Bill Scherrer

Position: Relief Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-4, 170lb (193cm, 77kg)

Born: January 20, 1958 in Tonawanda, NY us

Draft: Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 6th round of the 1976 MLB June Amateur Draft from Cardinal O'Hara HS (Tonawanda, NY) and the Cincinnati Reds in the 1st round (1st) of the 1977 MLB January Draft-Secondary Phase.

High School: Cardinal O'Hara HS (Tonawanda, NY)

Last Game: July 28, 1988 (Age 30-190d)
vs. CHC 1.0 IP, 1 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1983 season

Full Name: William Joseph Scherrer

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1984 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

1.7

ERA

4.08

228

311.1

207

WHIP

1.436

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1977	19	-1.2	Shelby	WCRS	A	CIN	9	9	.500	3.53	4.96	27	26		5	0	0	158.0	132	87	62	4	105	2	122	2	1	11		1.500	7.5	0.2	6.0	6.9	1.16
1978	20		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A--A	CIN	6	6	.500	3.68	4.85	23	18		4	2	0	115.0	88	62	47	5	68	2	105	2	1	9		1.357	6.9	0.4	5.3	8.2	1.54
1978	20	-0.6	Shelby	WCRS	A	CIN	0	2	.000	4.06	5.52	10	5		1	0	0	31.0	27	19	14	2	26	1	18	1	0	4		1.710	7.8	0.6	7.5	5.2	0.69
1978	20	-1.0	Eugene	NORW	A-	CIN	6	4	.600	3.54	4.61	13	13		3	2	0	84.0	61	43	33	3	42	1	87	1	1	5		1.226	6.5	0.3	4.5	9.3	2.07
1979	21	-0.7	Tampa	FLOR	A	CIN	12	3	.800	1.81	2.43	25	24		10	4	0	159.0	126	43	32	0	65	2	140	2	0	9		1.201	7.1	0.0	3.7	7.9	2.15
1980	22	-0.7	Waterbury	EL	AA	CIN	7	8	.467	3.34	3.46	25	25		4	3	0	151.0	139	58	56	10	58	2	84	0	0	2		1.305	8.3	0.6	3.5	5.0	1.45
1981	23	0.1	Waterbury	EL	AA	CIN	5	9	.357	4.31	5.29	50	10	24	1	0	1	119.0	121	70	57	10	62	5	89	2	0	6		1.538	9.2	0.8	4.7	6.7	1.44
1982	24		3 Teams	3 Lgs	AAA-A-AA	CIN	10	9	.526	3.50	3.83	31	23	3	9	3	0	167.0	135	71	65	12	65	1	144	2	0	4		1.198	7.3	0.6	3.5	7.8	2.22
1982	24	-1.6	Indianapolis	AA	AAA	CIN	6	4	.600	4.06	4.36	19	12	2	4	2	0	88.2	68	43	40	7	32	1	81	1	0	4		1.128	6.9	0.7	3.2	8.2	2.53
1982	24	0.6	Waterbury	EL	AA	CIN	1	3	.250	3.77	4.35	5	5	0	3	1	0	31.0	30	15	13	2	15	0	18	0	0	0		1.452	8.7	0.6	4.4	5.2	1.20
1982	24	1.8	Tampa	FLOR	A	CIN	3	2	.600	2.28	2.47	7	6	1	2	0	0	47.1	37	13	12	3	18	0	45	1	0	0		1.162	7.0	0.6	3.4	8.6	2.50
1982	24	-4.7	CIN	NL	Maj	CIN	0	1	.000	2.60	3.63	5	2	2	0	0	0	17.1	17	7	5	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	69	0.981	8.8	0.0	0.0	3.6
1983	25	-3.5	CIN	NL	Maj	CIN	2	3	.400	2.74	3.03	73	0	32	0	0	10	92.0	73	31	28	6	33	4	57	0	0	0	371	1.152	7.1	0.6	3.2	5.6	1.73
1984	26		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Maj	CIN	2	1	.667	4.16	4.42	54	0	14	0	0	1	71.1	78	35	33	7	23	4	51	0	0	0	309	1.416	9.8	0.9	2.9	6.4	2.22
1984	26	0.3	Wichita	AA	AAA	CIN	2	3	.400	3.24	3.24	10	0	8	0	0	1	16.2	16	6	6	1	11	0	14	0	1	1		1.620	8.6	0.5	5.9	7.6	1.27
1984	26	-2.1	CIN	NL	Maj	CIN	1	1	.500	4.99	5.33	36	0	12	0	0	1	52.1	64	31	29	6	15	3	35	0	0	0	232	1.510	11.0	1.0	2.6	6.0	2.33
