Ty LaForest

Positions: Third Baseman and Outfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-9, 165lb (175cm, 74kg)

Born: April 18, 1917 in Edmundston, Canada ca

Died: May 5, 1947 in Arlington, MA

Buried: Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Arlington, MA

High School: Waltham HS (Waltham, MA)

Debut: August 4, 1945 (Age 28-108d, 9,979th in major league history)
vs. WSH 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 30, 1945 (Age 28-165d)
vs. NYY 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1945 season

Full Name: Byron Joseph LaForest

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.6

204

.250

RBI

OBP

.285

SLG

.353

OPS

.638

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	18-33 / in Starts: 16-33
Longest Hitting Streak	7 games
Longest On Base Streak	13 games
Most Games w/o HR	24 games
Most Games w/o RBI	8 games
Grand Slams	0 in 2 bases loaded PA and 2 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	4

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 220 PAs	16
Actual Runners on Base	81 (49-28-4) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 220 PAs	22
Avg. Runners on Base	145 (75-46-23)

Most Driven In
E Lake	3
S Newsome	2
M Ryba	1
T McBride	1
J Tobin	1
V Johnson	1
F Barrett	1

Most Driven In By
G Metkovich	7
B Johnson	5
T McBride	3
P Fox	1

1945 Batting Game Log

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1945 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	1	96 (95)	Aug 4 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	L,0-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	.72	0.047	1.07	0.04%	0.43	3B
2	2	97	Aug 4 (2)	BOS	@	WSH	W,15-4	CG	6	4	3	2	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	.375	.500	.500	1.000	2	1.08	0.298	1.31	0.22%	2.49	3B
3	3	98	Aug 5 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	L,4-5	CG(14)	7	7	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	1	0	.333	.412	.400	.812	2	1.53	-0.058	2.33	-0.05%	-0.16	3B
4	4	99	Aug 5 (2)	BOS	@	WSH	L,1-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		1	0	0	1	.316	.381	.368	.749	2	.82	-0.012	1.09	-0.01%	-0.25	3B
5	5	100	Aug 8 (1)	BOS	@	DET	L,2-5	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.273	.333	.318	.652	2	1.03	-0.081	1.28	-0.06%	-0.59	3B
6	6	101	Aug 8 (2)	BOS	@	DET	W,7-4	CG(12)	6	5	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1		0	0	1	0	.296	.345	.333	.678	2	1.14	0.293	1.03	0.16%	0.99	3B
7	7	102	Aug 9	BOS	@	DET	L,5-11	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	1			1	0	0	.258	.303	.290	.593	2						3B
8	8	103	Aug 10	BOS	@	DET	W,9-0	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1		1	0	0			0	0	1	.257	.316	.286	.602	2						3B
9	9	104	Aug 11	BOS	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.250	.302	.275	.577	2						3B
10	10	105	Aug 12 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	W,7-1	CG	5	4	0	3	1	0	0	2	0		0	0	1			0	0	0	.295	.340	.341	.681	2						3B
11	11	106	Aug 12 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-8	CG	4	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	1	0	0	.292	.333	.375	.708	2	1.07	-0.121	.96	-0.07%	0.00	3B
12	12	107	Aug 13	BOS	@	CLE	L,0-10	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.288	.327	.365	.693	2	.69	-0.060	.42	-0.02%	-0.61	3B
13	13	108	Aug 14	BOS	@	CLE	L,0-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	1			0	0	0	.273	.310	.345	.656	2						3B
14	14	109	Aug 15 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	L,1-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.271	.306	.373	.679	2	.66	0.050	.18	0.01%	0.26	3B
15	15	110	Aug 15 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	L,0-11	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.270	.303	.365	.668	2	.49	-0.056	.12	-0.01%	-0.64	3B
16	16	111	Aug 16	BOS	@	CHW	L,3-11	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.284	.314	.388	.702	2	.50	0.050	.06	0.00%	1.87	3B
17	17	112	Aug 17	BOS	@	CHW	W,8-2	GS-8	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.278	.307	.375	.682	2	.83	-0.083	.10	-0.01%	-0.67	3B
18	18	113	Aug 18	BOS	@	CHW	L,1-16	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.276	.304	.368	.672	2	.34	0.014	.05	0.00%	-0.23	3B
19	19	115 (1)	Aug 19 (2)	BOS	@	SLB	L,3-6	CG	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.284	.310	.370	.680	2						3B
20	20	116	Aug 20	BOS	@	SLB	L,6-10	CG	5	4	1	1	1	0	0	1	1		0	0	0			0	0	0	.282	.315	.376	.691	2						3B
21	21	117	Aug 21 (1)	BOS	@	SLB	L,1-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0			0	0	0	.273	.312	.364	.675	2						3B
