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Bill
Slayback		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4''
Weight: 210
 
Born: February 21, 1948 in Usa, CA, HOLLYWOOD
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1972   
Platinum Arm 1981   
All-Star Selections 1973    1977    1978    1979    1980    1981   
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1972 24 CLN NL $ 300,000 9 6 6 6 5 6 6 8 9 9
1973 25 CLN NL $ 300,000 9 6 7 7 6 7 7 8 9 9
1974 26 CLN NL $ 300,000 9 6 7 6 6 7 7 8 9 9
1975 27 CLN NL $ 300,000 9 6 7 7 6 7 7 8 9 9
1976 28 CLN NL $ 3,357,143 9 6 7 7 7 8 7 8 8 8
1977 29 CLN NL $ 5,500,000 9 7 8 7 8 9 9 9 10 9
1978 30 CLN NL $ 5,500,000 9 7 7 7 8 9 9 9 10 9
1979 31 NYA AL $ 5,864,286 9 7 7 7 8 9 9 9 10 9
1980 32 IND AL $ 9,840,000 9 7 7 7 8 8 8 9 10 9
1981 33 IND AL $ 9,840,000 9 7 8 7 7 8 8 8 9 8
1982 34 IND AL $ 9,840,000 8 6 7 6 7 7 7 7 8 7
1983 35 IND AL $ 9,840,000 7 3 4 4 4 5 5 4 5 5
1984 36 BSN NL $ 9,840,000 6 2 3 2 2 3 2 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 6 2 3 2 2 3 2 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 9,840,000 9 7 8 7 8 9 9 9 10 9
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1972 24 CLN NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1973 25 CLN NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1974 26 CLN NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1975 27 CLN NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1976 28 CLN NL $ 3,357,143   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1977 29 CLN NL $ 5,500,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1978 30 CLN NL $ 5,500,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1979 31 NYA AL $ 5,864,286   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1980 32 IND AL $ 9,840,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1981 33 IND AL $ 9,840,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1982 34 IND AL $ 9,840,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1983 35 IND AL $ 9,840,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1984 36 BSN NL $ 9,840,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 9,840,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1972 24 CLN NL 9 2 .818 12 12 6 2 0 102.3 86 29 7 38 45 2.55 .228 .298 .333 .632 10.1
    AAA   9 10 .474 24 24 1 0 0 144.3 165 77 10 55 105 4.80 .280 .341 .393 .734  
1973 25 CLN NL 18 9 .667 31 31 19 3 0 261.0 220 85 11 80 151 2.93 .230 .291 .328 .620 21.1
1974 26 CLN NL 15 13 .536 35 34 11 3 0 275.0 286 133 20 83 159 4.35 .269 .326 .384 .710 13.4
1975 27 CLN NL 17 7 .708 32 32 3 1 0 228.7 229 100 15 73 117 3.94 .260 .320 .356 .676 14.4
1976 28 CLN NL 8 4 .667 16 16 0 0 0 110.7 93 34 5 51 64 2.77 .230 .317 .326 .643 9.8
    AAA   2 2 .500 6 6 0 0 0 40.7 40 16 1 15 23 3.54 .260 .325 .331 .657  
1977 29 CLN NL 16 13 .552 35 35 17 3 0 275.3 249 99 13 58 147 3.24 .239 .283 .341 .624 21.7
1978 30 CLN NL 14 9 .609 27 26 11 3 0 215.7 198 72 6 54 125 3.00 .245 .294 .314 .608 18.5
    AAA   2 4 .333 6 6 1 1 0 46.7 42 14 1 9 40 2.70 .236 .273 .303 .576  
1979 31 NYA AL 14 14 .500 31 31 13 6 0 250.0 229 95 9 62 150 3.42 .237 .285 .322 .607 16.7
1980 32 IND AL 17 16 .515 35 35 13 4 0 274.7 264 104 8 66 152 3.41 .252 .298 .330 .629 19.8
1981 33 IND AL 20 7 .741 36 36 12 5 0 294.3 227 72 6 75 206 2.20 .211 .265 .282 .547 30.7
1982 34 IND AL 16 9 .640 33 33 10 3 0 260.0 190 78 13 74 157 2.70 .202 .263 .286 .549 22.3
1983 35 IND AL 10 16 .385 32 32 6 1 0 228.0 265 123 29 74 109 4.86 .290 .343 .441 .784 6.4
1984 36 BSN NL 6 14 .300 28 24 3 1 0 158.7 212 99 13 64 47 5.62 .320 .379 .440 .819 0.1
13 Years Sim 180 133 .575 383 377 124 35 0 2934.3 2748 1123 155 852 1629 3.44 .247 .302 .344 .646 205.1
3 Years AAA 13 16 .448 36 36 2 1 0 231.7 247 107 12 79 168 4.16 .268 .326 .366 .691  
Season Average 13 10 .565 29 29 9 2 0 225.7 211 86 11 65 125 3.44 .247 .302 .344 .646  
