A study of `replacement players'
A discussion on SABR-L about the value of "replacement level" players led me into this study in which I looked at regulars who were injured an had to be replaced for an extended period of time on short notice.
Tom Ruane kindly sent me a list of players whose at bats dropped by 200 one season and rose by 200 the next.
I took this as a list of regulars who were knocked out of action for a while. I then checked The Sports Encyclopedia: Baseball
to see if the player did have an injury listed in the middle year. If so, I checked to see who the team used to replace him.
In the following chart, age is the players age in the pre-injury year, AB1 represents the players at bats in the pre-injury year, AB2; at bats in the injury year, AB3; At bats in the post-injury year, team1 is the players team in the pre-injury year, team2; in the injury year, team3; in the post-injury year,
inj is the code for the injury used in The Sports Encyclopedia: Baseball, pos is the players primary position.
For each replacement I list the players name, age in the replacement year, 10 times the TPR given in Total Baseball, prevG; the number of games played for the player prior to the replacement year, AB; at bats in the replacement year.
If a player was replaced by more than one player, the replacements are listed on separate lines.
Comments and corrections should be sent to me at
john.rickert@rose-hulman.edu
Name yr age AB1 AB2 AB3 team1 team2 team3 inj pos replacement age 10*TPR prevG AB
corcoran tommy 00 31 523 115 538 cinn IL ss magoon george 26 -11 204 460
donlin mike 01 23 476 143 496 bala cinn JA lf dobbs johnny 27 9 109 491
seymour cy 29 1 343 524
davis george 02 31 485 15 563 chia nyn chia KP ss babb charlie 30 -1 0 424
lowe bobby 02 33 472 105 507 chin pitn/deta BK 2b evers johnny 21 -9 26 464
padden dick 02 31 413 94 453 stla RJ 2b friel bill 27 -19 186 351
stahl chick 02 29 508 299 587 bosa JJ cf o'brien jack 30 -26 230 338
lajoie nap 04 29 553 249 602 clea LJ 2b stovall george 26 -7 52 423
kahl nick (IL) 26 -9 0 131
abbaticchio ed 05 28 610 0 496 bosn HO ss bridwell al 22 8 82 459
clymer otis 05 29 365 45 272 pitn pitn/wasa BN rf ganley bob 31 -18 32 511
collins jimmy 05 35 508 142 523 bosa bosa/phia KJ 3b morgan red 22 -24 0 307
criger lou 05 33 313 17 226 bosa IL c armbruster charlie 25 -8 35 201
peterson bob 21 -9 0 118
carrigan bill 22 -5 0 109
tannehill lee 06 25 378 108 482 chia NJ 3b rohe george 31 -19 125 494
alperman whitey 07 27 558 213 420 bron BN 2b pattee harry 26 5 0 264
elberfield kid 07 32 447 56 379 nya LJ ss ball neal 27 -13 15 446
flick elmer 07 31 549 35 235 clea IL rf hinchman bill 25 -3 187 464
kling johnny 08 33 424 0 297 chin HO c archer jimmy 26 -7 25 261
moran pat 33 0 701 246
stone george 08 30 588 310 562 stla NJ lf mcaleese john 32 -11 1 267
mcconnell amby 09 26 453 155 396 bosa bosa/chia IL 2b zeider rollie 26 -16 0 498
tannehill lee 09 28 531 230 516 chia JJ 3b purtell billy 24 -17 129 536
tenney fred 09 37 375 0 369 nyn bosn CJ 1b merkle fred 21 19 132 506
