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Albert William Kaline

First name: Al

Last name: Kaline

Birthdate: 1934-12-19

Bats: R Throws: R

RetroID: kalia101

Batting – Career

Year	Team	Off GS	Def GS	Game Shares	WAR	W	L	Victory Shares
1953	DET	0.4	0.1	0.5	-0.5	-0.4	0.8	-1
1954	DET	6.8	1.0	7.9	0.6	2.9	4.9	9
1955	DET	8.4	1.2	9.5	8.5	11.3	-1.7	34
1956	DET	8.4	1.2	9.7	7.1	9.9	-0.3	30
1957	DET	7.9	1.2	9.1	6.5	9.2	0.0	27
1958	DET	7.8	1.1	8.9	7.3	9.9	-1.1	30
1959	DET	7.4	1.5	8.9	6.5	9.2	-0.2	28
1960	DET	7.8	1.7	9.5	2.8	5.6	4.0	17
1961	DET	8.2	1.2	9.5	8.5	11.3	-1.9	34
1962	DET	5.6	0.8	6.4	5.1	7.0	-0.6	21
1963	DET	7.7	1.1	8.8	6.4	9.0	-0.2	27
1964	DET	7.8	1.1	8.8	6.0	8.6	0.2	26
1965	DET	6.1	1.1	7.2	4.1	6.2	1.0	19
1966	DET	7.2	1.3	8.5	5.5	8.0	0.6	24
1967	DET	7.0	1.0	8.0	8.6	11.0	-3.0	33
1968	DET	5.0	0.7	5.6	4.1	5.7	-0.1	17
1969	DET	6.6	0.9	7.5	3.5	5.8	1.8	17
1970	DET	7.0	0.9	7.9	3.3	5.7	2.3	17
1971	DET	6.3	0.9	7.2	3.2	5.3	1.9	16
1972	DET	4.1	0.5	4.7	2.6	3.9	0.7	12
1973	DET	4.4	0.6	5.0	1.0	2.5	2.5	7
1974	DET	8.1	0.0	8.1	1.0	3.3	4.7	10
Career		146.0	21.1	167.2	101.7	150.9	16.3	454

Detailed Batting Components

Year	Team	PA	BatRuns	Adj R	RISP	BSR	DP	ROE	Fld	Pos	DH	RAA	RPW	WAA	Pos Wins	LgA	WAM	DVoDH
1953	DET	30	-1	-1	-1	-1	0	0	-3	0	0	-6	10.6	-0.6	0.0	0.0	-0.6	-2
1954	DET	535	-15	-15	-1	0	-1	-2	17	-6	0	-2	8.9	-0.2	-0.6	-0.2	-1.0	25
1955	DET	681	49	51	1	8	1	2	9	-6	0	72	9.9	7.3	-0.6	-0.2	6.5	18
1956	DET	693	34	34	3	1	2	2	18	-6	0	60	10.1	5.9	-0.6	-0.2	5.1	27
1957	DET	636	17	16	4	3	1	3	21	-6	0	48	8.8	5.4	-0.6	-0.2	4.6	30
1958	DET	607	27	22	5	8	0	-1	23	-6	0	57	9.0	6.3	-0.6	-0.2	5.5	31
1959	DET	594	40	37	-3	8	0	-1	10	-2	0	51	9.9	5.1	-0.2	-0.2	4.7	21
1960	DET	629	9	8	-2	3	-1	0	2	-1	0	10	9.1	1.1	-0.1	-0.2	0.8	15
1961	DET	665	36	34	-3	5	0	3	34	-6	0	73	9.8	7.4	-0.6	-0.2	6.6	43
1962	DET	452	31	30	1	-1	-2	0	14	-4	0	42	9.6	4.4	-0.4	-0.2	3.8	20
1963	DET	616	34	32	5	6	-1	2	7	-6	0	51	9.4	5.4	-0.6	-0.2	4.6	15
1964	DET	608	27	26	-1	4	1	-3	19	-6	0	46	9.2	5.0	-0.6	-0.2	4.2	27
1965	DET	474	24	23	5	5	-1	0	-5	-3	0	27	8.8	3.1	-0.3	-0.2	2.6	3
1966	DET	572	42	41	-2	-2	0	0	3	-3	0	40	9.4	4.2	-0.3	-0.2	3.7	13
1967	DET	550	48	46	1	9	-1	0	12	-5	0	67	8.7	7.7	-0.5	-0.2	7.0	19
1968	DET	389	21	20	4	1	0	0	3	-4	0	28	8.1	3.4	-0.4	-0.1	2.9	8
1969	DET	518	13	11	0	3	0	2	8	-5	0	24	8.9	2.7	-0.5	-0.2	2.0	15
1970	DET	555	20	19	-1	0	-2	0	6	-6	0	22	9.3	2.4	-0.6	-0.1	1.7	13
1971	DET	501	30	28	-2	-4	-1	1	-2	-5	0	20	9.1	2.2	-0.5	0.0	1.7	4
1972	DET	314	18	17	-1	1	-1	0	-1	-3	0	15	7.9	1.9	-0.3	0.0	1.6	3
1973	DET	347	1	-1	1	2	-1	0	2	-3	0	3	9.0	0.3	-0.3	0.0	0.0	6
1974	DET	630	8	6	1	-1	-1	-1	0	0	-10	4	9.3	0.4	-1.0	-0.1	-0.7	0
Career		11,596	513	484	14	58	-8	7	197	-92	-10	752	-	80.8	-10.2	-3.3	67.3	354

