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Bill
Delancey		  
Nickname: Stewball
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 195
 
Born: November 28, 1911 in Usa, NC, GREENSBORO
 
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Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1935    1937    1940    1941    1942    1943    1947   
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1932 20 CIN NL   0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1933 21 CIN NL $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1934 22 CIN NL $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1935 23 CIN NL $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1936 24 CIN NL $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1937 25 CIN NL $ 1,971,429 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1938 26 CIN NL $ 3,721,429 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1939 27 CIN NL $ 4,200,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1940 28 CIN NL $ 4,200,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1941 29 CIN NL $ 4,200,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1942 30 CIN NL $ 4,200,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1943 31 CIN NL $ 4,200,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1944 32 CIN NL $ 4,500,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1945 33 CIN NL $ 4,500,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1946 34 CIN NL $ 4,500,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1947 35 CIN NL $ 4,500,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1948 36 CIN NL $ 2,484,987 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1949 37 MON NL $ 3,100,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings   0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,500,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1932 20 CIN NL     5 5 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 6 7 7 7 8 7
1933 21 CIN NL $ 300,000   6 6 5 5 6 5 7 8 8 6 7 7 7 8 8
1934 22 CIN NL $ 300,000   7 7 6 6 6 6 7 8 8 6 8 7 7 8 8
1935 23 CIN NL $ 300,000   7 7 6 6 6 6 7 8 8 6 8 7 7 8 8
1936 24 CIN NL $ 300,000   7 7 6 6 6 6 7 9 8 7 8 8 8 8 8
1937 25 CIN NL $ 1,971,429   7 7 6 6 7 6 7 8 8 6 8 7 8 9 8
1938 26 CIN NL $ 3,721,429   7 7 6 6 7 7 7 8 8 6 8 7 8 9 8
1939 27 CIN NL $ 4,200,000   7 7 6 6 7 7 7 9 8 6 8 7 8 8 8
1940 28 CIN NL $ 4,200,000   7 7 6 6 7 7 7 9 8 7 8 7 8 8 8
1941 29 CIN NL $ 4,200,000   7 7 6 6 7 7 7 9 8 7 8 7 8 8 8
1942 30 CIN NL $ 4,200,000   7 7 6 6 7 7 7 9 8 6 8 7 8 8 8
1943 31 CIN NL $ 4,200,000   7 7 6 6 7 7 7 9 8 6 8 7 8 8 8
1944 32 CIN NL $ 4,500,000   7 7 6 5 6 6 7 8 8 6 7 7 8 9 8
1945 33 CIN NL $ 4,500,000   7 7 6 5 6 6 7 8 8 5 7 6 7 8 8
1946 34 CIN NL $ 4,500,000   7 7 6 5 6 6 7 8 8 5 7 6 7 8 8
1947 35 CIN NL $ 4,500,000   7 7 6 5 6 6 7 8 8 5 6 6 7 8 8
1948 36 CIN NL $ 2,484,987   6 6 6 5 6 6 6 8 7 5 6 6 7 7 7
1949 37 MON NL $ 3,100,000   5 5 4 1 2 2 4 5 5 3 4 4 6 7 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 4 1 2 2 4 5 5 3 4 4 6 7 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,500,000   7 7 6 6 7 7 7 9 8 7 8 8 8 9 8
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
1945 33 CIN NL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 1 0 2 0 9.00 .500 .750 .500 1.250 0.0
1 Years Sim 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 1 0 2 0 9.00 .500 .750 .500 1.250 0.0
