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Bob Zupcic

Robert Zupcic

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 220 lb.

Born: August 18, 1966 in Pittsburgh, PA
School: Oral Roberts University (Tulsa, OK)
Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 1st round (32nd pick) of the 1987 amateur draft.
Signed June 9, 1987. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 7, 1991
Teams (by GP): RedSox/WhiteSox 1991-1994

Final Game: August 4, 1994
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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
1987	20	BOS-min	A-	66	262	238	39	72	12	2	7	37	5	4	17	35	.303	.351	.458	.809		109		2	3	2	0		ELM · NYPL
1988	21	BOS-min	A	135	565	482	69	143	33	5	13	97	10	6	60	64	.297	.378	.467	.845		225	6	8	7	8	4		LBG · CARL
1989	22	BOS-min	AA,AAA	121	474	440	45	99	19	3	3	39	16	4	22	70	.225	.261	.302	.564		133		1	7	4	0		NBR,PAW · EL,IL
1990	23	BOS-min	AA	132	516	461	45	98	26	1	2	41	10	8	36	65	.213	.275	.286	.561		132		6	6	7	2		NBR · EL
1991	24	BOS-min	AAA	129	505	429	70	103	27	1	18	70	11	6	55	58	.240	.323	.434	.756		186	5	1	12	8	2		PAW · IL
1991	24	BOS	AL	18	27	25	3	4	0	0	1	3	0	0	1	6	.160	.192	.280	.472	27	7	0	0	1	0	0	/897
1992	25	BOS-min	AAA	9	34	25	3	8	1	0	2	5	0	1	8	6	.320	.471	.600	1.071		15	0	0	0	1	0		PAW · IL
1992	25	BOS	AL	124	432	392	46	108	19	1	3	43	2	2	25	60	.276	.322	.352	.674	85	138	6	4	7	4	1	*879/D
1993	26	BOS	AL	141	326	286	40	69	24	2	2	26	5	2	27	54	.241	.308	.360	.668	75	103	7	2	8	3	2	*978/D
1994	27	BOS-CHW-min	AAA	14	50	43	10	13	1	0	1	6	1	2	7	8	.302	.400	.395	.795		17	1	0	0	0	1		PAW,NVL · IL,AA
1994	27	TOT	AL	36	101	92	10	18	4	1	1	8	0	1	4	17	.196	.227	.293	.520	34	27	2	0	4	1	0	79/53D
1994	27	BOS	AL	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/7D
1994	27	CHW	AL	32	97	88	10	18	4	1	1	8	0	0	4	16	.205	.237	.307	.543	40	27	2	0	4	1	0	79/53
1995	28	FLA-CHW-min	AAA	85	338	295	43	85	14	0	13	52	3	2	37	41	.288	.362	.468	.830		138	5	0	1	5	1		CHR,NVL · IL,AA
1996	29	PHI-KCR-min	AAA	48	142	126	13	29	5	0	2	17	1	0	14	20	.230	.303	.317	.620		40	1	0	0	2	1		SWB,OMA · IL,AA
1997	30	REY	AAA																										REY · MEX
4 Yrs				319	886	795	99	199	47	4	7	80	7	5	57	137	.250	.303	.346	.648	74	275	15	6	20	8	3
162 Game Avg.				162	450	404	50	101	24	2	4	41	4	3	29	70	.250	.303	.346	.648	74	140	8	3	10	4	2

BOS (4 yrs)				287	789	707	89	181	43	3	6	72	7	5	53	121	.256	.310	.351	.661	78	248	13	6	16	7	3
CHW (1 yr)				32	97	88	10	18	4	1	1	8	0	0	4	16	.205	.237	.307	.543	40	27	2	0	4	1	0

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
1991	24	BOS	AL	18	27	-3	-0	0	-4	-0	-7	-0.8	1	-6	-0.7	.457	.495	-0.3	-0.4	-2	$100,000	/897
1992	25	BOS	AL	124	432	-8	2	0	-0	-2	-8	-0.8	14	6	0.6	.493	.494	0.6	-0.1	6	$109,000	*879/D
1993	26	BOS	AL	141	326	-10	-1	-0	4	-5	-12	-1.1	11	-1	-0.1	.491	.493	-0.5	0.0	-5	$222,000	*978/D
1994	27	BOS	AL	4	4	-1	-0	0	-3	-0	-4	-0.4	0	-4	-0.4	.398	.497	-0.2	-0.2	-2	$	/7D
1994	27	CHW	AL	32	97	-8	0	0	0	-1	-8	-0.8	3	-5	-0.5	.475	.495	-0.5	-0.1	-6	$	79/53
4 Seasons				319	886	-30	0	0	-2	-9	-40	-3.8	29	-11	-1.1	.487	.495	-0.9	-0.9	-9	$431,000

