Craig Wilson

Craig Wilson

Positions: Pinch Hitter, Third Baseman and Second Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: November 28, 1964 in Annapolis, MD
Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 20th round of the 1984 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 6, 1989
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Royals 1989-1993

Final Game: September 29, 1993
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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
1984	19	STL-min	A-	72	318	282	53	83	18	4	7	46	10	4	29	27	.294	.366	.461	.827		130		4	1	2	0		ERI · NYPL
1985	20	STL-min	A	133	562	504	64	132	16	4	8	52	33	14	47	67	.262	.323	.357	.680		180		1	4	6	0		SPR · MIDW
1986	21	STL-min	A	127	575	496	106	136	17	6	1	49	44	12	65	49	.274	.357	.339	.696		168		1	9	4	0		SPR · MIDW
1987	22	STL-min	AA,A,AAA	125	526	470	82	142	21	5	2	62	21	16	47	29	.302	.365	.381	.746		179		1	5	3	1		ARK,SPT,LOU · TL,FLOR,AA
1988	23	STL-min	AAA	133	561	497	59	127	27	2	1	46	6	4	54	46	.256	.326	.324	.650		161		0	6	4	1		LOU · AA
1989	24	STL-min	AAA,AA	130	548	502	78	152	30	4	2	70	9	8	35	39	.303	.351	.390	.741		196		3	6	2	1		LOU,ARK · AA,TL
1989	24	STL	NL	6	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	.250	.400	.250	.650	88	1	0	0	0	0	0	/5
1990	25	STL-min	AAA	57	244	204	30	57	9	2	2	23	5	3	28	15	.279	.360	.373	.732		76		1	5	6	0		LOU · AA
1990	25	STL	NL	55	131	121	13	30	2	0	0	7	0	2	8	14	.248	.290	.264	.555	54	32	7	0	0	2	0	5/4793
1991	26	STL	NL	60	90	82	5	14	2	0	0	13	0	0	6	10	.171	.222	.195	.417	19	16	2	0	0	2	2	5/734
1992	27	STL-min	AAA	20	87	81	13	24	5	1	0	5	3	2	5	8	.296	.337	.383	.720		31	2	0	1	0	0		LOU · AA
1992	27	STL	NL	61	119	106	6	33	6	0	0	13	1	2	10	18	.311	.368	.368	.735	112	39	4	0	2	1	2	54/9
1993	28	KCR-min	AAA	65	257	234	26	65	13	1	3	28	7	4	20	24	.278	.336	.380	.716		89	6	1	1	1	0		OMA · AA
1993	28	KCR	AL	21	57	49	6	13	1	0	1	3	1	1	7	6	.265	.357	.347	.704	86	17	0	0	1	0	0	5/47
1994	29	TEX-min	AAA	65	259	227	23	59	6	0	4	27	1	2	23	24	.260	.328	.339	.667		77	14	1	6	2	4		OKC,JAL · AA,MEX
1995	30	DET-min	AAA	121	518	468	56	123	31	0	9	65	8	2	37	61	.263	.317	.387	.703		181	11	3	3	7	0		TOL · IL
2003	38	OAX	AAA	14	59	46	8	12	1	1	1	9	1	1	9	12	.261	.404	.391	.795		18	1	2	2	0	1		OAX · MEX
5 Yrs				203	402	362	31	91	11	0	1	37	2	5	32	50	.251	.308	.290	.598	68	105	13	0	3	5	4
162 Game Avg.				162	321	289	25	73	9	0	1	30	2	4	26	40	.251	.308	.290	.598	68	84	10	0	2	4	3

STL (4 yrs)				182	345	313	25	78	10	0	0	34	1	4	25	44	.249	.300	.281	.581	65	88	13	0	2	5	4
KCR (1 yr)				21	57	49	6	13	1	0	1	3	1	1	7	6	.265	.357	.347	.704	86	17	0	0	1	0	0

NL (4 yrs)				182	345	313	25	78	10	0	0	34	1	4	25	44	.249	.300	.281	.581	65	88	13	0	2	5	4
AL (1 yr)				21	57	49	6	13	1	0	1	3	1	1	7	6	.265	.357	.347	.704	86	17	0	0	1	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
1989	24	STL	NL	6	5	0	0	0	-1	0	-1	-0.2	0	-1	-0.1	.476	.499	0.0	-0.2	0	$	/5
1990	25	STL	NL	55	131	-8	-0	-0	0	-0	-9	-0.9	4	-5	-0.6	.482	.494	-0.7	0.1	-6	$100,000	5/4793
1991	26	STL	NL	60	90	-8	0	0	-1	-0	-8	-0.9	2	-6	-0.7	.484	.494	-0.6	-0.1	-5	$130,000	5/734
1992	27	STL	NL	61	119	1	-1	-1	-0	0	-0	0.0	3	3	0.3	.500	.500	0.4	-0.0	4	$135,000	54/9
1993	28	KCR	AL	21	57	-1	-1	0	3	0	2	0.2	2	4	0.4	.508	.501	0.1	0.3	1	$240,000	5/47
5 Seasons				203	402	-15	-2	-0	1	-0	-17	-1.8	11	-6	-0.7	.490	.498	-0.8	0.1	-6	$605,000