Career Highs 20 16 .818 36 36 19 6 0 294.3 286 133 29 83 206 5.62 .320 .379 .441 .819  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   1331 587 72 367 955   .235 .282 .328 .610
vs LH   1417 536 83 485 674   .259 .319 .360 .679
Home 89 65 .578 194 189 61 21 0 1500.0 1373 547 86 468 790 3.28 .243 .301 .340 .641
Away 91 68 .572 189 188 63 14 0 1434.3 1375 576 69 384 839 3.61 .251 .300 .348 .647
Mar/Apr 35 21 .625 65 65 23 5 0 497.6 439 189 33 155 276 3.42 .236 .295 .344 .639
May 31 25 .554 66 66 23 7 0 503.0 503 215 29 153 277 3.85 .261 .315 .364 .680
June 29 27 .518 65 65 23 7 0 516.6 494 185 24 133 295 3.22 .250 .297 .351 .648
July 24 26 .480 64 64 11 4 0 469.0 479 201 21 155 270 3.86 .266 .324 .363 .687
August 33 14 .702 63 59 24 9 0 486.6 433 172 24 132 271 3.18 .236 .288 .319 .607
Sep/Oct 28 20 .583 60 58 26 4 0 461.3 400 161 24 124 240 3.14 .231 .282 .318 .600
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1972 24 AAA   4 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0.2  
1977 29 CLN NL 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
1979 31 NYA AL 8 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.2 0.0
1982 34 IND AL 7 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
3 Years Sim 20 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0
1 Years AAA 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0.2  
162 Game Average 16 48 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.3  
Career Highs 8 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.2  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
vs LH   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
Home 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.1
Away 3 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
RISP   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
Close/Late   1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
May 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
June 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1972 24 CLN NL P 12 12 102.3 5 16 1 0 .955 1.85    
1973 25 CLN NL P 31 31 261.0 15 27 2 1 .955 1.45    
1974 26 CLN NL P 35 34 275.0 16 31 3 3 .940 1.54    
1975 27 CLN NL P 32 32 228.7 14 27 1 5 .976 1.61    
1976 28 CLN NL P 16 16 110.7 6 16 3 0 .880 1.79    
1977 29 CLN NL P 35 35 275.3 20 36 1 5 .982 1.83    
    LF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1978 30 CLN NL P 27 26 215.7 12 29 3 2 .932 1.71    
1979 31 NYA AL P 31 31 250.0 15 37 1 1 .981 1.87    
1980 32 IND AL P 35 35 274.7 11 32 0 3 1.000 1.41    
1981 33 IND AL P 36 36 294.3 22 41 1 3 .984 1.93    
1982 34 IND AL P 33 33 260.0 23 33 1 1 .982 1.94    
    SS 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1983 35 IND AL P 32 32 228.0 13 24 2 1 .949 1.46    
1984 36 BSN NL P 28 24 158.7 8 22 1 4 .968 1.70    
  P 383 377 2934.3 180 371 20 29 .965 1.69    
  LF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  SS 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
Career Totals   385 377 2939.3 181 371 20 29 .965 1.69    
Career Highs   36 36 294.3 24 41 3 5 1.000 1.96    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1972 24 CLN NL 0 3 .000 6 6 1 0 0 42.3 53 32 3 31 24 6.80 .306 .412 .451 .863
1973 25 CLN NL 1 1 .500 2 2 0 0 0 16.3 13 2 0 8 8 1.10 .224 .318 .345 .663
1974 26 CLN NL 0 2 .000 2 2 1 0 0 16.0 19 12 1 5 8 6.75 .288 .338 .424 .762
1975 27 CLN NL 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 1 4 0.00 .000 .143 .000 .143
1977 29 CLN NL 0 2 .000 2 2 1 0 0 15.7 14 5 1 6 8 2.87 .241 .313 .379 .692
1978 30 CLN NL 0 1 .000 2 2 0 0 0 16.7 16 4 0 1 6 2.16 .242 .254 .288 .542
1981 33 IND AL 2 0 1.000 3 3 1 0 0 21.3 18 5 2 6 19 2.11 .231 .286 .359 .645
1982 34 IND AL 2 2 .500 4 4 2 1 0 30.0 24 12 2 10 18 3.60 .218 .283 .364 .647
Career Post-Season Pitching 5 11 .313 23 21 6 1 0 160.3 157 72 9 68 95 4.04 .255 .329 .382 .712
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1973-3-2.93
1978-4-3.00
