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Bill Parsons
William Raymond Parsons

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 6", Weight 195 lb.
School University of Utah

Debut April 13, 1971
  vs. OAK 9.0 IP, 6 H, 6 SO, 6 BB, 2 ER, L
Final Game September 28, 1974
Born August 17, 1948 in Riverside, CA

Drafted by the Seattle Pilots in the 7th round of the 1968 amateur draft. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ 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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1971 22 MIL AL  13  17  36  35  12   4   0  0  244.7  219   95   87  19   93  139   4   5  1022  10   0  3.20  3.47  108 1.275 RoY-2
 1972 23 MIL AL  13  13  33  30  10   2   0  0  214.0  194  102   93  27   68  111   3   5   892   8   1  3.91  3.01   77 1.224
 1973 24 MIL AL   3   6  20  17   0   0   0  0   59.7   59   50   45   6   67   30   0   9   300   1   2  6.79  3.75   55 2.112
 1974 25 OAK AL   0   0   4   0   0   0   1  0    2.0    1    0    0   0    3    2   0   0    10   0   0  0.00  3.33  inf 2.000
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  4 Yr WL% .446  29  36  93  82  22   6   1  0  520.3  473  247  225  52  231  282   7  19  2224  19   3  3.89  3.31   85 1.353
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    11  13  36  31   8   2   0  0  202.0  183   95   87  20   89  109   2   7   864   7   1  3.89  3.31   85 1.353
 Career High     13  17  36  35  12   4   1  0  244.7  219  102   93  27   93  139   4   9  1022  10   2  3.20  3.75  108 1.224

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1971 22 MIL AL  36   72    4   12   3  0   1    8   0  0   8  31  .167  .250  .250   44   18   8   0   0   0   1 RoY-2
 1972 23 MIL AL  33   67    4   11   1  0   0    7   0  0   3  30  .164  .194  .179   13   12   6   2   0   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 4 Seasons       93  139    8   23   4  0   1   15   0  0  11  61  .165  .224  .216   30   30  14   2   0   0   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        242   14   40   7  0   2   26   0  0  19 106  .165  .224  .216   30   52  24   3   0   0   3
 Career High     36   72    4   12   3  0   1    8   0  0   8  31                          18   8   2   0   0   1
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1971 22 MIL AL   88   69    5   1.9    91| .167  .253| .250  .324| .250  .375| .500  .699|  44  .210  -5.3  -0.6   0%
 1972 23 MIL AL   78   65    3   1.2    81| .164  .243| .194  .311| .179  .351| .373  .662|  13  .123  -7.1  -0.8   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 4 Seasons       166  134    8   1.6    86| .165  .248| .224  .318| .216  .363| .440  .682|  30  .168 -12.4  -1.4   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1971 22 MIL AL P 36 22 34 0 4 1.000 .957 1.56 0.77 2.06 1.98 35 244.7 1972 23 MIL AL P 33 8 22 0 1 1.000 .949 0.91 0.75 1.26 1.86 30 214.0 1973 24 MIL AL P 20 2 9 1 0 .917 .948 0.55 0.86 1.66 1.85 17 59.7 1974 25 OAK AL P 4 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.82 0.00 1.80 0 2.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1971 22 MIL AL P 36 22 34 0 4 1.000 .957 1.56 0.77 2.06 1.98 35 244.7 1972 23 MIL AL P 33 8 22 0 1 1.000 .949 0.91 0.75 1.26 1.86 30 214.0 1973 24 MIL AL P 20 2 9 1 0 .917 .948 0.55 0.86 1.66 1.85 17 59.7 1974 25 OAK AL P 4 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.82 0.00 1.80 0 2.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 93 32 65 1 5 .990 .954 1.04 0.78 1.68 1.91 82 520.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 93 32 65 1 5 .990 .954 1.04 0.78 1.68 1.92 82 520
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.

Shutouts
1971 AL-4-7

Home Runs Allow.
1972 AL-27-3

Bases On Balls Allow.
1971 AL-93-8

Losses
1971 AL-17-2

Earned Runs Allow.
1972 AL-93-3

Gray Ink: Pitching - 1 (2555) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 6.0 (1189) (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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Transactions 

June 7, 1968: Drafted by the Seattle Pilots in the 7th round of the 1968 amateur draft.

June 24, 1974: Traded by the Milwaukee Brewers with cash to the Oakland Athletics for Deron Johnson.

December 2, 1974: Purchased by the St. Louis Cardinals from the Oakland Athletics.

July 7, 1975: Sent by the St. Louis Cardinals to the Chicago White Sox to complete an earlier deal made on June 30, 1975. The St. Louis Cardinals sent a player to be named later and cash to the Chicago White Sox for Buddy Bradford. The St. Louis Cardinals sent Bill Parsons (July 7, 1975) to the Chicago White Sox to complete the trade.


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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