3B Dragos Popa #12
Age: 26 | Bats: R | Throws: R | Morale: Good
09/22/1955
OA: 40 POT: 40
3B DRAGOS POPA #12 - AGE: 26 - BATS: R - THROWS: R - MORALE: GOOD
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
73 258 76 14 1 7 36 16 29 .295 .336 .438 0 1.1
BATTING RATINGS (OSA)
Overall Pot. Overall Vs Left Vs Right Pot.  
Contact 45 45 45 45
BABIP 40 40 40 40
Avoid K's 50 50 50 55
Gap 45 45 45 45
Power 40 40 40 40
Eye 40 40 40 40
FIELDING RATINGS
Catcher Infield Outfield
Range: - 55 40
Errors: - 50 40
Arm: 20 65 40
Turn DP: - 45 -
Framing: 20 - -
POSITION RATINGS
Pitcher: - Shortstop: 40
Catcher: - Left Field: -
1st Base: 60 Center Field: -
2nd Base: 40 Right Field: -
3rd Base: 55
       
RUN/BUNT
Running Speed: 55
Stealing Aggressiveness: 40
Stealing Ability: 40
Baserunning Inst.: 55
Sacrifice Bunt: 55
Bunt for Hit: 30
   
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
07/29/1955 KAZ Win, 8-2 3 2 2 1 0 1 1 0
07/28/1955 KAZ Win, 4-2 4 1 3 0 0 0 0 0
07/27/1955 KAZ Win, 5-4 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 0
07/26/1955 @ KIE Loss, 4-13 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
07/25/1955 @ KIE Win, 5-0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
07/24/1955 @ KIE Loss, 2-11 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
07/23/1955 GOR Loss, 3-5 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
07/21/1955 GOR Loss, 2-3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
07/20/1955 @ WAR Win, 5-4 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 0
07/19/1955 @ WAR Loss, 1-7 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
PERSONALITY
Dedicated and passionate, but he won't argue with umpires.
Birthday:03/04/1929
Born in:Mitocu Dragomirnei, SUC
Nationality:Romanian
Height:5' 10"
Weight:180 lbs
Local Popularity:Insignificant
National Pop.:Unknown
STATUS
Contract:Major League Contract
Salary:$4,500
Signed Through:1956 Season
Major Service:5 Years, 39 Days
Service This Yr:90 Days
40-Man Service:2 Years, 19 Days
Pro Service:6 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Eligible, but possibly free agent after season!
Option Years:2 option years left
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:-
EASTERN BLOC BASEBALL 1955 BATTING STATS
Batting G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS WOBA ISO wRC+
Overall 73 258 76 14 1 7 36 28 16 29 .295 .336 .438 .774 .336 .143 113
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 73 284 1 0 0 2 7 2 113 22 0 3 0.0 37.8 5.21 1.1  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   59 17 5 1 2 6 8 3 8 0 1 1 .288 .333 .508 .842
Versus Right   199 59 9 0 5 30 20 13 21 2 6 0 .296 .336 .417 .754
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
May   88 27 5 0 3 12 8 6 15 1 3 0 .307 .347 .466 .813
June   85 28 4 1 4 16 11 3 6 0 3 1 .329 .360 .541 .901
July   85 21 5 0 0 8 9 7 8 1 1 0 .247 .301 .306 .607
Spring Training   90 27 4 0 2 13 10 8 7 0 4 2 .300 .370 .411 .781
Last Year   268 71 13 2 6 23 36 20 32 3 5 2 .265 .317 .396 .713
2 Years Ago   269 60 11 0 1 11 26 22 32 0 7 3 .223 .289 .275 .564
