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Bill
Zepp		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 190
 
Born: July 22, 1946 in Usa, MI, DETROIT
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1974   
All-Star Selections 1972    1979   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1969 22 COL NL $ 300,000 6 3 3 3 6 7 6 7 7 7
1970 23 COL NL $ 300,000 7 3 3 3 6 7 7 7 8 7
1971 24 COL NL $ 300,000 7 3 3 3 6 6 6 7 7 7
1972 25 COL NL $ 300,000 7 3 3 3 6 6 6 7 8 7
1973 26 COL NL $ 650,000 6 3 3 3 6 7 7 7 8 8
1974 27 COL NL $ 650,000 6 3 3 3 7 7 7 7 8 8
1975 28 COL NL $ 650,000 5 3 3 3 7 8 7 7 8 8
1976 29 COL NL $ 650,000 4 3 4 3 8 9 8 8 8 8
1977 30 COL NL $ 950,000 4 3 4 3 8 9 8 7 8 7
1978 31 COL NL $ 950,000 4 3 4 3 8 9 8 7 7 7
1979 32 COL NL $ 950,000 3 3 3 3 8 9 8 7 7 7
1980 33 COL NL $ 950,000 3 3 3 3 8 9 8 7 7 7
1981 34 MIN AL $ 2,500,000 3 2 3 3 8 9 9 7 7 7
1982 35 MIN AL   3 2 3 3 8 9 8 6 6 6
1983 36 PHN NL $ 1,500,000 2 1 1 1 7 8 8 5 5 5
1984 37 TAM AL $ 1,500,000 1 1 1 1 6 6 6 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings   1 1 1 1 6 6 6 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,500,000 7 3 4 3 8 9 9 8 8 8
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
1969 22 COL NL 6 12 .333 46 4 0 0 6 98.7 99 45 6 41 34 4.11 .262 .336 .354 .691 5.1
    AAA   2 1 .667 14 0 0 0 2 17.3 17 3 0 5 9 1.56 .270 .324 .349 .673  
1970 23 COL NL 8 14 .364 36 21 3 1 3 172.3 184 87 16 64 56 4.54 .273 .341 .406 .747 7.4
1971 24 COL NL 4 8 .333 44 5 0 0 3 83.3 120 58 10 38 25 6.26 .338 .401 .482 .882 0.0
1972 25 COL NL 5 4 .556 36 5 1 1 1 98.3 109 40 7 36 36 3.66 .284 .342 .388 .730 7.5
    AAA   3 1 .750 6 6 0 0 0 44.3 49 12 5 16 15 2.44 .278 .339 .426 .765  
1973 26 COL NL 3 1 .750 26 2 0 0 0 59.7 60 20 2 15 22 3.02 .254 .300 .326 .627 4.9
1974 27 COL NL 1 6 .143 20 5 0 0 1 60.7 65 31 11 17 22 4.60 .273 .324 .479 .803 2.0
1975 28 COL NL 3 3 .500 30 0 0 0 6 56.3 51 22 4 19 13 3.52 .248 .318 .354 .672 4.8
1976 29 COL NL 2 0 1.000 12 0 0 0 2 19.0 24 5 3 9 9 2.37 .320 .391 .440 .831 2.1
    AAA   5 7 .417 71 0 0 0 6 65.7 74 42 4 24 25 5.76 .285 .345 .373 .718  
1977 30 COL NL 4 5 .444 30 0 0 0 14 36.0 39 15 1 10 13 3.75 .279 .331 .350 .681 4.7
1978 31 COL NL 6 7 .462 43 0 0 0 10 70.3 76 31 1 24 16 3.97 .279 .342 .371 .714 6.2
1979 32 COL NL 8 3 .727 61 0 0 0 36 69.3 64 19 3 20 27 2.47 .251 .314 .314 .628 14.1
1980 33 COL NL 6 3 .667 42 0 0 0 21 42.3 53 19 5 9 10 4.04 .323 .354 .457 .811 7.0
1981 34 MIN AL 8 6 .571 52 0 0 0 27 59.0 68 25 1 21 18 3.81 .300 .364 .383 .747 8.3
1982 35 MIN AL 4 4 .500 74 0 0 0 0 69.3 85 34 7 19 16 4.41 .306 .348 .450 .797 2.4
1983 36 PHN NL 1 1 .500 14 0 0 0 0 18.0 20 7 2 2 5 3.50 .282 .301 .408 .710 1.2
1984 37 AAA   1 0 1.000 22 0 0 0 0 27.7 32 9 3 10 10 2.93 .305 .365 .448 .813  
15 Years Sim 69 77 .473 566 42 4 2 130 1012.6 1117 458 79 344 322 4.07 .283 .342 .397 .739 77.8
4 Years AAA 11 9 .550 113 6 0 0 8 155.0 172 66 12 55 59 3.83 .285 .344 .399 .743  
Season Average 4 5 .444 37 2 0 0 8 67.5 74 30 5 22 21 4.07 .283 .342 .397 .739  
Career Highs 8 14 1.000 74 21 3 1 36 172.3 184 87 16 64 56 6.26 .338 .401 .482 .882  