BOS (4 yrs)				287	789	-22	0	-0	-2	-7	-32	-3.1	26	-6	-0.6	.489	.495	-0.4	-0.8	-3	$431,000
CHW (1 yr)				32	97	-8	0	0	0	-1	-8	-0.8	3	-5	-0.5	.475	.495	-0.5	-0.1	-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
1991	24	BOS	AL	27	22	1	1.2	101	.167	.160	.266	.192	.335	.280	.403	.472	.739	27	.084	-2.8	-0.3	.381	.160	.120	.0
1992	25	BOS	AL	432	303	45	4.0	99	.315	.276	.266	.322	.336	.352	.395	.674	.731	85	.455	-8.3	-0.8	.572	.140	.077	2.4
1993	26	BOS	AL	326	237	32	3.6	108	.288	.241	.274	.308	.345	.360	.418	.668	.764	75	.371	-10.1	-1.0	.597	.224	.119	2.9
1994	27	TOT	AL	101	82	6	2.0	110	.227	.196	.271	.227	.342	.293	.431	.520	.773	34	.137	-9.3	-0.9	.390	.130	.098	.0
1994	27	BOS	AL	4	5	0	0.0	115	.000	.000	.277	.000	.350	.000	.442	.000	.792	-100	.000	-1.2	-0.1	-.200	-.250	.000
1994	27	CHW	AL	97	77	6	2.1	110	.236	.205	.270	.237	.342	.307	.430	.543	.772	40	.152	-8.1	-0.8	.431	.148	.102	.0
4 Yrs				886	644	84	3.5	103	.291	.250	.269	.303	.340	.346	.408	.648	.748	74	.371	-30.5	-2.9	.552	.170	.096	7.0
162 Game Avg.				450	327	43	3.5	103	.291	.250	.269	.303	.340	.346	.408	.648	.748	74	.371	-30.5	-2.9	.552	.170	.096	4

BOS (4 yrs)				789	567	78	3.7	103	.298	.256	.269	.310	.340	.351	.405	.661	.745	78	.402	-22.4	-2.2	.568	.173	.095	6.5
CHW (1 yr)				97	77	6	2.1	110	.236	.205	.270	.237	.342	.307	.430	.543	.772	40	.151	-8.1	-0.8	.431	.148	.102	.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
1991	24	BOS	AL	27	3.7%	22.2%	3.7%	3.7%	25%	6.00	4.2	25.0	8.3	0.73	1.00	67%	15%	14.3%	36%
1992	25	BOS	AL	432	0.7%	13.9%	5.8%	5.3%	21%	2.40	6.5	130.7	9.1	0.53	0.66	77%	23%	1.8%	25%
1993	26	BOS	AL	326	0.6%	16.6%	8.3%	8.6%	41%	2.00	5.3	143.0	11.0	0.48	0.68	71%	21%	1.8%	29%
1994	27	TOT	AL	101	1.0%	16.8%	4.0%	5.9%	33%	4.25	5.4	92.0	11.5	0.73	0.82	74%	14%	2.7%	16%
1994	27	BOS	AL	4	0.0%	25.0%	0.0%	0.0%			4.0			0.50	0.50	75%	67%	0.0%	0%
1994	27	CHW	AL	97	1.0%	16.5%	4.1%	6.2%	33%	4.00	5.5	88.0	11.0	0.74	0.84	74%	12%	2.9%	17%
4 Yrs				886	0.8%	15.5%	6.4%	6.6%	29%	2.40	5.8	113.6	9.9	0.54	0.70	74%	21%	2.2%	26%
MLB Averages					2.2%	15.2%	8.7%	7.0%	30%	1.74	5.9	40.1	8.1	0.81	1.07	72%	21%	6.5%	16%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1991	24	BOS	AL	-2.8	-0.3	27	-0.3	0.1	-0.4	.80	-0.4	0.1	-2.9	-0.3	0.94	-3.2	0.02	1
1992	25	BOS	AL	-8.3	-0.8	441	0.3	8.2	-7.9	1.11	-1.1	1.3	-3.3	-0.3	0.91	-11.8	2.21	10
1993	26	BOS	AL	-10.1	-1.0	339	-0.4	5.3	-5.7	.94	-1.2	0.7	-10.2	-1.0	0.90	-13.2	0.82	9
1994	27	TOT	AL	-9.5	-0.9	103	-0.8	1.0	-1.9	.89	-0.7	-0.3	-11.1	-1.0	0.96	-10.8	0.42	3
1994	27	BOS	AL	-1.2	-0.1	5	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	1.03	-0.1	-0.0	-1.5	-0.1	0.92	-1.6		0
1994	27	CHW	AL	-8.2	-0.8	98	-0.7	1.0	-1.7	.88	-0.6	-0.2	-9.6	-0.9	0.96	-9.2	0.42	3
4 Yrs				-30.6	-3.0	910	-1.2	14.6	-15.9	1.01	-3.3	2.1	-27.5	-2.6	0.91	-39.0	1.34	23