22	22	118	Aug 21 (2)	BOS	@	SLB	W,4-3	CG(5)	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0			0	0	0	.275	.313	.363	.675	2						3B
23	23	119	Aug 22 (1)	BOS	@	SLB	L,2-4	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		1	0	0			0	0	0	.266	.310	.351	.661	2						3B
24	24	120	Aug 22 (2)	BOS	@	SLB	W,5-4	CG	5	5	0	2	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.273	.314	.364	.678	2						3B
25	25	121	Aug 26 (1)	BOS		PHA	W,4-3	CG(10)	5	4	1	3	0	0	1	1	1		0	0	0			0	0	0	.291	.336	.408	.744	2						3B
26	26	122	Aug 26 (2)	BOS		PHA	W,4-3	CG	4	3	1	2	1	0	1	2	0		0	0	1			0	0	1	.302	.345	.453	.798	2						3B
27	27	123	Aug 28	BOS	@	NYY	L,7-8	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	.288	.331	.432	.763	2	.80	-0.092	.03	0.00%	-0.71	3B
28	28	124	Aug 29	BOS	@	NYY	W,1-0	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.287	.328	.426	.754	2	.91	-0.038	.02	0.00%	-0.46	3B
29	29	125	Aug 30	BOS	@	NYY	L,1-7	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.280	.325	.415	.741	2	.81	-0.064	.02	0.00%	-0.03	3B
30	30	126	Aug 31 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	L,3-6	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.279	.323	.418	.741	2	1.11	-0.044	.02	0.00%	1.05	3B
31	31	127	Aug 31 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	W,4-2	CG	5	5	1	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.291	.333	.441	.774	2	1.29	0.274	.01	0.00%	1.48	3B
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
32	32	128	Sep 1	BOS	@	PHA	W,7-1	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.288	.329	.432	.760	2	.91	-0.110	.02	0.00%	-0.64	3B
33	33	129	Sep 2 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	L,0-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.279	.319	.419	.739	2	1.00	-0.095	.03	0.00%	-0.57	3B
34	34	130	Sep 2 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	L,2-7	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.279	.318	.414	.732	2	.61	-0.021	.01	0.00%	0.14	3B
35	35	131	Sep 3 (1)	BOS		WSH	L,5-11	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.283	.320	.414	.734	2	1.06	-0.018	.01	0.00%	0.91	3B
36	36	132	Sep 3 (2)	BOS		WSH	W,8-4	CG	5	5	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.280	.316	.407	.723	2	.77	0.018	.00	0.00%	-0.73	3B
37	37	133	Sep 5 (1)	BOS		CLE	W,2-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	.279	.315	.403	.717	2	.84	-0.016	.00	0.00%	-0.18	3B
38	38	134	Sep 5 (2)	BOS		CLE	L,2-5	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0			1	0	0	.270	.305	.390	.695	2						3B
39	39	139 (4)	Sep 9 (2)	BOS		DET	T,3-3	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.270	.305	.390	.695	9						PR
40	40	141 (1)	Sep 10 (2)	BOS		DET	L,1-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1			0	0	0	.265	.300	.383	.683	2						3B
41	41	143 (1)	Sep 12	BOS		SLB	L,2-9	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	1	0	0	.259	.293	.373	.667	2	.42	-0.044	.00	0.00%	-1.34	3B
42	42	144	Sep 13	BOS		SLB	L,1-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.253	.287	.365	.651	1	1.18	-0.155	.00	0.00%	-1.22	3B
43	43	145	Sep 14	BOS		SLB	L,1-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	.253	.286	.362	.648	1	.96	0.004	.00	0.00%	0.16	3B
44	44	146	Sep 16 (1)	BOS		CHW	L,3-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.247	.280	.354	.634	1						3B
45	45	147	Sep 16 (2)	BOS		CHW	L,1-6	CG	4	4	1	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.258	.289	.363	.652	1						3B
46	46	148	Sep 17 (1)	BOS		CHW	W,8-4	CG	5	4	2	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	1	.263	.297	.376	.674	1	.28	0.097	.00	0.00%	1.02	3B
47	47	149	Sep 17 (2)	BOS		CHW	L,2-4	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.262	.295	.372	.667	1	1.27	-0.016	.00	0.00%	0.21	LF
48	48	151 (1)	Sep 19 (2)	BOS		PHA	W,3-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.262	.294	.369	.663	2						RF
49	49	152	Sep 20	BOS		PHA	W,2-0	6-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.259	.291	.365	.657	2	.76	-0.037	.00	0.00%	-0.42	PH RF
50	50	154 (1)	Sep 23 (1)	BOS		NYY	W,6-5	7-8	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.259	.291	.365	.657	8		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR
51	51	156 (1)	Sep 29	BOS	@	NYY	L,0-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.254	.286	.358	.644	2	.88	-0.096	.00	0.00%	-0.96	LF
52	52	157	Sep 30	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-12	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	2	0	0	.250	.285	.353	.638	2	1.48	-0.219	.00	0.00%	-2.25	LF
							18-33		220	204	25	51	7	4	2	16	10	0	35	0	6		4	7	4	4	.250	.285	.353	.638		.90	-0.391	.39	0.20%	-1.64

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