Kettle Wirts

Elwood Vernon Wirts

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: October 30, 1897 in Cosumnes, CA
School: Saint Mary's College of California (Moraga, CA) (All Transactions)
Debut: July 20, 1921
Teams (by GP): Cubs/WhiteSox 1921-1924

Final Game: July 2, 1924
Died: July 12, 1968 in Sacramento, CA
Buried: St. Mary Catholic Cemetery, Sacramento, CA
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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	HBP	SH	Pos	Awards
1918	20	SPO	B																							SPO · PCIL
1920	22	CGY	B	93	322	322		108									.335	.335								CGY · WCAN
1921	23	ROC,DAL	AA,A	62	176	176		51	8	4	1						.290	.290	.398	.687		70				ROC,DAL · IL,TL
1921	23	CHC	NL	7	11	11	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.182	.182	.182	.364	-4	2	0	0	/2
1922	24	CHC	NL	31	70	58	7	10	2	0	1	6	0	0	12	15	.172	.314	.259	.573	49	15	0	0	2
1923	25	CHC	NL	5	8	5	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	.200	.429	.200	.629	71	1	0	0	/2
1924	26	BMT,MNE	A,AA	125	361	361		107	20	4	6						.296	.296	.424	.720		153				BMT,MNE · TL,AA
1924	26	CHW	AL	6	14	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	.083	.214	.083	.298	-20	1	0	0	/2
1925	27	MNE,SAN	AA,A	101	266	266		61	15	3	3						.229	.229	.342	.571		91				MNE,SAN · AA,TL
1926	28	SAN	A	132	405	405		125	25	10	7						.309	.309	.472	.780		191				SAN · TL
1927	29	SAN,KCY	A,AA	85	239	239		59	6	5	1						.247	.247	.326	.573		78				SAN,KCY · TL,AA
1928	30	KCY	AA	71	185	180	24	44	4	0	1		1				.244	.244	.283	.528		51		5		KCY · AA
1929	31	OMA	A	124	376	376		115	29	6	5						.306	.306	.455	.761		171				OMA · WL
1930	32	SAC	AA	113	305	305		76	9	2	2						.249	.249	.311	.561		95				SAC · PCL
1931	33	SAC	AA	130	390	390		118	15	3	5						.303	.303	.395	.697		154				SAC · PCL
1932	34	SAC	AA	85	288	288		75	12	2	1						.260	.260	.326	.587		94				SAC · PCL
1933	35	SAC	AA	93	295	295		77	10	0	3						.261	.261	.325	.586		96				SAC · PCL
1934	36	SAC	AA	97	276	276		65	13	4	2						.236	.236	.333	.569		92				SAC · PCL
1935	37	LAD-min	AA	10	29	29		9	2	0	0						.310	.310	.379	.690		11				SAC · PCL
4 Yrs				49	103	86	9	14	2	0	1	8	1	0	16	20	.163	.294	.221	.515	35	19	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	341	284	30	46	7	0	3	26	3	0	53	66	.163	.294	.221	.515	35	63	0	0

CHC (3 yrs)				43	89	74	9	13	2	0	1	8	0	0	14	18	.176	.307	.243	.550	44	18	0	0
CHW (1 yr)				6	14	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	.083	.214	.083	.298	-20	1	0	0

NL (3 yrs)				43	89	74	9	13	2	0	1	8	0	0	14	18	.176	.307	.243	.550	44	18	0	0
AL (1 yr)				6	14	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	.083	.214	.083	.298	-20	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
1921	23	CHC	NL	7	11	-2	0	0	0	0	-2	-0.2	0	-1	-0.1	.478	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$	/2
1922	24	CHC	NL	31	70	-5	0	0	-1	1	-5	-0.4	2	-3	-0.2	.485	.497	-0.2	-0.0	-2	$	2
1923	25	CHC	NL	5	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.502	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/2
1924	26	CHW	AL	6	14	-2	0	0	0	0	-2	-0.2	0	-1	-0.1	.471	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$	/2
4 Seasons				49	103	-8	0	0	-1	1	-8	-0.8	3	-5	-0.4	.484	.499	-0.4	0.0	-4	$

