Del Wilber

Delbert Quentin Wilber (Babe)

Positions: Catcher and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: February 24, 1919 in Lincoln Park, MI (All Transactions)
Debut: April 21, 1946
Teams (by GP): RedSox/Phillies/Cardinals 1946-1954

Final Game: September 19, 1954
Died: July 18, 2002 in St. Petersburg, FL
Buried: Bay Pines National Cemetery, Bay Pines, FL
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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
1938	19	BAL-min	D	97	398	398		121	24	4	14						.304	.304	.490	.794		195							FIN · OHSL
1939	20	FIN	D	121	515	515		171	33	14	16						.332	.332	.544	.876		280							FIN · OHSL
1940	21	STL-min	C	113	435	435		134	34	8	7						.308	.308	.471	.779		205							SPG · WA
1941	22	STL-min	B	103	294	294		77	13	2	10						.262	.262	.422	.684		124							CBS · SALL
1946	27	STL-min	AAA	101	337	297	35	78	9	9	7	33	0		35	54	.263	.344	.424	.769		126	3	2	3				CLB · AA
1946	27	STL	NL	4	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	.000	.200	.000	.200	-42	0	0	0	0			/2
1947	28	STL	NL	51	104	99	7	23	8	1	0	12	0		5	13	.232	.269	.333	.603	57	33	5	0	0			2
1948	29	STL	NL	27	64	58	5	11	2	0	0	10	0		4	9	.190	.242	.224	.466	24	13	3	0	2			2
1949	30	STL-min	AA	89	207	207		64	16	2	5						.309	.309	.478	.787		99							HSN · TL
1949	30	STL	NL	2	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	32	1	0	0	0			/2

1950	31	STL-min	AAA	123	467	440	64	130	23	7	11	80	2		24	41	.295	.333	.455	.788		200		1	2				ROC · IL
1951	32	PHI	NL	84	263	245	30	68	7	3	8	34	0	1	17	26	.278	.324	.429	.753	102	105	6	0	1			2
1952	33	TOT	MLB	49	145	137	7	36	10	1	3	23	1	0	7	21	.263	.303	.416	.720	93	57	4	1	0			2
1952	33	PHI	NL	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0
1952	33	BOS	AL	47	143	135	7	36	10	1	3	23	1	0	7	20	.267	.308	.422	.730	96	57	4	1	0			2
1953	34	BOS	AL	58	120	112	16	27	6	1	7	29	0	0	6	21	.241	.286	.500	.786	105	56	5	1	1			2/3
1954	35	BOS	AL	24	68	61	2	8	2	1	1	7	0	0	4	6	.131	.179	.246	.425	11	15	1	0	1	2		2
1958	39	BAL-min	AAA	11	11	10	1	3	1	0	1	2	0		1	2	.300	.364	.700	1.064		7		0	0	0	0		LOU · AA
8 Yrs				299	773	720	67	174	35	7	19	115	1	1	44	96	.242	.286	.389	.675	79	280	24	2	5	2
162 Game Avg.				162	419	390	36	94	19	4	10	62	1		24	52	.242	.286	.389	.675	79	152	13	1	3

STL (4 yrs)				84	177	165	12	35	10	1	0	22	0		10	22	.212	.257	.285	.542	42	47	8	0	2
BOS (3 yrs)				129	331	308	25	71	18	3	11	59	1	0	17	47	.231	.274	.416	.689	82	128	10	2	2	2
PHI (2 yrs)				86	265	247	30	68	7	3	8	34	0	1	17	27	.275	.322	.425	.747	101	105	6	0	1

NL (6 yrs)				170	442	412	42	103	17	4	8	56	0	1	27	49	.250	.296	.369	.665	77	152	14	0	3
AL (3 yrs)				129	331	308	25	71	18	3	11	59	1	0	17	47	.231	.274	.416	.689	82	128	10	2	2	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	27	STL	NL	4	5	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.480	.500	-0.1	0.0	-0	$	/2
1947	28	STL	NL	51	104	-6	0	0	0	1	-5	-0.6	4	-2	-0.2	.489	.497	-0.2	0.1	-2	$	2
1948	29	STL	NL	27	64	-6	0	-0	-1	0	-7	-0.8	2	-5	-0.6	.471	.495	-0.5	-0.1	-4	$	2
1949	30	STL	NL	2	4	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.479	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	/2

