Ken Trinkle

Kenneth Wayne Trinkle

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: December 15, 1919 in Paoli, IN(All Transactions)
Debut: April 25, 1943
Teams (by GP): Giants/Phillies 1943-1949

Final Game: October 2, 1949
Died: May 10, 1976 in Paoli, IN
Buried: Stamper's Creek Cemetery, Paoli, IN
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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	Pos	Awards
1939	19	THV	D	36	72	72		17	0	0	0						.236	.236	.236	.472		17					THV · GAFL
1940	20	PHI-min	AA	45	32	32		3	0	0	0						.094	.094	.094	.188		3					BLT · IL
1941	21	BLT	AA	43	60	47	1	3	1	0	0	3	0		8	20	.064	.214	.085	.299		4		1	4		BLT · IL
1942	22	CLE-min	AA	47	63	51	4	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	10	24	.098	.246	.098	.344		5	2	0	2		BLT · IL
1943	23	SFG-min	AA	23	49	38	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	10	13	.105	.292	.132	.423		5		0	1		JER · IL
1943	23	NYG	NL	11	14	12	1	3	0	0	0	0	0		2	2	.250	.357	.250	.607	77	3	0	0	0	1

1946	26	NYG	NL	48	44	38	3	3	0	0	0	2	0		4	10	.079	.167	.079	.246	-29	3	4	0	2	1
1947	27	NYG	NL	62	16	16	1	3	0	0	0	1	0		0	4	.188	.188	.188	.375	-1	3	0	0	0	1
1948	28	NYG	NL	53	9	8	0	2	0	0	0	1	0		1	2	.250	.333	.250	.583	59	2	1	0	0	1
1949	29	PHI	NL	42	7	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	.000	.143	.000	.143	-58	0	0	0	0	1
1950	30	PHI-min	AAA	40	40	33	1	3	1	0	0	1	0		5	8	.091	.231	.121	.352		4		1	1		TTO · IL
1951	31	PHI-min	AAA	53	32	28	4	1	0	1	0	0	0		2	10	.036	.100	.107	.207		3		0	2		BLT · IL
1952	32	PHI-BOS-min	AAA	30	17	14	2	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	2	.071	.188	.071	.259		1	0	0	1		BLT,LOU · IL,AA
5 Yrs				216	90	80	6	11	0	0	0	4	0		8	19	.138	.216	.138	.353	-0	11	5	0	2
162 Game Avg.				162	68	60	5	8	0	0	0	3	0		6	14	.138	.216	.138	.353	-0	8	4	0	2

NYG (4 yrs)				174	83	74	5	11	0	0	0	4	0		7	18	.149	.222	.149	.371	5	11	5	0	2
PHI (1 yr)				42	7	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	.000	.143	.000	.143	-58	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
1943	23	NYG	NL	11	14	-0	0	0	0	1	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.509	.501	0.1	0.0	1	$	1

1946	26	NYG	NL	48	44	-6	0	0	0	4	-2	-0.2	2	-1	-0.2	.495	.499	-0.2	0.0	-1	$	1
1947	27	NYG	NL	62	16	-2	0	0	0	2	-1	-0.1	1	0	-0.1	.499	.500	-0.1	0.0	0	$	1
1948	28	NYG	NL	53	9	-0	0	-0	0	1	0	0.0	0	1	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	1	$	1
1949	29	PHI	NL	42	7	-1	0	0	0	1	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.499	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	1
5 Seasons				216	90	-11	0	0	0	9	-2	-0.2	3	1	-0.2	.499	.500	-0.2	0.0	1	$

NYG (4 yrs)				174	83	-9	0	-0	0	8	-1	-0.2	3	1	-0.2	.499	.500	-0.2	0.0	1	$
PHI (1 yr)				42	7	-1	0	0	0	1	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.499	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$

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
1943	23	NYG	NL	14	9	1	3.0	89	.300	.250	.265	.357	.333	.250	.359	.607	.692	77	.377	-0.2	-0.0	.556	.167	.000

