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Bill Dawley
William Chester Dawley

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 4", Weight 240 lb.

Debut April 15, 1983
  vs. MON 3.0 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER, W
Final Game July 4, 1989
Born February 6, 1958 in Norwich, CT

Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 7th round of the 1976 amateur draft. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ 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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1983 25 HOU NL   6   6  48   0   0   0  37 14   79.7   51   26   25   9   22   60   1   1   304   4   0  2.82  3.38  120 0.916 AS
 1984 26 HOU NL  11   4  60   0   0   0  27  5   98.0   82   24   21   5   35   47   0   2   402   9   1  1.93  3.31  171 1.194
 1985 27 HOU NL   5   3  49   0   0   0  19  2   81.0   76   35   32   7   37   48   0   2   347   7   0  3.56  3.45   97 1.395
 1986 28 CHW AL   0   7  46   0   0   0  23  2   97.7   91   38   36  10   28   66   1   5   405   3   0  3.32  4.35  131 1.218
 1987 29 STL NL   5   8  60   0   0   0  17  2   96.7   93   51   48  15   38   65   1   4   406  11   1  4.47  4.17   93 1.355
 1988 30 PHI NL   0   2   8   0   0   0   1  0    8.7   16   13   13   3    4    3   0   2    47   1   0 13.50  3.56   26 2.308
 1989 31 OAK AL   0   0   4   0   0   0   2  0    9.0   11    5    4   0    2    3   1   0    41   0   0  4.00  3.70   92 1.444
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  7 Yr WL% .474  27  30 275   0   0   0 126 25  470.7  420  192  179  49  166  292   4  16  1952  35   2  3.42  3.75  110 1.245
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     6   7  68   0   0   0  31  6  116.3  103   47   44  12   41   72   0   3   482   8   0  3.42  3.75  110 1.245
 Career High     11   8  60   0   0   0  37 14   98.0   93   51   48  15   38   66   1   5   406  11   1  1.93  4.35  171 0.916

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Batting  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1983 25 HOU NL  48    9    0    2   0  0   0    1   0  0   0   3  .222  .222  .222   28    2   0   0   0   0   0 AS
 1984 26 HOU NL  60    9    2    3   0  1   0    3   0  0   0   3  .333  .333  .556  156    5   2   0   0   0   0
 1985 27 HOU NL  49   10    1    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   3  .200  .273  .200   37    2   0   0   0   0   0
 1986 28 CHW AL  46    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 1987 29 STL NL  60   12    1    2   0  0   0    1   0  0   2   2  .167  .286  .167   23    2   1   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 7 Seasons      275   42    4    9   0  1   0    5   0  0   3  11  .214  .267  .262   48   11   3   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg         25    2    5   0  1   0    3   0  0   2   6  .214  .267  .262   48    6   2   0   0   0   0
 Career High     60   12    2    3   0  1   0    3   0  0   2   3                           5   2   0   0   0   0
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1983 25 HOU NL    9    7    0   0.0    91| .222  .255| .222  .322| .222  .378| .444  .700|  28  .000  -0.9  -0.1   0%
 1984 26 HOU NL   11    8    2   6.7    87| .333  .254| .333  .317| .556  .369| .889  .686| 156  .705   0.5   0.0   0%
 1985 27 HOU NL   11    8    1   3.4    92| .200  .256| .273  .324| .200  .382| .473  .706|  37  .400  -0.8  -0.1   0%
 1986 28 CHW AL    2    2    0   0.0   104| .000  .266| .000  .334| .000  .415| .000  .750|-100  .000  -0.6  -0.1   0%
 1987 29 STL NL   15   11    1   2.4   108| .167  .271| .286  .341| .167  .423| .453  .764|  23  .228  -1.3  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 7 Seasons        48   36    4   3.0    96| .214  .260| .267  .328| .262  .392| .529  .720|  48  .330  -3.2  -0.4   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1983 25 HOU NL P 48 2 5 0 1 1.000 .946 0.15 0.68 0.79 1.92 0 79.7 AS 1984 26 HOU NL P 60 6 11 1 0 .944 .955 0.28 0.67 1.56 1.88 0 98.0 1985 27 HOU NL P 49 6 13 1 2 .950 .955 0.39 0.68 2.11 1.92 0 81.0 1986 28 CHW AL P 46 8 8 1 0 .941 .958 0.35 0.68 1.47 1.83 0 97.7 1987 29 STL NL P 60 10 17 0 2 1.000 .954 0.45 0.62 2.51 1.91 0 96.7 1988 30 PHI NL P 8 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.12 0.69 1.03 1.97 0 8.7 1989 31 OAK AL P 4 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.25 0.65 1.00 1.90 0 9.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1983 25 HOU NL P 48 2 5 0 1 1.000 .946 0.15 0.68 0.79 1.92 0 79.7 1984 26 HOU NL P 60 6 11 1 0 .944 .955 0.28 0.67 1.56 1.88 0 98.0 1985 27 HOU NL P 49 6 13 1 2 .950 .955 0.39 0.68 2.11 1.92 0 81.0 1986 28 CHW AL P 46 8 8 1 0 .941 .958 0.35 0.68 1.47 1.83 0 97.7 1987 29 STL NL P 60 10 17 0 2 1.000 .954 0.45 0.62 2.51 1.91 0 96.7 1988 30 PHI NL P 8 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.12 0.69 1.03 1.97 0 8.7 1989 31 OAK AL P 4 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.25 0.65 1.00 1.90 0 9.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 275 32 56 3 5 .967 .955 0.32 0.66 1.68 1.89 0 470.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 275 32 56 3 5 .967 .955 0.32 0.66 1.68 1.89 0 471
An Important note about our fielding stats

All-Star Game Pitching 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  W  L  S   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR HBP WP  SB CS 2B 3B BK
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
 1983   HOU NL      0  0  0   1.1   1   0   0   0   1  0   0  0   0  0  0  0  0 
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1983   HOU NL       0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 1/1      0   0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0                   
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
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.

All-Star
1983 *

Won-Loss %
1984 NL-.733-2

Gray Ink: Pitching - 3 (2076) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 9.0 (954) (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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Transactions 

June 8, 1976: Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 7th round of the 1976 amateur draft.

March 31, 1983: Traded by the Cincinnati Reds with Tony Walker to the Houston Astros for Alan Knicely.

April 1, 1986: Released by the Houston Astros.

April 15, 1986: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago White Sox.

December 22, 1986: Traded by the Chicago White Sox to the St. Louis Cardinals for Fred Manrique.

December 21, 1987: Released by the St. Louis Cardinals.

February 10, 1988: Signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Phillies.

October 7, 1988: Released by the Philadelphia Phillies.

January, 1989: Signed as a Free Agent with the Oakland Athletics.

July 27, 1989: Released by the Oakland Athletics.

July 28, 1989: Signed as a Free Agent with the Milwaukee Brewers.

October 15, 1989: Granted Free Agency.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1985Houston Astros$295,000
1986Houston Astros$325,000
1987St. Louis Cardinals$275,000
Career (may be incomplete)$895,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
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