Bob Thorpe

Benjamin Robert Thorpe

Position: Rightfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: November 19, 1926 in Caryville, FL (All Transactions)
Debut: April 19, 1951
Team: Braves 1951-1953

Final Game: September 27, 1953
Died: October 30, 1996 in Waveland, MS
Buried: Gulf Pines Memorial Park, Englewood, FL
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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
1946	19	GAI,WPB	D,C	39	125	125		26	3	1	3						.208	.208	.320	.528		40							GAI,WPB · FLOR,FLIN
1947	20	GAI	D	135	552	552		153	20	13	10						.277	.277	.415	.692		229							GAI · FLOR
1948	21	PSC	B	136	565	565		175	16	14	16						.310	.310	.473	.782		267							PSC · SEAL
1949	22	PSC	B	135	546	546		150	36	6	15						.275	.275	.445	.720		243							PSC · SEAL
1950	23	ATL-min	AA	145	602	602		195	33	8	5						.324	.324	.430	.754		259							ATA · SOUA
1951	24	ATL-min	AAA	139	626	578	108	173	29	8	10	77	9		34	75	.299	.340	.429	.769		248	11	2	12				MLW · AA
1951	24	BSN	NL	2	2	2	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.500	2.000	433	3	0	0	0
1952	25	BSN	NL	81	302	292	20	76	8	2	3	26	3	1	5	42	.260	.275	.332	.607	70	97	7	1	4			O97
1953	26	MLN	NL	27	39	37	1	6	1	0	0	5	0	1	1	6	.162	.184	.189	.373	0	7	0	0	1			O7/9
1954	27	ATL-min	AAA	124	472	445	58	129	35	5	17	65	2		23	86	.290	.327	.506	.833		225	11	2	1	1			TOL · AA
1955	28	ATL-min	AA	146	572	572		158	25	8	21						.276	.276	.458	.734		262							ATA · SOUA
1956	29	ATL-min	AA,AAA	115	433	431	4	129	24	4	22	9	0		0	10	.299	.300	.527	.827		227	0	1	0	1			ATA,WCH · SOUA,AA
1957	30	STL-DET-min	AAA	120	478	453	51	128	26	9	18	77	1		15	78	.283	.307	.499	.805		226		2	5	3	3		OMA,CHL · AA
1958	31	DET-STL-min	AA	138	545	539	8	167	23	4	23	3	0	0	6	4	.310	.317	.495	.813		267		0	0	0			BIR,HSN · SOUA,TL
1959	32	PIT-min	AAA	130	515	489	57	137	21	5	15	80	1		21	68	.280	.310	.436	.746		213		1	2	2	7		DEN,CLB · AA,IL
1960	33	LRK	AA	150	621	587	78	170	37	6	13	94	5		34	74	.290	.329	.440	.768		258							LRK · SOUA
1961	34	BAL-min	AA	136	541	502	69	148	36	0	7	77	1		39	61	.295	.346	.408	.754		205							LRK · SOUA
3 Yrs				110	343	331	22	83	9	3	3	32	3	2	6	48	.251	.266	.323	.590	64	107	7	1	5
162 Game Avg.				162	505	487	32	122	13	4	4	47	4	3	9	71	.251	.266	.323	.590	64	158	10	1	7

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
1951	24	BSN	NL	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.540	.500	0.1	0.0	1	$
1952	25	BSN	NL	81	302	-12	0	-0	0	-4	-16	-1.8	10	-6	-0.7	.479	.489	-0.7	-0.4	-6	$	O97
1953	26	MLN	NL	27	39	-6	-0	0	-0	-1	-7	-0.7	1	-6	-0.6	.474	.496	-0.5	-0.1	-5	$	O7/9
3 Seasons				110	343	-17	-0	0	-0	-4	-22	-2.4	12	-10	-1.2	.479	.495	-1.1	-0.5	-10	$

