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Bill Dietrich
William John Dietrich (Bullfrog)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 185 lb.
School Villanova University

Debut April 13, 1933
Final Game June 5, 1948
Born March 29, 1910 in Philadelphia, PA
Died June 20, 1978 in Philadelphia, PA

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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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1933 23 PHA AL   0   1   8   1   0   0   3  0   17.0   13   11   11   1   19    4   0   1    77       0  5.82  4.28   74 1.882
 1934 24 PHA AL  11  12  39  23  14   4   9  3  207.7  201  121  108  12  114   88   3   3   925       0  4.68  4.36   93 1.517
 1935 25 PHA AL   7  13  43  15   8   1  18  3  185.3  203  128  111   7  101   59   1   5   849       1  5.39  4.54   84 1.640
 1936 26 TOT AL   8  11  40  15   6   1  16  3  162.7  197  116  104  12   82   77   1   6   756       0  5.75  5.12   89 1.715
         PHA AL   4   6  21   4   0   0  13  3   71.7   91   55   52   4   40   34   0   4   344       0  6.53  5.09   78 1.828
         WSH AL   0   1   5   0   0   0   2  0    8.3   13   11    9   0    6    4   0   0    44       0  9.72  4.79   49 2.280
         CHW AL   4   4  14  11   6   1   1  0   82.7   93   50   43   8   36   39   1   2   368       0  4.68  5.19  111 1.560
 1937 27 CHW AL   8  10  29  20   7   1   6  1  143.3  162   93   78  15   72   62   0   4   653       1  4.90  4.62   94 1.633
 1938 28 CHW AL   2   4   8   7   1   0   1  0   48.0   49   33   29   7   31   11   0   3   224       0  5.44  4.89   90 1.667
 1939 29 CHW AL   7   8  25  19   2   0   4  0  127.7  134   81   74  14   56   43   2   5   560       0  5.22  4.71   90 1.488
 1940 30 CHW AL  10   6  23  17   6   1   3  0  149.7  154   78   67  10   65   43   0   4   652       0  4.03  4.42  110 1.463
 1941 31 CHW AL   5   8  19  15   4   1   4  0  109.3  114   73   65   7   50   26   4   4   497       0  5.35  4.11   77 1.500
 1942 32 CHW AL   6  11  26  23   6   0   2  0  160.0  173   92   87  16   70   39   5   3   712       1  4.89  3.62   74 1.519
 1943 33 CHW AL  12  10  26  26  12   2   0  0  186.7  180   72   58   4   53   52   2   2   782       0  2.80  3.33  119 1.248
 1944 34 CHW AL  16  17  36  36  15   2   0  0  246.0  269  132   99  15   68   70   2   3  1061       1  3.62  3.43   95 1.370
 1945 35 CHW AL   7  10  18  16   6   3   2  0  122.3  136   61   57   4   36   43   0   0   531       0  4.19  3.33   79 1.406
 1946 36 CHW AL   3   3  11   9   3   0   1  1   62.0   63   21   18   4   24   20   0   0   266       0  2.61  3.40  130 1.403
 1947 37 PHA AL   5   2  11   9   2   1   1  0   60.7   48   24   21   0   40   18   2   0   259       0  3.12  3.82  123 1.451
 1948 38 PHA AL   1   2   4   2   0   0   2  0   15.3   21   10   10   0    9    5   0   1    70       0  5.87  4.28   73 1.957
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 16 Yr WL% .458 108 128 366 253  92  17  72 11 2003.7 2117 1146  997 128  890  660  22  44  8874       4  4.48  4.10   92 1.501
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    11  14  40  27  10   1   7  1  220.0  232  125  109  14   97   72   2   4   974   0   0  4.48  4.10   92 1.501
 Career High     16  17  43  36  15   4  18  3  246.0  269  132  111  16  114   88   5   6  1061   0   1  2.61  5.12  130 1.248
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
                 W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP

* 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1933 23 PHA AL   8    3    0    1   1  0   0    2   0  0   1   2  .333  .500  .667  205    2   0           0    
 1934 24 PHA AL  40   72    6   15   2  1   1    4   0  0   7  32  .208  .278  .306   53   22   4           0    
 1935 25 PHA AL  44   60    1    5   2  0   0    2   0  0   1  25  .083  .098  .117  -44    7   3           0    
 1936 26 TOT AL  40   57    6   11   0  0   0    7   0  0   3  17  .193  .233  .193    6   11   3   0   0   0   0
         PHA AL  21   27    3    3   0  0   0    2   0  0   2   9  .111  .172  .111  -28    3   1           0    
         CHW AL  14   30    3    8   0  0   0    5   0  0   1   8  .267  .290  .267   36    8   2           0    
 1937 27 CHW AL  29   44    6    8   0  1   0    1   0  0   7  20  .182  .294  .227   33   10   3           0    
 1938 28 CHW AL   8   16    3    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   2   5  .063  .167  .063  -41    1   0           0    
 1939 29 CHW AL  25   37    5    8   3  0   1    2   0  0   4  12  .216  .293  .378   68   14   2           0   0
 1940 30 CHW AL  23   50    5   12   1  0   1    8   0  0   7  14  .240  .333  .320   70   16   3           0   1
 1941 31 CHW AL  19   34    4    3   1  0   0    1   0  0   7  11  .088  .262  .118    4    4   1           1   0
 1942 32 CHW AL  26   48    2    5   1  0   0    5   0  0   5  22  .104  .189  .125  -10    6   7           0   2
 1943 33 CHW AL  26   56    7    8   1  0   1    6   0  0   5  22  .143  .226  .214   29   12   6           1   0
 1944 34 CHW AL  36   77    8    9   0  0   1    4   0  0   5  33  .117  .171  .156   -6   12   8           0   2
 1945 35 CHW AL  18   36    2    6   0  1   0    0   0  0   5  22  .167  .268  .222   45    8   3           0   0
 1946 36 CHW AL  11   19    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0  14  .053  .053  .053  -70    1   0           0   0
 1947 37 PHA AL  11   16    1    1   0  0   0    1   0  0   0   8  .063  .063  .063  -65    1   4           0   0
 1948 38 PHA AL   4    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   1  .000  .333  .000   -7    0   0           0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 16 Seasons     368  627   56   94  12  3   5   43   0  0  60 260  .150  .226  .203   16  127  47   0   0   2   5
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        276   25   41   5  1   2   19   0  0  26 114  .150  .226  .203   16   56  21   0   0   1   2
 Career High     44   77    8   15   3  1   1    8   0  0   7  33                          22   8   0   0   1   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 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 
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1933 23 PHA AL    4    2    1  13.4   107| .333  .282| .500  .354| .667  .407|1.167  .760| 205  .870   0.6   0.1   0%
 1934 24 PHA AL   83   61    6   2.6   108| .208  .283| .278  .356| .306  .408| .584  .764|  53  .234  -5.2  -0.5   0%
 1935 25 PHA AL   64   58    1   0.5   110| .083  .286| .098  .359| .117  .414| .215  .772| -44  .012 -13.1  -1.3   0%
 1936 26 TOT AL   63   49    3   1.6   122| .193  .300| .233  .376| .193  .441| .426  .817|   6  .096  -8.8  -0.8   0%
         PHA AL   30   25    1   1.1   120| .111  .296| .172  .371| .111  .435| .283  .806| -28  .046  -5.6  -0.5   0%
         CHW AL   33   24    2   2.2   125| .267  .304| .290  .380| .267  .446| .557  .826|  36  .157  -3.2  -0.3   0%
 1937 27 CHW AL   54   39    3   2.0   117| .182  .290| .294  .365| .227  .432| .521  .797|  33  .149  -4.6  -0.4   0%
 1938 28 CHW AL   18   15    0   0.0   120| .063  .293| .167  .372| .063  .436| .230  .808| -41  .000  -3.7  -0.3   0%
 1939 29 CHW AL   43   31    4   3.4   116| .216  .290| .293  .366| .378  .429| .671  .795|  68  .327  -1.9  -0.2   0%
 1940 30 CHW AL   60   42    5   3.2   112| .240  .280| .333  .354| .320  .425| .653  .779|  70  .305  -2.2  -0.2   0%
 1941 31 CHW AL   43   32    1   0.8   106| .088  .274| .262  .351| .118  .404| .380  .755|   4  .041  -4.6  -0.5   0%
