Butch Wensloff

Charles William Wensloff

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: December 3, 1915 in Sausalito, CA (All Transactions)
Debut: May 2, 1943
Teams (by GP): Yankees/Indians 1943-1948

Final Game: May 4, 1948
Died: February 18, 2001 in San Rafael, CA
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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
1937	21	ELP	D	35	94	94		22	3	1	1						.234	.234	.319	.553		30					ELP · AZTX
1938	22	NYY-min	C	30	84	84		22	5	1	1						.262	.262	.381	.643		32					JOP · WA
1939	23	NYY-min	C	30	94	94		21	4	0	0						.223	.223	.266	.489		25					JOP · WA
1940	24	NYY-min	AA	35	63	63		12	2	0	1						.190	.190	.270	.460		17					KCY · AA
1941	25	NYY-min	AA	36	75	62	7	11	1	0	0	7	0		9	19	.177	.282	.194	.475		12		0	4		KCY · AA
1942	26	NYY-min	AA	33	97	80	4	12	1	0	0	4	0		10	18	.150	.244	.163	.407		13	2	0	7		KCY · AA
1943	27	NYY	AL	29	86	79	6	14	2	0	0	4	0	0	4	25	.177	.217	.203	.419	22	16	2	0	3	1

1945	29	SDG	AA	10	22	22		4	1	0	0	1	0				.182	.182	.227	.409		5					SDG · PCL
1947	31	NYY	AL	11	21	19	1	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	7	.263	.300	.263	.563	58	5	0	0	1	1
1948	32	CLE	AL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	/1
3 Yrs				41	107	98	7	19	2	0	0	5	0	0	5	32	.194	.233	.214	.447	30	21	2	0	4
162 Game Avg.				162	423	387	28	75	8	0	0	20	0	0	20	126	.194	.233	.214	.447	30	83	8	0	16

NYY (2 yrs)				40	107	98	7	19	2	0	0	5	0	0	5	32	.194	.233	.214	.447	30	21	2	0	4
CLE (1 yr)				1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
1943	27	NYY	AL	29	86	-8	0	0	0	7	-1	-0.1	2	1	-0.1	.498	.500	-0.1	0.0	1	$	1

1947	31	NYY	AL	11	21	-1	0	0	0	2	1	0.1	0	2	0.1	.511	.501	0.1	0.0	2	$	1
1948	32	CLE	AL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
3 Seasons				41	107	-9	0	0	0	9	0	0.0	2	3	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	3	$

NYY (2 yrs)				40	107	-9	0	0	0	9	0	0.0	2	3	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	3	$
CLE (1 yr)				1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.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
1943	27	NYY	AL	86	70	3	1.2	88	.259	.177	.257	.217	.332	.203	.355	.419	.687	22	.104	-8.0	-0.9	.299	.076	.025

1947	31	NYY	AL	21	15	2	3.6	96	.417	.263	.262	.300	.341	.263	.376	.563	.717	58	.428	-1.1	-0.1	.429	.053	.000
3 Yrs				107	85	5	1.6	89	.288	.194	.258	.233	.334	.214	.359	.447	.693	30	.166	-9.1	-1.0	.321	.071	.020
162 Game Avg.				423	336	20	1.6	89	.288	.194	.258	.233	.334	.214	.359	.447	.693	30	.166	-9.1	-1.0	.321	.071	.020

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1947	31	NYY	AL	WS	BRO	W	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
1 WS							1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	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%
1943	27	NYY	AL	86	0.0%	29.1%	4.7%	2.3%	14%	6.25	3.2		19.8		63%

1947	31	NYY	AL	21	0.0%	33.3%	4.8%	0.0%	0%	7.00	2.7		19.0		57%
3 Yrs				107	0.0%	29.9%	4.7%	1.9%	11%	6.40	3.1		19.6		62%
MLB Averages					1.3%	9.2%	9.1%	5.9%	25%	1.01	9.6	69.8	8.8	0.97	78%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	WPA/LI	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI
1943	27	NYY	AL	-8.0	-0.9	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

1947	31	NYY	AL	-1.1	-0.1	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1948	32	CLE	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
3 Yrs				-9.1	-1.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH
1943	27	29	86	79	6	14	2	4	4	25	.177	.217	.203	.419	22	16	2	3
1944	28	29	86	79	6	14	2	4	4	25	.177	.217	.203	.419	22	16	2	3
1945	29	29	86	79	6	14	2	4	4	25	.177	.217	.203	.419	22	16	2	3
1946	30	29	86	79	6	14	2	4	4	25	.177	.217	.203	.419	22	16	2	3
1947	31	40	107	98	7	19	2	5	5	32	.194	.233	.214	.447	30	21	2	4
1948	32	41	107	98	7	19	2	5	5	32	.194	.233	.214	.447	30	21	2	4

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
1943	27	31	92	84	7	16	2	0	0	5	0	5	26	.190	.236	.214	.450	4	29

1947	31	11	23	21	1	6	0	0	0	1	0	1	7	.286	.318	.286	.604	2	11
2 Yrs		42	115	105	8	22	2	0	0	6	0	6	33	.210	.252	.229	.481	6	40
162 Game Avg.		162	444	405	31	85	8	0	0	23	0	23	127	.210	.252	.229	.481	23	40

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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