Spider Wilhelm

Charles Ernest Wilhelm

Position: Shortstop
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: May 23, 1929 in Baltimore, MD
Signed by the Philadelphia Athletics as an amateur free agent in 1947. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 6, 1953
Team: Athletics 1953

Final Game: September 27, 1953
Died: October 20, 1992 in Venice, FL
Buried: Dulaney Valley Memorial Gardens, Timonium, MD
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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	Pos	Awards
1947	18	OAK-min	D	126	518	518		141	21	4	3						.272	.272	.346	.618		179						FED · ESHL
1948	19	OAK-min	D	123	482	482		126	20	4	13						.261	.261	.400	.662		193						FED · ESHL
1949	20	OAK-min	C	137	575	575		181	35	2	20						.315	.315	.487	.802		280						YNG · MATL
1950	21	OAK-min	AAA	88	263	239	28	47	12	1	5	28	3		21	33	.197	.262	.318	.580		76		0	3			BFL · IL
1951	22	OAK-min	A	108	417	417		116	31	1	2						.278	.278	.372	.650		155						LIN · WL
1953	24	PHA	AL	7	7	7	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.286	.286	.429	.714	88	3	0	0	0		/6
1954	25	OAK-min	A	88	294	294		80	9	2	6						.272	.272	.378	.650		111						SAV · SALL
1955	26	OAK-min	AAA	150	577	514	49	119	19	5	15	71	4		53	61	.232	.301	.375	.677		193		1	3	6		CLB · IL
1956	27	LRK	AA	151	533	533		123	30	5	19						.231	.231	.413	.644		220						LRK · SOUA
1957	28	OAK-min	A,AA	124	427	427		84	14	0	3						.197	.197	.251	.447		107						CLM,LRK · SALL,SOUA
1958	29	SFG-BAL-min	AA,A	63	233	220	18	54	8	4	2	14	0	1	11	16	.245	.280	.345	.626		76		0	1	1		CPC,KNX · TL,SALL
1959	30	BAL-min	AA	9	16	16		1									.063	.063										AMA · TL
1 Yr				7	7	7	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.286	.286	.429	.714	88	3	0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	162	162	23	46	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	69	.286	.286	.429	.714	88	69	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	Awards
1953	24	PHA	AL	7	7	-0	0	0	-1	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.487	.499	0.0	-0.1	0	$	/6
1 Season				7	7	-0	0	0	-1	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.487	.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
1953	24	PHA	AL	7	5	1	5.4	105	.500	.286	.273	.286	.350	.429	.402	.714	.752	88	.584	-0.1	-0.0	.600	.143	.143
1 Yr				7	5	1	5.4	105	.500	.286	.273	.286	.350	.429	.402	.714	.752	88	.584	-0.1	-0.0	.600	.143	.143
162 Game Avg.				162	116	23	5.4	105	.500	.286	.273	.286	.350	.429	.402	.714	.752	88	.584	-0.1	-0.0	.600	.143	.143

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1953	24	PHA	AL	7	0.0%	42.9%	0.0%	14.3%	50%		2.3			0.00	57%
1 Yr				7	0.0%	42.9%	0.0%	14.3%	50%		2.3			0.00	57%
MLB Averages					2.2%	10.7%	9.1%	6.7%	29%	1.18	8.3	40.9	7.9	0.96	76%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1953	24	PHA	AL	-0.1	-0.0	8	0.0	0.0	-0.0	.14	-0.0	0.3	-0.5	-0.0	0.72	-0.2	0.00	1
1 Yr				-0.1	-0.0	8	0.0	0.0	-0.0	.14	-0.0	0.3	-0.5	-0.0	0.72	-0.2	0.00	1

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
1953	24	PHA	AL	0	0	50%	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1 Yr				0	0	50%	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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
1953	24	PHA	AL	7	29%	2			1	1	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1 Yr				7	29%	2			1	1	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
MLB Averages					50%																			88%			11%			31%			15%			52%			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	IBB
1953	24	7	7	7	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.286	.286	.429	.714	88	3	0	0	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	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1953	24	7	7	7	1	2	1	3	.286	.286	.429	.714	1	7
1 Yr		7	7	7	1	2	1	3	.286	.286	.429	.714	1	7
162 Game Avg.		162	162	162	23	46	23	69	.286	.286	.429	.714	23	7

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