CF Don Calise #23
Brooklyn Bluebirds MLB
Age: 26 | Bats: L | Throws: R | Morale: Unhappy
08/21/1972
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CF DON CALISE #23 - AGE: 26 - BATS: L - THROWS: R - MORALE: UNHAPPY
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
97 210 55 6 6 2 27 20 28 .262 .329 .376 4 1.2
BATTING RATINGS (OSA)
Overall Pot. Overall Vs Left Vs Right Pot.  
Contact 50 50 50 50
Gap 55 50 55 55
Power 50 50 50 50
Eye 45 45 45 45
Avoid K's 55 50 55 55
FIELDING RATINGS
Catcher Infield Outfield
Range: - 55 65
Errors: - 40 60
Arm: 20 35 55
Turn DP: - 45 -
Framing: 20 - -
POSITION RATINGS
Pitcher: - Shortstop: 20
Catcher: - Left Field: 70
1st Base: 55 Center Field: 55
2nd Base: - Right Field: 65
3rd Base: -
       
RUN/BUNT
Running Speed: 55
Stealing Aggressiveness: 75
Stealing Ability: 60
Baserunning Inst.: 60
Sacrifice Bunt: 60
Bunt for Hit: 60
   
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
08/19/1972 @ KCB Win, 4-1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
08/18/1972 @ KCB Win, 5-4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
08/17/1972 @ STL Loss, 3-6 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
08/16/1972 @ STL Win, 11-1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
08/15/1972 @ STL Loss, 2-3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
08/13/1972 @ PIT Loss, 1-8 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
08/13/1972 @ PIT Loss, 6-8 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
08/12/1972 @ PIT Loss, 1-2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
08/11/1972 @ PIT Loss, 1-12 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
08/10/1972 @ PHI Win, 4-2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PERSONALITY
Don works his tail off.
High: Loyalty, Work Ethic
Low: Financial Ambition
Birthday:12/26/1945
Born in:Sterling, IL
Nationality:American
Height:6' 2"
Weight:205 lbs
Local Popularity:Fair
National Pop.:Fair
STATUS
Contract:Major League Contract
Salary:$132,000
Signed Through:1975 Season
Major Service:5 Years, None
Service This Yr:139 Days
40-Man Service:1 Year, None
Pro Service:7 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Eligible, but possibly free agent after season!
Option Years:3 option years left
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:1964, 9th Pick in Round 2
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 1972 BATTING STATS
Batting G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS WOBA ISO wRC+
Overall 97 210 55 6 6 2 27 25 20 28 .262 .329 .376 .705 .325 .114 112
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 42 234 2 0 0 2 2 2 79 14 4 4 50.0 26.7 4.38 1.2  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   28 7 0 1 1 2 3 2 3 0 1 0 .250 .300 .429 .729
Versus Right   182 48 6 5 1 25 22 18 25 2 1 2 .264 .333 .368 .701
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Last Week   5 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .400 .400 .800 1.200
April   42 9 2 1 0 5 4 4 6 0 1 0 .214 .283 .310 .592
May   40 11 1 2 0 4 3 5 10 0 1 1 .275 .370 .400 .770
June   47 11 0 2 1 6 7 4 4 0 0 0 .234 .294 .383 .677
July   49 14 3 0 1 10 9 5 6 2 0 0 .286 .339 .408 .747
August   32 10 0 1 0 2 2 2 2 0 0 1 .312 .371 .375 .746
