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John Urrea

John Goody Urrea

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: February 9, 1955 in Los Angeles, CA
Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1st round (14th pick) of the 1974 amateur draft (January). (All Transactions)
Debut: April 10, 1977
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Padres 1977-1981

Final Game: October 4, 1981
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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
1977 22 STL NL 41 41 29 2 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 9 6 .138 .342 .138 .480 36 4 0 0 3 0 0 1
1978 23 STL NL 27 27 24 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 8 .125 .160 .125 .285 -19 3 1 0 2 0 0 1
1979 24 STL NL 3 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 36 1 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1980 25 STL NL 30 15 13 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .231 .231 .231 .462 28 3 0 0 2 0 0 1
1981 26 SDP NL 38 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 46 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
5 Yrs 139 91 74 2 12 0 0 0 4 0 0 10 20 .162 .262 .162 .424 20 12 1 0 7 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 106 86 2 14 0 0 0 5 0 0 12 23 .162 .262 .162 .424 20 14 1 0 8 0 0
STL (4 yrs) 101 87 70 2 11 0 0 0 4 0 0 10 19 .157 .263 .157 .420 18 11 1 0 7 0 0
SDP (1 yr) 38 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 46 1 0 0 0 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 Awards
1977 22 STL NL 41 41 -2 -0 0 0 5 3 0.3 1 4 0.3 .507 .502 0.3 0.0 4 $ 1
1978 23 STL NL 27 27 -4 0 -0 0 3 -1 -0.1 1 -0 -0.1 .495 .499 -0.1 0.0 -0 $ 1
1979 24 STL NL 3 4 -0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .504 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /1
1980 25 STL NL 30 15 -2 0 0 0 2 0 0.0 0 1 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 1 $ 1
1981 26 SDP NL 38 4 -0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
5 Seasons 139 91 -8 -0 -0 0 11 2 0.2 3 5 0.2 .502 .500 0.2 0.1 5 $
STL (4 yrs) 101 87 -8 -0 -0 0 10 2 0.2 3 5 0.2 .502 .500 0.2 0.0 5 $
SDP (1 yr) 38 4 -0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .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
1977 22 STL NL 41 28 3 2.9 102 .174 .138 .268 .342 .336 .138 .409 .480 .744 36 .298 -2.2 -0.2 .520 .310 .000
1978 23 STL NL 27 24 0 0.0 94 .188 .125 .261 .160 .329 .125 .384 .285 .712 -19 .000 -3.9 -0.4 .182 .042 .000
1979 24 STL NL 4 3 0 0.0 101 .333 .250 .271 .250 .337 .250 .402 .500 .740 36 .000 -0.4 -0.0 .333 .000 .000
1980 25 STL NL 15 12 1 2.2 98 .333 .231 .271 .231 .334 .231 .394 .462 .728 28 .239 -1.4 -0.1 .300 .000 .000
1981 26 SDP NL 4 3 0 0.0 87 .333 .250 .256 .250 .320 .250 .366 .500 .686 46 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .333 .000 .000
5 Yrs 91 70 4 1.5 98 .222 .162 .266 .262 .333 .162 .395 .424 .728 20 .128 -8.1 -0.8 .349 .135 .000
162 Game Avg. 106 82 5 1.5 98 .222 .162 .266 .262 .333 .162 .395 .424 .728 20 .128 -8.1 -0.8 .349 .135 .000
STL (4 yrs) 87 67 4 1.6 99 .216 .157 .266 .263 .333 .157 .397 .420 .730 18 .136 -7.8 -0.8 .350 .143 .000
SDP (1 yr) 4 3 0 0.0 87 .333 .250 .256 .250 .320 .250 .366 .500 .686 46 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .333 .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
1977 22 STL NL 41 0.0% 14.6% 22.0% 0.0% 0% 0.67 4.8 29.0 4.50 56%
1978 23 STL NL 27 0.0% 29.6% 3.7% 0.0% 0% 8.00 3.0 12.0 3.25 59%
1979 24 STL NL 4 0.0% 25.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 4.0 4.0 1.00 75%
1980 25 STL NL 15 0.0% 26.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 3.3 60%
1981 26 SDP NL 4 0.0% 25.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 4.0 1.00 75%
5 Yrs 91 0.0% 22.0% 11.0% 0.0% 0% 2.00 3.7 18.5 4.10 59%
MLB Averages 2.0% 12.7% 8.4% 6.6% 28% 1.51 7.0 44.8 8.5 1.10 75%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1977 22 STL NL -2.2 -0.2 41 -0.2 0.2 -0.5 .63 -0.2 -0.1 -1.9 -0.2 0.87 -1.4 0
1978 23 STL NL -3.9 -0.4 27 -0.4 0.1 -0.5 .78 -0.4 -0.2 -3.6 -0.4 0.94 -3.9 0
1979 24 STL NL -0.4 -0.0 4 0.0 0.1 -0.1 1.00 -0.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.80 -0.1 0
1980 25 STL NL -1.4 -0.1 15 -0.1 0.1 -0.2 .67 -0.2 0.0 -1.0 -0.1 0.81 -1.5 0
1981 26 SDP NL -0.3 -0.0 4 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .74 -0.1 -0.0 -0.3 -0.0 0.70 -0.5 0
5 Yrs -8.1 -0.8 91 -0.8 0.5 -1.3 .70 -0.8 -0.3 -6.4 -0.7 0.87 -7.4 0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1977 22 STL NL 1 0 15% 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 23 STL NL 0 0 0% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 24 STL NL 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 25 STL NL 0 0 0% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 26 SDP 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
5 Yrs 1 0 9% 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 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 % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1977 22 STL NL 41 7% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 75% 4 0 0% 5 1 20% 18 1 6% 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 0
1978 23 STL NL 27 41% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 67% 5 1 20% 6 2 33% 16 2 13% 1 0 0% 2 0 0% 0
1979 24 STL NL 4 75% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 0 0 0 0 0
1980 25 STL NL 15 27% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 2 0 0% 2 1 50% 4 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1981 26 SDP NL 4 0% 1 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
5 Yrs 91 23% 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 7 78% 11 1 9% 13 4 31% 42 4 10% 2 1 50% 3 0 0% 0
MLB Averages 56% 79% 11% 36% 15% 51% 54%

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
1977 22 41 41 29 2 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 9 6 .138 .342 .138 .480 36 4 0 0 3 0 0
1978 23 68 68 53 2 7 0 0 0 3 0 0 10 14 .132 .270 .132 .402 14 7 1 0 5 0 0
1979 24 71 72 57 2 8 0 0 0 4 0 0 10 15 .140 .269 .140 .409 16 8 1 0 5 0 0
1980 25 101 87 70 2 11 0 0 0 4 0 0 10 19 .157 .263 .157 .420 18 11 1 0 7 0 0
1981 26 139 91 74 2 12 0 0 0 4 0 0 10 20 .162 .262 .162 .424 20 12 1 0 7 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
1977 22 41 38 28 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 7 6 .107 .286 .107 .393 1 41
1978 23 27 28 25 0 4 0 0 0 4 0 1 8 .160 .192 .160 .352 1 27
1979 24 3 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 3
1980 25 30 16 14 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .286 .286 .286 .571 1 30
1981 26 58 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 38
5 Yrs 159 92 77 1 11 0 0 0 5 0 8 21 .143 .224 .143 .366 3 139
162 Game Avg. 162 94 78 1 11 0 0 0 5 0 8 21 .143 .224 .143 .366 3 139

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