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Bill
Hepler		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 165
 
Born: September 25, 1945 in Usa, VA, COVINGTON
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1966 20 WAS NL   5 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
1967 21 WAS NL   5 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
1968 22 WAS NL   5 4 4 4 1 1 1 10 10 10
1969 23 WAS NL   5 4 4 4 1 1 1 10 10 10
1970 24 WAS NL   5 4 4 4 1 1 1 10 10 10
1971 25 WAS NL   5 5 5 5 2 1 1 10 10 10
1972 26 WAS NL   5 5 5 5 2 1 1 10 10 10
1973 27 WAS NL   5 5 5 5 2 1 1 10 10 10
1974 28 WAS NL $ 300,000 5 5 5 5 2 1 1 10 10 10
1975 29 NYG NL $ 300,000 5 5 5 5 1 1 1 10 10 10
1976 30 OAK AL $ 300,000 5 5 5 5 1 1 1 10 10 10
1977 31 OAK AL $ 350,000 5 4 4 4 1 1 1 10 10 10
1978 32 OAK AL $ 350,000 4 4 4 4 1 1 1 10 10 10
1979 33 OAK AL $ 350,000 4 4 4 4 1 1 1 10 10 10
OOTP6 Min Ratings   4 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000 5 5 5 5 2 1 1 10 10 10
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
1966 20 WAS NL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1967 21 WAS NL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1968 22 WAS NL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1969 23 WAS NL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1970 24 WAS NL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1971 25 WAS NL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1972 26 WAS NL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1973 27 WAS NL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1974 28 WAS NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1975 29 NYG NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1976 30 OAK AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1977 31 OAK AL $ 350,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1978 32 OAK AL $ 350,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1979 33 OAK AL $ 350,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
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
1966 20 AA   7 6 .538 80 0 0 0 6 66.3 60 31 4 37 45 4.21 .247 .346 .366 .713  
1967 21 A   7 3 .700 54 0 0 0 6 43.0 32 7 1 20 30 1.47 .209 .301 .261 .562  
1968 22 AA   1 1 .500 41 0 0 0 4 37.3 28 4 1 18 38 0.96 .215 .311 .277 .588  
    A   0 1 .000 22 0 0 0 2 20.7 14 3 0 13 18 1.31 .200 .325 .214 .540  
1969 23 AAA   2 5 .286 73 0 0 0 10 60.7 67 31 0 36 50 4.60 .288 .383 .356 .739  
1970 24 AAA   4 4 .500 74 0 0 0 13 63.3 69 36 1 33 45 5.12 .280 .366 .386 .752  
1971 25 AAA   6 1 .857 77 0 0 0 8 74.0 47 23 1 66 50 2.80 .190 .360 .246 .606  
1972 26 AAA   3 2 .600 68 0 0 0 9 64.0 51 25 2 46 55 3.52 .220 .349 .276 .625  
1973 27 AAA   4 3 .571 75 0 0 0 7 68.3 49 18 1 50 54 2.37 .203 .340 .249 .589  
1974 28 WAS NL 4 3 .571 43 0 0 0 4 77.3 78 33 0 48 52 3.84 .267 .374 .322 .696 5.7
1975 29 NYG NL 0 0 .000 15 0 0 0 1 17.0 23 15 0 13 8 7.94 .329 .447 .371 .818 0.0
1976 30 OAK AL 0 1 .000 55 0 0 0 1 12.3 14 8 1 14 4 5.84 .304 .467 .391 .858 0.0
1977 31 OAK AL 2 0 1.000 60 0 0 0 0 12.3 16 8 1 15 5 5.84 .308 .463 .423 .886 0.0
1978 32 OAK AL 0 1 .000 54 0 0 0 0 13.7 11 3 0 16 4 1.98 .216 .403 .216 .619 1.5
1979 33 OAK AL 0 1 .000 29 0 0 0 0 8.0 6 6 0 4 0 6.75 .222 .313 .259 .572 0.6
6 Years Sim 6 6 .500 256 0 0 0 6 140.7 148 73 2 110 73 4.67 .275 .401 .331 .732 7.9
5 Years AAA 19 15 .559 367 0 0 0 47 330.3 283 133 5 231 254 3.62 .236 .359 .303 .662  
2 Years AA 8 7 .533 121 0 0 0 10 103.7 88 35 5 55 83 3.04 .236 .334 .335 .669  
2 Years A 7 4 .636 76 0 0 0 8 63.7 46 10 1 33 48 1.41 .206 .309 .247 .555  
9 Years Minors 34 26 .567 564 0 0 0 65 497.6 417 178 11 319 385 3.22 .232 .348 .302 .650  
Season Average 1 1 .500 42 0 0 0 1 23.4 24 12 0 18 12 4.67 .275 .401 .331 .732  
