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Earnest Riles

First name: Ernie

Last name: Riles

Birthdate: 1960-10-02

Bats: L   Throws: R

MLBAM ID: 121208

Retro ID: rilee001

Batting – Career

Year Team Off GS Def GS Game Shares WAR W L Victory Shares
1985MIL6.22.18.41.13.54.810
1986MIL7.52.610.0-1.21.88.35
1987MIL3.91.15.00.11.63.45
1988MIL1.70.52.20.20.81.42
1988SFN2.60.63.22.13.00.19
1989SFN4.31.05.32.03.61.711
1990SFN2.30.62.90.31.21.74
1991OAK4.11.05.10.21.73.45
1992HOU0.80.10.90.20.50.42
1993BOS2.20.32.4-0.8-0.12.50
Career35.69.945.44.217.627.753

Detailed Batting Components

Year Team PA BatRuns Adj R RISP BSR DP ROE Fld Pos DH Pit RAA RPW WAA Pos Wins LgA WAM DVoDH
1985MIL495-2-200-1-1-11500-159.8-1.50.50.1-0.95
1986MIL588-10-12-5-20-1-19600-399.4-4.10.60.1-3.40
1987MIL316-6-71-211-7100-1310.6-1.20.10.0-1.11
1988MIL135-4-411000000-28.9-0.20.00.0-0.23
1988SFN20123-120-19100128.91.40.10.01.514
1989SFN337560300000098.91.00.00.01.07
1990SFN184-2-1001-1-3100-49.5-0.40.10.0-0.31
1991OAK321-11-920-1-1-2000-1110.0-1.10.00.0-1.16
1992HOU64-2-20100100008.80.00.00.00.02
1993BOS170-6-7-1-40020-10-109.3-1.1-0.10.0-1.24
Career2,811-36-35-3-10-4-3014-10-73--7.21.30.2-5.743

Defense

Infield Defense

Year Team POS BIP Chances OAA OAA adj DER Runs Play+ GB+ DP Start DP Turn DP Runs Total Fielding Runs
1985 MIL SS 3255 549 -12.0 -12 -9 -18 -24 -1.8 -0.1 -2 -11
1986 MIL SS 3799 590 -29.0 -29 -21 -78 -71 0.6 1.1 2 -19
1987 MIL 3B 1534 208 -3.0 -1 -1 -12 -11 0.3 0.0 0 -1
1987 MIL SS 549 85 -8.0 -8 -6 -16 -14 -0.2 0.0 0 -6
1988 SFN 2B 313 48 1.0 1 1 -4 -1 0.5 0.5 1 2
1988 MIL 3B 687 93 1.0 1 1 -4 -8 0.0 0.0 0 1
1988 SFN 3B 626 102 7.0 7 5 12 11 0.0 0.0 0 5
1988 SFN SS 225 48 3.0 3 2 8 10 0.2 -0.2 0 2
1988 MIL SS 182 28 -1.0 -1 -1 -3 -5 -0.2 0.0 0 -1
1989 SFN 2B 244 50 0.0 0 0 7 5 -0.8 -0.6 -1 -1
1989 SFN 3B 1716 214 1.0 0 0 -9 -7 0.7 0.0 1 1
1989 SFN SS 35 8 1.0 1 1 3 3 0.1 0.0 0 1
1990 SFN 2B 468 80 -3.0 -3 -2 -3 0 -0.2 -0.7 -1 -3
1990 SFN 3B 159 18 -1.0 -1 -1 -3 -2 -0.1 0.0 0 -1
1990 SFN SS 373 71 2.0 2 1 9 8 0.5 0.0 0 1
1991 OAK 1B 77 13 2.0 2 1 5 3 0.0 0.0 0 1
1991 OAK 2B 103 17 0.0 0 0 -1 -1 0.2 0.1 0 0
1991 OAK 3B 1509 211 1.0 0 0 11 1 0.8 0.0 1 1
1991 OAK SS 327 44 -4.0 -4 -3 -11 -6 -0.1 -0.5 -1 -4
1992 HOU 1B 94 10 0.0 0 0 0 -2 0.0 0.0 0 0
1992 HOU 2B 23 5 1.0 1 1 1 2 0.0 -0.1 0 1
1992 HOU 3B 90 11 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0
1992 HOU SS 31 4 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.1 0.0 0 0
1993 BOS 1B 2 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0
1993 BOS 2B 333 63 2.0 2 2 7 12 0.4 -0.6 0 2
1993 BOS 3B 173 18 0.0 0 0 -3 -2 -0.2 0.0 0 0
1B 173 23 2.0 2 1 5 1 0.0 0.0 0 1
2B 1484 263 1.0 1 2 7 17 0.1 -1.4 -1 1
3B 6494 875 6.0 6 4 -8 -18 1.5 0.0 2 6
SS 8776 1427 -48.0 -48 -36 -106 -99 -0.8 0.3 -1 -37

