Moe Thacker

Morris Benton Thacker

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: May 21, 1934 in Louisville, KY
High School: DuPont Manual HS (Louisville, KY)
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1952. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 3, 1958
Teams (by GP): Cubs/Cardinals 1958-1963

Final Game: July 14, 1963
Died: November 13, 1997 in Louisville, KY
Cremated
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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
1952	18	NYY-min	D	57	163	163		38	6	0	3						.233	.233	.325	.558		53							FDL · WISL
1953	19	NYY-min	C	91	284	284		60	11	5	4						.211	.211	.327	.539		93							JOP · WA
1954	20	NYY-min	B	113	368	368		97	18	2	9						.264	.264	.397	.660		146							NFK · PIED
1955	21	NYY-min	AA	63	164	164		39	8	1	3						.238	.238	.354	.591		58							BIR · SOUA
1956	22	NYY-min	AAA	74	255	227	19	37	6	1	3	19	0		24	73	.163	.247	.238	.485		54	3	2	0	2			RMD,DEN · IL,AA
1957	23	NYY-min	AA	136	429	429		103	21	1	4						.240	.240	.322	.562		138							NOR · SOUA
1958	24	CHC-min	AA	88	324	273	35	80	11	2	7	36	0	0	48	58	.293	.399	.425	.824		116		1	1	1			FTW · TL
1958	24	CHC	NL	11	26	24	4	6	1	0	2	3	0	0	1	7	.250	.269	.542	.811	109	13	1	0	0	1	1	/2

1959	25	CHC-min	AAA	134	497	430	39	100	9	1	8	46	0		56	76	.233	.329	.314	.643		135		6	4	1	10		FTW · AA
1960	26	CHC-min	AAA	13	47	45	8	16	2	0	2	6	0		2	10	.356	.383	.533	.916		24							HSN · AA
1960	26	CHC	NL	54	104	90	5	14	1	0	0	6	1	1	14	20	.156	.269	.167	.436	24	15	3	0	0	0	5	2
1961	27	CHC-min	AAA	55	208	190	13	47	10	0	1	23	0		18	49	.247	.313	.316	.628		60							HSN · AA
1961	27	CHC	NL	25	47	35	3	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	11	11	.171	.383	.171	.554	55	6	1	1	0	0	1	2
1962	28	CHC	NL	65	122	107	8	20	5	0	0	9	0	1	14	40	.187	.287	.234	.521	40	25	2	1	0	0	1	2
1963	29	STL-min	AAA	36	103	96	6	22	4	0	1	12	0	0	7	24	.229	.282	.302	.584		29							ATA · IL
1963	29	STL	NL	3	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/2
1964	30	STL-min	AAA	14	15	13	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	.154	.267	.154	.421		2		0	0	0			JCK · IL
5 Yrs				158	304	260	20	46	7	0	2	20	1	2	40	81	.177	.290	.227	.517	42	59	7	2	0	1	8
162 Game Avg.				162	312	267	21	47	7	0	2	21	1	2	41	83	.177	.290	.227	.517	42	60	7	2	0	1	8

CHC (4 yrs)				155	299	256	20	46	7	0	2	20	1	2	40	78	.180	.294	.230	.525	44	59	7	2	0	1	8
STL (1 yr)				3	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	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
1958	24	CHC	NL	11	26	0	0	-0	0	0	0	0.1	1	1	0.1	.505	.500	0.1	0.0	1	$	/2

1960	26	CHC	NL	54	104	-11	-1	-0	3	2	-8	-0.9	4	-4	-0.5	.485	.495	-0.8	0.5	-7	$	2
1961	27	CHC	NL	25	47	-1	-0	-0	-1	1	-2	-0.2	2	-0	-0.1	.491	.499	0.0	-0.0	0	$	2
1962	28	CHC	NL	65	122	-9	-1	-0	2	2	-6	-0.7	4	-2	-0.3	.490	.496	-0.5	0.5	-4	$	2
1963	29	STL	NL	3	5	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.2	0	-1	-0.1	.451	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$	/2
5 Seasons				158	304	-22	-2	-1	4	5	-17	-1.8	10	-6	-0.9	.488	.498	-1.3	1.0	-10	$

CHC (4 yrs)				155	299	-21	-2	-1	4	5	-16	-1.7	10	-5	-0.8	.489	.497	-1.2	1.0	-9	$
STL (1 yr)				3	5	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.2	0	-1	-0.1	.451	.499	-0.1	0.0	-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
1958	24	CHC	NL	26	20	3	4.0	105	.250	.250	.269	.269	.336	.542	.420	.811	.756	109	.434	0.2	0.0	.737	.333	.292	.0

1960	26	CHC	NL	104	80	4	1.4	98	.200	.156	.261	.269	.326	.167	.400	.436	.727	24	.104	-9.2	-0.9	.363	.167	.011	.0
1961	27	CHC	NL	47	30	3	2.7	106	.250	.171	.270	.383	.337	.171	.421	.554	.757	55	.265	-1.6	-0.2	.600	.314	.000
1962	28	CHC	NL	122	90	8	2.4	107	.299	.187	.275	.287	.343	.234	.417	.521	.760	40	.233	-9.0	-0.9	.433	.168	.047
1963	29	STL	NL	5	4	0	0.0	97	.000	.000	.265	.000	.328	.000	.396	.000	.725	-100	.000	-1.1	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
5 Yrs				304	224	18	2.2	103	.247	.177	.269	.290	.335	.227	.412	.517	.747	42	.206	-20.6	-2.1	.448	.200	.050	1.3
162 Game Avg.				312	230	18	2.2	103	.247	.177	.269	.290	.335	.227	.412	.517	.747	42	.206	-20.6	-2.1	.448	.200	.050	1

