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Jack Wallaesa

John Wallaesa

Positions: Shortstop, Pinch Hitter and Leftfielder
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 191 lb.

Born: August 31, 1919 in Easton, PA (All Transactions)
Debut: September 22, 1940
Teams (by GP): WhiteSox/Athletics 1940-1948

Final Game: August 3, 1948
Died: December 27, 1986 in Easton, PA
Buried: St. Anthony Cemetery, Easton, PA
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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
1939	19	OAK-min	D	40	131	131		27	5	0	1						.206	.206	.267	.473		35						FED · ESHL
1940	20	OAK-min	B	117	426	426		114	19	9	7						.268	.268	.404	.671		172						WMT · ISLG
1940	20	PHA	AL	6	20	20	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	.150	.150	.150	.300	-21	3	0	0	0		/6

1941	21	OAK-min	B	116	424	424		107	20	5	5						.252	.252	.358	.611		152						WMT · ISLG
1942	22	PHA	AL	36	127	117	13	30	4	1	2	13	0	1	8	26	.256	.315	.359	.674	90	42	1	2	0		6

1946	26	OAK-min	AAA	63	240	202	29	51	9	5	6	24	2	2	37	48	.252	.371	.436	.806		88	2	1	0			TTO · IL
1946	26	PHA	AL	63	210	194	16	38	4	2	5	11	1	0	14	47	.196	.250	.314	.564	58	61	2	0	2		6
1947	27	CHW	AL	81	229	205	25	40	9	1	7	32	2	2	23	51	.195	.279	.351	.631	78	72	5	1	0		67O/5
1948	28	NYY-min	AAA	36	137	127	20	39	10	0	6	24	5		9	22	.307	.353	.528	.881		67		0	1			NWK · IL
1948	28	CHW	AL	33	49	48	2	9	0	0	1	3	0	0	1	12	.188	.204	.250	.454	22	12	2	0	0		/67O
1949	29	NYY-min	AAA	117	480	414	75	128	19	3	18	71	4		63	68	.309	.402	.500	.902		207	10	1	2			KCY · AA
1950	30	CHC-min	AAA	145	604	547	80	144	21	7	25	86	1		47	102	.263	.324	.464	.788		254		2	8			SPF · IL
1951	31	CHC-min	AAA	139	586	527	56	156	40	3	14	90	0		56	89	.296	.364	.463	.827		244		0	3			SPF · IL
1952	32	CHC-min	AAA	149	581	485	61	112	21	4	14	66	3		92	91	.231	.358	.377	.735		183		4	0			SPF · IL
1953	33	CHC-DET-min	AAA	147	596	505	91	134	16	1	36	111	1		88	91	.265	.375	.515	.890		260		1	2			SPF,BFL · IL
1954	34	DET-min	AAA	35	145	125	16	24	5	0	4	23	0		13	23	.192	.271	.328	.599		41		1	5	1		BFL · IL
1955	35	DET-min	AA	71	234	234		69	9	0	8						.295	.295	.436	.731		102						LRK · SOUA
5 Yrs				219	635	584	56	120	17	4	15	61	3	3	46	138	.205	.267	.325	.592	66	190	10	3	2
162 Game Avg.				162	470	432	41	89	13	3	11	45	2	2	34	102	.205	.267	.325	.592	66	141	7	2	1

PHA (3 yrs)				105	357	331	29	71	8	3	7	26	1	1	22	75	.215	.268	.320	.588	64	106	3	2	2
CHW (2 yrs)				114	278	253	27	49	9	1	8	35	2	2	24	63	.194	.266	.332	.598	68	84	7	1	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
1940	20	PHA	AL	6	20	-3	0	0	-1	0	-4	-0.4	0	-4	-0.4	.433	.498	-0.3	-0.1	-3	$	/6

1942	22	PHA	AL	36	127	-2	-0	0	-6	2	-6	-0.6	3	-4	-0.4	.482	.496	0.3	-0.4	3	$	6

1946	26	PHA	AL	63	210	-11	0	0	-9	4	-16	-1.8	5	-11	-1.3	.471	.489	-0.3	-0.6	-2	$2,000	6
1947	27	CHW	AL	81	229	-6	-0	0	4	1	-2	-0.2	6	4	0.4	.498	.499	-0.1	0.5	0	$	67O/5
1948	28	CHW	AL	33	49	-6	0	-0	0	0	-5	-0.5	1	-4	-0.4	.484	.497	-0.4	0.0	-4	$	/67O
5 Seasons				219	635	-29	-0	-0	-12	7	-34	-3.6	16	-18	-2.1	.484	.496	-0.8	-0.5	-6	$2,000

PHA (3 yrs)				105	357	-17	0	0	-16	6	-27	-2.9	9	-18	-2.1	.473	.494	-0.3	-1.1	-2	$2,000
CHW (2 yrs)				114	278	-12	-0	-0	4	1	-7	-0.8	7	-0	0.0	.493	.498	-0.5	0.5	-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	PwrSpd
1940	20	PHA	AL	20	17	0	0.0	108	.167	.150	.276	.150	.348	.150	.418	.300	.766	-21	.000	-3.6	-0.4	.176	.000	.000

