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Bill
Sayles		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 200
 
Born: July 27, 1917 in Usa, OR, PORTLAND
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1939 21 MIN AL $ 300,000 8 9 9 9 3 3 3 7 7 7
1940 22 MIN AL $ 300,000 8 9 9 9 3 3 3 6 6 6
1941 23 MIN AL $ 300,000 8 10 10 10 3 3 3 6 6 6
1942 24 MIN AL $ 3,821,429 8 10 10 10 3 3 3 6 6 6
1943 25 MIN AL $ 3,971,429 8 9 9 9 3 3 3 6 6 6
1944 26 MIN AL $ 3,971,429 8 10 10 10 3 3 3 6 6 6
1945 27 DET AL $ 5,658,266 8 10 10 10 3 3 3 6 6 6
1946 28 MON NL $ 5,658,266 8 10 10 10 3 3 3 6 6 6
1947 29 MON NL $ 5,658,266 8 10 10 10 3 3 3 6 6 6
1948 30 CLE AL $ 5,658,266 8 10 10 10 3 3 3 5 5 5
1949 31 CLE AL $ 4,700,000 8 9 9 9 2 2 2 5 5 5
1950 32 CLE AL $ 4,700,000 7 9 9 9 2 2 2 5 5 5
1951 33 STL NL $ 500,000 7 9 9 9 2 2 2 4 4 4
1952 34 STL NL $ 400,000 7 9 9 9 2 2 2 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 7 9 9 9 2 2 2 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,658,266 8 10 10 10 3 3 3 7 7 7
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1939 21 MIN AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1940 22 MIN AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1941 23 MIN AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1942 24 MIN AL $ 3,821,429   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1943 25 MIN AL $ 3,971,429   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1944 26 MIN AL $ 3,971,429   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1945 27 DET AL $ 5,658,266   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1946 28 MON NL $ 5,658,266   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1947 29 MON NL $ 5,658,266   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1948 30 CLE AL $ 5,658,266   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1949 31 CLE AL $ 4,700,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1950 32 CLE AL $ 4,700,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1951 33 STL NL $ 500,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1952 34 STL NL $ 400,000   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 $ 5,658,266   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
1939 21 MIN AL 5 10 .333 31 16 5 2 8 127.7 108 59 9 54 79 4.16 .227 .305 .352 .657 8.9
1940 22 MIN AL 14 19 .424 41 41 6 2 0 294.3 268 140 26 139 182 4.28 .239 .323 .383 .706 11.8
1941 23 MIN AL 16 15 .516 41 37 9 0 0 291.7 230 119 26 149 207 3.67 .216 .313 .354 .667 18.8
1942 24 MIN AL 12 11 .522 36 29 4 0 0 218.3 170 89 17 134 123 3.67 .216 .330 .340 .670 15.3
1943 25 MIN AL 6 13 .316 45 22 2 0 3 172.3 173 107 18 121 114 5.59 .259 .372 .406 .778 2.9
1944 26 MIN AL 10 16 .385 31 31 3 0 0 203.0 199 131 28 138 127 5.81 .259 .374 .436 .810 4.4
1945 27 DET AL 9 8 .529 49 6 0 0 8 91.0 83 45 6 62 86 4.45 .246 .361 .373 .734 7.3
1946 28 MON NL 9 17 .346 33 33 1 0 0 217.0 210 142 33 162 157 5.89 .254 .377 .442 .818 2.3
1947 29 MON NL 8 11 .421 55 12 2 0 4 136.3 109 62 14 108 81 4.09 .222 .360 .373 .733 8.3
1948 30 MON NL 7 9 .438 62 1 0 0 9 83.3 83 55 14 53 64 5.94 .270 .381 .456 .837 2.9
    AAA   1 2 .333 14 0 0 0 0 12.3 10 3 0 10 18 2.19 .227 .370 .273 .643  
1949 31 CLE AL 6 14 .300 65 11 0 0 3 131.7 138 86 20 98 85 5.88 .272 .392 .451 .842 5.0
1950 32 CLE AL 4 11 .267 24 20 0 0 0 113.7 132 97 14 115 79 7.68 .293 .435 .458 .893 0.0
1951 33 STL NL 5 4 .556 40 0 0 0 0 43.7 41 30 16 40 33 6.18 .250 .396 .585 .982 1.5
1952 34 AAA   3 3 .500 60 0 0 0 5 63.3 50 31 11 42 89 4.41 .221 .343 .398 .742  
13 Years Sim 111 158 .413 553 259 32 4 35 2124.0 1944 1162 241 1373 1417 4.92 .244 .355 .400 .756 89.4
