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Joe Verbanic

Joseph Michael Verbanic

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 155 lb.

Born: April 24, 1943 in Washington, PA
High School: Hopewell HS (Aliquippa, PA)
Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in 1961. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 20, 1966
Teams (by GP): Yankees/Phillies 1966-1970

Final Game: May 9, 1970
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1962	19	PHI-min	D	0	0		4.12	11	0		0	0		24.0	23	15	11	1	19	0	9	2	0	4			1.750	8.6	0.4	7.1	3.4	0.47	MIA · FLOR
1963	20	PHI-min	A	5	5	.500	2.60	45	1					83.0	71	29	24	0	32								1.241	7.7	0.0	3.5			MIA · FLOR
1964	21	PHI-min	A	6	3	.667	2.59	45	0					66.0	59	29	19	4	28								1.318	8.0	0.5	3.8			EUG · NORW
1965	22	PHI-min	AAA	6	3	.667	1.88	42	0		0	0		67.0	61	20	14	5	29	6	43	3	0	3			1.343	8.2	0.7	3.9	5.8	1.48	ARK · PCL
1966	23	PHI-min	AAA	8	1	.889	2.67	22	9		5	1		91.0	68	32	27	4	23	1	53	5	0	4			1.000	6.7	0.4	2.3	5.2	2.30	SDG · PCL
1966	23	PHI	NL	1	1	.500	5.14	17	0	3	0	0	0	14.0	12	9	8	2	10	3	7	0	0	2	64	72	1.571	7.7	1.3	6.4	4.5	0.70
1967	24	NYY-min	AAA	1	3	.250	3.25	7	6		0	0		36.0	29	13	13	1	17	0	24	0	0	3			1.278	7.2	0.2	4.2	6.0	1.41	SYR · IL
1967	24	NYY	AL	4	3	.571	2.80	28	6	11	1	1	2	80.1	74	27	25	6	21	3	39	2	0	3	328	111	1.183	8.3	0.7	2.4	4.4	1.86
1968	25	NYY	AL	6	7	.462	3.15	40	11	16	2	1	4	97.0	104	36	34	6	41	8	40	6	0	1	425	91	1.495	9.6	0.6	3.8	3.7	0.98

1970	27	NYY-min	AAA	5	4	.556	3.96	15	13		2	1	0	75.0	77	39	33	6	33	3	32	0	1	7			1.467	9.2	0.7	4.0	3.8	0.97	SYR · IL
1970	27	NYY	AL	1	0	1.000	4.60	7	0	3	0	0	0	15.2	20	9	8	1	12	0	8	1	0	0	78	79	2.043	11.5	0.6	6.9	4.6	0.67
1971	28	NYY-min	AAA	1	1	.500	4.50	5	3		0	0	0	12.0	9	11	6	0	11	0	8	1	0	0			1.667	6.8	0.0	8.2	6.0	0.73	SYR · IL
1972	29	PHI-min	AAA	2	3	.400	3.49	39	0		0	0	3	67.0	63	37	26	3	39	6	45	2	0	4			1.522	8.5	0.4	5.2	6.0	1.15	EUG · PCL
4 Yrs				12	11	.522	3.26	92	17	33	3	2	6	207.0	210	81	75	15	84	14	94	9	0	6	895	95	1.420	9.1	0.7	3.7	4.1	1.12
162 Game Avg.				7	7	.522	3.26	57	11	21	2	1	4	129	131	51	47	9	52	9	59	6	0	4	558	95	1.420	9.1	0.7	3.7	4.1	1.12

NYY (3 yrs)				11	10	.524	3.12	75	17	30	3	2	6	193.0	198	72	67	13	74	11	87	9	0	4	831	97	1.409	9.2	0.6	3.5	4.1	1.18
PHI (1 yr)				1	1	.500	5.14	17	0	3	0	0	0	14.0	12	9	8	2	10	3	7	0	0	2	64	72	1.571	7.7	1.3	6.4	4.5	0.70

AL (3 yrs)				11	10	.524	3.12	75	17	30	3	2	6	193.0	198	72	67	13	74	11	87	9	0	4	831	97	1.409	9.2	0.6	3.5	4.1	1.18
NL (1 yr)				1	1	.500	5.14	17	0	3	0	0	0	14.0	12	9	8	2	10	3	7	0	0	2	64	72	1.571	7.7	1.3	6.4	4.5	0.70

