Bill
Cissell
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 175
 
Born: January 3, 1904 in Usa, MO, PERRYVILLE
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1932   
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  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1930 26 SDP NL $ 300,000 0 7 7 7 1 1 1 20 20 20
1931 27 SDP NL $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1932 28 SDP NL $ 1,800,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1933 29 SDP NL $ 2,085,714 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1934 30 SDP NL $ 2,085,714 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1935 31 SDP NL $ 2,107,143 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1936 32 SDP NL $ 3,090,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1937 33 NYA AL $ 3,090,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1938 34 TAM AL $ 500,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1939 35 SDP NL $ 340,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1940 36 MON NL $ 450,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1941 37 MON NL $ 450,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,090,000 0 7 7 7 1 1 1 20 20 20
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  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
1930 26 SDP NL $ 300,000   43 43 45 9 9 9 67 63 64 33 30 31 86 84 85
1931 27 SDP NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 8 7 7 4 3 3 9 9 9
1932 28 SDP NL $ 1,800,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 8 8 8 4 3 4 9 9 9
1933 29 SDP NL $ 2,085,714   6 6 6 2 2 2 8 8 8 4 4 4 9 9 9
1934 30 SDP NL $ 2,085,714   7 7 7 2 2 2 8 7 7 4 3 4 9 9 9
1935 31 SDP NL $ 2,107,143   6 6 6 2 2 2 8 7 7 4 3 4 9 9 9
1936 32 SDP NL $ 3,090,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 7 7 7 4 3 3 9 9 9
1937 33 NYA AL $ 3,090,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 7 7 7 4 3 3 9 9 9
1938 34 TAM AL $ 500,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 6 6 6 4 3 3 8 8 8
1939 35 SDP NL $ 340,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 6 6 6 4 3 3 8 8 8
1940 36 MON NL $ 450,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 6 5 5 4 3 3 8 8 8
1941 37 MON NL $ 450,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 5 5 5 4 3 3 8 7 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 5 5 5 4 3 3 8 7 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,090,000   43 43 45 9 9 9 67 63 64 33 30 31 86 84 85
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
1930 26 SDP NL 0 1 .000 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 4 7 0 4 0 63.00 .500 .667 1.000 1.667 0.0
1 Years Sim 0 1 .000 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 4 7 0 4 0 63.00 .500 .667 1.000 1.667 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   4 7 0 2 0   .571 .667 1.143 1.810
vs LH   0 0 0 2 0   .000 .667 .000 .667
Home 0 1 .000 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 4 7 0 4 0 63.00 .500 .667 1.000 1.667
August 0 1 .000 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 4 7 0 4 0 63.00 .500 .667 1.000 1.667
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
1930 26 SDP NL 87 135 17 35 3 2 1 28 0 0 4 5 .259 .279 .333 .612 10.7 0.3
1931 27 SDP NL 145 498 63 127 23 2 6 47 5 0 35 29 .255 .305 .345 .650 49.9 4.7
1932 28 SDP NL 149 516 75 165 32 8 5 57 7 2 27 20 .320 .350 .442 .792 72.4 13.3
1933 29 SDP NL 144 509 56 147 26 4 6 69 6 2 26 24 .289 .322 .391 .713 60.3 9.7
1934 30 SDP NL 128 423 56 129 32 4 3 72 5 1 30 24 .305 .348 .421 .769 59.6 10.6
    AAA   5 16 2 7 1 0 0 1 1 0 5 1 .438 .571 .500 1.071 4.7  
1935 31 SDP NL 155 534 83 158 29 4 5 64 11 4 30 36 .296 .332 .393 .725 65.9 9.6
1936 32 SDP NL 106 336 41 96 15 2 2 43 0 3 18 25 .286 .321 .360 .681 34.7 3.9
1937 33 NYA AL 85 185 27 49 5 0 0 14 2 3 13 7 .265 .312 .292 .603 14.3 0.3
1938 34 TAM AL 20 13 5 4 1 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 .308 .400 .538 .938 2.5 0.6
    AAA   2 8 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .250 .333 .250 .583 0.8  
1939 35 SDP NL 76 80 14 21 1 0 1 8 0 1 5 12 .263 .306 .313 .618 6.6 0.5
1940 36 MON NL 94 207 20 64 13 1 1 19 2 1 13 24 .309 .350 .396 .746 24.5 4.4
1941 37 MON NL 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0
    AAA   110 406 50 105 17 1 1 36 3 1 29 41 .259 .308 .313 .621 38.9  
12 Years Sim 1191 3442 457 995 180 28 30 423 38 17 203 206 .289 .327 .384 .711 400.9 57.9
3 Years AAA 117 430 53 114 18 1 1 37 4 1 35 42 .265 .323 .319 .641 44.4  
162 Game Average 468 62 135 24 3 4 57 5 2 27 28 .289 .327 .384 .711 54.5  
Career Highs 155 534 83 165 32 8 6 72 11 4 35 36 .320 .400 .538 .938 72.4  
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   2172 265 604 115 14 16 263 26 11 130 132 .278 .318 .366 .684 244.7
vs LH   1270 192 391 65 14 14 160 12 6 73 74 .308 .344 .414 .758 171.2
