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Eddie Vargas

Hediberto (Rodriguez) Vargas

Positions: First Baseman and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: February 23, 1959 in Guanica, P.R.
Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1977. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 8, 1982
Team: Pirates 1982-1984

Final Game: September 30, 1984
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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	18	PIT-min	Rk	47	177	165	21	52	5	6	2	18	4	1	10	28	.315	.356	.455	.810		75		1	0	1			PRA · GULF
1978	19	PIT-min	A-,A	113	394	394		93	23	2	7						.236	.236	.358	.594		141							NFL,CHS · NYPL,WCRS
1979	20	PIT-min	A	126	440	440		124	23	5	31						.282	.282	.568	.850		250							SHL · WCRS
1980	21	PIT-min	AA	133	555	509	78	138	28	2	24	87	2	5	36	107	.271	.321	.475	.796		242		4	0	6			BFL · EL
1981	22	PIT-min	AA	125	499	419	65	115	23	3	25	84	7	3	71	109	.274	.380	.523	.903		219		3	2	4	4		BFL · EL
1982	23	PIT-min	AAA	124	505	440	87	137	27	2	28	80	3	1	55	108	.311	.391	.573	.964		252		5	1	4	2		POR · PCL
1982	23	PIT	NL	8	9	8	1	3	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	2	.375	.333	.500	.833	127	4	0	0	0	1	0	/3

1983	24	PIT-min	AAA,AA	73	310	275	43	93	24	0	14	59	1	2	31	75	.338	.406	.578	.985		159		2	0	2	1		HAW,LYN · PCL,EL
1984	25	PIT-min	AAA	43	164	147	24	43	10	1	9	30	0	1	13	40	.293	.350	.558	.908		82		1	1	2	1		HAW · PCL
1984	25	PIT	NL	18	34	31	3	7	2	0	0	2	0	0	3	5	.226	.294	.290	.584	65	9	0	0	0	0	0	3
1985	26	PIT-min	AAA	102	346	304	40	82	17	3	7	48	1	1	38	70	.270	.347	.414	.761		126		0	0	4	0		HAW · PCL
1988	29	CIN-min	AA,AAA	118	489	430	50	119	32	3	14	73	1	1	48	98	.277	.354	.463	.817		199		6	0	5	5		CNG,NVL · SOUL,AA
1989	30	ANA-min	A,AA	81	312	267	52	84	20	0	17	64	1	2	38	59	.315	.397	.581	.978		155	5	2	0	5	1		QDS,MDL · MIDW,TL
2 Yrs				26	43	39	4	10	3	0	0	5	0	0	3	7	.256	.302	.333	.636	78	13	0	0	0	1	0
162 Game Avg.				162	268	243	25	62	19	0	0	31	0	0	19	44	.256	.302	.333	.636	78	81	0	0	0	6	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
1982	23	PIT	NL	8	9	1	0	0	0	-0	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.511	.501	0.1	0.0	1	$	/3

1984	25	PIT	NL	18	34	-1	0	0	0	-0	-1	-0.1	1	0	0.0	.496	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	3
2 Seasons				26	43	0	0	0	1	-1	0	0.0	1	2	0.1	.500	.500	0.1	0.0	1	$

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
1982	23	PIT	NL	9	6	2	9.0	98	.429	.375	.270	.333	.334	.500	.393	.833	.727	127	.800	0.4	0.0	.800	.125	.125

1984	25	PIT	NL	34	24	3	3.4	94	.269	.226	.263	.294	.328	.290	.383	.584	.711	65	.401	-1.4	-0.1	.500	.161	.065
2 Yrs				43	30	5	4.5	95	.303	.256	.265	.302	.329	.333	.385	.636	.714	78	.532	-1.0	-0.1	.552	.154	.077
162 Game Avg.				268	187	31	4.5	95	.303	.256	.265	.302	.329	.333	.385	.636	.714	78	.532	-1.0	-0.1	.552	.154	.077

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1982	23	PIT	NL	9	0.0%	22.2%	0.0%	11.1%	33%		4.0		2.7	2.00	78%

1984	25	PIT	NL	34	0.0%	14.7%	8.8%	5.9%	29%	1.67	6.2		15.5	0.64	76%
2 Yrs				43	0.0%	16.3%	7.0%	7.0%	30%	2.33	5.6		7.8	0.75	77%
MLB Averages					2.1%	13.6%	8.3%	6.6%	28%	1.63	6.6	43.4	8.5	1.07	75%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1982	23	PIT	NL	0.4	0.0	9	-0.0	0.1	-0.1	.89	0.0	-0.1	1.5	0.1	0.97	1.6	1.63	3

1984	25	PIT	NL	-1.4	-0.2	34	0.1	0.6	-0.4	.90	-0.1	0.2	0.4	0.0	0.85	-0.2	2.07	6
2 Yrs				-1.0	-0.1	43	0.1	0.7	-0.6	.90	-0.1	0.2	1.8	0.2	0.87	1.4	1.92	9

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	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
1982	23	PIT	NL	1	0	33%	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1984	25	PIT	NL	1	0	30%	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50%	2	2	0	1	0	1	1	0	1
2 Yrs				2	0	31%	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50%	2	2	0	1	0	1	1	0	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
1982	23	PIT	NL	9	44%	3			3	2	0	0	1.63	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	1	1	100%	7	3	43%	2	2	100%	0	0		0

1984	25	PIT	NL	34	85%	7			6	4	0	1	2.07	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		5	0	0%	1	0	0%	17	2	12%	0	0		0	0		0
2 Yrs				43	77%	10			9	6	0	1	1.92	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		7	0	0%	2	1	50%	24	5	21%	2	2	100%	0	0		0
MLB Averages					58%																			87%			11%			35%			15%			52%			55%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	SF
1982	23	8	9	8	1	3	1	3	0	2	.375	.333	.500	.833	127	4	1
1983	24	8	9	8	1	3	1	3	0	2	.375	.333	.500	.833	127	4	1
1984	25	26	43	39	4	10	3	5	3	7	.256	.302	.333	.636	78	13	1

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	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1982	23	8	10	9	1	4	1	0	0	4	0	0	2	.444	.400	.556	.956	2	8

1984	25	18	35	32	3	8	2	0	0	2	0	3	5	.250	.314	.313	.627	3	18
2 Yrs		26	45	41	4	12	3	0	0	6	0	3	7	.293	.333	.366	.699	5	26
162 Game Avg.		162	280	255	25	75	19	0	0	37	0	19	44	.293	.333	.366	.699	31	26

* 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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Name and misspellings: Hediberto (Rodriguez) Eddie eddy edward Vargas

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