Billy Urbanski

William Michael Urbanski

Positions: Shortstop and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 8", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: June 5, 1903 in Linoleumville, NY(All Transactions)
Debut: July 4, 1931
Teams (by GP): Braves/Bees 1931-1937

Final Game: April 23, 1937
Died: July 12, 1973 in Perth Amboy, NJ
Buried: Holy Trinity Cemetery, Hopelawn, NJ
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	Pos	Awards
1925	22	JER	AA	56	186	186		50	6	1	2					.269	.269	.344	.613		64					JER · IL
1926	23	JER	AA	136	484	484		133	13	7	1					.275	.275	.337	.612		163					JER · IL
1927	24	BLT	AA	161	574	574		169	26	3	9					.294	.294	.397	.692		228					BLT · IL
1928	25	MTL,BLT	AA	143	528	528		167	33	9	6					.316	.316	.447	.763		236					MTL,BLT · IL
1929	26	MTL	AA	168	641	641		201	39	14	8					.314	.314	.456	.769		292					MTL · IL
1930	27	MTL	AA	162	602	602		190	44	10	9					.316	.316	.467	.782		281					MTL · IL
1931	28	MTL	AA	78	313	313		106	22	6	4					.339	.339	.486	.824		152					MTL · IL
1931	28	BSN	NL	82	334	303	22	72	13	4	0	17	3	10	32	.238	.274	.307	.581	58	93		5	15	56
1932	29	BSN	NL	136	614	563	80	153	25	8	8	46	8	28	60	.272	.307	.387	.695	88	218		1	22	*6
1933	30	BSN	NL	144	617	566	65	142	21	4	0	35	4	33	48	.251	.298	.302	.600	78	171	13	5	14	*6
1934	31	BSN	NL	146	677	605	104	177	30	6	7	53	4	56	37	.293	.357	.397	.754	109	240	10	5	11	*6
1935	32	BSN	NL	132	566	514	53	118	17	0	4	30	3	40	32	.230	.286	.286	.572	60	147	16	1	11	*6
1936	33	BSN	NL	122	536	494	55	129	17	5	0	26	2	31	42	.261	.310	.316	.626	74	156	14	4	7	65
1937	34	SFG-min	AA	3																						JER · IL
1937	34	BSN	NL	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0
1938	35	TTO	AA	68	229	229		54	8	1	3					.236	.236	.319	.555		73					TTO · IL
1939	36	BAL-min	C	55	188	188		46	18	1	0					.245	.245	.351	.596		66					YNG · MATL
7 Yrs				763	3345	3046	379	791	123	27	19	207	24	198	252	.260	.309	.337	.646	80	1025	53	21	80
162 Game Avg.				162	710	647	80	168	26	6	4	44	5	42	54	.260	.309	.337	.646	80	218		4	17

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	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1931	28	BSN	NL	82	334	-18	-0	4	3	-11	-1.2	10	-2	-0.3	.486	.493	-0.6	0.7	-6	$	56
1932	29	BSN	NL	136	614	-9	-0	2	9	1	0.1	18	19	1.8	.501	.501	1.6	1.1	17	$	*6
1933	30	BSN	NL	144	617	-14	-0	9	10	4	0.4	18	22	2.2	.503	.503	1.2	2.0	14	$	*6
1934	31	BSN	NL	146	677	11	-0	-4	10	16	1.6	20	36	3.5	.511	.510	3.9	0.6	40	$	*6
1935	32	BSN	NL	132	566	-24	-0	-26	9	-42	-4.1	16	-26	-2.5	.468	.474	0.0	-1.6	0	$	*6
1936	33	BSN	NL	122	536	-16	0	-5	6	-15	-1.5	15	0	0.0	.488	.491	0.4	0.1	6	$	65
1937	34	BSN	NL	1	1	-0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.468	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$
7 Seasons				763	3345	-71	-1	-20	46	-46	-4.9	96	50	4.7	.494	.496	6.5	2.9	70	$

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
1931	28	BSN	NL	334	246	24	2.6	101	.266	.238	.281	.274	.340	.307	.398	.581	.737	58	.260	-18.4	-1.8	.481	.112	.069	.0
1932	29	BSN	NL	614	432	67	4.2	100	.293	.272	.279	.307	.332	.387	.404	.695	.736	88	.447	-9.9	-1.0	.622	.179	.115	8.0
1933	30	BSN	NL	617	451	50	3.0	85	.274	.251	.264	.298	.316	.302	.362	.600	.678	78	.359	-14.8	-1.6	.487	.117	.051	.0
1934	31	BSN	NL	677	449	85	5.0	97	.303	.293	.277	.357	.331	.397	.394	.754	.725	109	.529	10.0	1.0	.696	.203	.104	5.1
1935	32	BSN	NL	566	423	42	2.6	96	.238	.230	.274	.286	.328	.286	.391	.572	.719	60	.262	-26.0	-2.6	.464	.140	.056	3.4
1936	33	BSN	NL	536	386	48	3.3	97	.285	.261	.277	.310	.335	.316	.388	.626	.723	74	.350	-17.1	-1.7	.509	.121	.055	.0
1937	34	BSN	NL	1	1	0	0.0	93		.000	.267	.000	.328	.000	.379	.000	.707	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
7 Yrs				3345	2388	316	3.5	96	.278	.260	.275	.309	.329	.337	.389	.646	.718	80	.384	-76.6	-7.7	.549	.150	.077	21.2
162 Game Avg.				710	507	67	3.5	96	.278	.260	.275	.309	.329	.337	.389	.646	.718	80	.384	-76.6	-7.7	.549	.150	.077	5

