RF John Linden #37
Philadelphia Quakers MLB
Age: 26 | Bats: L | Throws: L | Morale: Normal
08/18/1975
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RF JOHN LINDEN #37 - AGE: 26 - BATS: L - THROWS: L - MORALE: NORMAL
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
86 165 35 2 0 0 10 17 12 .212 .290 .224 2 -0.3
BATTING RATINGS (OSA)
Overall Pot. Overall Vs Left Vs Right Pot.  
Contact 55 50 55 55
Gap 55 55 60 55
Power 45 40 45 45
Eye 55 50 55 55
Avoid K's 60 50 65 60
FIELDING RATINGS
Catcher Infield Outfield
Range: - 30 60
Errors: - 30 55
Arm: 20 55 65
Turn DP: - 20 -
Framing: 20 - -
POSITION RATINGS
Pitcher: - Shortstop: -
Catcher: - Left Field: 45
1st Base: - Center Field: 40
2nd Base: - Right Field: 65
3rd Base: -
       
RUN/BUNT
Running Speed: 50
Stealing Aggressiveness: 45
Stealing Ability: 45
Baserunning Inst.: 35
Sacrifice Bunt: 40
Bunt for Hit: 20
   
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
08/17/1975 @ CLE Loss, 2-9 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0
08/17/1975 @ CLE Win, 2-1 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
08/16/1975 @ CLE Win, 2-1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
08/15/1975 @ CLE Loss, 0-3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
08/14/1975 DEN Loss, 1-4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
08/13/1975 DEN Win, 12-9 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
08/12/1975 DEN Loss, 7-13 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 0
08/11/1975 WAS Win, 11-5 3 1 2 1 0 1 0 0
08/09/1975 WAS Loss, 2-4 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
08/08/1975 WAS Loss, 4-5 3 0 2 0 0 1 0 0
PERSONALITY
He is a hard worker, but he often makes mental mistakes.
High: Financial Ambition, Work Ethic
Low: Baseball IQ
Birthday:07/07/1949
Born in:Evanston, IL
Nationality:American
Height:6' 0"
Weight:200 lbs
Local Popularity:Insignificant
National Pop.:Insignificant
STATUS
Contract:Major League Contract
Salary:$27,800
Signed Through:1975 Season
Major Service:3 Years, 51 Days
Service This Yr:132 Days
40-Man Service:None, None
Pro Service:4 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Arbitration eligible in offseason
Option Years:3 option years left
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:1971, 26th Pick in Round 1
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 1975 BATTING STATS
Batting G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS WOBA ISO wRC+
Overall 86 165 35 2 0 0 10 15 17 12 .212 .290 .224 .514 .251 .012 57
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 32 184 1 0 0 2 1 0 37 2 2 3 40.0 11.3 2.24 -0.3  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   43 12 2 0 0 5 3 6 4 0 1 0 .279 .367 .326 .693
Versus Right   122 23 0 0 0 5 12 11 8 0 0 1 .189 .261 .189 .450
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Last Week   30 6 0 0 0 1 3 4 1 0 0 0 .200 .294 .200 .494
April   33 3 1 0 0 1 1 4 3 0 1 0 .091 .189 .121 .310
May   30 9 0 0 0 2 5 3 3 0 0 0 .300 .364 .300 .664
June   7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 .000 .125 .000 .125
July   39 11 1 0 0 5 5 3 2 0 0 1 .282 .349 .308 .657
August   56 12 0 0 0 2 4 6 3 0 0 0 .214 .290 .214 .505
Spring Training   46 11 1 0 2 7 7 12 4 0 0 0 .239 .397 .391 .788
Last Year   149 49 7 0 4 23 17 13 18 1 2 2 .329 .388 .456 .844
2 Years Ago   88 24 4 0 4 16 9 3 12 0 0 0 .273 .297 .455 .751
Career   418 109 13 0 8 49 41 33 49 1 4 3 .261 .319 .349 .668
Home   84 21 1 0 0 5 9 8 8 0 0 0 .250 .315 .262 .577
Road   81 14 1 0 0 5 6 9 4 0 1 1 .173 .264 .185 .449
Grass   165 35 2 0 0 10 15 17 12 0 1 1 .212 .290 .224 .514
Day   109 22 1 0 0 6 9 12 8 0 1 1 .202 .287 .211 .498
Night   56 13 1 0 0 4 6 5 4 0 0 0 .232 .295 .250 .545
