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Bill Cissell
Chalmer William Cissell

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 170 lb.

Debut April 11, 1928
Final Game September 25, 1938
Born January 3, 1904 in Perryville, MO
Died March 15, 1949 in Chicago, IL

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1928 24 CHW AL 125  443   66  115  22  3   1   60  18  6  29  41  .260  .307  .330   68  146  11           1     MVP-15
 1929 25 CHW AL 152  618   83  173  27 12   5   62  25 17  28  53  .280  .312  .387   80  239  19           1    
 1930 26 CHW AL 141  562   82  152  28  9   2   48  16  9  28  32  .270  .307  .363   71  204  12           2    
 1931 27 CHW AL 109  409   42   90  13  5   1   46  18  6  16  26  .220  .256  .284   45  116   4           4    
 1932 28 TOT AL 143  584   85  184  36  7   7   98  18 15  29  25  .315  .349  .437   97  255   6           1     MVP-11
         CHW AL  12   43    7   11   1  1   1    5   0  0   1   0  .256  .273  .395   75   17   0           0    
         CLE AL 131  541   78  173  35  6   6   93  18 15  28  25  .320  .354  .440   98  238   6           1    
 1933 29 CLE AL 112  409   53   94  21  3   6   33   6  6  31  29  .230  .284  .340   61  139   9           0    
 1934 30 BOS AL 102  416   71  111  13  4   4   44  11  4  28  23  .267  .315  .346   67  144   7           1    
 1937 33 PHA AL  34  117   15   31   7  0   1   14   0  0  17  10  .265  .358  .350   81   41   1           0    
 1938 34 NYG NL  38  149   19   40   6  0   2   18   1      6  11  .268  .297  .349   76   52   0           0   6
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 9 Seasons      956 3707  516  990 173 43  29  423 113 63 212 250  .267  .308  .360   73 1336  69   0   0  10   6
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        628   87  168  29  7   5   72  19 11  36  42  .267  .308  .360   73  226  12   0   0   2   1
 Career High    152  618   85  184  36 12   7   98  25 17  31  53  .315  .349  .437   97  255  19   0   0   4   6
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1928 24 CHW AL  484  345   46   3.6   107| .260  .287| .307  .352| .330  .408| .637  .761|  68  .372 -21.0  -2.0  75%
 1929 25 CHW AL  666  481   72   4.0   111| .280  .290| .312  .357| .387  .420| .699  .777|  80  .403 -21.5  -2.0  59%
 1930 26 CHW AL  604  431   62   3.8   113| .270  .291| .307  .355| .363  .428| .670  .783|  71  .358 -25.2  -2.3  64%
 1931 27 CHW AL  433  329   30   2.4   103| .220  .279| .256  .345| .284  .399| .540  .744|  45  .217 -32.8  -3.2  75%
 1932 28 TOT AL  620  421   86   5.5   117| .315  .294| .349  .365| .437  .432| .786  .797|  97  .540  -4.8  -0.5  54%
         CHW AL   44   32    5   4.2   106| .256  .278| .273  .347| .395  .408| .668  .755|  75  .418  -1.9  -0.2   0%
         CLE AL  576  389   81   5.6   118| .320  .295| .354  .367| .440  .433| .794  .800|  98  .549  -3.0  -0.3  54%
 1933 29 CLE AL  449  330   38   3.1   110| .230  .287| .284  .359| .340  .413| .624  .772|  61  .312 -24.7  -2.4  50%
 1934 30 BOS AL  452  316   46   3.9   116| .267  .294| .315  .369| .346  .424| .661  .793|  67  .384 -22.7  -2.2  73%
 1937 33 PHA AL  135   87   15   4.6   115| .265  .287| .358  .362| .350  .428| .708  .790|  81  .435  -2.8  -0.3   0%
 1938 34 NYG NL  155  115   15   3.5   100| .268  .276| .297  .340| .349  .393| .646  .733|  76  .397  -5.2  -0.5     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 9 Seasons      3998 2855  410   3.8   111| .267  .289| .308  .357| .360  .418| .668  .775|  73  .386 -160.8 -15.4     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1928 24 CHW AL SS 123 255 360 41 77 .938 .938 5.00 4.74 1929 25 CHW AL SS 152 357 459 55 90 .937 .937 5.37 4.67 1930 26 CHW AL 2B 107 251 336 32 60 .948 .969 5.49 5.66 3B 24 24 62 3 7 .966 .945 3.58 2.84 SS 10 15 24 6 2 .867 .940 3.90 4.56 1931 27 CHW AL SS 83 168 233 24 47 .944 .936 4.83 4.77 2B 23 57 69 5 11 .962 .965 5.48 5.48 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.90 1932 28 TOT AL SS 18 43 34 6 10 .928 .941 4.28 4.87 CHW AL SS 12 40 24 5 9 .928 .941 5.33 4.87 CLE AL 2B 129 329 475 30 82 .964 .968 6.23 5.67 SS 6 3 10 1 1 .929 .942 2.17 4.87 1933 29 CLE AL 2B 62 151 205 20 24 .947 .971 5.74 5.63 SS 46 87 146 8 23 .967 .942 5.07 5.03 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.70 1934 30 BOS AL 2B 96 280 281 24 62 .959 .969 5.84 5.67 SS 7 6 9 3 3 .833 .949 2.14 5.07 3B 2 1 2 0 0 1.000 .938 1.50 2.95 1937 33 PHA AL 2B 33 87 115 8 17 .962 .972 6.12 5.28 1938 34 NYG NL 2B 33 87 127 5 20 .977 .969 6.48 5.40 3B 6 3 11 2 0 .875 .946 2.33 2.87
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1930 26 CHW AL 2B 107 251 336 32 60 .948 .969 5.49 5.66 1931 27 CHW AL 2B 23 57 69 5 11 .962 .965 5.48 5.48 1932 28 CLE AL 2B 129 329 475 30 82 .964 .968 6.23 5.67 1933 29 CLE AL 2B 62 151 205 20 24 .947 .971 5.74 5.63 1934 30 BOS AL 2B 96 280 281 24 62 .959 .969 5.84 5.67 1937 33 PHA AL 2B 33 87 115 8 17 .962 .972 6.12 5.28 1938 34 NYG NL 2B 33 87 127 5 20 .977 .969 6.48 5.40 1930 26 CHW AL 3B 24 24 62 3 7 .966 .945 3.58 2.84 1931 27 CHW AL 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.90 1933 29 CLE AL 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.70 1934 30 BOS AL 3B 2 1 2 0 0 1.000 .938 1.50 2.95 1938 34 NYG NL 3B 6 3 11 2 0 .875 .946 2.33 2.87 1928 24 CHW AL SS 123 255 360 41 77 .938 .938 5.00 4.74 1929 25 CHW AL SS 152 357 459 55 90 .937 .937 5.37 4.67 1930 26 CHW AL SS 10 15 24 6 2 .867 .940 3.90 4.56 1931 27 CHW AL SS 83 168 233 24 47 .944 .936 4.83 4.77 1932 28 TOT AL SS 18 43 34 6 10 .928 .941 4.28 4.87 CHW AL SS 12 40 24 5 9 .928 .941 5.33 4.87 CLE AL SS 6 3 10 1 1 .929 .942 2.17 4.87 1933 29 CLE AL SS 46 87 146 8 23 .967 .942 5.07 5.03 1934 30 BOS AL SS 7 6 9 3 3 .833 .949 2.14 5.07
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Position Total 2B 483 1242 1608 124 276 .958 .969 5.90 5.61 SS 439 931 1265 143 252 .939 .938 5.00 4.76 3B 34 28 75 5 7 .954 .945 3.03 2.85 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Overall Total 956 2201 2948 272 535 .950 .955 5.39 5.12
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1928-AL-15-0.06
1932-AL-11-0.12
Car-743-0.18 shares