CHC (3 yrs)				43	89	-6	0	0	-1	1	-6	-0.6	3	-4	-0.3	.486	.499	-0.3	-0.0	-3	$
CHW (1 yr)				6	14	-2	0	0	0	0	-2	-0.2	0	-1	-0.1	.471	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$

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
1921	23	CHC	NL	11	9	0	0.0	107	.250	.182	.298	.182	.348	.182	.410	.364	.759	-4	.000	-1.7	-0.2	.222	.000	.000
1922	24	CHC	NL	70	48	5	2.8	113	.214	.172	.302	.314	.360	.259	.421	.573	.781	49	.260	-4.2	-0.4	.563	.293	.086	.0
1923	25	CHC	NL	8	4	0	0.0	107	.200	.200	.293	.429	.352	.200	.408	.629	.760	71	.000	-0.0	0.0	.750	.400	.000
1924	26	CHW	AL	14	11	0	0.0	109	.100	.083	.294	.214	.363	.083	.404	.298	.767	-20	.000	-2.2	-0.2	.364	.250	.000	.0
4 Yrs				103	72	5	1.9	111	.200	.163	.300	.294	.359	.221	.416	.515	.775	35	.147	-8.0	-0.8	.500	.256	.058	1.0
162 Game Avg.				341	238	17	1.9	111	.200	.163	.300	.294	.359	.221	.416	.515	.775	35	.147	-8.0	-0.8	.500	.256	.058	3

CHC (3 yrs)				89	61	5	2.2	112	.218	.176	.301	.307	.358	.243	.418	.550	.777	44	.188	-5.9	-0.6	.525	.257	.068	.0
CHW (1 yr)				14	11	0	0.0	109	.100	.083	.294	.214	.363	.083	.404	.298	.767	-20	.000	-2.2	-0.2	.364	.250	.000	.0

NL (3 yrs)				89	61	5	2.2	112	.218	.176	.301	.307	.358	.243	.418	.550	.777	44	.188	-5.9	-0.6	.525	.257	.068	.0
AL (1 yr)				14	11	0	0.0	109	.100	.083	.294	.214	.363	.083	.404	.298	.767	-20	.000	-2.2	-0.2	.364	.250	.000	.0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	IP%
1921	23	CHC	NL	11	0.0%	27.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		3.7		11.0	73%
1922	24	CHC	NL	70	1.4%	21.4%	17.1%	4.3%	30%	1.25	3.9	58.0	9.7	60%
1923	25	CHC	NL	8	0.0%	0.0%	25.0%	0.0%	0%	0.00			5.0	63%
1924	26	CHW	AL	14	0.0%	14.3%	14.3%	0.0%	0%	1.00	6.0			71%
4 Yrs				103	1.0%	19.4%	15.5%	2.9%	21%	1.25	4.3	86.0	10.8	63%
MLB Averages					1.0%	7.2%	7.6%	6.5%	25%	0.95	12.3	88.0	8.0	81%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB
1921	23	7	11	11	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	3	.182	.182	.182	.364	-4	2
1922	24	38	81	69	7	12	2	1	7	0	12	18	.174	.296	.246	.543	41	17
1923	25	43	89	74	9	13	2	1	8	0	14	18	.176	.307	.243	.550	44	18
1924	26	49	103	86	9	14	2	1	8	1	16	20	.163	.294	.221	.515	35	19

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	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1921	23	7	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	7
1922	24	32	70	59	6	9	2	1	5	0	11	16	.153	.286	.237	.523	4	31
1923	25	5	7	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.000	.286	.000	.286	0	5
1924	26	6	15	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	.000	.133	.000	.133	0	6
4 Yrs		50	104	89	6	9	2	1	5	1	15	21	.101	.231	.157	.388	4	49
162 Game Avg.		162	337	288	19	29	6	3	16	3	49	68	.101	.231	.157	.388	13	49

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