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Cecil Espy
	Cecil Edward Espy


	Born: January 20, 1963 in San Diego, CA
	50 years old
	Bats: B	Throws: R	Ht: 6'3"	Wt: 195

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Notes:
- Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in 1980 - (Round 1 / Pick 8)
- High School: Point Loma (San Diego, CA)

Defensive Regression Analysis

Center Field

									Multi-Year					1-Year
Yr	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos		G	Inn		Runs	Rate	Range	Arm		Runs	Range	Arm
1983	LAN	NL	20.4	CF		15	31.0		0.2	5.0	0.2	-0.0		1.3	1.4	-0.1
1988	TEX	AL	25.4	CF		46	301.3		1.8	5.8	1.9	-0.2		-0.1	0.2	-0.3
1989	TEX	AL	26.4	CF		131	986.3		5.7	5.8	6.3	-0.6		3.3	3.9	-0.6
1990	TEX	AL	27.4	CF		28	133.0		0.9	6.5	1.0	-0.1		5.0	4.8	0.2
1991	PIT	NL	28.4	CF		25	130.3		0.8	6.5	1.0	-0.1		1.2	1.7	-0.5
1992	PIT	NL	29.4	CF		18	81.0		0.6	6.8	0.6	-0.1		0.1	0.4	-0.3
6	3			CF		263	1663.0		9.9	6.0	11.0	-1.1		10.7	12.4	-1.7

DRA data obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry

Left Field

									Multi-Year					1-Year
Yr	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos		G	Inn		Runs	Rate	Range	Arm		Runs	Range	Arm
1987	TEX	AL	24.4	LF		5	17.0		0.2	13.0	0.2	0.0		0.1	0.2	-0.1
1988	TEX	AL	25.4	LF		52	378.7		4.8	12.8	3.8	1.1		11.2	8.6	2.5
1989	TEX	AL	26.4	LF		3	14.0		0.2	10.9	0.1	0.0		-0.6	-0.5	-0.1
1990	TEX	AL	27.4	LF		4	8.0		0.1	9.5	0.1	0.0		0.1	0.1	-0.0
1991	PIT	NL	28.4	LF		2	5.0		0.0	9.6	0.0	0.0		-0.1	-0.1	-0.0
1992	PIT	NL	29.4	LF		11	64.0		-0.2	-3.3	-0.2	0.0		-1.0	-0.8	-0.2
1993	CIN	NL	30.4	LF		18	109.0		-0.3	-2.4	-0.3	0.1		-0.4	-1.0	0.6
7	3			LF		95	595.7		4.9	8.2	3.6	1.3		9.3	6.5	2.8

DRA data obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry

Right Field

									Multi-Year					1-Year
Yr	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos		G	Inn		Runs	Rate	Range	Arm		Runs	Range	Arm
1987	TEX	AL	24.4	RF		3	13.0		-0.0	-0.6	-0.0	0.0		1.2	0.7	0.5
1988	TEX	AL	25.4	RF		8	48.0		0.1	1.5	-0.2	0.3		-0.7	-1.7	1.0
1989	TEX	AL	26.4	RF		1	4.0		-0.0	-0.3	-0.0	0.0		-0.5	-0.4	-0.0
1990	TEX	AL	27.4	RF		9	32.0		-0.0	-0.5	-0.1	0.1		-0.3	-0.1	-0.2
1991	PIT	NL	28.4	RF		11	56.7		-0.1	-2.0	-0.3	0.1		1.1	-0.5	1.5
1992	PIT	NL	29.4	RF		56	210.7		-0.2	-1.2	-0.5	0.3		-1.0	-0.7	-0.4
1993	CIN	NL	30.4	RF		1	1.0		-0.0	-0.5	-0.0	0.0		-0.1	-0.1	-0.0
7	3			RF		89	365.3		-0.3	-0.9	-1.2	0.8		-0.4	-2.9	2.5

DRA data obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry

Designated Hitter

Yr	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos		G
1988	TEX	AL	25.4	DH		12
1989	TEX	AL	26.4	DH		3
1990	TEX	AL	27.4	DH		4
3	1			DH		19

DRA data obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry

Shortstop

									Multi-Year				1-Year
Yr	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos		G	Inn		Runs	Rate	Range		Runs	Range
1988	TEX	AL	25.4	SS		3	5.0		-0.0	-2.5	-0.0		-0.3	-0.3
1	1			SS		3	5.0		-0.0	-2.5	-0.0		-0.3	-0.3

DRA data obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry

Second Base

									Multi-Year				1-Year
Yr	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos		G	Inn		Runs	Rate	Range		Runs	Range
1988	TEX	AL	25.4	2B		1	1.3		-0.0	-5.0	-0.0		-0.2	-0.2
1990	TEX	AL	27.4	2B		1	1.0		-0.0	-5.0	-0.0		-0.2	-0.2
2	1			2B		2	2.3		-0.0	-5.0	-0.0		-0.4	-0.4

DRA data obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry

Catcher

									Multi-Year					1-Year
Yr	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos		G	Inn		Runs	Rate	A2	PB		Runs	GO2	CS	A2	PB
1988	TEX	AL	25.4	C		2	2.0		-0.0	-21.6	-0.0	-0.0		-1.6	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	-1.6
1	1			C		2	2.0		-0.0	-21.6	-0.0	-0.0		-1.6	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	-1.6

DRA data obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry

First Base

									Multi-Year				1-Year
Yr	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos		G	Inn		Runs	Rate	Range		Runs	Range
1988	TEX	AL	25.4	1B		1	2.0		-0.0	-1.2	-0.0		-0.1	-0.1
1	1			1B		1	2.0		-0.0	-1.2	-0.0		-0.1	-0.1

DRA data obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry

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Defensive Regression Analysis data used here was obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry.

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Uniform images used with permission from Marc Okkonen, author of Baseball Uniforms of the 20th Century.
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Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James