Bob Uecker

Robert George Uecker

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: January 26, 1935 in Milwaukee, WI
High School: Technical HS (Milwaukee, WI)
Signed by the Milwaukee Braves as an amateur free agent in 1956. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 13, 1962
Teams (by GP): Braves/Phillies/Cardinals 1962-1967

Final Game: September 29, 1967
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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
1956	21	ATL-min	C	98	302	302		76	13	4	19						.252	.252	.510	.762		154							BOI,EAU · PION,NORL
1957	22	ATL-min	C,B,AAA	102	345	345		95	14	2	15						.275	.275	.452	.728		156							EAU,EVN,WCH · NORL,IIIL,AA
1958	23	ATL-min	C,AA	107	377	377		117	20	5	22						.310	.310	.565	.875		213							BOI,ATA · PION,SOUA
1959	24	ATL-min	A,AA	104	349	309	26	81	13	4	6	44	1		38	57	.262	.341	.388	.729		120		0	0	2	6		JCK,ATA · SALL,SOUA
1960	25	ATL-PHI-min	AAA	51	136	116	8	17	3	1	2	8	0		20	28	.147	.272	.241	.513		28							LOU,INA · AA
1961	26	ATL-min	AAA	105	373	314	53	97	17	2	14	57	0		59	45	.309	.418	.510	.928		160							LOU · AA
1962	27	MLN	NL	33	71	64	5	16	2	0	1	8	0	0	7	15	.250	.324	.328	.652	78	21	3	0	0	0	0	2
1963	28	ATL-min	AAA	52	187	159	28	45	9	1	8	33	0	0	28	28	.283	.390	.503	.894		80							DEN · PCL
1963	28	MLN	NL	13	18	16	3	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	.250	.333	.375	.708	105	6	1	0	0	0	0	/2
1964	29	STL	NL	40	124	106	8	21	1	0	1	6	0	1	17	24	.198	.315	.236	.550	53	25	1	1	0	0	0	2
1965	30	STL	NL	53	172	145	17	33	7	0	2	10	0	1	24	27	.228	.345	.317	.662	82	46	1	2	1	0	1	2
1966	31	PHI	NL	78	237	207	15	43	6	0	7	30	0	0	22	36	.208	.279	.338	.617	71	70	8	0	4	4	6	2
1967	32	TOT	NL	80	221	193	17	29	4	0	3	20	0	1	24	60	.150	.243	.218	.461	34	42	4	0	3	1	5	2
1967	32	PHI	NL	18	41	35	3	6	2	0	0	7	0	0	5	9	.171	.275	.229	.504	46	8	1	0	1	0	1	2
1967	32	ATL	NL	62	180	158	14	23	2	0	3	13	0	1	19	51	.146	.236	.215	.451	31	34	3	0	2	1	4	2
6 Yrs				297	843	731	65	146	22	0	14	74	0	3	96	167	.200	.293	.287	.581	62	210	18	3	8	5	12
162 Game Avg.				162	460	399	35	80	12	0	8	40	0	2	52	91	.200	.293	.287	.581	62	115	10	2	4	3	7

ATL (3 yrs)				108	269	238	22	43	6	0	4	21	0	1	28	71	.181	.266	.256	.522	49	61	7	0	2	1	4
PHI (2 yrs)				96	278	242	18	49	8	0	7	37	0	0	27	45	.202	.278	.322	.601	67	78	9	0	5	4	7
STL (2 yrs)				93	296	251	25	54	8	0	3	16	0	2	41	51	.215	.332	.283	.615	70	71	2	3	1	0	1

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	MLN	NL	33	71	-2	-0	-0	1	1	-1	-0.1	2	2	0.1	.497	.499	0.0	0.2	1	$	2
1963	28	MLN	NL	13	18	1	-0	-0	-1	0	-0	-0.1	1	0	0.0	.495	.500	0.1	-0.1	1	$	/2
1964	29	STL	NL	40	124	-5	-2	0	1	2	-4	-0.4	4	0	0.0	.489	.497	-0.1	0.3	-1	$	2
1965	30	STL	NL	53	172	-3	-0	0	-2	2	-2	-0.2	6	4	0.3	.496	.499	0.6	0.1	6	$	2
1966	31	PHI	NL	78	237	-6	-1	-0	2	3	-2	-0.1	8	6	0.7	.498	.499	0.4	0.7	5	$	2
1967	32	PHI	NL	18	41	-2	-1	0	-3	1	-5	-0.6	1	-4	-0.4	.468	.496	-0.1	-0.3	-1	$	2
1967	32	ATL	NL	62	180	-14	0	-0	-13	3	-24	-2.8	6	-18	-2.2	.454	.483	-0.7	-1.1	-5	$	2
6 Seasons				297	843	-31	-4	-1	-15	12	-38	-4.2	29	-10	-1.5	.485	.496	0.2	-0.1	5	$

ATL (3 yrs)				108	269	-16	-0	-1	-13	4	-26	-2.9	9	-17	-2.1	.472	.494	-0.6	-1.0	-4	$
PHI (2 yrs)				96	278	-8	-2	-0	-1	4	-7	-0.7	10	3	0.3	.492	.498	0.3	0.4	4	$
STL (2 yrs)				93	296	-8	-2	1	-1	4	-6	-0.6	10	4	0.3	.493	.498	0.5	0.4	5	$

