Casey Wise

Kendall Cole Wise

Positions: Second Baseman and Shortstop
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: September 8, 1932 in Lafayette, IN
School: University of Florida (Gainesville, FL)
Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent in 1952. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 16, 1957
Teams (by GP): Braves/Cubs/Tigers 1957-1960

Final Game: July 3, 1960
Died: February 20, 2007 in Naples, FL
Buried: Naples Memorial Gardens, Naples, 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
1953	20	CHC-min	C	98	390	390		116	19	7	1						.297	.297	.390	.687		152							SXF · NORL
1954	21	CHC-min	A	98	324	324		92	13	4	0						.284	.284	.349	.633		113							DMO · WL
1955	22	ATL-CHC-min	AA,Opn,A	85	356	321	41	87	12	0	2	20	2	6	31	35	.271	.335	.327	.662		105	0	1	1	2			BMT,LOS,DMO · TL,PCL,WL
1956	23	CHC-min	Opn	168	768	705	122	202	36	4	7	60	7		50	51	.287	.332	.379	.711		267	12	0	9	4			LOS · PCL
1957	24	CHC-min	Opn	81	333	297	24	73	9	3	0	27	2		27	30	.246	.303	.296	.599		88	14	0	3	6			POR · PCL
1957	24	CHC	NL	43	118	106	12	19	3	1	0	7	0	0	11	14	.179	.256	.226	.483	32	24	5	0	1	0	0	4/6
1958	25	ATL-min	AAA	75	336	292	37	91	13	4	1	32	3		35	20	.312	.382	.394	.776		115		0	6	3	1		WCH · AA
1958	25	MLN	NL	31	76	71	8	14	1	0	0	0	1	1	4	8	.197	.240	.211	.451	25	15	3	0	1	0	0	4/65
1959	26	ATL-min	AAA	112	507	437	73	132	19	2	4	48	4		53	28	.302	.381	.382	.763		167		3	14	0	4		LOU · AA
1959	26	MLN	NL	22	86	76	11	13	2	0	1	5	0	0	10	5	.171	.267	.237	.504	42	18	3	0	0	0	0	4/6
1960	27	DET-min	AAA	51	186	163	22	33	4	2	2	21	4		23	12	.202	.301	.288	.589		47							DEN · AA
1960	27	DET	AL	30	72	68	6	10	0	2	2	5	1	0	4	9	.147	.194	.294	.489	29	20	3	0	0	0	0	46/5
1962	29	CLE-min	AAA	94	296	246	38	65	14	3	3	28	2	1	38	28	.264	.364	.382	.746		94		1	10	1			JCK · IL
1963	30	CLE-min	AAA	99	272	242	33	52	10	1	0	18	0	0	30	22	.215	.301	.264	.566		64							JCK · IL
4 Yrs				126	352	321	37	56	6	3	3	17	2	1	29	36	.174	.243	.240	.483	32	77	14	0	2	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	453	413	48	72	8	4	4	22	3	1	37	46	.174	.243	.240	.483	32	99	18	0	3	0	0

MLN (2 yrs)				53	162	147	19	27	3	0	1	5	1	1	14	13	.184	.255	.224	.479	34	33	6	0	1	0	0
CHC (1 yr)				43	118	106	12	19	3	1	0	7	0	0	11	14	.179	.256	.226	.483	32	24	5	0	1	0	0
DET (1 yr)				30	72	68	6	10	0	2	2	5	1	0	4	9	.147	.194	.294	.489	29	20	3	0	0	0	0

