SS Paul Popeck #25
Detroit Wolverines MLB
Age: 29 | Bats: R | Throws: R | Morale: Good
07/10/1972
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SS PAUL POPECK #25 - AGE: 29 - BATS: R - THROWS: R - MORALE: GOOD
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
43 113 28 3 0 0 5 12 10 .248 .320 .274 0 0.6
BATTING RATINGS (OSA)
Overall Pot. Overall Vs Left Vs Right Pot.  
Contact 55 55 55 55
Gap 45 45 45 45
Power 40 40 40 40
Eye 40 40 40 50
Avoid K's 70 70 70 70
FIELDING RATINGS
Catcher Infield Outfield
Range: - 60 30
Errors: - 50 45
Arm: 20 55 55
Turn DP: - 55 -
Framing: 20 - -
POSITION RATINGS
Pitcher: - Shortstop: 50
Catcher: - Left Field: -
1st Base: - Center Field: -
2nd Base: 60 Right Field: -
3rd Base: 45
       
RUN/BUNT
Running Speed: 30
Stealing Aggressiveness: 25
Stealing Ability: 30
Baserunning Inst.: 35
Sacrifice Bunt: 55
Bunt for Hit: 35
   
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
07/09/1972 @ MON Win, 6-0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
07/08/1972 @ MON Loss, 1-3 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
07/07/1972 @ MON Loss, 2-3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
07/06/1972 @ NYE Win, 12-2 3 3 2 0 0 2 0 0
07/05/1972 @ NYE Win, 10-5 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 0
07/04/1972 @ NYE Win, 4-3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
07/04/1972 @ NYE Loss, 1-5 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 0
07/02/1972 @ BOS Win, 1-0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
07/01/1972 @ BOS Win, 2-1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
06/28/1972 MON Loss, 3-4 3 0 3 1 0 0 0 0
PERSONALITY
Not one to get too excited about anything.
Birthday:12/05/1942
Born in:Bradford, TN
Nationality:American
Height:6' 2"
Weight:200 lbs
Local Popularity:Insignificant
National Pop.:Insignificant
STATUS
Contract:Major League Contract
Salary:$65,600
Signed Through:1972 Season
Major Service:6 Years, 56 Days
Service This Yr:76 Days
40-Man Service:None, None
Pro Service:7 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Not eligible, free agent after contract expires!
Option Years:3 option years left
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:1964, 20th Pick in Round 4
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 43 113 28 3 0 0 5 9 12 10 .248 .320 .274 .594 .283 .027 84
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 29 125 0 0 0 5 3 0 31 3 0 0 0.0 9.8 2.83 .6  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   40 6 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 .150 .190 .150 .340
Versus Right   73 22 3 0 0 5 9 10 7 0 3 0 .301 .386 .342 .728
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Last Week   21 5 1 0 0 0 5 4 2 0 1 0 .238 .360 .286 .646
April   33 6 1 0 0 1 1 1 4 0 1 0 .182 .206 .212 .418
May   38 9 0 0 0 2 2 5 2 0 1 0 .237 .326 .237 .562
June   18 6 1 0 0 2 1 2 2 0 0 0 .333 .400 .389 .789
July   24 7 1 0 0 0 5 4 2 0 1 0 .292 .393 .333 .726
Spring Training   60 19 1 0 1 10 5 3 10 0 1 0 .317 .349 .383 .733
Last Year   66 12 4 0 1 5 2 3 7 0 0 0 .182 .217 .288 .505
2 Years Ago   13 3 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 .231 .231 .231 .462
Career   617 154 26 0 4 56 43 42 53 3 19 2 .250 .298 .311 .609
Home   47 10 1 0 0 3 3 6 4 0 1 0 .213 .302 .234 .536
Road   66 18 2 0 0 2 6 6 6 0 2 0 .273 .333 .303 .636
Grass   113 28 3 0 0 5 9 12 10 0 3 0 .248 .320 .274 .594
Day   67 18 1 0 0 3 6 10 7 0 1 0 .269 .364 .284 .647
Night   46 10 2 0 0 2 3 2 3 0 2 0 .217 .250 .261 .511
As Starter   99 23 3 0 0 5 8 9 8 0 2 0 .232 .296 .263 .559
As Reliever / Substitution   14 5 0 0 0 0 1 3 2 0 1 0 .357 .471 .357 .828
Pinch Hitting   8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500
Close/Late   35 8 0 0 0 1 3 3 3 0 2 0 .229 .289 .229 .518
Inning 1-3   32 7 1 0 0 2 3 2 1 0 1 0 .219 .265 .250 .515
Inning 4-6   39 11 1 0 0 2 2 3 5 0 0 0 .282 .333 .308 .641
Inning 7-9   33 8 1 0 0 1 2 6 4 0 1 0 .242 .359 .273 .632
Extra Innings   9 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 .222 .300 .222 .522
