Ralph Houk | Baseball Prospectus

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Ralph Houk PHYankees

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Career Summary

Years	PA	AVG	OBP	SLG	TAv	WARP
8	171	.272	.327	.323	.022	-0.3

Birth Date	8-9-1919
Height	5' 11"
Weight	193 lbs

Bats	R
Throws	R

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YEAR	TEAM	AGE	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	TB	BB	SO	HBP	SF	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	TAv	VORP	FRAA	WARP
1947	NYA	27	41	104	92	7	25	3	1	30	11	5	1		12	.272	.356	.326	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0
1948	NYA	28	14	29	29	3	8	2	0	10	0	0	0		3	.276	.276	.345	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0
1949	NYA	29	5	7	7	0	4	0	0	4	0	1	0		1	.571	.571	.571	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0
1950	NYA	30	10	9	9	0	1	1	0	2	0	2	0		1	.111	.111	.222	.020	-2.0	0.1	-0.2
1951	NYA	31	3	5	5	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0		2	.200	.200	.200	.127	-0.4	-0.0	-0.0
1952	NYA	32	9	7	6	0	2	0	0	2	1	0	0		0	.333	.429	.333	.257	0.2	-0.0	0.0
1953	NYA	33	8	9	9	2	2	0	0	2	0	1	0		1	.222	.222	.222	.131	-1.0	-0.0	-0.1
1954	NYA	34	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	-.003	-0.2	0.0	-0.0
Career			91	171	158	12	43	6	1	51	12	10	1	0	20	.272	.327	.323	.022	-3.4	-0.0	-0.3

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'opp' stats - quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.

YEAR	Team	Lg	G	PA	TAv	oppAVG	oppOBP	oppSLG	oppTAv	BABIP	BPF	BRAA	repLVL	POS_ADJ	FRAA	BVORP	BWARP	VORP	WARP
1947	NYA	MLB	41	104	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000			0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1948	NYA	MLB	14	29	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000			0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1949	NYA	MLB	5	7	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000			0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1950	NYA	MLB	10	9	.020	.247	.333	.369	.000	.000	112	-2.2	0.2	0.1	0.1	-2.0	-0.2	-2.0	-0.2
1951	NYA	MLB	3	5	.127	.275	.363	.391	.000	.000	91	-0.7	0.1	0.1	-0.0	-0.4	-0.0	-0.4	-0.0
1952	NYA	MLB	9	7	.257	.230	.286	.348	.000	.000	94	0	0.2	0.1	-0.0	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.0
1953	NYA	MLB	8	9	.131	.275	.347	.414	.000	.000	98	-1.3	0.3	0.2	-0.0	-1.0	-0.1	-1.0	-0.1
1954	NYA	MLB	1	1	-.003	.225	.279	.325	.000	.000	96	-0.3	0.0	0	0.0	-0.2	-0.0	-0.2	-0.0
Career		MLB		171	.022	.049	.060	.072	.047	.291	18	-4.5	0.8	0.5	-0.0	-3.4	-0.3	-3.4	-0.3

Statistics For All Levels

Year	Team	Lg	PA	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	ISO	TAv	VORP	FRAA	WARP
1947	NYA	MLB	104	7	25	3	1	12	11	5	.272	.356	.326	.054	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0
1948	NYA	MLB	29	3	8	2	0	3	0	0	.276	.276	.345	.069	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0
1949	NYA	MLB	7	0	4	0	0	1	0	1	.571	.571	.571	.000	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0
1950	NYA	MLB	9	0	1	1	0	1	0	2	.111	.111	.222	.111	.020	-2.0	0.1	-0.2
1951	NYA	MLB	5	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	.200	.200	.200	.000	.127	-0.4	-0.0	-0.0
1952	NYA	MLB	7	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	.333	.429	.333	.000	.257	0.2	-0.0	0.0
1953	NYA	MLB	9	2	2	0	0	1	0	1	.222	.222	.222	.000	.131	-1.0	-0.0	-0.1
1954	NYA	MLB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-.003	-0.2	0.0	-0.0

Injury History beta

Date On	Date Off	Transaction	Days	Games	Side	Body Part	Injury	Severity	Surgery Date	Reaggravation

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Title	Author	Date
Baseball ProGUESTus: When Good Things Come in Three Years	Chad Finn	2013-04-17
The BP Wayback Machine: The Gift of Kuhn	Steven Goldman	2012-11-20
Wezen-Ball: Cliff Mapes and Questionable Umpiring	Larry Granillo	2012-09-26
Pebble Hunting: Moneyball: The Prequel	Sam Miller	2012-03-30
Prospectus Hit and Run: Leyland's Cooperstown Case	Jay Jaffe	2011-10-13
Prospectus Q&A: Bill Monbouquette, Part Two	David Laurila	2011-02-01
Prospectus Q&A: Jane Leavy, Part III	David Laurila	2010-11-24
Another Look: The Yankee Princess	Bob Hertzel	2010-11-15
Prospectus Perspective: A Wrigley Rebuild?	Christina Kahrl	2010-08-31
Prospectus Hit and Run: Don't Call it the Veterans' Committee	Jay Jaffe	2010-07-28
BP Unfiltered: The Paper Trail of July 22	John Perrotto	2010-07-22
You Can Blog It Up: Ralph Houk Has Died	Steven Goldman	2010-07-21
You Could Look It Up: Dusty Baker and the Johnny Oates Affair	Steven Goldman	2010-06-25
Transaction Analysis: AL Quadrille	Christina Kahrl	2010-06-17
Transaction Action: Youthful Orient-ation	Christina Kahrl	2010-06-09
Transaction Action: North of the Border	Christina Kahrl	2010-04-16
Transaction Action: Minor Moves in the AL	Christina Kahrl	2010-01-28
Playoff Prospectus: Dodgers versus Cardinals LDS	Jay Jaffe	2009-10-07
You Could Look It Up: Lest We Forget	Steven Goldman	2009-06-30
You Could Look It Up: The Naked Draft	Steven Goldman	2009-06-09
Prospectus Today: Losses	Joe Sheehan	2009-04-14
Schrodinger's Bat: The Price of Contentment	Dan Fox	2007-03-29
Schrodinger's Bat: Double Steals And More	Dan Fox	2007-03-22
Teams: A Critical Guide: My Aunt's Thanksgiving Turkey Edition, American League	Steven Goldman	2004-09-16
Impact Rookies: Whose Contribution Has Been the Greatest?	Jeff Bower	2003-03-28

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BP Roundtables

Date	Roundtable Name	Comment
2008-10-22 16:30:00	World Series Game One	Chiming in a bit late on the whole leaving yourself w/o a backup catcher thing, Casey Stengel did that frequently. Sometimes it worked. There was at least one occasion he wound up with Hank Bauer at catcher and lost a game on a PB. Not, however in the WS. ...There was a famous occasion late in the 1949 season when both Yogi Berra and Charlie Silvera were hurt and Ralph Houk started. The umpire made a controversial call and Houk basically assaulted him, but the umpire didn't run him, knowing that it could quite possibly affect the outcome of a close pennant race. I don't think that's actually the correct call, but it's what happened. (Steven Goldman)