1942	22	PHA	AL	127	89	12	3.6	94	.315	.256	.264	.315	.339	.359	.370	.674	.709	90	.441	-1.9	-0.2	.573	.162	.103	.0

1946	26	PHA	AL	210	160	15	2.5	94	.232	.196	.261	.250	.335	.314	.376	.564	.711	58	.282	-12.0	-1.3	.481	.196	.119	1.7
1947	27	CHW	AL	229	172	20	3.1	92	.224	.195	.257	.279	.336	.351	.369	.631	.705	78	.368	-6.6	-0.7	.558	.268	.156	3.1
1948	28	CHW	AL	49	41	2	1.3	102	.229	.188	.268	.204	.353	.250	.388	.454	.740	22	.090	-5.7	-0.6	.317	.083	.063	.0
5 Yrs				635	479	49	2.7	95	.244	.205	.261	.267	.338	.325	.375	.592	.713	66	.311	-29.8	-3.1	.501	.199	.120	5.0
162 Game Avg.				470	354	36	2.7	95	.244	.205	.261	.267	.338	.325	.375	.592	.713	66	.311	-29.8	-3.1	.501	.199	.120	4

PHA (3 yrs)				357	266	27	2.7	95	.257	.215	.263	.268	.337	.320	.376	.588	.714	64	.311	-17.5	-1.8	.492	.172	.106	1.8
CHW (2 yrs)				278	213	22	2.8	94	.225	.194	.259	.266	.339	.332	.373	.598	.711	68	.312	-12.2	-1.2	.512	.233	.138	3.2

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1940	20	PHA	AL	20	0.0%	10.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		10.0		10.0		90%

1942	22	PHA	AL	127	1.6%	20.5%	6.3%	5.5%	23%	3.25	4.5	58.5	9.0		70%

1946	26	PHA	AL	210	2.4%	22.4%	6.7%	5.2%	29%	3.36	4.1	38.8	17.6		68%
1947	27	CHW	AL	229	3.1%	22.3%	10.0%	7.4%	43%	2.22	4.0	29.3	6.4		64%
1948	28	CHW	AL	49	2.0%	24.5%	2.0%	2.0%	11%	12.00	4.0	48.0	16.0	0.75	71%
5 Yrs				635	2.4%	21.7%	7.2%	5.7%	30%	3.00	4.2	38.9	9.6	0.75	68%
MLB Averages					1.3%	9.2%	9.1%	6.0%	26%	1.01	9.7	67.8	8.7	0.97	78%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1940	20	PHA	AL	-3.6	-0.4	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0

1942	22	PHA	AL	-2.1	-0.2	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0

1946	26	PHA	AL	-12.0	-1.3	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1947	27	CHW	AL	-6.8	-0.7	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1948	28	CHW	AL	-5.7	-0.6	10	0.2	0.3	-0.1	.92	-0.1	0.3	-0.9	-0.1	0.98	-1.0	0.92	10
5 Yrs				-30.2	-3.1	10	0.2	0.3	-0.1	.92	-0.1	0.3	-0.9	-0.1	0.98	-1.0	0.92	10

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%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1948	28	CHW	AL	0	0	11%	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5 Yrs				0	0	27%	1	3	3	50%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	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
1948	28	CHW	AL	49	100%	9			10	3	0	1	0.92	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0		3	2	67%	1	1	100%	10	2	20%	1	1	100%	0	0		0
5 Yrs				49	100%	120			10	3	0	1	0.92	15	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2		3	10	333%	1	1	100%	10	2	20%	1	1	100%	0	0		0
MLB Averages					51%																			1374%			144%			35%			15%			52%			55%

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
1940	20	6	20	20	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	.150	.150	.150	.300	-21	3	0	0	0
1941	21	6	20	20	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	.150	.150	.150	.300	-21	3	0	0	0
1942	22	42	147	137	13	33	4	1	2	15	0	1	8	28	.241	.293	.328	.621	73	45	1	2	0
1943	23	42	147	137	13	33	4	1	2	15	0	1	8	28	.241	.293	.328	.621	73	45	1	2	0
1944	24	42	147	137	13	33	4	1	2	15	0	1	8	28	.241	.293	.328	.621	73	45	1	2	0
1945	25	42	147	137	13	33	4	1	2	15	0	1	8	28	.241	.293	.328	.621	73	45	1	2	0
1946	26	105	357	331	29	71	8	3	7	26	1	1	22	75	.215	.268	.320	.588	64	106	3	2	2
1947	27	186	586	536	54	111	17	4	14	58	3	3	45	126	.207	.272	.332	.604	70	178	8	3	2
1948	28	219	635	584	56	120	17	4	15	61	3	3	46	138	.205	.267	.325	.592	66	190	10	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
1940	20	6	21	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	6

1942	22	38	135	124	14	32	4	1	2	14	0	9	28	.258	.319	.355	.673	14	36

1946	26	66	222	205	19	42	4	2	6	13	1	15	49	.205	.259	.332	.591	18	63
1947	27	84	241	215	29	44	10	1	8	37	2	25	53	.205	.290	.372	.663	23	81
1948	28	34	50	49	2	8	0	0	1	3	0	1	13	.163	.180	.224	.404	2	33
5 Yrs		228	669	614	64	126	18	4	17	67	3	50	145	.205	.268	.331	.599	57	219
162 Game Avg.		162	475	436	45	90	13	3	12	48	2	36	103	.205	.268	.331	.599	41	219

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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Similarity Scores

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