Bill
Virdon
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 190
 
Born: June 9, 1931 in Usa, MI, HAZEL PARK
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1963   
All-Star Selections 1962   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1955 24 MON NL $ 300,000   8 8 7 6 7 6 5 6 6 3 4 4 8 9 9
1956 25 MON NL $ 300,000   8 8 7 6 7 6 5 6 5 3 4 3 8 9 9
1957 26 MON NL $ 300,000   9 9 8 6 7 7 5 6 6 3 4 4 8 9 9
1958 27 MON NL $ 300,000   9 9 8 6 7 7 6 7 7 3 4 4 8 9 8
1959 28 MON NL $ 300,000   9 9 8 6 7 7 5 7 6 3 4 4 8 9 9
1960 29 MON NL $ 3,178,571   9 9 8 6 7 7 5 7 6 3 4 3 8 9 9
1961 30 MON NL $ 5,535,714   9 9 8 6 7 7 6 7 7 2 3 3 8 9 8
1962 31 MON NL $ 5,800,000   9 9 8 6 7 7 6 7 7 2 3 3 8 9 9
1963 32 MON NL $ 5,800,000   9 9 8 6 7 7 5 7 6 2 3 3 8 9 8
1964 33 MON NL $ 5,800,000   9 9 8 6 7 7 5 7 6 2 3 3 8 9 8
1965 34 MON NL $ 5,800,000   8 8 7 4 6 5 4 5 5 2 3 3 7 7 7
1966 35 CLE AL $ 4,600,000   8 8 7 3 5 4 3 4 4 2 3 3 6 7 7
1967 36 CLE AL $ 4,600,000   7 7 6 3 5 4 3 5 4 2 3 3 6 6 6
1968 37 CLE AL $ 4,600,000   6 6 5 3 4 4 3 5 4 2 3 3 5 6 6
1969 38 CLE AL $ 4,600,000   3 3 3 1 2 2 3 5 4 2 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 2 2 3 4 4 2 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,800,000   9 9 8 6 7 7 6 7 7 3 4 4 8 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
1955 24 MON NL 17 19 2 7 0 0 1 5 0 0 0 3 .368 .368 .526 .895 3.0 0.5
    AAA   135 591 120 197 15 2 40 102 6 8 39 50 .333 .375 .569 .943 114.4  
1956 25 MON NL 135 428 62 116 11 4 17 45 0 0 34 29 .271 .324 .435 .759 59.8 9.2
1957 26 MON NL 88 314 48 96 15 1 18 50 0 0 14 23 .306 .333 .532 .865 51.9 10.4
1958 27 MON NL 138 437 76 145 28 1 18 57 0 0 28 40 .332 .372 .524 .896 76.9 16.7
1959 28 MON NL 123 415 59 135 26 2 15 79 0 0 19 37 .325 .351 .506 .857 65.9 12.0
1960 29 MON NL 139 453 84 166 33 4 20 73 0 0 37 36 .366 .411 .589 1.000 94.6 23.0
1961 30 MON NL 86 278 35 85 15 3 10 40 0 0 17 35 .306 .345 .489 .834 42.0 9.2
1962 31 MON NL 135 447 82 157 29 9 22 78 0 0 31 34 .351 .392 .604 .996 89.4 24.0
1963 32 MON NL 141 485 81 146 17 4 18 58 4 1 33 38 .301 .345 .464 .809 72.5 15.6
1964 33 MON NL 137 465 60 131 17 3 13 54 0 2 28 44 .282 .319 .415 .734 60.2 10.9
1965 34 MON NL 114 343 50 89 11 2 16 47 3 2 22 23 .259 .307 .443 .750 45.2 9.2
1966 35 MON NL 28 31 4 6 1 0 2 4 0 0 4 1 .194 .286 .419 .705 3.8 0.7
  CLE AL 78 149 19 42 6 1 3 21 1 2 6 31 .282 .308 .396 .704 16.9 2.3
  TOT   106 180 23 48 7 1 5 25 1 2 10 32 .267 .304 .400 .704 20.7 3.0
1967 36 CLE AL 51 104 14 28 2 1 1 7 0 0 10 20 .269 .339 .337 .676 11.2 1.5
    AAA   31 108 18 36 4 0 3 17 1 0 11 9 .333 .395 .454 .849 18.7  
1968 37 CLE AL 54 97 10 27 0 0 3 11 0 1 6 22 .278 .320 .371 .692 10.5 1.7
    AAA   25 92 6 24 3 0 1 13 0 2 4 14 .261 .292 .326 .618 7.8  
1969 38 CLE AL 85 198 20 48 8 1 1 21 5 1 9 48 .242 .275 .308 .583 14.5 0.9
15 Years Sim 1549 4663 706 1424 219 36 178 650 13 9 298 464 .305 .346 .482 .828 718.3 147.6
3 Years AAA 191 791 144 257 22 2 44 132 7 10 54 73 .325 .368 .525 .893 140.9  
162 Game Average 487 73 148 22 3 18 67 1 0 31 48 .305 .346 .482 .828 75.1  
Career Highs 141 485 84 166 33 9 22 79 5 2 37 48 .368 .411 .604 1.000 94.6  
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   4107 623 1293 194 32 164 583 12 7 269 362 .315 .356 .497 .853 681.9
vs LH   556 83 131 25 4 14 67 1 2 29 102 .236 .272 .371 .643 54.9
Home 781 2306 339 695 111 18 86 311 8 3 137 223 .301 .339 .477 .816 354.9
Away 768 2357 367 729 108 18 92 339 5 6 161 241 .309 .352 .487 .840 381.9
RISP   939 0 296 40 16 34 429 0 0 80 105 .315 .361 .501 .862 162.9
Pinch Hitting   370 62 108 14 5 17 84 1 0 27 45 .292 .338 .495 .833 60.0
Close/Late   628 92 206 25 8 26 114 0 0 53 58 .328 .378 .518 .895 114.8
Mar/Apr 246 708 103 196 25 3 24 90 3 2 55 74 .277 .328 .422 .750 97.1
May 279 899 132 280 42 10 33 117 3 2 53 68 .311 .349 .491 .840 144.2
June 252 787 124 244 40 9 31 124 3 0 46 71 .310 .348 .502 .850 128.9