As Starter   112 22 1 0 0 5 8 16 5 0 1 1 .196 .302 .205 .508
As Reliever / Substitution   53 13 1 0 0 5 7 1 7 0 0 0 .245 .259 .264 .523
Pinch Hitting   40 6 1 0 0 3 2 1 5 0 0 0 .150 .171 .175 .346
Close/Late   67 18 2 0 0 5 8 5 6 0 0 0 .269 .319 .299 .618
Inning 1-3   35 4 0 0 0 3 2 7 1 0 0 0 .114 .262 .114 .376
Inning 4-6   43 9 0 0 0 1 4 4 2 0 1 1 .209 .292 .209 .501
Inning 7-9   83 21 2 0 0 6 8 6 9 0 0 0 .253 .303 .277 .580
Extra Innings   4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500
0 Outs   50 8 1 0 0 1 8 7 6 0 0 1 .160 .276 .180 .456
1 Outs   69 17 0 0 0 4 4 4 5 0 1 0 .246 .288 .246 .534
2 Outs   46 10 1 0 0 5 3 6 1 0 0 0 .217 .308 .239 .547
Scoring Position   48 11 2 0 0 10 2 2 5 0 1 0 .229 .260 .271 .531
Bases Empty   90 18 0 0 0 0 9 11 6 0 0 1 .200 .294 .200 .494
Runner on 1st   27 6 0 0 0 0 4 4 1 0 0 0 .222 .323 .222 .545
Runner on 2nd   19 5 1 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 .263 .300 .316 .616
Runner on 3rd   8 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 .125 .222 .125 .347
Runner on 1st & 2nd   13 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 .154 .154 .231 .385
Runner on 1st & 3rd   3 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667
Runner on 2nd & 3rd   4 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500
Bases Loaded   1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000
Two Strikes   59 14 1 0 0 5 6 9 12 0 0 0 .237 .338 .254 .592
First Pitch   31 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .194 .194 .194 .387
Count 0-1   14 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .143 .143 .143 .286
Count 0-2   11 4 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 .364 .364 .364 .727
Count 1-0   12 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .083 .083 .083 .167
Count 1-1   17 6 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 .353 .353 .353 .706
Count 1-2   16 6 1 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 .375 .375 .438 .812
Count 2-0   6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Count 2-1   18 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 .167 .211 .222 .433
Count 2-2   22 3 0 0 0 1 2 0 7 0 0 0 .136 .136 .136 .273
Count 3-0   0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Count 3-1   8 3 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 .375 .545 .375 .920
Full Count   10 1 0 0 0 1 2 9 2 0 0 0 .100 .526 .100 .626
Behind in Count   41 12 1 0 0 4 3 0 3 0 0 0 .293 .293 .317 .610
Ahead in Count   44 7 1 0 0 2 6 8 0 0 0 1 .159 .302 .182 .484
Batting 2nd   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Batting 3rd   9 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Batting 4th   31 10 0 0 0 2 4 3 1 0 0 1 .323 .400 .323 .723
Batting 5th   54 9 0 0 0 1 5 11 1 0 0 0 .167 .308 .167 .474
Batting 6th   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Batting 7th   32 4 1 0 0 1 2 1 4 0 1 0 .125 .152 .156 .308
Batting 8th   16 5 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 .312 .353 .312 .665
Batting 9th   20 7 1 0 0 3 3 1 5 0 0 0 .350 .381 .400 .781
Low Leverage   46 11 0 0 0 0 4 5 3 0 0 0 .239 .314 .239 .553
Medium Leverage   74 13 0 0 0 4 4 9 5 0 0 1 .176 .274 .176 .449
High Leverage   45 11 2 0 0 6 7 3 4 0 1 0 .244 .292 .289 .581
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
1971 Philadelphia - MLB 21 10 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 -114 -0.4
1972 Philadelphia - MLB 22 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 196 98 0.0
1973 Philadelphia - MLB 23 53 88 24 4 0 4 16 9 3 0 0 12 0 0 .273 .297 .455 .751 108 112 0.2
1974 Philadelphia - MLB 24 91 149 49 7 0 4 23 17 13 2 1 18 0 0 .329 .388 .456 .844 145 142 1.6
1975 Philadelphia - MLB 25 86 165 35 2 0 0 10 15 17 1 0 12 2 3 .212 .290 .224 .514 43 57 -0.3