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1966	23	PHI	NL	14.0	17	0	9	5.79	4.31	-0.02	-0.18	102.4	4.26	-3	-0.3	.9	-0.0	-0.2	-1	.483	.498	$6,000
1967	24	NYY	AL	80.1	28	6	27	3.02	3.76	-0.14	-0.04	98.7	3.81	8	1.0	.9	-0.1	1.5	13	.536	.506	$8,000
1968	25	NYY	AL	97.0	40	11	36	3.34	3.45	0.01	-0.03	95.4	3.26	0	0.0	1.4	-0.1	0.7	6	.501	.500	$

1970	27	NYY	AL	15.2	7	0	9	5.17	4.41	0.17	-0.18	97.7	3.97	-2	-0.2	.8	-0.0	-0.1	-0	.470	.499	$
4 Seasons				207.0	92	17	81	3.52	3.70	-0.04	-0.06	97.3	3.59	4	0.5	1.1	-0.2	1.9	18	.506	.501	$14,000

NYY (3 yrs)				193.0	75	17	72	3.36	3.66	-0.04	-0.05	97.0	3.55	6	0.8	1.1	-0.2	2.1	19	.511	.502	$8,000
PHI (1 yr)				14.0	17	0	9	5.79	4.31	-0.02	-0.18	102.4	4.26	-3	-0.3	.9	-0.0	-0.2	-1	.483	.498	$6,000

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	ROE
1966	23	PHI	NL	17	64	53	9	12	1	0	2	0	0	10	7	.226	.344	.358	.702	.222	19	1	0	0	1	3	1
1967	24	NYY	AL	28	328	297	27	74	12	1	6	2	3	21	39	.249	.300	.357	.657	.267	106	8	2	5	3	3	5
1968	25	NYY	AL	40	425	366	36	104	12	2	6	9	7	41	40	.284	.363	.377	.740	.303	138	14	6	9	3	8	8

1970	27	NYY	AL	7	77	62	9	20	6	1	1	0	1	12	8	.323	.440	.500	.940	.358	31	0	1	3	0	0	0
4 Yrs				92	894	778	81	210	31	4	15	11	11	84	94	.270	.345	.378	.723	.288	294	23	9	17	7	14	14
162 Game Avg.				57	558	485	51	131	19	2	9	7	7	52	59	.270	.345	.378	.723	.288	183	14	6	11	4	9	9
MLB Averages																.246	.313	.366	.679	.275

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1966	23	PHI	NL	-2.3	-0.2	66	0.1	0.7	-0.6	.81	-0.1	0.2	-0.6	-0.1	0.81	-0.6	3	3	11
1967	24	NYY	AL	3.7	0.4	337	0.6	4.5	-3.9	.81	0.4	0.4	1.9	0.2	0.81	2.0	4	7	10
1968	25	NYY	AL	-1.8	-0.2	443	-1.3	7.4	-8.7	1.12	-1.1	-0.1	-3.8	-0.4	1.12	-10.6	12	1	16

1970	27	NYY	AL	-1.8	-0.2	80	0.0	0.8	-0.8	.56	-0.4	0.5	-3.0	-0.3	0.56	-4.4	2	1	3
4 Yrs				-2.1	-0.2	926	-0.7	13.4	-14.1	.94	-1.2	0.5	-5.6	-0.6	0.94	-13.5	21	12	40

Starting Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GS	Wgs	Lgs	ND	Wchp	Ltuf	Wtm	Ltm	tmW-L%	Wlst	Lsv	CG	SHO	QS	QS%	GmScA	Best	Wrst	BQR	BQS	sDR	lDR	RS/GS	RS/IP	IP/GS
1967	24	NYY	AL	28	6	4	2	0	0	1	4	2	.667	0	0	1	1	5	83%	56.2	83	14	9	1	3	2	2.9	3.2	6.6
1968	25	NYY	AL	40	11	3	4	4	1	1	4	6	.400	1	2	2	1	4	36%	48.9	78	25	24	2	2	6	3.1	3.8	5.2
2 Yrs				68	17	7	6	4	1	2	8	8	.500	1	2	3	2	9	53%	51	83	14	33	3	5	8	3.1	3.5	5.7
MLB Averages													.500						56%	54	112	0					3.9	3.9	6.4