2 Years AAA 4 5 .444 74 0 0 0 5 75.7 60 34 11 52 107 4.04 .222 .348 .378 .726  
Season Average 8 12 .400 42 19 2 0 2 163.4 149 89 18 105 109 4.92 .244 .355 .400 .756  
Career Highs 16 19 .556 65 41 9 2 9 294.3 268 142 33 162 207 7.68 .293 .435 .585 .982  
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   874 523 105 596 784   .228 .332 .365 .697
vs LH   1070 639 136 777 633   .259 .376 .434 .809
Home 56 75 .427 285 123 14 3 16 1069.6 941 530 110 673 714 4.46 .237 .348 .383 .731
Away 55 83 .399 268 136 18 1 19 1054.3 1003 632 131 700 703 5.40 .251 .362 .418 .780
Mar/Apr 15 26 .366 100 33 3 1 7 314.6 287 157 39 183 212 4.49 .242 .344 .399 .743
May 23 26 .469 98 50 5 0 11 379.6 366 229 41 258 261 5.43 .253 .366 .410 .776
June 19 25 .432 98 36 5 0 11 329.6 275 147 29 205 215 4.01 .227 .339 .351 .690
July 24 18 .571 93 41 5 1 1 351.6 304 187 31 228 258 4.79 .232 .346 .369 .715
August 18 30 .375 83 52 4 1 3 384.3 349 215 51 272 243 5.04 .245 .366 .416 .782
Sep/Oct 12 33 .267 81 47 10 1 2 364.0 363 227 50 227 228 5.61 .261 .365 .449 .814
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
1939 21 MIN AL 31 33 2 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 14 .121 .147 .121 .268 -0.1 0.0
1940 22 MIN AL 41 99 4 16 3 0 0 5 0 1 2 25 .162 .178 .192 .370 1.8 0.0
1941 23 MIN AL 41 95 4 8 1 0 1 4 0 0 1 29 .084 .094 .126 .220 -2.1 0.0
1942 24 MIN AL 36 74 7 10 1 2 0 6 0 0 1 31 .135 .147 .203 .349 0.8 0.0
1943 25 MIN AL 45 47 1 6 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 22 .128 .163 .149 .312 0.4 0.0
1944 26 MIN AL 31 63 5 13 0 0 1 4 0 0 3 12 .206 .242 .254 .496 4.4 0.0
1945 27 DET AL 49 20 3 7 0 1 0 4 0 0 1 4 .350 .381 .450 .831 2.8 0.5
1946 28 MON NL 33 68 3 14 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 20 .206 .229 .221 .449 3.3 0.0
1947 29 MON NL 55 28 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 .107 .107 .107 .214 -0.7 0.0
1948 30 MON NL 62 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
1949 31 CLE AL 65 23 1 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 5 .217 .250 .217 .467 1.3 0.0
1950 32 CLE AL 24 36 5 7 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 10 .194 .194 .194 .389 1.2 0.0
1951 33 STL NL 40 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.4 0.0
13 Years Sim 553 590 37 94 7 3 2 39 1 1 12 182 .159 .179 .192 .370 13.2 0.5
162 Game Average 172 10 27 2 0 0 11 0 0 3 53 .159 .179 .192 .370 3.9  
Career Highs 65 99 7 16 3 2 1 8 1 1 3 31 .500 .500 .500 1.000 4.4  
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   393 28 64 5 1 1 25 1 1 9 127 .163 .186 .188 .374 5.9
vs LH   197 9 30 2 2 1 14 0 0 3 55 .152 .165 .198 .363 2.4
Home 252 273 20 49 4 1 2 25 0 0 6 75 .179 .197 .223 .421 8.3
Away 268 317 17 45 3 2 0 14 1 1 6 107 .142 .163 .164 .327 0.0
RISP   139 0 25 0 0 0 33 0 0 4 38 .180 .203 .180 .383 2.9
Close/Late   33 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .091 .091 .091 .182 -1.4
Mar/Apr 47 78 5 11 1 0 0 4 0 0 2 24 .141 .163 .154 .316 0.0
May 81 102 7 14 0 0 1 6 0 0 3 38 .137 .162 .167 .329 0.5
June 40 96 2 14 3 1 0 6 0 1 2 29 .146 .163 .198 .361 0.7
July 71 100 7 21 2 2 1 12 0 0 2 23 .210 .225 .300 .525 6.1
August 60 107 9 17 0 0 0 4 1 0 1 33 .159 .174 .159 .333 0.4
Sep/Oct 75 107 7 17 1 0 0 7 0 0 2 35 .159 .182 .168 .350 0.8
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1939 21 MIN AL P 31 16 127.7 12 25 4 0 .902 2.61    
1940 22 MIN AL P 41 41 294.3 12 61 2 4 .973 2.23    
1941 23 MIN AL P 41 37 291.7 26 55 2 8 .976 2.50    
1942 24 MIN AL P 36 29 218.3 17 39 2 2 .966 2.31    