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	MLN	NL	71	51	6	3.2	101	.313	.250	.266	.324	.333	.328	.404	.652	.738	78	.337	-1.8	-0.2	.549	.188	.078	.0
1963	28	MLN	NL	18	13	2	4.1	89	.364	.250	.253	.333	.315	.375	.378	.708	.693	105	.526	0.2	0.0	.615	.250	.125
1964	29	STL	NL	124	87	9	2.8	101	.247	.198	.274	.315	.332	.236	.406	.550	.739	53	.330	-6.5	-0.7	.483	.189	.038	.0
1965	30	STL	NL	172	115	18	4.2	101	.267	.228	.268	.345	.333	.317	.405	.662	.738	82	.510	-2.6	-0.3	.623	.248	.090	.0
1966	31	PHI	NL	237	180	19	2.8	96	.214	.208	.265	.279	.324	.338	.399	.617	.722	71	.327	-7.9	-0.8	.535	.237	.130	.0
1967	32	TOT	NL	221	173	10	1.6	90	.198	.150	.257	.243	.320	.218	.378	.461	.698	34	.153	-16.6	-1.8	.385	.187	.067	.0
1967	32	PHI	NL	41	31	2	1.7	91	.231	.171	.259	.275	.322	.229	.381	.504	.702	46	.181	-2.3	-0.2	.433	.200	.057
1967	32	ATL	NL	180	142	8	1.5	90	.190	.146	.257	.236	.319	.215	.377	.451	.696	31	.147	-14.2	-1.5	.374	.184	.070	.0
6 Yrs				843	619	64	2.8	96	.238	.200	.265	.293	.326	.287	.396	.581	.722	62	.327	-35.2	-3.7	.505	.215	.088	.0
162 Game Avg.				460	338	35	2.8	96	.238	.200	.265	.293	.326	.287	.396	.581	.722	62	.327	-35.2	-3.7	.505	.215	.088

ATL (3 yrs)				269	206	16	2.1	92	.238	.181	.259	.266	.323	.256	.385	.522	.707	49	.224	-15.8	-1.7	.433	.189	.076	.0
PHI (2 yrs)				278	211	21	2.7	96	.216	.202	.264	.278	.323	.322	.396	.601	.720	67	.307	-10.2	-1.1	.520	.231	.120	.0
STL (2 yrs)				296	202	27	3.6	101	.259	.215	.270	.332	.333	.283	.406	.615	.738	70	.439	-9.1	-1.0	.562	.223	.068	.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	MLN	NL	71	1.4%	21.1%	9.9%	4.2%	19%	2.14	4.3	64.0	8.0	1.18	68%
1963	28	MLN	NL	18	0.0%	27.8%	11.1%	11.1%	50%	2.50	3.2			2.50	61%
1964	29	STL	NL	124	0.8%	19.4%	13.7%	1.6%	10%	1.41	4.4	106.0	17.7	1.15	65%
1965	30	STL	NL	172	1.2%	15.7%	14.0%	5.2%	27%	1.13	5.4	72.5	14.5	1.13	67%
1966	31	PHI	NL	237	3.0%	15.2%	9.3%	5.5%	30%	1.64	5.8	29.6	6.9	1.25	71%
1967	32	TOT	NL	221	1.4%	27.2%	10.9%	3.2%	24%	2.50	3.2	64.3	9.7	0.88	59%
1967	32	PHI	NL	41	0.0%	22.0%	12.2%	4.9%	33%	1.80	3.9		5.0	1.10	63%
1967	32	ATL	NL	180	1.7%	28.3%	10.6%	2.8%	22%	2.68	3.1	52.7	12.2	0.83	58%
6 Yrs				843	1.7%	19.8%	11.4%	4.3%	25%	1.74	4.4	52.2	9.9	1.11	66%
MLB Averages					2.2%	15.4%	8.0%	6.3%	28%	1.91	5.8	40.7	9.0	1.09	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	MLN	NL	-1.8	-0.2	71	-0.3	0.9	-1.2	.80	-0.2	-0.2	-2.3	-0.2	0.90	-3.0	0.51	8
1963	28	MLN	NL	0.2	0.0	18	-0.3	0.2	-0.5	1.27	-0.1	-0.1	-0.5	-0.1	0.83	-0.1	1.47	7
1964	29	STL	NL	-6.5	-0.7	125	-0.7	1.3	-1.9	.84	-0.4	-0.4	-5.5	-0.6	0.94	-3.5		0
1965	30	STL	NL	-2.8	-0.3	177	-0.3	2.3	-2.6	.89	-0.0	-0.3	0.8	0.1	0.85	-0.3	1.36	5
1966	31	PHI	NL	-7.9	-0.8	237	-0.8	3.4	-4.2	.98	-0.4	-0.4	-4.4	-0.5	0.94	-2.3	1.96	6
1967	32	TOT	NL	-16.6	-1.8	220	-1.4	2.5	-3.9	.97	-1.4	-0.0	-8.3	-0.9	1.03	-12.6	0.69	6
1967	32	PHI	NL	-2.3	-0.2	41	0.0	0.7	-0.7	1.16	-0.2	0.2	0.4	0.0	1.17	-1.2	0.30	3
1967	32	ATL	NL	-14.2	-1.5	179	-1.4	1.8	-3.2	.93	-1.3	-0.3	-8.8	-0.9	1.00	-11.4	1.09	3
6 Yrs				-35.3	-3.7	848	-3.7	10.6	-14.3	.93	-2.5	-1.5	-20.3	-2.1	0.94	-21.9	1.16	32

