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Kelvin Torve

Kelvin Curtis Torve

Positions: Pinch Hitter and First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: January 10, 1960 in Rapid City, SD
School: Oral Roberts University (Tulsa, OK)
Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 2nd round of the 1981 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 25, 1988
Teams (by GP): Mets/Twins 1988-1991

Final Game: July 24, 1991
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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
1981	21	SFG-min	A	57	234	211	27	55	10	0	1	27	7	4	21	26	.261	.325	.322	.647		68		0	0	2	2		CLI · MIDW
1982	22	SFG-min	AA	127	506	449	66	137	29	7	15	84	9	1	43	47	.305	.362	.501	.863		225		2	3	9	11		SHV · TL
1983	23	SFG-min	AAA	115	438	392	58	102	21	5	4	54	6	4	34	33	.260	.316	.370	.686		145		1	4	7	2		PHX · PCL
1984	24	SFG-min	AA	114	367	316	59	94	21	5	16	62	2	0	43	42	.297	.379	.547	.926		173		2	0	6	3		SHV · TL
1985	25	BAL-min	AA	134	570	482	85	140	34	1	15	77	5	2	75	53	.290	.383	.459	.842		221		2	4	7	9		CHR · SOUL
1986	26	BAL-min	AAA	109	397	356	39	86	16	1	4	41	5	2	37	43	.242	.310	.326	.636		116		0	0	4	0		ROC · IL
1987	27	BAL-min	AAA	86	296	252	27	66	10	0	9	32	10	1	38	36	.262	.357	.409	.766		103		0	5	1	6		ROC · IL
1988	28	MIN-min	AAA	103	429	385	58	116	28	2	9	47	5	1	40	36	.301	.368	.455	.822		175		1	2	1	3		POR · PCL
1988	28	MIN	AL	12	17	16	1	3	0	0	1	2	0	1	1	2	.188	.235	.375	.610	67	6	0	0	0	0	0	/3D

1989	29	MIN-min	AAA	137	563	499	62	145	41	2	8	62	10	7	52	59	.291	.359	.429	.788		214		4	3	5	7		POR · PCL
1990	30	NYM-min	AAA	115	469	402	62	122	25	1	11	76	9	2	56	43	.303	.392	.453	.845		182		6	0	5	6		TID · IL
1990	30	NYM	NL	20	44	38	0	11	4	0	0	2	0	0	4	9	.289	.386	.395	.781	116	15	1	2	0	0	0	/37
1991	31	NYM-min	AAA	103	406	336	57	92	20	2	9	49	4	4	62	58	.274	.383	.426	.808		143	14	1	1	6	2		TID · IL
1991	31	NYM	NL	10	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1	0	0	0	0	/3
1992	32	ORX	Fgn																										ORX · JPPL
1993	33	ORX	Fgn																										ORX · JPPL
3 Yrs				42	69	62	1	14	4	0	1	4	0	1	5	12	.226	.304	.339	.643	78	21	2	2	0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	266	239	4	54	15	0	4	15	0	4	19	46	.226	.304	.339	.643	78	81	8	8	0	0	0

NYM (2 yrs)				30	52	46	0	11	4	0	0	2	0	0	4	10	.239	.327	.326	.653	82	15	2	2	0	0	0
MIN (1 yr)				12	17	16	1	3	0	0	1	2	0	1	1	2	.188	.235	.375	.610	67	6	0	0	0	0	0

NL (2 yrs)				30	52	46	0	11	4	0	0	2	0	0	4	10	.239	.327	.326	.653	82	15	2	2	0	0	0
AL (1 yr)				12	17	16	1	3	0	0	1	2	0	1	1	2	.188	.235	.375	.610	67	6	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
1988	28	MIN	AL	12	17	-1	-1	0	-0	-0	-2	-0.2	0	-1	-0.1	.483	.499	-0.1	-0.0	-1	$	/3D

1990	30	NYM	NL	20	44	1	0	-0	-1	-0	-1	-0.1	1	1	0.1	.497	.500	0.1	-0.1	1	$	/37
1991	31	NYM	NL	10	8	-2	0	-0	0	0	-2	-0.2	0	-2	-0.2	.477	.499	-0.2	0.0	-2	$	/3
3 Seasons				42	69	-2	-1	-0	-1	-1	-4	-0.5	2	-3	-0.2	.488	.499	-0.2	-0.1	-2	$

NYM (2 yrs)				30	52	-1	0	-0	-1	-0	-3	-0.3	1	-1	-0.1	.490	.499	-0.1	-0.1	-0	$
MIN (1 yr)				12	17	-1	-1	0	-0	-0	-2	-0.2	0	-1	-0.1	.483	.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
1988	28	MIN	AL	17	14	1	1.9	96	.154	.188	.262	.235	.327	.375	.394	.610	.721	67	.178	-0.9	-0.1	.429	.188	.188	.0

1990	30	NYM	NL	44	28	6	5.8	98	.379	.289	.264	.386	.331	.395	.397	.781	.728	116	.620	1.2	0.1	.750	.211	.105
1991	31	NYM	NL	8	9	0	0.0	93	.000	.000	.256	.000	.324	.000	.384	.000	.708	-100	.000	-2.1	-0.2	.000	.000	.000
3 Yrs				69	51	7	3.7	97	.265	.226	.263	.304	.329	.339	.395	.643	.724	78	.421	-1.7	-0.2	.529	.177	.113	.0
162 Game Avg.				266	197	27	3.7	97	.265	.226	.263	.304	.329	.339	.395	.643	.724	78	.421	-1.7	-0.2	.529	.177	.113