1943 25 MIN AL P 45 22 172.3 8 32 2 1 .952 2.09    
1944 26 MIN AL P 31 31 203.0 16 37 1 3 .981 2.35    
1945 27 DET AL P 49 6 91.0 2 15 1 1 .944 1.68    
1946 28 MON NL P 33 33 217.0 8 35 3 1 .935 1.78    
1947 29 MON NL P 55 12 136.3 11 24 0 0 1.000 2.31    
1948 30 MON NL P 62 1 83.3 5 15 0 3 1.000 2.16    
1949 31 CLE AL P 65 11 131.7 10 17 1 1 .964 1.85    
1950 32 CLE AL P 24 20 113.7 9 20 1 3 .967 2.30    
1951 33 STL NL P 40 0 43.7 2 10 2 1 .857 2.47    
Career Totals   553 259 2124.0 138 385 21 28 .961 2.22    
Career Highs   65 41 294.3 26 61 4 8 1.000 2.61    
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1941-9-3.67
1942-5-3.67
 Wins
1941-10-16
 Losses
1940-2-19
1941-9-15
1944-10-16
1946-5-17
 Saves
1939-7-8
1945-10-8
1948-7-9
 Games Pitched
1947-8-55
1948-8-62
1949-8-65
 Games Started
1940-9-41
Shutouts
1939-5-2
1940-4-2
 Homeruns Allowed
1940-6-26
1941-4-26
1944-6-28
1946-5-33
 Strikeouts
1940-5-182
1941-1-207
1946-4-157
 Walks Allowed
1940-4-139
1941-2-149
1942-3-134
1943-6-121
1944-8-138
1946-3-162
1950-10-115
CAR-39-1373
 Hits per 9IP
1940-3-8.2
1941-1-7.1
1942-1-7.0
 Strikeouts per 9IP
1940-4-5.6
1941-1-6.4
1942-3-5.1
1943-2-6.0
1944-3-5.6
1946-2-6.5
WHiP
1941-9-1.30
 OAVG
1940-2-.239
1941-1-.216
1942-1-.216
 OOBP
1941-9-.313
 OSLG
1941-4-.354
1942-3-.340
 OOPS
1941-4-.667
1942-5-.670
  
 
   Black Ink Test: 10    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 57    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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  1. Red Munger (918)
  2. Bill Voiselle (907)
  3. Ed Hanyzewski (898)
  4. Charley Schanz (892)
  5. Milt Pappas (892)
  6. Britt Burns (889)
  7. Tommy Bridges (886)
  8. Bob Feller (885)
  9. Ken Reynolds (882)
  10. Butch Wensloff (878)
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Gene Schott (991)
  2. Tommy Bridges (989)
  3. Bill Zuber (988)
  4. Larry Sherry (987)
  5. Red Munger (986)
  6. Joe Coleman (985)
  7. Claude Passeau (984)
  8. Bill Lohrman (983)
  9. Jim Maloney (982)
  10. Tommy John (982)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 7th overall pick, by Minnesota in 1939
Earned first career win on 6/20/1939
Had first career hit on 8/22/1939, off Eddie Smith (SEM)
Injured on 3/19/1940 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for one week
Hit first career homerun on 5/6/1941, off Ken Raffensberger (CLE)
2/1/1942: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,821,429 through salary arbitration
2/1/1943: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,971,429 through salary arbitration
2/1/1944: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,971,429 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 5/19/1944, winning 2 games with a 0.63 ERA
Injured on 6/21/1944 with a Pulled Rotator Cuff Muscle, out for 5 weeks
Signed as a free agent by Detroit on 2/4/1945 to a 4-year deal worth $5,658,266 per year
Injured on 8/24/1945 with a Inflamed Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Traded from Detroit to Montreal on 2/1/1946 (Going to MON: P Bill Sayles. Going to DET: SS Eddie Basinski)
Traded from Montreal to Cleveland on 7/31/1948 (Going to MON: P Bill Donovan. Going to CLE: C Rudy York, P Bill Sayles)
10/20/1948: Signed a contract extension with Cleveland, $4,700,000 per year, for 2 years
Injured on 4/25/1950 with a Herniated Disc Back, out for 7 weeks
Signed as a free agent by St. Louis on 2/4/1951 to a 1-year deal worth $500,000 per year
7/31/1951: Signed a contract extension with St. Louis, $400,000 per year, for 2 years
 
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