Spring Training   53 18 7 1 3 9 7 3 7 0 0 1 .340 .386 .679 1.065
Last Year   242 65 12 4 7 40 24 15 32 2 0 3 .269 .317 .438 .755
2 Years Ago   354 95 22 3 12 41 46 35 55 2 1 4 .268 .339 .449 .788
Career   1257 328 59 20 31 150 135 105 201 10 11 11 .261 .321 .414 .735
Home   90 30 3 2 0 13 15 13 11 1 0 1 .333 .419 .411 .830
Road   120 25 3 4 2 14 10 7 17 1 2 1 .208 .256 .350 .606
Grass   210 55 6 6 2 27 25 20 28 2 2 2 .262 .329 .376 .705
Day   124 35 5 3 2 16 16 11 12 1 0 1 .282 .343 .419 .762
Night   86 20 1 3 0 11 9 9 16 1 2 1 .233 .309 .314 .623
As Starter   152 39 3 4 2 15 18 14 21 2 2 2 .257 .324 .368 .692
As Reliever / Substitution   58 16 3 2 0 12 7 6 7 0 0 0 .276 .344 .397 .740
Pinch Hitting   48 15 3 1 0 11 7 4 5 0 0 0 .312 .365 .417 .782
Close/Late   86 21 2 4 0 14 9 7 14 0 0 0 .244 .301 .360 .662
Inning 1-3   62 15 1 2 2 4 11 6 8 0 2 1 .242 .319 .419 .738
Inning 4-6   44 13 2 0 0 7 4 4 4 2 0 1 .295 .353 .341 .694
Inning 7-9   99 27 3 4 0 16 10 8 14 0 0 0 .273 .327 .384 .711
Extra Innings   5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 .000 .286 .000 .286
0 Outs   71 21 2 1 2 7 11 7 9 0 1 1 .296 .367 .437 .804
1 Outs   77 19 3 1 0 14 12 10 10 2 1 1 .247 .333 .312 .645
2 Outs   62 15 1 4 0 6 2 3 9 0 0 0 .242 .277 .387 .664
Scoring Position   52 19 2 2 0 23 7 4 7 2 2 0 .365 .397 .481 .877
Bases Empty   127 31 2 4 2 2 16 15 17 0 0 2 .244 .333 .370 .703
Runner on 1st   31 5 2 0 0 2 2 1 4 0 0 0 .161 .188 .226 .413
Runner on 2nd   22 8 1 1 0 5 5 2 1 0 2 0 .364 .417 .500 .917
Runner on 3rd   6 5 0 0 0 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 .833 .857 .833 1.690
Runner on 1st & 2nd   8 2 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 .250 .250 .500 .750
Runner on 1st & 3rd   6 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 .167 .167 .167 .333
Runner on 2nd & 3rd   6 3 1 0 0 8 0 1 1 1 0 0 .500 .500 .667 1.167
Bases Loaded   4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Two Strikes   82 13 1 2 0 3 7 9 28 0 0 1 .159 .250 .220 .470
First Pitch   33 11 0 0 1 5 1 0 0 0 1 0 .333 .333 .424 .758
Count 0-1   26 8 2 0 0 3 2 0 0 1 0 1 .308 .321 .385 .706
Count 0-2   12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 .083 .083 .083 .167
Count 1-0   17 5 0 2 0 4 2 0 0 0 1 0 .294 .294 .529 .824
Count 1-1   21 7 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .524 .857
Count 1-2   22 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 1 .091 .130 .091 .221
Count 2-0   13 4 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 .308 .308 .385 .692
Count 2-1   12 5 2 0 0 5 4 0 0 1 0 0 .417 .385 .583 .968
Count 2-2   23 5 0 1 0 1 2 0 5 0 0 0 .217 .217 .304 .522
Count 3-0   0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Count 3-1   6 2 0 0 1 1 4 5 0 0 0 0 .333 .636 .833 1.470
Full Count   25 5 1 1 0 2 5 9 8 0 0 0 .200 .412 .320 .732
Behind in Count   60 11 2 0 0 3 2 0 15 1 0 2 .183 .206 .217 .423
Ahead in Count   48 16 3 2 1 13 14 11 0 1 1 0 .333 .450 .542 .992
Batting Leadoff   59 16 1 2 2 6 7 9 7 1 0 1 .271 .371 .458 .829
Batting 2nd   57 14 2 1 0 4 10 4 11 1 1 1 .246 .302 .316 .617
Batting 3rd   13 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .154 .154 .308 .462
Batting 5th   28 9 1 0 0 5 1 3 2 0 0 0 .321 .387 .357 .744