NYM (2 yrs)				52	37	6	4.4	97	.306	.239	.263	.327	.330	.326	.395	.653	.724	82	.498	-0.9	-0.1	.568	.174	.087
MIN (1 yr)				17	14	1	1.9	96	.154	.188	.262	.235	.327	.375	.394	.610	.721	67	.178	-0.9	-0.1	.429	.188	.188	.0

NL (2 yrs)				52	37	6	4.4	97	.306	.239	.263	.327	.330	.326	.395	.653	.724	82	.498	-0.9	-0.1	.568	.174	.087
AL (1 yr)				17	14	1	1.9	96	.154	.188	.262	.235	.327	.375	.394	.610	.721	67	.178	-0.9	-0.1	.429	.188	.188	.0

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
1988	28	MIN	AL	17	5.9%	11.8%	5.9%	5.9%	33%	2.00	8.0	16.0	8.0	1.80	2.67	76%	14%	33.3%	40%

1990	30	NYM	NL	44	0.0%	20.5%	9.1%	9.1%	36%	2.25	4.2		19.0	0.81	1.50	66%	31%	0.0%	19%
1991	31	NYM	NL	8	0.0%	12.5%	0.0%	0.0%			8.0					88%	0%
3 Yrs				69	1.5%	17.4%	7.3%	7.3%	36%	2.40	5.2	62.0	15.5	1.38	2.55	71%	22%	6.3%	24%
MLB Averages					2.0%	14.9%	8.5%	6.6%	29%	1.75	6.0	44.1	8.6	0.80	1.05	73%	20%	6.5%	24%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1988	28	MIN	AL	-0.9	-0.1	19	-0.4	0.2	-0.7	1.42	-0.3	-0.0	-4.3	-0.4	1.22	-0.9	2.81	6

1990	30	NYM	NL	1.2	0.1	44	0.2	0.8	-0.7	1.11	-0.1	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.90	-0.7	1.79	9
1991	31	NYM	NL	-2.1	-0.2	8	-0.3	0.0	-0.3	1.82	-0.2	0.0	-2.8	-0.3	1.10	-2.4	1.82	8
3 Yrs				-1.8	-0.2	71	-0.6	1.0	-1.7	1.27	-0.6	0.1	-6.8	-0.7	1.01	-4.0	2.07	23

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
1988	28	MIN	AL	0	0	0%	5	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1990	30	NYM	NL	0	0	0%	21	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
1991	31	NYM	NL	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3 Yrs				0	0	0%	26	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0%	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0

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
1988	28	MIN	AL	17	100%	3	0	0	6	1	0	1	2.81	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		18	1	6%	2	1	50%	0	0		0

1990	30	NYM	NL	44	91%	11	2	0	9	3	0	1	1.79	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		6	1	17%	2	0	0%	22	2	9%	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	0
1991	31	NYM	NL	8	100%	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	1.82	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	1	50%	1	0	0%	7	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
3 Yrs				69	94%	14	2	0	23	4	0	2	2.07	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		9	2	22%	3	0	0%	47	3	6%	4	2	50%	1	0	0%	0
MLB Averages					60%																			72%			10%			35%			14%			52%			56%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru
1988	28	MIN	AL	17	59	3.47	40	68%	20%	23%	23%	35%	80%	0%	54%	72%	29%	0%	0	0	12%	2	1	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0

1990	30	NYM	NL	43	154	3.58	92	60%	24%	13%	32%	32%	76%	0%	45%	83%	42%	0%	0	0	12%	5	5	5%	2	1	50%	1	0	0
1991	31	NYM	NL	8	37	4.63	22	59%	23%	5%	41%	32%	77%	0%	46%	94%	25%	13%	1	0	38%	3	2	25%	2	2	0%	0	0	0
3 Yrs				68	250	3.68	154	62%	23%	14%	31%	32%	77%	0%	48%	82%	37%	1%	1	0	15%	10	8	6%	4	3	36%	1	0	0
MLB Averages						3.62		62%	25%	14%	27%	34%	75%	2%	46%	81%	32%	6%			16%			9%			26%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP
1988	28	12	17	16	1	3	0	1	2	1	1	2	.188	.235	.375	.610	67	6	0	0
1989	29	12	17	16	1	3	0	1	2	1	1	2	.188	.235	.375	.610	67	6	0	0
1990	30	32	61	54	1	14	4	1	4	1	5	11	.259	.344	.389	.733	103	21	1	2
1991	31	42	69	62	1	14	4	1	4	1	5	12	.226	.304	.339	.643	78	21	2	2

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
1988	28	12	16	15	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	1	2	.133	.188	.333	.521	1	12

1990	30	20	45	39	0	12	4	0	0	2	0	4	9	.308	.400	.410	.810	6	20
1991	31	10	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	10
3 Yrs		42	69	62	1	14	4	0	1	3	0	5	12	.226	.304	.339	.643	7	42
162 Game Avg.		162	266	239	4	54	15	0	4	12	0	19	46	.226	.304	.339	.643	27	42

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