Billy Rogell

Positions: Shortstop, Third Baseman and Second Baseman

Bats: Both • Throws: Right

5-10, 163lb (178cm, 73kg)

Born: November 24, 1904 in Springfield, IL us

Died: August 9, 2003 in Sterling Heights, MI

Buried: Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Southfield, MI

High School: Fenger HS (Chicago, IL)

Debut: April 14, 1925 (Age 20-141d, 6,153rd in major league history)
vs. PHA 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: August 25, 1940 (Age 35-275d)
vs. NYG 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1925 season

Full Name: William George Rogell

Nicknames: The Fire Chief

Pronunciation: \roe-GELL\

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1935 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

25.4

5149

1375

.267

757

RBI

610

OBP

.351

SLG

.370

OPS

.722

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1939 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1939 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 18	DET		CHW	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
2	2	Apr 20	DET		CHW	W,8-7	CG	57	14.0	1	4	1	6	1
3	3	Apr 21	DET	@	CLE	L,1-5	GS	34	7.0	1	3	0	4	0
4	4	Apr 22	DET	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	3	3	0	6	0
5	5	Apr 23	DET	@	CLE	W,8-0	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
6	6	Apr 24	DET		SLB	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
7	7	Apr 25	DET		SLB	L,2-7	GS	39	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
8	8	Apr 26	DET		SLB	W,7-6	CG	48	10.0	0	3	0	3	0
9	9	Apr 27	DET	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	54	12.1	5	4	2	11	0
10	10	Apr 29	DET		CLE	L,1-7	CG	48	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
11	11	Apr 30	DET		CLE	W,14-1	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	12	May 2	DET		NYY	L,2-22	CG	56	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
13	13	May 3	DET		NYY	L,6-10	CG	44	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
14	14	May 4	DET		BOS	L,6-7	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
15	15	May 5	DET		BOS	L,1-4	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
16	16	May 6	DET		BOS	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
17	17	May 7	DET		PHA	L,3-10	GS	29	6.0	0	2	0	2	0
18	22 (4)	May 13	DET	@	SLB	L,3-5	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
19	24 (1)	May 14 (2)	DET	@	SLB	W,7-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
20	27 (2)	May 18	DET	@	WSH	L,2-3	GF	10	2.2	1	1	0	2	0
21	31 (3)	May 23	DET	@	BOS	W,7-2	CG	40	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
22	32	May 24	DET	@	NYY	W,6-1	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
23	33	May 25	DET	@	NYY	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	0	3	0	3	1
24	34	May 27	DET		SLB	W,12-5	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
25	35	May 28	DET		SLB	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
26	36	May 29	DET		SLB	W,10-9	GS	29	5.1	0	1	1	2	0
27	37	May 30 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,2-6	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
28	40 (2)	Jun 2	DET		BOS	W,8-5	GF	0		1	1	0	2	0
29	42 (1)	Jun 5	DET		NYY	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
30	43	Jun 6	DET		NYY	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
31	44	Jun 7	DET		PHA	L,4-5	CG	0	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
32	45	Jun 8	DET		PHA	W,8-4	GS	2	0.2	1	0	0	1	1
33	62 (16)	Jun 26	DET	@	CLE	W,11-2	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	2
34	63	Jun 27	DET	@	CLE	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	2	3	0	5	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
35	73 (9)	Jul 9 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	36	8.1	2	3	1	6	0
36	74	Jul 9 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,3-6	CG	0	8.0	6	2	0	8	2
37	75	Jul 13	DET		NYY	W,10-6	GF	8	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
38	76	Jul 14	DET		NYY	L,3-6	GF	7	2.0	1	1	0	2	0
39	77	Jul 15	DET		NYY	L,7-10	GF	13	3.0	1	1	1	3	1
40	78	Jul 16 (1)	DET		BOS	L,2-9	CG	49	9.0	2	5	2	9	0
41	79	Jul 16 (2)	DET		BOS	L,0-3	GS	28	8.0	2	5	0	7	1
42	80	Jul 17	DET		BOS	W,13-6	CG	41	9.0	2	6	0	8	2
43	81	Jul 18	DET		WSH	L,2-10	CG	45	9.0	2	3	0	5	2
44	82	Jul 19	DET		WSH	W,11-0	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
45	83	Jul 20	DET		WSH	L,7-8	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
46	84	Jul 21	DET		PHA	L,2-6	CG	42	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
47	85	Jul 22 (1)	DET		PHA	L,2-4	CG	45	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
48	86	Jul 22 (2)	DET		PHA	W,11-10	CG	46	9.0	3	4	1	8	2
49	87	Jul 23	DET		PHA	W,16-3	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
50	107 (19)	Aug 14 (1)	DET		CLE	L,4-8	GF	10	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
51	110 (2)	Aug 16	DET	@	CHW	L,6-7	GF	15	3.0	3	1	0	4	1
52	111	Aug 17	DET	@	CHW	L,1-2	GF	5	1.0	1	1	0	2	0
53	112	Aug 19	DET	@	SLB	W,9-3	CG	39	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
54	113	Aug 20	DET	@	SLB	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	0	0	2	2	0
55	114	Aug 22	DET		PHA	W,9-4	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
56	115	Aug 23	DET		PHA	L,6-7	GS	27	6.0	0	2	1	3	0
57	116	Aug 24	DET		WSH	W,8-1	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
58	117	Aug 25	DET		WSH	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
59	118	Aug 26	DET		WSH	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
60	119	Aug 27	DET		NYY	L,3-13	CG	45	9.0	2	7	1	10	0
61	120	Aug 28	DET		NYY	L,2-18	GS	38	7.0	4	2	1	7	3
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
62	125 (4)	Sep 2	DET	@	CHW	L,0-2	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
63	132 (6)	Sep 7	DET	@	CLE	L,8-9	GF	0		0	2	0	2	0
64	135 (2)	Sep 12	DET	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
65	140 (4)	Sep 17	DET	@	WSH	W,3-2		0		0	1	0	1	0
							66gm		467.0	84	135	16	235	26