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Bill
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Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 215
 
Born: January 28, 1934 in Usa, FL, LAKEWOOD
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1962   
Gold Glove 1958    1959    1960   
All-Star Selections 1959    1964   
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
1956 22 PIT NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 5 5 5 7 8 8
1957 23 PIT NL $ 300,000   8 8 7 7 7 7 6 7 7 5 6 5 7 8 8
1958 24 PIT NL $ 300,000   8 8 7 7 7 7 6 7 7 5 6 6 7 8 7
1959 25 PIT NL $ 300,000   8 8 7 7 7 7 6 7 6 5 5 5 7 7 7
1960 26 PIT NL $ 3,300,000   8 8 8 7 7 7 6 7 7 5 5 5 7 7 7
1961 27 PIT NL $ 3,300,000   7 7 7 7 7 7 6 7 7 5 5 5 7 7 7
1962 28 PIT NL $ 3,300,000   8 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 5 5 5 7 8 8
1963 29 NYG NL $ 7,250,000   7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 5 5 5 7 8 7
1964 30 NYG NL $ 7,250,000   7 7 7 7 7 7 6 7 7 5 5 5 7 7 7
1965 31 BOS AL $ 7,250,000   7 7 7 7 7 7 6 7 6 5 5 5 7 7 7
1966 32 BOS AL $ 7,250,000   7 7 7 7 7 7 6 7 7 5 5 5 7 7 7
1967 33 BOS AL $ 4,500,000   7 7 7 7 7 7 6 7 6 5 5 5 6 7 7
1968 34 BOS AL $ 4,500,000   7 7 7 7 7 7 6 7 7 5 5 5 6 7 7
1969 35 TAM AL $ 6,000,000   7 7 7 6 7 7 6 7 6 4 4 4 6 6 6
1970 36 MIN AL $ 1,404,000   7 7 7 6 6 6 5 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6
1971 37 BSN NL $ 2,360,000   6 6 6 5 6 6 3 4 4 3 3 3 5 5 5
1972 38 BSN NL $ 490,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 7,250,000   8 8 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 5 6 6 7 8 8
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
1956 22 PIT NL 126 411 67 98 15 7 19 59 2 1 49 73 .238 .320 .448 .767 60.7 10.8
    AAA   26 101 21 40 8 3 7 20 1 0 18 17 .396 .487 .743 1.230 30.4  
1957 23 PIT NL 158 548 89 149 24 7 23 77 0 0 59 82 .272 .339 .467 .806 84.6 15.3
1958 24 PIT NL 156 580 79 155 33 11 26 86 1 1 64 95 .267 .338 .497 .835 93.9 16.8
1959 25 PIT NL 157 542 83 155 25 7 25 94 1 0 71 99 .286 .367 .496 .863 93.2 22.7
1960 26 PIT NL 154 593 80 158 32 5 25 71 0 0 44 99 .266 .316 .464 .779 83.7 13.2
1961 27 PIT NL 155 565 84 148 26 3 30 101 0 0 38 89 .262 .307 .478 .785 80.8 14.1
1962 28 PIT NL 150 541 73 149 21 5 14 59 0 0 49 72 .275 .334 .410 .744 67.1 13.5
1963 29 PIT NL 26 91 17 23 1 1 5 18 0 1 12 14 .253 .340 .451 .790 13.8 3.2
  NYG NL 122 461 56 124 15 6 13 59 0 4 33 56 .269 .316 .412 .728 56.3 9.3
  TOT   148 552 73 147 16 7 18 77 0 5 45 70 .266 .320 .418 .738 70.0 12.5
1964 30 NYG NL 146 468 77 142 24 5 33 99 2 4 34 58 .303 .348 .588 .936 87.7 18.3
1965 31 BOS AL 145 431 46 109 21 4 8 63 10 9 39 71 .253 .312 .376 .687 50.2 8.2
1966 32 BOS AL 145 443 69 124 28 2 21 99 9 10 45 61 .280 .347 .494 .841 69.2 14.5
1967 33 BOS AL 155 567 77 153 28 5 16 76 5 5 42 71 .270 .318 .422 .739 72.2 12.7
1968 34 BOS AL 143 475 76 137 24 6 21 100 9 2 47 72 .288 .348 .497 .845 78.8 18.5
1969 35 TAM AL 134 484 74 143 16 3 21 84 12 10 51 99 .295 .357 .471 .828 81.5 20.7
1970 36 MON NL 33 46 6 10 0 0 3 14 1 1 3 8 .217 .260 .413 .673 5.4 0.6
  MIN AL 77 265 30 62 13 4 11 47 6 8 15 40 .234 .278 .438 .716 31.3 3.7
  TOT   110 311 36 72 13 4 14 61 7 9 18 48 .232 .275 .434 .709 36.7 4.3