CHC (4 yrs)				299	220	18	2.2	103	.249	.180	.269	.294	.335	.230	.412	.525	.747	44	.211	-19.5	-2.0	.457	.203	.051	1.3
STL (1 yr)				5	4	0	0.0	97	.000	.000	.265	.000	.328	.000	.396	.000	.725	-100	.000	-1.1	-0.1	.000	.000	.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%
1958	24	CHC	NL	26	7.7%	26.9%	3.9%	11.5%	50%	7.00	3.4	12.0	8.0	0.71	62%

1960	26	CHC	NL	104	0.0%	19.2%	13.5%	1.0%	7%	1.43	4.5		15.0	0.81	67%
1961	27	CHC	NL	47	0.0%	23.4%	23.4%	0.0%	0%	1.00	3.2		17.5	1.25	51%
1962	28	CHC	NL	122	0.0%	32.8%	11.5%	4.1%	25%	2.86	2.7		11.9	1.14	55%
1963	29	STL	NL	5	0.0%	60.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.3			0.00	20%
5 Yrs				304	0.7%	26.6%	13.2%	3.0%	20%	2.03	3.2	130.0	13.0	0.94	59%
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	24	CHC	NL	0.2	0.0	26	-0.3	0.3	-0.5	1.02	0.2	-0.4	-0.7	-0.1	0.83	1.2	1.11	2

1960	26	CHC	NL	-9.3	-1.0	106	-0.8	1.2	-2.0	1.04	-0.9	0.2	-11.3	-1.2	0.96	-10.2	2.55	4
1961	27	CHC	NL	-1.6	-0.2	47	0.2	0.8	-0.6	.98	-0.2	0.3	-0.4	-0.0	0.92	-1.5		0
1962	28	CHC	NL	-9.0	-0.9	124	-0.4	1.9	-2.3	1.03	-0.8	0.4	-8.4	-0.8	0.93	-8.4		0
1963	29	STL	NL	-1.1	-0.1	5	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.34	-0.0	-0.1	-0.3	-0.0	0.61	-0.5		0
5 Yrs				-20.7	-2.1	308	-1.3	4.2	-5.4	1.02	-1.7	0.5	-21.1	-2.1	0.93	-19.5	2.07	6

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
1958	24	CHC	NL	1	0	40%	4	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50%	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0

1960	26	CHC	NL	1	0	18%	28	1	1	50%	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	50%	3	1	1	0	0	0	3	1	2
1961	27	CHC	NL	1	0	17%	17	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	25%	7	6	1	0	0	0	1	0	1
1962	28	CHC	NL	1	0	23%	45	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	57%	2	1	1	1	1	0	4	1	3
1963	29	STL	NL	0	0		2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5 Yrs				4	0	21%	96	1	2	33%	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	4	44%	13	9	3	2	1	1	8	2	6

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	24	CHC	NL	26	27%	6			2	1	0	0	1.11	2	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0		3	1	33%	1	1	100%	12	1	8%	2	1	50%	0	0		0

1960	26	CHC	NL	104	43%	14			4	1	0	1	2.55	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		12	3	25%	6	1	17%	67	6	9%	5	2	40%	3	0	0%	0
1961	27	CHC	NL	47	64%	6			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		11	1	9%	6	1	17%	28	2	7%	3	0	0%	2	0	0%	0
1962	28	CHC	NL	122	45%	20			0	0	0	0		0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		23	2	9%	10	0	0%	78	10	13%	10	4	40%	3	1	33%	0
1963	29	STL	NL	5	80%	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				304	46%	46			6	2	0	1	2.07	2	0	7	1	1	1	1	0	0	0		49	7	14%	23	3	13%	185	19	10%	20	7	35%	8	1	13%	0
MLB Averages					50%																			74%			10%			31%			14%			49%			53%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SF	IBB
1958	24	11	26	24	4	6	1	2	3	0	0	1	7	.250	.269	.542	.811	109	13	1	0	1	1
1959	25	11	26	24	4	6	1	2	3	0	0	1	7	.250	.269	.542	.811	109	13	1	0	1	1
1960	26	65	130	114	9	20	2	2	9	1	1	15	27	.175	.269	.246	.515	43	28	4	0	1	6
1961	27	90	177	149	12	26	2	2	11	1	1	26	38	.174	.299	.228	.528	46	34	5	1	1	7
1962	28	155	299	256	20	46	7	2	20	1	2	40	78	.180	.294	.230	.525	44	59	7	2	1	8
1963	29	158	304	260	20	46	7	2	20	1	2	40	81	.177	.290	.227	.517	42	59	7	2	1	8

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
1958	24	12	28	26	5	7	1	0	2	3	0	1	7	.269	.286	.538	.824	4	11

1960	26	56	109	94	5	15	1	0	0	6	1	15	21	.160	.275	.170	.445	4	54
1961	27	26	48	36	3	6	0	0	0	2	0	11	11	.167	.375	.167	.542	2	25
1962	28	65	122	107	8	20	5	0	0	9	0	14	40	.187	.287	.234	.521	7	65
1963	29	3	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	3
5 Yrs		162	311	267	21	48	7	0	2	20	1	41	82	.180	.293	.228	.521	17	158
162 Game Avg.		162	311	267	21	48	7	0	2	20	1	41	82	.180	.293	.228	.521	17	158

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