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Bill
Sorrell		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 200
 
Born: October 14, 1940 in Usa, KY, MOREHEAD
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1968   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1965 24 TOR AL     5 5 5 6 6 6 3 3 3 4 5 5 8 9 9
1966 25 TOR AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 3 3 3 5 6 6 9 9 9
1967 26 TOR AL $ 300,000   7 7 6 6 6 6 3 3 3 6 6 6 9 9 9
1968 27 TOR AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 3 4 4 6 6 6 8 8 8
1969 28 TOR AL $ 1,342,857   6 6 6 5 6 5 4 4 4 6 6 6 8 8 8
1970 29 TOR AL $ 1,342,857   6 6 6 6 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6 7 8 7
1971 30 NYG NL $ 1,342,857   5 5 5 6 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6 7 7 7
1972 31 NYG NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 3 3 3 5 5 5 6 7 6
1973 32 NYG NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 3 3 3 5 5 5 6 7 6
1974 33 NYG NL     4 4 4 5 5 5 3 3 3 5 5 5 6 6 6
1975 34 BSN NL     4 4 4 5 5 5 3 3 3 5 5 5 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 5 5 5 3 3 3 4 5 5 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,342,857   7 7 6 6 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6 9 9 9
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
1965 24 AAA   136 582 78 162 13 2 29 80 4 1 49 62 .278 .334 .457 .791 88.9  
1966 25 TOR AL 151 572 63 130 16 3 15 54 2 0 37 34 .227 .274 .344 .618 54.5 5.8
1967 26 TOR AL 144 434 33 118 15 1 7 61 0 1 42 28 .272 .334 .359 .693 53.1 8.5
1968 27 TOR AL 156 540 60 153 17 2 15 80 0 0 49 35 .283 .338 .406 .743 72.1 12.0
1969 28 TOR AL 159 617 58 160 15 1 12 70 5 0 57 69 .259 .320 .345 .665 69.6 12.0
1970 29 TOR AL 149 522 59 120 17 3 5 35 2 1 54 64 .230 .302 .303 .604 48.0 5.6
1971 30 TOR AL 73 248 27 51 9 0 1 23 1 1 23 20 .206 .271 .254 .525 16.6 0.0
  NYG NL 50 153 23 37 6 0 4 19 0 0 22 27 .242 .333 .359 .693 19.8 3.4
  TOT   123 401 50 88 15 0 5 42 1 1 45 47 .219 .296 .294 .590 36.3 3.4
    AAA   27 95 15 29 2 0 5 16 2 0 15 8 .305 .400 .484 .884 18.8  
1972 31 NYG NL 150 510 58 104 19 1 11 43 2 0 66 76 .204 .295 .310 .604 46.2 3.2
1973 32 NYG NL 57 89 12 19 3 0 1 7 0 0 7 15 .213 .271 .281 .552 7.1 0.4
1974 33 NYG NL 12 39 6 10 2 0 0 6 0 0 1 11 .256 .268 .308 .576 3.1 0.0
    AAA   36 51 8 18 3 0 4 10 0 0 5 7 .353 .411 .647 1.058 12.0  
9 Years Sim 1101 3724 399 902 119 11 71 398 12 3 358 379 .242 .307 .337 .644 390.1 51.0
3 Years AAA 199 728 101 209 18 2 38 106 6 1 69 77 .287 .348 .474 .822 119.7  
162 Game Average 547 58 132 17 1 10 58 1 0 52 55 .242 .307 .337 .644 57.4  
Career Highs 159 617 63 160 19 3 15 80 5 1 66 76 .283 .338 .406 .743 72.1  
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   2384 274 599 74 10 43 275 5 2 250 219 .251 .320 .345 .665 275.5
vs LH   1340 125 303 45 1 28 123 7 1 108 160 .226 .282 .324 .606 126.4
Home 544 1798 181 433 60 1 32 183 1 1 180 183 .241 .308 .329 .637 190.3
Away 557 1926 218 469 59 10 39 215 11 2 178 196 .244 .306 .345 .651 211.5
RISP   794 0 219 27 2 17 313 0 0 74 80 .276 .327 .379 .706 102.5
Pinch Hitting   46 1 10 1 1 0 4 0 0 4 3 .217 .280 .283 .563 3.7
Close/Late   431 27 110 16 0 6 41 0 0 43 42 .255 .321 .334 .656 48.0
Mar/Apr 187 625 61 145 20 1 12 79 1 0 52 70 .232 .290 .325 .615 60.5
May 205 645 83 186 24 2 13 68 3 0 61 61 .288 .348 .392 .741 88.8
June 160 562 55 123 17 2 13 56 3 0 51 54 .219 .282 .326 .608 54.3
July 175 626 63 139 18 3 14 71 4 0 58 52 .222 .287 .327 .614 61.9