    AAA   26 96 27 39 4 1 10 25 2 0 11 17 .406 .467 .781 1.249 28.9  
1971 37 BSN NL 102 386 36 99 11 1 10 47 14 8 30 75 .256 .308 .368 .676 41.9 5.8
    AAA   21 31 8 14 1 1 2 7 1 0 4 7 .452 .514 .742 1.256 9.5  
1972 38 BSN NL 51 79 6 25 4 0 1 9 0 0 1 18 .316 .329 .405 .734 9.7 1.9
    AAA   29 40 5 13 1 0 3 13 0 0 3 5 .325 .372 .575 .947 8.0  
17 Years Sim 2335 7976 1125 2163 361 82 325 1262 72 64 726 1252 .271 .330 .459 .789 1161.9 223.8
4 Years AAA 102 268 61 106 14 5 22 65 4 0 36 46 .396 .466 .731 1.197 76.9  
162 Game Average 553 78 150 25 5 22 87 4 4 50 86 .271 .330 .459 .789 80.6  
Career Highs 158 593 89 158 33 11 33 101 14 10 71 99 .316 .367 .588 .936 93.9  
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   5338 796 1518 239 53 224 844 47 51 523 727 .284 .347 .475 .822 854.0
vs LH   2638 329 645 122 29 101 418 25 13 203 525 .245 .296 .428 .723 338.0
Home 1173 3950 551 1073 182 43 160 639 36 29 331 643 .272 .326 .461 .787 583.7
Away 1162 4026 574 1090 179 39 165 623 36 35 395 609 .271 .334 .458 .791 608.3
RISP   1998 0 541 95 23 90 897 0 0 250 319 .271 .341 .476 .818 333.5
Pinch Hitting   276 33 69 17 1 6 51 5 2 23 56 .250 .307 .384 .691 32.6
Close/Late   1062 153 300 49 6 51 188 0 0 114 165 .282 .351 .484 .835 177.6
Mar/Apr 350 1209 171 337 68 10 52 192 10 13 106 190 .279 .333 .481 .814 187.7
May 432 1446 184 375 61 11 52 198 13 10 125 228 .259 .317 .425 .742 194.6
June 413 1402 210 380 54 19 63 248 15 10 116 212 .271 .326 .471 .797 212.2
July 384 1337 184 362 58 17 50 204 13 10 140 212 .271 .339 .452 .791 203.1
August 403 1403 214 386 61 14 57 227 11 13 131 212 .275 .333 .460 .794 212.3
Sep/Oct 353 1179 162 323 59 11 51 193 10 8 108 198 .274 .333 .472 .806 182.1
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
1956 22 PIT NL LF 121 117 1018.7 176 3 0 0 1.000 1.58   2.2
    1B 5 1 17.0 19 1 0 2 1.000 10.59   0.0
1957 23 PIT NL 1B 89 81 739.3 1033 88 12 92 .989 13.65   1.2
    LF 64 64 568.0 91 2 0 0 1.000 1.47   0.7
1958 24 PIT NL 1B 146 146 1298.3 1680 147 8 161 .996 12.66   3.5
    LF 7 0 19.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.47   0.0
1959 25 PIT NL 1B 143 141 1221.7 1486 129 16 126 .990 11.90   1.6
    LF 10 7 60.0 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.65   0.1
1960 26 PIT NL 1B 151 148 1336.7 1461 132 11 133 .993 10.73   2.2
    LF 4 0 7.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.23   0.0
1961 27 PIT NL 1B 154 151 1352.7 1479 137 8 134 .995 10.75   3.0
1962 28 PIT NL 1B 137 131 1200.0 1492 126 13 129 .992 12.14   2.6
    LF 9 2 30.7 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.17   0.0
1963 29 PIT NL LF 21 20 175.8 38 1 0 0 1.000 2.00   0.4
    1B 5 4 36.9 42 3 0 4 1.000 10.98   0.0
  NYG NL LF 99 95 845.2 181 5 0 1 1.000 1.98   2.0
    1B 22 20 177.4 200 15 1 17 .995 10.91   0.5
  TOT   LF 120 115 1021.0 219 6 0 1 1.000 1.98   2.4
      1B 27 24 214.3 242 18 1 21 .996 10.92   0.5
1964 30 NYG NL 1B 113 102 936.0 1098 122 3 100 .998 11.73   2.6
    LF 15 4 54.3 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.33   0.1
1965 31 BOS AL LF 120 90 874.0 188 3 0 1 1.000 1.97   2.4
    1B 13 8 74.0 77 12 2 7 .978 10.82   0.2
1966 32 BOS AL LF 115 104 940.3 204 0 1 0 .995 1.95   2.4
