John Tsitouris

John Philip Tsitouris

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: May 4, 1936 in Monroe, NC
High School: Benton Heights HS (Benton Heights, NC)
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1954. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 13, 1957
Teams (by GP): Reds/Athletics/Tigers 1957-1968

Final Game: April 24, 1968
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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
1954	18	DET-min	D	4	0	0																							VDS · GAFL
1955	19	DET-min	D	31	56	56		6	2	1	0						.107	.107	.179	.286		10							VDS · GAFL
1956	20	DET-min	A,B	34	77	77		18	1	0	4						.234	.234	.403	.636		31							AUG,TER · SALL,IIIL
1957	21	DET-min	AAA	31	71	68	8	12	3	0	1	5	0		0	15	.176	.174	.265	.439		18		0	2	1	0		CHL · AA
1957	21	DET	AL	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1958	22	OAK-min	AAA,AA	33	26	26	2	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	4	.038	.038	.000	.038		0		0	0	0	0		BFL,LRK · IL,SOUA
1958	22	KCA	AL	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1959	23	HSN	AAA	11	19	14	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	3	.071	.133	.071	.205		1		0	4	0	0		HSN · AA
1959	23	KCA	AL	24	24	20	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	.150	.190	.150	.340	-6	3	1	0	3	0	0	1
1960	24	KCA	AL	14	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0	1

1961	25	CIN-min	AAA	34	47	43	5	4	2	0	0	1	0		4	12	.093	.170	.140	.310		6							INA · AA
1962	26	CIN-min	AAA	30	77	73	5	15	1	0	0	4	0	1	2	13	.205	.224	.219	.443		16		0	1	1			SDG · PCL
1962	26	CIN	NL	4	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0	/1
1963	27	CIN	NL	30	66	62	0	5	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	21	.081	.079	.081	.160	-54	5	3	0	3	1	0	1
1964	28	CIN	NL	37	62	58	7	11	2	0	0	3	0	0	2	17	.190	.217	.224	.441	23	13	2	0	2	0	0	1
1965	29	CIN	NL	31	49	43	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	14	.070	.109	.070	.178	-50	3	0	1	3	1	0	1
1966	30	CIN-min	AAA	32	30	24	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	15	.083	.267	.083	.350		2		0	0	0			BFL · IL
1966	30	CIN	NL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1967	31	PHI-min	AAA	28	82	70	7	11	1	0	0	3	0	0	8	28	.157	.244	.171	.415		12		0	4	0			SDG · PCL
1967	31	CIN	NL	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000				0	0	0	1	0	0	/1
1968	32	CIN-min	AAA	18	41	35	2	6	1	0	1	5	0	0	3	10	.171	.237	.286	.523		10		0	3	0			INA · PCL
1968	32	CIN	NL	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
11 Yrs				149	221	198	9	22	2	0	0	7	0	0	6	64	.111	.140	.121	.261	-26	24	6	1	14	2	0
162 Game Avg.				162	240	215	10	24	2	0	0	8	0	0	7	70	.111	.140	.121	.261	-26	26	7	1	15	2	0

CIN (7 yrs)				108	188	170	8	19	2	0	0	7	0	0	5	55	.112	.140	.124	.264	-25	21	5	1	10	2	0
KCA (3 yrs)				39	32	27	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	.111	.143	.111	.254	-30	3	1	0	4	0	0
DET (1 yr)				2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0

NL (7 yrs)				108	188	170	8	19	2	0	0	7	0	0	5	55	.112	.140	.124	.264	-25	21	5	1	10	2	0
AL (4 yrs)				41	33	28	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	9	.107	.138	.107	.245	-32	3	1	0	4	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
1957	21	DET	AL	2	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.489	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	/1
1958	22	KCA	AL	1	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.478	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	/1
1959	23	KCA	AL	24	24	-3	0	-0	0	3	-1	-0.1	1	-0	-0.1	.496	.499	-0.1	-0.0	-0	$	1
1960	24	KCA	AL	14	7	-2	0	0	0	1	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.492	.499	-0.1	-0.0	-1	$	1

1962	26	CIN	NL	4	6	-2	0	0	0	1	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.474	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$	/1
1963	27	CIN	NL	30	66	-13	-0	-0	0	7	-6	-0.7	2	-4	-0.7	.475	.495	-0.7	0.0	-4	$	1
1964	28	CIN	NL	37	62	-5	0	-0	0	7	2	0.3	2	4	0.3	.507	.502	0.3	0.0	4	$	1
1965	29	CIN	NL	31	49	-9	-0	0	0	6	-4	-0.4	2	-2	-0.4	.487	.497	-0.4	0.0	-2	$	1
1966	30	CIN	NL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
1967	31	CIN	NL	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.539	.500	0.1	0.0	1	$	/1
1968	32	CIN	NL	3	3	-0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.504	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
11 Seasons				149	221	-34	-0	-1	0	25	-10	-1.2	7	-3	-1.0	.492	.499	-1.0	0.0	-3	$

