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Dick Tracewski

Richard Joseph Tracewski

Positions: Shortstop, Second Baseman and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 160 lb.

Born: February 3, 1935 in Eynon, PA
Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1953. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 12, 1962
Teams (by GP): Tigers/Dodgers 1962-1969

Final Game: September 27, 1969
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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
1953	18	LAD-min	D	50	193	193		46	3	3	0						.238	.238	.285	.523		55							SHB · WISL
1954	19	LAD-min	D,C	115	426	426		113	9	7	3						.265	.265	.340	.606		145							THV,BAK,HRN · GAFL,CALL,PONY
1955	20	LAD-min	B	117	443	443		111	15	7	0						.251	.251	.316	.567		140							AVL · TRIS
1956	21	LAD-min	B,AA	121	436	406	30	101	14	5	2	20	6	2	28	35	.249	.297	.323	.620		131		0	2	0			CDR,FTW · IIIL,TL
1957	22	LAD-min	A	151	570	570		170	26	14	4						.298	.298	.414	.712		236							PBO · WL
1960	25	LAD-min	AA	150	618	532	107	153	22	8	2	58	9		86	58	.288	.387	.370	.757		197							ATA · SOUA
1961	26	LAD-min	AAA	149	661	582	91	152	13	7	1	42	16		79	71	.261	.349	.313	.662		182							OMA · AA
1962	27	LAD-min	AAA	121	517	467	62	114	25	2	3	28	10	10	39	60	.244	.303	.325	.629		152		2	6	3			SPO · PCL
1962	27	LAD	NL	15	4	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	52	0	0	0	0	0	0	/6
1963	28	LAD	NL	104	240	217	23	49	2	1	1	10	2	3	19	39	.226	.287	.258	.545	64	56	3	0	3	1	1	64
1964	29	LAD	NL	106	342	304	31	75	13	4	1	26	3	3	31	61	.247	.315	.326	.641	87	99	2	0	6	1	4	456
1965	30	LAD	NL	78	216	186	17	40	6	0	1	20	2	6	25	30	.215	.313	.263	.577	70	49	3	2	2	1	4	54/6
1966	31	DET	AL	81	137	124	15	24	1	1	0	7	1	1	10	32	.194	.252	.218	.470	35	27	1	0	2	1	0	4/6
1967	32	DET	AL	74	118	107	19	30	4	2	1	9	1	1	8	20	.280	.325	.383	.708	106	41	1	0	1	2	0	645
1968	33	DET	AL	90	240	212	30	33	3	1	4	15	3	0	24	51	.156	.239	.236	.475	43	50	5	0	2	2	0	654
1969	34	DET	AL	66	96	79	10	11	2	0	0	4	3	0	15	20	.139	.277	.165	.441	24	13	3	0	2	0	1	64/5
8 Yrs				614	1393	1231	148	262	31	9	8	91	15	14	134	253	.213	.289	.272	.562	65	335	18	2	18	8	10
162 Game Avg.				162	368	325	39	69	8	2	2	24	4	4	35	67	.213	.289	.272	.562	65	88	5	1	5	2	3

LAD (4 yrs)				303	802	709	74	164	21	5	3	56	7	12	77	130	.231	.307	.288	.595	76	204	8	2	11	3	9
DET (4 yrs)				311	591	522	74	98	10	4	5	35	8	2	57	123	.188	.265	.251	.516	51	131	10	0	7	5	1

AL (4 yrs)				311	591	522	74	98	10	4	5	35	8	2	57	123	.188	.265	.251	.516	51	131	10	0	7	5	1
NL (4 yrs)				303	802	709	74	164	21	5	3	56	7	12	77	130	.231	.307	.288	.595	76	204	8	2	11	3	9