    1B 12 6 70.3 77 5 1 9 .988 10.49   0.2
1967 33 BOS AL LF 96 92 816.7 175 2 0 1 1.000 1.95   3.9
    CF 50 45 404.3 92 1 8 1 .921 2.07    
    1B 8 2 36.3 42 5 1 3 .979 11.64   0.1
1968 34 BOS AL RF 76 74 673.0 145 9 12 3 .928 2.06   1.8
    1B 30 26 243.7 274 37 2 24 .994 11.49   0.5
    CF 11 6 62.0 19 1 3 0 .870 2.90    
    LF 12 5 61.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.33    
    SS 2 2 17.0 5 8 0 2 1.000 6.88   0.2
1969 35 TAM AL 1B 122 118 1072.3 1194 103 7 105 .995 10.89   1.6
    RF 6 0 11.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.77   0.0
    LF 2 1 10.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.70    
    CF 2 0 5.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80    
1970 36 MON NL RF 4 1 7.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29   0.1
    LF 3 1 6.3 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.86   0.0
    1B 4 0 5.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
    CF 2 0 3.2 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.81   0.0
  MIN AL RF 10 1 40.3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.67   0.1
    LF 8 2 36.4 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.23   0.0
    1B 8 1 29.0 26 2 0 1 1.000 8.69   0.1
    CF 5 0 18.5 4 0 1 0 .800 1.95   0.0
  TOT   RF 14 2 47.3 4 0 0 0 1.000 .76   0.2
      LF 11 3 42.7 11 0 0 0 1.000 2.32   0.0
      1B 12 1 34.0 31 2 0 1 1.000 8.74   0.1
      CF 7 0 21.7 5 0 1 0 .833 2.07   0.0
1971 37 BSN NL CF 78 77 684.0 188 1 16 0 .922 2.49   1.4
    LF 2 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00    
1972 38 BSN NL CF 15 5 62.7 15 0 1 0 .938 2.15   0.3
    RF 22 0 45.3 16 0 1 0 .941 3.18    
    LF 7 0 9.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
    1B 6 0 8.0 9 2 0 1 1.000 12.38   0.0
  1B 1168 1086 9854.6 11694 1066 85 1048 .993 11.65   20.0
  LF 715 604 5534.7 1105 16 1 3 .999 1.82   14.3
  CF 163 133 1239.7 320 3 29 1 .918 2.34   1.6
  RF 119 76 779.3 166 9 14 3 .926 2.02   2.0
  SS 2 2 17.0 5 8 0 2 1.000 6.88   0.2
Career Totals   2167 1901 17425.2 13290 1102 129 1057 .991 7.43   38.1
Career Highs   155 151 1352.7 1681 147 17 161 1.000 12.49    
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
1956 22 PIT NL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1961 27 PIT NL 6 21 5 8 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 7 .381 .435 .571 1.006
1962 28 PIT NL 18 71 13 21 7 1 3 12 0 0 4 7 .296 .329 .549 .878
1965 31 BOS AL 7 24 2 7 0 1 0 1 0 3 5 2 .292 .414 .375 .789
1966 32 BOS AL 5 20 4 8 4 1 1 6 0 0 3 4 .400 .478 .850 1.328
1968 34 BOS AL 7 23 3 4 1 0 1 7 1 1 5 7 .174 .300 .348 .648
1970 36 MIN AL 4 10 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 .300 .300 .500 .800
Career Post-Season Batting 48 170 27 51 13 4 6 29 1 4 19 31 .300 .365 .529 .894
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
1964-5-.303
1969-7-.295
 Slugging Pct
1964-2-.588
1966-4-.488*
1968-5-.497
1969-4-.471
 OPS
1964-3-.936
1968-9-.845
1969-5-.828
 XR
1959-8-93.2
 Games
1957-1-158
1958-8-156
1959-3-157
CAR-43-2335
 At-Bats
1958-8-580
1960-5-593
Hits
1959-10-155
 Total Bases
1958-10-288
1959-9-269
1960-8-275
1964-8-275
 Doubles
1958-8-33
1960-5-32
 Triples
1956-4-7
1957-3-7
