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Bob Will

Robert Lee Will (Butch)

Positions: Pinch Hitter and Rightfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: July 15, 1931 in Berwyn, IL
High School: Morton (Berwyn, IL)
Schools: Minnesota State University, Mankato, Northwestern University
Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent in 1954. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 16, 1957
Team: Cubs 1957-1963

Final Game: June 12, 1963
Died: August 11, 2011 in Woodstock, IL
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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
1954	22	CHC-min	C	96	334	334		120	26	3	8						.359	.359	.527	.886		176						MGV · PION
1955	23	CHC-min	B	115	412	412		138	25	5	7						.335	.335	.471	.806		194						BUR · IIIL
1956	24	CHC-min	AA	154	744	645	104	196	45	5	10	73	3	5	91	80	.304	.394	.436	.830		281		5	3	0		TUL · TL
1957	25	CHC-min	AA	46	195	167	29	57	9	3	2	34	2	2	24	13	.341	.428	.467	.895		78		2	1	1		FTW · TL
1957	25	CHC	NL	70	123	112	13	25	3	0	1	10	1	0	5	21	.223	.254	.277	.531	44	31	2	0	5	1	0	8
1958	26	CHC-min	AA,AAA	132	542	453	79	142	24	7	11	48	3	4	82	34	.313	.420	.470	.890		213	1	3	1	3		FTW,POR · TL,PCL
1958	26	CHC	NL	6	6	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.250	.500	.250	.750	109	1	0	0	0	0	0	/9

1960	28	CHC	NL	138	534	475	58	121	20	9	6	53	1	5	47	54	.255	.321	.373	.694	91	177	10	1	8	3	3	*9/7
1961	29	CHC	NL	86	130	113	9	29	9	0	0	8	0	1	15	19	.257	.341	.336	.677	81	38	1	0	1	1	0	9/73
1962	30	CHC	NL	87	108	92	6	22	3	0	2	15	0	0	13	22	.239	.327	.337	.664	76	31	1	0	1	2	2	/9
1963	31	CHC-min	AAA	103	420	370	63	137	26	4	10	64	2	2	50	30	.370	.445	.543	.988		201						SLC · PCL
1963	31	CHC	NL	23	24	23	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	.174	.208	.174	.382	9	4	0	0	0	0	0	/3
1964	32	STL-CHC-min	AAA	126	499	401	84	134	25	2	6	48	4	6	92	55	.334	.459	.451	.910		181		1	4	1		JCK,SLC · IL,PCL
6 Seasons				410	925	819	87	202	35	9	9	87	2	6	83	119	.247	.314	.344	.659	79	282	14	1	15	7	5
162 Game Avg.				162	365	324	34	80	14	4	4	34	1	2	33	47	.247	.314	.344	.659	79	111	6	0	6	3	2

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
1957	25	CHC	NL	123	-8	1	2	0	-0	0	4	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	8
1958	26	CHC	NL	6	0	0	0	0	-0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	/9

1960	28	CHC	NL	534	-2	-2	0	1	-2	-7	18	6	0.6	8	0.9	-0.3	$	*9/7
1961	29	CHC	NL	130	-3	-1	-1	1	-4	-1	5	-4	-0.5	0	0.0	-0.5	$	9/73
1962	30	CHC	NL	108	-3	-1	1	0	-1	0	4	0	0.0	1	0.1	-0.1	$	/9
1963	31	CHC	NL	24	-3	0	0	0	-0	0	1	-2	-0.3	-2	-0.2	-0.1	$	/3
6 Seasons				925	-19	-3	2	2	-8	-8	32	-1	-0.3	6	0.7	-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
1957	25	CHC	NL	123	95	8	2.3	102	.264	.223	.267	.254	.331	.277	.414	.531	.745	44	.216	-9.0	-0.9	.416	.107	.054	1.0
1958	26	CHC	NL	6	3	1	9.0	104	.250	.250	.268	.500	.335	.250	.418	.750	.753	109	.768	0.3	0.0	1.000	.500	.000

1960	28	CHC	NL	534	380	56	4.0	98	.275	.255	.262	.321	.328	.373	.402	.694	.730	91	.456	-6.3	-0.6	.599	.208	.118	1.7
1961	29	CHC	NL	130	88	14	4.2	107	.305	.257	.271	.341	.338	.336	.422	.677	.760	81	.458	-2.4	-0.2	.605	.204	.080
1962	30	CHC	NL	108	74	11	4.0	107	.286	.239	.275	.327	.343	.337	.417	.664	.760	76	.438	-2.7	-0.3	.620	.239	.098	.0
1963	31	CHC	NL	24	19	1	1.4	94	.200	.174	.261	.208	.324	.174	.390	.382	.713	9	.136	-2.8	-0.3	.263	.043	.000
6 Seasons				925	659	91	3.7	101	.277	.247	.265	.314	.331	.344	.408	.659	.739	79	.418	-22.9	-2.3	.568	.194	.098	3.3
162 Game Avg.				365	260	36	3.7	101	.277	.247	.265	.314	.331	.344	.408	.659	.739	79	.418	-22.9	-2.3	.568	.194	.098	1

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1957	25	CHC	NL	123	0.8%	17.1%	4.1%	3.3%	16%	4.20	5.3	112.0	11.2	1.48	74%
1958	26	CHC	NL	6	0.0%	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%	0%	0.00				0.50	67%

