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Junior Wooten

Earl Hazwell Wooten

Positions: Centerfielder and First Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 160 lb.

Born: January 16, 1924 in Pelzer, SC
High School: Pelzer HS (Pelzer, SC) (All Transactions)
Debut: September 16, 1947
Team: Senators 1947-1948

Final Game: September 30, 1948
Died: August 12, 2006 in Williamston, SC
Buried: Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Anderson, SC
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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
1947 23 WSH AL 6 24 24 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 .083 .083 .083 .167 -53 2 1 0 0 /8O7
1948 24 WSH AL 88 291 258 34 66 8 3 1 23 2 1 24 21 .256 .324 .322 .646 74 83 4 2 7 O89/31
2 Yrs 94 315 282 34 68 8 3 1 24 3 1 24 25 .241 .305 .301 .607 64 85 5 2 7
162 Game Avg. 162 543 486 59 117 14 5 2 41 5 2 41 43 .241 .305 .301 .607 64 146 9 3 12

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
1947 23 WSH AL 6 24 -5 0 0 0 -0 -4 -0.5 1 -4 -0.5 .413 .497 -0.5 -0.0 -4 $ /8O7
1948 24 WSH AL 88 291 -9 0 1 -1 -1 -11 -1.1 7 -3 -0.3 .488 .493 -0.2 -0.3 -2 $ O89/31
2 Seasons 94 315 -14 0 1 -1 -1 -15 -1.6 8 -7 -0.8 .483 .495 -0.7 -0.3 -6 $

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
1947 23 WSH AL 24 23 0 0.0 94 .100 .083 .259 .083 .338 .083 .373 .167 .711 -53 .000 -5.0 -0.5 .130 .042 .000 .0
1948 24 WSH AL 291 204 27 3.5 103 .275 .256 .269 .324 .354 .322 .389 .646 .743 74 .380 -9.8 -1.0 .558 .163 .066 1.3
2 Yrs 315 227 27 3.2 102 .262 .241 .269 .305 .353 .301 .388 .607 .741 64 .338 -14.8 -1.5 .514 .152 .060 1.5
162 Game Avg. 543 391 47 3.2 102 .262 .241 .269 .305 .353 .301 .388 .607 .741 64 .338 -14.8 -1.5 .514 .152 .060 3

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
1947 23 WSH AL 24 0.0% 16.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 6.0 24.0 83%
1948 24 WSH AL 291 0.3% 7.2% 8.3% 4.1% 18% 0.88 12.3 258.0 11.2 0.96 81%
2 Yrs 315 0.3% 7.9% 7.6% 3.8% 18% 1.04 11.3 282.0 11.8 0.96 81%
MLB Averages 1.6% 9.5% 9.9% 6.3% 27% 0.96 9.3 54.1 8.2 0.97 77%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1947 23 WSH AL -5.0 -0.5 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1948 24 WSH AL -9.8 -1.0 269 -2.5 3.5 -5.9 1.14 -0.8 -1.4 -11.7 -1.2 0.99 -8.9 1.04 7
2 Yrs -14.8 -1.5 269 -2.5 3.5 -5.9 1.14 -0.8 -1.4 -11.7 -1.2 0.99 -8.9 1.04 7

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
1948 24 WSH AL 1 0 36% 92 2 1 67% 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 9 1 57% 10 4 4 5 1 3 13 4 9
2 Yrs 1 0 36% 92 3 1 75% 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 9 1 57% 10 4 4 5 1 3 13 4 9

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
1948 24 WSH AL 291 42% 66 7 2 0 1 1.04 1 0 6 1 0 0 1 0 6 7 117% 62 4 6% 31 13 42% 171 21 12% 15 9 60% 7 2 29% 0
2 Yrs 291 42% 68 7 2 0 1 1.04 1 0 6 1 0 0 1 0 6 7 117% 62 5 8% 31 13 42% 171 21 12% 15 9 60% 7 2 29% 0
MLB Averages 51% 284% 33% 35% 15% 52% 55%

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
1947 23 6 24 24 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 .083 .083 .083 .167 -53 2 1 0 0
1948 24 94 315 282 34 68 8 3 1 24 3 1 24 25 .241 .305 .301 .607 64 85 5 2 7

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
1947 23 6 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 6
1948 24 92 303 269 35 68 8 3 1 24 2 25 22 .253 .321 .316 .637 27 88
2 Yrs 98 328 294 35 68 8 3 1 24 3 25 26 .231 .296 .289 .585 27 94
162 Game Avg. 162 542 486 58 112 13 5 2 40 5 41 43 .231 .296 .289 .585 45 94

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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