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
1962	27	LAD	NL	15	4	0	-0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.502	.500	0.0	0.1	-0	$	/6
1963	28	LAD	NL	104	240	-8	-0	1	-1	5	-4	-0.4	8	4	0.4	.496	.497	0.5	0.5	5	$	64
1964	29	LAD	NL	106	342	-2	-2	1	-1	3	-1	-0.1	12	10	1.1	.499	.499	1.2	0.3	12	$	456
1965	30	LAD	NL	78	216	-7	-2	0	2	2	-4	-0.5	7	3	0.2	.494	.497	0.0	0.4	1	$	54/6
1966	31	DET	AL	81	137	-10	0	0	-3	1	-12	-1.5	4	-8	-1.1	.483	.491	-0.6	-0.3	-5	$18,000	4/6
1967	32	DET	AL	74	118	2	0	0	3	2	8	0.9	3	11	1.2	.513	.506	0.9	0.6	8	$	645
1968	33	DET	AL	90	240	-13	2	0	6	4	-2	-0.4	7	5	0.3	.497	.498	-0.3	1.1	-1	$	654
1969	34	DET	AL	66	96	-8	0	-0	4	2	-2	-0.3	3	0	0.0	.496	.498	-0.4	0.6	-3	$	64/5
8 Seasons				614	1393	-47	-1	2	10	19	-17	-2.2	44	27	2.1	.497	.498	1.3	3.3	17	$18,000

LAD (4 yrs)				303	802	-17	-4	2	0	10	-9	-1.0	27	18	1.7	.497	.498	1.7	1.3	18	$
DET (4 yrs)				311	591	-30	3	0	9	10	-8	-1.2	17	8	0.4	.497	.499	-0.4	2.0	-1	$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
1962	27	LAD	NL	4	2	0	0.0	98	.000	.000	.263	.500	.329	.000	.399	.500	.728	52	.000	0.1	0.0	1.000	1.000	.000
1963	28	LAD	NL	240	178	16	2.4	83	.270	.226	.245	.287	.305	.258	.366	.545	.672	64	.294	-9.4	-1.0	.425	.115	.032	1.3
1964	29	LAD	NL	342	241	33	3.7	88	.305	.247	.255	.315	.312	.326	.379	.641	.691	87	.451	-4.2	-0.4	.556	.181	.079	1.5
1965	30	LAD	NL	216	158	15	2.6	88	.250	.215	.250	.313	.312	.263	.378	.577	.690	70	.293	-6.0	-0.6	.465	.161	.048	1.3
1966	31	DET	AL	137	105	7	1.8	92	.258	.194	.251	.252	.319	.218	.388	.470	.706	35	.195	-10.7	-1.2	.363	.105	.024	.0
1967	32	DET	AL	118	82	14	4.6	87	.330	.280	.247	.325	.316	.383	.370	.708	.686	106	.596	0.8	0.1	.620	.178	.103	1.0
1968	33	DET	AL	240	188	13	1.9	82	.182	.156	.241	.239	.311	.236	.357	.475	.668	43	.238	-14.9	-1.7	.418	.208	.080	3.4
1969	34	DET	AL	96	73	5	1.8	99	.186	.139	.260	.277	.338	.165	.392	.441	.730	24	.181	-8.0	-0.8	.437	.253	.025	.0
8 Yrs				1393	1027	103	2.7	87	.260	.213	.249	.289	.313	.272	.374	.562	.687	65	.335	-52.2	-5.7	.472	.169	.059	10.4
162 Game Avg.				368	271	27	2.7	87	.260	.213	.249	.289	.313	.272	.374	.562	.687	65	.335	-52.2	-5.7	.472	.169	.059	3

LAD (4 yrs)				802	579	64	3.0	86	.278	.231	.251	.307	.310	.288	.375	.595	.685	76	.362	-19.4	-2.1	.492	.158	.056	4.2
DET (4 yrs)				591	448	39	2.3	88	.233	.188	.247	.265	.318	.251	.372	.516	.690	51	.296	-32.8	-3.6	.445	.184	.063	6.2

AL (4 yrs)				591	448	39	2.3	88	.233	.188	.247	.265	.318	.251	.372	.516	.690	51	.296	-32.8	-3.6	.445	.184	.063	6.2
NL (4 yrs)				802	579	64	3.0	86	.278	.231	.251	.307	.310	.288	.375	.595	.685	76	.362	-19.4	-2.1	.492	.158	.056	4.2

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1963	28	LAD	NL	WS	NYY	W	4	14	13	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.154	.214	.154	.368	2	0	0	0	0	0

1965	30	LAD	NL	WS	MIN	W	6	18	17	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	.118	.167	.118	.284	2	0	0	0	0	0