Career   1065 271 47 6 17 89 114 81 120 6 25 10 .254 .312 .358 .669
Home   116 36 6 1 2 15 12 8 19 1 2 0 .310 .352 .431 .783
Road   142 40 8 0 5 21 16 8 10 1 5 1 .282 .322 .444 .766
Grass   258 76 14 1 7 36 28 16 29 2 7 1 .295 .336 .438 .774
Day   88 26 6 0 2 11 11 5 8 0 3 1 .295 .340 .432 .772
Night   170 50 8 1 5 25 17 11 21 2 4 0 .294 .333 .441 .775
As Starter   258 76 14 1 7 36 28 16 29 2 7 1 .295 .336 .438 .774
Close/Late   50 12 2 0 0 3 1 3 5 1 3 1 .240 .291 .280 .571
Inning 1-3   78 24 4 0 3 16 10 7 13 1 1 0 .308 .360 .474 .835
Inning 4-6   98 28 6 1 2 13 12 6 8 0 3 0 .286 .327 .429 .755
Inning 7-9   76 23 4 0 2 7 6 3 8 1 3 1 .303 .333 .434 .768
Extra Innings   6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .167 .167 .333
0 Outs   71 18 3 0 1 4 10 6 11 1 3 0 .254 .308 .338 .646
1 Outs   94 34 6 1 2 13 11 1 7 1 4 1 .362 .371 .511 .882
2 Outs   93 24 5 0 4 19 7 9 11 0 0 0 .258 .324 .441 .764
Scoring Position   86 26 5 0 3 28 6 6 10 2 7 0 .302 .340 .465 .806
Bases Empty   131 35 5 1 2 2 15 6 16 0 0 1 .267 .304 .366 .671
Runner on 1st   41 15 4 0 2 6 7 4 3 0 0 0 .366 .422 .610 1.032
Runner on 2nd   34 13 2 0 1 7 2 5 2 0 6 0 .382 .462 .529 .991
Runner on 3rd   4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .200 .000 .200
Runner on 1st & 2nd   17 5 2 0 2 9 4 0 3 0 0 0 .294 .294 .765 1.059
Runner on 1st & 3rd   15 4 1 0 0 5 0 0 2 0 0 0 .267 .267 .333 .600
Runner on 2nd & 3rd   8 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 1 1 0 .125 .111 .125 .236
Bases Loaded   8 3 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 1 0 0 .375 .333 .375 .708
Two Strikes   112 24 4 1 3 15 14 11 29 2 0 1 .214 .286 .348 .634
First Pitch   39 12 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 5 0 .308 .308 .333 .641
Count 0-1   32 15 5 0 1 8 5 0 0 0 1 0 .469 .469 .719 1.188
Count 0-2   16 8 1 0 1 5 2 0 2 0 0 0 .500 .500 .750 1.250
Count 1-0   17 5 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .294 .294 .529 .824
Count 1-1   34 10 2 0 1 5 2 0 0 0 1 0 .294 .294 .441 .735
Count 1-2   30 4 1 0 0 0 2 0 7 0 0 0 .133 .133 .167 .300
Count 2-0   7 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .286 .286 .286 .571
Count 2-1   8 4 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .875 1.375
Count 2-2   37 4 0 1 1 1 3 0 12 0 0 1 .108 .132 .243 .375
Count 3-0   0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Count 3-1   9 4 1 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 .444 .583 .556 1.139
Full Count   29 8 2 0 1 9 7 11 8 2 0 0 .276 .452 .448 .901
Behind in Count   78 27 7 0 2 13 9 0 9 0 1 0 .346 .346 .513 .859
Ahead in Count   41 15 2 0 2 5 6 5 0 0 0 0 .366 .435 .561 .996
Batting 4th   4 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .750 .750 1.000 1.750
Batting 5th   25 6 1 0 0 2 5 3 5 1 0 0 .240 .310 .280 .590
Batting 6th   61 19 3 0 2 11 6 4 2 0 2 0 .311 .354 .459 .813
Batting 7th   98 30 5 1 5 17 15 6 11 0 5 1 .306 .352 .531 .883
Batting 8th   70 18 4 0 0 6 1 3 11 1 0 0 .257 .284 .314 .598
Low Leverage   103 29 4 1 3 7 14 4 7 0 0 0 .282 .308 .427 .736
