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Bill
Serena		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 180
 
Born: October 2, 1924 in Usa, CA, ALAMEDA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1951    1952    1953    1955    1956    1959   
All-Star Selections 1951    1953    1955    1956    1957    1958    1959   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  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
1949 24 SEM AL     5 5 5 7 7 7 7 6 7 9 8 8 6 6 6
1950 25 SEM AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 8 8 8 7 7 7 9 9 9 6 6 6
1951 26 SEM AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 8 8 8 7 7 7 9 9 9 6 6 6
1952 27 SEM AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 8 8 8 7 7 7 9 9 9 6 6 6
1953 28 SEM AL $ 300,000   8 8 8 8 8 8 7 7 7 10 10 10 6 6 6
1954 29 SEM AL $ 5,500,000   7 7 7 8 8 8 7 7 7 9 9 9 6 5 6
1955 30 SEM AL $ 5,500,000   7 7 7 8 8 8 7 7 7 10 9 9 5 5 5
1956 31 SEM AL $ 7,960,000   7 7 7 8 8 8 7 7 7 10 9 9 5 5 5
1957 32 SEM AL $ 7,960,000   7 7 7 8 8 8 7 7 7 9 9 9 5 5 5
1958 33 SEM AL $ 7,960,000   7 7 7 8 8 8 7 7 7 9 9 9 5 5 5
1959 34 BSN NL $ 11,400,000   6 6 6 7 7 7 6 6 6 9 9 9 5 5 5
1960 35 BSN NL $ 11,400,000   6 6 6 7 7 7 6 5 6 9 8 9 5 5 5
1961 36 BSN NL $ 11,400,000   5 5 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 9 8 9 4 4 4
1962 37 CLE AL $ 3,500,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 4 4 4 8 8 8 4 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 5 6 6 6 4 4 4 8 8 8 4 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 11,400,000   8 8 8 8 8 8 7 7 7 10 10 10 6 6 6
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
1949 24 AAA   111 409 104 126 21 4 42 109 2 2 96 83 .308 .440 .687 1.127 114.5  
    AA   26 91 20 23 1 0 4 12 0 0 24 11 .253 .409 .396 .804 17.1  
1950 25 SEM AL 154 579 105 149 28 3 29 104 0 0 95 99 .257 .362 .466 .828 94.2 14.3
1951 26 SEM AL 155 564 117 148 30 5 35 105 0 0 108 103 .262 .379 .520 .899 108.0 19.7
1952 27 SEM AL 132 488 116 138 36 5 31 96 0 0 94 78 .283 .397 .568 .964 105.1 21.0
    AAA   26 91 21 27 9 0 12 28 0 0 15 17 .297 .396 .791 1.187 25.7  
1953 28 SEM AL 156 579 129 165 36 5 35 87 0 0 117 116 .285 .403 .546 .949 124.0 27.6
1954 29 SEM AL 154 565 118 166 34 4 25 91 0 0 98 104 .294 .399 .501 .900 108.5 23.6
1955 30 SEM AL 157 584 106 169 37 0 30 78 0 0 83 119 .289 .378 .507 .885 108.7 19.5
1956 31 SEM AL 151 573 100 156 31 2 34 103 0 0 87 147 .272 .369 .511 .880 100.9 20.9
1957 32 SEM AL 155 575 116 161 35 4 35 115 0 0 93 137 .280 .379 .537 .917 111.2 24.3
1958 33 SEM AL 156 589 87 150 38 1 23 92 0 0 89 167 .255 .355 .440 .795 91.4 16.9
1959 34 BSN NL 154 584 93 144 23 4 31 97 0 0 74 185 .247 .330 .459 .789 89.0 16.0
1960 35 BSN NL 152 512 80 117 14 2 25 74 1 0 90 148 .229 .344 .410 .754 78.3 15.1
1961 36 BSN NL 154 550 67 124 19 2 23 64 0 0 62 188 .225 .304 .393 .697 66.0 10.1
1962 37 CLE AL 118 333 30 64 7 2 9 34 0 1 49 104 .192 .299 .306 .606 31.9 2.7
13 Years Sim 1948 7075 1264 1851 368 39 365 1140 1 1 1139 1695 .262 .364 .479 .843 1217.4 231.6
2 Years AAA 137 500 125 153 30 4 54 137 2 2 111 100 .306 .432 .706 1.138 140.2  
1 Years AA 26 91 20 23 1 0 4 12 0 0 24 11 .253 .409 .396 .804 17.1  
3 Years Minors 163 591 145 176 31 4 58 149 2 2 135 111 .298 .428 .658 1.086 157.3  
162 Game Average 588 105 153 30 3 30 94 0 0 94 140 .262 .364 .479 .843 101.2  
Career Highs 157 589 129 169 38 5 35 115 1 1 117 188 .294 .403 .568 .964 124.0  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   4365 760 1133 234 16 214 717 1 0 667 1045 .260 .357 .468 .825 744.5
