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William James Surhoff

First name: B.J.

Last name: Surhoff

Birthdate: 1964-08-04

Bats: L   Throws: R

MLBAM ID: 122989

Retro ID: surhb001

Batting – Career

Year Team Off GS Def GS Game Shares WAR W L Victory Shares
1987MIL5.52.27.73.05.32.516
1988MIL7.02.89.71.74.65.214
1989MIL6.12.48.61.33.84.811
1990MIL6.72.99.63.46.23.419
1991MIL6.92.99.72.65.54.316
1992MIL6.92.69.53.56.23.219
1993MIL7.51.79.21.84.54.714
1994MIL1.90.52.40.61.31.14
1995MIL5.70.96.62.74.62.014
1996BAL7.21.68.81.94.54.314
1997BAL7.41.08.43.05.52.916
1998BAL7.91.29.00.73.35.710
1999BAL8.91.210.03.05.94.118
2000ATL1.80.22.00.00.61.42
2000BAL5.60.86.41.53.43.010
2001ATL6.80.97.70.83.04.69
2002ATL1.10.11.20.30.70.52
2003BAL4.50.34.80.11.53.35
2004BAL4.60.55.12.03.51.710
2005BAL4.10.54.6-0.31.03.63
Career114.127.2141.033.674.966.3226

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
1987MIL445431-40-17700610.60.60.70.11.424
1988MIL541-19-191-1-127800-118.9-1.20.80.1-0.328
1989MIL477-12-111-52-128-10-129.3-1.30.70.1-0.520
1990MIL530-101111190059.80.50.90.01.423
1991MIL553-5-42-4-104900-310.0-0.30.90.00.626
1992MIL543-12-114010147-1089.10.90.60.01.534
1993MIL599-7-6521-31-100010.00.0-0.10.0-0.114
1994MIL154211100-2000110.30.10.00.00.12
1995MIL4621513401-21-3001710.61.6-0.30.01.38
1996BAL59056211-1-6-1-10311.40.3-0.20.00.16
1997BAL59568141-16-5-10199.81.9-0.60.01.314
1998BAL63424-230-1-10-600-610.3-0.6-0.60.0-1.2-2
1999BAL7271114-430-15-6-101710.61.6-0.70.00.913
2000ATL143-1-1-1-101-1-100-39.9-0.3-0.10.0-0.41
2000BAL444-111-1005-400610.80.6-0.40.00.211
2001ATL531-9-10-1-1126-500-39.2-0.3-0.50.0-0.813
2002ATL85000-1003-10028.80.2-0.10.00.14
2003BAL354113-100-7-2-30-410.1-0.4-0.50.0-0.9-5
2004BAL3783421007-3-101410.61.3-0.40.00.911
2005BAL321-13-130-1003-300-1110.0-1.1-0.30.1-1.37
Career9,106-31-2021-47-5467-9045-4.1-0.20.44.3252

Defense

Catcher Defense

Year Team Chances OAA OAA adj DER Runs Frame Runs SB Runs Block Runs Err Runs Catcher Runs Total Fielding Runs
1987 MIL 31 0.0 0 0 4 1.6 3.1 -1.2 3 7
1988 MIL 43 1.0 1 1 4 -0.2 1.6 0.2 2 7
1989 MIL 38 0.0 0 0 4 -3.6 0.8 -0.4 -3 1
1990 MIL 47 1.0 1 1 4 -5.5 4.0 -0.8 -2 3
1991 MIL 59 1.0 1 1 5 -2.8 -0.4 1.4 -2 4
1992 MIL 51 2.0 2 1 4 3.1 3.0 0.4 7 12
1993 MIL 1 0.0 0 0 0 0.4 0.1 0.0 0 0
1994 MIL 2 0.0 0 0 0 -1.1 0.4 0.2 0 0
1995 MIL 5 0.0 0 0 0 -1.9 -1.3 0.2 -3 -3
277 5.0 5 4 25 -10.0 11.3 0.0 2 31