evers johnny 10 28 433 155 478 chin IL 2b zimmerman heine 24 11 215 535
titus john 10 34 535 236 502 phin phin/bosn BL rf walsh jimmy 25 -11 88 289
beck fred 24 -18 250 210
bridwell al 11 27 445 106 405 nyn/bosn chin FJ ss o'rourke frank 20 -33 0 196
spratt harry 24 -12 62 89
maranville rabbitt 20 1 0 86
cree birdie 11 28 520 190 534 nya BW lf daniels bert 29 3 226 496
graney jack 11 25 527 264 517 clea JJ lf ryan buddy 26 0 0 328
wolter harry 11 26 434 32 425 nya RJ rf zinn guy 25 -15 9 401
foster eddie 12 25 618 409 616 wasa IL 3b laporte frank 33 -5 834 242
zeider rollie 12 28 420 179 452 chia chia/nya chif CJ 1b knight jack? 27 -2 697 250
lord harry 13 31 547 69 359 chia buff JT 3b breton jim 22 -5 12 231
wagner heinie 13 32 365 0 267 bosa IL ss scott everett 21 -24 0 539
baker home run 14 28 570 0 360 phia nya HO 3b lapp jack 30 9 415 312
mcavoy wickey 20 -6 12 184
chapman ray 15 24 570 346 563 clea KJ ss wambsganss bill 22 -16 164 475
mckechnie bill 16 29 390 134 435 nyn/cinn pitn BH 2b shean dave 33 4 355 442
jackson joe 17 27 538 65 516 chia HO-WW lf murphy eddie 26 -11 560 286
carey max 18 28 468 244 485 pitn IL cf bigbee carson 24 8 268 478
baker home run 19 33 567 0 330 nya VR 3b ward aaron 23 11 55 496
fletcher art 20 35 550 0 396 nyn/phin VR ss parkinson frank 26 -5 0 391
roush edd 21 28 418 165 527 cinn HO cf burns george 32 -18 1362 631
southworth billy 21 28 569 158 611 bosn LJ rf cruise walton 32 -6 602 352
sisler george 22 29 586 0 636 stla IJ 1b schliebner dutch 32 -22 0 520
foster eddie (2b) 36 -19 1473 100
wheat zack 22 34 600 349 566 bron IL lf baily gene 29 -15 68 411
hauser joe 24 25 562 0 229 phia BK 1b poole jim 30 -25 0 480
pipp wally 24 31 589 178 574 nya cinn PB 1b gehrig lou 22 -1 23 437
critz hughie 26 25 607 396 641 cinn HO 2b pittinger pinky 28 1 225 84
Kelly george 31 -6 1144 222
mostil johnny 26 30 600 16 503 chia IL cf metzler alex 24 19 29 543
roush edd 27 34 570 163 450 nyn MJ cf welsh jim 25 -5 387 476
bluege ossie 28 27 518 220 476 wasa KJ 3b hayes jackie 22 -11 70 424
critz hughie 28 27 641 425 662 cinn cinn/nyn KJ 2b pittinger pinky(SS) 30 -2 296 210
hartnett gabby 28 27 388 22 508 chin SA c taylor zack 30 0 713 316
gonzalez mike 38 -3 950 167
wright glenn 28 27 407 25 532 pitn bron AJ ss bancroft dave 38 -6 1799 358
fonseca lew 29 30 566 129 573 clea BA 1b morgan eddie 26 22 169 584
hornsby rogers 29 33 602 104 357 chin FJ 2b blair footsie 29 -16 26 578
rothrock jack 29 24 473 65 475 bosa BL cf oliver tom 27 -17 0 646
waner lloyd 29 23 662 260 681 pitn IL cf brickell fred 23 -32 197 459
flagstead ira 36 -12 1174 156
critz hughie 30 29 662 238 659 cinn/nyn AJ 2b marshall doc 25 -12 83 194
hunnefield bill 32 -20 436 288
gehringer charlie 30 27 610 383 618 deta AJ 2b koenig mark 26 -34 643 364
judge joe 30 36 442 74 291 wasa IL 1b kuhel joe 25 -24 18 524
lindstrom freddy 30 24 609 303 595 nyn BF rf allen ethan 27 -3 498 298
adams sparky 31 36 608 127 568 stln KJ 3b flowers jake 30 -2 425 247
kuhel joe 33 27 602 263 633 wasa BN 1b susko pete 29 -9 0 224
