Bob Trowbridge

Robert Trowbridge

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: June 27, 1930 in Hudson, NY
Signed by the Boston Braves as an amateur free agent in 1950. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 22, 1956
Teams (by GP): Braves/Athletics 1956-1960

Final Game: July 24, 1960
Died: April 3, 1980 in Hudson, NY
Buried: Cedar Park Cemetery, Hudson, NY
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1950	20	ATL-min	C	16	8	.667	2.97	36	18					203.0	161	90	67	11	132								1.443	7.1	0.5	5.9			EAU · NORL
1951		Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1952		Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1953		Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1954	24	ATL-min	A,AA	18	9	.667	2.90	34	29					233.0	177	81	75	10	106								1.215	6.8	0.4	4.1			JCK,ATA · SALL,SOUA
1955	25	ATL-min	AAA	13	8	.619	3.66	29	28		10	2		182.0	172	89	74	24	85	3	135	3	0	3			1.412	8.5	1.2	4.2	6.7	1.59	TOL · AA
1956	26	ATL-min	AAA	3	3	.500		8																									WCH · AA
1956	26	MLN	NL	3	2	.600	2.66	19	4	8	1	0	0	50.2	38	15	15	4	34	2	40	2	0	3	220	131	1.421	6.8	0.7	6.0	7.1	1.18
1957	27	ATL-min	AAA	2	0	1.000		3																									WCH · AA
1957	27	MLN	NL	7	5	.583	3.64	32	16	8	3	1	1	126.0	118	57	51	9	52	5	75	1	0	2	537	96	1.349	8.4	0.6	3.7	5.4	1.44
1958	28	MLN	NL	1	3	.250	3.93	27	4	12	0	0	1	55.0	53	26	24	4	26	3	31	1	0	0	242	91	1.436	8.7	0.7	4.3	5.1	1.19
1959	29	MLN	NL	1	0	1.000	5.93	16	0	6	0	0	1	30.1	45	25	20	2	10	2	22	0	0	3	146	60	1.813	13.4	0.6	3.0	6.5	2.20
1960	30	OAK-min	AAA	0	5	.000	4.78	9	5					32.0	43	18	17	2	15								1.812	12.1	0.6	4.2			DFW · AA
1960	30	KCA	AL	1	3	.250	4.61	22	1	5	0	0	2	68.1	70	41	35	6	34	3	33	1	0	5	298	87	1.522	9.2	0.8	4.5	4.3	0.97
1961	31	BAL-MIN-min	AAA	0	0		4.50	9	0					16.0	15	10	8	4	13								1.750	8.4	2.2	7.3			ROC,SYR · IL
5 Yrs				13	13	.500	3.95	116	25	39	4	1	5	330.1	324	164	145	25	156	15	201	5	0	13	1443	92	1.453	8.8	0.7	4.3	5.5	1.29
162 Game Avg.				6	6	.500	3.95	56	12	19	2	0	2	159	156	79	70	12	75	7	97	2	0	6	696	92	1.453	8.8	0.7	4.3	5.5	1.29

MLN (4 yrs)				12	10	.545	3.78	94	24	34	4	1	3	262.0	254	123	110	19	122	12	168	4	0	8	1145	93	1.435	8.7	0.7	4.2	5.8	1.38
KCA (1 yr)				1	3	.250	4.61	22	1	5	0	0	2	68.1	70	41	35	6	34	3	33	1	0	5	298	87	1.522	9.2	0.8	4.5	4.3	0.97

NL (4 yrs)				12	10	.545	3.78	94	24	34	4	1	3	262.0	254	123	110	19	122	12	168	4	0	8	1145	93	1.435	8.7	0.7	4.2	5.8	1.38
AL (1 yr)				1	3	.250	4.61	22	1	5	0	0	2	68.1	70	41	35	6	34	3	33	1	0	5	298	87	1.522	9.2	0.8	4.5	4.3	0.97

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1956	26	MLN	NL	50.2	19	4	15	2.66	4.26	0.32	0.00	90.2	3.55	6	0.7	.9	-0.1	1.1	10	.535	.504	$
1957	27	MLN	NL	126.0	32	16	57	4.07	4.08	0.22	0.00	90.5	3.48	-7	-0.7	1.2	-0.1	0.3	5	.477	.495	$
1958	28	MLN	NL	55.0	27	4	26	4.25	4.51	0.44	0.00	90.3	3.68	-4	-0.4	1.1	-0.1	0.1	2	.486	.498	$
1959	29	MLN	NL	30.1	16	0	25	7.42	4.37	-0.15	0.00	96.2	4.35	-11	-1.0	.8	0.1	-0.7	-7	.434	.494	$
1960	30	KCA	AL	68.1	22	1	41	5.40	4.49	-0.19	-0.16	102.1	4.62	-5	-0.6	1.1	-0.1	-0.2	0	.474	.496	$
5 Seasons				330.1	116	25	164	4.47	4.29	0.15	-0.03	93.4	3.84	-21	-2.1	1.0	-0.3	0.6	11	.482	.497	$