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	CS	SB%	CS2	CS3	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	MLN	NL	0	18%	33	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	25%	7	6	1	0	0	0	1	0	1
1963	28	MLN	NL	1	50%	4	0		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	67%	2	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0
1964	29	STL	NL	3	18%	60	1	0%	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	13%	5	5	0	0	0	0	3	1	1
1965	30	STL	NL	2	26%	72	1	0%	0	0	1	1	1	2	4	33%	8	6	2	5	4	1	5	2	3
1966	31	PHI	NL	8	14%	82	0		0	0	0	1	0	2	1	41%	12	8	4	2	0	2	3	2	1
1967	32	TOT	NL	3	28%	75	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	2	6	29%	11	9	2	1	1	0	5	2	3
1967	32	PHI	NL	1	27%	13	0		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
1967	32	ATL	NL	2	28%	62	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	1	6	36%	9	7	2	0	0	0	5	2	3
6 Yrs				17	22%	326	3	0%	1	1	1	2	1	9	11	32%	45	34	11	8	5	3	18	7	9

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	MLN	NL	71	28%	16			8	2	0	0	0.51	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		9	3	33%	5	2	40%	38	7	18%	3	1	33%	1	1	100%	0
1963	28	MLN	NL	18	56%	4			7	2	0	0	1.47	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	1	50%	0	0		8	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1964	29	STL	NL	124	69%	21			0	0	0	0		1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		21	1	5%	14	1	7%	71	5	7%	8	1	13%	4	0	0%	0
1965	30	STL	NL	172	73%	33			5	0	0	0	1.36	2	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	100%	27	1	4%	11	1	9%	76	8	11%	9	3	33%	5	2	40%	0
1966	31	PHI	NL	237	76%	43			6	2	1	1	1.96	7	0	8	2	5	3	4	0	5	4	80%	43	8	19%	24	12	50%	146	24	16%	18	12	67%	5	3	60%	0
1967	32	TOT	NL	221	37%	29			6	1	0	0	0.69	3	1	11	1	2	1	2	0	4	3	75%	45	4	9%	28	8	29%	142	18	13%	12	3	25%	8	4	50%	0
1967	32	PHI	NL	41	83%	6			3	1	0	0	0.30	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	10	1	10%	7	3	43%	38	8	21%	3	1	33%	1	1	100%	0
1967	32	ATL	NL	180	26%	23			3	0	0	0	1.09	3	1	5	1	2	1	2	0	3	2	67%	35	3	9%	21	5	24%	104	10	10%	9	2	22%	7	3	43%	0
6 Yrs				843	60%	146			32	7	1	1	1.16	14	1	22	4	10	7	7	0	10	8	80%	147	18	12%	82	24	29%	481	62	13%	50	20	40%	23	10	43%	0
MLB Averages					52%																			77%			10%			30%			14%			47%			52%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1962	27	33	71	64	5	16	2	1	8	0	7	15	.250	.324	.328	.652	78	21	3	0	0	0	0
1963	28	46	89	80	8	20	4	1	8	0	9	20	.250	.326	.338	.663	83	27	4	0	0	0	0
1964	29	86	213	186	16	41	5	2	14	1	26	44	.220	.319	.280	.599	66	52	5	1	0	0	0
1965	30	139	385	331	33	74	12	4	24	2	50	71	.224	.331	.296	.627	73	98	6	3	1	0	1
1966	31	217	622	538	48	117	18	11	54	2	72	107	.217	.311	.312	.623	72	168	14	3	5	4	7
1967	32	297	843	731	65	146	22	14	74	3	96	167	.200	.293	.287	.581	62	210	18	3	8	5	12

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	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1962	27	33	71	64	5	16	2	1	8	7	15	.250	.324	.328	.652	7	33
1963	28	13	18	16	3	4	2	0	0	2	5	.250	.333	.375	.708	2	13
1964	29	40	124	106	8	21	1	1	6	17	24	.198	.315	.236	.550	8	40
1965	30	53	171	144	17	33	7	2	10	24	27	.229	.347	.319	.667	16	53
1966	31	78	239	208	16	44	6	7	32	23	36	.212	.285	.341	.626	21	78
1967	32	80	226	196	20	32	4	3	23	26	60	.163	.260	.230	.490	12	80
6 Yrs		297	849	734	69	150	22	14	79	99	167	.204	.300	.292	.591	66	297
162 Game Avg.		162	463	400	38	82	12	8	43	54	91	.204	.300	.292	.591	36	297

* 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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