Ray Webster

Raymond George Webster

Positions: Second Baseman, Pinch Hitter and Pinch Runner
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: November 15, 1937 in Grass Valley, CA (All Transactions)
Debut: April 17, 1959
Teams (by GP): Indians/RedSox 1959-1960

Final Game: May 15, 1960
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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
1955	17	SLM	B	7	13	13		5	1	0	0						.385	.385	.462	.846		6							SLM · NORW
1956	18	SLM	B	132	462	462		117	15	5	2						.253	.253	.320	.574		148							SLM · NORW
1957	19	AMA	A	154	627	627		178	23	5	19						.284	.284	.427	.711		268							AMA · WL
1958	20	SAC	AAA	102	349	308	47	75	15	2	10	33	4		32	36	.244	.322	.403	.724		124	11	5	1	3			SAC · PCL
1959	21	CLE	AL	40	80	74	10	15	2	1	2	10	1	0	5	7	.203	.253	.338	.591	63	25	2	0	1	0	0	4/5
1960	22	LAD-PHI-min	AAA	86	283	248	36	57	13	0	6	25	0	0	32	52	.230	.319	.355	.674		88		1	1	1			MTL,INA · IL,AA
1960	22	BOS	AL	7	5	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	.000	.200	.000	.200	-41	0	0	0	0	1	0	/4
1961	23	ATL-OAK-min	AAA	119	455	378	57	83	12	1	7	33	2	2	77	66	.220	.352	.312	.664		118							VAN,HAW · PCL
1962	24	ANA-min	AAA	28	76	68	7	14	1	0	2	10	1	1	6	15	.206	.267	.309	.575		21		0	1	1			HAW · PCL
1963	25	MIN-min	AA	104	367	329	30	74	15	0	6	33	2	1	38	54	.225	.305	.325	.630		107							CHR · SALL
2 Yrs				47	85	77	11	15	2	1	2	11	1	0	6	7	.195	.250	.325	.575	59	25	2	0	1	1	0
162 Game Avg.				162	293	265	38	52	7	3	7	38	3	0	21	24	.195	.250	.325	.575	59	86	7	0	3	3	0

BOS (1 yr)				7	5	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	.000	.200	.000	.200	-41	0	0	0	0	1	0
CLE (1 yr)				40	80	74	10	15	2	1	2	10	1	0	5	7	.203	.253	.338	.591	63	25	2	0	1	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
1959	21	CLE	AL	40	80	-2	0	0	-2	1	-3	-0.3	2	-1	-0.1	.492	.498	0.1	-0.2	1	$	4/5
1960	22	BOS	AL	7	5	1	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.512	.501	0.1	0.0	1	$	/4
2 Seasons				47	85	-2	0	0	-2	1	-2	-0.3	2	0	0.0	.495	.499	0.2	-0.2	2	$

BOS (1 yr)				7	5	1	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.512	.501	0.1	0.0	1	$
CLE (1 yr)				40	80	-2	0	0	-2	1	-3	-0.3	2	-1	-0.1	.492	.498	0.1	-0.2	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	PwrSpd
1959	21	CLE	AL	80	62	6	2.6	96	.200	.203	.257	.253	.328	.338	.393	.591	.720	63	.277	-4.1	-0.4	.508	.216	.135	1.3
1960	22	BOS	AL	5	4	0	0.0	104	.000	.000	.267	.200	.341	.000	.408	.200	.749	-41	.000	-0.5	-0.1	.333	.333	.000
2 Yrs				85	66	6	2.4	96	.188	.195	.257	.250	.328	.325	.393	.575	.722	59	.254	-4.6	-0.5	.500	.221	.130	1.3
162 Game Avg.				293	227	21	2.4	96	.188	.195	.257	.250	.328	.325	.393	.575	.722	59	.254	-4.6	-0.5	.500	.221	.130	4

BOS (1 yr)				5	4	0	0.0	104	.000	.000	.267	.200	.341	.000	.408	.200	.749	-41	.000	-0.5	-0.1	.333	.333	.000
CLE (1 yr)				80	62	6	2.6	96	.200	.203	.257	.253	.328	.338	.393	.591	.720	63	.277	-4.1	-0.4	.508	.216	.135	1.3

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1959	21	CLE	AL	80	2.5%	8.8%	6.3%	6.3%	33%	1.40	10.6	37.0	7.4	0.93	81%
1960	22	BOS	AL	5	0.0%	0.0%	20.0%	0.0%		0.00			3.0	1.00	80%
2 Yrs				85	2.4%	8.2%	7.1%	5.9%	33%	1.17	11.0	38.5	7.0	0.93	81%
MLB Averages					2.3%	13.4%	8.7%	6.6%	29%	1.53	6.6	38.4	8.4	1.03	74%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1959	21	CLE	AL	-4.1	-0.4	82	-0.0	1.2	-1.2	.85	-0.2	0.2	-0.3	-0.0	0.95	-1.9	0.62	8
1960	22	BOS	AL	-0.5	-0.1	5	0.1	0.2	-0.0	2.24	0.1	-0.1	0.8	0.1	0.98	1.1	1.31	3
2 Yrs				-4.6	-0.5	87	0.1	1.4	-1.3	.93	-0.1	0.2	0.5	0.0	0.95	-0.8	0.80	11

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	SB%	SB2	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1959	21	CLE	AL	3	44%	36	1	100%	1	2	38%	13	9	4	3	1	2
1960	22	BOS	AL	2	100%	7	0		0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0
2 Yrs				5	47%	43	1	100%	1	2	38%	13	9	4	3	1	2

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
1959	21	CLE	AL	80	14%	15			8	1	0	1	0.62	2	0	2	2	0	1	1	0	2	1	50%	20	2	10%	7	1	14%	46	8	17%	3	2	67%	4	2	50%	0
1960	22	BOS	AL	5	80%	0			3	0	0	0	1.31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	1	100%	2	1	50%	1	1	100%	0	0		0
2 Yrs				85	18%	15			11	1	0	1	0.80	2	0	2	2	0	1	1	0	2	1	50%	21	2	10%	8	2	25%	48	9	19%	4	3	75%	4	2	50%	0
MLB Averages					50%																			74%			10%			31%			14%			50%			54%

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	SF	IBB
1959	21	40	80	74	10	15	2	1	2	10	1	0	5	7	.203	.253	.338	.591	63	25	2	0	1	0	0
1960	22	47	85	77	11	15	2	1	2	11	1	0	6	7	.195	.250	.325	.575	59	25	2	0	1	1	0

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
1959	21	42	86	79	12	17	2	1	2	12	1	6	7	.215	.271	.342	.612	7	40
1960	22	7	5	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	.000	.200	.000	.200	0	7
2 Yrs		49	91	82	13	17	2	1	2	13	1	7	7	.207	.267	.329	.596	7	47
162 Game Avg.		162	301	271	43	56	7	3	7	43	3	23	23	.207	.267	.329	.596	23	47

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