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1966	23	PHI	NL	17	17	3	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	12	4	33%	6	.806	3	3	11	0	3	14	8	9	4	10	4	3	2.5
1967	24	NYY	AL	28	22	11	0	1	2	2	0	100%	3	1	15	6	40%	7	.807	4	7	10	3	4	15	8	14	14	1	15	4	5.6
1968	25	NYY	AL	40	29	16	3	3	8	4	4	50%	9	0	19	5	26%	9	1.122	12	1	16	10	4	15	10	19	11	12	11	3	4.1

1970	27	NYY	AL	7	7	3	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	6	1	17%	4	.558	2	1	3	1	0	6	4	3	4	2	4	0	6.7
4 Yrs				92	75	33	5	5	10	6	4	60%	12	1	52	16	31%		.935	21	12	40	14	11	50	30	45	33	25	34	10	4.4

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1966	23	PHI	NL	64	73%	3.1%	10.9%	15.6%	4.7%	25%	1.06	70%	16	1	6%
1967	24	NYY	AL	328	59%	1.8%	11.9%	6.4%	5.8%	26%	1.49	78%	55	8	15%
1968	25	NYY	AL	425	58%	1.4%	9.4%	9.7%	4.7%	19%	1.36	76%	101	14	14%

1970	27	NYY	AL	78	69%	1.3%	10.4%	15.6%	10.4%	40%	1.18	69%	21	0	0%
4 Yrs				895	61%	1.7%	10.5%	9.4%	5.6%	24%	1.37	76%	193	23	12%
MLB Averages					47%	2.1%	15.6%	8.4%	6.1%	27%	1.11	73%			10%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					Hits			Home Runs							Advances				Baserunning
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	H	Inf	Bnt	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	<2,3B	Scr	SO	%	ROE	WP	PB	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	BT	PAu
1966	23	PHI	NL	64	12			2	0	2	1	1	0	2	9	3	1	33%	1	2	0	26	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
1967	24	NYY	AL	328	74			6	1	5	3	3	2	4	14	8	1	57%	5	3	1	117	2	3	40%	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0
1968	25	NYY	AL	425	104			6	0	12	3	3	4	2	24	12	1	50%	8	1	1	187	9	7	56%	8	4	1	0	0	3	1	1	8	0

1970	27	NYY	AL	77	20			1	0	1	1	0	1	0	5	3	1	60%	0	0	1	49	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
4 Yrs				894	210			15	1	20	8	7	7	8	52	26	4	50%	14	6	3	379	11	11	50%	10	8	1	0	0	3	1	1	23	1
MLB Averages																		49%							62%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1966	23	1	1	.500	5.14	17	0	3	0	0	0	14.0	12	9	8	2	10	3	7	0	2	64	72	1.571	7.7	1.3	6.4	4.5	0.70	72
1967	24	5	4	.556	3.15	45	6	14	1	1	2	94.1	86	36	33	8	31	6	46	2	5	392	102	1.240	8.2	0.8	3.0	4.4	1.48	102
1968	25	11	11	.500	3.15	85	17	30	3	2	6	191.1	190	72	67	14	72	14	86	8	6	817	96	1.369	8.9	0.7	3.4	4.0	1.19	96
1969	26	11	11	.500	3.15	85	17	30	3	2	6	191.1	190	72	67	14	72	14	86	8	6	817	96	1.369	8.9	0.7	3.4	4.0	1.19	96
1970	27	12	11	.522	3.26	92	17	33	3	2	6	207.0	210	81	75	15	84	14	94	9	6	895	95	1.420	9.1	0.7	3.7	4.1	1.12	95

Neutralized Pitching

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1966	23	0	1	.000	6.23	13.0	13	10	9	2	11	7	0	1.846	9.0	7.6	4.8	0.64	1.4	17
1967	24	4	4	.500	3.77	74.0	82	34	31	7	23	36	2	1.419	10.0	2.8	4.4	1.57	0.9	28
1968	25	4	5	.444	4.99	83.0	121	51	46	7	48	34	7	2.036	13.1	5.2	3.7	0.71	0.8	40

1970	27	0	1	.000	5.79	14.0	21	10	9	1	13	7	1	2.429	13.5	8.4	4.5	0.54	0.6	7
4 Yrs		8	11	.421	4.65	184.0	237	105	95	17	95	84	10	1.804	11.6		4.1	0.88	0.8	92

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