Outfield Defense

Year Team POS BIP Chances OAA OAA adj DER Runs Play+ OF Arm Opps OF Arm Runs Total Fielding Runs
1989 SFN LF 9 2 0.0 0 0 1 1 0 0
1989 SFN RF 15 2 -1.0 -1 -1 -1 2 0 -1
LF 9 2 0.0 0 0 1 1 0 0
RF 15 2 -1.0 -1 -1 -1 2 0 -1

Batting – Postseason

Year Team Off GS Def GS Game Shares WAR W L Victory Shares
1989SFN0.10.00.1-0.2-0.20.3-1
Career0.10.00.1-0.2-0.20.3-1

Postseason Batting Components

Year Team PA BatRuns Adj R RISP BSR DP ROE Fld Pos DH Pit RAA RPW WAA Pos Wins LgA WAM DVoDH
1989SFN9-3-300000000-311.0-0.30.00.0-0.30
Career9-3-300000000-3--0.30.00.0-0.30

Glossary

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Stat description
GSGame Shares
WAMWins above Majors. Formerly wins above average, but WAM! sounds better than WAA. Credit to Don Sobocinski for the name.
WARWins above Replacement
VSVictory Shares
WWins - Not traditional pitcher wins. Estimate of the number of wins each pitcher was responsible for. His share, as opposed to the shares of his fielders and offense.
LLosses - See wins above, just the opposite side of the final score.
BatRunsBatting runs above average
Adj RPark adjusted batting runs
RISPRuns for hitting better or worse than overall with runners in scoring position
BSRBaserunning runs
DPDouble play avoidance runs
ROERuns from reaching on error
FldFielding runs
PosPosition adjustment
DHDesignated hitter adjustment
PitPitcher batting adjustment
RAARuns above average before position and league adjustment
RPWRuns per win
WAAWins above average before position and league adjustment
POS WinsPosition adjustment converted to wins
LGALeague quality adjustment
DVoDHDefensive Value (in runs) over designated hitter
GGames pitched
GSGame shares. For pitchers based on innings and leverage index
XRExpected runs based on ballparks and opponents faced
DRDefensive runs support
RoleStarter vs reliever role adjustment
LgAdjLeague adjustment
R+Runs above average
LILeverage index
R_lev+Leverage adjusted runs above average
ChancesEstimated opportunies to make a defensive play
BIPBalls in play while this player was on the field
OAAOuts above average, based on defensive efficiency assigned at the player level
OAA adjPark adjusted outs above average
DER runsRun value of outs above average
Frame RunsRuns from framing balls and strikes
SB RunsStolen base prevention runs
Block RunsWild pitch and passed ball prevention runs
Err RunsCatcher error prevention runs
Catcher RunsCatcher runs from SB, errors, PB, and WP. Does not include framing.
Play+plays made above average per ball in play
GB+ground ball plays above average per ball in play
DP StartRuns from starting double plays
DP TurnRuns from turning double plays
DP runsTotal double play runs
OF Arm oppsOpportunities for an outfielder to make a throwing play
OF Arm runsRuns from throwing from the outfield

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