1951	32	PHI	NL	84	263	0	-1	0	-1	2	1	0.1	9	10	0.9	.501	.501	1.1	0.1	11	$	2
1952	33	PHI	NL	2	2	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.472	.500	-0.1	0.0	-0	$
1952	33	BOS	AL	47	143	-1	0	-1	0	1	-0	-0.0	4	4	0.4	.500	.500	0.4	0.1	4	$	2
1953	34	BOS	AL	58	120	-1	-0	-0	0	1	-1	-0.1	3	2	0.2	.498	.499	0.2	0.1	2	$	2/3
1954	35	BOS	AL	24	68	-8	-0	0	-1	1	-9	-1.0	2	-7	-0.8	.459	.494	-0.7	-0.0	-6	$	2
8 Seasons				299	773	-24	-1	-1	-3	6	-24	-2.6	24	0	-0.3	.492	.498	0.1	0.3	3	$

STL (4 yrs)				84	177	-14	0	-0	-1	1	-14	-1.5	6	-8	-0.9	.483	.498	-0.8	0.1	-7	$
BOS (3 yrs)				129	331	-10	-0	-1	-1	3	-10	-1.1	9	-1	-0.2	.491	.498	-0.1	0.2	-0	$
PHI (2 yrs)				86	265	0	-1	0	-1	2	0	0.0	9	9	0.8	.500	.500	1.0	0.1	10	$

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	27	STL	NL	5	4	0	0.0	96	.000	.000	.267	.200	.343	.000	.374	.200	.717	-42	.000	-0.8	-0.1	.250	.250	.000
1947	28	STL	NL	104	81	9	3.0	109	.267	.232	.279	.269	.355	.333	.413	.603	.768	57	.305	-6.5	-0.6	.469	.152	.101
1948	29	STL	NL	64	52	3	1.5	107	.224	.190	.276	.242	.351	.224	.408	.466	.760	24	.124	-6.4	-0.6	.340	.103	.034
1949	30	STL	NL	4	3	0	0.0	107	.250	.250	.275	.250	.350	.250	.412	.500	.761	32	.000	-0.4	-0.0	.333	.000	.000

1951	32	PHI	NL	263	185	34	4.9	102	.284	.278	.265	.324	.339	.429	.402	.753	.740	102	.541	-0.3	-0.0	.658	.216	.151	.0
1952	33	TOT	MLB	145	105	17	4.4	102	.292	.263	.268	.303	.349	.416	.391	.720	.740	93	.524	-1.8	-0.2	.629	.212	.153	1.5
1952	33	PHI	NL	2	2	0	0.0	96	.000	.000	.260	.000	.333	.000	.388	.000	.720	-100	.000	-0.5	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1952	33	BOS	AL	143	103	17	4.5	102	.295	.267	.268	.308	.349	.422	.391	.730	.740	96	.533	-1.3	-0.1	.641	.215	.156	1.5
1953	34	BOS	AL	120	91	16	4.7	106	.238	.241	.274	.286	.351	.500	.404	.786	.755	105	.526	-0.3	-0.0	.700	.313	.259	.0
1954	35	BOS	AL	68	57	3	1.4	108	.125	.131	.278	.179	.355	.246	.406	.425	.761	11	.117	-8.2	-0.9	.352	.180	.115	.0
8 Yrs				773	578	82	3.8	104	.255	.242	.271	.286	.347	.389	.402	.675	.750	79	.431	-24.7	-2.5	.571	.208	.147	1.9
162 Game Avg.				419	313	44	3.8	104	.255	.242	.271	.286	.347	.389	.402	.675	.750	79	.431	-24.7	-2.5	.571	.208	.147	1

STL (4 yrs)				177	140	12	2.3	108	.245	.212	.277	.257	.353	.285	.411	.542	.764	42	.220	-14.1	-1.4	.413	.133	.073
BOS (3 yrs)				331	251	36	3.9	105	.238	.231	.272	.274	.351	.416	.399	.689	.750	82	.452	-9.8	-1.0	.599	.244	.185	1.8
PHI (2 yrs)				265	187	34	4.9	101	.283	.275	.265	.322	.339	.425	.401	.747	.740	101	.536	-0.8	-0.1	.651	.215	.150	.0