MLN (4 yrs)				262.0	94	24	123	4.23	4.24	0.24	0.00	91.1	3.64	-15	-1.5	1.0	-0.2	0.8	11	.484	.498	$
KCA (1 yr)				68.1	22	1	41	5.40	4.49	-0.19	-0.16	102.1	4.62	-5	-0.6	1.1	-0.1	-0.2	0	.474	.496	$

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Rslt	Opp	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1957	27	MLN	NL	WS	W	NYY	0	0		45.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	2	5	5	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	8	5.000	18.0	9.0	27.0	9.0	0.33
1 WS							0	0		45.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	2	5	5	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	8	5.000	18.0	9.0	27.0	9.0	0.33

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	ROE
1956	26	MLN	NL	19	209	181	15	38	4	1	4	4	2	34	40	.210	.339	.309	.649	.246	56	1	2	2	1	2	2
1957	27	MLN	NL	32	537	476	57	118	16	4	9	4	3	52	75	.248	.321	.355	.676	.276	169	7	1	5	3	5	5
1958	28	MLN	NL	27	232	209	26	53	8	4	4	2	0	26	31	.254	.332	.388	.720	.274	81	7	1	1	5	3	5
1959	29	MLN	NL	16	146	131	25	45	8	0	2	0	0	10	22	.344	.387	.450	.838	.398	59	2	0	4	1	2	3
1960	30	KCA	AL	22	300	250	41	70	16	1	6	10	2	34	33	.280	.363	.424	.787	.298	106	7	1	10	4	3	4
5 Yrs				116	1424	1247	164	324	52	10	25	20	7	156	201	.260	.341	.378	.719	.289	471	24	5	22	14	15	19
162 Game Avg.				56	687	601	79	156	25	5	12	10	3	75	97	.260	.341	.378	.719	.289	227	12	2	11	7	7	9
MLB Averages																.257	.326	.392	.717	.276

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1956	26	MLN	NL	6.1	0.6	220	0.6	3.0	-2.4	.81	0.2	0.5	8.8	1.0	0.81	3.8	4	3	7
1957	27	MLN	NL	-2.1	-0.2	548	0.8	10.2	-9.4	1.13	0.3	0.4	7.1	0.8	1.13	3.6	6	3	7
1958	28	MLN	NL	-2.2	-0.2	244	-0.6	3.3	-4.0	.89	-0.3	-0.4	-4.0	-0.4	0.88	-1.9	5	7	11
1959	29	MLN	NL	-9.9	-1.0	152	-0.4	1.3	-1.6	.55	-0.6	-0.0	-11.8	-1.2	0.55	-7.6	3	3	10
1960	30	KCA	AL	-5.0	-0.5	317	-1.3	4.1	-5.4	.94	-0.9	-0.5	-8.6	-0.8	0.94	-8.1	6	5	10
5 Yrs				-13.0	-1.2	1481	-1.0	21.9	-22.8	.94	-1.3	0.3	-8.5	-0.7	0.94	-10.2	24	21	45

Starting Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GS	Wgs	Lgs	ND	Wchp	Ltuf	Wtm	Ltm	tmW-L%	Wlst	Lsv	CG	SHO	QS	QS%	GmScA	Best	Wrst	BQR	BQS	sDR	lDR	RS/GS	RS/IP	IP/GS
1956	26	MLN	NL	19	4	2	0	2	0	0	4	0	1.000	0	1	1	0	2	50%	58.0	73	52	6	3	2	1	5.6	6.3	6.3
1957	27	MLN	NL	32	16	5	5	6	1	1	10	6	.625	1	2	3	1	8	50%	50.2	89	25	18	11	9	3	5.5	4.2	6.0
1958	28	MLN	NL	27	4	0	1	3	0	1	1	3	.250	0	2	0	0	1	25%	43.2	58	35	6	2	0	4	3.5	2.3	4.0

1960	30	KCA	AL	22	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	0	0	0	0	1	100%	45.0	45	45	8	3	1	0	4.5	3.9	6.0
4 Yrs				100	25	7	6	12	1	2	16	9	.640	1	5	4	1	12	48%	50	89	25	38	19	12	8	5.2	4.3	5.7
MLB Averages													.500						51%	51	111	2					4.4	4.3	6.4

