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John Poff

Positions: Outfielder, Pinch Hitter and First Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-2, 190lb (188cm, 86kg)

Born: October 23, 1952 in Chillicothe, OH us

High School: Findlay HS (Findlay, OH)

School: Duke University (Durham, NC)

Debut: September 8, 1979 (Age 26-320d, 14,238th in major league history)
vs. CHC 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 5, 1980 (Age 27-348d)
vs. OAK 5 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Full Name: John William Poff

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-0.6

.218

RBI

OBP

.253

SLG

.322

OPS

.575

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	10-9 / in Starts: 10-7
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	6 games
Most Games w/o HR	14 games
Most Games w/o RBI	5 games
Grand Slams	0 in 1 bases loaded PA and 1 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 71 PAs	7
Actual Runners on Base	35 (18-12-5)
Avg. MLBer w/ 71 PAs	7
Avg. Runners on Base	43 (21-14-7)

Most Driven In
C Cooper	3
B Oglivie	2
S Bando	1
Self	1
G Thomas	0

Most Driven In By
J Gantner	3
V Harris	1
Self	1
D Money	1

1980 Batting Game Log

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1980 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	GDP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	13	135 (134)	Sep 3	MIL	@	KCR	W,3-1	CG(10)	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	7	1.34	-0.112	.01	0.00%	-1.56	DH
2	14	137 (1)	Sep 5	MIL		TEX	L,5-6	7-8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	9	1.75	0.142	.01	0.00%	1.00	PH
3	15	138	Sep 6	MIL		TEX	W,6-2	GS-8	3	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.444	.444	.444	.889	7	.75	0.075	.00	0.00%	0.70	RF
4	16	139	Sep 7	MIL		TEX	L,2-7	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.385	.385	.385	.769	7	.68	-0.031	.00	0.00%	-0.84	RF
5	17	140	Sep 9	MIL	@	MIN	L,2-15	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.294	.294	.294	.588	7	.32	-0.030	.00	0.00%	-0.59	RF
6	18	141	Sep 10	MIL	@	MIN	W,3-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.286	.381	.667	6	.52	0.036	.00	0.00%	0.31	RF
7	19	143 (1)	Sep 13	MIL	@	SEA	W,8-0	CG	4	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.280	.280	.360	.640	6	.41	0.002	.00	0.00%	-0.42	RF
8	20	146 (2)	Sep 17 (2)	MIL		MIN	L,1-6	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.276	.276	.379	.655	6	.43	-0.039	.00	0.00%	-0.34	1B
9	21	148 (1)	Sep 18 (2)	MIL		MIN	W,5-0	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.273	.364	.636	6	.26	0.034	.00	0.00%	0.00	RF
10	22	150 (1)	Sep 20	MIL		SEA	W,8-4	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.333	.583	6	.67	-0.051	.00	0.00%	-0.56	DH
11	23	151	Sep 21	MIL		SEA	L,5-7	GS-7	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.256	.256	.333	.590	6	2.15	0.109	.00	0.00%	1.14	1B
12	24	152	Sep 22	MIL		CAL	L,3-7	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.325	.575	9	.90	-0.020	.00	0.00%	-0.36	PH
13	25	153	Sep 23	MIL		CAL	L,1-2	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.233	.233	.302	.535	6	1.06	-0.083	.00	0.00%	-0.63	DH
14	26	155 (1)	Sep 26	MIL	@	OAK	W,10-7	CG	5	5	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.271	.271	.333	.604	7	.76	0.063	.00	0.00%	1.06	DH
15	27	156	Sep 27	MIL	@	OAK	L,4-7	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	.269	.269	.385	.654	7	1.08	-0.008	.00	0.00%	0.02	DH
16	28	157	Sep 28	MIL	@	OAK	L,2-3	CG	4	4	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.286	.286	.429	.714	7	.99	0.091	.00	0.00%	0.95	RF
17	29	159 (1)	Sep 30	MIL	@	CAL	W,4-2	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.276	.288	.414	.702	6	.51	-0.009	.00	0.00%	-0.20	1B
18	30	160	Oct 1	MIL	@	CAL	W,10-7	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.270	.281	.397	.678	6	.52	0.036	.00	0.00%	0.34	DH
19	31	162 (1)	Oct 5	MIL		OAK	W,5-4	CG(15)	7	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	.250	.282	.368	.649	6	1.98	-0.159	.00	0.00%	-0.60	DH
							10-9		71	68	7	17	1	2	1	7	3	2	7	1	.250	.282	.368	.649		.88	0.046	.00	0.00%	-0.58

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