vs LH   2710 504 718 134 23 151 423 0 1 472 650 .265 .375 .499 .873 511.8
Home 973 3467 617 916 196 15 169 556 1 1 552 865 .264 .365 .476 .841 610.7
Away 975 3608 647 935 172 24 196 584 0 0 587 830 .259 .363 .483 .846 645.5
RISP   1661 0 444 97 10 101 738 0 0 315 412 .267 .378 .520 .898 333.9
Pinch Hitting   66 9 7 1 0 3 5 0 0 13 12 .106 .253 .258 .511 5.3
Close/Late   831 135 226 36 8 42 161 0 0 173 200 .272 .397 .486 .883 165.5
Mar/Apr 300 1130 197 312 67 6 69 197 0 0 158 262 .276 .365 .529 .894 214.0
May 346 1275 226 324 55 10 64 210 0 0 213 320 .254 .361 .464 .824 220.8
June 328 1180 188 308 56 6 54 165 0 0 192 274 .261 .364 .456 .820 201.9
July 315 1157 193 292 61 8 55 177 0 1 185 269 .252 .356 .462 .817 195.0
August 334 1156 229 312 57 5 60 182 0 0 199 275 .270 .377 .484 .861 214.3
Sep/Oct 325 1177 231 303 72 4 63 209 1 0 192 295 .257 .361 .486 .847 210.3
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
1950 25 SEM AL 2B 151 149 1337.7 327 584 19 135 .980 6.13   6.5
    3B 2 2 19.0 3 8 0 0 1.000 5.21   0.2
1951 26 SEM AL 2B 151 148 1344.3 337 630 19 139 .981 6.47   6.6
    3B 1 1 9.0 2 1 1 0 .750 3.00   0.0
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1952 27 SEM AL 2B 129 124 1113.0 270 559 18 101 .979 6.70   6.1
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1953 28 SEM AL 2B 150 147 1301.3 295 627 13 115 .986 6.38   6.1
    3B 3 1 14.7 0 5 1 1 .833 3.07   0.0
    SS 2 1 8.7 0 4 0 0 1.000 4.16   0.0
1954 29 SEM AL 2B 145 143 1274.7 319 652 22 140 .978 6.86   5.1
    SS 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    3B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1955 30 SEM AL 2B 147 145 1298.3 308 615 16 118 .983 6.40   2.5
    3B 4 0 10.0 0 3 0 0 1.000 2.70   0.0
    SS 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1956 31 SEM AL 3B 144 143 1278.3 88 368 29 38 .940 3.21   4.2
    2B 3 0 7.0 1 4 0 1 1.000 6.43   0.0
1957 32 SEM AL 3B 142 141 1273.0 74 352 25 32 .945 3.01   4.6
    SS 9 8 74.0 14 35 0 9 1.000 5.96   0.6
    2B 1 0 0.7 0 1 0 0 1.000 13.64   0.0
1958 33 SEM AL 3B 149 149 1343.7 89 350 28 32 .940 2.94   5.1
    SS 3 0 3.0 0 1 0 1 1.000 3.00   0.0
1959 34 BSN NL SS 150 150 1314.0 183 567 21 111 .973 5.14   6.5
    2B 3 1 12.3 6 6 0 1 1.000 8.76   0.1
1960 35 BSN NL 3B 72 70 628.0 31 141 10 12 .945 2.46   1.9
    2B 73 71 616.3 124 250 5 58 .987 5.46   3.0
    SS 4 0 7.7 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.35   0.0
1961 36 BSN NL 3B 146 146 1268.3 78 342 31 35 .931 2.98   2.8
    SS 3 0 12.7 5 8 0 3 1.000 9.24   0.1
    2B 4 0 6.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.50   0.0
1962 37 CLE AL SS 53 42 395.3 47 156 5 30 .976 4.62   1.8
    3B 45 44 375.3 15 83 4 9 .961 2.35   1.1
    2B 17 7 77.0 19 36 0 6 1.000 6.43   0.4
  2B 974 935 8388.6 2006 3965 112 814 .982 6.41   36.4
  3B 710 697 6222.3 381 1654 129 159 .940 2.94   19.9
  SS 228 201 1821.3 250 773 26 154 .975 5.06   9.1
Career Totals   1912 1833 16432.3 2637 6392 267 1127 .971 4.95   65.5
Career Highs   155 151 1356.7 339 652 31 140 .985 6.85    
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
1950 25 SEM AL 13 51 9 13 3 0 5 11 0 0 6 3 .255 .333 .608 .941
1951 26 SEM AL 5 17 2 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 3 2 .118 .250 .294 .544
1952 27 SEM AL 7 28 4 7 3 0 1 5 0 0 3 7 .250 .323 .464 .787
1953 28 SEM AL 4 14 4 4 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 4 .286 .412 .500 .912
1957 32 SEM AL 5 18 4 6 1 0 2 4 0 0 0 3 .333 .333 .722 1.056
Career Post-Season Batting 34 128 23 32 7 0 10 23 0 0 15 19 .250 .329 .539 .868
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.