NL (3 yrs)				96	280	253	31	46	6	1	1	12	1	1	25	27	.182	.255	.225	.481	33	57	11	0	2	0	0
AL (1 yr)				30	72	68	6	10	0	2	2	5	1	0	4	9	.147	.194	.294	.489	29	20	3	0	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
1957	24	CHC	NL	43	118	-10	1	0	-3	1	-10	-1.1	4	-6	-0.7	.475	.493	-0.4	-0.2	-3	$	4/6
1958	25	MLN	NL	31	76	-8	-1	0	1	1	-6	-0.6	3	-3	-0.4	.481	.496	-0.5	0.2	-4	$	4/65
1959	26	MLN	NL	22	86	-6	-1	-0	-4	1	-10	-1.0	3	-7	-0.7	.452	.493	-0.3	-0.3	-3	$	4/6
1960	27	DET	AL	30	72	-8	-0	-0	3	1	-4	-0.4	2	-2	-0.2	.487	.498	-0.6	0.4	-5	$	46/5
4 Seasons				126	352	-30	-0	-0	-2	4	-29	-3.2	11	-18	-2.0	.475	.495	-1.8	0.1	-16	$

MLN (2 yrs)				53	162	-13	-1	-0	-3	2	-16	-1.6	6	-10	-1.1	.469	.495	-0.8	-0.1	-7	$
CHC (1 yr)				43	118	-10	1	0	-3	1	-10	-1.1	4	-6	-0.7	.475	.493	-0.4	-0.2	-3	$
DET (1 yr)				30	72	-8	-0	-0	3	1	-4	-0.4	2	-2	-0.2	.487	.498	-0.6	0.4	-5	$

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	24	CHC	NL	118	93	6	1.8	102	.207	.179	.267	.256	.331	.226	.414	.483	.745	32	.144	-10.2	-1.0	.380	.151	.047
1958	25	MLN	NL	76	62	3	1.3	99	.222	.197	.260	.240	.327	.211	.406	.451	.733	25	.088	-7.4	-0.7	.311	.070	.014	.0
1959	26	MLN	NL	86	66	5	2.0	97	.171	.171	.259	.267	.324	.237	.401	.504	.725	42	.180	-6.0	-0.6	.424	.197	.066	.0
1960	27	DET	AL	72	61	3	1.3	105	.140	.147	.268	.194	.342	.294	.410	.489	.753	29	.097	-7.7	-0.8	.410	.221	.147	1.3
4 Yrs				352	282	17	1.6	101	.188	.174	.264	.243	.331	.240	.408	.483	.739	32	.129	-31.3	-3.1	.382	.159	.065	2.4
162 Game Avg.				453	363	22	1.6	101	.188	.174	.264	.243	.331	.240	.408	.483	.739	32	.129	-31.3	-3.1	.382	.159	.065	3

MLN (2 yrs)				162	128	8	1.7	98	.195	.184	.260	.255	.325	.224	.404	.479	.729	34	.134	-13.4	-1.3	.370	.136	.041	1.0
CHC (1 yr)				118	93	6	1.8	102	.207	.179	.267	.256	.331	.226	.414	.483	.745	32	.144	-10.2	-1.0	.380	.151	.047
DET (1 yr)				72	61	3	1.3	105	.140	.147	.268	.194	.342	.294	.410	.489	.753	29	.097	-7.7	-0.8	.410	.221	.147	1.3

NL (3 yrs)				280	221	14	1.7	100	.200	.182	.263	.255	.327	.225	.408	.481	.735	33	.138	-23.6	-2.4	.374	.142	.043	1.0
AL (1 yr)				72	61	3	1.3	105	.140	.147	.268	.194	.342	.294	.410	.489	.753	29	.097	-7.7	-0.8	.410	.221	.147	1.3

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1958	25	MLN	NL	WS	NYY	L	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1 WS							2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