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	IP%
1931	28	BSN	NL	334	0.0%	9.6%	3.0%	5.1%	24%	3.20	9.5		17.8	81%
1932	29	BSN	NL	614	1.3%	9.8%	4.6%	6.7%	27%	2.14	9.4	70.4	12.2	81%
1933	30	BSN	NL	617	0.0%	7.8%	5.4%	4.1%	18%	1.45	11.8		16.2	84%
1934	31	BSN	NL	677	1.0%	5.5%	8.3%	6.4%	24%	0.66	16.4	86.4	11.4	83%
1935	32	BSN	NL	566	0.7%	5.7%	7.1%	3.7%	18%	0.80	16.1	128.5	17.1	84%
1936	33	BSN	NL	536	0.0%	7.8%	5.8%	4.1%	17%	1.35	11.8		19.0	84%
1937	34	BSN	NL	1	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.0			0%
7 Yrs				3345	0.6%	7.5%	5.9%	5.1%	21%	1.27	12.1	160.3	14.7	83%
MLB Averages					1.3%	8.5%	8.2%	6.9%	28%	1.03	10.6	67.5	7.8	80%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH
1931	28	82	334	303	22	72	13	4	0	17	3	10	32	.238	.274	.307	.581	58	93		5	15
1932	29	218	948	866	102	225	38	12	8	63	11	38	92	.260	.296	.359	.655	78	311		6	37
1933	30	362	1565	1432	167	367	59	16	8	98	15	71	140	.256	.297	.337	.633	78	482	13	11	51
1934	31	508	2242	2037	271	544	89	22	15	151	19	127	177	.267	.315	.354	.670	87	722	23	16	62
1935	32	640	2808	2551	324	662	106	22	19	181	22	167	209	.260	.309	.341	.650	82	869	39	17	73
1936	33	762	3344	3045	379	791	123	27	19	207	24	198	251	.260	.309	.337	.646	81	1025	53	21	80
1937	34	763	3345	3046	379	791	123	27	19	207	24	198	252	.260	.309	.337	.646	80	1025	53	21	80

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1931	28	86	349	317	24	76	14	4	0	18	3	11	33	.240	.276	.309	.585	26	82
1932	29	142	642	589	84	160	26	8	8	48	8	29	63	.272	.307	.384	.691	70	136
1933	30	151	667	608	82	165	24	5	0	44	5	38	50	.271	.321	.327	.648	63	144
1934	31	156	726	648	114	192	33	7	8	58	4	61	39	.296	.361	.406	.767	93	146
1935	32	139	599	543	57	126	18	0	4	32	3	43	34	.232	.290	.287	.577	45	132
1936	33	128	561	517	58	136	18	5	0	27	2	33	44	.263	.312	.317	.629	50	122
1937	34	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1
7 Yrs		803	3545	3223	419	855	133	29	20	227	25	215	264	.265	.316	.343	.659	347	763
162 Game Avg.		162	715	650	85	172	27	6	4	46	5	43	53	.265	.316	.343	.659	70	763

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Offensive WAR† s c a p y 1934 NL 3.9 (9th)	Defensive WAR† s c a p y 1932 NL 1.1 (4th) 1933 NL 2.0 (4th)	Games Played s c a p y 1934 NL 146 (10th)	At Bats s c a p y 1934 NL 605 (6th)
Plate Appearances s c a p y 1934 NL 677 (4th)	Runs Scored s c a p y 1934 NL 104 (9th)	Strikeouts s c a p y 1932 NL 60 (7th)	Singles s c a p y 1934 NL 134 (10th)
Times On Base s c a p y 1934 NL 238 (8th)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1931 NL 5 (6th) 1933 NL 5 (6th) 1934 NL 5 (7th)	Sacrifice Hits s c a p y 1931 NL 15 (9th) 1932 NL 22 (2nd)	Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y 1935 NL 16 (3rd)
Outs Made s c a p y 1932 NL 432 (9th) 1933 NL 451 (7th) 1934 NL 449 (4th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Batting - 5 (1784), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 3 (1776), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 1 (2899), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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U L Washington (938) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
John Wathan (941) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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