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
1951	24	BSN	NL	2	1	2	53.8	97	.500	.500	.259	.500	.332	1.500	.392	2.000	.724	433	.989	0.8	0.1	3.000	1.000	1.000
1952	25	BSN	NL	302	228	27	3.2	95	.296	.260	.258	.275	.330	.332	.384	.607	.714	70	.379	-13.1	-1.4	.469	.096	.072	3.0
1953	26	MLN	NL	39	33	1	0.8	105	.194	.162	.267	.184	.337	.189	.416	.373	.753	0	.036	-5.3	-0.5	.219	.027	.027
3 Yrs				343	262	30	3.1	96	.286	.251	.259	.266	.331	.323	.388	.590	.719	64	.356	-17.7	-1.8	.447	.094	.073	3.0
162 Game Avg.				505	386	44	3.1	96	.286	.251	.259	.266	.331	.323	.388	.590	.719	64	.356	-17.7	-1.8	.447	.094	.073	4

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1951	24	BSN	NL	2	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	50.0%	100%				2.0	0.00	100%
1952	25	BSN	NL	302	1.0%	13.9%	1.7%	4.3%	17%	8.40	7.0	97.3	11.2	1.23	82%
1953	26	MLN	NL	39	0.0%	15.4%	2.6%	2.6%	17%	6.00	6.2		7.4	1.11	79%
3 Yrs				343	0.9%	14.0%	1.8%	4.4%	18%	8.00	6.9	110.3	10.3	1.20	82%
MLB Averages					2.0%	10.5%	9.3%	6.4%	28%	1.12	8.5	45.1	8.2	0.97	76%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1951	24	BSN	NL	0.8	0.1	2	0.2	0.3	-0.0	2.12	0.1	0.0	0.8	0.1	0.86	0.7	2.12	2
1952	25	BSN	NL	-13.1	-1.4	294	-0.7	4.4	-5.1	.96	-1.1	0.4	-13.0	-1.4	0.94	-9.6	1.71	8
1953	26	MLN	NL	-5.3	-0.5	29	-0.2	0.3	-0.5	.87	-0.3	0.0	-3.6	-0.4	0.93	-4.9	1.34	8
3 Yrs				-17.7	-1.8	325	-0.7	5.0	-5.6	.96	-1.3	0.6	-15.8	-1.7	0.94	-13.8	1.59	18

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	PO	OOB	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1951	24	BSN	NL	0	100%	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1952	25	BSN	NL	2	22%	119	3	1	75%	3	1	1	4	35%	13	13	2	1	1	8	1	7
1953	26	MLN	NL	0	14%	8	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	50%	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1
3 Yrs				2	22%	127	3	2	60%	3	2	1	4	36%	14	14	2	1	1	9	1	8

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
1951	24	BSN	NL	2	50%	1			2	1	0	1	2.12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		2	1	50%	1	1	100%	0	0		0
1952	25	BSN	NL	302	46%	76			8	3	0	2	1.71	3	0	6	2	1	1	2	0	4	4	100%	51	7	14%	40	12	30%	167	24	14%	10	3	30%	13	5	38%	0
1953	26	MLN	NL	39	43%	6			8	1	0	1	1.34	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		5	0	0%	1	1	100%	21	4	19%	2	2	100%	0	0		0
3 Yrs				343	46%	83			18	5	0	4	1.59	3	0	7	2	1	1	2	0	4	5	125%	56	7	13%	41	13	32%	190	29	15%	13	6	46%	13	5	38%	0
MLB Averages					50%																			88%			12%			32%			15%			51%			55%

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
1951	24	2	2	2	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.500	2.000	433	3	0	0	0
1952	25	83	304	294	21	77	8	3	3	27	3	1	5	42	.262	.277	.340	.617	72	100	7	1	4
1953	26	110	343	331	22	83	9	3	3	32	3	2	6	48	.251	.266	.323	.590	64	107	7	1	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
1951	24	2	2	2	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.500	2.000	2	2
1952	25	85	321	310	23	84	9	2	3	30	3	6	44	.271	.287	.342	.629	30	81
1953	26	28	39	37	1	5	1	0	0	4	0	1	6	.135	.158	.162	.320	1	27
3 Yrs		115	362	349	25	90	10	3	3	35	3	7	50	.258	.275	.330	.604	33	110
162 Game Avg.		162	510	492	35	127	14	4	4	49	4	10	70	.258	.275	.330	.604	46	110

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