	-7.4	-0.8	0.94	-0.8	4.25	4
1960	27	TOT	AL	-2.6	-0.3	555	0.5	9.5	-9.1	1.00	0.1	0.4	3.8	0.4	0.96	1.8	1.44	7
1960	27	BAL	AL	-5.7	-0.6	99	-0.5	1.3	-1.8	1.04	-0.4	-0.0	-5.9	-0.6	1.00	-5.0	2.61	3
1960	27	BOS	AL	3.1	0.3	456	0.9	8.2	-7.3	1.00	0.6	0.4	9.7	1.0	0.95	6.8	0.56	4
1961	28	WSA	AL	-2.4	-0.2	581	0.6	10.7	-10.1	1.01	0.8	-0.2	-0.1	-0.0	0.94	7.9	3.00	0
1962	29	TOT	AL	-8.5	-0.8	271	0.1	5.2	-5.1	1.17	-0.3	0.4	-0.1	-0.0	0.91	-3.1	1.62	15
1962	29	WSA	AL	-3.7	-0.4	37	-0.3	0.5	-0.7	1.10	0.0	-0.3	-0.8	-0.1	0.88	-0.3	1.79	2
1962	29	CLE	AL	-4.8	-0.5	234	0.4	4.8	-4.4	1.18	-0.3	0.6	0.7	0.1	0.91	-2.8	1.60	13
1963	30	CLE	AL	-1.1	-0.1	137	-0.7	1.6	-2.4	.99	-0.3	-0.5	-7.2	-0.8	0.92	-1.8	1.36	14
6 Yrs				-25.0	-2.5	2175	-0.0	37.3	-37.4	1.02	0.1	-0.1	-11.2	-1.2	0.94	4.3	1.73	41

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	PO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1958	25	BAL	AL	0	29%	21	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	1	0	3	33%	4	4	0	0	0	0	5	2	3
1959	26	BAL	AL	13	37%	236	3	5	38%	3	4	0	1	1	4	14	47%	33	22	11	6	5	1	23	6	17
1960	27	TOT	AL	4	38%	254	4	1	80%	3	1	1	0	2	6	10	53%	33	21	11	8	2	6	18	4	14
1960	27	BAL	AL	0	32%	44	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	2	2	43%	5	4	1	0	0	0	2	0	2
1960	27	BOS	AL	4	39%	210	3	1	75%	2	1	1	0	2	4	8	54%	28	17	10	8	2	6	16	4	12
1961	28	WSA	AL	8	22%	196	4	10	29%	3	9	1	2	1	5	8	55%	35	16	19	10	4	4	11	2	8
1962	29	TOT	AL	9	32%	119	0	2	0%	0	2	0	0	2	4	8	45%	7	3	3	4	3	1	9	4	5
1962	29	WSA	AL	4	44%	16	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1	1	67%	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	1
1962	29	CLE	AL	5	30%	103	0	2	0%	0	2	0	0	2	3	7	41%	6	3	2	4	3	1	7	3	4
1963	30	CLE	AL	1	18%	44	0	1	0%	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	30%	4	4	0	3	0	2	3	2	1
6 Yrs				35	31%	870	12	20	38%	10	17	2	4	7	21	45	49%	116	70	44	31	14	14	69	20	48