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   619 265 45 159 194   .284 .332 .399 .731
vs LH   498 193 34 185 128   .282 .350 .396 .745
Home 43 41 .512 300 20 2 1 62 541.6 590 241 41 188 166 4.00 .279 .337 .386 .723
Away 26 36 .419 266 22 2 1 74 471.0 527 217 38 156 156 4.15 .287 .343 .411 .754
Mar/Apr 11 13 .458 89 5 0 0 19 152.6 172 59 14 47 51 3.48 .286 .337 .409 .746
May 11 8 .579 93 6 1 0 22 180.0 185 62 6 60 61 3.10 .271 .330 .356 .686
June 11 14 .440 85 5 1 0 19 153.0 169 83 13 57 48 4.88 .284 .346 .399 .745
July 11 9 .550 101 5 0 0 22 160.6 195 80 13 48 51 4.48 .298 .346 .414 .761
August 13 15 .464 98 5 1 1 25 146.6 153 69 12 53 39 4.24 .274 .337 .399 .736
Sep/Oct 12 18 .400 100 16 1 1 29 219.6 243 105 21 79 72 4.30 .283 .344 .407 .750
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1969 22 COL NL P 46 4 98.7 4 10 1 1 .933 1.28    
1970 23 COL NL P 36 21 172.3 12 33 0 1 1.000 2.35    
1971 24 COL NL P 44 5 83.3 4 12 0 2 1.000 1.73    
1972 25 COL NL P 36 5 98.3 10 14 1 0 .960 2.20    
1973 26 COL NL P 26 2 59.7 5 7 0 0 1.000 1.81    
1974 27 COL NL P 20 5 60.7 2 3 0 0 1.000 0.74    
1975 28 COL NL P 30 0 56.3 4 10 0 0 1.000 2.24    
1976 29 COL NL P 12 0 19.0 1 5 0 1 1.000 2.84    
1977 30 COL NL P 30 0 36.0 2 3 0 0 1.000 1.25    
1978 31 COL NL P 43 0 70.3 3 9 0 0 1.000 1.54    
1979 32 COL NL P 61 0 69.3 7 11 0 0 1.000 2.34    
1980 33 COL NL P 42 0 42.3 5 8 0 0 1.000 2.76    
1981 34 MIN AL P 52 0 59.0 3 11 0 0 1.000 2.14    
1982 35 MIN AL P 74 0 69.3 3 7 2 0 .833 1.30    
1983 36 PHN NL P 14 0 18.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.50    
Career Totals   566 42 1012.6 66 145 4 5 .981 1.88    
Career Highs   74 21 172.3 12 33 2 2 1.000 2.84    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1969 22 COL NL 0 0 .000 4 2 0 0 0 0.7 0 2 0 3 0 27.27 .000 .600 .000 .600
1973 26 COL NL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 1.7 1 0 0 1 0 0.00 .200 .333 .200 .533
1975 28 COL NL 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 3.7 5 1 0 0 1 2.46 .333 .333 .333 .667
1976 29 COL NL 0 1 .000 9 0 0 0 3 19.3 21 10 1 15 1 4.66 .292 .414 .375 .789
1977 30 COL NL 0 1 .000 5 0 0 0 3 6.3 6 0 0 2 1 0.00 .231 .286 .269 .555
Career Post-Season Pitching 0 2 .000 21 2 0 0 6 31.6 33 13 1 21 3 3.70 .275 .383 .333 .716
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Saves
1977-2-14
1978-9-10
1979-4-36
1980-7-21
1981-6-27
CAR-26-130
 Games Pitched
1982-5-74
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 16    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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History
Drafted in 5th round, 99th overall pick, by Colorado in 1969
Earned first career win on 6/12/1969
Injured on 8/24/1970 with a Bone Chips Elbow, out for 5 weeks
Was selected to the 1972 Allstar game
9/1/1972: Signed a contract extension with Colorado, $650,000 per year, for 4 years
Won World Championship with Colorado in 1974
9/1/1976: Signed a contract extension with Colorado, $950,000 per year, for 4 years
Was selected to the 1979 Allstar game
Signed as a free agent by Minnesota on 2/13/1981 to a 3-year deal worth $2,500,000 per year
 
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