Chris Van Cuyk

Christian Gerald Van Cuyk

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 6", Weight: 215 lb.

Born: January 3, 1927 in Kimberly, WI
High School: Kimberly HS (Kimberly, WI)
Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1946. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 16, 1950
Team: Dodgers 1950-1952

Final Game: August 15, 1952
Died: November 3, 1992 in Hudson, FL
Buried: Florida National Cemetery, Bushnell, FL
Relatives: Brother of Johnny Van Cuyk
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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	Pos	Awards
1946	19	LAD-min	D																									CMG · ESHL
1947	20	LAD-min	D	38	116	116		32	4	2	0						.276	.276	.345	.621		40						CMG · ESHL
1948	21	LAD-min	AA	37	69	69		9	0	0	0						.130	.130	.130	.261		9						FTW · TL
1949	22	LAD-min	AA	47	75	75		16	3	1	0						.213	.213	.280	.493		21						FTW · TL
1950	23	LAD-min	AA	23	60	60		9	0	0	0						.150	.150	.150	.300		9						FTW · TL
1950	23	BRO	NL	12	11	10	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	.100	.100	.100	.200	-48	1	0	0	1		1
1951	24	LAD-min	AAA	24	59	58	3	11	3	0	0	7	0		0	8	.190	.190	.241	.431		14		0	1			MTL · IL
1951	24	BRO	NL	9	9	8	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.250	.333	.250	.583	58	2	0	1	0		/1
1952	25	BRO	NL	23	37	33	3	8	1	0	0	4	0	0	1	6	.242	.265	.273	.537	48	9	0	0	3		1
1953	26	LAD-min	AAA	38	36	33	4	11	0	0	0	5	0		2	10	.333	.371	.333	.705		11	1	0	1			STP · AA
1954	27	OLD	Opn	39	39	37	2	7	1	0	1	2	0		0	12	.189	.189	.297	.486		11	1	0	2	0		OLD · PCL
1955	28	OLD	Opn	28	57	48	2	10	0	0	0	5	0		2	6	.208	.240	.208	.448		10	1	0	7	0		OLD · PCL
1956	29	MIN-BAL-min	AA,Opn	35	46	45	0	6	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	.133	.133	.156	.289		7	0	0	1	0		CNG,VAN · SOUA,PCL
1957	30	PHI-min	D	4	15	15		1									.067	.067										TAM · FLOR
3 Yrs				44	57	51	4	11	1	0	0	5	0	0	1	9	.216	.245	.235	.481	31	12	0	1	4
162 Game Avg.				162	210	188	15	41	4	0	0	18	0		4	33	.216	.245	.235	.481	31	44	0	4	15

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	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1950	23	BRO	NL	12	11	-2	-0	0	1	-1	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.493	.499	-0.1	-0	$	1
1951	24	BRO	NL	9	9	-0	0	0	1	0	0.0	0	1	0.0	.505	.500	0.0	1	$	/1
1952	25	BRO	NL	23	37	-2	-0	0	4	2	0.2	1	3	0.2	.509	.501	0.2	3	$	1
3 Seasons				44	57	-5	-0	1	6	2	0.2	2	4	0.1	.504	.500	0.1	4	$

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
1950	23	BRO	NL	11	10	0	0.0	111	.100	.100	.273	.100	.351	.100	.424	.200	.774	-48	.000	-2.2	-0.2	.111	.000	.000
1951	24	BRO	NL	9	6	1	4.5	105	.400	.250	.270	.333	.344	.250	.409	.583	.753	58	.496	-0.4	-0.0	.500	.000	.000
1952	25	BRO	NL	37	28	2	1.9	99	.296	.242	.264	.265	.337	.273	.393	.537	.730	48	.195	-2.4	-0.2	.400	.061	.030
3 Yrs				57	44	3	1.8	102	.262	.216	.267	.245	.341	.235	.401	.481	.742	31	.172	-5.1	-0.5	.350	.039	.020
162 Game Avg.				210	162	11	1.8	102	.262	.216	.267	.245	.341	.235	.401	.481	.742	31	.172	-5.1	-0.5	.350	.039	.020

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1950	23	BRO	NL	11	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%				10.0	2.33	91%
1951	24	BRO	NL	9	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		2.7				56%
1952	25	BRO	NL	37	0.0%	16.2%	2.7%	2.7%	13%	6.00	5.5		8.3	1.75	73%
3 Yrs				57	0.0%	15.8%	1.8%	1.8%	9%	9.00	5.7		10.2	2.18	74%
MLB Averages					2.0%	10.2%	9.7%	6.4%	28%	1.05	8.7	45.1	8.1	0.98	76%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI
1950	23	BRO	NL	-2.2	-0.2	11	-0.2	0.0	-0.3	1.08	-0.2	-0.0	-2.4	-0.2	0.99	-2.3
1951	24	BRO	NL	-0.4	-0.0	9	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	.74	-0.1	-0.1	-1.4	-0.1	0.85	-1.1
1952	25	BRO	NL	-2.4	-0.2	37	-0.3	0.3	-0.6	.85	-0.3	0.0	-2.8	-0.3	1.08	-2.8
3 Yrs				-5.1	-0.5	57	-0.7	0.4	-1.1	.87	-0.7	-0.1	-6.5	-0.7	1.03	-6.3

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	RS%	SBO	CS	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stD	1^stD3	2^ndS	2^ndSH
1950	23	BRO	NL	0%	2		0%	0	0	1	1	0	0
1951	24	BRO	NL	33%	5	0		0	0	0	0	0	0
1952	25	BRO	NL	33%	10	0	33%	2	2	0	0	1	1
3 Yrs				31%	17	0	25%	2	2	1	1	1	1

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
1950	23	BRO	NL	11	100%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	50%	2	0	0%	5	2	40%	10	1	10%	1	1	100%	1	1	100%	0
1951	24	BRO	NL	9	89%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	0	0		2	0	0%	5	0	0%	2	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
1952	25	BRO	NL	37	89%	8			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	100%	6	0	0%	9	1	11%	35	4	11%	2	0	0%	1	1	100%	0
3 Yrs				57	91%	11			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	4	67%	8	0	0%	16	3	19%	50	5	10%	5	1	20%	3	2	67%	0
MLB Averages					51%																			91%			12%			33%			15%			51%			55%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	HBP	SH
1950	23	12	11	10	0	1	0	1		0	0	.100	.100	.100	.200	-48	1	0	1
1951	24	21	20	18	1	3	0	1	0	0	3	.167	.211	.167	.377	1	3	1	1
1952	25	44	57	51	4	11	1	5	0	1	9	.216	.245	.235	.481	31	12	1	4

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	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1950	23	13	11	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	12
1951	24	9	9	8	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.111	.000	.111	0	9
1952	25	24	38	34	3	8	1	4	1	6	.235	.257	.265	.522	2	23
3 Yrs		46	58	52	3	8	1	4	1	9	.154	.185	.173	.358	2	44
162 Game Avg.		162	204	183	11	28	4	14	4	32	.154	.185	.173	.358	7	44

* 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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