July 257 771 123 239 36 5 36 121 0 1 40 87 .310 .342 .510 .852 126.2
August 264 792 101 237 32 3 23 94 2 2 57 91 .299 .345 .434 .779 114.6
Sep/Oct 251 706 123 228 44 6 31 104 2 2 47 73 .323 .364 .534 .898 125.9
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
1955 24 MON NL CF 10 0 22.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.45 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1956 25 MON NL CF 101 94 852.7 208 3 2 0 .991 2.23 0 0 .000 0 3.4
    LF 16 4 57.3 12 0 0 0 1.000 1.88 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 2 0 5.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 5.40 0 0 .000 0  
1957 26 MON NL CF 56 53 464.7 113 0 2 0 .983 2.19 0 0 .000 0 2.1
    LF 20 17 150.3 27 1 0 0 1.000 1.68 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 10 1 28.3 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.59 0 0 .000 0  
1958 27 MON NL LF 105 95 837.0 139 4 2 1 .986 1.54 0 0 .000 0 3.0
    CF 12 3 37.0 12 0 0 0 1.000 2.92 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 5 4 34.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.12 0 0 .000 0  
1959 28 MON NL LF 104 99 871.3 122 2 1 0 .992 1.28 0 0 .000 0 2.1
    RF 5 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 4 0 4.0 2 0 1 0 .667 4.50 0 0 .000 0  
1960 29 MON NL LF 119 113 1005.7 179 6 1 1 .995 1.66 0 0 .000 0 4.4
    CF 7 0 12.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.71 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1961 30 MON NL LF 69 65 600.3 83 3 0 1 1.000 1.29 0 0 .000 0 1.1
    RF 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 4 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1962 31 MON NL LF 113 103 912.7 139 2 4 1 .972 1.39 0 0 .000 0 2.2
    CF 13 0 25.3 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.84 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 2 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0  
1963 32 MON NL LF 114 108 950.7 166 5 3 0 .983 1.62 0 0 .000 0 2.0
    CF 6 1 18.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 2 2 18.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.50 0 0 .000 0  
1964 33 MON NL LF 110 106 921.7 149 5 2 0 .987 1.50 0 0 .000 0 3.0
    RF 12 0 15.7 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.30 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 3 1 10.3 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.48 0 0 .000 0  
1965 34 MON NL LF 73 65 594.3 102 5 3 1 .973 1.62 0 0 .000 0 1.5
    CF 10 9 77.0 20 0 0 0 1.000 2.34 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 10 0 18.7 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.41 0 0 .000 0  
1966 35 MON NL RF 6 3 21.9 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.23 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    CF 6 3 21.6 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.67 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 4 2 13.8 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.96 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    C 0 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  CLE AL RF 15 9 98.8 14 1 0 0 1.000 1.37 0 0 .000 0 0.7
    CF 18 8 97.4 18 2 0 1 1.000 1.85 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 12 6 62.2 12 0 0 0 1.000 1.74 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    C 1 0 0.8 1 0 0 0 1.000 11.25 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   RF 21 12 120.7 17 1 0 0 1.000 1.34   0.9
      CF 24 11 119.0 22 2 0 1 1.000 1.82   0.0
      LF 16 8 76.0 15 0 0 0 1.000 1.78   0.0
      C 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1967 36 CLE AL RF 20 15 136.0 34 2 0 1 1.000 2.38 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    CF 13 6 60.0 11 1 0 0 1.000 1.80 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 4 3 23.3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.16 0 0 .000 0  