Total MLB 243 418 109 13 0 8 49 41 33 3 1 49 2 3 .261 .319 .349 .668 90 94 1.1
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
1971 Total - 21 64 273 85 14 5 11 59 62 36 4 3 25 3 2 .311 .396 .520 .916 100 100 2.8
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
1974 Philadelphia - MLB 24 3 8 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 .250 .250 .500 .750 114 114 0.1
Total MLB 3 8 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 .250 .250 .500 .750 114 114
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
1971 Philadelphia - MLB CF 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 3.0 6.00 -0.7 .653
1971 Philadelphia - MLB RF 9 5 7 0 0 7 0 1.000 38.1 1.64 +0.3 .987
1972 Philadelphia - MLB RF 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 2.0 4.50 +0.0 .971
1973 Philadelphia - MLB LF 9 8 13 0 0 13 0 1.000 66.0 1.77 -3.0 .744
1973 Philadelphia - MLB CF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1973 Philadelphia - MLB RF 15 5 15 0 0 15 0 1.000 54.0 2.50 +0.2 1.049
1974 Philadelphia - MLB SS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.0 0.00 -0.1 .000
1974 Philadelphia - MLB LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1974 Philadelphia - MLB CF 14 6 19 0 0 20 1 .950 66.0 2.59 -3.2 .829
1974 Philadelphia - MLB RF 52 25 42 3 0 46 1 .978 244.0 1.66 +3.5 1.112
1975 Philadelphia - MLB LF 8 8 17 0 0 17 0 1.000 70.0 2.19 -1.2 .926
1975 Philadelphia - MLB CF 3 0 4 0 0 5 1 .800 6.0 6.00 +0.1 1.007
1975 Philadelphia - MLB RF 48 24 67 3 0 74 4 .946 251.0 2.51 +2.1 1.061
TOTAL SS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.0 0.00 -0.1 .000
TOTAL LF 17 16 30 0 0 30 0 1.000 136.0 1.99 -4.2 .837
TOTAL CF 20 6 25 0 0 27 2 .926 76.0 2.96 -3.7 .835
TOTAL RF 125 59 132 6 0 143 5 .965 589.1 2.11 +6.2 1.070
PLAYER HISTORY
09/01/1971 Drafted in the 1971 first-year player draft (Round 1, Pick 26, 26th overall pick) by the Philadelphia Quakers, out of college Washington
10/25/1971 Named the #53 prospect in the MLB
11/13/1971 Received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $26,400.
01/01/1972 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 40 (60); Power: 40 (50); Eye: 45 (55).
03/06/1972 Unsuccessfully completed training to generate gap power at the Philadelphia Quakers development complex.
04/04/1972 Named the #52 prospect in the MLB
06/29/1972 Named the #63 prospect in the MLB
08/01/1972 Injured (stomach virus),day-to-day for 2 days.
11/12/1972 Received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $27,800.
01/01/1973 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 45 (55); Power: 40 (45); Eye: 45 (55).
03/05/1973 Successfully completed training to generate gap power at the Philadelphia Quakers development complex.
11/06/1973 Received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $27,800.
01/01/1974 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 45 (55); Power: 40 (45); Eye: 50 (55).
03/08/1974 Injured (bruised wrist),day-to-day for 5 days.
04/07/1974 Successfully completed training to improve his base-stealing technique at the Philadelphia Quakers development complex.
08/14/1974 Injured (back spasms),day-to-day for 1 day.
11/16/1974 Received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $27,800.
01/01/1975 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 50 (55); Power: 40 (45); Eye: 50 (50).
04/07/1975 Outstandingly completed training to improve his baserunning fundamentals at the Philadelphia Quakers development complex.
06/03/1975 Injured (strained abdominal muscle),day-to-day for one week.
06/07/1975 Suffered setback in recovery from injury, will miss another one week.
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