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Bill Zuber

William Henry Zuber (Goober)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: March 26, 1913 in Middle Amana, IA(All Transactions)
Debut: September 16, 1936
Teams (by GP): Senators/Yankees/Indians/RedSox 1936-1947

Final Game: September 23, 1947
Died: November 2, 1982 in Cedar Rapids, IA
Buried: Middle Amana Cemetery, Middle Amana, IA
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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
1936 23 CLE AL 2 5 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .200 .400 -2 1 0 0 /1
1938 25 CLE AL 15 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 1 1
1939 26 CLE AL 16 5 5 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .200 .200 .600 .800 100 3 0 0 0 1
1940 27 CLE AL 17 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 75 1 0 0 0 1
1941 28 WSH AL 36 29 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 .000 .037 .000 .037 -89 0 0 0 2 1
1942 29 WSH AL 37 43 39 5 6 3 1 0 3 0 0 1 7 .154 .175 .282 .457 28 11 2 0 3 1
1943 30 NYY AL 20 47 38 1 7 1 2 0 2 0 0 4 14 .184 .262 .316 .578 68 12 2 0 5 1
1944 31 NYY AL 22 35 31 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 10 .129 .129 .129 .258 -27 4 1 0 4 1
1945 32 NYY AL 21 45 42 1 7 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 13 .167 .186 .214 .400 14 9 1 0 2 1
1946 33 TOT AL 18 22 20 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 7 .100 .143 .100 .243 -33 2 0 0 1 1
1946 33 NYY AL 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 /1
1946 33 BOS AL 15 20 18 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 6 .111 .158 .111 .269 -26 2 0 0 1 1
1947 34 BOS AL 20 17 13 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 .154 .267 .154 .421 15 2 2 0 2 1
11 Yrs 224 259 229 10 31 4 5 0 11 0 0 10 66 .135 .172 .197 .368 2 45 8 0 20
162 Game Avg. 162 187 166 7 22 3 4 0 8 0 0 7 48 .135 .172 .197 .368 2 33 0 14
CLE (4 yrs) 50 21 20 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 .150 .150 .250 .400 -1 5 0 0 1
NYY (4 yrs) 66 129 113 3 18 1 3 0 6 0 0 5 38 .159 .195 .221 .416 19 25 4 0 11
WSH (2 yrs) 73 72 65 5 6 3 1 0 3 0 0 2 15 .092 .119 .169 .289 -21 11 2 0 5
BOS (2 yrs) 35 37 31 1 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 9 .129 .206 .129 .335 -8 4 2 0 3