Medium Leverage   103 32 6 0 4 16 11 9 14 1 6 1 .311 .368 .485 .854
High Leverage   51 15 4 0 0 13 3 3 8 1 1 0 .294 .327 .373 .700
CAREER BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1952 Bucharest - EBB 23 75 270 64 9 3 3 19 24 23 4 1 27 2 6 .237 .305 .326 .631 83 79 0.4
1953 Bucharest - EBB 24 74 269 60 11 0 1 11 26 22 3 0 32 3 1 .223 .289 .275 .564 59 52 -0.6
1954 Bucharest - EBB 25 77 268 71 13 2 6 23 36 20 2 3 32 1 0 .265 .317 .396 .713 100 98 1.3
1955 Bucharest - EBB 26 73 258 76 14 1 7 36 28 16 1 2 29 0 3 .295 .336 .438 .774 115 113 1.1
Total EBB 299 1065 271 47 6 17 89 114 81 10 6 120 6 10 .254 .312 .358 .669 89 85 2.3
CAREER MINOR LEAGUE BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
1952 Bucharest - INT 1B 52 51 504 51 40 560 5 .991 440.2 11.34 +3.8 1.063
1952 Bucharest - INT 2B 1 1 2 6 3 8 0 1.000 8.0 9.00 +0.1 1.060
1952 Bucharest - INT 3B 19 17 14 47 6 66 5 .924 152.0 3.61 -0.4 .976
1952 Bucharest - INT SS 6 6 8 13 3 21 0 1.000 54.0 3.50 +0.6 1.098
1953 Bucharest - INT 1B 21 19 183 16 21 202 3 .985 172.1 10.39 +0.3 1.017
1953 Bucharest - INT 2B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1953 Bucharest - INT 3B 47 44 43 125 5 178 10 .944 403.0 3.75 -2.9 .984
1953 Bucharest - INT SS 8 8 11 19 3 32 2 .938 67.1 4.01 -0.8 .919
1954 Bucharest - INT C 1 1 7 0 0 7 0 1.000 9.0 7.00 +0.0 .000 0 0 0 0.0
1954 Bucharest - INT 1B 5 4 34 2 4 36 0 1.000 37.0 8.76 +0.3 1.062
1954 Bucharest - INT 3B 69 68 58 176 10 245 11 .955 598.0 3.52 -1.5 .996
1955 Bucharest - INT 1B 3 0 8 1 0 9 0 1.000 13.0 6.23 +0.1 1.043
1955 Bucharest - INT 2B 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 4.0 4.50 +0.0 .000
1955 Bucharest - INT 3B 67 67 67 139 18 209 3 .986 577.2 3.21 -2.2 .988
1955 Bucharest - INT SS 5 5 5 16 4 21 0 1.000 45.0 4.20 -0.2 .970
TOTAL C 1 1 7 0 0 7 0 1.000 9.0 7.00 +0.0 .000 0 0 0 0.0
TOTAL 1B 81 74 729 70 65 807 8 .990 663.0 10.85 +4.5 1.051
TOTAL 2B 3 1 4 6 3 10 0 1.000 12.0 7.50 +0.1 1.060
TOTAL 3B 202 196 182 487 39 698 29 .958 1730.2 3.48 -7.0 .988
TOTAL SS 19 19 24 48 10 74 2 .973 166.1 3.90 -0.4 .979
PLAYER HISTORY
01/02/1952 Signed a 1-year minor league contract with the Bucharest Bucks organization.
02/05/1952 Successfully completed training to improve his baserunning fundamentals at the Bucharest Bucks development complex.
09/02/1952 Received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $1,560.
01/01/1953 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 50 (50); Power: 40 (40); Eye: 40 (40).
08/12/1953 Signed a 1-year contract extension worth a total of $2,960 with the Bucharest Bucks organization.
01/01/1954 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 50 (50); Power: 40 (40); Eye: 40 (40).
03/30/1954 Injured (bruised forearm),day-to-day for 1 day.
01/01/1955 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 45 (45); Power: 40 (40); Eye: 40 (40).
LEADERBOARD APPEARANCES
Year HP Rank
1952 4 7
1953 3 8
Year SH Rank
1953 7 7
1955 7 10
Year SF Rank
1954 3 9
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