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Bob Thurman

Robert Burns Thurman

Positions: Pinch Hitter and Leftfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: May 14, 1917 in Kellyville, OK
High School: North HS (Wichita, KS)
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1949. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 14, 1955
Team: Redlegs 1955-1959

Final Game: April 21, 1959
Died: October 31, 1998 in Wichita, KS
Buried: Old Mission Cemetery, Wichita, KS
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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
1949	32	NYY-min	AAA	59	245	221	37	70	11	2	6	33	4		24	35	.317	.384	.466	.850		103		0	0				NWK · IL
1950	33	CHC-min	AAA	145	547	465	68	125	26	7	12	78	5		77	43	.269	.376	.432	.808		201		3	2				SPF · IL
1951	34	NYY-min	AAA	104	409	379	63	104	12	10	13	63	11		25	43	.274	.323	.462	.784		175		2	3				SFR · PCL
1952	35	SFR	Opn	116	433	393	60	110	19	4	9	52	9		39	47	.280	.345	.417	.762		164		0	1				SFR · PCL
1955	38	CIN	NL	82	170	152	19	33	2	3	7	22	0	2	17	26	.217	.296	.408	.704	81	62	6	0	1	0	2	7
1956	39	CIN	NL	80	152	139	25	41	5	2	8	22	0	0	10	14	.295	.340	.532	.872	126	74	3	0	0	1	2	9/7
1957	40	CIN-min	Opn	28	116	104	17	30	2	0	8	13	0		12	28	.288	.362	.538	.901		56	1	0	0	0			SLE · PCL
1957	40	CIN	NL	74	206	190	38	47	4	2	16	40	0	0	15	33	.247	.306	.542	.848	117	103	3	1	0	0	0	79
1958	41	CIN	NL	94	203	178	23	41	7	4	4	20	1	2	20	38	.230	.320	.382	.702	81	68	5	4	0	1	1	7/9
1959	42	STL-CIN-min	AAA	104	337	306	30	75	11	3	6	35	2	1	25	51	.245	.301	.359	.661		110		1	2	3	1		OMA,SLE · AA,PCL
1959	42	CIN	NL	4	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	32	1	0	0	0	0	0
1960	43	MIN-CIN-min	AAA	108	358	326	38	88	19	4	11	45	1	0	32	58	.270	.335	.454	.789		148							CHL,SLE · AA,PCL
1961	44	MIN-min	A	21	76	75	13	20	2	0	4	16	0		1	9	.267	.276	.453	.730		34							CHR · SALL
5 Yrs				334	735	663	106	163	18	11	35	106	1	4	62	112	.246	.314	.465	.779	100	308	17	5	1	2	5
162 Game Avg.				162	356	322	51	79	9	5	17	51	0	2	30	54	.246	.314	.465	.779	100	149	8	2	0	1	2

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
1955	38	CIN	NL	82	170	-4	-2	-0	-0	-1	-9	-1.0	6	-3	-0.4	.489	.494	-0.3	-0.3	-3	$	7
1956	39	CIN	NL	80	152	4	-1	1	-1	-1	1	0.0	5	6	0.5	.501	.501	0.7	-0.4	7	$	9/7
1957	40	CIN	NL	74	206	5	0	2	-3	-2	2	0.2	7	9	0.9	.503	.502	1.2	-0.6	12	$	79
1958	41	CIN	NL	94	203	-3	-1	-0	1	-2	-5	-0.5	7	2	0.2	.495	.497	0.1	-0.1	1	$	7/9
1959	42	CIN	NL	4	4	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.489	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$
5 Seasons				334	735	2	-5	2	-3	-7	-11	-1.4	25	14	1.2	.497	.499	1.7	-1.3	17	$

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
1955	38	CIN	NL	170	128	16	3.3	110	.218	.217	.271	.296	.343	.408	.430	.704	.773	81	.350	-5.3	-0.5	.606	.289	.191	.0
1956	39	CIN	NL	152	102	25	6.6	107	.280	.295	.270	.340	.338	.532	.426	.872	.764	126	.668	4.5	0.4	.832	.309	.237	.0
1957	40	CIN	NL	206	146	31	5.8	108	.220	.247	.276	.306	.340	.542	.427	.848	.766	117	.598	3.0	0.3	.815	.374	.295	.0
1958	41	CIN	NL	203	145	21	3.9	111	.270	.230	.277	.320	.346	.382	.432	.702	.778	81	.418	-5.3	-0.5	.632	.258	.152	1.6
1959	42	CIN	NL	4	3	0	0.0	108	.333	.250	.274	.250	.340	.250	.424	.500	.764	32	.000	-0.4	-0.0	.333	.000	.000
5 Yrs				735	524	93	4.8	109	.247	.246	.274	.314	.342	.465	.429	.779	.770	100	.515	-3.5	-0.3	.714	.308	.219	1.9
162 Game Avg.				356	254	45	4.8	109	.247	.246	.274	.314	.342	.465	.429	.779	.770	100	.515	-3.5	-0.3	.714	.308	.219	1