1968 37 CLE AL CF 18 11 105.3 17 0 1 0 .944 1.45 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    RF 11 8 75.0 14 0 1 0 .933 1.68 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 4 1 10.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 0 0 .000 0  
1969 38 CLE AL RF 37 16 206.0 51 0 0 0 1.000 2.23 0 0 .000 0 0.9
    CF 31 17 183.3 56 1 0 0 1.000 2.80 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 10 8 72.0 14 0 0 0 1.000 1.75 0 0 .000 0  
  LF 877 795 7082.6 1152 33 16 5 .987 1.51 0 0 .000 0 19.3
  CF 312 206 1994.3 483 7 6 1 .988 2.21 0 0 .000 0 5.7
  RF 140 58 670.4 143 3 1 1 .993 1.96 0 0 .000 0 2.1
  C 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   1330 1059 9748.3 1779 43 23 7 .988 1.68 0 0 .000 0 27.2
Career Highs   128 113 1019.3 223 6 4 1 1.000 2.45 0 0 .000 0  
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
1958 27 MON NL 4 13 0 5 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 1 .385 .400 .385 .785
1959 28 MON NL 10 24 1 7 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 .292 .346 .292 .638
1960 29 MON NL 7 19 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 .053 .100 .105 .205
1961 30 MON NL 10 32 5 12 3 0 1 4 0 0 5 3 .375 .459 .563 1.022
1962 31 MON NL 6 21 1 6 1 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 .286 .286 .571 .857
1963 32 MON NL 15 58 11 21 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 .362 .373 .414 .787
1965 34 MON NL 10 7 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 1 .286 .500 .286 .786
Career Post-Season Batting 62 174 18 54 8 1 2 16 0 0 13 13 .310 .356 .402 .759
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.
Batting Average
1958-9-.307*
1960-1-.360*
1962-1-.337*
1963-8-.301
On-Base Pct
1960-1-.404*
1962-7-.377*
Slugging Pct
1960-2-.579*
1962-2-.579*
OPS
1960-2-.984*
1962-2-.956*
XR
1960-9-94.6
1962-9-89.4
Hits
1960-10-166
Total Bases
1962-7-270
Doubles
1960-4-33
1962-7-29
Triples
1960-10-4
1962-1-9
     
 
   Black Ink Test: 9    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 31    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 26    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  3. Hack Wilson (905)
  4. Johnny Frederick (901)
  5. Tony Armas (893)
  6. Stan Spence (892)
  7. Bill Skowron (892)
  8. Chick Hafey (892)
  9. Wally Westlake (889)
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 13th overall pick, by Montreal in 1955
Injured on 4/25/1955 with a Strained Hip Muscle, out for 6 days
Had first career hit on 9/8/1955, off Ralph Branca (NYA)
Hit first career homerun on 9/20/1955, off Tommy Hughes (BSN)
Injured on 7/21/1957 with a Pulled Calf Muscle, out for 4 weeks
Drove in 6 runs against Minnesota on 6/27/1958
Had 5 hits with 7 RBI against St. Louis on 6/1/1959
Won World Series with Montreal in 1959
2/1/1960: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,178,571 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 5/12/1960, hitting .550 with 3 HR, 5 RBI
Hit for the cycle against New York (N) on 9/18/1960
Won World Series with Montreal in 1960
2/1/1961: Gets a new one-year contract worth $5,535,714 through salary arbitration
Injured on 3/24/1961 with a Torn Rib Cage Muscle, out for 10-11 weeks
9/1/1961: Signed a contract extension with Montreal, $5,800,000 per year, for 4 years
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Pittsburgh on 9/1/1961
Hit for the cycle against Boston (N) on 6/8/1962
Won Player of the Week award on 6/9/1962, hitting .571 with 3 HR, 10 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/1962, hitting .412 with 5 HR, 18 RBI
Was selected to the 1962 Allstar game
Won World Championship with Montreal in 1963
6/1/1965: Signed a contract extension with Montreal, $4,600,000 per year, for 4 years
Traded from Montreal to Cleveland (A) on 6/1/1966 (Going to CLE: P Stan Bahnsen, CF Larry Stahl, P Nick Willhite, LF Bill Virdon. Going to MON: CF Ellis Burton)