1980-10-3.41
1981-1-2.20
1982-3-2.70
CAR-47-3.44
 Wins
1973-6-18
1974-10-15
1975-5-17
1977-10-16
1979-8-14
1980-8-17
1981-3-20
1982-6-16
 Losses
1980-9-16
1983-5-16
 Winning Pct
1975-5-.708
1981-2-.741
1982-5-.640
 Games Started
1974-8-34
1977-9-35
1980-6-35
1981-4-36
 Complete Games
1973-4-19
1974-8-11
1977-3-17
1978-6-11
1979-3-13
1980-4-13
1981-2-12
1982-7-10
Shutouts
1972-7-2
1973-2-3
1974-5-3
1977-5-3
1978-3-3
1979-1-6
1980-1-4
1981-1-5
1982-2-3
CAR-12-35
 Innings Pitched
1973-9-261.0
1974-4-275.0
1977-6-275.3
1979-9-250.0
1980-1-274.7
1981-1-294.3
1982-5-260.0
 Hits Allowed
1974-4-286
1980-6-264
1983-3-265
 Homeruns Allowed
1983-4-29
 Strikeouts
1979-6-150
1980-7-152
1981-3-206
1982-9-157
 Walks per 9IP
1977-10-1.9
Hits per 9IP
1973-5-7.6
1981-2-6.9
1982-1-6.6
 Strikeouts per 9IP
1979-9-5.4
1981-8-6.3
 WHiP
1973-4-1.15
1977-4-1.12
1978-5-1.17
1979-9-1.16
1980-10-1.20
1981-2-1.03
1982-3-1.02
 OAVG
1973-5-.230
1979-9-.237
1981-2-.211
1982-1-.202
 OOBP
1973-5-.291
1977-5-.283
1978-8-.294
1979-8-.285
1981-2-.265
1982-3-.263
 OSLG
1973-8-.328
1975-10-.356
1978-3-.314
1979-5-.322
1980-4-.330
1981-1-.282
1982-1-.286
CAR-44-.344
OOPS
1973-3-.620
1977-6-.624
1978-3-.608
1979-5-.607
1980-5-.629
1981-1-.547
1982-1-.549
CAR-37-.646
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 15    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 139    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 43    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 95)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 13th overall pick, by Cleveland (N) in 1972
Earned first career win on 8/4/1972
Won World Championship with Cleveland (N) in 1972
Was selected to the 1973 Allstar game
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 8/1/1975, going 4-0, 2.15
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 9/1/1975, going 5-0, 1.68
2/1/1976: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,357,143 through salary arbitration
Injured on 4/20/1976 with a Torn Bicep Muscle, out for 5 weeks
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 8/1/1976, going 4-0, 1.77
Injured on 8/6/1976 with a Tight Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks
2/1/1977: Gets a new one-year contract worth $5,500,000 through salary arbitration
Injured on 4/8/1977 with a Tight Shoulder, out for 1-2 weeks
Was selected to the 1977 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 9/9/1977, winning 2 games with a 1.00 ERA
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 10/1/1977, going 5-0, 0.51
2/2/1978: Gets a new one-year contract worth $5,500,000 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 5/13/1978, winning 2 games with a 2.12 ERA
Was selected to the 1978 Allstar game
2/2/1979: Gets a new one-year contract worth $5,864,286 through salary arbitration
Traded from Cleveland (N) to New York (A) on 2/22/1979 (Going to CLN: P Billy Mccool, SS Pat Rockett. Going to NYA: P Bill Slayback, SS Dave Hilton)
6/1/1979: Signed a contract extension with New York (A), $9,840,000 per year, for 5 years
Was selected to the 1979 Allstar game
Injured on 8/18/1979 with a Tight Shoulder, out for one week
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 9/1/1979, going 4-1, 1.34
Traded from New York (A) to Indianapolis on 2/4/1980 (Going to IND: RF John Milner, P Bill Slayback, SS Rudy Meoli, CF Cito Gaston. Going to NYA: 1B Ossie Blanco, P Rod Scurry)
Won Player of the Week award on 6/3/1980, winning 2 games with a 0.00 ERA
Was selected to the 1980 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 8/5/1980, winning 2 games with a 1.06 ERA
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 7/1/1981, going 4-1, 2.28
Was selected to the 1981 Allstar game
Injured on 8/28/1981 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for one week
Won Platinum Arm in 1981, going 20-7, 2.20 ERA
 
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