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Ty Waller

Elliott Tyrone Waller

Positions: Third Baseman, Centerfielder and Second Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: March 14, 1957 in Fresno, CA
High School: Herbert Hoover HS (San Diego, CA)
Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 4th round of the 1977 amateur draft (January). Player signed May 11, 1977. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 6, 1980
Teams (by GP): Cubs/Astros/Cardinals 1980-1987

Final Game: May 13, 1987
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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	20	STL-min	Rk	70	333	300	77	96	15	3	8	77	5	3	25	40	.320	.377	.470	.847		141		4	1	3			CGY · PION
1978	21	STL-min	A	137	513	474	43	123	19	2	2	56	6	1	31	69	.259	.305	.321	.626		152		2	2	4			SPT · FLOR
1979	22	STL-min	AA	126	478	432	48	122	29	4	6	54	8	4	42	60	.282	.348	.410	.758		177		2	1	1			ARK · TL
1980	23	STL-min	AAA	123	467	420	55	110	14	7	6	53	10	3	36	79	.262	.322	.371	.693		156		4	1	6			SPR · AA
1980	23	STL	NL	5	13	12	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.083	.154	.083	.237	-33	1	0	0	0	0	0	/5
1981	24	CHC-min	AAA	55	230	213	29	56	8	4	6	29	14	2	13	46	.263	.307	.423	.730		90		1	2	1	2		IWA · AA
1981	24	CHC	NL	30	77	71	10	19	2	1	3	13	2	0	4	18	.268	.303	.451	.753	109	32	0	0	1	1	1	5/48
1982	25	CHC-min	AAA	106	412	381	47	102	18	2	10	40	9	8	26	83	.268	.314	.404	.719		154		0	5	0	1		IWA · AA
1982	25	CHC	NL	17	24	21	4	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	5	.238	.304	.238	.542	53	5	0	0	1	0	0	/8579

1983	26	CHW-min	AAA	87	308	293	40	76	14	3	8	39	8	4	11	53	.259	.283	.410	.693		120		0	1	3	0		DEN · AA
1984	27	HOU-min	AAA	107	335	308	44	75	17	3	2	39	10	4	21	50	.244	.290	.338	.628		104		0	4	2	3		TUC · PCL
1985	28	HOU-min	AAA	125	515	458	62	127	25	4	5	46	22	9	49	120	.277	.348	.382	.730		175		2	3	3	5		TUC · PCL
1986	29	HOU-min	AAA	121	446	407	45	100	14	4	7	56	37	7	34	90	.246	.303	.351	.654		143		1	0	4	3		TUC · PCL
1987	30	HOU-min	AAA	81	194	159	28	47	11	6	0	21	11	5	30	36	.296	.406	.440	.847		70		1	2	2	5		TUC · PCL
1987	30	HOU	NL	11	6	6	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.167	.167	.333	.500	31	2	0	0	0	0	0	/87
4 Yrs				63	120	110	18	26	3	1	3	14	2	0	7	31	.236	.280	.364	.643	78	40	0	0	2	1	1
162 Game Avg.				162	309	283	46	67	8	3	8	36	5	0	18	80	.236	.280	.364	.643	78	103	0	0	5	3	3

CHC (2 yrs)				47	101	92	14	24	2	1	3	14	2	0	6	23	.261	.303	.402	.705	96	37	0	0	2	1	1
STL (1 yr)				5	13	12	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.083	.154	.083	.237	-33	1	0	0	0	0	0
HOU (1 yr)				11	6	6	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.167	.167	.333	.500	31	2	0	0	0	0	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
1980	23	STL	NL	5	13	-2	0	0	-1	0	-2	-0.2	0	-2	-0.2	.450	.498	-0.1	-0.1	-1	$	/5
1981	24	CHC	NL	30	77	-0	0	0	-0	0	0	0.0	2	2	0.3	.500	.500	0.3	0.0	2	$	5/48
1982	25	CHC	NL	17	24	-1	0	0	-0	-0	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.1	.489	.499	0.0	-0.1	-0	$	/8579

1987	30	HOU	NL	11	6	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.502	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/87
4 Seasons				63	120	-4	1	1	-1	0	-4	-0.4	4	0	0.0	.494	.499	0.2	-0.1	1	$

CHC (2 yrs)				47	101	-2	1	0	-1	0	-2	-0.1	3	1	0.2	.496	.499	0.3	-0.0	2	$
STL (1 yr)				5	13	-2	0	0	-1	0	-2	-0.2	0	-2	-0.2	.450	.498	-0.1	-0.1	-1	$
HOU (1 yr)				11	6	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.502	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$

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
1980	23	STL	NL	13	11	0	0.0	98	.143	.083	.271	.154	.334	.083	.394	.237	.728	-33	.000	-2.2	-0.2	.182	.083	.000
1981	24	CHC	NL	77	54	10	5.0	95	.314	.268	.267	.303	.333	.451	.383	.753	.716	109	.589	0.3	0.0	.731	.268	.183	2.4
1982	25	CHC	NL	24	17	2	3.2	96	.313	.238	.268	.304	.331	.238	.389	.542	.721	53	.374	-1.3	-0.1	.438	.095	.000