1968	33	DET	AL	WS	STL	W	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
3 Yrs (3 Series)							12	32	30	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	7	.133	.188	.133	.321	4	0	0	0	0	0
3 WS							12	32	30	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	7	.133	.188	.133	.321	4	0	0	0	0	0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1962	27	LAD	NL	4	0.0%	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%		0.00				0.00	50%
1963	28	LAD	NL	240	0.4%	16.3%	7.9%	1.7%	8%	2.05	5.6	217.0	21.7	0.99	74%
1964	29	LAD	NL	342	0.3%	17.8%	9.1%	5.3%	24%	1.97	5.0	304.0	11.7	0.95	71%
1965	30	LAD	NL	216	0.5%	13.9%	11.6%	3.2%	18%	1.20	6.2	186.0	9.3	1.81	72%
1966	31	DET	AL	137	0.0%	23.4%	7.3%	1.5%	8%	3.20	3.9		17.7	0.58	68%
1967	32	DET	AL	118	0.9%	17.0%	6.8%	5.9%	23%	2.50	5.4	107.0	11.9	0.51	75%
1968	33	DET	AL	240	1.7%	21.3%	10.0%	3.3%	24%	2.13	4.2	53.0	14.1	1.00	66%
1969	34	DET	AL	96	0.0%	20.8%	15.6%	2.1%	18%	1.33	4.0		19.8	1.17	61%
8 Yrs				1393	0.6%	18.2%	9.6%	3.5%	18%	1.89	4.9	153.9	13.5	0.98	70%
MLB Averages					2.1%	15.4%	8.1%	6.1%	28%	1.89	5.8	42.2	9.2	1.10	73%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1962	27	LAD	NL	0.1	0.0	5	0.1	0.1	-0.0	.27	0.1	0.3	1.5	0.2	0.70	1.2	0.06	1
1963	28	LAD	NL	-9.7	-1.0	249	-0.6	2.8	-3.4	.88	-0.9	0.2	-9.0	-1.0	0.96	-9.2		0
1964	29	LAD	NL	-4.2	-0.4	355	0.7	5.9	-5.2	.94	-0.2	0.9	4.1	0.4	0.92	-3.1	3.03	4
1965	30	LAD	NL	-6.0	-0.6	225	-0.3	4.0	-4.3	1.15	-0.8	0.5	-0.8	-0.1	0.94	-5.6	2.13	8
1966	31	DET	AL	-10.7	-1.2	141	-1.2	1.0	-2.2	.86	-0.8	-0.6	-13.6	-1.5	1.01	-10.2	0.33	7
1967	32	DET	AL	0.8	0.1	122	0.1	1.7	-1.6	.85	0.2	-0.1	-2.3	-0.3	1.01	0.6	0.44	10
1968	33	DET	AL	-14.9	-1.7	252	-0.9	3.2	-4.1	.89	-1.0	0.0	-7.5	-0.8	0.95	-8.5	1.28	9
1969	34	DET	AL	-8.0	-0.8	103	-0.6	1.2	-1.8	1.00	-0.6	-0.0	-6.8	-0.7	0.97	-7.5	0.34	3
8 Yrs				-52.5	-5.7	1452	-2.7	20.0	-22.6	.94	-3.9	1.1	-34.5	-3.7	0.96	-42.3	1.15	42

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1962	27	LAD	NL	0	150%	15	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	50%	2	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	1
1963	28	LAD	NL	4	33%	102	2	3	40%	1	3	1	0	1	0	2	6	60%	8	4	4	0	0	0	12	4	8
1964	29	LAD	NL	8	29%	126	3	3	50%	3	2	0	1	3	0	8	12	60%	15	5	7	0	0	0	10	2	8
1965	30	LAD	NL	3	24%	88	2	6	25%	2	6	0	0	1	1	2	3	53%	12	7	4	1	0	1	6	1	5
1966	31	DET	AL	1	44%	72	1	1	50%	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	2	53%	6	2	4	5	3	2	4	2	2
1967	32	DET	AL	3	49%	64	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	3	50%	5	4	1	0	0	0	7	2	5
1968	33	DET	AL	3	49%	87	3	0	100%	3	0	0	0	1	0	5	10	62%	10	5	5	2	2	0	9	1	8
1969	34	DET	AL	1	39%	35	3	0	100%	3	0	0	0	1	0	2	3	60%	4	1	2	2	1	1	4	1	3
8 Yrs				23	36%	589	15	14	52%	14	12	1	2	8	1	22	39	57%	62	29	28	11	6	4	53	13	40