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	25	BAL	AL	58	17%	10			1	0	0	0	0.37	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		7	0	0%	1	0	0%	14	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1959	26	BAL	AL	552	31%	126			4	1	0	1	4.25	13	0	13	8	5	8	5	0	12	5	42%	110	8	7%	43	10	23%	297	40	13%	22	10	45%	13	6	46%	0
1960	27	TOT	AL	545	32%	126			7	3	0	0	1.44	7	1	17	5	2	6	1	0	9	8	89%	95	11	12%	45	14	31%	306	34	11%	15	6	40%	21	12	57%	0
1960	27	BAL	AL	97	64%	18			3	0	0	0	2.61	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	17	2	12%	8	3	38%	60	3	5%	3	0	0%	7	4	57%	0
1960	27	BOS	AL	448	25%	108			4	3	0	0	0.56	7	1	14	5	2	6	1	0	8	7	88%	78	9	12%	37	11	30%	246	31	13%	12	6	50%	14	8	57%	0
1961	28	WSA	AL	561	32%	124			0	0	0	0	3.00	17	1	10	12	5	5	12	0	5	3	60%	120	15	13%	56	21	38%	345	50	14%	29	18	62%	19	11	58%	0
1962	29	TOT	AL	261	69%	55			15	2	0	1	1.62	4	0	4	0	4	1	3	0	2	1	50%	33	6	18%	14	2	14%	108	14	13%	10	6	60%	7	2	29%	0
1962	29	WSA	AL	36	81%	7			2	0	0	0	1.79	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		6	1	17%	3	0	0%	14	0	0%	2	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
1962	29	CLE	AL	225	67%	48			13	2	0	1	1.60	4	0	4	0	4	1	3	0	2	1	50%	27	5	19%	11	2	18%	94	14	15%	8	6	75%	6	2	33%	0
1963	30	CLE	AL	134	54%	26			14	0	0	0	1.36	4	0	1	0	4	3	1	0	2	2	100%	27	5	19%	15	3	20%	69	1	1%	5	0	0%	5	1	20%	0
6 Yrs				2111	37%	467			41	6	0	2	1.73	46	2	45	26	20	23	23	0	30	19	63%	392	45	11%	174	50	29%	1139	139	12%	81	40	49%	65	32	49%	0
MLB Averages					50%																			74%			10%			31%			14%			49%			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
1958	25	18	58	50	6	10	3	0	1	1	1	1	7	15	.200	.310	.320	.630	79	16	0	1	0	0	0
1959	26	160	610	555	75	136	19	5	14	49	4	6	41	95	.245	.304	.373	.677	88	207	8	7	5	2	0
1960	27	304	1155	1025	152	262	38	7	21	89	8	7	101	161	.256	.329	.368	.697	91	377	19	13	13	3	1
1961	28	445	1716	1519	206	386	51	9	38	152	12	17	159	255	.254	.329	.375	.704	93	569	34	15	16	7	3
1962	29	531	1977	1752	235	441	58	9	42	169	12	19	186	302	.252	.328	.367	.695	90	643	40	15	17	7	3
1963	30	583	2111	1868	246	467	61	10	46	174	12	20	201	327	.250	.327	.367	.694	91	686	45	16	19	7	7

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1958	25	19	62	53	7	11	3	0	1	1	1	8	16	.208	.323	.321	.643	5	18
1959	26	148	580	531	75	135	17	5	14	52	3	36	84	.254	.308	.384	.692	62	142
1960	27	151	572	494	79	132	20	2	7	41	4	63	69	.267	.356	.358	.715	62	144
1961	28	141	565	497	56	127	13	2	17	66	4	59	94	.256	.335	.392	.727	66	141
1962	29	86	262	234	30	56	7	0	4	17	0	27	47	.239	.318	.321	.639	24	86
1963	30	52	137	118	12	28	3	1	4	6	0	16	25	.237	.333	.381	.715	15	52
6 Yrs		597	2178	1927	259	489	63	10	47	183	12	209	335	.254	.331	.370	.701	234	583
162 Game Avg.		162	591	523	70	133	17	3	13	50	3	57	91	.254	.331	.370	.701	63	583

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Strikeouts s c a p y 1959 AL 80 (10th)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1959 AL 6 (9th)	Caught Stealing s c a p y 1959 AL 5 (9th) 1961 AL 10 (3rd)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1959 AL 80 (10th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1959 AL 6 (9th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1959 AL 5 (9th)
1961 AL 10 (3rd)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame Standards

Batting - 4 (2360), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Batters

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Most Similar by Ages

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Jermaine Allensworth (982) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Mike Devereaux (974) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Len Gabrielson (967) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
John Lowenstein (968) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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