Games
1929 AL-152-7

At Bats
1929 AL-618-4

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1929 AL-666-10

Hits
1932 AL-184-10

Triples
1929 AL-12-10

Strikeouts
1929 AL-53-8

Stolen Bases
1928 AL-18-4
1929 AL-25-2
1930 AL-16-6
1931 AL-18-4
1932 AL-18-4
1934 AL-11-9

Singles
1929 AL-129-9
1932 AL-134-6

Caught Stealing
1929 AL-17-1
1932 AL-15-2

Power/Speed Number
1932 AL-10.1-10

At Bats per Strikeout
1932 AL-23.4-10
1934 AL-18.1-9

Outs
1929 AL-481-1
1930 AL-431-7

         

Gray Ink: Batting - 18 (1047) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 4.0 (2750) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 3.5 (1635) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

April 24, 1932: Traded by the Chicago White Sox with Jim Moore to the Cleveland Indians for Johnny Hodapp and Bob Seeds.

October 12, 1933: Traded by the Cleveland Indians to the Boston Red Sox for Lloyd Brown.

February 1, 1935: Traded by the Boston Red Sox to the Portland (PCL) for Jack Wilson.

September 29, 1936: Drafted by the Philadelphia Athletics from the Baltimore (International) in the 1936 rule 5 draft.

June 11, 1937: Returned (earlier draft pick) by the Philadelphia Athletics to the Baltimore (International).

August 1, 1938: Traded by the Baltimore (International) to the New York Giants for Blondy Ryan and cash.

December 6, 1938: Purchased by the Hollywood (PCL) from the New York Giants.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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