Career Highs 4 3 1.000 60 0 0 0 4 77.3 78 33 1 48 52 7.94 .329 .467 .423 .886  
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   97 43 2 81 47   .279 .415 .353 .768
vs LH   51 30 0 29 26   .268 .365 .289 .655
Home 3 3 .500 141 0 0 0 3 81.0 80 45 0 57 42 5.00 .262 .378 .305 .683
Away 3 3 .500 115 0 0 0 3 59.7 68 28 2 53 31 4.22 .292 .423 .365 .788
Mar/Apr 2 2 .500 53 0 0 0 1 40.7 37 15 0 28 18 3.32 .245 .363 .291 .655
May 2 0 1.000 40 0 0 0 1 19.7 13 6 1 12 9 2.75 .191 .313 .250 .563
June 1 0 1.000 33 0 0 0 0 13.7 13 7 0 14 7 4.62 .250 .409 .346 .755
July 0 2 .000 46 0 0 0 1 23.6 31 18 0 16 13 6.85 .323 .420 .365 .784
August 0 0 .000 46 0 0 0 1 19.6 32 16 1 19 14 7.33 .376 .490 .447 .937
Sep/Oct 1 2 .333 38 0 0 0 2 23.3 22 11 0 21 12 4.25 .256 .402 .302 .704
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
1967 21 A   5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000 0.3  
1968 22 AA   5 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3  
1970 24 AAA   1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1  
1971 25 AAA   1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1  
1972 26 AAA   3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1  
1976 30 OAK AL 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
1 Years Sim 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
3 Years AAA 5 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3  
1 Years AA 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3  
1 Years A 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000 0.3  
5 Years Minors 15 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .143 .000 .143 -0.2  
162 Game Average 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40 .000 .000 .000 .000 -4.0  
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 LH   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
Away 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
RISP   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
Mar/Apr 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1974 28 WAS NL P 43 0 77.3 5 21 1 4 .963 3.03    
1975 29 NYG NL P 15 0 17.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.53    
1976 30 OAK AL P 55 0 12.3 2 4 0 2 1.000 4.38    
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1977 31 OAK AL P 60 0 12.3 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.73    
1978 32 OAK AL P 54 0 13.7 3 2 0 0 1.000 3.29    
1979 33 OAK AL P 29 0 8.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
  P 256 0 140.7 11 28 1 6 .975 2.50    
  3B 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
Career Totals   257 0 142.7 11 29 1 6 .976 2.52    
Career Highs   60 0 77.3 5 21 1 4 1.000 4.40    
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Games Pitched
1976-9-55
1977-6-60
1978-9-54
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 3    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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History
Drafted in 5th round, 84th overall pick, by Washington in 1966
Earned first career win on 4/5/1974
Traded from Washington to New York (N) on 2/1/1975 (Going to NYG: P Jack Billingham, P Bill Hepler, C Manny Sanguillen. Going to WAS: P Glenn Abbott, P Luke Walker, C Milt May, RF Mike Anderson, 2B Bobby Valentine)
Traded from New York (N) to Oakland on 3/3/1976 (Going to NYG: 1B John Doherty. Going to OAK: P Dick Estelle, P Bill Hepler)
2/1/1977: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/2/1978: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Injured on 9/15/1978 with a Sore Back, out for one week
2/2/1979: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
 
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