Batting 6th   7 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .429 .429 .714 1.143
Batting 7th   13 3 0 1 0 4 1 0 2 0 1 0 .231 .231 .385 .615
Batting 8th   7 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 .143 .250 .143 .393
Batting 9th   26 7 2 0 0 3 4 3 5 0 0 0 .269 .345 .346 .691
Low Leverage   85 23 2 3 0 4 9 7 14 1 0 1 .271 .330 .365 .694
Medium Leverage   72 19 3 1 2 11 12 7 8 0 2 1 .264 .338 .417 .754
High Leverage   53 13 1 2 0 12 4 6 6 1 0 0 .245 .317 .340 .656
CAREER BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1968 Brooklyn - MLB 22 119 357 88 17 5 5 28 29 27 1 3 73 9 8 .246 .299 .364 .663 107 106 1.5
1969 Brooklyn - MLB 23 30 94 25 2 2 5 14 11 8 1 1 13 1 2 .266 .327 .489 .816 135 125 0.6
1970 Brooklyn - MLB 24 108 354 95 22 3 12 41 46 35 4 2 55 4 8 .268 .339 .449 .788 115 114 2.4
1971 Brooklyn - MLB 25 104 242 65 12 4 7 40 24 15 3 2 32 5 2 .269 .317 .438 .755 117 114 1.3
1972 Brooklyn - MLB 26 97 210 55 6 6 2 27 25 20 2 2 28 4 4 .262 .329 .376 .705 102 112 1.2
Total MLB 458 1257 328 59 20 31 150 135 105 11 10 201 23 24 .261 .321 .414 .735 113 112 7.1
CAREER MINOR LEAGUE BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1964 Total - 18 25 109 46 12 7 2 31 43 12 3 1 4 35 10 .422 .488 .716 1.204 100 100 2.3
CAREER POSTSEASON BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1968 Brooklyn - MLB 22 10 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 -122 -0.1
Total MLB 10 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 -122
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
1968 Brooklyn - MLB LF 39 23 58 2 2 62 2 .968 238.0 2.27 +2.1 1.043
1968 Brooklyn - MLB CF 60 53 193 6 2 202 3 .985 468.0 3.83 +0.5 .995
1968 Brooklyn - MLB RF 13 12 32 0 0 33 1 .970 116.0 2.48 +1.2 1.061
1969 Brooklyn - MLB LF 4 4 6 0 0 6 0 1.000 30.0 1.80 +0.7 1.247
1969 Brooklyn - MLB CF 19 15 32 1 0 34 1 .971 122.0 2.43 +0.1 1.045
1969 Brooklyn - MLB RF 10 2 3 0 0 3 0 1.000 35.0 0.77 -0.7 .979
1970 Brooklyn - MLB 1B 2 2 19 0 2 19 0 1.000 15.0 11.40 +0.1 1.030
1970 Brooklyn - MLB LF 20 11 25 0 0 25 0 1.000 117.2 1.91 +0.2 .977
1970 Brooklyn - MLB CF 19 17 40 1 0 41 0 1.000 127.0 2.91 +2.0 1.082
1970 Brooklyn - MLB RF 64 57 93 3 1 97 1 .990 510.0 1.69 +5.9 1.100
1971 Brooklyn - MLB 1B 27 27 204 16 19 222 2 .991 208.2 9.49 -1.1 .931
1971 Brooklyn - MLB LF 12 11 25 0 0 25 0 1.000 95.0 2.37 +0.4 1.062
1971 Brooklyn - MLB CF 25 14 46 0 0 47 1 .979 142.1 2.91 +1.3 1.048
1971 Brooklyn - MLB RF 13 0 10 0 0 10 0 1.000 33.0 2.73 +1.0 1.097
1972 Brooklyn - MLB 1B 15 15 120 8 9 129 1 .992 110.0 10.47 +0.4 .991
1972 Brooklyn - MLB SS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1972 Brooklyn - MLB LF 8 6 12 0 0 12 0 1.000 50.0 2.16 +0.9 1.072
1972 Brooklyn - MLB CF 40 18 50 0 0 51 1 .980 182.0 2.47 -1.0 .995
1972 Brooklyn - MLB RF 11 3 14 0 0 14 0 1.000 42.1 2.98 +2.1 1.235
TOTAL 1B 44 44 343 24 30 370 3 .992 333.2 9.90 -0.7 .961
TOTAL LF 83 55 126 2 2 130 2 .985 530.2 2.17 +4.2 1.042
TOTAL CF 163 117 361 8 2 375 6 .984 1041.1 3.19 +2.9 1.014
TOTAL RF 111 74 152 3 1 157 2 .987 736.1 1.89 +9.5 1.100
PLAYER HISTORY
12/16/1964 Drafted in the 1964 first-year player draft (Round 2, Pick 9, 33rd overall pick) by the Brooklyn Bluebirds, out of high school East (East; Rockford, IL).