STL (4 yrs)				182	345	-14	-1	-1	-2	-1	-19	-2.0	10	-9	-1.1	.488	.497	-0.9	-0.2	-7	$365,000
KCR (1 yr)				21	57	-1	-1	0	3	0	2	0.2	2	4	0.4	.508	.501	0.1	0.3	1	$240,000

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
1989	24	STL	NL	5	3	1	9.0	93	.500	.250	.257	.400	.325	.250	.383	.650	.708	88	.811	0.0	0.0	.667	.250	.000
1990	25	STL	NL	131	102	8	2.1	98	.275	.248	.264	.290	.331	.264	.397	.555	.728	54	.205	-7.5	-0.8	.380	.066	.017
1991	26	STL	NL	90	72	4	1.5	94	.189	.171	.258	.222	.325	.195	.386	.417	.711	19	.131	-8.8	-0.9	.314	.098	.024
1992	27	STL	NL	119	82	13	4.3	90	.371	.311	.256	.368	.321	.368	.376	.735	.697	112	.516	2.2	0.2	.608	.142	.057	.0
1993	28	KCR	AL	57	38	7	4.9	108	.286	.265	.274	.357	.345	.347	.418	.704	.764	86	.510	-0.9	-0.1	.649	.224	.082	1.0
5 Yrs				402	297	33	3.0	96	.285	.251	.261	.308	.328	.290	.391	.598	.720	68	.337	-15.1	-1.5	.464	.119	.039	1.3
162 Game Avg.				321	237	26	3.0	96	.285	.251	.261	.308	.328	.290	.391	.598	.720	68	.337	-15.1	-1.5	.464	.119	.039	1

STL (4 yrs)				345	259	26	2.7	94	.285	.249	.260	.300	.326	.281	.387	.581	.713	65	.304	-14.1	-1.5	.437	.102	.032	.0
KCR (1 yr)				57	38	7	4.9	108	.286	.265	.274	.357	.345	.347	.418	.704	.764	86	.510	-0.9	-0.1	.649	.224	.082	1.0

NL (4 yrs)				345	259	26	2.7	94	.285	.249	.260	.300	.326	.281	.387	.581	.713	65	.304	-14.1	-1.5	.437	.102	.032	.0
AL (1 yr)				57	38	7	4.9	108	.286	.265	.274	.357	.345	.347	.418	.704	.764	86	.510	-0.9	-0.1	.649	.224	.082	1.0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB
1989	24	STL	NL	5	0.0%	40.0%	20.0%	0.0%	0%	2.00	2.0		4.0	1.00		40%	50%	0.0%	0%
1990	25	STL	NL	131	0.0%	10.7%	6.1%	1.5%	7%	1.75	8.6		17.3	0.73	0.76	83%	22%	0.0%	31%
1991	26	STL	NL	90	0.0%	11.1%	6.7%	2.2%	14%	1.67	8.2		6.3	1.28	1.73	82%	14%	0.0%	16%
1992	27	STL	NL	119	0.0%	15.1%	8.4%	5.0%	18%	1.80	5.9		8.2	1.34	1.58	75%	19%	0.0%	16%
1993	28	KCR	AL	57	1.8%	10.5%	12.3%	3.5%	15%	0.86	8.2	49.0	16.3	1.47	1.67	74%	11%	7.1%	18%
5 Yrs				402	0.3%	12.4%	8.0%	3.0%	13%	1.56	7.2	362.0	9.8	1.09	1.25	79%	18%	0.9%	22%
MLB Averages					2.1%	14.9%	8.6%	6.7%	29%	1.74	6.0	43.1	8.5	0.80	1.05	73%	20%	6.1%	17%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1989	24	STL	NL	0.0	0.0	5	0.2	0.2	-0.1	1.62	0.0	0.1	0.9	0.1	1.25	0.2	1.62	4
1990	25	STL	NL	-7.5	-0.8	136	-0.9	2.0	-2.9	1.15	-0.8	0.1	-16.8	-1.7	1.01	-10.4	1.81	23
1991	26	STL	NL	-8.8	-0.9	90	-1.1	1.9	-3.0	1.62	-0.7	0.1	-4.4	-0.5	1.12	-6.4	2.12	37
1992	27	STL	NL	2.2	0.2	122	-0.4	2.6	-2.9	1.47	-0.0	-0.2	-0.1	-0.0	1.05	0.2	1.97	25
1993	28	KCR	AL	-0.9	-0.1	60	-0.7	0.6	-1.3	1.09	-0.3	-0.4	-2.3	-0.2	0.91	-2.4	2.56	6
5 Yrs				-15.1	-1.5	413	-2.9	7.3	-10.2	1.34	-1.9	-0.3	-22.8	-2.3	1.04	-18.9	2.01	95