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	PO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1991	24	BOS	AL	0	50%	6	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0%	2	2	0	1	1	0	1	1	0
1992	25	BOS	AL	4	32%	173	2	2	50%	2	2	0	1	8	57%	24	13	11	6	3	3	17	3	13
1993	26	BOS	AL	4	40%	145	5	2	71%	5	2	2	4	11	46%	17	10	7	8	6	2	14	4	9
1994	27	TOT	AL	2	43%	32	0	1	0%	0	1	1	0	0	57%	3	2	1	3	1	2	1	0	1
1994	27	BOS	AL	0		1	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1994	27	CHW	AL	2	43%	31	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	57%	3	2	1	3	1	2	1	0	1
4 Yrs				10	36%	356	7	5	58%	7	5	3	5	19	51%	46	27	19	18	11	7	33	8	23

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
1991	24	BOS	AL	27	48%	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.02	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	100%	3	0	0%	3	2	67%	19	2	11%	2	2	100%	3	2	67%	0
1992	25	BOS	AL	432	35%	108	30	0	10	2	0	1	2.21	3	2	12	3	0	3	0	0	7	7	100%	68	6	9%	36	12	33%	253	40	16%	30	13	43%	15	9	60%	0
1993	26	BOS	AL	326	33%	69	6	0	9	2	0	0	0.82	2	0	7	0	2	1	1	0	9	8	89%	60	7	12%	36	11	31%	169	25	15%	11	7	64%	14	5	36%	0
1994	27	TOT	AL	101	73%	18	2	0	3	2	0	2	0.42	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	4	4	100%	23	2	9%	14	6	43%	68	7	10%	4	3	75%	5	3	60%	0
1994	27	BOS	AL	4	75%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		2	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1994	27	CHW	AL	97	73%	18	2	0	3	2	0	2	0.42	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	4	4	100%	23	2	9%	14	6	43%	66	7	11%	4	3	75%	5	3	60%	0
4 Yrs				886	39%	199	39	0	23	6	0	3	1.34	7	2	21	4	3	5	2	0	21	20	95%	154	15	10%	89	31	35%	509	74	15%	47	25	53%	37	19	51%	0
MLB Averages					58%																			73%			10%			36%			15%			52%			57%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru
1991	24	BOS	AL	27	94	3.48	58	62%	24%	19%	22%	34%	76%	0%	47%	75%	19%	4%	1	0	7%	2	1	0%	0	0	50%	0	0	0
1992	25	BOS	AL	432	1517	3.51	951	63%	34%	12%	19%	36%	66%	1%	42%	82%	24%	2%	9	1	12%	53	34	7%	29	17	38%	0	0	0
1993	26	BOS	AL	327	1224	3.74	767	63%	36%	11%	22%	32%	64%	2%	40%	83%	23%	3%	11	0	9%	30	12	7%	23	13	41%	-1	0	1
1994	27	TOT	AL	101	366	3.62	234	64%	21%	14%	30%	34%	79%	0%	50%	82%	32%	3%	3	0	13%	13	9	9%	9	8	18%	0	0	0
1994	27	BOS	AL	4	14	3.50	9	64%	33%	11%	22%	33%	67%	0%	43%	83%	0%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0
1994	27	CHW	AL	97	352	3.63	225	64%	21%	14%	31%	34%	79%	0%	51%	82%	33%	3%	3	0	13%	13	9	9%	9	8	19%	0	0	0
4 Yrs				887	3201	3.61	2010	63%	33%	12%	21%	34%	67%	1%	42%	82%	24%	3%	24	1	11%	98	56	7%	61	38	37%	-1	0	1
MLB Averages						3.66		61%	25%	14%	27%	33%	75%	2%	46%	81%	31%	6%			16%			9%			27%

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
1991	24	18	27	25	3	4	0	0	1	3	0	0	1	6	.160	.192	.280	.472	27	7	0	0	1	0	0
1992	25	142	459	417	49	112	19	1	4	46	2	2	26	66	.269	.315	.348	.663	82	145	6	4	8	4	1
1993	26	283	785	703	89	181	43	3	6	72	7	4	53	120	.257	.312	.353	.665	79	248	13	6	16	7	3
1994	27	319	886	795	99	199	47	4	7	80	7	5	57	137	.250	.303	.346	.648	74	275	15	6	20	8	3

Neutralized Batting

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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
1991	24	18	26	24	2	3	0	0	1	2	0	1	6	.125	.160	.250	.410	1	18
1992	25	124	433	393	47	109	19	1	3	44	2	25	60	.277	.324	.354	.678	45	124
1993	26	141	323	284	38	67	23	2	2	25	5	26	54	.236	.302	.352	.654	30	141
1994	27	51	143	130	13	25	6	1	1	11	0	6	24	.192	.226	.277	.503	9	36
4 Yrs		334	925	831	100	204	48	4	7	82	7	58	144	.245	.297	.338	.635	85	319
162 Game Avg.		162	449	403	49	99	23	2	3	40	3	28	70	.245	.297	.338	.635	41	319

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