01/01/1965 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 35 (50); Power: 25 (45); Eye: 30 (45).
04/13/1965 Named the #28 prospect in the MLB
07/08/1965 Named the #16 prospect in the MLB
10/21/1965 Named the #12 prospect in the MLB
01/01/1966 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 40 (50); Power: 25 (45); Eye: 35 (45).
04/12/1966 Named the #21 prospect in the MLB
07/07/1966 Named the #15 prospect in the MLB
10/20/1966 Named the #9 prospect in the MLB
01/01/1967 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 45 (50); Power: 25 (45); Eye: 45 (45).
04/11/1967 Named the #25 prospect in the MLB
07/06/1967 Named the #9 prospect in the MLB
10/20/1967 Named the #18 prospect in the MLB
01/01/1968 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 45 (50); Power: 30 (45); Eye: 45 (45).
04/09/1968 Named the #16 prospect in the MLB
05/01/1968 Wins the MLB NBL Rookie of the Month Award.
07/17/1968 Injured (tired arm),day-to-day for 1-2 weeks.
11/19/1968 Received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $22,200.
01/01/1969 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 55 (55); Power: 50 (55); Eye: 45 (45).
03/10/1969 Outstandingly completed training to improve his plate discipline at the Brooklyn Bluebirds development complex.
04/09/1969 Injured (fractured kneecap),out for 4-5 months.
04/14/1969 Wins the MLB NBL Player of the Week Award.
11/17/1969 Received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $23,400.
01/01/1970 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 55 (55); Power: 55 (55); Eye: 50 (50).
04/21/1970 Injured (sore hamstring),day-to-day for 4 days.
06/29/1970 Injured (sprained elbow),day-to-day for 2 weeks.
07/26/1970 Injured (sprained ankle),out for 2 weeks.
09/18/1970 Injured (fractured hand),out for 3 months.
10/21/1970 Signed a 1-year contract extension worth a total of $55,800 with the Brooklyn Bluebirds organization.
01/01/1971 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 50 (50); Power: 50 (50); Eye: 45 (45).
06/01/1971 Injured (sore foot),day-to-day for one week.
06/05/1971 Suffered setback in recovery from injury, will miss another one week.
08/01/1971 Injured (eye irritation),day-to-day for 3 days.
08/04/1971 Signed a 4-year contract extension worth a total of $588,000 with the Brooklyn Bluebirds organization.
08/05/1971 Injured (strained abdominal muscle),day-to-day for 3 weeks.
01/01/1972 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 50 (50); Power: 50 (50); Eye: 50 (50).
03/04/1972 Injured (strained abdominal muscle),day-to-day for 2 days.
03/22/1972 Injured (strained abdominal muscle),day-to-day for 2 days.
03/31/1972 Injured (sore hamstring),day-to-day for 5 days.
05/03/1972 Injured (flu),day-to-day for 3 days.
05/15/1972 Injured (bruised thumb),day-to-day for 5 days.
05/23/1972 Injured (hamstring tightness),day-to-day for 3 days.
06/25/1972 Injured (calf cramp),day-to-day for 1 day.
07/09/1972 Injured (sore hip),day-to-day for 5 days.
07/29/1972 Injured (bruised thigh),day-to-day for one week.
08/18/1972 Injured (sore hamstring),day-to-day for 4 days.
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