August 194 664 78 170 19 1 10 53 0 1 61 86 .256 .316 .333 .649 72.1
Sep/Oct 180 602 59 139 21 2 9 71 1 2 75 56 .231 .312 .317 .630 64.3
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1966 25 TOR AL 3B 148 143 1220.0 87 249 22 17 .939 2.48   2.4
    2B 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1967 26 TOR AL 3B 110 108 919.7 53 194 16 11 .939 2.42   2.7
    LF 14 10 95.0 12 0 0 0 1.000 1.14   0.1
    2B 8 4 44.3 8 16 0 1 1.000 4.87   0.2
1968 27 TOR AL 3B 147 144 1264.0 75 275 16 20 .956 2.49   5.0
    2B 4 0 15.0 2 3 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
1969 28 TOR AL 3B 122 122 1103.7 57 212 16 16 .944 2.19   3.8
    2B 24 20 180.7 27 60 3 12 .967 4.33   0.7
    LF 15 14 116.0 28 2 0 0 1.000 2.33   0.6
1970 29 TOR AL 3B 145 144 1235.0 95 267 25 21 .935 2.64   4.1
    2B 5 0 13.7 2 2 0 0 1.000 2.64   0.0
1971 30 TOR AL 3B 66 66 583.3 37 144 10 10 .948 2.79   3.0
    1B 7 7 55.2 66 5 0 5 1.000 11.58   0.1
  NYG NL 3B 46 46 377.7 24 93 6 7 .951 2.79   0.9
    1B 4 4 35.8 42 3 0 4 1.000 11.31   0.1
  TOT   3B 112 112 961.0 61 237 16 17 .949 2.79   3.9
      1B 11 11 91.0 108 8 0 9 1.000 11.47   0.2
1972 31 NYG NL 3B 150 149 1265.3 84 361 17 38 .963 3.17   4.7
    1B 2 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
    2B 2 0 3.0 1 4 0 1 1.000 15.00   0.1
1973 32 NYG NL 3B 44 16 187.3 15 46 6 5 .910 2.93   0.2
    LF 3 3 24.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.63   0.1
    1B 5 1 24.0 28 0 0 1 1.000 10.50   0.0
1974 33 NYG NL 3B 12 11 94.0 3 22 0 3 1.000 2.39   0.3
  3B 990 949 8250.0 530 1863 134 148 .947 2.61   27.1
  2B 44 24 258.7 40 86 3 14 .977 4.38   1.0
  LF 32 27 235.0 47 2 0 0 1.000 1.88   0.8
  1B 18 12 119.0 137 8 0 10 1.000 10.97   0.2
Career Totals   1084 1012 8862.6 754 1959 137 172 .952 2.76   29.2
Career Highs   161 156 1400.3 169 365 25 39 1.000 3.67    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1968 27 TOR AL 5 19 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .158 .158 .158 .316
1969 28 TOR AL 5 22 2 7 2 0 1 8 0 0 1 2 .318 .333 .545 .879
Career Post-Season Batting 10 41 2 10 2 0 1 9 0 0 1 5 .244 .256 .366 .622
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Games
1968-9-156
1969-3-159
 At-Bats
1969-4-617
 Singles
1969-6-132
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 3    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 21st overall pick, by Toronto in 1965
Had first career hit on 4/5/1966, off Joe Schaffernoth (NYA)
Hit first career homerun on 4/13/1966, off Dave Boswell (BOS)
Won Player of the Week award on 5/19/1968, hitting .542 with 3 HR, 7 RBI
Was selected to the 1968 Allstar game
2/1/1969: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,342,857 through salary arbitration
Injured on 10/8/1969 with a Broken Foot, out for 5 weeks
2/1/1970: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,342,857 through salary arbitration
2/1/1971: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,342,857 through salary arbitration
Traded from Toronto to New York (N) on 7/31/1971 (Going to NYG: 3B Bill Sorrell, P Frank Carpin. Going to TOR: SS Ken Mcmullen, P John Boozer)
10/28/1971: Signed a contract extension with New York (N), $300,000 per year, for 4 years
4/2/1974: Signed a minor league contract extension with New York (N)
Released by New York (N) on 10/31/1974
Signed as a free agent by Boston (N) on 9/22/1975 to a minor league deal
 
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