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Bill Connelly
William Wirt Connelly (Wild Bill)

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 175 lb.

Debut August 22, 1945
Final Game June 16, 1953
Born June 29, 1925 in Alberta, VA
Died November 27, 1980 in Richmond, VA

Signed by the Philadelphia Athletics as an amateur free agent in 1945. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1945 20 PHA AL   1   1   2   1   0   0   1  0    8.0    7    4    4   0    8    0   0   0    35       0  4.50  3.43   76 1.875
 1950 25 TOT AL   0   0   4   0   0   0   2  0    6.3    9    6    6   2    3    1   0   0    31       0  8.53  4.60   54 1.895
         CHW AL   0   0   2   0   0   0   0  0    2.3    5    3    3   1    1    0   0   0    13       0 11.57  4.49   39 2.571
         DET AL   0   0   2   0   0   0   2  0    4.0    4    3    3   1    2    1   0   0    18       0  6.75  4.67   69 1.500
 1952 27 NYG NL   5   0  11   4   0   0   2  0   31.7   22   18   16   4   25   22   0   2   134       0  4.55  3.69   81 1.484
 1953 28 NYG NL   0   1   8   2   0   0   4  0   20.3   33   26   25   4   17   11   0   1   106       0 11.07  4.32   39 2.459
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  4 Yr WL% .750   6   2  25   7   0   0   9  0   66.3   71   54   51  10   53   34   0   3   306       0  6.92  3.94   57 1.869
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    12   4  53  14   0   0  19  0  140.7  150  114  108  21  112   72   0   6   650   0   0  6.92  3.94   57 1.869
 Career High      5   1  11   4   0   0   4  0   31.7   33   26   25   4   25   22   0   2   134   0   0                       

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1945 20 PHA AL   2    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .500  .000   50    0   0           1   0
 1950 25 TOT AL   4    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   0  .000  .500  .000   35    0   0   0   0   0   0
         DET AL   2    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   0  .000  .500  .000   35    0   0           0   0
 1952 27 NYG NL  11   11    2    4   2  2   0    3   0  1   1   5  .364  .417  .909  257   10   0           0   0
 1953 28 NYG NL   8    6    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   5  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 4 Seasons       25   19    2    4   2  2   0    3   0  1   2  10  .211  .318  .526  123   10   0   0   0   1   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        123   13   26  13 13   0   19   0  6  13  65  .211  .318  .526  123   65   0   0   0   6   0
 Career High     11   11    2    4   2  2   0    3   0  1   1   5                          10   0   0   0   1   0
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1945 20 PHA AL    2    1    0   0.0    89| .000  .262| .500  .334| .000  .356| .500  .690|  50  .000   0.1   0.0   0%
 1950 25 TOT AL    2    1    0   0.0   116| .000  .282| .500  .370| .000  .423| .500  .793|  35  .000   0.0   0.0   0%
         DET AL    2    1    0   0.0   116| .000  .282| .500  .370| .000  .423| .500  .793|  35  .000   0.0   0.0   0%
 1952 27 NYG NL   12    8    3  10.0    98| .364  .263| .417  .336| .909  .391|1.326  .727| 257  .834   2.2   0.2   0%
 1953 28 NYG NL    6    6    0   0.0   112| .000  .276| .000  .348| .000  .431| .000  .779|-100  .000  -1.8  -0.2   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 4 Seasons        22   16    3   5.0   103| .211  .268| .318  .342| .526  .403| .844  .745| 123  .560   0.4   0.0   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1945 20 PHA AL P 2 1 0 1 0 .500 1.000 0.50 1.30 1.12 2.25 1 8.0 1950 25 TOT AL P 4 0 1 0 1 1.000 .909 0.25 0.95 1.43 2.00 0 6.3 CHW AL P 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.95 0.00 1.96 0 2.3 DET AL P 2 0 1 0 1 1.000 .909 0.50 0.95 2.25 2.02 0 4.0 1952 27 NYG NL P 11 3 7 0 0 1.000 .952 0.91 0.98 2.84 2.19 4 31.7 1953 28 NYG NL P 8 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 0.25 0.88 0.89 2.04 2 20.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1945 20 PHA AL P 2 1 0 1 0 .500 1.000 0.50 1.30 1.12 2.25 1 8.0 1950 25 TOT AL P 4 0 1 0 1 1.000 .909 0.25 0.95 1.43 2.00 0 6.3 CHW AL P 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.95 0.00 1.96 0 2.3 DET AL P 2 0 1 0 1 1.000 .909 0.50 0.95 2.25 2.02 0 4.0 1952 27 NYG NL P 11 3 7 0 0 1.000 .952 0.91 0.98 2.84 2.19 4 31.7 1953 28 NYG NL P 8 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 0.25 0.88 0.89 2.04 2 20.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 25 4 10 1 1 .933 .952 0.56 0.97 1.90 2.13 7 66.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 25 4 10 1 1 .933 .952 0.56 0.97 1.91 2.14 7 66
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.

Youngest Player
1945 AL-20-7

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.


Transactions 

Before 1945 Season: Signed by the Philadelphia Athletics as an amateur free agent.

Before 1949 Season: Sent from the Philadelphia Athletics to the Detroit Tigers in an unknown transaction.

November 17, 1949: Drafted by the Chicago White Sox from the Detroit Tigers in the 1949 rule 5 draft.

May 15, 1950: Returned (earlier draft pick) by the Chicago White Sox to the Detroit Tigers.

Before 1952 Season: Returned to the Toledo (American Association) by the Detroit Tigers after expiration of minor league working agreement.

August 18, 1952: Purchased by the New York Giants from the Charleston (American Association).


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