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Bob Usher
Robert Royce Usher

Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Weight: 180 lb.

Born: March 1, 1925 in San Diego, CA
High School: San Diego (San Diego, CA)
Signed by the Cincinnati Reds as an amateur free agent in 1943. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 16, 1946
Final Game: September 19, 1957
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Standard Batting

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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
1946	21	CIN	NL	92	167	152	16	31	5	1	1	14	2		13	27	.204	.271	.270	.541	56	41	2	1	1			O/5
1947	22	CIN	NL	9	24	22	2	4	0	0	1	1	0		2	2	.182	.250	.318	.568	51	7	1	0	0			/O

1950	25	CIN	NL	106	353	321	51	83	17	0	6	35	3		27	38	.259	.316	.368	.684	79	118	9	0	5			O
1951	26	CIN	NL	114	333	303	27	63	12	2	5	25	4	5	19	36	.208	.257	.310	.567	51	94	8	1	10			O
1952	27	CHC	NL	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000				0	0	0	0

1957	32	TOT	AL	106	340	303	37	78	7	1	5	27	0	0	28	33	.257	.321	.337	.658	82	102	6	2	4	3	2	8/795
1957	32	CLE	AL	10	10	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.125	.222	.125	.347	-2	1	0	0	1	0	0	/857
1957	32	WSH	AL	96	330	295	36	77	7	1	5	27	0	0	27	30	.261	.324	.342	.667	85	101	6	2	3	3	2	8/97
6 Seasons				428	1218	1101	133	259	41	4	18	102	9	5	90	136	.235	.295	.329	.623	69	362	26	4	20	3	2
162 Game Avg.				162	461	417	50	98	16	2	7	39	3		34	51	.235	.295	.329	.623	69	137	10	2	8

CIN (4 yrs)				321	877	798	96	181	34	3	13	75	9	5	61	103	.227	.283	.326	.609	63	260	20	2	16
WSH (1 yr)				96	330	295	36	77	7	1	5	27	0	0	27	30	.261	.324	.342	.667	85	101	6	2	3	3	2
CLE (1 yr)				10	10	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.125	.222	.125	.347	-2	1	0	0	1	0	0
CHC (1 yr)				1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000				0	0	0	0

NL (5 yrs)				322	878	798	96	181	34	3	13	75	9	5	62	103	.227	.284	.326	.610	64	260	20	2	16
AL (1 yr)				106	340	303	37	78	7	1	5	27	0	0	28	33	.257	.321	.337	.658	82	102	6	2	4	3	2

Advanced Batting

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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
1946	21	CIN	NL	167	124	11	2.4	89	.242	.204	.258	.271	.332	.270	.361	.541	.693	56	.275	-8.8	-0.9	.463	.164	.066	1.3
1947	22	CIN	NL	24	19	2	2.8	105	.158	.182	.273	.250	.348	.318	.404	.568	.752	51	.284	-1.7	-0.2	.474	.227	.136	.0

1950	25	CIN	NL	353	252	37	3.9	108	.278	.259	.270	.316	.346	.368	.418	.684	.764	79	.415	-9.8	-1.0	.599	.202	.109	4.0
1951	26	CIN	NL	333	263	23	2.4	105	.221	.208	.270	.257	.344	.310	.409	.567	.753	51	.232	-22.4	-2.2	.447	.162	.102	4.4
1952	27	CHC	NL	1	0	0						1.000	.336							0.3	0.0

1957	32	TOT	AL	340	238	34	3.9	98	.272	.257	.261	.321	.333	.337	.393	.658	.726	82	.442	-7.3	-0.7	.571	.172	.079	.0
1957	32	CLE	AL	10	8	0	0.0	99	.200	.125	.263	.222	.335	.125	.397	.347	.732	-2	.000	-1.1	-0.1	.286	.125	.000
1957	32	WSH	AL	330	230	34	4.0	98	.274	.261	.261	.324	.333	.342	.393	.667	.726	85	.457	-6.2	-0.6	.580	.173	.081	.0
6 Seasons				1218	896	107	3.2	102	.254	.235	.266	.295	.340	.329	.401	.623	.740	69	.352	-49.6	-5.0	.527	.179	.094	12.0
162 Game Avg.				461	339	41	3.2	102	.254	.235	.266	.295	.340	.329	.401	.623	.740	69	.352	-49.6	-5.0	.527	.179	.094	5

CIN (4 yrs)				877	658	73	3.0	103	.246	.227	.267	.283	.343	.326	.403	.609	.746	63	.317	-42.7	-4.3	.509	.180	.099	10.6
WSH (1 yr)				330	230	34	4.0	98	.274	.261	.261	.324	.333	.342	.393	.667	.726	85	.457	-6.2	-0.6	.580	.173	.081	.0
CLE (1 yr)				10	8	0	0.0	99	.200	.125	.263	.222	.335	.125	.397	.347	.732	-2	.000	-1.1	-0.1	.286	.125	.000
CHC (1 yr)				1	0	0						1.000	.336							0.3	0.0