1984	26	-2.4	DET	AL	Maj	DET	1	0	1.000	1.89	1.89	18	0	2	0	0	0	19.0	14	4	4	1	8	1	16	0	0	0	77	1.158	6.6	0.5	3.8	7.6	2.00
1985	27	-1.4	DET	AL	Maj	DET	3	2	.600	4.36	4.77	48	0	14	0	0	0	66.0	62	35	32	10	41	13	46	1	0	5	299	1.561	8.5	1.4	5.6	6.3	1.12
1986	28	1.5	Nashville	AA	AAA	DET	5	2	.714	5.06	5.52	31	1	18	0	0	4	58.2	60	36	33	7	28	2	49	1	0	2		1.500	9.2	1.1	4.3	7.5	1.75
1986	28	-0.2	DET	AL	Maj	DET	0	1	.000	7.29	8.14	13	0	8	0	0	0	21.0	19	19	17	3	22	4	16	1	0	1	103	1.952	8.1	1.3	9.4	6.9	0.73
1987	29	2.5	Nashville	AA	AAA	CIN	4	1	.800	1.86	1.86	33	0	20	0	0	11	29.0	25	6	6	1	10	0	24	1	0	4		1.207	7.8	0.3	3.1	7.4	2.40
1987	29	0.8	CIN	NL	Maj	CIN	1	1	.500	4.36	4.64	23	0	10	0	0	0	33.0	43	17	16	3	16	4	24	0	0	2	151	1.788	11.7	0.8	4.4	6.5	1.50
1988	30		4 Teams	3 Lgs	AAA	CHC	1	0				32	0	12	0	0	6	43.2	48	23	19	1	21	1	34	0	4	2
1988	30		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Maj	BAL	0	1	.000	8.44	8.44	12	0	1	0	0	0	10.2	15	10	10	2	5	0	6	0	2	0	51	1.875	12.7	1.7	4.2	5.1	1.20
1988	30	3.7	Phoenix	PCL	AAA	SFG	0	0		5.51	5.51	12	0	5	0	0	0	16.1	17	10	10	1	8	0	11	0	3	0		1.531	9.4	0.6	4.4	6.1	1.38
1988	30	3.5	Iowa	AA	AAA	CHC	1	0	1.000	4.91	7.36	10	0	1	0	0	1	14.2	23	12	8	0	7	1	12	0	0	2		2.045	14.1	0.0	4.3	7.4	1.71
1988	30	4.2	Rochester	IL	AAA	BAL						5
1988	30	4.2	Maine	IL	AAA	PHI						5
1988	30	1.5	PHI	NL	Maj	PHI	0	0		5.40	5.40	8	0	1	0	0	0	6.2	7	4	4	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	28	1.350	9.5	0.0	2.7	4.1	1.50
1988	30	1.5	BAL	AL	Maj	BAL	0	1	.000	13.50	13.50	4	0	0	0	0	0	4.0	8	6	6	2	3	0	3	0	2	0	23	2.750	18.0	4.5	6.8	6.8	1.00
1989	31		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA	TEX	2	0	1.000	3.86	4.11	25	0	10	0	0	0	35.0	31	16	15	4	26	1	21	3	2	0		1.629	8.0	1.0	6.7	5.4	0.81
1989	31	5.4	Tidewater	IL	AAA	NYM	2	0	1.000	3.03	3.03	20	0	7	0	0	0	29.2	25	10	10	2	18	1	17	1	2	0		1.449	7.6	0.6	5.5	5.2	0.94
1989	31	4.4	Oklahoma City	AA	AAA	TEX	0	0		8.44	10.13	5	0	3	0	0	0	5.1	6	6	5	2	8	0	4	2	0	0		2.625	10.1	3.4	13.5	6.8	0.50
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (7 seasons)					Majors		8	10	.444	4.08	4.45	228	2	81	0	0	11	311.1	307	154	141	31	140	29	207	2	2	8	1353	1.436	8.9	0.9	4.0	6.0	1.48
Minors (11 seasons)					Minors		63	50				312	127	89	33	12	18	1039.1	913	477	397	55	513	18	815	15	8	50
All Levels (13 Seasons)							71	60				540	129	170	33	12	29	1350.2	1220	631	538	86	653	47	1022	17	10	58	1353

AAA (6 seasons)					Minors		20	10				150	13	64	4	2	17	259.0	240	129	118	21	122	5	212	6	6	13
AA (3 seasons)					Minors		13	20	.394	3.77	4.28	80	40	24	8	4	1	301.0	290	143	126	22	135	7	191	2	0	8		1.412	8.7	0.7	4.0	5.7	1.41
A (4 seasons)					Minors		24	16	.600	2.73	3.69	69	61	1	18	4	0	395.1	322	162	120	9	214	5	325	6	1	24		1.356	7.3	0.2	4.9	7.4	1.52
A- (1 season)					Minors		6	4	.600	3.54	4.61	13	13		3	2	0	84.0	61	43	33	3	42	1	87	1	1	5		1.226	6.5	0.3	4.5	9.3	2.07