kress red 27 -15 886 185
sewell luke 33 32 474 207 421 wasa chia BG c phillips eddie 33 -15 186 169
bolton cliff 27 -5 66 148
cronin joe 35 28 556 295 570 bosa BG ss mcnair eric 27 -24 673 494
greenberg hank 35 24 619 46 594 deta BW 1b burns jack 28 -24 743 572
myer buddy 35 31 616 156 430 wasa IL 2b kress red 29 12 1034 391
lewis buddy 19 -3 8 601
mihalic john 24 -2 6 88
appling luke 37 30 574 294 516 chia BN ss berger boze 28 -41 205 470
newsome skeeter 37 26 438 48 248 phia PB ss ambler wayne 22 -33 56 393
whitehead burgess 37 27 574 0 335 nyn IL 2b kampourris alex 25 12 435 342
chiozza lou (BL) 28 -14 519 17
cissell bill 34 6 918 149
jurges billy 39 31 543 214 471 nyn PB ss witek mickey 24 7 0 433
phelps babe 40 32 370 30 257 bron JT c owen mickey 25 -3 450 386
finney lou 42 31 397 0 251 bosa VR rf fox pete 34 -6 1147 489
trosky hal 44 31 497 0 299 chia IL 1b farrell kerby 32 -25 85 396
mayo eddie 45 35 501 202 535 deta TJ 2b bloodworth jimmy(MS) 28 -7 625 249
webb skeeter 36 3 562 169
pafko andy 45 24 534 234 513 chin BN-NA cf rickert marv 25 -14 6 392
peck hal 45 28 449 150 392 phia clea AJ rf valo elmer 25 12 231 348
stanky eddie 47 30 559 247 506 bron bosn BN 2b sisti sibby 27 -9 512 221
ryan connie 28 0 524 122
dimaggio joe 48 33 594 272 525 nya FJ cf lindell johnny? 32 -10 657 211
mapes cliff? 27 0 53 304
torgeson earl 48 24 438 100 576 bosn SJ 1b fletcher elbie 33 15 1293 413
jones nippy 49 24 380 26 300 stln SJ 1b Howerton Bill (LF) 28 -5 9 313
serena bill 50 25 435 39 390 chin BW 3b jackson randy 25 8 34 557
irvin monte 51 32 558 126 444 nyn BN lf elliott bob 35 -11 1765 272
rhodes dusty? 28 0 0 176
hartung clint? 29 -3 168 78
thomson bobby 53 29 608 99 343 nyn miln BN lf aaron hank(BN) 20 -6 0 468
zimmer don 55 24 280 20 269 bron BY U2s neal charlie 25 2 0 136
strickland george 57 31 201 0 441 clea VR U2s3 moran billy? 24 0 0 257
power vic? 30 26 530 590
wertz vic 57 32 515 43 247 clea bosa BN 1b vernon mickey 40 4 2207 355
carey andy 58 26 315 101 346 nya nya/kca IL 3b lopez hector 29 -1 551 541
schoendienst red 58 35 427 3 226 miln IL 2b mantilla felix 24 -9 191 251
avila bobby 35 -22 1207 264
o'brien johnny 28 -9 295 116
jensen jackie 59 32 535 0 498 bosa VR rf clinton lu 22 -14 0 298
others too
crandall del 60 30 537 30 350 miln SA c torre joe 20 -3 2 406
hansen ron 61 23 533 196 482 bala chia BG ss adair jerry 25 1 159 538
mantle mickey 62 30 377 172 465 nya BF cf tresh tom 25 24 166 520
alvis max 63 25 602 381 604 clea IL 3b held woodie 32 6 1881 364
moran bill 30 -19 493 349
snyder russ 63 29 429 93 345 bala BN rf bowens sam 25 2 15 501
allen bernie 64 25 243 39 319 mina KJ 2b kindall jerry 30 -12 617 342
cepeda orlando 64 26 529 34 501 sfn sfn/stln KJ 1b mccovey willie 27 27 632 540
alou matty 26 -16 336 324
davis tommy 64 25 592 60 313 lan BN lf johnson lou 30 -6 96 468
hunt ron 64 23 475 196 479 nyn SJ 2b klaus bobby 27 3 96 288
hiller chuck 30 -19 422 293
javier julian 64 27 535 229 460 stln BG 2b gagliano phil 23 -18 50 363
maxvill dal 26 5 169 89
bucheck jerry 23 11 69 166