 1942 32 CHW AL   60   52    1   0.5    93| .104  .263| .189  .337| .125  .368| .314  .706| -10  .022  -7.0  -0.7   0%
 1943 33 CHW AL   68   54    3   1.5    87| .143  .256| .226  .330| .214  .353| .440  .684|  29  .158  -5.2  -0.6   0%
 1944 34 CHW AL   90   78    2   0.7    91| .117  .267| .171  .334| .156  .364| .327  .698|  -6  .038 -10.9  -1.2   0%
 1945 35 CHW AL   44   33    2   1.6    86| .167  .258| .268  .330| .222  .351| .490  .680|  45  .170  -2.6  -0.3   0%
 1946 36 CHW AL   19   18    0   0.0    92| .053  .259| .053  .333| .053  .372| .106  .705| -70  .000  -4.3  -0.5   0%
 1947 37 PHA AL   20   19    0   0.0    98| .063  .265| .063  .345| .063  .381| .126  .726| -65  .000  -3.7  -0.4   0%
 1948 38 PHA AL    3    2    0   0.0   105| .000  .273| .333  .358| .000  .394| .333  .753|  -7  .000  -0.2   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 16 Seasons      736  585   32   1.5   104| .150  .277| .226  .350| .203  .398| .429  .748|  16  .108 -77.4  -7.8   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 ------+
1933 23 PHA AL P 8 0 5 0 1 1.000 .962 0.62 1.18 2.65 2.28 1 17.0 1934 24 PHA AL P 39 12 31 3 0 .935 .956 1.10 1.11 1.86 2.14 23 207.7 1935 25 PHA AL P 43 10 34 3 0 .936 .948 1.02 1.12 2.14 2.15 15 185.3 1936 26 TOT AL P 40 5 34 3 3 .929 .956 0.97 1.04 2.16 1.99 15 162.7 PHA AL P 21 1 19 1 2 .952 .957 0.95 1.04 2.51 2.00 4 71.7 WSH AL P 5 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 0.40 1.04 2.17 1.95 0 8.3 CHW AL P 14 4 13 2 1 .895 .955 1.21 1.04 1.85 1.99 11 82.7 1937 27 CHW AL P 29 3 31 1 1 .971 .955 1.17 1.09 2.14 2.05 20 143.3 1938 28 CHW AL P 8 3 7 0 0 1.000 .952 1.25 1.12 1.88 2.12 7 48.0 1939 29 CHW AL P 25 5 19 2 2 .923 .952 0.96 0.98 1.69 1.92 19 127.7 1940 30 CHW AL P 23 8 20 1 2 .966 .956 1.22 1.05 1.68 2.04 17 149.7 1941 31 CHW AL P 19 10 13 2 1 .920 .958 1.21 1.16 1.89 2.14 15 109.3 1942 32 CHW AL P 26 7 32 0 2 1.000 .956 1.50 1.30 2.19 2.31 23 160.0 1943 33 CHW AL P 26 10 46 1 3 .982 .962 2.15 1.27 2.70 2.27 26 186.7 1944 34 CHW AL P 36 10 46 3 0 .949 .961 1.56 1.14 2.05 2.09 36 246.0 1945 35 CHW AL P 18 9 23 1 2 .970 .955 1.78 1.28 2.35 2.24 16 122.3 1946 36 CHW AL P 11 2 17 0 2 1.000 .950 1.73 1.01 2.76 2.00 9 62.0 1947 37 PHA AL P 11 1 8 4 3 .692 .957 0.82 0.95 1.33 1.91 9 60.7 1948 38 PHA AL P 4 0 3 0 0 1.000 .968 0.75 0.90 1.76 2.00 2 15.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1933 23 PHA AL P 8 0 5 0 1 1.000 .962 0.62 1.18 2.65 2.28 1 17.0 1934 24 PHA AL P 39 12 31 3 0 .935 .956 1.10 1.11 1.86 2.14 23 207.7 1935 25 PHA AL P 43 10 34 3 0 .936 .948 1.02 1.12 2.14 2.15 15 185.3 1936 26 TOT AL P 40 5 34 3 3 .929 .956 0.97 1.04 2.16 1.99 15 162.7 PHA AL P 21 1 19 1 2 .952 .957 0.95 1.04 2.51 2.00 4 71.7 WSH AL P 5 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 0.40 1.04 2.17 1.95 0 8.3 CHW AL P 14 4 13 2 1 .895 .955 1.21 1.04 1.85 1.99 11 82.7 1937 27 CHW AL P 29 3 31 1 1 .971 .955 1.17 1.09 2.14 2.05 20 143.3 1938 28 CHW AL P 8 3 7 0 0 1.000 .952 1.25 1.12 1.88 2.12 7 48.0 1939 29 CHW AL P 25 5 19 2 2 .923 .952 0.96 0.98 1.69 1.92 19 127.7 1940 30 CHW AL P 23 8 20 1 2 .966 .956 1.22 1.05 1.68 2.04 17 149.7 1941 31 CHW AL P 19 10 13 2 1 .920 .958 1.21 1.16 1.89 2.14 15 109.3 1942 32 CHW AL P 26 7 32 0 2 1.000 .956 1.50 1.30 2.19 2.31 23 160.0 1943 33 CHW AL P 26 10 46 1 3 .982 .962 2.15 1.27 2.70 2.27 26 186.7 1944 34 CHW AL P 36 10 46 3 0 .949 .961 1.56 1.14 2.05 2.09 36 246.0 1945 35 CHW AL P 18 9 23 1 2 .970 .955 1.78 1.28 2.35 2.24 16 122.3 1946 36 CHW AL P 11 2 17 0 2 1.000 .950 1.73 1.01 2.76 2.00 9 62.0 1947 37 PHA AL P 11 1 8 4 3 .692 .957 0.82 0.95 1.33 1.91 9 60.7 1948 38 PHA AL P 4 0 3 0 0 1.000 .968 0.75 0.90 1.76 2.00 2 15.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 366 95 369 24 22 .951 .956 1.27 1.12 2.08 2.11 253 2003.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 366 95 369 24 22 .951 .956 1.27 1.12 2.08 2.11 253 2004
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.