Home 583 1665 204 486 88 13 13 203 17 4 93 96 .292 .327 .384 .711 201.8
Away 608 1777 253 509 92 15 17 220 21 13 110 110 .286 .328 .384 .711 214.1
RISP   922 0 257 43 7 12 368 0 0 62 56 .279 .318 .380 .698 110.3
Pinch Hitting   62 7 20 3 1 0 11 1 0 5 2 .323 .373 .403 .776 9.0
Close/Late   394 70 129 22 0 2 45 0 0 23 27 .327 .362 .398 .760 53.6
Mar/Apr 192 592 80 167 36 1 8 66 1 4 40 34 .282 .327 .387 .714 71.2
May 216 625 76 159 26 5 5 63 5 2 42 41 .254 .300 .336 .636 62.4
June 210 647 94 195 38 7 11 95 9 5 33 36 .301 .333 .433 .766 87.8
July 197 562 66 156 27 8 1 65 6 0 28 33 .278 .310 .359 .670 60.8
August 219 605 80 186 36 4 3 76 7 4 36 31 .307 .345 .395 .740 77.9
Sep/Oct 156 411 61 132 17 3 2 58 10 2 24 31 .321 .358 .392 .750 55.8
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1930 26 SDP NL SS 54 13 191.3 35 103 2 21 .986 6.49   1.1
    2B 27 12 141.3 35 74 2 14 .982 6.94   0.8
    P 1 0 1.0 0 2 1 0 .667 18.00    
1931 27 SDP NL SS 139 135 1176.7 176 550 34 104 .955 5.55   4.1
    2B 1 1 8.0 1 4 0 0 1.000 5.63   0.0
1932 28 SDP NL SS 143 141 1211.3 234 630 39 131 .957 6.42   6.2
    2B 2 0 1.7 0 1 0 0 1.000 5.42   0.0
1933 29 SDP NL SS 143 142 1212.0 206 612 42 120 .951 6.07   7.6
1934 30 SDP NL SS 124 117 1029.0 192 482 29 107 .959 5.90   6.3
    2B 2 0 3.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
1935 31 SDP NL SS 153 149 1282.7 207 585 41 109 .951 5.56   5.1
    2B 1 1 9.0 2 2 0 0 1.000 4.00   0.0
1936 32 SDP NL SS 101 88 761.7 118 362 26 69 .949 5.67   2.4
1937 33 NYA AL 2B 44 30 279.0 65 133 7 37 .966 6.39   1.0
    SS 17 11 103.7 12 50 2 6 .969 5.38   0.4
1938 34 TAM AL 2B 5 2 22.0 4 9 0 3 1.000 5.32   0.1
    1B 1 0 2.0 3 1 0 0 1.000 18.00   0.0
    SS 2 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1939 35 SDP NL 2B 50 13 191.3 42 100 2 21 .986 6.68   1.2
    SS 14 4 48.0 8 24 0 5 1.000 6.00   0.3
    3B 1 0 3.0 1 1 0 1 1.000 6.00   0.0
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1940 36 MON NL SS 66 43 391.7 59 167 16 34 .934 5.19   0.0
    2B 15 13 110.7 19 40 2 7 .967 4.80   0.3
    3B 1 0 2.0 1 0 1 0 .500 4.50   0.0
1941 37 MON NL SS 1 1 9.0 3 4 0 2 1.000 7.00   0.1
  SS 957 844 7418.0 1250 3569 231 708 .954 5.85   33.6
  2B 147 72 766.0 168 364 13 82 .976 6.25   3.4
  3B 2 0 5.0 2 1 1 1 .750 5.40   0.0
  RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  1B 1 0 2.0 3 1 0 0 1.000 18.00   0.0
  P 1 0 1.0 0 2 1 0 .667 18.00    
Career Totals   1109 916 8193.9 1423 3937 246 791 .956 5.89   37.1
Career Highs   154 150 1291.7 234 631 42 131 1.000 7.00    
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
1932 28 SDP NL 14 53 7 10 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 4 .189 .218 .226 .445
1933 29 SDP NL 6 20 5 8 1 0 1 4 0 0 2 1 .400 .455 .600 1.055
1934 30 SDP NL 7 25 2 9 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 3 .360 .370 .440 .810
1937 33 NYA AL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 28 99 14 27 5 0 1 6 2 0 5 8 .273 .305 .354 .658
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
1932-9-149
Triples
1932-10-8
Stolen Bases
1932-6-7
1935-2-11
Caught Stealing
1935-9-4
1936-9-3
1937-7-3
   
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 6    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 24    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  1. Bernie James (960)
  2. Lonny Frey (960)
  3. Jerry Standaert (956)
  4. Bama Rowell (953)
  5. Fresco Thompson (943)
  6. Hughie Critz (943)
  7. Ron Theobald (942)
  8. Charlie Gehringer (936)
  9. Damaso Garcia (933)
  10. Bernie Allen (929)
History
Had first career hit on 4/14/1930, off Pete Donohue (TAM)
Hit first career homerun on 6/11/1930, off Carl Fischer (MON)
1/31/1932: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,800,000 through salary arbitration
Won Gold Glove at Shortstop in 1932
1/31/1933: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,085,714 through salary arbitration
2/5/1934: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,085,714 through salary arbitration
2/5/1935: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,107,143 through salary arbitration
5/16/1935: Signed a contract extension with San Diego, $3,090,000 per year, for 2 years
Traded from San Diego to New York (A) on 2/13/1937 (Going to NYA: P Carl Hubbell, 1B Ripper Collins, SS Bill Cissell. Going to SDP: 1B Elbie Fletcher)
Signed as a free agent by Detroit on 2/10/1938 to a 1-year deal worth $500,000 per year
Traded from Detroit to Tampa Bay on 3/3/1938 (Going to DET: P Frank Gabler. Going to TAM: P Jim Turner, P Garland Braxton, C Rollie Hemsley, SS Bill Cissell, 2B Greg Mulleavy)
Signed as a free agent by San Diego on 2/2/1939 to a 1-year deal worth $340,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by Montreal on 2/12/1940 to a 2-year deal worth $450,000 per year
Injured on 8/1/1941 with a Sore Shoulder, out for 4 days