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Bill
Landis		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 193
 
Born: October 8, 1942 in Usa, CA, HANFORD
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1966    1972   
All-Star Selections 1967    1968    1972   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1963 20 WOR AL   6 6 6 6 4 4 4 6 5 5
1964 21 WOR AL   6 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 5 5
1965 22 KCR AL $ 300,000 6 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
1966 23 CLN NL $ 300,000 6 8 7 8 7 7 7 8 7 7
1967 24 CLN NL $ 300,000 6 8 8 8 8 7 7 8 8 8
1968 25 CLN NL $ 300,000 7 8 7 8 7 7 7 8 7 7
1969 26 CLN NL $ 300,000 7 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
1970 27 CLN NL $ 4,350,000 7 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
1971 28 CLN NL $ 4,350,000 7 8 7 7 7 6 7 7 7 7
1972 29 CLN NL $ 4,350,000 7 8 7 8 7 6 6 7 7 7
1973 30 CLN NL $ 4,350,000 7 8 7 8 7 6 6 8 8 8
1974 31 CLN NL $ 5,750,000 7 8 7 8 7 6 6 8 7 7
1975 32 CLN NL $ 5,750,000 6 8 7 8 6 6 6 7 7 7
1976 33 CLN NL $ 5,750,000 6 8 7 7 6 6 6 7 7 7
1977 34 CLN NL $ 5,750,000 6 8 7 7 6 6 6 7 6 6
1978 35 CLN NL $ 2,200,000 6 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
1979 36 CLN NL $ 2,200,000 6 7 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5
1980 37 TOR AL $ 2,200,000 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings   6 6 6 6 4 4 4 5 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,750,000 7 8 8 8 8 7 7 8 8 8
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1963 20 WOR AL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1964 21 WOR AL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1965 22 KCR AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1966 23 CLN NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1967 24 CLN NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1968 25 CLN NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1969 26 CLN NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1970 27 CLN NL $ 4,350,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1971 28 CLN NL $ 4,350,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1972 29 CLN NL $ 4,350,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1973 30 CLN NL $ 4,350,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1974 31 CLN NL $ 5,750,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1975 32 CLN NL $ 5,750,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1976 33 CLN NL $ 5,750,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1977 34 CLN NL $ 5,750,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1978 35 CLN NL $ 2,200,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1979 36 CLN NL $ 2,200,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1980 37 TOR AL $ 2,200,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,750,000   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
1963 20 AAA   0 1 .000 10 0 0 0 0 8.0 11 7 2 3 5 7.88 .344 .400 .625 1.025  
    AA   1 1 .500 54 0 0 0 7 42.3 39 12 2 20 51 2.55 .242 .326 .298 .624  
1964 21 AAA   6 4 .600 13 13 1 0 0 95.7 84 34 12 31 95 3.20 .236 .297 .365 .662  
    AA   3 2 .600 9 9 0 0 0 64.7 47 11 3 26 86 1.53 .199 .279 .275 .554  
1965 22 KCR AL 0 2 .000 7 0 0 0 2 6.7 9 2 0 1 6 2.70 .333 .357 .444 .802 0.6
    AAA   11 12 .478 27 27 0 0 0 189.0 167 59 21 76 180 2.81 .231 .304 .354 .658  
1966 23 COL NL 0 0 .000 8 5 0 0 0 8.7 4 3 0 3 6 3.11 .143 .226 .179 .404 0.6