Wins
1944 AL-16-7

Won-Loss %
1940 AL-.625-9

Hits Allowed/9IP
1934 AL-8.71-8

Bases on Balls/9IP
1943 AL-2.56-7

Strikeouts/9IP
1934 AL-3.81-10
1936 AL-4.26-8

Games
1935 AL-43-7

Saves
1934 AL-3-9
1935 AL-3-8
1936 AL-3-6

Innings
1944 AL-246.0-6

Games Started
1944 AL-36-2

Shutouts
1934 AL-4-4
1945 AL-3-9

Home Runs Allow.
1942 AL-16-3
1944 AL-15-2

Bases On Balls Allow.
1934 AL-114-5
1935 AL-101-8

Hits Allowed
1944 AL-269-2

Losses
1935 AL-13-8
1944 AL-17-1

Earned Runs Allow.
1935 AL-111-9
1942 AL-87-10
1944 AL-99-1

Wild Pitches
1935 AL-5-10
1939 AL-5-8

Hit Batsmen
1934 AL-3-10
1941 AL-4-7
1942 AL-5-3

Batters Faced
1944 AL-1061-4

Games Finished
1935 AL-18-9
1936 AL-16-8

Oldest Player
1948 AL-38-6

       

Gray Ink: Pitching - 27 (848) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 2.0 (1774) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 3.0 (1446) (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 

July 1, 1936: Selected off waivers by the Washington Senators from the Philadelphia Athletics.

July 20, 1936: Selected off waivers by the Chicago White Sox from the Washington Senators.

September 18, 1946: Released by the Chicago White Sox.

Before 1947 Season: Signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Athletics.

June 18, 1948: Released by the Philadelphia Athletics.


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