C Tex Strain #16
Phoenix Scorchers (HOU) GWL
Age: 25 | Bats: R | Throws: R | Morale: Unhappy
05/12/1975
BNN Index | GWL | SCORES | STANDINGS | STATS | TEAMS | PLAYERS | TRANSACTIONS | HISTORY
C TEX STRAIN #16 - AGE: 25 - BATS: R - THROWS: R - MORALE: UNHAPPY
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
21 62 11 3 0 1 13 9 17 .177 .282 .274 0 -0.1
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
05/10/1975 HAW Loss, 6-8 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
05/09/1975 @ POR Win, 4-2 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0
05/08/1975 @ POR Loss, 2-8 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
05/07/1975 @ POR Loss, 3-5 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
05/06/1975 SLC Loss, 2-5 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
05/05/1975 SLC Loss, 3-7 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 0
05/04/1975 SLC Win, 4-0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
05/03/1975 SJ Win, 8-5 2 1 1 1 0 2 0 0
05/02/1975 SJ Win, 5-3 3 1 1 2 1 0 1 0
05/01/1975 SJ Loss, 4-7 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
PERSONALITY
Birthday:10/01/1949
Born in:Louisville, KY
Nationality:American
Height:6' 1"
Weight:200 lbs
Local Popularity:Insignificant
National Pop.:Insignificant
STATUS
Contract:Major League Contract
Salary:$15,000
Signed Through:1975 Season
Major Service:None, 142 Days
Service This Yr:None
40-Man Service:1 Year, 152 Days
Pro Service:7 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Not eligible, free agent after contract expires!
Option Years:1 option year left
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:1968, 5th Pick in Round 5
GREAT WESTERN LEAGUE 1975 BATTING STATS
Batting G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS WOBA ISO wRC+
Overall 21 62 11 3 0 1 13 4 9 17 .177 .282 .274 .556 .252 .097 41
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 19 76 0 0 0 0 5 0 17 4 0 0 0.0 5.8 2.78 -0.1  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   19 3 1 0 0 5 1 2 6 0 1 0 .158 .238 .211 .449
Versus Right   43 8 2 0 1 8 3 7 11 0 4 0 .186 .300 .302 .602
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Last Week   18 2 1 0 0 2 1 1 4 0 2 0 .111 .158 .167 .325
April   34 7 2 0 0 8 1 6 11 0 2 0 .206 .325 .265 .590
May   28 4 1 0 1 5 3 3 6 0 3 0 .143 .226 .286 .512
Last Year   334 90 17 0 9 48 35 44 70 2 6 4 .269 .359 .401 .761
2 Years Ago   172 48 9 1 5 25 27 27 43 1 2 1 .279 .378 .430 .808
Career   771 204 42 1 19 112 91 109 177 5 13 10 .265 .361 .396 .756
Home   29 7 3 0 1 9 2 4 4 0 4 0 .241 .333 .448 .782
Road   33 4 0 0 0 4 2 5 13 0 1 0 .121 .237 .121 .358
Grass   62 11 3 0 1 13 4 9 17 0 5 0 .177 .282 .274 .556
Day   28 4 1 0 0 3 1 5 8 0 3 0 .143 .273 .179 .451
Night   34 7 2 0 1 10 3 4 9 0 2 0 .206 .289 .353 .642
As Starter   60 11 3 0 1 13 4 9 15 0 5 0 .183 .290 .283 .573
As Reliever / Substitution   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Pinch Hitting   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Close/Late   17 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 7 0 1 0 .118 .167 .118 .284
Inning 1-3   16 2 0 0 1 3 2 3 3 0 1 0 .125 .263 .312 .576
Inning 4-6   20 4 2 0 0 7 0 2 5 0 3 0 .200 .273 .300 .573
Inning 7-9   22 5 1 0 0 3 2 4 6 0 1 0 .227 .346 .273 .619
Extra Innings   4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
