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Bill Glynn
William Vincent Glynn

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 0", Weight 190 lb.

Debut September 16, 1949
Final Game September 26, 1954
Born July 30, 1925 in Sussex, NJ

Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in 1946. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1949 23 PHI NL   8   10    0    2   0  0   0    1   0      0   3  .200  .200  .200    9    2   0           0   0
 1952 26 CLE AL  44   92   15   25   5  0   2    7   1  0   5  16  .272  .309  .391   99   36   1           0   3
 1953 27 CLE AL 147  411   60  100  14  2   3   30   1  3  44  65  .243  .324  .309   73  127  14           5   5
 1954 28 CLE AL 111  171   19   43   3  2   5   18   3  2  12  21  .251  .297  .380   84   65   0   2       0   4
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 4 Seasons      310  684   94  170  22  4  10   56   5  5  61 105  .249  .314  .336   78  230  15   2   0   5  12
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        357   49   89  11  2   5   29   3  3  32  55  .249  .314  .336   78  120   8   1   0   3   6
 Career High    147  411   60  100  14  2   5   30   3  3  44  65  .243  .324  .309   73  127  14   2   0   5   5
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1949 23 PHI NL   10    8    0   0.0   101| .200  .267| .200  .340| .200  .399| .400  .739|   9  .000  -1.3  -0.1     
 1952 26 CLE AL   98   71   11   4.2    91| .272  .253| .309  .332| .391  .369| .700  .701|  99  .503  -0.4   0.0 100%
 1953 27 CLE AL  474  333   40   3.2   101| .243  .267| .324  .343| .309  .393| .633  .736|  73  .355 -14.6  -1.5  25%
 1954 28 CLE AL  185  136   19   3.8   100| .251  .268| .297  .344| .380  .391| .677  .735|  84  .442  -4.9  -0.5  60%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 4 Seasons       767  548   70   3.4    99| .249  .265| .314  .342| .336  .390| .650  .731|  78  .391 -21.3  -2.1     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1949 23 PHI NL 1B 1 10 1 0 0 1.000 .991 11.00 9.00 1952 26 CLE AL 1B 32 167 16 5 18 .973 .988 5.72 8.88 1953 27 CLE AL 1B 135 1036 81 8 133 .993 .989 8.27 7.41 OF 2 6 0 0 0 1.000 .984 3.00 2.20 1 0 1 1954 28 CLE AL 1B 96 424 35 6 38 .987 .990 4.78 8.00 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.20 0 0 1
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1949 23 PHI NL 1B 1 10 1 0 0 1.000 .991 11.00 9.00 1952 26 CLE AL 1B 32 167 16 5 18 .973 .988 5.72 8.88 1953 27 CLE AL 1B 135 1036 81 8 133 .993 .989 8.27 7.41 1954 28 CLE AL 1B 96 424 35 6 38 .987 .990 4.78 8.00 1953 27 CLE AL OF 2 6 0 0 0 1.000 .984 3.00 2.20 1 0 1 1954 28 CLE AL OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.20 0 0 1
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total 1B 264 1637 133 19 189 .989 .989 6.70 7.81 OF 3 6 0 0 0 1.000 .984 2.00 2.20 1 0 2 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 267 1643 133 19 189 .989 .989 6.65 7.74
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1954   WS    CLE NYG     L   2   2   1   1  1  0  0   0   0   1  .500  .500 1.000   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
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.

Strikeouts
1953 AL-65-8

Hit By Pitch
1953 AL-5-10

Sac. Hits
1953 AL-14-3

HOF Standards: Batting - 2.0 (3465) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
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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Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

Before 1946 Season: Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent.

Before 1952 Season: Sent from the Philadelphia Phillies to the Sacramento (PCL) in an unknown transaction.

July 15, 1952: Purchased by the Cleveland Indians from the Sacramento (PCL) for $25,000.


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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