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1955	38	CIN	NL	170	4.1%	15.3%	10.0%	7.1%	36%	1.53	5.8	21.7	6.9	1.48	70%
1956	39	CIN	NL	152	5.3%	9.2%	6.6%	9.9%	37%	1.40	9.9	17.4	6.3	1.12	78%
1957	40	CIN	NL	206	7.8%	16.0%	7.3%	10.7%	47%	2.20	5.8	11.9	4.8	1.29	68%
1958	41	CIN	NL	203	2.0%	18.7%	9.9%	7.4%	37%	1.90	4.7	44.5	8.9	1.04	67%
1959	42	CIN	NL	4	0.0%	25.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		4.0		2.0		75%
5 Yrs				735	4.8%	15.2%	8.4%	8.7%	39%	1.81	5.9	18.9	6.3	1.24	70%
MLB Averages					2.4%	12.5%	9.0%	6.6%	29%	1.39	7.1	37.5	8.3	1.00	74%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1955	38	CIN	NL	-5.3	-0.5	174	0.3	3.9	-3.6	1.23	-0.2	0.4	-1.8	-0.2	1.00	-2.3	1.66	44
1956	39	CIN	NL	4.3	0.4	153	-0.5	2.8	-3.2	1.22	0.5	-0.9	3.6	0.3	0.99	8.2	1.60	48
1957	40	CIN	NL	3.0	0.3	206	2.7	6.1	-3.4	1.13	1.1	1.3	11.7	1.1	1.04	10.7	1.72	34
1958	41	CIN	NL	-5.3	-0.5	207	0.2	4.7	-4.6	1.33	0.1	0.0	-0.7	-0.1	0.98	0.8	1.73	48
1959	42	CIN	NL	-0.4	-0.0	4	0.2	0.2	-0.0	.87	-0.0	0.2	0.6	0.1	0.80	0.0	0.87	4
5 Yrs				-3.7	-0.4	744	2.9	17.7	-14.8	1.23	1.5	0.8	13.4	1.3	1.00	17.4	1.66	178

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1955	38	CIN	NL	2	28%	39	0	2	0%	0	2	5	3	13%	8	8	0	3	3	0	4	1	2
1956	39	CIN	NL	1	40%	54	0	0		0	0	3	4	31%	11	8	2	2	1	1	3	1	2
1957	40	CIN	NL	3	47%	58	0	0		0	0	1	3	48%	9	6	3	2	1	1	10	4	6
1958	41	CIN	NL	5	31%	73	1	2	33%	1	2	1	2	39%	11	7	4	4	2	1	3	1	2
1959	42	CIN	NL	0	100%	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5 Yrs				11	36%	226	1	4	20%	1	4	10	12	34%	40	30	9	11	7	3	20	7	12

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
1955	38	CIN	NL	170	91%	33			44	9	2	5	1.66	7	1	2	6	1	6	1	0	1	1	100%	51	6	12%	18	2	11%	132	17	13%	8	4	50%	8	3	38%	0
1956	39	CIN	NL	152	84%	41			48	9	0	3	1.60	8	0	6	7	1	6	2	0	0	0		37	3	8%	12	5	42%	107	14	13%	6	4	67%	4	3	75%	0
1957	40	CIN	NL	206	91%	47			34	9	4	5	1.72	16	1	11	16	0	12	4	0	0	0		62	3	5%	27	9	33%	161	26	16%	11	4	36%	4	3	75%	0
1958	41	CIN	NL	203	84%	41			48	11	0	6	1.73	4	0	7	4	0	4	0	0	0	0		49	5	10%	24	5	21%	136	20	15%	9	3	33%	8	5	63%	0
1959	42	CIN	NL	4	75%	1			4	1	0	1	0.87	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		2	2	100%	1	1	100%	0	0		0
5 Yrs				735	88%	163			178	39	6	20	1.66	35	2	26	33	2	28	7	0	1	1	100%	199	17	9%	81	21	26%	538	79	15%	35	16	46%	24	14	58%	0
MLB Averages					48%																			77%			11%			31%			14%			50%			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
1955	38	82	170	152	19	33	2	3	7	22	0	2	17	26	.217	.296	.408	.704	81	62	6	0	1	0	2
1956	39	162	322	291	44	74	7	5	15	44	0	2	27	40	.254	.317	.467	.784	102	136	9	0	1	1	4
1957	40	236	528	481	82	121	11	7	31	84	0	2	42	73	.252	.312	.497	.809	108	239	12	1	1	1	4
1958	41	330	731	659	105	162	18	11	35	104	1	4	62	111	.246	.315	.466	.780	101	307	17	5	1	2	5
1959	42	334	735	663	106	163	18	11	35	106	1	4	62	112	.246	.314	.465	.779	100	308	17	5	1	2	5

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1955	38	86	176	158	19	33	2	3	7	21	0	17	27	.209	.286	.392	.678	18	82
1956	39	84	156	145	26	43	5	2	8	23	0	10	15	.297	.340	.524	.864	26	80
1957	40	77	213	197	38	48	4	2	16	40	0	15	34	.244	.300	.528	.828	31	74
1958	41	99	211	186	23	42	7	4	4	20	1	20	40	.226	.313	.371	.684	21	94
1959	42	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	4
5 Yrs		350	760	690	106	166	18	11	35	104	1	62	117	.241	.307	.451	.758	96	334
162 Game Avg.		162	352	319	49	77	8	5	16	48	0	29	54	.241	.307	.451	.758	44	334

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Oldest s c a p y 1955 NL born 1917-05-14 (8th) 1956 NL born 1917-05-14 (8th) 1957 NL born 1917-05-14 (5th) 1958 NL born 1917-05-14 (3rd) 1959 NL born 1917-05-14 (3rd)

Oldest s c a p y
1955 NL  born 1917-05-14 (8th)
1956 NL  born 1917-05-14 (8th)
1957 NL  born 1917-05-14 (5th)
1958 NL  born 1917-05-14 (3rd)
1959 NL  born 1917-05-14 (3rd)

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