0 Outs   29 6 1 0 0 0 6 4 3 0 2 0 .207 .303 .241 .544
1 Outs   33 14 0 0 0 3 2 7 1 0 1 0 .424 .525 .424 .949
2 Outs   51 8 2 0 0 2 1 1 6 0 0 0 .157 .173 .196 .369
Scoring Position   19 3 0 0 0 4 1 3 1 0 3 0 .158 .273 .158 .431
Bases Empty   70 20 2 0 0 0 6 7 7 0 0 0 .286 .351 .314 .665
Runner on 1st   24 5 1 0 0 1 2 2 2 0 0 0 .208 .269 .250 .519
Runner on 2nd   7 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 .143 .143 .143 .286
Runner on 1st & 2nd   6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 .000 .143 .000 .143
Runner on 1st & 3rd   1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000
Runner on 2nd & 3rd   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Bases Loaded   3 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 .333 .500 .333 .833
Two Strikes   35 9 2 0 0 2 6 6 10 0 0 0 .257 .366 .314 .680
First Pitch   28 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 .143 .143 .286
Count 0-1   13 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .462 .462 .462 .923
Count 0-2   5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Count 1-0   13 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .154 .154 .154 .308
Count 1-1   11 5 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 .455 .455 .545 1.000
Count 1-2   12 2 1 0 0 1 2 0 5 0 0 0 .167 .167 .250 .417
Count 2-0   3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Count 2-1   8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .250 .250 .250 .500
Count 2-2   10 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 .400 .400 .500 .900
Count 3-0   0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Count 3-1   2 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 .000 .600 .000 .600
Full Count   8 3 0 0 0 1 3 6 0 0 0 0 .375 .643 .375 1.018
Behind in Count   30 8 1 0 0 1 2 0 7 0 0 0 .267 .267 .300 .567
Ahead in Count   26 4 0 0 0 1 2 6 0 0 2 0 .154 .312 .154 .466
Batting 3rd   29 4 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 .138 .194 .138 .331
Batting 4th   1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000
Batting 5th   6 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .667 .714 .667 1.381
Batting 6th   1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000
Batting 7th   52 13 2 0 0 3 7 5 5 0 2 0 .250 .316 .288 .604
Batting 8th   15 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 2 0 0 0 .200 .333 .267 .600
Batting 9th   9 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .222 .222 .222 .444
Low Leverage   46 12 1 0 0 2 3 4 4 0 1 0 .261 .320 .283 .603
Medium Leverage   42 8 1 0 0 0 3 5 4 0 1 0 .190 .277 .214 .491
High Leverage   23 7 0 0 0 3 3 3 2 0 1 0 .304 .385 .304 .689
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
1965 Pittsburgh - MLB 22 4 7 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 .286 .375 .429 .804 141 146 -0.1
1966 Pittsburgh - MLB 23 41 30 9 1 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 4 0 0 .300 .323 .333 .656 94 94 0.1
1967 Pittsburgh - MLB 24 69 126 39 7 0 0 15 11 6 2 0 11 0 0 .310 .351 .365 .716 118 120 0.7
1968 Pittsburgh - MLB 25 44 54 10 1 0 0 2 4 3 0 0 4 0 0 .185 .228 .204 .432 36 33 -0.6
1969 Pittsburgh - MLB 26 69 208 51 9 0 3 24 11 16 0 3 15 0 0 .245 .295 .332 .627 83 81 -0.1
1970 Pittsburgh - MLB 27 18 13 3 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 .231 .231 .231 .462 28 24 -0.1
1971 Pittsburgh - MLB 28 41 66 12 4 0 1 5 2 3 0 0 7 0 0 .182 .217 .288 .505 45 44 -0.4
1972 Detroit - MLB 29 43 113 28 3 0 0 5 9 12 0 0 10 0 0 .248 .320 .274 .594 76 84 0.6
Total MLB 329 617 154 26 0 4 56 43 42 2 3 53 0 0 .250 .298 .311 .609 81 82 0.1
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 - 21 43 199 54 9 0 4 35 36 11 1 2 10 14 6 .271 .310 .377 .687 100 100 0.2
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
1967 Pittsburgh - MLB 24 5 5 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .400 .400 .400 .800 144 144 -0.0
1968 Pittsburgh - MLB 25 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 214 222 -0.4