Infield Defense

Year Team POS BIP Chances OAA OAA adj DER Runs Play+ GB+ DP Start DP Turn DP Runs Total Fielding Runs
1987 MIL 1B 7 1 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0
1987 MIL 3B 78 11 0.0 0 0 -2 -1 0.3 0.0 0 0
1988 MIL 1B 8 1 -1.0 -1 -1 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 -1
1988 MIL 3B 753 107 3.0 3 2 7 2 -0.7 0.0 -1 1
1988 MIL SS 9 2 0.0 0 0 0 -1 0.0 0.0 0 0
1989 MIL 3B 93 16 1.0 1 1 3 1 0.1 0.0 0 1
1990 MIL 3B 182 19 -3.0 -3 -2 -6 -4 -0.3 0.0 0 -2
1991 MIL 2B 6 1 -1.0 -1 -1 -1 0 0.0 0.0 0 -1
1991 MIL 3B 68 7 1.0 1 1 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 1
1992 MIL 1B 424 53 2.0 2 1 9 6 -0.1 0.0 0 1
1992 MIL 3B 43 4 0.0 0 0 -1 -1 0.0 0.0 0 0
1993 MIL 1B 95 7 0.0 0 0 -2 -2 0.0 0.0 0 0
1993 MIL 3B 3251 444 6.0 7 5 12 2 -0.4 0.0 0 5
1994 MIL 1B 219 31 3.0 3 2 8 7 -0.2 0.0 0 2
1994 MIL 3B 444 45 -5.0 -5 -4 -15 -13 -0.3 0.0 0 -4
1995 MIL 1B 1053 105 -2.0 -2 -2 -6 3 0.2 0.0 0 -2
1996 BAL 1B 34 3 0.0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 0.0 0 0
1996 BAL 3B 2854 382 -6.0 -7 -5 -14 -17 1.2 0.0 1 -4
1997 BAL 1B 74 5 0.0 0 0 -2 -1 0.0 0.0 0 0
1997 BAL 3B 12 2 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.2 0.0 0 0
1998 BAL 1B 6 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0
1999 BAL 3B 44 7 0.0 0 0 1 2 0.0 0.0 0 0
2002 ATL 1B 262 18 -1.0 -1 -1 -7 -2 -0.1 0.0 0 -1
2003 BAL 1B 536 48 -2.0 -2 -2 -9 -7 -0.2 0.0 0 -2
2004 BAL 1B 145 12 0.0 0 0 -1 -1 -0.1 0.0 0 0
2005 BAL 1B 349 42 1.0 1 1 6 1 0.2 0.0 0 1
1B 3212 326 0.0 0 -2 -4 4 -0.4 0.0 0 -2
2B 6 1 -1.0 -1 -1 -1 0 0.0 0.0 0 -1
3B 7822 1044 -3.0 -3 -2 -15 -29 0.1 0.0 0 -2
SS 9 2 0.0 0 0 0 -1 0.0 0.0 0 0

Outfield Defense

Year Team POS BIP Chances OAA OAA adj DER Runs Play+ OF Arm Opps OF Arm Runs Total Fielding Runs
1988 MIL LF 7 0 0.0 0 0 -1 0 0 0
1991 MIL CF 14 3 0.0 0 0 1 0 0 0
1991 MIL RF 2 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1992 MIL LF 85 12 1.0 1 1 2 1 0 1
1992 MIL CF 11 0 0.0 0 0 -1 0 0 0
1992 MIL RF 3 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1993 MIL LF 225 27 -1.0 -1 -1 2 8 0 -1
1993 MIL RF 211 35 -3.0 -3 -3 -5 12 0 -3
1994 MIL RF 41 11 0.0 0 0 2 6 0 0
1995 MIL LF 1306 159 1.0 1 1 9 68 2 3
1995 MIL CF 28 7 1.0 1 1 3 1 0 1
1995 MIL RF 101 20 0.0 0 0 0 15 2 2
1996 BAL LF 643 74 -1.0 -2 -2 -1 31 0 -2
1997 BAL LF 3277 377 9.0 6 6 12 127 0 6
1998 BAL LF 3966 422 -12.0 -17 -16 -40 176 6 -10
1999 BAL LF 3804 432 7.0 2 2 10 167 3 5
2000 BAL LF 2725 339 6.0 1 1 14 143 4 5
2000 ATL LF 818 83 -2.0 -2 -2 -8 35 1 -1
2001 ATL LF 2988 310 6.0 5 5 1 118 1 6
2002 ATL RF 164 36 4.0 4 4 10 3 0 4
2003 BAL LF 633 66 -2.0 -3 -3 -6 20 -1 -4
2003 BAL RF 51 8 -1.0 -1 -1 -2 5 0 -1
2004 BAL LF 805 99 6.0 5 5 9 49 3 8
2004 BAL RF 595 98 -1.0 -2 -2 -9 48 1 -1
2005 BAL LF 1118 121 -2.0 -3 -3 -5 41 2 -1
2005 BAL RF 226 46 3.0 3 3 6 18 0 3
LF 22400 2521 16.0 -7 -6 -2 984 21 15
CF 53 10 1.0 1 1 3 1 0 1
RF 1394 254 2.0 1 1 2 107 3 4

Batting – Postseason

Year Team Off GS Def GS Game Shares WAR W L Victory Shares
1996BAL0.40.00.40.40.5-0.12
1997BAL0.50.10.5-0.4-0.20.8-1
2000ATL0.00.00.00.00.00.00
2001ATL0.30.00.40.10.20.21
Career1.20.11.30.10.50.92

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
1996BAL302200001000310.50.30.00.00.31
1997BAL38-2-20-100-1000-48.1-0.50.00.0-0.50
2000ATL20000000000011.40.00.00.00.00
2001ATL25000000000008.20.00.00.00.00
Career95000-1000000-1--0.20.00.0-0.21

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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