NL (6 yrs)				442	327	46	3.8	104	.268	.250	.270	.296	.344	.369	.405	.665	.750	77	.416	-14.9	-1.5	.549	.182	.119	.0
AL (3 yrs)				331	251	36	3.9	105	.238	.231	.272	.274	.351	.416	.399	.689	.750	82	.452	-9.8	-1.0	.599	.244	.185	1.8

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	27	STL	NL	5	0.0%	0.0%	20.0%	0.0%		0.00					80%
1947	28	STL	NL	104	0.0%	12.5%	4.8%	8.7%	39%	2.60	7.6		8.3		83%
1948	29	STL	NL	64	0.0%	14.1%	6.3%	3.1%	18%	2.25	6.4		5.8	1.14	77%
1949	30	STL	NL	4	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%					1.00	100%

1951	32	PHI	NL	263	3.0%	9.9%	6.5%	6.8%	27%	1.53	9.4	30.6	7.2	1.17	80%
1952	33	TOT	MLB	145	2.1%	14.5%	4.8%	9.7%	39%	3.00	6.5	45.7	6.0	0.91	78%
1952	33	PHI	NL	2	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%			2.0				50%
1952	33	BOS	AL	143	2.1%	14.0%	4.9%	9.8%	39%	2.86	6.8	45.0	5.9	0.89	78%
1953	34	BOS	AL	120	5.8%	17.5%	5.0%	11.7%	52%	3.50	5.3	16.0	3.9	1.19	70%
1954	35	BOS	AL	68	1.5%	8.8%	5.9%	5.9%	50%	1.50	10.2	61.0	8.7	0.67	82%
8 Yrs				773	2.5%	12.4%	5.7%	7.9%	35%	2.18	7.5	37.9	6.3	1.02	79%
MLB Averages					1.8%	10.1%	9.7%	6.4%	28%	1.04	8.8	48.5	8.2	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	27	STL	NL	-0.8	-0.1	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1947	28	STL	NL	-6.5	-0.6	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1948	29	STL	NL	-6.4	-0.6	22	-0.2	0.2	-0.3	.93	-0.3	0.1	-3.5	-0.3	1.04	-3.2		0
1949	30	STL	NL	-0.4	-0.0	2	0.0	0.0	0.0	.00	-0.0	0.0	-0.5	-0.0	0.80	-0.6		0

1951	32	PHI	NL	-0.6	-0.1	215	-0.4	3.9	-4.3	1.10	-0.1	-0.3	-0.8	-0.1	0.99	0.7	1.48	9
1952	33	TOT	MLB	-2.0	-0.2	145	0.6	3.1	-2.5	1.11	0.1	0.5	4.5	0.4	0.99	1.2	1.40	10
1952	33	PHI	NL	-0.5	-0.1	2	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	2.69	-0.0	-0.0	-0.9	-0.1	1.64	-0.5	2.69	2
1952	33	BOS	AL	-1.4	-0.2	143	0.8	3.1	-2.4	1.09	0.2	0.5	5.4	0.5	0.98	1.8	1.08	8
1953	34	BOS	AL	-0.4	-0.0	121	-0.6	2.2	-2.8	1.19	0.4	-0.9	6.0	0.6	1.00	4.1	1.72	29
1954	35	BOS	AL	-8.2	-0.9	69	-1.0	0.4	-1.4	1.07	-0.6	-0.3	-8.5	-0.8	0.96	-7.1	1.42	6
8 Yrs				-25.3	-2.6	574	-1.5	9.8	-11.3	1.11	-0.5	-0.9	-2.8	-0.3	0.99	-4.9	1.59	54

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	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
1948	29	STL	NL	1	0	33%	5	0			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	33%	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1949	30	STL	NL	0	0	0%	0	0			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1951	32	PHI	NL	3	0	29%	75	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	29%	8	6	2	2	2	0	4	1	2
1952	33	TOT	MLB	1	0	10%	39	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	67%	3	1	1	0	0	0	3	0	3
1952	33	PHI	NL	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1952	33	BOS	AL	1	0	10%	39	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	67%	3	1	1	0	0	0	3	0	3
1953	34	BOS	AL	0	0	33%	25	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	36%	6	4	1	0	0	0	5	1	3
1954	35	BOS	AL	1	0	9%	10	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
8 Yrs				6	0	24%	154	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	7	5	37%	20	13	5	2	2	0	13	3	8