  CLN NL 7 2 .778 12 7 1 0 0 80.7 80 33 6 24 62 3.68 .258 .311 .377 .688 4.0
  TOT   7 2 .778 20 12 1 0 0 89.3 84 36 6 27 68 3.63 .249 .304 .361 .664 4.5
    AAA   11 6 .647 18 18 2 1 0 128.7 105 32 9 38 145 2.24 .220 .277 .314 .591  
1967 24 CLN NL 21 8 .724 46 37 4 0 0 279.0 215 80 24 64 233 2.58 .211 .258 .336 .594 23.2
1968 25 CLN NL 21 10 .677 44 37 1 0 1 277.3 243 91 18 80 203 2.95 .237 .294 .345 .639 20.4
1969 26 CLN NL 14 9 .609 32 32 5 0 0 228.3 204 95 28 50 192 3.74 .235 .280 .390 .670 14.5
1970 27 CLN NL 16 10 .615 37 35 5 2 0 264.7 228 99 17 74 188 3.37 .228 .282 .338 .621 17.3
1971 28 CLN NL 17 9 .654 34 33 3 0 0 241.3 218 95 22 80 195 3.54 .239 .302 .368 .670 15.7
1972 29 CLN NL 22 9 .710 37 37 2 1 0 252.7 229 81 16 96 193 2.89 .239 .309 .366 .674 22.4
1973 30 CLN NL 19 6 .760 33 33 5 1 0 242.3 216 102 26 77 186 3.79 .237 .300 .384 .683 15.0
1974 31 CLN NL 13 10 .565 31 30 2 0 0 213.0 195 75 15 58 154 3.17 .243 .294 .355 .649 16.1
1975 32 CLN NL 11 9 .550 30 30 3 1 0 209.0 160 65 16 88 129 2.80 .208 .290 .319 .609 18.2
1976 33 CLN NL 13 10 .565 28 28 4 2 0 202.3 176 73 23 66 142 3.25 .232 .292 .373 .665 15.8
1977 34 CLN NL 13 6 .684 67 0 0 0 11 135.3 126 51 16 43 97 3.39 .246 .304 .390 .693 14.2
1978 35 CLN NL 11 5 .688 53 1 0 0 10 90.7 66 32 5 38 64 3.18 .207 .292 .326 .618 11.3
1979 36 CLN NL 10 8 .556 84 0 0 0 2 163.0 165 76 17 77 82 4.20 .263 .343 .395 .738 9.1
1980 37 TOR AL 4 5 .444 41 0 0 0 0 61.0 73 43 11 37 35 6.34 .297 .387 .496 .883 0.0
16 Years Sim 212 118 .642 624 345 35 7 26 2956.0 2607 1096 260 956 2167 3.34 .235 .297 .363 .660 218.3
4 Years AAA 28 23 .549 68 58 3 1 0 421.3 367 132 44 148 425 2.82 .231 .296 .350 .646  
2 Years AA 4 3 .571 63 9 0 0 7 107.0 86 23 5 46 137 1.93 .217 .298 .285 .583  
6 Years Minors 32 26 .552 131 67 3 1 7 528.3 453 155 49 194 562 2.64 .228 .297 .337 .634  
Season Average 13 7 .650 39 21 2 0 1 184.7 162 68 16 59 135 3.34 .235 .297 .363 .660  
Career Highs 22 10 .778 84 37 5 2 11 279.0 243 102 28 96 233 6.34 .333 .387 .496 .883  
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   2013 857 213 744 1565   .243 .305 .377 .682
vs LH   594 239 47 212 602   .212 .267 .321 .589
Home 103 66 .609 320 176 19 5 16 1529.6 1334 575 144 518 1086 3.38 .234 .297 .365 .662
Away 109 52 .677 304 169 16 2 11 1426.3 1273 521 116 438 1081 3.29 .236 .294 .361 .655
Mar/Apr 28 21 .571 107 58 3 1 5 501.6 448 202 50 164 376 3.62 .239 .300 .377 .677
May 38 24 .613 111 64 8 2 2 536.6 482 206 48 191 369 3.45 .238 .304 .363 .667
June 36 21 .632 106 58 5 0 6 513.6 475 196 36 177 394 3.43 .246 .309 .368 .676
July 33 16 .673 91 58 6 2 1 495.3 409 159 42 164 330 2.89 .222 .286 .349 .635
August 46 17 .730 106 59 7 1 4 498.9 422 175 43 135 384 3.16 .225 .277 .345 .622
Sep/Oct 31 19 .620 103 48 7 1 9 409.6 371 158 41 125 314 3.47 .240 .297 .380 .677
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
1963 20 AA   5 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.4  
1966 23 COL NL 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0
  CLN NL 12 29 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 .069 .100 .069 .169 -1.1 0.0
  TOT   20 29 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 .069 .100 .069 .169 -1.1 0.0
1967 24 CLN NL 46 94 7 10 1 1 0 4 2 0 0 35 .106 .106 .138 .245 -2.2 0.0
1968 25 CLN NL 44 96 5 12 1 0 1 8 1 0 2 40 .125 .143 .167 .310 0.2 0.0
3 Years Sim 110 219 14 24 2 1 1 12 3 0 3 83 .110 .122 .142 .263 -3.1 0.0
1 Years AA 5 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.4  
