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William DeKova White

First name: Bill

Last name: White

Birthdate: 1934-01-28

Bats: L   Throws: L

MLBAM ID: 124191

Retro ID: whitb105

Batting – Career

Year Team Off GS Def GS Game Shares WAR W L Victory Shares
1956NY17.41.08.41.84.34.113
1958SFN0.40.00.50.30.40.01
1959SLN7.11.08.02.34.63.414
1960SLN7.81.08.82.24.84.014
1961SLN8.41.09.32.55.34.116
1962SLN8.51.09.63.96.72.920
1963SLN9.01.110.16.59.50.728
1964SLN8.81.09.84.77.62.223
1965SLN7.81.08.85.88.40.425
1966PHI8.21.09.34.97.61.623
1967PHI4.70.65.31.22.82.68
1968PHI5.70.76.30.52.44.07
1969SLN0.90.10.90.10.40.61
Career84.710.595.136.764.830.6193

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
1956NY156856-2-31-14-70058.60.6-0.70.20.112
1958SFN36000110000029.80.20.00.00.20
1959SLN560117-2231-1-600109.51.0-0.60.20.66
1960SLN605105022-1-1-60078.90.8-0.60.20.46
1961SLN663158011-23-800119.51.2-0.80.20.610
1962SLN6822821-5-31010-800249.52.5-0.80.21.917
1963SLN726342745308-900479.25.1-0.90.24.416
1964SLN69326191-30211-800309.23.3-0.80.22.718
1965SLN6182623-380014-700429.34.5-0.70.24.021
1966PHI659171852224-800339.03.6-0.80.23.011
1967PHI36944-21000-40038.30.4-0.40.10.14
1968PHI43111-1-1-1-21-500-38.2-0.4-0.50.1-0.86
1969SLN68-2-200001000-18.1-0.10.00.0-0.11
Career6,678175137-51213-154-7600210-22.7-7.62.017.1128

Defense

Infield Defense

Year Team POS BIP Chances OAA OAA adj DER Runs Play+ GB+ DP Start DP Turn DP Runs Total Fielding Runs
1956 NY1 1B 3449 390 9.0 5 4 32 39 0.1 0.0 0 4
1958 SFN 1B 50 4 0.0 0 0 -1 1 0.0 0.0 0 0
1959 SLN 1B 1282 119 -4.0 -4 -3 -15 -14 -0.3 0.0 0 -3
1960 SLN 1B 3056 295 -1.0 -1 -1 -2 -5 1.0 0.0 1 0
1961 SLN 1B 4055 427 5.0 6 4 29 17 -0.7 0.0 -1 3
1962 SLN 1B 3628 372 8.0 9 7 10 12 -0.5 0.0 0 7
1963 SLN 1B 4405 485 11.0 12 8 33 -1 -0.3 0.0 0 8
1964 SLN 1B 4399 465 18.0 19 12 44 17 -0.6 0.0 -1 11
1965 SLN 1B 3902 420 20.0 21 14 42 24 -0.1 0.0 0 14
1966 PHI 1B 4248 437 8.0 7 5 26 21 -0.6 0.0 -1 4
1967 PHI 1B 2358 220 1.0 0 0 2 1 0.5 0.0 0 0
1968 PHI 1B 2824 285 1.0 1 1 10 1 0.1 0.0 0 1
1969 SLN 1B 238 29 2.0 2 1 7 4 0.2 0.0 0 1
1B 37894 3948 78.0 77 52 217 117 -1.2 0.0 -2 50

Outfield Defense

Year Team POS BIP Chances OAA OAA adj DER Runs Play+ OF Arm Opps OF Arm Runs Total Fielding Runs
1956 NY1 LF 6 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 NY1 RF 3 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 SFN LF 15 1 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 SFN RF 21 2 0.0 0 0 -1 0 0 0
1959 SLN LF 2104 245 5.0 7 6 12 99 0 6
1959 SLN CF 165 23 -3.0 -3 -3 -2 15 -1 -4
1960 SLN LF 76 4 -2.0 -2 -2 -4 5 0 -2
1960 SLN CF 601 85 1.0 2 2 6 23 -1 1
1962 SLN LF 196 21 1.0 1 1 3 6 1 2
1962 SLN RF 247 38 -1.0 0 0 0 12 1 1
LF 2397 271 4.0 6 5 11 110 1 6
CF 766 108 -2.0 -1 -1 4 38 -2 -3
RF 271 40 -1.0 0 0 -1 12 1 1

Batting – Postseason

Year Team Off GS Def GS Game Shares WAR W L Victory Shares
1964SLN0.40.00.4-0.3-0.20.6-1
Career0.40.00.4-0.3-0.20.6-1

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
1964SLN29-4-4-10001000-49.9-0.40.00.0-0.41
Career29-4-4-10001000-4--0.40.00.0-0.41

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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