menke denis 64 23 505 181 454 miln KJ ss woodward woody 22 -6 87 265
hansen ron 65 22 587 74 498 chia XJ ss elia lee 28 0 0 195
adair jerry 29 -5 719 422
ward pete 65 25 507 251 467 chia XJ 3b weis al 28 22 342 187
causey wayne? 29 -23 1003 243
wine bobby 65 26 394 89 363 phin XJ ss groat dick 35 6 1730 584
boyer clete 67 30 572 273 496 atln HJ 3b martinez marty 26 -16 81 356
johnson bob 32 -4 699 202
carty rico 67 27 444 0 304 atln IL lf lum mike 22 -24 9 232
francona tito 34 -3 1430 346
aaron tommie 28 -19 221 283
conigliaro tony 67 22 349 0 506 bosa IJ rf harrelson ken 26 35 522 535
ferrara al 67 27 347 7 366 lan sdn BN Uo fairey jim 23 -21 0 156
crawford willie 21 6 72 175
killebrew harmon 67 31 547 295 555 mina GJ 1b reese rich 26 -12 122 332
morgan joe 67 23 494 20 535 houn KJ 2b torres hector 22 -22 0 466
wine bobby 67 28 363 71 370 phin monn XJ ss pena roberto 31 10 57 500
mcauliffe dick 68 28 570 271 530 deta KJ 2b matchick tom 25 -20 88 298
carew rod 69 23 458 191 577 mina KJ 2b quilici frank 31 10 294 141
thompson danny 23 -35 0 302
mccarver tim 69 27 515 164 474 stln phin BH c ryan mike(BH-prev.C) 28 -21 458 134
compton mike 25 -3 0 110
edwards doc 33 3 282 78
bates del 30 -11 0 60
carty rico 70 30 478 0 271 atln KJ lf garr ralph 25 29 70 639
hundley randy 70 28 250 21 357 chin KJ c cannizzaro chris 33 -19 532 260
martin j.c. 34 1 836 125
rudolph ken 24 2 47 76
breeden danny 29 -2 3 65
tolan bobby 70 24 589 0 604 cinn FJ cf foster george 22 -5 18 473
green dick 71 30 475 42 332 oaka XJ 2b cullen tim 30 -2 628 142
kubiak ted 30 -8 472 210
brown larry (XJ) 32 -19 1011 142
johnson deron 71 32 582 230 500 phin phin/oaka LJ 1b hutton tommy 26 -11 19 381
melton bill 71 25 543 208 560 chia XJ 3b spiezio ed 30 -11 480 306
oliva tony 71 30 487 28 571 mina KJ rf darwin bobby 29 5 18 513
staub rusty 71 27 599 239 585 monn nyn BH rf milner john 22 8 9 362
allen dick 72 30 506 250 462 chia BL 1b muser tony 25 -6 57 309
valentine bobby 72 22 391 126 371 lan cala BL U23o llenas winston 29 -6 94 130
luzinski greg 73 22 610 302 596 phin KJ lf robinson bill 31 -19 522 280
johnstone jay 28 -3 708 200
hutton tommy 28 -9 259 208
buckner bill 74 24 580 288 642 lan NJ lf hale john 21 -17 4 204
paciorek tom 28 -24 202 145
harrelson bud 74 30 331 73 359 nyn KJ ss phillips mike 24 3 163 414
hisle larry 74 27 510 255 581 mina EJ rf braun steve 27 12 493 453
brye steve(BH) 26 -4 364 246
russell bill 74 25 553 252 554 lan BH-KJ ss dejesus ivan 22 3 3 87
auerbach rick(NJ) 25 -21 283 170
may milt 75 24 386 25 397 houn deta BN Uc kimm bruce 25 4 0 152
wockenfuss john 27 -10 48 144
soderholm eric 75 26 419 0 460 mina chia KJ 3b cubbage mike 25 5 67 374
thomas derrel 75 24 540 272 506 sfn LJ 2b perez marty 29 0 675 428
evans dwight 76 24 501 230 497 bosa KJ rf carbo bernie 29 11 774 228
miller rick(BG) 29 -15 543 189
grich bobby 76 27 518 181 487 bala cala XJ 2b mulliniks rance 21 7 0 271
guerrero mario(HJ) 27 -7 306 244
grubb johnny 76 27 384 93 411 sdn clea clea/texa SJ-BH lf bochte bruce 26 8 310 392