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
1936 23 CLE AL 2 5 -1 0 0 0 1 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .487 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $ /1
1938 25 CLE AL 15 8 -2 0 0 0 1 -2 -0.2 0 -1 -0.2 .490 .499 -0.2 0.0 -1 $ 1
1939 26 CLE AL 16 5 -0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .502 .500 0.0 0.0 1 $ 1
1940 27 CLE AL 17 3 -0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
1941 28 WSH AL 36 29 -8 0 0 0 3 -4 -0.4 1 -4 -0.4 .488 .497 -0.4 0.0 -4 $ 1
1942 29 WSH AL 37 43 -4 0 0 0 4 0 0.0 1 1 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 1 $ 1
1943 30 NYY AL 20 47 -2 0 0 0 4 2 0.2 1 3 0.2 .510 .501 0.2 0.0 3 $ 1
1944 31 NYY AL 22 35 -6 0 0 0 3 -2 -0.3 1 -2 -0.3 .487 .498 -0.3 0.0 -2 $ 1
1945 32 NYY AL 21 45 -5 0 0 0 4 -1 -0.1 1 0 -0.1 .495 .499 -0.1 -0.0 0 $ 1
1946 33 NYY AL 3 2 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .489 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $ /1
1946 33 BOS AL 15 20 -3 0 0 0 2 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .491 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 $ 1
1947 34 BOS AL 20 17 -2 0 0 0 2 0 0.0 0 1 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 -0.0 1 $ 1
11 Seasons 224 259 -33 0 0 0 25 -9 -0.9 6 -2 -0.9 .496 .500 -0.9 0.0 -3 $
CLE (4 yrs) 50 21 -4 0 0 0 2 -1 -0.1 1 -1 -0.2 .497 .500 -0.2 0.0 -1 $
NYY (4 yrs) 66 129 -13 0 0 0 11 -2 -0.2 3 1 -0.2 .497 .500 -0.2 -0.0 1 $
WSH (2 yrs) 73 72 -12 0 0 0 7 -4 -0.4 2 -3 -0.4 .494 .499 -0.4 0.0 -3 $
BOS (2 yrs) 35 37 -5 0 0 0 4 -1 -0.1 1 -0 -0.1 .497 .500 -0.1 -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 PwrSpd
1936 23 CLE AL 5 4 0 0.0 124 .250 .200 .302 .200 .378 .200 .444 .400 .823 -2 .000 -0.8 -0.1 .250 .000 .000
1938 25 CLE AL 8 8 0 0.0 116 .000 .000 .288 .000 .366 .000 .429 .000 .795 -100 .000 -2.2 -0.2 .000 .000 .000
1939 26 CLE AL 5 4 1 6.6 111 .333 .200 .283 .200 .357 .600 .418 .800 .775 100 .620 -0.2 -0.0 .750 .400 .400
1940 27 CLE AL 3 2 0 0.0 109 .333 .333 .277 .333 .350 .333 .420 .667 .769 75 .000 -0.1 -0.0 .500 .000 .000
1941 28 WSH AL 29 28 0 0.0 102 .000 .000 .270 .037 .345 .000 .397 .037 .742 -89 .000 -7.1 -0.7 .038 .038 .000
1942 29 WSH AL 43 38 2 1.4 94 .188 .154 .265 .175 .339 .282 .370 .457 .709 28 .123 -4.0 -0.4 .343 .154 .128
1943 30 NYY AL 47 38 3 2.2 88 .292 .184 .257 .262 .332 .316 .355 .578 .687 68 .261 -1.9 -0.2 .485 .237 .132
1944 31 NYY AL 35 32 1 0.8 94 .190 .129 .271 .129 .339 .129 .371 .258 .710 -27 .055 -5.3 -0.6 .143 .000 .000
1945 32 NYY AL 45 38 2 1.4 92 .241 .167 .266 .186 .339 .214 .362 .400 .701 14 .136 -5.0 -0.6 .278 .071 .048
1946 33 TOT AL 22 19 0 0.0 100 .154 .100 .270 .143 .345 .100 .388 .243 .734 -33 .000 -3.7 -0.4 .167 .050 .000
1946 33 NYY AL 2 2 0 0.0 97 .000 .000 .265 .000 .340 .000 .381 .000 .720 -100 .000 -0.5 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1946 33 BOS AL 20 17 0 0.0 101 .167 .111 .271 .158 .346 .111 .389 .269 .735 -26 .000 -3.2 -0.3 .188 .056 .000
1947 34 BOS AL 17 15 1 1.8 102 .200 .154 .271 .267 .352 .154 .389 .421 .741 15 .174 -1.5 -0.2 .308 .154 .000
11 Yrs 259 226 10 1.2 96 .190 .135 .268 .172 .342 .197 .377 .368 .719 2 .092 -31.8 -3.3 .267 .105 .061
162 Game Avg. 187 163 7 1.2 96 .190 .135 .268 .172 .342 .197 .377 .368 .719 2 .092 -31.8 -3.3 .267 .105 .061
CLE (4 yrs) 21 18 1 1.5 116 .188 .150 .288 .150 .364 .250 .429 .400 .793 -1 .089 -3.3 -0.3 .294 .100 .100
NYY (4 yrs) 129 110 6 1.5 91 .240 .159 .265 .195 .336 .221 .362 .416 .699 19 .145 -12.7 -1.4 .303 .106 .062
WSH (2 yrs) 72 66 2 0.8 97 .120 .092 .267 .119 .341 .169 .381 .289 .722 -21 .044 -11.1 -1.1 .213 .108 .077
BOS (2 yrs) 37 32 1 0.8 101 .182 .129 .271 .206 .349 .129 .389 .335 .738 -8 .050 -4.7 -0.5 .241 .097 .000