0 Outs   21 3 0 0 0 1 0 3 6 0 3 0 .143 .250 .143 .393
1 Outs   20 6 3 0 1 9 3 1 5 0 2 0 .300 .333 .600 .933
2 Outs   21 2 0 0 0 3 1 5 6 0 0 0 .095 .269 .095 .364
Scoring Position   18 5 2 0 0 10 1 5 4 0 5 0 .278 .435 .389 .824
Bases Empty   34 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 13 0 0 0 .088 .139 .088 .227
Runner on 1st   10 3 1 0 1 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 .300 .417 .700 1.117
Runner on 2nd   3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 0 .000 .250 .000 .250
Runner on 3rd   3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667
Runner on 1st & 2nd   5 2 1 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 .400 .571 .600 1.171
Runner on 2nd & 3rd   2 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
Bases Loaded   5 1 1 0 0 5 0 2 1 0 0 0 .200 .429 .400 .829
Two Strikes   31 4 1 0 1 7 3 9 17 0 0 0 .129 .325 .258 .583
First Pitch   10 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 .200 .200 .200 .400
Count 0-1   4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Count 0-2   6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Count 1-0   3 2 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 1.000 1.667
Count 1-1   4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500
Count 1-2   10 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 6 0 0 0 .100 .100 .200 .300
Count 2-0   3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667
Count 2-1   3 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .333 .333 .667 1.000
Count 2-2   11 2 0 0 1 2 2 0 6 0 0 0 .182 .182 .455 .636
Count 3-1   4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Full Count   4 1 0 0 0 3 1 9 1 0 0 0 .250 .769 .250 1.019
Behind in Count   20 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 10 0 2 0 .050 .050 .100 .150
Ahead in Count   13 4 2 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 .308 .308 .462 .769
Batting 5th   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Batting 6th   5 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 .000 .167 .000 .167
Batting 7th   39 9 3 0 1 9 3 6 9 0 5 0 .231 .333 .385 .718
Batting 8th   16 2 0 0 0 3 1 2 5 0 0 0 .125 .222 .125 .347
Batting 9th   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Low Leverage   29 3 2 0 0 5 1 2 12 0 0 0 .103 .161 .172 .334
Medium Leverage   20 5 0 0 1 5 2 5 2 0 3 0 .250 .400 .400 .800
High Leverage   13 3 1 0 0 3 1 2 3 0 2 0 .231 .333 .308 .641
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
1972 Los Angeles - FABL 22 15 41 7 1 1 0 4 4 2 0 1 9 0 0 .171 .205 .244 .448 34 8 -0.2
1973 Los Angeles - FABL 23 41 134 21 3 0 3 17 11 9 0 2 37 0 1 .157 .207 .246 .453 28 22 -0.9
1973 Houston - FABL 23 18 53 9 0 0 2 8 4 2 0 1 12 0 0 .170 .196 .283 .479 32 34 -0.1
1973 Total - FABL 23 59 187 30 3 0 5 25 15 11 0 3 49 0 1 .160 .204 .257 .461 29 25 -0.9
1974 Houston - FABL 24 25 86 14 2 0 1 9 4 4 0 0 22 0 0 .163 .200 .221 .421 20 21 -0.3
Total FABL 99 314 51 6 1 6 38 23 17 0 4 80 0 1 .162 .203 .245 .448 27 22 -1.5
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
1968 Monroe - R 18 36 113 27 4 0 3 18 13 19 0 0 40 1 0 .239 .348 .354 .702 90 87 0.5
1968 Stockton - A 18 29 90 14 3 0 1 9 3 13 2 3 28 1 0 .156 .269 .222 .491 38 29 -0.4
1969 Stockton - A 19 83 283 63 5 2 6 49 29 45 3 3 86 1 1 .223 .332 .318 .650 71 68 0.4