CIN (7 yrs)				108	188	-28	-0	-0	0	21	-8	-0.9	6	-1	-0.8	.492	.499	-0.8	0.0	-1	$
KCA (3 yrs)				39	32	-6	0	-0	0	4	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.2	.494	.500	-0.2	-0.0	-1	$
DET (1 yr)				2	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.489	.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
1957	21	DET	AL	1	1	0	0.0	102		.000	.267	.000	.339	.000	.402	.000	.741	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
1958	22	KCA	AL	1	1	0	0.0	100	.000	.000	.264	.000	.333	.000	.401	.000	.734	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
1959	23	KCA	AL	24	21	1	1.3	100	.231	.150	.263	.190	.334	.150	.401	.340	.736	-6	.095	-3.0	-0.3	.222	.050	.000
1960	24	KCA	AL	7	7	0	0.0	102	.000	.000	.265	.000	.338	.000	.405	.000	.743	-100	.000	-1.7	-0.2	.000	.000	.000

1962	26	CIN	NL	6	6	0	0.0	107	.000	.000	.275	.000	.343	.000	.417	.000	.760	-100	.000	-1.4	-0.2	.000	.000	.000
1963	27	CIN	NL	66	64	0	0.0	92	.119	.081	.258	.079	.320	.081	.385	.160	.705	-54	.000	-12.5	-1.4	.083	.000	.000
1964	28	CIN	NL	62	51	3	1.6	96	.268	.190	.267	.217	.325	.224	.396	.441	.721	23	.149	-6.0	-0.6	.306	.069	.034
1965	29	CIN	NL	49	44	1	0.6	99	.100	.070	.266	.109	.331	.070	.402	.178	.733	-50	.029	-8.9	-0.9	.125	.023	.000

1967	31	CIN	NL	2	1	0	0.0					1.000	.336						.000	0.3	0.0
1968	32	CIN	NL	3	2	0	0.0	86	.000	.000	.258	.333	.318	.000	.364	.333	.682	5	.000	-0.2	-0.0	.500	.500	.000
11 Yrs				221	198	5	0.7	96	.162	.111	.263	.140	.326	.121	.395	.261	.721	-26	.036	-34.0	-3.6	.170	.040	.010
162 Game Avg.				240	215	5	0.7	96	.162	.111	.263	.140	.326	.121	.395	.261	.721	-26	.036	-34.0	-3.6	.170	.040	.010

CIN (7 yrs)				188	168	4	0.6	95	.162	.112	.263	.140	.325	.124	.394	.264	.719	-25	.033	-28.7	-3.1	.173	.041	.012
KCA (3 yrs)				32	29	1	0.9	101	.158	.111	.263	.143	.335	.111	.402	.254	.737	-30	.054	-5.0	-0.5	.160	.037	.000
DET (1 yr)				1	1	0	0.0	102		.000	.267	.000	.339	.000	.402	.000	.741	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000

NL (7 yrs)				188	168	4	0.6	95	.162	.112	.263	.140	.325	.124	.394	.264	.719	-25	.033	-28.7	-3.1	.173	.041	.012
AL (4 yrs)				33	30	1	0.9	101	.158	.107	.263	.138	.335	.107	.402	.245	.737	-32	.051	-5.2	-0.5	.154	.036	.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%
1957	21	DET	AL	1	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.0				0%
1958	22	KCA	AL	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%							100%
1959	23	KCA	AL	24	0.0%	29.2%	4.2%	0.0%	0%	7.00	2.9			3.67	54%
1960	24	KCA	AL	7	0.0%	14.3%	0.0%	0.0%			6.0				71%

1962	26	CIN	NL	6	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.7			0.50	33%
1963	27	CIN	NL	66	0.0%	31.8%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		3.0		20.7	2.21	64%
1964	28	CIN	NL	62	0.0%	27.4%	3.2%	3.2%	18%	8.50	3.4		19.3	2.56	66%
1965	29	CIN	NL	49	0.0%	28.6%	2.0%	0.0%	0%	14.00	3.1		43.0	1.21	61%

1967	31	CIN	NL	2	0.0%	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%		0.00					0%
1968	32	CIN	NL	3	0.0%	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%		0.00				1.00	67%
11 Yrs				221	0.0%	29.0%	2.7%	0.9%	9%	10.67	3.1		28.3	2.14	62%
MLB Averages					2.2%	14.6%	8.3%	6.3%	28%	1.77	6.1	40.4	8.9	1.07	73%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1957	21	DET	AL	-0.3	-0.0	1	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	2.25	-0.0	-0.0	-0.4	-0.0	1.48	-0.3	0
1958	22	KCA	AL	-0.3	-0.0	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.99	-0.0	-0.0	-0.2	-0.0	0.86	-0.3	0
1959	23	KCA	AL	-3.0	-0.3	24	-0.3	0.1	-0.3	.67	-0.3	-0.1	-2.3	-0.2	0.85	-3.3	0
1960	24	KCA	AL	-1.7	-0.2	7	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.62	-0.2	0.0	-1.3	-0.1	0.73	-1.9	0