Defense

Infield Defense

Year	Team	POS	BIP	Chances	OAA	OAA adj	DER Runs	Play+	GB+	DP Start	Total Fielding Runs
1961	DET	3B	20	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
1965	DET	3B	14	4	1.0	1	1	2	0	0.0	1
1968	DET	1B	447	47	-1.0	-1	-1	3	2	0.0	-1
1969	DET	1B	194	20	1.0	1	1	1	-3	0.0	1
1970	DET	1B	1204	116	0.0	0	0	2	-6	0.1	0
1971	DET	1B	86	4	-1.0	-1	-1	-3	-3	0.0	-1
1972	DET	1B	132	14	0.0	0	0	2	2	-0.1	0
1973	DET	1B	719	64	-1.0	-1	-1	-2	-6	0.1	-1
		1B	2782	265	-2.0	-2	-2	3	-14	0.1	-2
		3B	34	7	1.0	1	1	2	0	0.0	1

Outfield Defense

Year	Team	POS	BIP	Chances	OAA	OAA adj	DER Runs	Play+	OF Arm Opps	OF Arm Runs	Total Fielding Runs
1953	DET	LF	25	4	0.0	0	0	1	0	0	0
1953	DET	CF	194	16	-3.0	-3	-3	-10	11	1	-2
1953	DET	RF	12	2	-1.0	-1	-1	-1	1	0	-1
1954	DET	RF	2592	404	12.0	13	11	16	176	6	17
1955	DET	RF	2931	455	3.0	5	4	9	186	5	9
1956	DET	LF	1	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1956	DET	CF	313	52	2.0	2	2	7	30	0	2
1956	DET	RF	2562	436	12.0	13	11	22	181	5	16
1957	DET	LF	70	10	0.0	0	0	2	5	1	1
1957	DET	CF	477	68	2.0	1	1	7	26	0	1
1957	DET	RF	2390	374	15.0	15	13	28	136	6	19
1958	DET	CF	73	14	2.0	2	2	5	8	0	2
1958	DET	RF	2495	438	21.0	22	19	61	170	2	21
1959	DET	CF	3230	442	7.0	5	4	20	102	2	6
1959	DET	RF	275	54	3.0	3	3	12	7	1	4
1960	DET	CF	3981	509	2.0	1	1	0	173	1	2
1961	DET	LF	6	1	0.0	0	0	0	1	0	0
1961	DET	CF	485	84	8.0	8	7	22	32	1	8
1961	DET	RF	2396	429	21.0	21	18	48	157	8	26
1962	DET	RF	1842	327	9.0	10	9	32	140	5	14
1963	DET	CF	23	4	0.0	0	0	1	0	0	0
1963	DET	RF	2506	375	4.0	5	4	-3	134	3	7
1964	DET	RF	2432	396	16.0	17	14	30	160	5	19
1965	DET	CF	1462	161	-5.0	-6	-5	-20	62	0	-5
1965	DET	RF	870	127	-2.0	-2	-2	-6	52	1	-1
1966	DET	CF	1978	251	-2.0	-3	-2	-6	109	2	0
1966	DET	RF	892	142	4.0	4	3	6	54	0	3
1967	DET	CF	2	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1967	DET	RF	2142	321	10.0	11	9	10	101	3	12
1968	DET	LF	56	5	-1.0	-1	-1	-2	0	0	-1
1968	DET	RF	1185	180	7.0	7	6	12	51	-1	5
1969	DET	RF	1905	282	2.0	3	3	-3	127	4	7
1970	DET	RF	1318	229	4.0	5	4	17	124	2	6
1971	DET	CF	31	6	0.0	0	0	2	0	0	0
1971	DET	RF	1875	300	-2.0	-2	-2	-3	127	1	-1
1972	DET	RF	1115	163	-4.0	-4	-3	-13	70	2	-1
1973	DET	RF	905	146	4.0	4	3	4	33	0	3
		LF	158	20	-1.0	-1	-1	1	6	1	0
		CF	12249	1607	13.0	7	7	28	553	7	14
		RF	34640	5580	138.0	149	126	278	2187	58	184

