Ralph Weigel

Ralph Richard Weigel (Wig)

Positions: Catcher and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: October 2, 1921 in Coldwater, OH (All Transactions)
Debut: September 18, 1946
Teams (by GP): WhiteSox/Senators/Indians 1946-1949

Final Game: July 7, 1949
Died: April 15, 1992 in Memphis, TN
Buried: West Tennessee Veterans Cemetery, Memphis, TN
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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	Pos	Awards
1940	18	LIM	D	119	457	457		140	29	6	12						.306	.306	.475	.781		217					LIM · OHSL
1941	19	CLE-min	C	96	299	299		66	11	3	1						.221	.221	.288	.508		86					CHL · MATL
1942	20	CLE-min	C	116	422	422		129	20	5	2						.306	.306	.391	.697		165					CHL · MATL
1946	24	CLE-min	A	95	320	320		92	16	2	2						.288	.288	.369	.656		118					WKB · EL
1946	24	CLE	AL	6	12	12	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	.167	.167	.167	.333	-4	2	0	0	0	/2

1947	25	CLE-min	AAA	110	376	337	54	95	20	4	12	53	9		33	45	.282	.346	.472	.818		159		0	6		BLT · IL
1948	26	CHW	AL	66	179	163	8	38	7	3	0	26	1	2	13	18	.233	.294	.313	.607	64	51	5	1	2	2/7O
1949	27	MIN-min	AA	50	158	158		38	11	1	3						.241	.241	.380	.620		60					CNG · SOUA
1949	27	WSH	AL	34	68	60	4	14	2	0	0	4	0	1	8	6	.233	.324	.267	.590	59	16	3	0	0	2
3 Yrs				106	259	235	12	54	9	3	0	30	2	3	21	26	.230	.296	.294	.589	60	69	8	1	2
162 Game Avg.				162	396	359	18	83	14	5	0	46	3	5	32	40	.230	.296	.294	.589	60	105	12	2	3

WSH (1 yr)				34	68	60	4	14	2	0	0	4	0	1	8	6	.233	.324	.267	.590	59	16	3	0	0
CLE (1 yr)				6	12	12	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	.167	.167	.167	.333	-4	2	0	0	0
CHW (1 yr)				66	179	163	8	38	7	3	0	26	1	2	13	18	.233	.294	.313	.607	64	51	5	1	2

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
1946	24	CLE	AL	6	12	-2	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.477	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$	/2

1948	26	CHW	AL	66	179	-8	-0	-0	-1	1	-8	-0.9	4	-4	-0.4	.487	.495	-0.3	0.0	-3	$	2/7O
1949	27	WSH	AL	34	68	-3	-1	-0	1	1	-2	-0.2	2	-1	-0.1	.493	.499	-0.2	0.2	-2	$	2
3 Seasons				106	259	-13	-1	-0	0	2	-12	-1.2	7	-6	-0.6	.488	.497	-0.6	0.2	-6	$

WSH (1 yr)				34	68	-3	-1	-0	1	1	-2	-0.2	2	-1	-0.1	.493	.499	-0.2	0.2	-2	$
CLE (1 yr)				6	12	-2	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.477	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$
CHW (1 yr)				66	179	-8	-0	-0	-1	1	-8	-0.9	4	-4	-0.4	.487	.495	-0.3	0.0	-3	$

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
1946	24	CLE	AL	12	10	0	0.0	90	.200	.167	.255	.167	.328	.167	.367	.333	.696	-4	.000	-1.7	-0.2	.300	.083	.000	.0

1948	26	CHW	AL	179	134	14	2.8	102	.262	.233	.268	.294	.353	.313	.388	.607	.740	64	.284	-8.8	-0.9	.485	.153	.080	.0
1949	27	WSH	AL	68	50	5	2.7	104	.259	.233	.267	.324	.358	.267	.388	.590	.746	59	.271	-3.3	-0.3	.460	.150	.033
3 Yrs				259	194	19	2.6	102	.258	.230	.267	.296	.353	.294	.387	.589	.740	60	.263	-13.8	-1.4	.469	.149	.064	.0
162 Game Avg.				396	296	29	2.6	102	.258	.230	.267	.296	.353	.294	.387	.589	.740	60	.263	-13.8	-1.4	.469	.149	.064

