Bill Atkinson

William Cecil Glenn Atkinson

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 7", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: October 4, 1954 in Chatham, Ontario, CAN
Signed by the Montreal Expos as an amateur free agent in 1971. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 18, 1976
Team: Expos 1976-1979

Final Game: September 26, 1979
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1972	17	WSN-min	A-	19	2	2		1	0	0						.500	.500	.500	1.000		1							JAM · NYPL
1973	18	WSN-min	A	36	35	35		10	2	0						.286	.286	.400	.686		14							WPB · FLOR
1974	19	WSN-min	AA	33	50	49	4	16	1	1	4	0	0	0	10	.327	.327	.429	.755		21		0	1	0			QUE · EL
1975	20	WSN-min	AAA	50	27	25	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	.080	.080	.080	.160		2		0	2	0			MEM · IL
1976	21	WSN-min	AAA	51	15	15	0	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	5	.200	.200	.200	.400		3		0	0	0			DEN · AA
1976	21	MON	NL	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1977	22	MON	NL	56	6	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	10	1	0	0	1	0	0	1
1978	23	WSN-min	AAA	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0			DEN · AA
1978	23	MON	NL	29	4	4	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	184	2	0	0	0	0	0	1
1979	24	WSN-min	AAA	44	24	24	4	3	1	0	2	0	0	0	6	.125	.125	.208	.333		5		0	0	0			DEN · AA
1979	24	MON	NL	10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1980	25	CHW-min	AAA	58	8	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	.200	.333	.200	.533		1		0	2	0			IWA · AA
1981	26	CHW-min	AAA	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		EDM · PCL
1982	27	CHW-min	AA	56	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		GLF · EL
1983	28	CHW-min	A,AAA	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		APP,DEN · MIDW,AA
4 Yrs				99	11	10	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.300	.300	.300	.600	67	3	0	0	1	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	18	16	0	5	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	.300	.300	.300	.600	67	5	0	0	2	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rpos	RAA	WAA	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1976	21	MON	NL	4	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0	$	/1
1977	22	MON	NL	56	6	-1	0	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0	$	1
1978	23	MON	NL	29	4	0	-0	0	1	0.1	1	0.1	.503	.501	0.1	1	$	1
1979	24	MON	NL	10	1	-0	0	0	-0	-0.0	-0	0.0	.498	.500	0.0	-0	$	1
4 Seasons				99	11	-1	-0	1	1	0.1	1	0.1	.501	.500	0.1	1	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO
1977	22	MON	NL	6	5	0	0.0	100	.250	.200	.265	.200	.332	.200	.403	.400	.735	10	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.250	.000	.000
1978	23	MON	NL	4	2	1	13.4	93	.500	.500	.260	.500	.327	.500	.382	1.000	.709	184	.894	0.4	0.0	1.000	.000	.000
1979	24	MON	NL	1	1	0	0.0	99	.000	.000	.268	.000	.333	.000	.397	.000	.730	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
4 Yrs				11	8	1	3.4	97	.333	.300	.263	.300	.330	.300	.394	.600	.724	67	.376	-0.5	-0.1	.429	.000	.000
162 Game Avg.				18	13	2	3.4	97	.333	.300	.263	.300	.330	.300	.394	.600	.724	67	.376	-0.5	-0.1	.429	.000	.000

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1977	22	MON	NL	6	0.0%	16.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		5.0			0.67	67%
1978	23	MON	NL	4	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%				4.0	1.00	100%
1979	24	MON	NL	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%							100%
4 Yrs				11	0.0%	9.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		10.0		10.0	1.00	82%
MLB Averages					2.0%	12.8%	8.5%	6.5%	28%	1.51	6.9	45.6	8.5	1.09	75%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1976	21	MON	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1977	22	MON	NL	-0.6	-0.1	6	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	1.53	-0.1	0.0	-1.2	-0.1	0.98	-1.0	0
1978	23	MON	NL	0.4	0.0	4	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.66	-0.1	-0.0	-0.1	-0.0	1.13	0.0	0
1979	24	MON	NL	-0.3	-0.0	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.64	-0.0	-0.0	-0.2	-0.0	0.86	-0.3	0
4 Yrs				-0.5	-0.1	11	-0.2	0.1	-0.3	1.13	-0.2	0.0	-1.5	-0.2	1.02	-1.2	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	RS%	SBO	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2
1977	22	MON	NL	0%	1		0	0
1978	23	MON	NL	0%	2	0%	1	1
1979	24	MON	NL		0		0	0
4 Yrs				0%	3	0%	1	1

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1977	22	MON	NL	6	100%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	2	0	0%	2	1	50%	4	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1978	23	MON	NL	4	50%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		5	1	20%	0	0		0	0		0
1979	24	MON	NL	1	100%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
4 Yrs				11	82%	3			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	2	0	0%	2	1	50%	9	1	11%	0	0		0	0		0
MLB Averages					55%																			79%			11%			35%			15%			50%			54%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	H	RBI	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	SH
1977	22	60	6	5	1	0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	10	1	1
1978	23	89	10	9	3	1	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	86	3	1
1979	24	99	11	10	3	1	1	.300	.300	.300	.600	67	3	1

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	H	RBI	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1977	22	56	6	5	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	56
1978	23	29	4	4	2	1	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	29
1979	24	10	1	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	10
3 Yrs		95	11	10	2	1	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	1	95
162 Game Avg.		162	19	17	3	2	2	.200	.200	.200	.400	2	95

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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