herndon larry 76 22 337 109 471 sfn KJ-JT cf thomas derrel 26 0 614 506
manning rick 76 21 552 252 566 clea XJ cf dade paul? 25 -16 24 461
pruitt ron? 25 -7 61 219
rudi joe 76 29 500 242 497 oaka cala BG lf bosley thad(LJ) 20 -3 0 212
torres rusty 28 -19 439 77
stargell willie 76 36 428 186 390 pitn EJ 1b robinson bill 34 -5 836 507
wallis joe 76 24 338 80 334 chin chin/oaka BG Uo gross greg 24 -4 430 239
clines gene 30 -13 650 239
bannister alan 77 25 560 107 506 chia SJ ss kessinger don 35 -20 1891 431
bumbry al 77 30 518 114 569 bala BL LF lopez carlos(LF) 27 -38 108 193
cedeno cesar 77 26 530 192 470 houn KJ cf walling denny 24 1 15 247
ontiveros steve 77 25 546 276 519 chin SJ 3b scott rod 24 -8 188 227
downing brian 79 28 509 93 317 cala BN cf donohue tom 27 -29 38 218
thornton andy 79 29 515 0 226 clea KJ 1b dilone miguel 25 16 283 528
cruz todd 80 29 333 0 492 cala/chia seaa XJ ss almon bill 28 31 495 349
ivie mike 80 27 286 59 265 sfn sfn/houn houn/deta IL 1b scott tony(CF)? 29 -10 609 401
lopes davey 80 35 553 214 450 lan oaka NJ 2b thomas derrell 30 -10 1148 218
sax steve 21 -1 0 119
smalley roy 80 27 486 167 499 mina mina/nya XJ ss mackanin pete 29 -14 471 225
washington ron 29 4 10 84
smith reggie 80 35 311 35 349 lan sfn SJ rf guerreo pedro 25 14 105 347
rivers mickey 81 32 399 68 309 texa KJ cf wright george 23 -5 0 557
bochte bruce 82 31 509 0 469 seaa oaka VR? lf henderson steve 30 2 671 436
garvey steve 82 33 625 388 617 sdn RJ 1b richards gene(LF) 29 -2 894 233
bevaqua kurt 36 -8 766 156
wiggins alan 25 4 87 503
scioscia mike 82 23 365 35 341 lan SJ c yeager steve 34 -15 979 335
clark jack 83 27 492 203 442 sfn stln KJ rf gladden dan 26 29 18 342
horner bob 83 25 386 113 483 atln BW 3b johnson randy 28 -3 113 294
oberkfell ken(BG) 28 -8 674 324
molitor paul 83 26 608 46 576 mila EJ 3b romero ed 26 -10 207 357
howell roy 30 -5 1044 164
thon dickie 83 25 619 17 251 houn IJ ss reynolds craig 31 23 810 527
hall mel 84 23 407 66 442 chin/clea BC lf carter joe 25 -8 89 489
phillips tony 84 25 451 161 441 oaka BF 2b hill donnie(BH) 24 -41 126 393
guerrero pedro 85 29 487 61 545 lan KJ lf stubbs franklin 25 -9 97 420
walker greg 85 25 601 282 566 chia BW-BH 1b morman russ 24 -9 0 159
bonilla bobby 23 -21 0 426
dunston shawon 86 23 581 346 575 chin BG ss brumley mike 24 0 0 104
noce paul 27 10 0 180
quinones luis 25 -12 95 101
gantner jim 86 33 497 265 539 mila LJ 2b castillo juan 25 -17 26 321
horner bob 86 28 517 0 206 atln stln JL 1b perry gerald 26 -24 288 533
braggs glenn 87 24 505 272 514 mila SJ rf leonard jeff 32 -22 993 534
calderon ivan 87 25 542 264 622 chia SJ rf boston daryl? 25 -7 289 281
redus gary? 31 10 589 333
felder mike 87 25 289 81 315 mila LJ Uo hamilton darryl 23 -8 0 103
bream sid 88 27 462 36 389 pitn KJ 1b redus gary 32 15 696 279
distefano benny 27 -6 92 154
king jeff 24 -12 0 215
canseco jose 88 23 610 227 481 oaka BW rf javier stan 25 -14 272 310
daniels kal 88 24 495 171 450 cinn cinn/lan KJ lf roomes rolando 27 -7 17 315
larkin barry 88 24 588 325 614 cinn EJ ss richardson jeff 23 -10 0 125
