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John Wojcik

John Joseph Wojcik

Position: Leftfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: April 6, 1942 in Olean, NY
Signed by the Kansas City Athletics as an amateur free agent in 1961. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 9, 1962
Team: Athletics 1962-1964

Final Game: June 13, 1964
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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
1962 20 KCA AL 16 57 43 8 13 4 0 0 9 3 0 13 4 .302 .474 .395 .869 134 17 0 1 0 0 0 7/9
1963 21 KCA AL 19 67 59 7 11 0 0 0 2 2 0 8 8 .186 .284 .186 .470 32 11 0 0 0 0 2 7/98
1964 22 KCA AL 6 24 22 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 .136 .208 .136 .345 -3 3 0 0 0 0 0 /7
3 Yrs 41 148 124 16 27 4 0 0 11 5 0 23 20 .218 .345 .250 .595 64 31 0 1 0 0 2
162 Game Avg. 162 585 490 63 107 16 0 0 43 20 0 91 79 .218 .345 .250 .595 64 122 0 4 0 0 8

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
1962 20 KCA AL 16 57 4 0 0 -0 -1 4 0.4 2 5 0.5 .524 .502 0.6 -0.1 6 $ 7/9
1963 21 KCA AL 19 67 -6 1 1 2 -1 -2 -0.3 2 -0 -0.1 .485 .498 -0.4 0.2 -3 $ 7/98
1964 22 KCA AL 6 24 -3 -0 0 -1 -0 -4 -0.5 1 -4 -0.5 .413 .497 -0.3 -0.1 -3 $ /7
3 Seasons 41 148 -4 1 1 1 -2 -3 -0.5 4 1 -0.1 .490 .499 -0.1 -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 PwrSpd
1962 20 KCA AL 57 30 11 9.9 106 .333 .302 .268 .474 .341 .395 .417 .869 .758 134 .804 3.5 0.3 1.133 .465 .093 .0
1963 21 KCA AL 67 48 4 2.2 99 .216 .186 .262 .284 .329 .186 .405 .470 .734 32 .242 -5.4 -0.6 .438 .169 .000 .0
1964 22 KCA AL 24 19 1 1.4 99 .214 .136 .260 .208 .329 .136 .404 .345 .733 -3 .119 -3.2 -0.3 .263 .091 .000
3 Yrs 148 97 16 4.4 102 .260 .218 .264 .345 .334 .250 .409 .595 .742 64 .510 -5.1 -0.6 .619 .258 .032 .0
162 Game Avg. 585 383 63 4.4 102 .260 .218 .264 .345 .334 .250 .409 .595 .742 64 .510 -5.1 -0.6 .619 .258 .032

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
1962 20 KCA AL 57 0.0% 7.0% 22.8% 7.0% 31% 0.31 10.8 4.8 0.50 68%
1963 21 KCA AL 67 0.0% 11.9% 11.9% 0.0% 0% 1.00 7.4 29.5 0.60 76%
1964 22 KCA AL 24 0.0% 33.3% 8.3% 0.0% 0% 4.00 2.8 0.20 58%
3 Yrs 148 0.0% 13.5% 15.5% 2.7% 15% 0.87 6.2 11.3 0.49 70%
MLB Averages 2.3% 15.0% 8.2% 6.4% 28% 1.84 6.0 39.1 8.8 1.07 73%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1962 20 KCA AL 3.5 0.3 60 0.7 1.4 -0.7 1.04 0.6 0.1 9.7 0.9 0.99 6.3 0.96 4
1963 21 KCA AL -5.4 -0.6 72 -0.5 0.9 -1.4 1.10 -0.4 -0.1 -3.3 -0.3 0.95 -4.0 1.03 2
1964 22 KCA AL -3.2 -0.3 24 -0.4 0.2 -0.5 1.00 -0.4 0.0 -4.6 -0.5 0.93 -4.1 0
3 Yrs -5.1 -0.6 156 -0.2 2.5 -2.7 1.06 -0.2 -0.0 1.7 0.1 0.96 -1.9 0.98 6

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% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1962 20 KCA AL 2 0 30% 30 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 42% 4 3 1 4 2 2 4 2 2
1963 21 KCA AL 1 0 37% 37 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 33% 5 5 0 1 1 0 3 0 3
1964 22 KCA AL 0 0 20% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Yrs 3 0 31% 74 5 0 100% 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 35% 11 10 1 5 3 2 7 2 5

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
1962 20 KCA AL 57 67% 13 4 2 0 2 0.96 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0% 2 1 50% 43 11 26% 7 4 57% 4 4 100% 0
1963 21 KCA AL 67 90% 11 2 0 0 0 1.03 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0% 5 0 0% 36 4 11% 2 1 50% 4 2 50% 0
1964 22 KCA AL 24 71% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0% 3 0 0% 16 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
3 Yrs 148 78% 27 6 2 0 2 0.98 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 0 0% 10 1 10% 95 15 16% 10 5 50% 8 6 75% 0
MLB Averages 52% 75% 10% 30% 14% 48% 52%

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
1962 20 16 57 43 8 13 4 0 0 9 3 0 13 4 .302 .474 .395 .869 134 17 0 1 0 0 0
1963 21 35 124 102 15 24 4 0 0 11 5 0 21 12 .235 .371 .275 .645 78 28 0 1 0 0 2
1964 22 41 148 124 16 27 4 0 0 11 5 0 23 20 .218 .345 .250 .595 64 31 0 1 0 0 2

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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
1962 20 16 57 43 8 13 4 0 0 9 3 13 4 .302 .474 .395 .869 8 16
1963 21 19 67 59 7 11 0 0 0 2 2 8 8 .186 .284 .186 .470 3 19
1964 22 6 26 23 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 8 .174 .269 .174 .443 1 6
3 Yrs 41 150 125 17 28 4 0 0 11 5 24 20 .224 .353 .256 .609 12 41
162 Game Avg. 162 593 494 67 111 16 0 0 43 20 95 79 .224 .353 .256 .609 47 41

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