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   0 0 0 1 0   .000 1.000 .000 1.000
vs LH   1 1 0 1 0   .500 .667 .500 1.167
Away 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 1 0 2 0 9.00 .500 .750 .500 1.250
May 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 1 0 2 0 9.00 .500 .750 .500 1.250
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
1932 20 AAA   137 561 119 192 37 9 39 135 4 6 90 49 .342 .433 .649 1.082 139.6  
1933 21 CIN NL 118 383 63 110 16 3 16 60 0 0 56 42 .287 .372 .470 .842 68.1 11.9
1934 22 CIN NL 133 482 71 131 21 6 13 74 0 0 70 50 .272 .362 .421 .783 74.8 11.7
1935 23 CIN NL 150 507 76 124 24 3 18 91 0 0 62 56 .245 .326 .410 .737 65.9 8.7
1936 24 CIN NL 148 503 76 122 19 5 17 91 0 2 77 59 .243 .340 .402 .742 70.2 11.3
1937 25 CIN NL 144 463 76 145 24 2 17 79 0 1 83 34 .313 .418 .484 .901 91.1 20.8
1938 26 CIN NL 152 524 88 150 24 4 26 101 0 0 72 46 .286 .368 .496 .864 91.4 17.8
1939 27 CIN NL 149 505 81 143 26 4 22 78 0 1 81 53 .283 .383 .481 .864 90.6 15.2
1940 28 CIN NL 150 554 88 159 30 1 23 79 0 0 51 62 .287 .347 .469 .816 81.6 12.8
1941 29 CIN NL 156 482 90 127 21 4 24 88 0 0 82 47 .263 .369 .473 .842 81.8 12.8
1942 30 CIN NL 141 459 92 136 21 5 29 114 0 0 73 38 .296 .390 .553 .943 92.0 20.2
1943 31 CIN NL 146 487 85 136 25 2 23 106 0 0 75 47 .279 .371 .480 .852 84.7 15.1
1944 32 CIN NL 114 412 61 112 19 4 19 85 0 0 40 41 .272 .335 .476 .811 62.0 11.2
1945 33 CIN NL 118 387 55 103 14 2 18 67 0 0 59 38 .266 .361 .452 .813 63.8 12.1
1946 34 CIN NL 121 382 63 115 24 2 16 60 0 0 59 32 .301 .391 .500 .891 70.4 12.3
1947 35 CIN NL 123 391 80 125 30 1 17 87 1 0 53 37 .320 .398 .532 .930 76.0 15.0
1948 36 CIN NL 111 372 56 108 21 1 18 68 0 0 40 48 .290 .359 .497 .856 63.0 11.6
1949 37 MON NL 81 276 35 73 18 3 9 60 0 0 38 30 .264 .347 .449 .796 43.8 6.6
17 Years Sim 2255 7569 1236 2119 377 52 325 1388 1 4 1071 760 .280 .367 .472 .839 1271.1 227.0
1 Years AAA 137 561 119 192 37 9 39 135 4 6 90 49 .342 .427 .649 1.076 139.6  
162 Game Average 543 88 152 27 3 23 99 0 0 76 54 .280 .367 .472 .839 91.3  
Career Highs 156 554 92 159 30 6 29 114 1 2 83 62 .320 .418 .553 .943 92.0  
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   5949 997 1729 309 43 259 1133 1 2 884 568 .291 .379 .488 .867 1094.1
vs LH   1620 239 390 68 9 66 255 0 2 187 192 .241 .320 .416 .736 221.7
Home 1119 3654 581 1051 171 19 178 683 0 3 494 357 .288 .370 .491 .861 657.8
Away 1136 3915 655 1068 206 33 147 705 1 1 577 403 .273 .364 .455 .818 658.0
RISP   2039 0 608 126 16 83 996 0 0 358 201 .298 .389 .498 .887 402.7
Pinch Hitting   280 48 75 12 0 12 54 0 0 40 33 .268 .357 .439 .796 45.3
Close/Late   986 151 263 47 9 41 156 0 0 164 99 .267 .370 .457 .828 171.6
Mar/Apr 352 1185 198 345 61 16 57 232 0 1 173 115 .291 .380 .514 .894 226.0
May 411 1441 228 386 67 8 57 255 0 1 186 138 .268 .350 .444 .794 227.3
June 374 1240 203 339 55 10 56 228 1 0 173 146 .273 .359 .469 .828 212.1
July 374 1225 181 350 65 4 44 210 0 1 167 124 .286 .370 .453 .823 205.3
August 388 1289 215 354 65 7 50 219 0 0 197 126 .275 .369 .452 .821 219.3
Sep/Oct 356 1189 211 345 64 7 61 244 0 1 175 111 .290 .377 .510 .887 225.9
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1933 21 CIN NL C 112 108 925.7 368 40 5 0 .988 3.97 32 13 .406 4 4.1
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1934 22 CIN NL C 129 125 1126.0 426 41 6 0 .987 3.73 34 13 .382 6 6.2