1987	30	HOU	NL	6	5	0	0.0	102	.333	.167	.264	.167	.333	.333	.412	.500	.745	31	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.400	.167	.167
4 Yrs				120	87	12	3.7	96	.299	.236	.268	.280	.333	.364	.387	.643	.720	78	.447	-3.8	-0.4	.583	.209	.127	2.4
162 Game Avg.				309	224	31	3.7	96	.299	.236	.268	.280	.333	.364	.387	.643	.720	78	.447	-3.8	-0.4	.583	.209	.127	6

CHC (2 yrs)				101	71	12	4.6	95	.313	.261	.267	.303	.333	.402	.384	.705	.717	96	.545	-1.0	-0.1	.662	.228	.141	2.4
STL (1 yr)				13	11	0	0.0	98	.143	.083	.271	.154	.334	.083	.394	.237	.728	-33	.000	-2.2	-0.2	.182	.083	.000
HOU (1 yr)				6	5	0	0.0	102	.333	.167	.264	.167	.333	.333	.412	.500	.745	31	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.400	.167	.167

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1980	23	STL	NL	13	0.0%	38.5%	7.7%	0.0%	0%	5.00	2.4			2.00	54%
1981	24	CHC	NL	77	3.9%	23.4%	5.2%	7.8%	32%	4.50	3.9	23.7	5.5	0.46	66%
1982	25	CHC	NL	24	0.0%	20.8%	8.3%	0.0%	0%	2.50	4.2		21.0	0.33	67%

1987	30	HOU	NL	6	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	16.7%	100%		2.0				50%
4 Yrs				120	2.5%	25.8%	5.8%	5.8%	27%	4.43	3.5	36.7	7.9	0.57	64%
MLB Averages					2.2%	13.9%	8.5%	6.8%	29%	1.64	6.4	41.2	8.4	1.09	74%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1980	23	STL	NL	-2.2	-0.2	14	-0.1	0.2	-0.3	1.07	-0.2	0.1	-1.8	-0.2	1.14	-1.7		0
1981	24	CHC	NL	0.3	0.0	78	0.8	1.9	-1.1	1.08	0.1	0.7	4.6	0.5	1.02	0.9	1.95	1
1982	25	CHC	NL	-1.3	-0.1	25	-0.2	0.1	-0.3	.84	-0.1	-0.1	-1.2	-0.1	0.86	-1.0	1.11	6

1987	30	HOU	NL	-0.6	-0.1	6	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.89	-0.0	-0.1	-1.1	-0.1	0.95	-0.6	1.25	4
4 Yrs				-3.8	-0.4	123	0.4	2.2	-1.9	1.02	-0.3	0.6	0.6	0.1	1.00	-2.5	1.24	11

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
1980	23	STL	NL	0	0	150%	8	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	75%	3	0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0
1981	24	CHC	NL	0	0	35%	36	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	30%	5	4	1	2	1	1	3	2	1
1982	25	CHC	NL	0	0	57%	13	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	50%	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0

1987	30	HOU	NL	0	0	100%	10	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4 Yrs				0	0	50%	67	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	39%	12	7	5	3	2	1	3	2	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
1980	23	STL	NL	13	23%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		4	0	0%	4	0	0%	8	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
1981	24	CHC	NL	77	29%	19			1	1	0	1	1.95	3	0	4	2	1	3	0	0	2	1	50%	15	0	0%	9	2	22%	50	11	22%	8	3	38%	4	3	75%	0
1982	25	CHC	NL	24	13%	5			6	2	0	0	1.11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	3	0	0%	2	1	50%	12	1	8%	1	0	0%	1	1	100%	0

1987	30	HOU	NL	6	83%	1			4	1	0	0	1.25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		4	0	0%	0	0		4	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
4 Yrs				120	28%	26			11	4	0	1	1.24	3	0	5	2	1	3	0	0	3	2	67%	26	0	0%	15	3	20%	74	12	16%	10	3	30%	6	4	67%	0
MLB Averages					59%																			81%			11%			35%			15%			52%			55%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	SH	SF	IBB
1980	23	5	13	12	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.083	.154	.083	.237	-33	1	0	0	0
1981	24	35	90	83	13	20	2	1	3	13	2	5	23	.241	.281	.398	.678	88	33	1	1	1
1982	25	52	114	104	17	25	2	1	3	14	2	7	28	.240	.286	.365	.651	81	38	2	1	1
1983	26	52	114	104	17	25	2	1	3	14	2	7	28	.240	.286	.365	.651	81	38	2	1	1
1984	27	52	114	104	17	25	2	1	3	14	2	7	28	.240	.286	.365	.651	81	38	2	1	1
1985	28	52	114	104	17	25	2	1	3	14	2	7	28	.240	.286	.365	.651	81	38	2	1	1
1986	29	52	114	104	17	25	2	1	3	14	2	7	28	.240	.286	.365	.651	81	38	2	1	1
1987	30	63	120	110	18	26	3	1	3	14	2	7	31	.236	.280	.364	.643	78	40	2	1	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
1980	23	5	13	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.000	.077	.000	.077	0	5
1981	24	45	121	110	17	31	3	2	5	22	3	7	27	.282	.319	.482	.801	17	30
1982	25	17	25	22	5	6	0	0	0	1	0	2	5	.273	.333	.273	.606	2	17

1987	30	11	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	11
4 Yrs		78	165	150	22	37	3	2	5	23	3	10	40	.247	.290	.393	.683	19	63
162 Game Avg.		162	343	312	46	77	6	4	10	48	6	21	83	.247	.290	.393	.683	39	63

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