NL (5 yrs)				878	658	73	3.0	103	.246	.227	.267	.284	.343	.326	.403	.610	.746	64	.317	-42.4	-4.3	.511	.182	.099	10.6
AL (1 yr)				340	238	34	3.9	98	.272	.257	.261	.321	.333	.337	.393	.658	.726	82	.442	-7.3	-0.7	.571	.172	.079	.0

Ratio Batting*

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1946	21	CIN	NL	167	0.6%	16.2%	7.8%	4.2%	23%	2.08	5.6	152.0	10.9		74%
1947	22	CIN	NL	24	4.2%	8.3%	8.3%	4.2%	25%	1.00	11.0	22.0	22.0		79%

1950	25	CIN	NL	353	1.7%	10.8%	7.7%	6.5%	28%	1.41	8.4	53.5	9.2		78%
1951	26	CIN	NL	333	1.5%	10.8%	5.7%	5.7%	30%	1.89	8.4	60.6	12.1		79%
1952	27	CHC	NL	1	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%		0.00					0%

1957	32	TOT	AL	340	1.5%	9.7%	8.2%	3.8%	17%	1.18	9.2	60.6	11.2	0.92	79%
1957	32	CLE	AL	10	0.0%	30.0%	10.0%	0.0%	0%	3.00	2.7			0.25	50%
1957	32	WSH	AL	330	1.5%	9.1%	8.2%	3.9%	17%	1.11	9.8	59.0	10.9	0.95	80%
6 Seasons				1218	1.5%	11.2%	7.4%	5.2%	24%	1.51	8.1	61.2	10.8	0.92	78%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	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	32	TOT	AL	6	1	31%	124	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	9	57%	30	14	14	8	3	5	9	1	8
1957	32	CLE	AL	0	0	50%	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1957	32	WSH	AL	6	1	31%	123	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	9	57%	29	14	13	8	3	5	9	1	8
6 Seasons				6	1	34%	124	9	5	100%	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	9	57%	30	14	14	8	3	5	9	1	8
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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						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	32	TOT	AL	333	26%	78			4	0	0	0	2.19	5	0	9	2	3	2	3	0	7	4	57%	75	6	8%	29	13	45%	203	24	12%	18	11	61%	13	7	54%	8
1957	32	CLE	AL	10	40%	1			3	0	0	0	2.77	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	4	0	0%	1	0	0%	8	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
1957	32	WSH	AL	323	26%	77			1	0	0	0	0.44	5	0	9	2	3	2	3	0	6	3	50%	71	6	8%	28	13	46%	195	24	12%	17	11	65%	12	7	58%	8
6 Seasons				333	26%	259			4	0	0	0	2.19	18	0	9	2	3	2	3	0	7	20	286%	75	26	35%	29	13	45%	203	24	12%	18	11	61%	13	7	54%	8
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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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
1946	21	92	167	152	16	31	5	1	1	14	2		13	27	.204	.271	.270	.541	56	41	2	1	1
1947	22	101	191	174	18	35	5	1	2	15	2		15	29	.201	.268	.276	.544	56	48	3	1	1
1948	23	101	191	174	18	35	5	1	2	15	2		15	29	.201	.268	.276	.544	56	48	3	1	1
1949	24	101	191	174	18	35	5	1	2	15	2		15	29	.201	.268	.276	.544	56	48	3	1	1
1950	25	207	544	495	69	118	22	1	8	50	5		42	67	.238	.299	.335	.635	71	166	12	1	6
1951	26	321	877	798	96	181	34	3	13	75	9	5	61	103	.227	.283	.326	.609	63	260	20	2	16
1952	27	322	878	798	96	181	34	3	13	75	9	5	62	103	.227	.284	.326	.610	64	260	20	2	16
1953	28	322	878	798	96	181	34	3	13	75	9	5	62	103	.227	.284	.326	.610	64	260	20	2	16
1954	29	322	878	798	96	181	34	3	13	75	9	5	62	103	.227	.284	.326	.610	64	260	20	2	16
1955	30	322	878	798	96	181	34	3	13	75	9	5	62	103	.227	.284	.326	.610	64	260	20	2	16
1956	31	322	878	798	96	181	34	3	13	75	9	5	62	103	.227	.284	.326	.610	64	260	20	2	16
1957	32	428	1218	1101	133	259	41	4	18	102	9	5	90	136	.235	.295	.329	.623	69	362	26	4	20	3	2

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
1946	21	96	178	162	20	36	6	1	1	17	2	15	28	.222	.292	.290	.582	14	92
1947	22	9	26	24	2	5	0	0	1	1	0	2	2	.208	.269	.333	.603	2	9

1950	25	111	360	333	50	84	17	0	6	34	3	27	40	.252	.308	.357	.666	37	106
1951	26	118	331	311	27	62	12	2	5	25	4	19	37	.199	.248	.299	.547	23	114
1952	27	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000			0	1

1957	32	112	360	324	41	87	8	1	6	30	0	31	35	.269	.333	.355	.688	38	106
6 Seasons		447	1256	1154	140	274	43	4	19	107	9	95	142	.237	.297	.331	.628	114	428
162 Game Avg.		162	455	418	51	99	16	1	7	39	3	34	51	.237	.297	.331	.628	41	428

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