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Maurice Van Robays
	Maurice Rene Van Robays
	(Bomber)

	Born: November 15, 1914 in Detroit, MI
	Died: March 1, 1965 - 50 years old
	Bats: R	Throws: R	Ht: 6'0"	Wt: 190

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Notes:
- Served in the Army during World War II

Defensive Regression Analysis

Left Field

									Multi-Year					1-Year
Yr	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos		G	Inn		Runs	Rate	Range	Arm		Runs	Range	Arm
1939	PIT	NL	24.6	LF		25	217.0		-3.2	-14.5	-3.1	-0.0		-2.8	-2.8	-0.0
1940	PIT	NL	25.6	LF		137	1195.3		-6.7	-5.6	-6.9	0.2		-18.7	-18.5	-0.1
1941	PIT	NL	26.6	LF		121	1044.7		-0.9	-0.9	-1.4	0.5		7.7	7.2	0.5
1942	PIT	NL	27.6	LF		84	687.3		6.3	9.2	5.8	0.5		8.5	7.4	1.0
1943	PIT	NL	28.6	LF		15	87.3		0.8	9.6	0.8	0.1		0.5	0.6	-0.1
1946	PIT	NL	31.6	LF		21	172.3		-0.2	-1.2	-0.0	-0.2		-1.3	-0.6	-0.7
6	1			LF		403	3404.0		-3.8	-1.1	-4.9	1.0		-6.1	-6.7	0.6

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
1940	PIT	NL	25.6	RF		6	47.0		0.1	1.7	0.1	-0.0		-0.5	-0.5	0.0
1943	PIT	NL	28.6	RF		45	332.7		-0.9	-2.8	-0.6	-0.3		1.8	2.2	-0.3
1946	PIT	NL	31.6	RF		13	104.7		-0.2	-2.3	-0.1	-0.1		-3.8	-3.3	-0.5
3	1			RF		64	484.3		-1.1	-2.2	-0.7	-0.4		-2.5	-1.6	-0.8

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
1940	PIT	NL	25.6	1B		1	1.7		0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0
1946	PIT	NL	31.6	1B		2	12.7		0.0	1.0	0.0		0.2	0.2
2	1			1B		3	14.3		0.0	0.9	0.0		0.2	0.2

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

Center Field

									Multi-Year					1-Year
Yr	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos		G	Inn		Runs	Rate	Range	Arm		Runs	Range	Arm
1946	PIT	NL	31.6	CF		3	24.0		-0.0	-0.8	-0.0	-0.0		-0.2	-0.1	-0.1
1	1			CF		3	24.0		-0.0	-0.8	-0.0	-0.0		-0.2	-0.1	-0.1

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

Third Base

									Multi-Year				1-Year
Yr	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos		G	Inn		Runs	Rate	Range		Runs	Range
1939	PIT	NL	24.6	3B		1	12.0		-0.0	-2.8	-0.0		-0.5	-0.5
1	1			3B		1	12.0		-0.0	-2.8	-0.0		-0.5	-0.5

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.

The transaction and player splits data used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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Uniform images used with permission from Marc Okkonen, author of Baseball Uniforms of the 20th Century.
Images can also be viewed at the Hall of Fame online exhibit Dressed to the Nines

Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James