1960	28	CHC	NL	534	1.1%	10.1%	8.8%	6.6%	29%	1.15	8.8	79.2	9.0	0.90	78%
1961	29	CHC	NL	130	0.0%	14.6%	11.5%	6.9%	31%	1.27	5.9		14.1	1.13	73%
1962	30	CHC	NL	108	1.9%	20.4%	12.0%	4.6%	23%	1.69	4.2	46.0	6.1	1.04	65%
1963	31	CHC	NL	24	0.0%	12.5%	4.2%	0.0%	0%	3.00	7.7		23.0	0.78	83%
6 Seasons				925	1.0%	12.9%	9.0%	5.7%	26%	1.43	6.9	91.0	9.4	0.99	75%
MLB Averages					2.4%	13.7%	8.6%	6.6%	29%	1.59	6.5	37.9	8.4	1.03	74%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1957	25	CHC	NL	-9.0	-0.9	110	-0.9	2.2	-3.1	1.57	-0.6	0.1	-7.8	-0.8	0.99	-7.5	1.90	31
1958	26	CHC	NL	0.3	0.0	5	0.0	0.1	-0.1	2.25	-0.0	0.0	-0.4	-0.0	1.29	-0.4	2.67	3

1960	28	CHC	NL	-6.3	-0.6	546	1.2	11.8	-10.6	1.14	0.5	0.5	5.5	0.6	1.00	-0.4	1.69	19
1961	29	CHC	NL	-2.4	-0.2	134	-0.5	2.5	-2.9	1.37	-0.4	0.1	-7.3	-0.7	1.02	-6.9	1.94	52
1962	30	CHC	NL	-2.7	-0.3	108	-0.2	2.5	-2.7	1.47	-0.2	0.0	-3.0	-0.3	1.04	-2.6	1.71	65
1963	31	CHC	NL	-2.8	-0.3	24	-0.3	0.3	-0.6	1.50	-0.3	0.1	-2.7	-0.3	1.06	-2.7	1.61	20
6 Seasons				-22.9	-2.3	927	-0.7	19.4	-20.1	1.28	-1.0	0.5	-15.7	-1.5	1.01	-20.5	1.81	190

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
1957	25	CHC	NL	4	0	41%	36	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	60%	5	3	2	4	1	3	6	1	4
1958	26	CHC	NL	0	0	33%	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1960	28	CHC	NL	8	0	32%	214	1	5	17%	1	5	0	0	0	0	2	0	10	11	50%	28	16	12	5	3	2	13	3	9
1961	29	CHC	NL	0	0	21%	55	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	44%	9	5	3	3	1	2	4	2	2
1962	30	CHC	NL	2	0	12%	33	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	33%	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	1
1963	31	CHC	NL	0	0	0%	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6 Seasons				14	0	28%	340	2	6	25%	2	6	0	0	0	0	3	0	17	13	48%	46	28	17	12	5	7	25	7	16

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
1957	25	CHC	NL	105	89%	25			31	7	1	3	1.90	1	0	3	1	0	1	0	0	4	5	125%	19	2	11%	14	5	36%	60	7	12%	5	2	40%	4	0	0%	18
1958	26	CHC	NL	5	100%	1			3	0	0	0	2.67	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	1	0	0%	7	0	0%	2	0	0%	0	0		1

1960	28	CHC	NL	527	75%	121			19	5	0	2	1.69	6	0	12	6	0	1	5	0	9	8	89%	136	10	7%	73	28	38%	334	50	15%	32	11	34%	13	7	54%	7
1961	29	CHC	NL	130	84%	29			52	11	0	4	1.94	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	29	1	3%	12	4	33%	97	9	9%	9	5	56%	6	3	50%	0
1962	30	CHC	NL	106	86%	22			65	16	1	9	1.71	2	0	4	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	100%	23	1	4%	11	6	55%	87	13	15%	7	6	86%	6	5	83%	2
1963	31	CHC	NL	24	92%	4			20	4	0	1	1.61	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0%	1	1	100%	18	1	6%	0	0		1	1	100%	0
6 Seasons				897	79%	202			190	43	2	19	1.81	9	0	29	8	0	2	6	0	15	15	100%	212	14	7%	112	44	39%	603	80	13%	55	24	44%	30	16	53%	28
MLB Averages					50%																			75%			10%			31%			14%			49%			53%

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
1957	25	70	123	112	13	25	3	0	1	10	1	0	5	21	.223	.254	.277	.531	44	31	2	0	5	1	0
1958	26	76	129	116	14	26	3	0	1	10	1	0	7	21	.224	.266	.276	.542	47	32	2	0	5	1	0
1959	27	76	129	116	14	26	3	0	1	10	1	0	7	21	.224	.266	.276	.542	47	32	2	0	5	1	0
1960	28	214	663	591	72	147	23	9	7	63	2	5	54	75	.249	.311	.354	.664	82	209	12	1	13	4	3
1961	29	300	793	704	81	176	32	9	7	71	2	6	69	94	.250	.316	.351	.667	82	247	13	1	14	5	3
1962	30	387	901	796	87	198	35	9	9	86	2	6	82	116	.249	.317	.349	.666	81	278	14	1	15	7	5
1963	31	410	925	819	87	202	35	9	9	87	2	6	83	119	.247	.314	.344	.659	79	282	14	1	15	7	5

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
1957	25	73	123	117	14	26	3	0	1	11	1	5	22	.222	.252	.274	.526	8	70
1958	26	6	9	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	.400	.667	.400	1.067	1	6

1960	28	144	554	500	64	130	21	10	6	58	1	50	56	.260	.327	.378	.705	63	138
1961	29	90	135	118	9	30	9	0	0	8	0	16	20	.254	.341	.331	.671	14	86
1962	30	87	107	92	6	22	3	0	2	15	0	13	22	.239	.327	.337	.664	10	87
1963	31	23	24	23	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	.174	.208	.174	.382	1	23
6 Seasons		423	952	855	95	214	36	10	9	93	2	89	123	.250	.319	.347	.667	97	410
162 Game Avg.		162	365	327	36	82	14	4	3	36	1	34	47	.250	.319	.347	.667	37	410

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