Len Yochim

Leonard Joseph Yochim

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: October 16, 1928 in New Orleans, LA
High School: Holy Cross HS (New Orleans, LA)
Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1947. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 18, 1951
Team: Pirates 1951-1954

Final Game: June 19, 1954
Relatives: Brother of Ray Yochim
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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	Pos	Awards
1947	18	NIB	D	75	201	201		69	10	1	7						.343	.343	.507	.851		102						NIB · EVAN
1948	19	PIT-min	A,AA	31	66	66		18	3	0	0						.273	.273	.303	.576		20						ALB,NOR · EL,SOUA
1949	20	PIT-min	AA	31	57	57		9	1	0	0						.158	.158	.175	.333		10						NOR · SOUA
1950	21	PIT-min	A,AA	22	31	31		10	2	0	0						.323	.323	.387	.710		12						ALB,NOR,CHS · EL,SOUA,SALL
1951	22	PIT-min	A,AA	60	150	150		42	6	0	1						.280	.280	.340	.620		51						CHS,NOR · SALL,SOUA
1951	22	PIT	NL	2	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1		/1

1952	23	PIT-min	AA	33	40	40		4	0	0	0						.100	.100	.100	.200		4						NOR · SOUA
1953	24	PIT-min	AA	37	84	84		17	3	1	0						.202	.202	.262	.464		22						NOR · SOUA
1954	25	PIT-min	AA	19	38	38		6	0	1	0						.158	.158	.211	.368		8						NOR · SOUA
1954	25	PIT	NL	10	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	165	1	0	0	0	0	1
1955	26	PIT-min	AA,Opn	60	82	82	0	21	3	0	0	1	0		0	0	.256	.256	.293	.549		24	0	0	0	0		NOR,HOL · SOUA,PCL
1956	27	PIT-ATL-min	AA	62	73	73		16	4	0	0						.219	.219	.274	.493		20						NOR,ATA · SOUA
2 Yrs				12	6	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	7	1	0	0	1	0
162 Game Avg.				162	81	68	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	.200	.200	.200	.400	7	14	0	0	14

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
1951	22	PIT	NL	2	4	-1	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.479	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	/1

1954	25	PIT	NL	10	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.504	.500	0.0	0.0	1	$	1
2 Seasons				12	6	-1	0	0	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	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
1951	22	PIT	NL	4	4	0	0.0	105	.000	.000	.270	.000	.344	.000	.409	.000	.753	-100	.000	-0.9	-0.1	.000	.000	.000

1954	25	PIT	NL	2	1	1	26.8	107	1.000	.500	.272	.500	.342	.500	.420	1.000	.762	165	.959	0.2	0.0	1.000	.000	.000
2 Yrs				6	5	1	5.4	106	.250	.200	.270	.200	.344	.200	.413	.400	.757	7	.570	-0.7	-0.1	.250	.000	.000
162 Game Avg.				81	68	14	5.4	106	.250	.200	.270	.200	.344	.200	.413	.400	.757	7	.570	-0.7	-0.1	.250	.000	.000

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1951	22	PIT	NL	4	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%							75%

1954	25	PIT	NL	2	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		2.0				50%
2 Yrs				6	0.0%	16.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		5.0				67%
MLB Averages					2.0%	10.5%	9.4%	6.4%	28%	1.12	8.4	44.6	8.2	0.97	76%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1951	22	PIT	NL	-0.9	-0.1	4	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	1.26	-0.1	0.0	-1.4	-0.1	1.62	-0.8	0

1954	25	PIT	NL	0.2	0.0	2	0.0	0.0	-0.0	1.18	-0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.56	0.0	0
2 Yrs				-0.7	-0.1	6	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	1.24	-0.1	0.0	-1.3	-0.1	1.27	-0.8	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1951	22	PIT	NL	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1954	25	PIT	NL	0	0	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2 Yrs				0	0	0%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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
1951	22	PIT	NL	4	100%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	3	0	0%	3	1	33%	7	0	0%	0	0		1	1	100%	0

1954	25	PIT	NL	2	100%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
2 Yrs				6	100%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	3	0	0%	3	1	33%	8	0	0%	0	0		1	1	100%	0
MLB Averages					50%																			86%			11%			32%			14%			51%			55%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	H	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	SH	SF
1951	22	2	4	3	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1
1952	23	2	4	3	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1
1953	24	2	4	3	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1
1954	25	12	6	5	1	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	7	1	1	0

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
1951	22	2	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	2

1954	25	11	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	10
2 Yrs		13	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	12
162 Game Avg.		162	75	62	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	12

* 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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