1946	26	NYG	NL	44	41	1	0.6	93	.107	.079	.262	.167	.338	.079	.368	.246	.706	-29	.034	-6.6	-0.7	.179	.105	.000
1947	27	NYG	NL	16	13	1	2.0	107	.250	.188	.275	.188	.351	.188	.408	.375	.759	-1	.182	-2.4	-0.2	.231	.000	.000
1948	28	NYG	NL	9	7	1	3.8	103	.333	.250	.270	.333	.345	.250	.400	.583	.744	59	.427	-0.4	-0.0	.429	.125	.000
1949	29	PHI	NL	7	6	0	0.0	101	.000	.000	.267	.143	.340	.000	.399	.143	.739	-58	.000	-1.4	-0.1	.167	.167	.000
5 Yrs				90	76	4	1.4	97	.180	.138	.267	.216	.340	.138	.380	.353	.720	-0	.119	-11.0	-1.1	.257	.100	.000
162 Game Avg.				68	57	3	1.4	97	.180	.138	.267	.216	.340	.138	.380	.353	.720	-0	.119	-11.0	-1.1	.257	.100	.000

NYG (4 yrs)				83	70	4	1.5	96	.196	.149	.266	.222	.340	.149	.378	.371	.719	5	.137	-9.6	-1.0	.265	.095	.000
PHI (1 yr)				7	6	0	0.0	101	.000	.000	.267	.143	.340	.000	.399	.143	.739	-58	.000	-1.4	-0.1	.167	.167	.000

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1943	23	NYG	NL	14	0.0%	14.3%	14.3%	0.0%	0%	1.00	6.0				71%

1946	26	NYG	NL	44	0.0%	22.7%	9.1%	0.0%	0%	2.50	3.8		19.0		64%
1947	27	NYG	NL	16	0.0%	25.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		4.0		16.0		75%
1948	28	NYG	NL	9	0.0%	22.2%	11.1%	0.0%	0%	2.00	4.0		8.0	2.00	67%
1949	29	PHI	NL	7	0.0%	14.3%	14.3%	0.0%		1.00	6.0				71%
5 Yrs				90	0.0%	21.1%	8.9%	0.0%	0%	2.38	4.2		20.0	4.00	68%
MLB Averages					1.3%	9.2%	9.3%	5.9%	26%	0.99	9.6	65.9	8.6	0.97	78%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1943	23	NYG	NL	-0.2	-0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0

1946	26	NYG	NL	-6.6	-0.7	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1947	27	NYG	NL	-2.4	-0.2	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1948	28	NYG	NL	-0.4	-0.0	4	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.79	0.0	-0.0	-1.4	-0.1	1.64	-0.5	0
1949	29	PHI	NL	-1.4	-0.1	2	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	1.49	-0.1	-0.0	-0.8	-0.1	1.29	-0.6	0
5 Yrs				-11.0	-1.1	6	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	1.02	-0.1	-0.0	-2.2	-0.2	1.53	-1.1	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	RS%	SBO
1948	28	NYG	NL	0%	1
1949	29	PHI	NL	100%	0
5 Yrs				32%	1

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
1948	28	NYG	NL	9	0%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	1	50%	2	2	100%	8	2	25%	2	2	100%	0	0		0
1949	29	PHI	NL	7	0%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	2	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
5 Yrs				16	0%	11			0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2		3	5	167%	3	2	67%	10	2	20%	3	2	67%	0	0		0
MLB Averages					52%																			469%			50%			34%			15%			51%			56%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH
1943	23	11	14	12	1	3	0	2	2	.250	.357	.250	.607	77	3	0	0
1944	24	11	14	12	1	3	0	2	2	.250	.357	.250	.607	77	3	0	0
1945	25	11	14	12	1	3	0	2	2	.250	.357	.250	.607	77	3	0	0
1946	26	59	58	50	4	6	2	6	12	.120	.214	.120	.334	-4	6	4	2
1947	27	121	74	66	5	9	3	6	16	.136	.208	.136	.345	-2	9	4	2
1948	28	174	83	74	5	11	4	7	18	.149	.222	.149	.371	5	11	5	2
1949	29	216	90	80	6	11	4	8	19	.138	.216	.138	.353	-0	11	5	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
1943	23	11	14	12	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	.250	.357	.250	.607	1	11

1946	26	50	51	42	6	5	0	0	0	4	0	7	10	.119	.245	.119	.364	1	48
1947	27	65	18	18	2	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	4	.222	.222	.222	.444	1	62
1948	28	55	11	9	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	2	2	.333	.455	.333	.788	1	53
1949	29	44	7	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.143	.000	.143	0	42
5 Yrs		225	101	87	10	15	0	0	0	8	0	12	19	.172	.273	.172	.445	4	216
162 Game Avg.		162	73	63	7	11	0	0	0	6	0	9	14	.172	.273	.172	.445	3	216

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