1962	26	CIN	NL	-1.4	-0.2	6	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.75	-0.1	0.0	-1.4	-0.1	0.86	-1.6	0
1963	27	CIN	NL	-12.5	-1.4	66	-1.1	0.2	-1.2	.83	-1.3	0.0	-13.1	-1.4	0.90	-13.7	0
1964	28	CIN	NL	-6.0	-0.6	64	-0.6	0.6	-1.2	.91	-0.5	-0.1	-7.3	-0.8	1.04	-5.8	0
1965	29	CIN	NL	-8.9	-0.9	49	-0.8	0.1	-0.9	.75	-0.9	-0.2	-8.4	-0.9	0.86	-9.0	0
1966	30	CIN	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1967	31	CIN	NL	0.3	0.0	2	0.0	0.0	0.0	.46	0.0	-0.0	0.3	0.0	1.34	0.4	0
1968	32	CIN	NL	-0.2	-0.0	3	-0.0	0.0	-0.1	1.23	-0.0	0.0	-0.1	-0.0	1.11	-0.1	0
11 Yrs				-34.0	-3.6	223	-3.1	0.9	-4.0	.82	-3.4	-0.3	-34.2	-3.6	0.93	-35.4	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	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
1957	21	DET	AL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1958	22	KCA	AL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1959	23	KCA	AL	0	0	25%	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100%	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
1960	24	KCA	AL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1962	26	CIN	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
1963	27	CIN	NL	0	0	0%	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1964	28	CIN	NL	2	0	54%	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	25%	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	1	1
1965	29	CIN	NL	0	0	20%	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0

1967	31	CIN	NL	0	0	0%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1968	32	CIN	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	0
11 Yrs				2	0	31%	42	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	17%	8	8	0	1	1	0	3	1	2

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
1957	21	DET	AL	1	0%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		2	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1958	22	KCA	AL	1	0%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
1959	23	KCA	AL	24	29%	3			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	100%	4	1	25%	5	1	20%	11	0	0%	0	0		1	0	0%	0
1960	24	KCA	AL	7	43%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	3	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0

1962	26	CIN	NL	6	50%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	4	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1963	27	CIN	NL	66	41%	5			0	0	0	0		0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	100%	14	3	21%	18	6	33%	36	5	14%	10	5	50%	2	1	50%	0
1964	28	CIN	NL	62	18%	11			0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	14	2	14%	16	2	13%	47	3	6%	5	2	40%	3	0	0%	0
1965	29	CIN	NL	49	39%	3			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	60%	7	0	0%	9	3	33%	25	1	4%	2	1	50%	0	0		0

1967	31	CIN	NL	2	50%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	1	1	100%	2	0	0%	0	0		1	1	100%	0
1968	32	CIN	NL	3	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%	0	0		1	0	0%	0
11 Yrs				221	32%	22			0	0	0	0		0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	16	14	88%	43	6	14%	52	13	25%	132	9	7%	17	8	47%	8	2	25%	0
MLB Averages					51%																			77%			10%			31%			14%			48%			52%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF
1957	21	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0
1958	22	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0
1959	23	27	26	22	1	3	0	0	1	8	.136	.174	.136	.310	-14	3	1	0	3	0
1960	24	41	33	28	1	3	0	0	1	9	.107	.138	.107	.245	-32	3	1	0	4	0
1961	25	41	33	28	1	3	0	0	1	9	.107	.138	.107	.245	-32	3	1	0	4	0
1962	26	45	39	33	1	3	0	0	1	12	.091	.118	.091	.209	-43	3	1	0	5	0
1963	27	75	105	95	1	8	0	3	1	33	.084	.093	.084	.177	-50	8	4	0	8	1
1964	28	112	167	153	8	19	2	6	3	50	.124	.140	.137	.277	-22	21	6	0	10	1
1965	29	143	216	196	9	22	2	7	4	64	.112	.133	.122	.255	-28	24	6	1	13	2
1966	30	144	216	196	9	22	2	7	4	64	.112	.133	.122	.255	-28	24	6	1	13	2
1967	31	146	218	196	9	22	2	7	5	64	.112	.137	.122	.260	-27	24	6	1	14	2
1968	32	149	221	198	9	22	2	7	6	64	.111	.140	.121	.261	-26	24	6	1	14	2

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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
1957	21	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	2
1958	22	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1
1959	23	25	26	22	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	.182	.217	.182	.399	1	24
1960	24	15	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	14

1962	26	4	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	4
1963	27	30	66	62	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	30
1964	28	37	62	58	7	11	2	0	0	3	0	2	17	.190	.217	.224	.441	3	37
1965	29	31	49	43	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	14	.000	.043	.000	.043	0	31

1967	31	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000			0	2
1968	32	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	3
10 Yrs		150	223	200	9	15	2	0	0	3	0	6	64	.075	.105	.085	.190	4	148
162 Game Avg.		162	241	216	10	16	2	0	0	3	0	6	69	.075	.105	.085	.190	4	148

* 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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