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1989	24	STL	NL	0	50%	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1990	25	STL	NL	0	34%	48	0	2	0%	0	2	1	1	1	4	50%	5	4	1	2	1	1	5	1	4
1991	26	STL	NL	3	25%	16	0	0		0	0	0	0	1	2	86%	3	0	3	0	0	0	4	1	3
1992	27	STL	NL	1	14%	44	1	2	33%	1	2	0	0	0	2	38%	3	2	1	1	1	0	4	2	2
1993	28	KCR	AL	0	26%	30	1	1	50%	1	1	1	0	0	0	50%	3	2	1	1	1	0	2	0	2
5 Yrs				4	25%	138	2	5	29%	2	5	2	1	2	8	55%	14	8	6	4	3	1	15	4	11

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
1989	24	STL	NL	5	100%	1	0	0	4	1	0	1	1.62	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0%	0	0		6	1	17%	1	1	100%	1	1	100%	0
1990	25	STL	NL	131	61%	30	7	1	23	9	0	4	1.81	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	31	7	23%	19	6	32%	94	7	7%	6	5	83%	4	2	50%	0
1991	26	STL	NL	90	64%	14	6	0	37	11	0	9	2.12	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	20	2	10%	14	6	43%	89	15	17%	12	5	42%	6	3	50%	0
1992	27	STL	NL	119	50%	33	9	0	25	6	0	5	1.97	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	21	4	19%	11	5	45%	92	13	14%	8	3	38%	8	4	50%	0
1993	28	KCR	AL	57	26%	13	3	0	6	1	0	1	2.56	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	50%	7	0	0%	6	4	67%	31	2	6%	0	0		3	3	100%	0
5 Yrs				402	54%	91	25	1	95	28	0	20	2.01	1	0	13	0	1	1	0	0	6	3	50%	82	13	16%	50	21	42%	312	38	12%	27	14	52%	22	13	59%	0
MLB Averages					60%																			72%			10%			36%			14%			52%			57%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru
1989	24	STL	NL	5	25	5.00	15	60%	20%	33%	33%	13%	80%	0%	48%	58%	20%	40%	2	0	40%	2	0	20%	1	0	0%	0	0	0
1990	25	STL	NL	125	409	3.27	253	62%	26%	9%	23%	41%	73%	0%	45%	87%	22%	7%	9	0	21%	26	11	6%	8	7	25%	6	1	2
1991	26	STL	NL	90	287	3.19	182	63%	26%	15%	18%	41%	74%	5%	47%	79%	24%	4%	4	0	12%	11	4	6%	5	3	30%	0	0	0
1992	27	STL	NL	121	423	3.50	254	60%	30%	10%	24%	36%	70%	4%	42%	85%	25%	5%	6	0	15%	18	7	8%	10	7	33%	-2	0	0
1993	28	KCR	AL	52	186	3.58	108	58%	27%	6%	30%	38%	73%	0%	42%	92%	29%	4%	2	0	12%	6	2	12%	6	2	40%	5	0	0
5 Yrs				393	1330	3.38	812	61%	27%	11%	23%	38%	73%	2%	44%	85%	24%	6%	23	0	16%	63	24	8%	30	19	30%	9	1	2
MLB Averages						3.64		62%	25%	14%	27%	34%	75%	2%	46%	81%	31%	6%			16%			9%			26%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH	SF	IBB
1989	24	6	5	4	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	.250	.400	.250	.650	88	1	0	0	0	0
1990	25	61	136	125	14	31	2	0	8	0	2	9	16	.248	.294	.264	.558	56	33	7	0	2	0
1991	26	121	226	207	19	45	4	0	21	0	2	15	26	.217	.265	.237	.502	41	49	9	0	4	2
1992	27	182	345	313	25	78	10	0	34	1	4	25	44	.249	.300	.281	.581	65	88	13	2	5	4
1993	28	203	402	362	31	91	11	1	37	2	5	32	50	.251	.308	.290	.598	68	105	13	3	5	4

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1989	24	6	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.200	.000	.200	0	6
1990	25	55	132	122	14	31	2	0	7	0	8	14	.254	.295	.270	.566	10	55
1991	26	60	91	83	5	15	2	0	14	0	6	10	.181	.231	.205	.436	4	60
1992	27	61	123	109	7	36	7	0	15	1	11	18	.330	.388	.394	.783	17	61
1993	28	21	57	49	6	13	1	1	3	1	7	6	.265	.357	.347	.704	6	21
5 Yrs		203	408	367	32	95	12	1	39	2	33	50	.259	.316	.300	.616	37	203
162 Game Avg.		162	326	293	26	76	10	1	31	2	26	40	.259	.316	.300	.616	30	203

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