1958-1-11
1959-3-7
1960-6-5
1962-10-5
1963-3-7
1964-5-5
1968-8-6
CAR-33-82
 Homeruns
1964-7-33
 RBIs
1959-10-94
1961-9-101
1964-8-99
1966-5-99
1968-3-100
Stolen Bases
1971-10-14
 Caught Stealing
1966-9-10
1971-8-8
 Walks
1959-10-71
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 2    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 69    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 43    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  4. Richie Zisk (918)
  5. Leon Wagner (918)
  6. Jim Ray Hart (910)
  7. Dwight Evans (910)
  8. Frank Robinson (908)
  9. Tony Perez (906)
  10. Jackie Jensen (901)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 6th overall pick, by Pittsburgh in 1956
Had first career hit on 5/1/1956, off Jack Kramer (DET)
Hit first career homerun on 5/4/1956, off Carl Scheib (OAK)
Won Player of the Week award on 9/8/1958, hitting .600 with 3 HR, 9 RBI
Won Gold Glove at First Base in 1958
Was selected to the 1959 Allstar game
Won Gold Glove at First Base in 1959
2/1/1960: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,300,000 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 7/28/1960, hitting .360 with 4 HR, 8 RBI
Won Gold Glove at First Base in 1960
2/1/1961: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,300,000 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 5/12/1961, hitting .409 with 2 HR, 9 RBI
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Boston (N) on 8/13/1961
Won Player of the Week award on 8/18/1961, hitting .524 with 4 HR, 10 RBI
2/1/1962: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,300,000 through salary arbitration
Won World Championship with Pittsburgh in 1962
11/1/1962: Signed a contract extension with Pittsburgh, $7,250,000 per year, for 4 years
Traded from Pittsburgh to New York (N) on 5/1/1963 (Going to NYG: 1B Bill White. Going to PIT: P Ken Mcbride)
Injured on 7/13/1963 with a Pulled Groin Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Won Player of the Week award on 4/14/1964, hitting .579 with 1 HR, 7 RBI
Was selected to the 1964 Allstar game
Traded from New York (N) to Boston (A) on 3/3/1965 (Going to NYG: 1B Bob Oliver. Going to BOS: LF Bill White)
7/31/1966: Signed a contract extension with Boston (A), $4,500,000 per year, for 2 years
Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/1968, hitting .337 with 6 HR, 26 RBI
Signed as a free agent by Tampa Bay on 2/4/1969 to a 1-year deal worth $6,000,000 per year
Injured on 9/5/1969 with a Pulled Achilles Tendon, out for 5 weeks
Signed as a free agent by Montreal on 4/2/1970 to a 1-year deal worth $1,404,000 per year
Traded from Montreal to Minnesota on 7/1/1970 (Going to MIN: C Duane Josephson, CF Bill White, P Luke Walker. Going to MON: P John Tsitouris)
Had 2000th career hit on 8/11/1970, off Milt Pappas (DET)
Won Player of the Week award on 8/18/1970, hitting .500 with 3 HR, 12 RBI
Signed as a free agent by Boston (N) on 2/17/1971 to a 1-year deal worth $2,360,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by Boston (N) on 2/5/1972 to a 1-year deal worth $490,000 per year
3/3/1972: Signed a minor league contract extension with Boston (N)
 
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