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Bill McAfee
William Fort McAfee

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 186 lb.
School University of Michigan

Debut May 12, 1930
Final Game September 22, 1934
Born September 7, 1907 in Smithville, GA
Died July 8, 1958 in Culpeper, VA

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Pitching  Glossary / 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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1930 22 CHC NL   0   0   2   0   0   0   1  0    1.0    3    5    0   0    2    0   0   1    10       0  0.00  4.87  inf 5.000
 1931 23 BSN NL   0   1  18   1   0   0  11  0   29.7   39   22   21   2   10    9   0   0   129       0  6.37  3.79   59 1.652
 1932 24 WSH AL   6   1   8   5   2   0   3  0   41.3   47   22   18   3   22   10   0   0   189       0  3.92  4.30  110 1.669
 1933 25 WSH AL   3   2  27   1   0   0  15  5   53.0   64   40   39   3   21   14   1   2   245       0  6.62  4.20   63 1.604
 1934 26 SLB AL   1   0  28   0   0   0  18  0   61.7   84   48   40   4   26   11   3   3   288       0  5.84  4.99   86 1.784
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  5 Yr WL% .714  10   4  83   7   2   0  48  5  186.7  237  137  118  12   81   44   4   6   861       0  5.69  4.42   78 1.704
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     7   3  62   5   1   0  36  3  141.0  179  103   89   9   61   33   3   4   650   0   0  5.69  4.42   78 1.704
 Career High      6   2  28   5   2   0  18  5   61.7   84   48   40   4   26   14   3   3   288   0   0  3.92  4.99  110 1.604

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1931 23 BSN NL  18    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0    
 1932 24 WSH AL   8   18    1    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   2  .111  .111  .111  -42    2   2           0    
 1933 25 WSH AL  27   15    2    4   0  1   1    1   0  0   1   5  .267  .313  .600  138    9   2           0    
 1934 26 SLB AL  28   16    1    3   2  0   0    2   0  0   0   5  .188  .188  .313   23    5   0           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 5 Seasons       83   52    4    9   2  1   1    3   0  0   1  12  .173  .189  .308   27   16   4   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        101    8   18   4  2   2    6   0  0   2  23  .173  .189  .308   27   31   8   0   0   0   0
 Career High     28   18    2    4   2  1   1    2   0  0   1   5                           9   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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1931 23 BSN NL    3    3    0   0.0   101| .000  .281| .000  .340| .000  .397| .000  .737|-100  .000  -0.8  -0.1     
 1932 24 WSH AL   20   18    0   0.0   110| .111  .284| .111  .355| .111  .417| .222  .772| -42  .000  -3.8  -0.4   0%
 1933 25 WSH AL   18   13    3   6.2   105| .267  .280| .313  .351| .600  .403| .913  .754| 138  .619   0.5   0.0   0%
 1934 26 SLB AL   16   13    1   2.0   119| .188  .298| .188  .373| .313  .429| .501  .802|  23  .163  -1.9  -0.2   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 5 Seasons        57   47    4   2.3   111| .173  .287| .189  .358| .308  .416| .497  .774|  27  .197  -6.1  -0.7     

* 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 ------+
1930 22 CHC NL P 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.10 0.00 1.80 0 1.0 1931 23 BSN NL P 18 0 8 0 2 1.000 .964 0.44 1.20 2.42 2.21 1 29.7 1932 24 WSH AL P 8 2 14 0 0 1.000 .958 2.00 1.21 3.49 2.24 5 41.3 1933 25 WSH AL P 27 1 12 1 2 .929 .963 0.48 1.18 2.21 2.28 1 53.0 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.60 1934 26 SLB AL P 28 3 10 2 0 .867 .956 0.46 1.11 1.90 2.14 0 61.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1933 25 WSH AL 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.60 1930 22 CHC NL P 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.10 0.00 1.80 0 1.0 1931 23 BSN NL P 18 0 8 0 2 1.000 .964 0.44 1.20 2.42 2.21 1 29.7 1932 24 WSH AL P 8 2 14 0 0 1.000 .958 2.00 1.21 3.49 2.24 5 41.3 1933 25 WSH AL P 27 1 12 1 2 .929 .963 0.48 1.18 2.21 2.28 1 53.0 1934 26 SLB AL P 28 3 10 2 0 .867 .956 0.46 1.11 1.90 2.14 0 61.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 83 6 44 3 4 .943 .960 0.60 1.16 7 186.7 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.60 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 84 6 44 3 4 .943 .960 0.60 1.22
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.

Saves
1933 AL-5-6

Hit Batsmen
1934 AL-3-10

Games Finished
1934 AL-18-8

Gray Ink: Pitching - 3 (2076) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
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 

October 14, 1930: Traded by the Chicago Cubs with Wes Schulmerich to the Boston Braves for Bob Smith and Jimmy Welsh.

August 5, 1932: Traded by the Boston Braves with Bill Akers and Bruce Cunningham to the Baltimore (International) for Buck Jordan.

December, 1933: Sent by the Washington Senators to the St. Louis Cardinals to complete an earlier deal made on August 1, 1933. The Washington Senators sent a player to be named later and cash to the St. Louis Cardinals for Ed Chapman. The Washington Senators sent Bill McAfee (December, 1933) to the St. Louis Cardinals to complete the trade.

February 15, 1934: Purchased by the St. Louis Browns from the St. Louis Cardinals.


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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