1969 Madison - A 19 20 60 13 5 0 0 10 7 6 0 2 16 0 0 .217 .279 .300 .579 78 81 0.2
1970 Madison - A 20 118 380 86 13 0 4 45 32 49 6 2 123 1 0 .226 .323 .292 .615 78 86 1.6
1971 El Paso - AA 21 105 348 81 8 1 9 40 46 48 4 4 105 0 1 .233 .329 .339 .668 75 77 0.9
1972 Madison - A 22 37 109 28 6 1 0 11 14 37 2 1 19 0 0 .257 .450 .330 .780 122 129 1.2
1972 El Paso - AA 22 29 89 30 4 2 1 7 12 21 0 0 15 0 0 .337 .464 .461 .924 143 137 1.0
1972 Hawaii - AAA 22 61 203 55 13 0 4 26 25 29 5 2 47 0 1 .271 .372 .394 .766 111 114 1.8
1973 Hawaii - AAA 23 50 172 48 9 1 5 25 27 27 1 1 43 0 0 .279 .378 .430 .808 115 114 1.4
1974 Phoenix - AAA 24 99 334 90 17 0 9 48 35 44 4 2 70 0 0 .269 .359 .401 .761 97 101 1.2
1975 Phoenix - AAA 25 21 62 11 3 0 1 13 4 9 0 0 17 0 0 .177 .282 .274 .556 42 41 -0.1
Total GWL 231 771 204 42 1 19 112 91 109 10 5 177 0 1 .265 .361 .396 .756 100 102
Total HL 175 549 127 24 1 4 66 53 92 8 5 158 1 0 .231 .347 .301 .648 88 95
Total COW 112 373 77 8 2 7 58 32 58 5 6 114 2 1 .206 .317 .295 .612 63 58
Total LSA 134 437 111 12 3 10 47 58 69 4 4 120 0 1 .254 .358 .364 .722 90 90
Total GSL 36 113 27 4 0 3 18 13 19 0 0 40 1 0 .239 .348 .354 .702 90 87
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
1968 Stockton - A C 25 25 227 19 2 248 2 .992 223.0 9.93 -1.0 .713 2 18 7 38.9
1968 Monroe - R C 31 29 296 29 1 328 3 .991 265.0 11.04 +0.1 1.040 1 35 14 40.0
1969 Madison - A C 20 19 127 8 1 136 1 .993 159.2 7.61 -0.2 .000 0 15 4 26.7
1969 Stockton - A C 82 81 637 49 6 688 2 .997 719.0 8.59 +1.3 1.082 3 43 16 37.2
1970 Madison - A C 116 116 952 74 8 1031 5 .995 984.2 9.38 -0.2 1.046 5 106 33 31.1
1971 El Paso - AA C 101 98 748 60 7 814 6 .993 859.2 8.46 +2.9 .925 4 75 34 45.3
1972 Los Angeles - MLB C 15 13 87 6 0 94 1 .989 111.2 7.50 -0.1 2.027 0 10 2 20.0
1972 Hawaii - AAA C 59 59 363 40 5 404 1 .998 513.1 7.07 +2.4 1.282 1 34 17 50.0
1972 El Paso - AA C 29 28 209 22 1 231 0 1.000 242.0 8.59 +0.2 1.001 2 16 5 31.2
1972 Madison - A C 36 36 278 21 2 303 4 .987 313.0 8.60 -0.3 .000 2 28 11 39.3
1973 Los Angeles - MLB C 41 40 225 16 1 243 2 .992 346.1 6.26 -1.5 1.319 4 30 4 13.3
1973 Houston - MLB C 18 16 98 11 0 109 0 1.000 139.1 7.04 +0.9 .989 0 12 7 58.3
1973 Hawaii - AAA C 49 48 297 31 2 330 2 .994 427.0 6.91 +2.0 1.100 3 16 11 68.8
1974 Houston - MLB C 24 24 149 15 2 164 0 1.000 212.1 6.95 +0.7 1.499 2 13 4 30.8
1974 Phoenix - AAA C 94 92 595 37 0 632 0 1.000 810.0 7.02 +0.4 1.141 6 33 11 33.3
1975 Phoenix - AAA C 19 19 116 15 1 131 0 1.000 158.2 7.43 +0.1 1.020 2 7 3 42.9
TOTAL C 759 743 5404 453 39 5886 29 .995 6484.2 8.13 +7.7 1.066 37 491 183 37.3
PLAYER HISTORY
06/18/1968 Drafted in the 1968 first-year player draft out of high school (Seneca; Louisville, KY) by the Los Angeles Suns. (Round 5, Pick 5, 85th overall pick).
03/21/1969 Unsuccessfully completed training to generate more batspeed and homerun power at the Los Angeles Suns development complex.
06/18/1970 Was selected to the 1970 Heartland League All-Star Game.
10/13/1970 Injured (viral infection),out for one week.
10/19/1970 Suffered setback in recovery from injury, will miss another one week.
07/30/1973 Was traded by the Los Angeles Suns to the Houston Comets, along with SS Fred Ruesch, in exchange for SP Heinie Schmidt.
07/11/1974 Injured (bruised wrist),day-to-day for 2 days.
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