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Ron Theobald

Ronald Merrill Theobald

Position: Second Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 8", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: July 28, 1943 in Oakland, CA
High School: Ells HS (Richmond, CA)
School: University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ)
Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent in 1964. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 12, 1971
Team: Brewers 1971-1972

Final Game: October 4, 1972
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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
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 Yrs 251 926 779 95 193 23 2 2 42 11 15 106 77 .248 .342 .290 .632 87 226 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 87 146 10 5 18 3 1

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 Awards
1971 27 MIL AL 126 452 -4 2 2 9 3 12 1.3 15 27 2.8 .511 .509 1.8 1.4 18 $ *4/56
1972 28 MIL AL 125 474 -6 -1 -0 3 3 -1 -0.2 16 14 1.3 .499 .499 1.0 0.7 11 $18,000 *4
2 Seasons 251 926 -10 2 1 12 6 11 1.1 30 41 4.1 .505 .504 2.8 2.1 29 $18,000

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
1971 27 MIL AL 452 316 46 3.9 91 .301 .276 .253 .342 .324 .325 .375 .667 .700 92 .487 -3.0 -0.3 .580 .155 .049 1.8
1972 28 MIL AL 474 333 37 3.0 81 .241 .220 .243 .342 .312 .256 .351 .598 .663 83 .412 -4.4 -0.5 .514 .192 .036 .0
2 Yrs 926 649 83 3.4 86 .271 .248 .248 .342 .318 .290 .363 .632 .681 87 .452 -7.3 -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 87 .452 -7.3 -0.8 .545 .173 .042 2

Ratio Batting*

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 Yrs 926 0.2% 8.3% 11.5% 2.9% 14% 0.73 10.1 389.5 18.5 1.85 76%
MLB Averages 1.9% 14.5% 8.5% 5.8% 26% 1.72 6.1 47.3 9.5 1.11 73%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1971 27 MIL AL -3.0 -0.3 482 -0.4 7.2 -7.6 1.04 -0.2 -0.2 -0.7 -0.1 0.93 -2.5 1.06 12
1972 28 MIL AL -4.4 -0.5 485 -2.0 5.5 -7.5 .92 -0.8 -1.4 -11.4 -1.3 0.92 -6.5 1.32 13
2 Yrs -7.3 -0.8 967 -2.4 12.7 -15.1 .98 -0.9 -1.5 -12.1 -1.4 0.92 -9.0 1.19 25

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% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1971 27 MIL AL 3 0 33% 197 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 Yrs 6 0 31% 415 11 15 42% 11 12 0 3 0 0 2 0 6 32 57% 61 33 28 12 4 8 29 7 22

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
1971 27 MIL AL 452 35% 107 12 5 0 0 1.06 1 0 8 0 1 0 1 0 21 19 90% 76 4 5% 53 29 55% 240 22 9% 17 9 53% 24 17 71% 0
1972 28 MIL AL 474 33% 86 13 3 0 0 1.32 1 0 5 0 1 0 1 0 9 9 100% 61 11 18% 32 15 47% 207 19 9% 16 8 50% 11 7 64% 0
2 Yrs 926 34% 193 25 8 0 0 1.19 2 0 13 0 2 0 2 0 30 28 93% 137 15 11% 85 44 52% 447 41 9% 33 17 52% 35 24 69% 0
MLB Averages 55% 73% 11% 31% 13% 47% 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
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 87 226 15 8 28 5 2

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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
1971 27 127 469 401 59 118 13 2 1 27 12 42 39 .294 .362 .344 .706 50 126
1972 28 131 525 425 62 106 14 0 1 26 0 84 40 .249 .380 .289 .669 46 125
2 Yrs 258 994 826 121 224 27 2 2 53 12 126 79 .271 .372 .316 .688 96 251
162 Game Avg. 162 624 519 76 141 17 1 1 33 8 79 50 .271 .372 .316 .688 60 251

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

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

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 2 (2156), Average HOFer ≈ 144

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