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	29	STL	NL	64	41%	11			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	5	3	60%	4	3	75%	18	1	6%	2	1	50%	1	0	0%	0
1949	30	STL	NL	4	100%	1			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

1951	32	PHI	NL	263	28%	68			9	1	0	1	1.48	8	0	10	3	5	5	3	1	1	1	100%	41	6	15%	16	6	38%	146	20	14%	14	6	43%	6	3	50%	0
1952	33	TOT	MLB	145	15%	36			10	4	0	2	1.40	3	0	5	2	1	0	3	0	0	0		31	4	13%	12	7	58%	105	21	20%	9	7	78%	4	3	75%	0
1952	33	PHI	NL	2	50%	0			2	0	0	0	2.69	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		4	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1952	33	BOS	AL	143	15%	36			8	4	0	2	1.08	3	0	5	2	1	0	3	0	0	0		30	4	13%	12	7	58%	101	21	21%	9	7	78%	4	3	75%	0
1953	34	BOS	AL	120	29%	27			29	5	4	5	1.72	7	0	5	5	2	6	1	0	1	1	100%	27	5	19%	10	4	40%	96	23	24%	8	7	88%	5	4	80%	0
1954	35	BOS	AL	68	32%	8			6	1	0	1	1.42	1	0	4	1	0	1	0	0	2	1	50%	13	1	8%	9	4	44%	50	6	12%	8	4	50%	4	1	25%	0
8 Yrs				664	26%	174			54	11	4	9	1.59	19	0	25	11	8	12	7	1	6	5	83%	117	24	21%	51	24	47%	416	71	17%	41	25	61%	20	11	55%	0
MLB Averages					50%																			128%			16%			33%			15%			51%			55%

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
1946	27	4	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	.000	.200	.000	.200	-42	0	0	0	0
1947	28	55	109	103	7	23	8	1	0	12	0		6	13	.223	.266	.320	.586	53	33	5	0	0
1948	29	82	173	161	12	34	10	1	0	22	0		10	22	.211	.257	.286	.543	42	46	8	0	2
1949	30	84	177	165	12	35	10	1	0	22	0		10	22	.212	.257	.285	.542	42	47	8	0	2
1950	31	84	177	165	12	35	10	1	0	22	0		10	22	.212	.257	.285	.542	42	47	8	0	2
1951	32	168	440	410	42	103	17	4	8	56	0	1	27	48	.251	.297	.371	.668	78	152	14	0	3
1952	33	217	585	547	49	139	27	5	11	79	1	1	34	69	.254	.299	.382	.681	82	209	18	1	3
1953	34	275	705	659	65	166	33	6	18	108	1	1	40	90	.252	.297	.402	.699	86	265	23	2	4
1954	35	299	773	720	67	174	35	7	19	115	1	1	44	96	.242	.286	.389	.675	79	280	24	2	5	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	27	4	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.200	.000	.200	0	4
1947	28	53	107	102	7	23	8	1	0	11	0	5	14	.225	.262	.324	.585	8	51
1948	29	28	66	60	5	11	2	0	0	10	0	4	9	.183	.234	.217	.451	3	27
1949	30	2	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	2

1951	32	87	274	255	31	71	7	3	8	35	0	18	27	.278	.326	.424	.750	35	84
1952	33	51	152	144	7	38	11	1	3	24	1	7	22	.264	.303	.417	.719	18	49
1953	34	61	125	117	16	28	6	1	7	29	0	6	22	.239	.282	.487	.769	16	58
1954	35	25	71	64	2	9	2	1	1	8	0	4	6	.141	.186	.250	.436	3	24
8 Yrs		311	804	750	68	180	36	7	19	117	1	45	100	.240	.284	.383	.667	83	299
162 Game Avg.		162	419	391	35	94	19	4	10	61	1	23	52	.240	.284	.383	.667	43	299

* 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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Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
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Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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