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George Zeber

George William Zeber

Positions: Second Baseman, Shortstop and Third Baseman
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: August 29, 1950 in Ellwood City, PA
High School: Loara HS (Anaheim, CA)
Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 5th round of the 1968 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 7, 1977
Team: Yankees 1977-1978

Final Game: June 14, 1978
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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
1968	17	NYY-min	Rk	50	169	169		43	5	1	0						.254	.254	.296	.550		50							JOH · APPY
1969	18	NYY-min	A	132	520	459	59	111	14	6	3	39	8	4	61	82	.242	.331	.318	.649		146							KIN · CARL
1970		Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1971		Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1972	21	NYY-min	AA	118	474	393	75	105	14	1	8	27	9	1	69	63	.267	.386	.369	.755		145		8	3	1			WHA · EL
1973	22	NYY-min	AAA	67	254	211	26	36	8	1	3	23	4	1	34	43	.171	.288	.261	.549		55		2	4	3			SYR · IL
1974	23	NYY-min	AA,AAA	113	429	355	37	77	7	2	5	38	3	3	61	66	.217	.333	.290	.623		103		3	5	5			WHA,SYR · EL,IL
1975	24	NYY-min	AAA	110	402	347	33	87	16	2	3	36	2	2	47	49	.251	.341	.334	.675		116		1	6	1			SYR · IL
1976	25	NYY-min	AAA	118	477	397	59	99	16	2	6	43	4	4	63	60	.249	.357	.345	.702		137		6	6	5			SYR · IL
1977	26	NYY	AL	25	75	65	8	21	3	0	3	10	0	0	9	11	.323	.405	.508	.913	149	33	1	0	1	0	1	4/56D
1978	27	NYY-min	AAA	65	281	234	39	55	9	1	3	17	1	1	40	44	.235	.351	.321	.672		75		2	5	0			TAC · PCL
1978	27	NYY	AL	3	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/4
2 Yrs				28	81	71	8	21	3	0	3	10	0	0	9	11	.296	.375	.465	.840	130	33	1	0	1	0	1
162 Game Avg.				162	469	411	46	122	17	0	17	58	0	0	52	64	.296	.375	.465	.840	130	191	6	0	6	0	6

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	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1977	26	NYY	AL	25	75	5	-2	-1	1	3	0.4	2	6	0.6	.513	.502	0.7	-0.0	7	$	4/56D
1978	27	NYY	AL	3	6	-2	0	-2	0	-3	-0.3	0	-3	-0.3	.393	.498	-0.2	-0.2	-1	$	/4
2 Seasons				28	81	3	-2	-2	1	0	0.0	3	3	0.3	.500	.500	0.5	-0.2	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
1977	26	NYY	AL	75	46	14	8.2	99	.353	.323	.265	.405	.329	.508	.403	.913	.732	149	.738	4.6	0.4	.933	.323	.185	.0
1978	27	NYY	AL	6	6	0	0.0	91	.000	.000	.258	.000	.322	.000	.380	.000	.702	-100	.000	-1.6	-0.2	.000	.000	.000
2 Yrs				81	52	14	7.2	98	.316	.296	.264	.375	.328	.465	.401	.840	.730	130	.694	3.1	0.3	.824	.296	.169	.0
162 Game Avg.				469	301	81	7.2	98	.316	.296	.264	.375	.328	.465	.401	.840	.730	130	.694	18	2	.824	.296	.169

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
1977	26	NYY	AL	WS	LAD	W	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1 WS							2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.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%
1977	26	NYY	AL	75	4.0%	14.7%	12.0%	8.0%	29%	1.22	5.9	21.7	6.5	1.13	68%
1978	27	NYY	AL	6	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%						1.00	100%
2 Yrs				81	3.7%	13.6%	11.1%	7.4%	29%	1.22	6.5	23.7	7.1	1.11	70%
MLB Averages					2.1%	13.0%	8.5%	6.7%	29%	1.53	6.8	43.3	8.5	1.10	75%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1977	26	NYY	AL	4.6	0.4	75	0.1	1.3	-1.2	.99	0.3	-0.2	3.2	0.3	0.93	3.5		1
1978	27	NYY	AL	-1.6	-0.2	6	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	1.01	-0.2	0.0	-1.2	-0.1	0.82	-1.5	0.76	2
2 Yrs				3.1	0.3	81	-0.1	1.3	-1.3	.99	0.1	-0.2	1.9	0.2	0.93	2.0	0.51	3

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1977	26	NYY	AL	1	19%	31	4	2	25%	9	5	2	3	1	1
1978	27	NYY	AL	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0
2 Yrs				1	19%	31	4	2	25%	9	5	2	3	1	1

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
1977	26	NYY	AL	75	100%	21			1	0	0	0		3	0	0	1	2	0	3	0	1	1	100%	14	1	7%	8	4	50%	46	7	15%	4	2	50%	4	2	50%	0
1978	27	NYY	AL	6	100%	0			2	0	0	0	0.76	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		4	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
2 Yrs				81	100%	21			3	0	0	0	0.51	3	0	0	1	2	0	3	0	1	1	100%	15	1	7%	8	4	50%	50	7	14%	4	2	50%	4	2	50%	0
MLB Averages					55%																			79%			11%			36%			15%			50%			54%

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
1977	26	25	75	65	8	21	3	0	3	10	0	0	9	11	.323	.405	.508	.913	149	33	1	0	1	0	1
1978	27	28	81	71	8	21	3	0	3	10	0	0	9	11	.296	.375	.465	.840	130	33	1	0	1	0	1

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	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1977	26	25	76	66	8	22	3	3	10	9	11	.333	.413	.515	.928	14	25
1978	27	3	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	3
2 Yrs		28	82	72	8	22	3	3	10	9	11	.306	.383	.472	.855	14	28
162 Game Avg.		162	474	417	46	127	17	17	58	52	64	.306	.383	.472	.855	81	28

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