Batting – Postseason

Year	Team	Off GS	Def GS	Game Shares	WAR	W	L	Victory Shares
1968	DET	0.4	0.1	0.4	0.6	0.7	-0.3	2
1972	DET	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.1	0.2	0.2	1
Career		0.7	0.1	0.7	0.7	0.9	-0.1	3

Postseason Batting Components

Year	Team	PA	BatRuns	Adj R	RISP	BSR	RAA	RPW	WAA	WAM
1968	DET	30	3	3	1	1	5	9.4	0.5	0.5
1972	DET	22	1	1	0	-1	0	6.0	0.0	0.0
Career		52	4	4	1	0	5	-	0.5	0.5

Glossary

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Stat description
GS	Game Shares
WAM	Wins above Majors. Formerly wins above average, but WAM! sounds better than WAA. Credit to Don Sobocinski for the name.
WAR	Wins above Replacement
VS	Victory Shares
W	Wins - 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.
L	Losses - See wins above, just the opposite side of the final score.
BatRuns	Batting runs above average
Adj R	Park adjusted batting runs
RISP	Runs for hitting better or worse than overall with runners in scoring position
BSR	Baserunning runs
DP	Double play avoidance runs
ROE	Runs from reaching on error
Fld	Fielding runs
Pos	Position adjustment
DH	Designated hitter adjustment
Pit	Pitcher batting adjustment
RAA	Runs above average before position and league adjustment
RPW	Runs per win
WAA	Wins above average before position and league adjustment
POS Wins	Position adjustment converted to wins
LGA	League quality adjustment
DVoDH	Defensive Value (in runs) over designated hitter
G	Games pitched
GS	Game shares. For pitchers based on innings and leverage index
XR	Expected runs based on ballparks and opponents faced
DR	Defensive runs support
Role	Starter vs reliever role adjustment
LgAdj	League adjustment
R+	Runs above average
LI	Leverage index
R_lev+	Leverage adjusted runs above average
Chances	Estimated opportunies to make a defensive play
BIP	Balls in play while this player was on the field
OAA	Outs above average, based on defensive efficiency assigned at the player level
OAA adj	Park adjusted outs above average
DER runs	Run value of outs above average
Frame Runs	Runs from framing balls and strikes
SB Runs	Stolen base prevention runs
Block Runs	Wild pitch and passed ball prevention runs
Err Runs	Catcher error prevention runs
Catcher Runs	Catcher 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 Start	Runs from starting double plays
DP Turn	Runs from turning double plays
DP runs	Total double play runs
OF Arm opps	Opportunities for an outfielder to make a throwing play
OF Arm runs	Runs from throwing from the outfield

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