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
1946 33 BOS AL WS STL L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1936 23 CLE AL 5 0.0% 20.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 5.0 80%
1938 25 CLE AL 8 0.0% 12.5% 0.0% 0.0% 7.0 75%
1939 26 CLE AL 5 0.0% 40.0% 0.0% 20.0% 100% 2.5 60%
1940 27 CLE AL 3 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 100%
1941 28 WSH AL 29 0.0% 27.6% 3.5% 0.0% 8.00 3.3 62%
1942 29 WSH AL 43 0.0% 16.3% 2.3% 9.3% 67% 7.00 5.6 13.0 74%
1943 30 NYY AL 47 0.0% 29.8% 8.5% 6.4% 43% 3.50 2.7 19.0 51%
1944 31 NYY AL 35 0.0% 28.6% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 3.1 31.0 60%
1945 32 NYY AL 45 0.0% 28.9% 2.2% 2.2% 14% 13.00 3.2 14.0 64%
1946 33 TOT AL 22 0.0% 31.8% 4.6% 0.0% 0% 7.00 2.9 10.0 59%
1946 33 NYY AL 2 0.0% 50.0% 0.0% 0.0% 2.0 50%
1946 33 BOS AL 20 0.0% 30.0% 5.0% 0.0% 0% 6.00 3.0 9.0 60%
1947 34 BOS AL 17 0.0% 17.7% 11.8% 0.0% 0% 1.50 4.3 59%
11 Yrs 259 0.0% 25.5% 3.9% 3.5% 29% 6.60 3.5 20.8 63%
MLB Averages 1.3% 9.1% 8.9% 6.3% 27% 1.02 9.8 66.4 8.3 79%

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
1936 23 2 5 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .200 .400 -2 1 0 0
1937 24 2 5 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .200 .400 -2 1 0 0
1938 25 17 13 12 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .083 .083 .083 .167 -58 1 0 1
1939 26 33 18 17 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 .118 .118 .235 .353 -13 4 0 0 1
1940 27 50 21 20 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 .150 .150 .250 .400 -1 5 0 0 1
1941 28 86 50 46 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 12 .065 .085 .109 .194 -49 5 0 0 3
1942 29 123 93 85 6 9 3 2 0 3 0 0 2 19 .106 .126 .188 .315 -16 16 2 0 6
1943 30 143 140 123 7 16 4 4 0 5 0 0 6 33 .130 .171 .228 .398 10 28 4 0 11
1944 31 165 175 154 8 20 4 4 0 6 0 0 6 43 .130 .163 .208 .370 2 32 5 0 15
1945 32 186 220 196 9 27 4 5 0 9 0 0 7 56 .138 .167 .209 .377 5 41 6 0 17
1946 33 204 242 216 10 29 4 5 0 11 0 0 8 63 .134 .165 .199 .364 1 43 6 0 18
1947 34 224 259 229 10 31 4 5 0 11 0 0 10 66 .135 .172 .197 .368 2 45 8 0 20

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
1936 23 2 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 2
1938 25 16 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 15
1939 26 17 5 5 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 .200 .200 .600 .800 1 16
1940 27 18 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 17
1941 28 37 30 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 .000 .036 .000 .036 0 36
1942 29 39 45 41 6 6 3 1 0 3 0 1 7 .146 .167 .268 .435 2 37
1943 30 21 51 41 1 8 1 2 0 3 0 5 15 .195 .283 .317 .600 4 20
1944 31 23 38 34 2 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 10 .176 .176 .176 .353 1 22
1945 32 22 48 45 1 8 0 1 0 4 0 1 14 .178 .196 .222 .418 2 21
1946 33 19 23 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 .000 .045 .000 .045 0 18
1947 34 21 19 14 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 .214 .353 .214 .567 1 20
11 Yrs 235 275 243 10 32 4 5 0 12 0 12 68 .132 .173 .189 .362 11 224
162 Game Avg. 162 190 168 7 22 3 3 0 8 0 8 47 .132 .173 .189 .362 8 224

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