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Jack Urban

Jack Elmer Urban

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 8", Weight: 155 lb.

Born: December 5, 1928 in Omaha, NE
High School: Tech HS (Omaha, NE)
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1949. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 13, 1957 (Age 28)
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Cardinals 1957-1959

Final Game: August 6, 1959 (Age 30)
Died: June 26, 2006 in Omaha, NE
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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
1957 28 KCA AL 37 42 39 1 11 1 0 0 5 1 0 2 8 .282 .317 .308 .625 71 12 1 0 1 0 0 1
1958 29 KCA AL 31 47 46 2 7 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 14 .152 .170 .152 .322 -11 7 1 1 0 0 0 1
1959 30 STL NL 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
3 Yrs 76 90 86 3 18 1 0 0 7 2 0 2 22 .209 .236 .221 .457 26 19 2 1 1 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 192 183 6 38 2 0 0 15 4 0 4 47 .209 .236 .221 .457 26 41 4 2 2 0 0
KCA (2 yrs) 68 89 85 3 18 1 0 0 7 2 0 2 22 .212 .239 .224 .462 27 19 2 1 1 0 0
STL (1 yr) 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
AL (2 yrs) 68 89 85 3 18 1 0 0 7 2 0 2 22 .212 .239 .224 .462 27 19 2 1 1 0 0
NL (1 yr) 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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 Awards
1957 28 KCA AL 37 42 -2 0 -0 0 5 3 0.3 1 4 0.3 .508 .502 0.3 -0.0 4 1
1958 29 KCA AL 31 47 -6 0 0 0 5 -0 -0.1 1 1 -0.1 .498 .500 -0.1 -0.0 1 1
1959 30 STL NL 8 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 -0.0 .498 .500 -0.0 0.0 -0 /1
3 Seasons 76 90 -8 1 0 0 10 2 0.2 3 5 0.2 .503 .500 0.2 -0.0 5
KCA (2 yrs) 68 89 -8 1 0 0 10 2 0.2 3 5 0.2 .504 .501 0.2 -0.0 5
STL (1 yr) 8 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 -0.0 .498 .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 PwrSpd
1957 28 KCA AL 42 30 4 3.6 100 .355 .282 .264 .317 .337 .308 .399 .625 .736 71 .410 -1.6 -0.2 .517 .103 .026 .0
1958 29 KCA AL 47 40 1 0.7 100 .219 .152 .264 .170 .333 .152 .401 .322 .734 -11 .032 -7.2 -0.7 .225 .022 .000 .0
1959 30 STL NL 1 1 0 0.0 110 .000 .000 .277 .000 .344 .000 .429 .000 .773 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
3 Yrs 90 71 5 1.9 100 .281 .209 .264 .236 .335 .221 .400 .457 .735 26 .179 -9.1 -0.9 .343 .058 .012 .0
162 Game Avg. 192 151 11 1.9 100 .281 .209 .264 .236 .335 .221 .400 .457 .735 26 .179 -9.1 -0.9 .343 .058 .012
KCA (2 yrs) 89 70 5 1.9 100 .286 .212 .264 .239 .335 .224 .400 .462 .735 27 .184 -8.8 -0.9 .348 .059 .012 .0
STL (1 yr) 1 1 0 0.0 110 .000 .000 .277 .000 .344 .000 .429 .000 .773 -100 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
AL (2 yrs) 89 70 5 1.9 100 .286 .212 .264 .239 .335 .224 .400 .462 .735 27 .184 -8.8 -0.9 .348 .059 .012 .0
NL (1 yr) 1 1 0 0.0 110 .000 .000 .277 .000 .344 .000 .429 .000 .773 -100 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1957 28 KCA AL 42 0.0% 19.1% 4.8% 2.4% 9% 4.00 4.9 7.8 1.86 74%
1958 29 KCA AL 47 0.0% 29.8% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 3.3 23.0 1.27 68%
1959 30 STL NL 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.00 100%
3 Yrs 90 0.0% 24.4% 2.2% 1.1% 6% 11.00 3.9 12.3 1.42 71%
MLB Averages 2.4% 12.9% 8.6% 6.6% 29% 1.50 6.9 37.8 8.4 1.01 74%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1957 28 KCA AL -1.6 -0.2 40 0.4 0.8 -0.4 .75 -0.0 0.5 1.0 0.1 0.79 -0.1 0
1958 29 KCA AL -7.2 -0.7 47 -0.5 0.3 -0.8 .89 -0.7 0.1 -7.4 -0.8 1.04 -7.1 0
1959 30 STL NL -0.3 -0.0 1 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .39 -0.0 -0.0 -0.4 -0.0 1.38 -0.3 0
3 Yrs -9.1 -0.9 88 -0.1 1.1 -1.3 .82 -0.7 0.5 -6.8 -0.7 0.93 -7.5 0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB OOB1 OOB2 OOB3 OOBHm BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1957 28 KCA AL 0 0 8% 28 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 29 KCA AL 1 0 25% 10 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 30 STL 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 0 0 0
3 Yrs 1 0 14% 38 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0% 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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 % DPopp DPs DP% Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1957 28 KCA AL 42 5% 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 4 1 25% 4 0 0% 15 5 33% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
1958 29 KCA AL 47 17% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 10 1 10% 8 2 25% 38 2 5% 3 1 33% 3 2 67% 0
1959 30 STL NL 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
3 Yrs 90 12% 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33% 15 2 13% 13 2 15% 54 7 13% 4 1 25% 3 2 67% 0
MLB Averages 48% 73% 11% 31% 14% 50% 53%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1957 28 37 42 39 1 11 1 0 0 5 1 0 2 8 .282 .317 .308 .625 71 12 1 0 1 0 0
1958 29 68 89 85 3 18 1 0 0 7 2 0 2 22 .212 .239 .224 .462 27 19 2 1 1 0 0
1959 30 76 90 86 3 18 1 0 0 7 2 0 2 22 .209 .236 .221 .457 26 19 2 1 1 0 0

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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 28 39 44 41 1 12 1 0 0 6 1 2 8 .293 .326 .317 .643 4 37
1958 29 32 49 48 2 7 0 0 0 2 1 0 15 .146 .163 .146 .309 1 31
1959 30 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 8
3 Yrs 79 94 90 3 19 1 0 0 8 2 2 23 .211 .237 .222 .459 5 76
162 Game Avg. 162 193 185 6 39 2 0 0 16 4 4 47 .211 .237 .222 .459 10 76

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