Bob Wiesler

Robert George Wiesler

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Both, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 188 lb.

Born: August 13, 1930 in St. Louis, MO
High School: Beaumont HS (St. Louis, MO)
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1949. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 3, 1951
Teams (by GP): Senators/Yankees 1951-1958

Final Game: May 10, 1958
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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
1949	18	NYY-min	D	28	74	74		15	0	1	0						.203	.203	.230	.432		17							INC · KOML
1950	19	NYY-min	C	26	68	68		20	6	0	0						.294	.294	.382	.676		26							JOP · WA
1951	20	NYY-min	AAA	24	73	69	5	14	2	0	0	4	0		1	11	.203	.214	.232	.446		16	1	0	3				KCY · AA
1951	20	NYY	AL	4	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1	0	0			/1

1953	22	NYY-min	AAA	24	53	50	0	5	1	0	0	2	0		1	13	.100	.118	.120	.238		6	1	0	2				KCY · AA
1954	23	NYY-min	AAA	19	27	25	0	4	2	0	0	0	0		0	6	.160	.160	.160	.320		4	0	0	2	0			KCY,TTO · AA,IL
1954	23	NYY	AL	6	12	11	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.273	.273	.364	.636	76	4	0	0	1	0		/1
1955	24	NYY	AL	16	15	14	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.143	.133	.143	.276	-25	2	0	0	0	1	0	1
1956	25	WSH	AL	38	37	33	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	.091	.091	.121	.212	-43	4	2	0	4	0	0	1
1957	26	NYY-min	AAA	38	68	65	3	20	5	0	0	7	0		2	13	.308	.328	.385	.713		25		0	1	0			RMD · IL
1957	26	WSH	AL	3	6	6	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.167	.167	.333	.500	35	2	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1958	27	NYY-min	AAA	39	88	85	9	20	4	0	3	12	0		2	17	.235	.253	.388	.641		33		0	1	0	0		RMD · IL
1958	27	WSH	AL	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1959	28	NYY-min	AAA	37	68	58	5	9	3	0	0	4	0		4	3	.155	.222	.207	.429		12		1	5	0	1		RMD · IL
1960	29	NYY-min	AAA	29	18	15	1	5	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	2	.333	.389	.400	.789		6		0	0	1			RMD · IL
1961	30	ANA-MIN-min	AAA	39	19	19	1	3	0	0	0	1	0		0	3	.158	.158	.158	.316		3							DFW,SYR · AA,IL
6 Yrs				71	75	69	3	9	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	21	.130	.129	.174	.302	-18	12	3	0	5	1	0
162 Game Avg.				162	171	157	7	21	7	0	0	2	0	0	0	48	.130	.129	.174	.302	-18	27	7	0	11

WSH (3 yrs)				45	45	41	1	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	.098	.098	.146	.244	-35	6	2	0	4	0	0
NYY (3 yrs)				26	30	28	2	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	.179	.172	.214	.387	6	6	1	0	1	1	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
1951	20	NYY	AL	4	3	-1	0	-0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.482	.500	-0.1	0.0	-1	$	/1

1954	23	NYY	AL	6	12	-0	0	0	0	1	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.518	.501	0.1	0.0	1	$	/1
1955	24	NYY	AL	16	15	-2	-1	0	0	2	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.493	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$	1
1956	25	WSH	AL	38	37	-8	0	-0	0	4	-4	-0.4	1	-3	-0.4	.490	.498	-0.4	0.0	-3	$	1
1957	26	WSH	AL	3	6	-1	0	0	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.504	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
1958	27	WSH	AL	4	2	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.492	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	/1
6 Seasons				71	75	-12	-0	-0	0	8	-5	-0.5	2	-3	-0.5	.493	.500	-0.5	0.0	-3	$

WSH (3 yrs)				45	45	-9	0	-0	0	5	-4	-0.4	1	-3	-0.4	.491	.499	-0.4	0.0	-3	$
NYY (3 yrs)				26	30	-3	-1	-0	0	3	-1	-0.1	1	0	-0.1	.497	.500	-0.1	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
1951	20	NYY	AL	3	4	0	0.0	99	.000	.000	.263	.000	.343	.000	.385	.000	.729	-100	.000	-0.8	-0.1	.000	.000	.000

1954	23	NYY	AL	12	9	1	3.0	96	.333	.273	.262	.273	.337	.364	.383	.636	.720	76	.342	-0.4	-0.0	.500	.091	.091
1955	24	NYY	AL	15	13	0	0.0	102	.167	.143	.265	.133	.345	.143	.395	.276	.740	-25	.000	-2.5	-0.2	.167	.000	.000
1956	25	WSH	AL	37	36	0	0.0	103	.143	.091	.262	.091	.344	.121	.401	.212	.744	-43	.000	-6.8	-0.7	.125	.030	.030
1957	26	WSH	AL	6	5	0	0.0	98	.333	.167	.261	.167	.333	.333	.394	.500	.726	35	.000	-0.5	-0.1	.400	.167	.167
1958	27	WSH	AL	2	2	0	0.0	96	.000	.000	.260	.000	.328	.000	.394	.000	.722	-100	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
6 Yrs				75	69	1	0.4	101	.184	.130	.263	.129	.341	.174	.395	.302	.737	-18	.011	-11.6	-1.1	.190	.043	.043
162 Game Avg.				171	157	2	0.4	101	.184	.130	.263	.129	.341	.174	.395	.302	.737	-18	.011	-11.6	-1.1	.190	.043	.043

