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Bill
Connelly		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 180
 
Born: June 29, 1925 in Usa, VA, ALBERTA
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1945 20 SEM AL   6 5 6 6 1 1 1 3 5 4
1946 21 SEM AL   6 5 6 6 1 1 1 3 5 4
1947 22 SEM AL   6 5 6 6 1 2 1 3 5 4
1948 23 SEM AL   6 6 6 6 1 2 1 4 5 4
1949 24 SEM AL   6 6 7 6 1 2 2 4 5 5
1950 25 SDP NL $ 300,000 6 7 7 7 1 2 2 4 5 5
1951 26 SDP NL $ 300,000 6 6 7 7 1 3 2 3 4 3
1952 27 SDP NL   6 7 7 7 1 2 2 3 4 3
1953 28 SDP NL   6 7 8 7 1 2 1 4 5 5
1954 29 SDP NL   6 7 7 7 1 2 1 4 5 5
1955 30 SDP NL   6 6 7 7 1 2 1 4 5 5
1956 31 SDP NL   6 6 7 6 1 2 1 5 6 5
1957 32 SDP NL $ 300,000 6 6 7 6 1 2 1 4 5 5
1958 33 PIT NL   5 6 7 6 1 2 1 4 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings   5 5 6 6 1 1 1 3 4 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000 6 7 8 7 1 3 2 5 6 5
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 20 A   7 8 .467 26 20 1 0 1 141.0 122 49 6 69 161 3.13 .230 .319 .306 .625  
1946 21 A   11 4 .733 25 25 2 2 0 185.3 116 33 7 94 201 1.60 .182 .288 .261 .549  
1947 22 A   3 5 .375 18 18 2 0 0 128.3 68 28 7 54 149 1.96 .158 .252 .239 .491  
1948 23 A   12 3 .800 24 24 3 2 0 169.7 121 51 11 77 200 2.71 .197 .287 .284 .571  
1949 24 AA   10 3 .769 15 15 0 0 0 104.3 73 34 7 67 113 2.93 .195 .317 .299 .617  
1950 25 SDP NL 0 0 .000 3 0 0 0 0 2.3 2 1 0 2 0 3.86 .222 .364 .333 .697 0.0
    AA   6 1 .857 87 0 0 0 4 114.7 62 47 11 62 121 3.69 .164 .282 .278 .560  
1951 26 SDP NL 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 2.0 1 0 0 2 1 0.00 .167 .375 .167 .542 0.4
    AAA   1 2 .333 56 0 0 0 3 67.0 69 36 7 55 61 4.84 .271 .400 .412 .812  
1952 27 AAA   3 8 .273 82 0 0 0 7 99.0 81 39 12 70 91 3.55 .226 .353 .363 .716  
1953 28 AAA   5 1 .833 82 0 0 0 5 103.3 92 49 16 69 99 4.27 .244 .361 .430 .791  
1954 29 AAA   3 1 .750 57 0 0 0 2 86.0 76 56 15 65 89 5.86 .237 .365 .408 .773  
1955 30 AAA   10 3 .769 80 0 0 0 6 115.7 103 54 15 70 136 4.20 .236 .342 .383 .725  
1956 31 AAA   5 2 .714 59 0 0 0 2 71.0 60 40 10 66 77 5.07 .238 .396 .401 .797  
1957 32 SDP NL 0 4 .000 32 0 0 0 2 23.0 30 21 6 17 12 8.22 .316 .420 .558 .978 0.0
1958 33 A   4 4 .500 80 0 0 0 11 67.3 32 14 7 29 78 1.87 .147 .248 .267 .515  
3 Years Sim 0 4 .000 37 0 0 0 2 27.3 33 22 6 21 13 7.24 .300 .412 .518 .930 0.4
6 Years AAA 27 17 .614 416 0 0 0 25 542.0 481 274 75 395 553 4.55 .241 .366 .398 .764  
2 Years AA 16 4 .800 102 15 0 0 4 219.0 135 81 18 129 234 3.33 .180 .300 .289 .588  
5 Years A 37 24 .607 173 87 8 4 12 691.7 459 175 38 323 789 2.28 .189 .284 .273 .558  
13 Years Minors 80 45 .640 691 102 8 4 41 1452.6 1075 530 131 847 1576 3.28 .208 .319 .324 .643  
Season Average 0 1 .000 12 0 0 0 0 9.1 11 7 2 7 4 7.24 .300 .412 .518 .930  
Career Highs 0 4 .000 32 0 0 0 2 23.0 30 21 6 17 12 8.22 .316 .420 .558 .978  
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   21 11 2 11 9   .292 .386 .444 .830
vs LH   12 11 4 10 4   .316 .458 .658 1.116
Home 0 0 .000 18 0 0 0 0 14.3 16 10 3 10 5 6.28 .276 .382 .466 .848
Away 0 4 .000 19 0 0 0 2 13.0 17 12 3 11 8 8.31 .327 .444 .577 1.021
Mar/Apr 0 1 .000 3 0 0 0 0 2.0 4 4 0 3 1 18.00 .444 .583 .667 1.250
May 0 0 .000 4 0 0 0 0 3.0 4 0 0 2 2 0.00 .333 .429 .333 .762
June 0 1 .000 10 0 0 0 1 8.7 10 7 3 6 2 7.27 .286 .390 .600 .990
July 0 0 .000 3 0 0 0 0 2.0 2 2 1 0 2 9.00 .250 .250 .625 .875
August 0 1 .000 4 0 0 0 1 3.3 5 4 2 1 3 10.81 .333 .375 .733 1.108
Sep/Oct 0 1 .000 13 0 0 0 0 8.3 8 5 0 9 3 5.40 .258 .425 .323 .748
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1950 25 SDP NL P 3 0 2.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.86    
1951 26 SDP NL P 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1957 32 SDP NL P 32 0 23.0 4 5 0 0 1.000 3.52    
Career Totals   37 0 27.3 5 5 0 0 1.000 3.29    
Career Highs   32 0 23.0 4 5 0 0 1.000 3.86    
History
Drafted in 3rd round, 45th overall pick, by Seattle in 1945
Injured on 6/5/1947 with a Broken Elbow, out for 8 weeks
Traded from Seattle to San Diego on 2/3/1950 (Going to SDP: P Bill Connelly. Going to SEM: P Fred Hutchinson)
Injured on 5/14/1951 with a Strained Elbow Ligament, out for 7 weeks
Traded from San Diego to Pittsburgh on 2/21/1958 (Going to PIT: P Bill Connelly. Going to SDP: C Sam Calderone, RF Gus Zernial, P Jack Harshman, CF Sam Mele)
 
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