1971 Pittsburgh - MLB 28 3 7 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .143 .143 .286 .429 21 15 -0.1
Total MLB 10 14 4 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 .286 .286 .357 .643 93 90
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
1965 Pittsburgh - MLB 2B 2 1 2 3 1 5 0 1.000 12.0 3.75 -0.6 .624
1965 Pittsburgh - MLB SS 2 1 2 4 0 7 1 .857 13.0 4.15 -0.4 .882
1966 Pittsburgh - MLB 2B 13 0 6 9 4 17 2 .882 29.2 4.55 -0.8 .853
1966 Pittsburgh - MLB 3B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1966 Pittsburgh - MLB SS 18 0 3 13 1 16 0 1.000 35.1 4.08 +0.7 1.067
1967 Pittsburgh - MLB 2B 20 15 24 27 7 54 3 .944 139.0 3.30 -1.5 .930
1967 Pittsburgh - MLB 3B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1967 Pittsburgh - MLB SS 34 12 22 50 11 72 0 1.000 158.0 4.10 -0.6 .977
1968 Pittsburgh - MLB 2B 5 4 10 17 6 29 2 .931 39.0 6.23 -0.5 .915
1968 Pittsburgh - MLB 3B 4 4 1 7 0 11 3 .727 33.0 2.18 -2.2 .670
1968 Pittsburgh - MLB SS 22 1 6 24 3 31 1 .968 51.1 5.26 -0.9 .923
1968 Pittsburgh - MLB CF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1969 Pittsburgh - MLB 2B 7 2 10 6 1 16 0 1.000 31.0 4.65 +0.8 1.522
1969 Pittsburgh - MLB 3B 48 48 29 81 5 117 7 .940 379.2 2.61 -0.2 .985
1969 Pittsburgh - MLB SS 20 14 29 37 10 69 3 .957 141.0 4.21 -3.3 .883
1970 Pittsburgh - MLB 2B 4 0 3 4 2 7 0 1.000 10.0 6.30 +0.0 .997
1970 Pittsburgh - MLB 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 3.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1970 Pittsburgh - MLB SS 11 0 5 6 2 11 0 1.000 20.0 4.95 +0.1 1.041
1971 Pittsburgh - MLB 2B 6 0 2 5 2 9 2 .778 16.0 3.94 -1.0 .827
1971 Pittsburgh - MLB 3B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1971 Pittsburgh - MLB SS 29 13 26 40 11 68 2 .971 142.2 4.16 -0.8 .980
1972 Detroit - MLB 2B 35 29 62 90 20 154 2 .987 266.2 5.13 +2.5 1.077
1972 Detroit - MLB 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 2.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1972 Detroit - MLB SS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
TOTAL 2B 92 51 119 161 43 291 11 .962 543.1 4.64 -1.0 1.010
TOTAL 3B 54 52 30 88 5 128 10 .922 417.2 2.54 -2.4 .952
TOTAL SS 136 41 93 174 38 274 7 .974 561.1 4.28 -5.0 .954
TOTAL CF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.0 0.00 0.0 .000
PLAYER HISTORY
12/16/1964 Drafted in the 1964 first-year player draft (Round 4, Pick 20, 92nd overall pick) by the Pittsburgh Industrials, out of college UCLA
01/01/1965 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 45 (50); Power: 25 (35); Eye: 35 (35).
10/21/1965 Named the #77 prospect in the MLB
01/01/1966 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 50 (50); Power: 25 (35); Eye: 35 (35).
11/08/1966 Received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $19,800.
01/01/1967 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 50 (50); Power: 25 (30); Eye: 40 (40).
11/08/1967 Received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $21,000.
01/01/1968 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 50 (50); Power: 30 (30); Eye: 40 (40).
11/17/1968 Received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $34,000.
01/01/1969 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 60 (60); Power: 40 (40); Eye: 45 (45).
11/15/1969 Received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $55,000.
01/01/1970 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 60 (60); Power: 40 (40); Eye: 45 (45).
11/15/1970 Received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $75,180.
01/01/1971 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 60 (60); Power: 40 (40); Eye: 45 (45).
06/23/1971 Injured (sore wrist),day-to-day for 1-2 weeks.
11/11/1971 Was not offered arbitration and became a free agent.
01/01/1972 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 60 (60); Power: 40 (40); Eye: 40 (50).
02/04/1972 Signed a 1-year contract worth a total of $65,600 with the Detroit Wolverines organization.
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