WSH (3 yrs)				45	43	0	0.0	102	.160	.098	.262	.098	.341	.146	.399	.244	.741	-35	.000	-7.9	-0.8	.154	.049	.049
NYY (3 yrs)				30	26	1	1.0	99	.208	.179	.264	.172	.342	.214	.389	.387	.731	6	.064	-3.7	-0.4	.250	.036	.036

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1951	20	NYY	AL	3	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%							100%

1954	23	NYY	AL	12	0.0%	16.7%	0.0%	8.3%	33%		5.5				75%
1955	24	NYY	AL	15	0.0%	20.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		4.7		14.0	1.67	80%
1956	25	WSH	AL	37	0.0%	32.4%	0.0%	2.7%	33%		2.8			5.00	57%
1957	26	WSH	AL	6	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	16.7%	100%		2.0				50%
1958	27	WSH	AL	2	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%			2.0				50%
6 Yrs				75	0.0%	28.0%	0.0%	4.0%	33%		3.3		69.0	5.43	65%
MLB Averages					2.2%	11.4%	9.2%	6.5%	28%	1.24	7.8	40.8	8.2	0.98	75%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1951	20	NYY	AL	-0.8	-0.1	3	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	2.12	-0.1	0.0	-2.0	-0.2	1.77	-1.1	0

1954	23	NYY	AL	-0.4	-0.0	12	-0.0	0.1	-0.1	.69	-0.1	0.0	-0.9	-0.1	0.82	-0.8	0
1955	24	NYY	AL	-2.5	-0.2	15	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	.73	-0.1	0.0	-0.9	-0.1	0.91	-1.5	0
1956	25	WSH	AL	-6.8	-0.7	37	-1.0	0.1	-1.1	1.04	-0.8	-0.2	-10.8	-1.1	1.08	-8.7	0
1957	26	WSH	AL	-0.5	-0.1	6	-0.0	0.0	-0.1	.55	-0.0	-0.0	-0.6	-0.1	0.77	-0.5	0
1958	27	WSH	AL	-0.6	-0.1	2	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.38	-0.1	0.0	-0.4	-0.0	0.73	-0.5	0
6 Yrs				-11.6	-1.1	75	-1.4	0.3	-1.7	.91	-1.2	-0.3	-15.6	-1.6	1.00	-13.2	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	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
1951	20	NYY	AL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1954	23	NYY	AL	0	0	33%	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1955	24	NYY	AL	1	0	50%	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1956	25	WSH	AL	0	0	0%	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1957	26	WSH	AL	0	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100%	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
1958	27	WSH	AL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6 Yrs				1	0	33%	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	33%	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	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
1951	20	NYY	AL	3	100%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	100%	1	0	0%	6	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0

1954	23	NYY	AL	12	100%	3			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	1	1	100%	5	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1955	24	NYY	AL	15	100%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	1	1	100%	11	1	9%	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	0
1956	25	WSH	AL	37	100%	3			0	0	0	0		0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	100%	9	2	22%	11	5	45%	36	1	3%	4	1	25%	3	3	100%	0
1957	26	WSH	AL	6	100%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1958	27	WSH	AL	2	100%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
6 Yrs				75	100%	9			0	0	0	0		0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	5	5	100%	14	3	21%	15	7	47%	60	2	3%	5	2	40%	4	3	75%	0
MLB Averages					49%																			82%			11%			32%			14%			50%			54%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH	SF	IBB
1951	20	4	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1	0
1952	21	4	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1	0
1953	22	4	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1	0
1954	23	10	15	14	1	3	1	0	2	.214	.214	.286	.500	38	4	1	1	0
1955	24	26	30	28	2	5	1	1	5	.179	.172	.214	.387	6	6	1	1	1	0
1956	25	64	67	61	2	8	2	1	17	.131	.129	.164	.293	-21	10	3	5	1	0
1957	26	67	73	67	3	9	3	1	20	.134	.132	.179	.311	-16	12	3	5	1	0
1958	27	71	75	69	3	9	3	1	21	.130	.129	.174	.302	-18	12	3	5	1	0

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1951	20	4	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	4

1954	23	6	12	11	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.273	.273	.364	.636	1	6
1955	24	17	16	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	16
1956	25	40	38	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	38
1957	26	3	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	3
1958	27	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	4
6 Yrs		74	77	71	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	22	.042	.042	.056	.098	1	71
162 Game Avg.		162	169	155	2	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	48	.042	.042	.056	.098	2	71

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Youngest s c a p y 1951 AL born 1930-08-13 (4th)

Youngest s c a p y
1951 AL born 1930-08-13 (4th)

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