1935 23 CIN NL C 138 128 1145.3 459 53 2 1 .996 4.02 40 13 .325 5 3.8
    1B 3 3 26.0 29 1 0 3 1.000 10.38 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 1 1 8.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1936 24 CIN NL C 141 129 1178.7 536 36 8 0 .986 4.37 37 10 .270 5 0.0
    1B 3 0 4.3 2 2 1 1 .800 8.31 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1937 25 CIN NL C 133 126 1126.7 438 49 14 0 .972 3.89 48 16 .333 4 3.4
    1B 1 0 2.0 2 1 0 0 1.000 13.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1938 26 CIN NL C 148 129 1209.7 512 40 9 1 .984 4.11 42 12 .286 2 2.6
    1B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1939 27 CIN NL C 132 126 1123.7 463 41 8 3 .984 4.04 58 17 .293 3 2.7
    1B 14 0 28.7 36 5 0 9 1.000 12.88 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1940 28 CIN NL C 126 126 1121.3 470 48 8 0 .985 4.16 55 21 .382 3 7.2
    1B 18 6 79.0 95 8 1 6 .990 11.73 0 0 .000 0 0.2
1941 29 CIN NL C 105 101 931.3 351 46 3 0 .993 3.84 28 11 .393 2 6.2
    1B 39 13 171.3 200 16 1 14 .995 11.35 0 0 .000 0 0.3
1942 30 CIN NL 1B 89 68 657.3 805 60 5 66 .994 11.84 0 0 .000 0 1.4
    C 47 40 385.7 169 19 0 0 1.000 4.39 23 4 .174 2 2.4
1943 31 CIN NL 1B 116 111 1004.0 1198 82 9 93 .993 11.47 0 0 .000 0 2.8
    C 20 5 70.0 28 2 1 0 .968 3.86 0 0 .000 0 0.4
1944 32 CIN NL C 54 50 452.7 172 17 3 0 .984 3.76 22 9 .409 0 3.0
    1B 53 48 436.7 546 29 2 45 .997 11.85 0 0 .000 0 0.9
1945 33 CIN NL C 103 98 891.7 403 27 4 1 .991 4.34 43 12 .279 3 6.3
    1B 6 3 30.0 41 2 0 3 1.000 12.90 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    P 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0  
1946 34 CIN NL C 57 51 457.7 225 11 3 0 .987 4.64 17 6 .353 0 3.4
    1B 53 50 424.7 501 29 6 45 .989 11.23 0 0 .000 0 1.1
1947 35 CIN NL 1B 102 93 827.3 1014 70 8 89 .993 11.79 0 0 .000 0 2.0
    C 16 5 58.7 28 3 0 0 1.000 4.76 5 1 .200 0 0.6
1948 36 CIN NL 1B 97 94 824.7 1003 78 5 86 .995 11.80 0 0 .000 0 2.0
    C 12 0 25.7 7 1 1 0 .889 2.81 2 1 .500 0 0.0
1949 37 MON NL C 74 69 634.3 302 25 1 0 .997 4.64 27 14 .519 1 4.7
    1B 1 0 5.0 6 1 0 1 1.000 12.60 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 1547 1416 12864.6 5357 499 76 6 .987 4.10 513 173 .337 40 57.1
  1B 596 489 4522.0 5479 384 38 461 .994 11.67 0 0 .000 0 11.0
  LF 2 1 11.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.64 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  P 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0  
  CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   2147 1906 17399.5 10838 884 114 467 .990 6.06 513 173 .337 40 68.1
Career Highs   149 132 1210.7 1226 84 14 93 .997 11.53 58 21 .519 6  
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
1938 26 CIN NL 11 45 10 14 3 1 4 17 0 0 5 2 .311 .373 .689 1.061
1942 30 CIN NL 12 38 5 8 0 1 0 5 0 0 4 4 .211 .279 .263 .542
1943 31 CIN NL 10 31 6 5 0 0 3 8 0 0 3 7 .161 .222 .452 .674
1944 32 CIN NL 4 8 2 4 0 0 1 4 0 0 1 0 .500 .556 .875 1.431
1945 33 CIN NL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1946 34 CIN NL 6 20 2 5 0 0 1 4 0 0 2 3 .250 .292 .400 .692
1947 35 CIN NL 8 26 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 .154 .241 .192 .434
1948 36 CIN NL 3 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500
Career Post-Season Batting 55 173 27 41 4 2 9 38 0 0 18 20 .237 .299 .439 .739
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.