162 Game Average 322 20 35 2 1 1 17 4 0 4 122 .110 .122 .142 .263 -4.5  
Career Highs 46 96 7 12 1 1 1 8 2 0 2 40 .125 .143 .167 .310 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   139 5 16 1 0 0 7 0 0 3 55 .115 .134 .122 .256 -2.6
vs LH   80 9 8 1 1 1 5 3 0 0 28 .100 .100 .175 .275 -0.7
Home 61 111 6 15 1 0 1 8 2 0 2 41 .135 .150 .171 .322 0.5
Away 49 108 8 9 1 1 0 4 1 0 1 42 .083 .092 .111 .203 -3.7
RISP   44 0 7 2 0 0 10 0 0 2 18 .159 .196 .205 .400 1.1
Close/Late   13 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .154 .154 .154 .308 -0.1
Mar/Apr 14 38 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 17 .105 .105 .105 .211 -1.1
May 15 40 4 5 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 15 .125 .125 .150 .275 -0.6
June 14 34 4 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 12 .088 .088 .147 .235 -0.8
July 13 29 2 4 1 0 1 7 1 0 1 14 .138 .167 .276 .443 1.3
August 20 50 2 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 17 .100 .118 .100 .218 -1.5
Sep/Oct 26 28 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 8 .107 .138 .107 .245 -0.6
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1965 22 KCR AL P 7 0 6.7 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.35    
1966 23 COL NL P 8 5 8.7 1 2 0 0 1.000 3.11    
  CLN NL P 12 7 80.7 5 16 0 0 1.000 2.34    
  TOT   P 20 12 89.3 6 18 0 0 1.000 2.42    
1967 24 CLN NL P 46 37 279.0 17 44 1 7 .984 1.97    
1968 25 CLN NL P 44 37 277.3 12 37 0 3 1.000 1.59    
1969 26 CLN NL P 32 32 228.3 9 23 1 0 .970 1.26    
1970 27 CLN NL P 37 35 264.7 15 43 0 4 1.000 1.97    
1971 28 CLN NL P 34 33 241.3 11 28 0 3 1.000 1.45    
1972 29 CLN NL P 37 37 252.7 13 34 1 2 .979 1.67    
1973 30 CLN NL P 33 33 242.3 9 27 0 3 1.000 1.34    
1974 31 CLN NL P 31 30 213.0 12 25 2 4 .949 1.56    
1975 32 CLN NL P 30 30 209.0 10 26 0 3 1.000 1.55    
1976 33 CLN NL P 28 28 202.3 12 28 1 3 .976 1.78    
1977 34 CLN NL P 67 0 135.3 10 14 0 1 1.000 1.60    
1978 35 CLN NL P 53 1 90.7 3 12 0 1 1.000 1.49    
1979 36 CLN NL P 84 0 163.0 10 29 0 2 1.000 2.15    
1980 37 TOR AL P 41 0 61.0 3 6 0 1 1.000 1.33    
Career Totals   624 345 2956.0 152 395 6 37 .989 1.67    
Career Highs   84 37 279.0 17 44 2 7 1.000 2.42    
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
1966 23 CLN NL 3 1 .750 5 5 1 0 0 36.3 26 10 3 11 22 2.48 .203 .266 .320 .586
1967 24 CLN NL 0 4 .000 4 4 0 0 0 30.3 28 17 6 10 30 5.04 .246 .306 .482 .789
1968 25 CLN NL 1 5 .167 7 7 0 0 0 50.7 50 25 7 16 40 4.44 .258 .314 .402 .716
1969 26 CLN NL 2 2 .500 4 4 0 0 0 27.0 25 16 6 13 18 5.33 .238 .322 .429 .751
1970 27 CLN NL 1 1 .500 2 2 0 0 0 13.7 16 6 1 4 7 3.95 .291 .339 .400 .739
1971 28 CLN NL 0 1 .000 2 2 0 0 0 13.7 8 2 0 5 10 1.32 .167 .245 .167 .412
1972 29 CLN NL 3 1 .750 6 6 0 0 0 43.3 45 14 2 12 27 2.91 .276 .326 .350 .675
1973 30 CLN NL 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 1 1.7 2 0 0 1 2 0.00 .286 .375 .286 .661
1974 31 CLN NL 0 2 .000 2 2 0 0 0 12.7 13 12 3 9 8 8.53 .265 .379 .531 .910
1975 32 CLN NL 0 1 .000 2 2 0 0 0 13.7 9 8 1 9 13 5.27 .173 .295 .308 .603
1977 34 CLN NL 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 3.3 1 0 0 1 2 0.00 .091 .167 .091 .258
1978 35 CLN NL 0 1 .000 2 0 0 0 0 1.0 4 1 0 0 0 9.00 .667 .667 .667 1.333
Career Post-Season Pitching 10 19 .345 40 34 1 0 1 247.3 227 111 29 91 179 4.04 .244 .311 .381 .692
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
1966 23 CLN NL 5 11 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .455 .455 .545 1.000