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	24	CHC	NL	118	0.0%	11.9%	9.3%	3.4%	21%	1.27	7.6		15.1	1.19	78%
1958	25	MLN	NL	76	0.0%	10.5%	5.3%	1.3%	7%	2.00	8.9			1.16	83%
1959	26	MLN	NL	86	1.2%	5.8%	11.6%	3.5%	23%	0.50	15.2	76.0	15.2	1.14	81%
1960	27	DET	AL	72	2.8%	12.5%	5.6%	5.6%	40%	2.25	7.6	34.0	13.6	1.12	79%
4 Yrs				352	0.9%	10.2%	8.2%	3.4%	21%	1.24	8.9	107.0	18.9	1.15	80%
MLB Averages					2.3%	13.1%	8.7%	6.6%	29%	1.51	6.8	38.2	8.4	1.01	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	24	CHC	NL	-10.2	-1.0	96	-0.6	1.0	-1.6	.87	-0.6	0.0	-6.6	-0.7	0.89	-7.3	0.98	3
1958	25	MLN	NL	-7.4	-0.7	80	-0.8	0.7	-1.6	1.02	-0.8	-0.1	-9.4	-1.0	0.95	-8.2	1.67	8
1959	26	MLN	NL	-6.1	-0.6	87	-0.5	1.1	-1.5	.89	-0.5	0.0	-5.7	-0.6	0.91	-6.4	0.21	1
1960	27	DET	AL	-7.6	-0.8	73	-1.4	0.9	-2.3	1.46	-0.6	-0.3	-6.4	-0.6	0.97	-6.8	3.07	3
4 Yrs				-31.3	-3.1	336	-3.3	3.7	-7.0	1.04	-2.6	-0.6	-28.1	-2.9	0.93	-28.8	1.71	15

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1957	24	CHC	NL	1	40%	40	0	0		0	0	0	2	73%	6	3	3	1	0	1	4	0	4
1958	25	MLN	NL	0	44%	42	1	1	50%	1	1	1	2	30%	6	5	0	1	0	1	3	1	2
1959	26	MLN	NL	1	46%	39	0	0		0	0	2	2	40%	8	4	3	1	1	0	1	0	1
1960	27	DET	AL	0	33%	18	1	0	100%	1	0	1	2	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	0
4 Yrs				2	42%	139	2	1	67%	2	1	4	8	44%	21	13	6	3	1	2	10	2	7

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	24	CHC	NL	118	100%	19			3	0	0	0	0.98	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	12	5	42%	4	1	25%	41	5	12%	4	1	25%	1	1	100%	0
1958	25	MLN	NL	76	100%	14			8	0	0	0	1.67	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	17	3	18%	11	2	18%	34	0	0%	1	0	0%	3	1	33%	0
1959	26	MLN	NL	86	100%	13			1	0	0	0	0.21	1	0	3	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0%	10	3	30%	4	1	25%	39	4	10%	2	1	50%	2	0	0%	0
1960	27	DET	AL	72	100%	10			3	0	0	0	3.07	2	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	1	0	0%	19	3	16%	11	2	18%	43	4	9%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
4 Yrs				352	100%	56			15	0	0	0	1.71	3	0	6	0	3	2	1	0	4	2	50%	58	14	24%	30	6	20%	157	13	8%	8	2	25%	7	2	29%	0
MLB Averages					48%																			74%			11%			31%			14%			50%			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	SH
1957	24	43	118	106	12	19	3	1	0	7	0	0	11	14	.179	.256	.226	.483	32	24	5	1
1958	25	74	194	177	20	33	4	1	0	7	1	1	15	22	.186	.250	.220	.470	30	39	8	2
1959	26	96	280	253	31	46	6	1	1	12	1	1	25	27	.182	.255	.225	.481	33	57	11	2
1960	27	126	352	321	37	56	6	3	3	17	2	1	29	36	.174	.243	.240	.483	32	77	14	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
1957	24	45	124	111	12	20	3	1	0	7	0	12	15	.180	.260	.225	.485	6	43
1958	25	33	82	76	9	16	1	0	0	0	1	5	8	.211	.259	.224	.483	4	31
1959	26	23	91	80	12	14	2	0	1	5	0	11	5	.175	.275	.238	.512	5	22
1960	27	32	76	72	6	11	0	2	2	5	1	4	9	.153	.197	.292	.489	4	30
4 Yrs		133	373	339	39	61	6	3	3	17	2	32	37	.180	.251	.242	.493	19	126
162 Game Avg.		162	454	413	48	74	7	4	4	21	2	39	45	.180	.251	.242	.493	23	126

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