On-Base Pct
1937-2-.418
1939-7-.383
1942-5-.390
 Slugging Pct
1937-6-.484
1938-6-.496
1939-5-.481
1940-7-.469
1941-7-.473
1942-1-.553
1943-5-.480
 OPS
1937-4-.901
1938-8-.864
1939-6-.864
1941-7-.842
1942-1-.943
1943-8-.852
 XR
1937-4-91.1
1939-6-90.6
1942-7-92.0
 Games
1941-4-156
 Runs
1938-8-88
1939-9-81
1940-6-88
1941-7-90
1942-8-92
Total Bases
1938-10-260
1939-9-243
1940-6-260
1942-8-254
 Homeruns
1933-8-16
1936-9-17
1937-7-17
1938-5-26
1939-3-22
1940-4-23
1941-4-24
1942-4-29
1943-7-23
 RBIs
1938-6-101
1941-7-88
1942-3-114
1943-5-106
CAR-44-1388
 Walks
1934-9-70
1936-5-77
1937-3-83
1939-3-81
1941-6-82
1942-9-73
 Strikeouts
1935-10-56
1936-10-59
  
 
   Black Ink Test: 3    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 101    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 60    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  4. Ernie Lombardi (856)
  5. Johnny Bench (847)
  6. Joe Torre (821)
  7. Buddy Blattner (818)
  8. Ken Boyer (811)
  9. Vern Stephens (800)
  10. Dolph Camilli (797)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 4th overall pick, by Cincinnati in 1932
Injured on 3/28/1933 with a Broken Finger, out for 4 weeks
Had first career hit on 4/28/1933, off Jumbo Elliott (BRK)
Hit first career homerun on 5/4/1933, off Tiny Chaplin (NYG)
Injured on 8/28/1934 with a Bruised Heel, out for one week
Was selected to the 1935 Allstar game
2/1/1937: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,971,429 through salary arbitration
Was selected to the 1937 Allstar game
2/1/1938: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,721,429 through salary arbitration
7/31/1938: Signed a contract extension with Cincinnati, $4,200,000 per year, for 5 years
Was selected to the 1940 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 8/18/1940, hitting .526 with 2 HR, 5 RBI
Drove in 6 runs against Seattle on 4/18/1941
Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/1941, hitting .337 with 9 HR, 23 RBI
Was selected to the 1941 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 6/30/1942, hitting .400 with 4 HR, 11 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/1942, hitting .347 with 10 HR, 27 RBI
Was selected to the 1942 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 9/15/1942, hitting .455 with 3 HR, 8 RBI
Had 5 hits with 5 RBI against Tampa Bay on 5/25/1943
Won Player of the Week award on 5/26/1943, hitting .500 with 4 HR, 13 RBI
6/1/1943: Signed a contract extension with Cincinnati, $4,500,000 per year, for 4 years
Was selected to the 1943 Allstar game
Drove in 6 runs against Oakland on 9/20/1943
Won Player of the Week award on 9/22/1943, hitting .471 with 4 HR, 13 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/1943, hitting .308 with 7 HR, 25 RBI
Won World Series with Cincinnati in 1943
Won Player of the Week award on 4/21/1944, hitting .529 with 4 HR, 8 RBI
Hit for the cycle against St. Louis on 4/21/1944
Drove in 7 runs against Brooklyn on 9/5/1944
Won Player of the Week award on 7/21/1946, hitting .476 with 2 HR, 8 RBI
Won World Series with Cincinnati in 1946
Drove in 6 runs against Minnesota on 4/8/1947
Won Player of the Week award on 4/14/1947, hitting .429 with 4 HR, 13 RBI
Had 5 hits with 5 RBI against Montreal on 5/10/1947
Was selected to the 1947 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 8/11/1947, hitting .412 with 4 HR, 8 RBI
Won World Series with Cincinnati in 1947
Signed as a free agent by Cincinnati on 2/20/1948 to a 4-year deal worth $2,484,987 per year
Had 2000th career hit on 7/18/1948, off Joe Haynes (BSN)
Won Player of the Week award on 7/21/1948, hitting .400 with 3 HR, 9 RBI
Released by Cincinnati on 2/7/1949
Signed as a free agent by Montreal on 2/22/1949 to a 1-year deal worth $3,100,000 per year
Drove in 6 runs against Cleveland on 6/9/1949
 
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