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Billy Harrell
William Harrell

Bats Right, Throws Right
Weight 180 lb.
School Siena College

Debut September 2, 1955
Final Game September 20, 1961
Born July 18, 1928 in Norristown, PA

Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent in 1952. (All Transactions)

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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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1955 26 CLE AL  13   19    2    8   0  0   0    1   1  0   3   3  .421  .500  .421  147    8   0   0   0   0   0
 1957 28 CLE AL  22   57    6   15   1  1   1    5   3  1   4   7  .263  .311  .368   86   21   1   0   0   0   0
 1958 29 CLE AL 101  229   36   50   4  0   7   19  12  2  15  36  .218  .271  .328   65   75   1   1   2   2   3
 1961 32 BOS AL  37   37   10    6   2  0   0    1   1  0   1   8  .162  .184  .216    6    8   0   0   0   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 4 Seasons      173  342   54   79   7  1   8   26  17  3  23  54  .231  .283  .327   67  112   2   1   2   2   4
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        320   51   74   7  1   7   24  16  3  22  51  .231  .283  .327   67  105   2   1   2   2   4
 Career High    101  229   36   50   4  1   7   19  12  2  15  36  .218  .271  .328   65   75   1   1   2   2   3
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1955 26 CLE AL   22   11    5  12.2   106| .421  .271| .500  .351| .421  .404| .921  .755| 147  .857   1.5   0.1 100%
 1957 28 CLE AL   62   44    7   4.3    99| .263  .263| .311  .335| .368  .397| .679  .732|  86  .491  -1.4  -0.1  75%
 1958 29 CLE AL  248  186   22   3.2    97| .218  .260| .271  .329| .328  .396| .599  .725|  65  .364 -11.7  -1.2  85%
 1961 32 BOS AL   38   32    1   0.8   106| .162  .266| .184  .342| .216  .414| .400  .756|   6  .041  -5.1  -0.5 100%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 4 Seasons       370  273   35   3.4    99| .231  .262| .283  .333| .327  .398| .610  .731|  67  .392 -16.7  -1.7  85%

* 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  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1955 26 CLE AL SS 11 7 18 2 1 .926 .958 2.27 4.04 1957 28 CLE AL SS 14 17 33 6 6 .893 .963 3.57 4.43 4.29 5.11 11 105.0 3B 6 4 7 0 0 1.000 .948 1.83 2.77 3.33 3.24 2 29.7 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.80 0.00 5.40 0 1.0 1958 29 CLE AL 3B 46 21 50 1 7 .986 .950 1.54 2.59 3.19 3.11 14 200.3 SS 45 49 98 7 20 .955 .964 3.27 4.17 4.31 4.96 38 307.0 2B 7 11 11 1 5 .957 .978 3.14 4.69 5.08 5.26 5 39.0 RF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.70 0.00 1.80 0 2.0 1961 32 BOS AL 3B 10 7 12 0 3 1.000 .950 1.90 2.79 3.56 3.19 4 48.0 SS 7 7 9 2 1 .889 .958 2.29 4.37 5.33 4.83 2 27.0 1B 3 12 2 0 2 1.000 .993 4.67 8.30 13.55 9.48 1 9.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1961 32 BOS AL 1B 3 12 2 0 2 1.000 .993 4.67 8.30 13.55 9.48 1 9.3 1957 28 CLE AL 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.80 0.00 5.40 0 1.0 1958 29 CLE AL 2B 7 11 11 1 5 .957 .978 3.14 4.69 5.08 5.26 5 39.0 1957 28 CLE AL 3B 6 4 7 0 0 1.000 .948 1.83 2.77 3.33 3.24 2 29.7 1958 29 CLE AL 3B 46 21 50 1 7 .986 .950 1.54 2.59 3.19 3.11 14 200.3 1961 32 BOS AL 3B 10 7 12 0 3 1.000 .950 1.90 2.79 3.56 3.19 4 48.0 1958 29 CLE AL OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.90 0.00 2.25 0 2.0 1958 29 CLE AL RF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.70 0.00 1.80 0 2.0 1955 26 CLE AL SS 11 7 18 2 1 .926 .958 2.27 4.04 1957 28 CLE AL SS 14 17 33 6 6 .893 .963 3.57 4.43 4.29 5.11 11 105.0 1958 29 CLE AL SS 45 49 98 7 20 .955 .964 3.27 4.17 4.31 4.96 38 307.0 1961 32 BOS AL SS 7 7 9 2 1 .889 .958 2.29 4.37 5.33 4.83 2 27.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total SS* 77 80 158 17 28 .933 .963 3.09 4.22 51 439.0 3B* 62 32 69 1 10 .990 .950 1.63 2.64 20 278.0 2B* 8 11 11 1 5 .957 .978 2.75 4.70 5 40.0 1B* 3 12 2 0 2 1.000 .993 4.67 8.30 1 9.3 RF* 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.70 0 2.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 151 135 240 19 45 .952 .961 2.48 3.66
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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.

Stolen Bases
1958 AL-12-6

Power/Speed Number
1958 AL-8.8-8

Gray Ink: Batting - 2 (2067) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 2.0 (3488) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions 

Before 1952 Season: Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent.

February 2, 1959: Selected off waivers by the St. Louis Cardinals from the Cleveland Indians.

November 28, 1960: Drafted by the Boston Red Sox from the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1960 rule 5 draft.


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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