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
1962	27	LAD	NL	4	50%	0			1	0	0	0	0.06	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
1963	28	LAD	NL	240	32%	49			0	0	0	0		1	0	5	1	0	1	0	0	4	3	75%	39	3	8%	15	2	13%	137	9	7%	7	3	43%	6	2	33%	0
1964	29	LAD	NL	342	44%	75			4	2	0	2	3.03	1	0	5	0	1	1	0	0	9	6	67%	60	2	3%	29	9	31%	181	29	16%	13	5	38%	11	3	27%	0
1965	30	LAD	NL	216	44%	40			8	1	0	0	2.13	1	0	4	0	1	0	1	0	2	2	100%	26	3	12%	13	3	23%	122	20	16%	9	4	44%	5	1	20%	0
1966	31	DET	AL	137	39%	24			7	0	0	0	0.33	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	30	1	3%	24	6	25%	93	8	9%	11	5	45%	8	3	38%	0
1967	32	DET	AL	118	68%	30			10	3	0	0	0.44	1	0	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	100%	23	1	4%	11	3	27%	74	8	11%	7	3	43%	1	1	100%	0
1968	33	DET	AL	240	45%	33			9	1	0	0	1.28	4	0	6	1	3	3	1	0	2	2	100%	49	5	10%	18	8	44%	137	12	9%	12	4	33%	9	4	44%	0
1969	34	DET	AL	96	48%	11			3	1	0	0	0.34	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	18	3	17%	6	2	33%	57	4	7%	4	1	25%	0	0		0
8 Yrs				1393	44%	262			42	8	0	2	1.15	8	0	29	2	6	6	2	0	22	18	82%	245	18	7%	116	33	28%	801	90	11%	63	25	40%	40	14	35%	0
MLB Averages					52%																			77%			10%			30%			14%			47%			52%

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
1962	27	15	4	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	52	0	0	0	0	0	0
1963	28	119	244	219	26	49	2	1	1	10	2	3	21	39	.224	.290	.256	.546	65	56	3	0	3	1	1
1964	29	225	586	523	57	124	15	5	2	36	5	6	52	100	.237	.305	.296	.601	78	155	5	0	9	2	5
1965	30	303	802	709	74	164	21	5	3	56	7	12	77	130	.231	.307	.288	.595	76	204	8	2	11	3	9
1966	31	384	939	833	89	188	22	6	3	63	8	13	87	162	.226	.299	.277	.576	70	231	9	2	13	4	9
1967	32	458	1057	940	108	218	26	8	4	72	9	14	95	182	.232	.302	.289	.591	74	272	10	2	14	6	9
1968	33	548	1297	1152	138	251	29	9	8	87	12	14	119	233	.218	.290	.280	.570	68	322	15	2	16	8	9
1969	34	614	1393	1231	148	262	31	9	8	91	15	14	134	253	.213	.289	.272	.562	65	335	18	2	18	8	10

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
1962	27	15	4	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	15
1963	28	104	250	224	29	56	2	1	1	12	2	22	39	.250	.316	.281	.597	20	104
1964	29	106	353	312	37	83	14	4	1	31	3	34	61	.266	.337	.346	.683	37	106
1965	30	78	222	189	20	44	7	0	1	24	2	28	30	.233	.336	.286	.622	18	78
1966	31	82	141	127	18	26	1	1	0	8	1	11	32	.205	.266	.228	.495	8	81
1967	32	74	122	110	22	33	4	2	1	11	1	9	20	.300	.347	.400	.747	16	74
1968	33	90	247	216	37	37	3	1	4	19	3	27	51	.171	.261	.250	.511	15	90
1969	34	66	98	80	11	12	2	0	0	4	3	16	20	.150	.292	.175	.467	4	66
8 Yrs		615	1437	1260	177	291	33	9	8	109	15	149	253	.231	.311	.290	.602	118	614
162 Game Avg.		162	379	332	47	77	9	2	2	29	4	39	67	.231	.311	.290	.602	31	614

* 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.

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Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
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Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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