1967 24 CLN NL 4 11 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .182 .182 .273 .455
1968 25 CLN NL 7 19 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 .105 .105 .105 .211
Career Post-Season Batting 16 41 0 9 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 .220 .220 .268 .488
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1967-3-2.58
1968-5-2.95
1970-8-3.37
1972-3-2.89
1974-7-3.17
1975-3-2.80
1976-6-3.25
CAR-34-3.34
 Wins
1967-6-21
1968-5-21
1970-5-16
1971-7-17
1972-1-22
1973-4-19
 Winning Pct
1967-4-.724
1970-10-.615
1971-8-.654
1972-4-.710
1973-4-.760
1977-6-.684
1978-9-.688
CAR-15-.642
 Saves
1977-7-11
1978-9-10
 Games Pitched
1977-3-67
1979-1-84
 Games Started
1970-2-35
1971-4-33
1972-1-37
Shutouts
1970-6-2
1976-1-2
 Innings Pitched
1970-5-264.7
 Homeruns Allowed
1969-9-28
 Strikeouts
1967-7-233
1969-8-192
1970-5-188
1971-6-195
1972-5-193
1973-10-186
 Walks per 9IP
1967-8-2.1
1969-6-2.0
 Hits per 9IP
1967-3-6.9
1969-10-8.0
1970-6-7.8
1973-8-8.0
1975-4-6.9
1976-6-7.8
Strikeouts per 9IP
1967-6-7.5
1968-10-6.6
1969-6-7.6
1970-10-6.4
1971-9-7.3
1973-6-6.9
1976-8-6.3
 WHiP
1967-3-1.00
1969-4-1.11
1970-6-1.14
1971-8-1.23
1973-8-1.21
1974-8-1.19
1975-6-1.19
1976-8-1.20
CAR-46-1.21
 OAVG
1967-3-.211
1969-10-.235
1970-6-.228
1973-9-.237
1975-4-.208
1976-5-.232
 OOBP
1967-3-.258
1969-4-.280
1970-6-.282
1971-8-.302
1973-9-.300
1974-8-.294
1975-5-.290
1976-6-.292
CAR-44-.297
 OSLG
1967-10-.336
1970-5-.338
1974-7-.355
1975-6-.319
 OOPS
1967-4-.594
1970-4-.621
1974-8-.649
1975-3-.609
1976-9-.665
 
   Black Ink Test: 7    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 143    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 56    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 95)
 
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History
Drafted in 3rd round, 41st overall pick, by Worcester in 1963
Traded from Kansas City to Colorado on 2/1/1966 (Going to COL: C Johnny Roseboro, SS Ozzie Virgil, P Bill Landis, P Rudy May. Going to KCR: P Gene Conley, C Billy Bryan)
Traded from Colorado to Cleveland (N) on 5/1/1966 (Going to COL: P Ron Perranoski, CF Lenny Green. Going to CLN: P Bill Landis)
Earned first career win on 8/7/1966
Had first career hit on 8/23/1966, off Bill Singer (WAS)
Won World Championship with Cleveland (N) in 1966
Was selected to the 1967 Allstar game
Injured on 7/26/1967 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for one week
Was selected to the 1968 Allstar game
Hit first career homerun on 7/31/1968, off Steve Hamilton (NYA)
Injured on 8/11/1969 with a Pulled Rotator Cuff Muscle, out for 3 weeks
9/22/1969: Signed a contract extension with Cleveland (N), $4,350,000 per year, for 4 years
Was selected to the 1972 Allstar game
Injured on 9/12/1972 with a Inflamed Bicep Tendon, out for 2-3 weeks
Won World Championship with Cleveland (N) in 1972
6/1/1973: Signed a contract extension with Cleveland (N), $5,750,000 per year, for 4 years
Injured on 9/15/1974 with a Strained Elbow Ligament, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 8/21/1975 with a Inflamed Elbow Ligament, out for one week
6/1/1977: Signed a contract extension with Cleveland (N), $2,200,000 per year, for 4 years
Traded from Cleveland (N) to Toronto on 2/4/1980 (Going to CLN: P Mike Boddicker, RF Claudell Washington. Going to TOR: P Balor Moore, P Billy Mccool, P Bill Landis, P Rich Hinton)
 
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