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1956	26	MLN	NL	19	15	8	1	2	0	0	0		2	1	8	2	25%	7	.809	4	3	7	2	1	11	4	10	10	2	9	0	5.1
1957	27	MLN	NL	32	16	8	2	0	1	1	0	100%	3	0	15	3	20%	7	1.129	6	3	7	3	4	9	7	9	7	4	7	3	5.6
1958	28	MLN	NL	27	23	12	1	2	2	1	1	50%	2	0	21	10	48%	8	.888	5	7	11	2	4	17	10	13	9	5	9	0	5.1
1959	29	MLN	NL	16	16	6	1	0	1	1	0	100%	2	0	11	5	45%	6	.554	3	3	10	4	0	12	5	11	11	2	11	2	5.7
1960	30	KCA	AL	22	21	5	1	3	3	2	1	67%	3	0	20	8	40%	1	.939	6	5	10	5	0	16	10	11	17	1	17	2	8.9
5 Yrs				116	91	39	6	7	7	5	2	71%	12	1	75	28	37%		.944	24	21	45	16	9	65	36	54	54	14	53	7	6.2

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1956	26	MLN	NL	220	57%	1.9%	19.1%	16.3%	4.3%	24%	0.55	66%	36	1	3%
1957	27	MLN	NL	537	62%	1.7%	14.0%	9.7%	5.4%	25%	0.90	74%	109	7	6%
1958	28	MLN	NL	242	65%	1.7%	13.4%	11.2%	6.9%	30%	1.16	77%	55	7	13%
1959	29	MLN	NL	146	57%	1.4%	15.1%	6.9%	6.9%	22%	1.12	74%	37	2	5%
1960	30	KCA	AL	300	66%	2.0%	11.0%	11.3%	7.7%	33%	0.92	72%	70	7	10%
5 Yrs				1445	62%	1.8%	14.1%	11.0%	6.1%	27%	0.90	73%	307	24	8%
MLB Averages					52%	2.4%	13.1%	9.0%	6.7%	29%	1.00	75%			11%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					Hits			Home Runs							Advances				Baserunning
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	H	Inf	Bnt	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	<2,3B	Scr	SO	%	ROE	WP	PB	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	BT	PAu
1956	26	MLN	NL	209	38			4	1	11	2	2	3	1	12	3	2	25%	2	3	1	77	4	2	67%	4	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	11
1957	27	MLN	NL	537	118			9	0	13	7	2	4	5	35	20	2	57%	5	2	0	199	4	3	57%	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
1958	28	MLN	NL	232	53			4	1	14	3	1	2	2	20	13	1	65%	5	0	0	91	2	0	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	4	10
1959	29	MLN	NL	146	45			2	0	5	0	2	1	1	13	5	3	38%	3	3	2	65	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0
1960	30	KCA	AL	300	70			6	0	12	1	5	2	4	25	15	1	60%	4	5	1	132	10	2	83%	9	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	11	0
5 Yrs				1424	324			25	2	55	13	12	12	13	105	56	9	53%	19	13	4	564	20	7	74%	17	6	3	1	0	0	3	0	37	21
MLB Averages																		51%							59%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1956	26	3	2	.600	2.66	19	4	8	1	0	0	50.2	38	15	15	4	34	2	40	2	3	220	131	1.421	6.8	0.7	6.0	7.1	1.18	131
1957	27	10	7	.588	3.36	51	20	16	4	1	1	176.2	156	72	66	13	86	7	115	3	5	757	104	1.370	7.9	0.7	4.4	5.9	1.34	104
1958	28	11	10	.524	3.50	78	24	28	4	1	2	231.2	209	98	90	17	112	10	146	4	5	999	101	1.386	8.1	0.7	4.4	5.7	1.30	101
1959	29	12	10	.545	3.78	94	24	34	4	1	3	262.0	254	123	110	19	122	12	168	4	8	1145	93	1.435	8.7	0.7	4.2	5.8	1.38	93
1960	30	13	13	.500	3.95	116	25	39	4	1	5	330.1	324	164	145	25	156	15	201	5	13	1443	92	1.453	8.8	0.7	4.3	5.5	1.29	92

Neutralized Pitching

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Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1956	26	3	2	.600	3.31	49.0	42	20	18	4	38	39	2	1.633	7.7	7.0	7.2	1.03	0.7	19
1957	27	6	7	.462	4.35	124.0	131	67	60	10	58	74	1	1.524	9.5	4.2	5.4	1.28	0.7	32
1958	28	3	3	.500	4.75	55.0	59	32	29	4	29	31	1	1.600	9.7	4.7	5.1	1.07	0.7	27
1959	29	1	2	.333	6.68	31.0	50	26	23	2	11	22	0	1.968	14.5	3.2	6.4	2.00	0.6	16
1960	30	3	4	.429	4.76	68.0	73	40	36	6	35	33	1	1.588	9.7	4.6	4.4	0.94	0.8	22
5 Yrs		16	18	.471	4.57	327.0	355	185	166	26	171	199	5	1.609	9.8		5.5	1.16	0.7	116

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