Ron Theobald
Ronald Merrill Theobald
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 8" , Weight: 165 lb.

Born: July 28, 1943 in Oakland, CA
High School: Harry Ellis (Richmond, CA)
School: University of Arizona
Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent in 1964. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 12, 1971
Final Game: October 4, 1972
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Standard Batting

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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
1971 27 MIL AL 126 452 388 50 107 12 2 1 23 11 8 38 39 .276 .342 .325 .667 92 126 4 3 19 4 0 *4/56
1972 28 MIL AL 125 474 391 45 86 11 0 1 19 0 7 68 38 .220 .342 .256 .598 83 100 11 5 9 1 2 *4
2 Seasons 251 926 779 95 193 23 2 2 42 11 15 106 77 .248 .342 .290 .632 88 226 15 8 28 5 2
162 Game Avg. 162 598 503 61 125 15 1 1 27 7 10 68 50 .248 .342 .290 .632 88 146 10 5 18 3 1

Advanced Batting

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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
1971 27 MIL AL 452 316 46 3.9 91 .301 .276 .253 .342 .324 .325 .375 .667 .700 92 .487 -2.9 -0.3 .580 .155 .049 1.8
1972 28 MIL AL 474 333 37 3.0 81 .241 .220 .243 .342 .311 .256 .351 .598 .662 83 .412 -4.3 -0.5 .514 .192 .036 .0
2 Seasons 926 649 83 3.4 86 .271 .248 .248 .342 .318 .290 .363 .632 .681 88 .452 -7.2 -0.8 .545 .173 .042 3.4
162 Game Avg. 598 419 54 3.4 86 .271 .248 .248 .342 .318 .290 .363 .632 .681 88 .452 -7.2 -0.8 .545 .173 .042 2

Ratio Batting*

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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
1971 27 MIL AL 452 0.2% 8.6% 8.4% 3.3% 14% 1.03 9.9 388.0 16.9 1.83 78%
1972 28 MIL AL 474 0.2% 8.0% 14.4% 2.5% 14% 0.56 10.3 391.0 20.6 1.87 74%
2 Seasons 926 0.2% 8.3% 11.5% 2.9% 14% 0.73 10.1 389.5 18.5 1.85 76%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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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
1971 27 MIL AL 3 0 33% 196 11 8 58% 11 6 0 2 0 0 2 0 4 23 56% 33 16 17 6 3 3 15 5 10
1972 28 MIL AL 3 0 28% 218 0 7 0% 0 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 9 58% 28 17 11 6 1 5 14 2 12
2 Seasons 6 0 31% 414 11 15 42% 11 12 0 3 0 0 2 0 6 32 57% 61 33 28 12 4 8 29 7 22
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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
1971 27 MIL AL 452 35% 107 12 5 0 0 1.20 1 0 8 0 1 0 1 0 21 19 90% 76 4 5% 53 29 55% 240 22 9% 17 9 53% 35 17 49% 0
1972 28 MIL AL 474 33% 86 13 3 0 0 1.49 1 0 5 0 1 0 1 0 9 9 100% 61 11 18% 32 15 47% 207 19 9% 16 8 50% 23 12 52% 0
2 Seasons 926 34% 193 25 8 0 0 1.35 2 0 13 0 2 0 2 0 30 28 93% 137 15 11% 85 44 52% 447 41 9% 33 17 52% 58 29 50% 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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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
1971 27 126 452 388 50 107 12 2 1 23 11 8 38 39 .276 .342 .325 .667 92 126 4 3 19 4 0
1972 28 251 926 779 95 193 23 2 2 42 11 15 106 77 .248 .342 .290 .632 88 226 15 8 28 5 2

Neutralized Batting

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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
1971 27 127 458 407 59 124 14 2 1 27 13 44 39 .305 .373 .356 .730 54 126
1972 28 131 528 431 61 112 14 0 1 26 0 89 40 .260 .394 .299 .693 50 125
2 Seasons 258 986 838 120 236 28 2 2 53 13 133 79 .282 .384 .327 .711 104 251
162 Game Avg. 162 619 526 75 148 18 1 1 33 8 84 50 .282 .384 .327 .711 65 251

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1972 AL--68--10th

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1971 AL--19--1st

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkBatting - 2 (2000), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 3 (3165), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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