WSH (1 yr)				68	50	5	2.7	104	.259	.233	.267	.324	.358	.267	.388	.590	.746	59	.270	-3.3	-0.3	.460	.150	.033
CLE (1 yr)				12	10	0	0.0	90	.200	.167	.255	.167	.328	.167	.367	.333	.696	-4	.000	-1.7	-0.2	.300	.083	.000	.0
CHW (1 yr)				179	134	14	2.8	102	.262	.233	.268	.294	.353	.313	.388	.607	.740	64	.284	-8.8	-0.9	.485	.153	.080	.0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1946	24	CLE	AL	12	0.0%	16.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		6.0				83%

1948	26	CHW	AL	179	0.0%	10.1%	7.3%	5.6%	26%	1.38	9.1		6.3	0.87	81%
1949	27	WSH	AL	68	0.0%	8.8%	11.8%	2.9%	14%	0.75	10.0		15.0	1.00	79%
3 Yrs				259	0.0%	10.0%	8.1%	4.6%	22%	1.24	9.0		7.8	0.93	81%
MLB Averages					1.6%	9.6%	9.9%	6.2%	27%	0.98	9.2	55.9	8.3	0.97	77%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1946	24	CLE	AL	-1.7	-0.2	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0

1948	26	CHW	AL	-8.8	-0.9	67	0.3	1.4	-1.1	1.12	-0.4	0.7	-2.9	-0.3	0.94	-6.5	2.19	8
1949	27	WSH	AL	-3.4	-0.3	70	-0.8	1.2	-2.0	1.50	-0.3	-0.2	-6.3	-0.6	1.05	-4.6	2.70	12
3 Yrs				-13.9	-1.4	137	-0.5	2.6	-3.1	1.32	-0.8	0.4	-9.2	-0.9	0.99	-11.2	2.50	20

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CSH	PO	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1948	26	CHW	AL	0	15%	12	1	2	33%	1	0	0	1	25%	0	0	0	2	1	1	2	2	0
1949	27	WSH	AL	1	18%	28	0	1	0%	0	1	1	0	67%	3	2	1	0	0	0	3	0	3
3 Yrs				1	16%	40	2	3	40%	1	1	1	1	50%	3	2	1	2	1	1	5	2	3

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	26	CHW	AL	179	35%	38			8	2	0	2	2.19	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	200%	11	5	45%	4	3	75%	41	7	17%	3	3	100%	1	1	100%	0
1949	27	WSH	AL	68	62%	14			12	2	0	2	2.70	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		18	3	17%	8	2	25%	57	4	7%	2	0	0%	3	1	33%	0
3 Yrs				247	49%	54			20	4	0	4	2.50	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	200%	29	8	28%	12	5	42%	98	11	11%	5	3	60%	4	2	50%	0
MLB Averages					52%																			252%			29%			34%			15%			51%			56%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH
1946	24	6	12	12	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	.167	.167	.167	.333	-4	2	0	0	0
1947	25	6	12	12	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	.167	.167	.167	.333	-4	2	0	0	0
1948	26	72	191	175	8	40	7	3	26	2	2	13	20	.229	.286	.303	.589	60	53	5	1	2
1949	27	106	259	235	12	54	9	3	30	2	3	21	26	.230	.296	.294	.589	60	69	8	1	2

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
1946	24	6	13	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	6

1948	26	69	185	169	8	38	7	3	0	26	1	13	19	.225	.284	.302	.586	15	66
1949	27	36	70	62	4	14	2	0	0	4	0	8	6	.226	.314	.258	.572	5	34
3 Yrs		111	268	244	12	52	9	3	0	30	2	21	27	.213	.278	.275	.553	20	106
162 Game Avg.		162	391	356	18	76	13	4	0	44	3	31	39	.213	.278	.275	.553	29	106

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