On-Base Pct
1952-9-.397
1953-5-.403
1954-7-.399
1955-9-.378
1957-8-.379
 Slugging Pct
1952-7-.568
1953-5-.546
1954-8-.501
1955-10-.507
1956-8-.511
1957-6-.537
 OPS
1951-10-.899
1952-4-.964
1953-4-.949
1954-8-.900
1955-9-.885
1956-7-.880
1957-7-.917
 XR
1951-10-108.0
1953-4-124.0
1954-8-108.5
1955-5-108.7
1956-7-100.9
1957-7-111.2
 Games
1951-8-155
1955-2-157
1958-4-156
 At-Bats
1955-7-584
1957-8-575
1959-5-584
Runs
1951-5-117
1952-6-116
1953-1-129
1954-5-118
1955-5-106
1956-6-100
1957-1-116
1959-9-93
 Hits
1955-9-169
1957-9-161
 Total Bases
1953-5-316
1954-8-283
1955-7-296
1956-7-293
1957-6-309
1959-10-268
 Doubles
1952-7-36
1953-8-36
1955-5-37
1957-6-35
1958-5-38
 Homeruns
1950-9-29
1951-6-35
1952-9-31
1953-5-35
1955-9-30
1956-7-34
1957-7-35
 RBIs
1956-7-103
1957-6-115
1959-8-97
Walks
1951-3-108
1952-6-94
1953-3-117
1954-8-98
1955-7-83
1956-8-87
1957-7-93
1958-6-89
1959-6-74
1960-3-90
CAR-46-1139
 Strikeouts
1950-4-99
1951-3-103
1952-6-78
1953-4-116
1954-5-104
1955-6-119
1956-2-147
1957-4-137
1958-1-167
1959-1-185
1960-2-148
1961-1-188
CAR-18-1695
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 6    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 124    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 52    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 4th overall pick, by Seattle in 1949
Injured on 6/9/1949 with a Pulled Hip Muscle, out for one week
Had first career hit (homerun) on 4/3/1950, off Joe Landrum (NYA)
Won Player of the Week award on 5/5/1950, hitting .417 with 5 HR, 12 RBI
Hit for the cycle against Detroit on 5/17/1950
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against Detroit on 5/17/1950
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Minnesota on 5/10/1951
Was selected to the 1951 Allstar game
Won Gold Glove at Second Base in 1951
Won Player of the Week award on 8/18/1952, hitting .423 with 4 HR, 8 RBI
Drove in 7 runs against Boston (A) on 9/25/1952
Won Gold Glove at Second Base in 1952
Won Player of the Week award on 6/23/1953, hitting .385 with 4 HR, 11 RBI
Was selected to the 1953 Allstar game
Won Gold Glove at Second Base in 1953
2/1/1954: Gets a new one-year contract worth $5,500,000 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 8/4/1954, hitting .452 with 3 HR, 10 RBI
2/1/1955: Gets a new one-year contract worth $5,500,000 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 5/19/1955, hitting .394 with 4 HR, 9 RBI
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Boston (A) on 6/13/1955
Was selected to the 1955 Allstar game
Won Gold Glove at Second Base in 1955
10/20/1955: Signed a contract extension with Seattle, $7,960,000 per year, for 3 years
Was selected to the 1956 Allstar game
Injured on 7/27/1956 with a Sore Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks
Won Player of the Week award on 7/28/1956, hitting .476 with 5 HR, 9 RBI
Won Gold Glove at Third Base in 1956
Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/1957, hitting .356 with 9 HR, 30 RBI
Was selected to the 1957 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Tampa Bay on 4/18/1958
Was selected to the 1958 Allstar game
10/3/1958: Signed a contract extension with Seattle, $11,400,000 per year, for 3 years
Traded from Seattle to Boston (N) on 2/1/1959 (Going to BSN: 2B Bill Serena. Going to SEM: P Troy Herriage)
Won Player of the Week award on 5/26/1959, hitting .348 with 3 HR, 9 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 6/23/1959, hitting .478 with 3 HR, 6 RBI
Was selected to the 1959 Allstar game
Won Gold Glove at Shortstop in 1959
Injured on 4/8/1960 with a Strained Groin Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Won Player of the Week award on 6/23/1960, hitting .474 with 2 HR, 6 RBI
Drove in 6 runs against Boston (A) on 6/27/1960
Signed as a free agent by Cleveland (A) on 2/8/1962 to a 3-year deal worth $3,500,000 per year
 
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