duncan mariano 26 -12 327 258
mcgee willie 88 29 562 199 614 stln stln/oaka VJ-WJ cf thompson milt 30 7 466 545
sabo chris 88 26 538 304 567 cinn KJ 3b quinones luis 27 -7 162 340
madison scotti 29 -5 31 98
weiss walt 88 24 452 236 445 oaka KJ ss gallego mike 28 20 297 357
winfield dave 88 36 559 0 475 nya nya/cala XJ rf barfield jesse 29 19 1011 521
buechele steve 89 27 486 251 530 texa BW 3b coolbaugh scott 24 -5 25 180
joyner wally 89 27 593 310 551 cala KJ 1b stevens lee 22 -19 0 248
felix junior 90 22 463 230 509 tora cala LJ rf gallagher dave 30 -2 345 270
venable max? 34 -18 645 187
girardi joe 90 25 419 47 270 chin XJ c wilkins rick 24 7 0 203
king jeff 90 25 371 109 480 pitn XJ 3b wehner john(XJ) 24 12 0 106
buechele steve 29 30 759 530
varsho Gary(RF)? 30 0 153 187
lansford carney 90 33 507 16 496 oaka XJ 3b riles ernest 30 -19 678 281
law vance 34 -12 1138 134
maldonado candy 90 29 590 288 489 clea mila/tora BF lf bichette dante 27 -4 178 445
sheffield gary 90 21 487 175 557 mila sdn NJ 3b gantner jim 38 -4 1560 526
sveum dale 27 -8 421 266
burks ellis 91 26 474 235 499 bosa chia WJ cf zupcic bob 25 -13 18 392
franco julio 91 29 589 107 532 texa KJ 2b frye jeff 25 4 0 199
newman al 32 1 738 246
huson jeff 27 0 316 318
gallego mike 91 30 482 173 403 oaka nya FJ-WJ 2b kelly pat 24 3 96 318
greenwell mike 91 27 544 180 540 bosa KJ lf plantier phil 23 -6 67 349
winningham herm 30 -22 763 234
guillen ozzie 91 27 524 40 457 chia KJ ss grebek craig(BF) 27 2 166 287
beltre esteban 25 -9 8 110
sveum dale 28 -17 511 249
henderson dave 91 32 572 63 382 oaka LJ cf wilson willie 36 4 1900 396
myers greg 91 25 309 78 290 tora tora/cala WJ c tingley ron? 33 7 71 127
fitzgerald mike 31 -20 753 189
pagliarulo mike 91 31 365 105 370 mina mina/bala BW 3b leius scott 26 -11 123 409
quintana carlos 91 25 478 0 303 bosa AA 1b vaughn mo 24 -11 74 355
cooper scott 24 4 16 337
spiers bill 91 25 414 16 340 mila XJ ss listach pat 24 10 0 579
trammell alan 91 33 375 102 401 deta BN ss livingstone scott(3b) 26 -11 44 354
leius scott 92 26 409 18 350 mina SJ 3b meares pat 24 -17 0 346
schofield dick 92 29 423 110 325 cala/nyn tora BA ss fernandez tony 31 22 1376 526
gant ron 93 28 606 0 410 atln cinn XJ? lf klesko ryan 23 -2 35 245
hamilton darryl 93 28 520 141 398 mila EJ cf ward turner? 29 -12 152 367
diaz alex? 25 -20 54 187
listach pat 93 25 356 54 334 mila KJ ss valentin jose 24 29 23 285
oliver joe 93 27 482 19 337 cinn mila NJ c dorsett brian 33 -5 70 216
taubensee eddie 25 6 224 187
pendleton terry 93 32 633 309 513 atln flan XJ 3b pecota bill 34 2 634 112
oliva jose 23 6 0 59
surhoff b j 93 28 552 134 415 mila MJ 3b seitzer kevin(LJ) 32 -3 1009 309
spiers bill 28 -12 484 214
cirillo jeff 24 -7 0 126
thompson robby 93 31 494 129 336 sfn SJ 2b patterson john 27 -15 48 240
scarsone steve 28 8 62 103
vizquel omar 93 76 560 286 542 seaa clea KJ ss espinoza alvaro 32 7 646 231
sandberg ryne 94 34 223 0 554 chin VR 2b sanchez rey 27 -6 288 428
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