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Dan Whitmer

Daniel Charles Whitmer

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: November 23, 1955 in Redlands, CA
School: California State University Fullerton (Fullerton, CA)
Drafted by the California Angels in the 14th round of the 1978 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 20, 1980
Teams (by GP): Angels/BlueJays 1980-1981

Final Game: May 10, 1981
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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
1978	22	ANA-min	A	76	294	247	33	62	9	1	7	36	1	1	40	59	.251	.360	.381	.740		94		3	2	2			SLS · CALL
1979	23	ANA-min	AAA,AA	109	417	358	50	98	19	1	12	60	0	2	45	96	.274	.357	.433	.790		155		4	5	5			SLC,ELP · PCL,TL
1980	24	ANA-min	AAA	59	217	183	24	41	6	0	3	27	0	1	24	46	.224	.316	.306	.622		56		2	5	3			SLC · PCL
1980	24	CAL	AL	48	102	87	8	21	3	0	0	7	1	0	4	21	.241	.269	.276	.545	52	24	3	0	9	2	0	2
1981	25	TOR-min	AAA	66	216	186	18	38	10	0	1	11	0	0	22	41	.204	.300	.274	.575		51		4	3	1	0		SYR · IL
1981	25	TOR	AL	7	10	9	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.111	.200	.222	.422	19	2	1	0	0	0	0	/2
1982	26	TOR-min	AAA,AA	43	131	114	13	19	3	0	4	12	0	0	10	28	.167	.244	.298	.542		34		2	4	1	0		SYR,KNX · IL,SOUL
1983	27	TOR-min	AA	84	298	253	24	62	11	0	5	33	0	1	34	50	.245	.342	.348	.690		88		4	6	1	1		KNX · SOUL
1984	28	DET-min	AA	20	67	59	6	16	1	0	0	3	0	0	5	3	.271	.338	.288	.627		17		1	2	0	0		BIR · SOUL
2 Yrs				55	112	96	8	22	4	0	0	7	1	0	5	23	.229	.262	.271	.533	49	26	4	0	9	2	0
162 Game Avg.				162	330	283	24	65	12	0	0	21	3	0	15	68	.229	.262	.271	.533	49	77	12	0	27	6	0

CAL (1 yr)				48	102	87	8	21	3	0	0	7	1	0	4	21	.241	.269	.276	.545	52	24	3	0	9	2	0
TOR (1 yr)				7	10	9	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.111	.200	.222	.422	19	2	1	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	24	CAL	AL	48	102	-5	0	-1	0	2	-4	-0.4	3	-1	-0.1	.491	.497	-0.1	0.3	-1	$	2
1981	25	TOR	AL	7	10	-0	0	-0	-1	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.479	.499	0.0	-0.1	0	$	/2
2 Seasons				55	112	-6	0	-1	-1	2	-5	-0.5	3	-2	-0.2	.490	.498	-0.1	0.2	-1	$

CAL (1 yr)				48	102	-5	0	-1	0	2	-4	-0.4	3	-1	-0.1	.491	.497	-0.1	0.3	-1	$
TOR (1 yr)				7	10	-0	0	-0	-1	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.479	.499	0.0	-0.1	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	24	CAL	AL	102	80	7	2.4	96	.309	.241	.265	.269	.328	.276	.394	.545	.721	52	.228	-5.5	-0.6	.420	.092	.034	.0
1981	25	TOR	AL	10	9	0	0.0	94	.143	.111	.263	.200	.328	.222	.382	.422	.711	19	.000	-0.9	-0.1	.333	.222	.111
2 Yrs				112	89	7	2.1	96	.293	.229	.265	.262	.328	.271	.393	.533	.720	49	.198	-6.4	-0.6	.410	.104	.042	.0
162 Game Avg.				330	262	21	2.1	96	.293	.229	.265	.262	.328	.271	.393	.533	.720	49	.198	-6.4	-0.6	.410	.104	.042

CAL (1 yr)				102	80	7	2.4	96	.309	.241	.265	.269	.328	.276	.394	.545	.721	52	.227	-5.5	-0.6	.420	.092	.034	.0
TOR (1 yr)				10	9	0	0.0	94	.143	.111	.263	.200	.328	.222	.382	.422	.711	19	.000	-0.9	-0.1	.333	.222	.111

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	24	CAL	AL	102	0.0%	20.6%	3.9%	2.9%	14%	5.25	4.1		12.4	2.35	67%
1981	25	TOR	AL	10	0.0%	20.0%	10.0%	10.0%	100%	2.00	4.5			1.00	70%
2 Yrs				112	0.0%	20.5%	4.5%	3.6%	18%	4.60	4.2		13.7	2.15	67%
MLB Averages					1.8%	12.5%	8.3%	6.4%	27%	1.52	7.1	49.0	8.7	1.11	76%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI
1980	24	CAL	AL	-5.5	-0.6	104	-0.6	1.2	-1.8	.95	-0.7	0.1	-4.9	-0.5	0.98	-7.3
1981	25	TOR	AL	-0.9	-0.1	10	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	.91	-0.1	0.0	-0.8	-0.1	0.66	-0.8
2 Yrs				-6.4	-0.6	114	-0.7	1.3	-2.0	.95	-0.8	0.1	-5.8	-0.6	0.95	-8.1

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	SB%	SB2	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1980	24	CAL	AL	2	32%	28	1	100%	1	2	2	44%	5	3	2	2	1	1	2	1	1
1981	25	TOR	AL	1	0%	3	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2 Yrs				3	30%	31	1	100%	1	2	2	44%	5	3	2	2	1	1	2	1	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	24	CAL	AL	102	38%	21			0	0	0	0		0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	9	9	100%	19	3	16%	15	9	60%	63	9	14%	5	2	40%	3	3	100%	0
1981	25	TOR	AL	10	60%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	1	50%	0	0		3	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
2 Yrs				112	40%	22			0	0	0	0		0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	9	9	100%	21	4	19%	15	9	60%	66	9	14%	5	2	40%	3	3	100%	0
MLB Averages					56%																			80%			12%			36%			15%			52%			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
1980	24	48	102	87	8	21	3	0	0	7	1	0	4	21	.241	.269	.276	.545	52	24	3	0	9	2	0
1981	25	55	112	96	8	22	4	0	0	7	1	0	5	23	.229	.262	.271	.533	49	26	4	0	9	2	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	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1980	24	48	103	88	8	22	3	7	1	4	21	.250	.277	.284	.561	7	48
1981	25	11	16	14	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	.000	.125	.000	.125	0	7
2 Yrs		59	119	102	8	22	3	7	1	6	24	.216	.255	.245	.500	7	55
162 Game Avg.		162	327	280	22	60	8	19	3	16	66	.216	.255	.245	.500	19	55

* 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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