Bill Atkinson
William Cecil Glenn Atkinson
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 7" , Weight: 165 lb.

Born: October 4, 1954 in Chatham, ON, CAN
Signed by the Montreal Expos as an amateur free agent in 1971. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 18, 1976
Final Game: September 26, 1979
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1976 21 MON NL 0 0 0.00 4 0 0 0 0 0 5.0 3 0 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 2 18 0.800 5.4 0.0 1.8 7.2 4.00
1977 22 MON NL 7 2 .778 3.35 55 0 30 0 0 7 83.1 72 33 31 12 29 11 56 0 0 5 346 113 1.212 7.8 1.3 3.1 6.0 1.93
1978 23 MON NL 2 2 .500 4.37 29 0 14 0 0 3 45.1 45 23 22 5 28 4 32 1 0 0 204 80 1.610 8.9 1.0 5.6 6.4 1.14
1979 24 MON NL 2 0 1.000 1.98 10 0 5 0 0 1 13.2 9 4 3 0 4 1 7 0 0 0 57 186 0.951 5.9 0.0 2.6 4.6 1.75
4 Seasons 11 4 .733 3.42 98 0 49 0 0 11 147.1 129 60 56 17 62 17 99 1 0 7 625 108 1.296 7.9 1.0 3.8 6.0 1.60
162 Game Avg. 8 3 .733 3.42 68 0 34 0 0 8 102 90 42 39 12 43 12 69 1 0 5 434 108 1.296 7.9 1.0 3.8 6.0 1.60

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1976 21 MON NL 4 18 17 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 .176 .222 .235 .458 .231 4 0 0 0 0 1
1977 22 MON NL 55 345 307 33 72 13 3 12 5 4 29 56 .235 .297 .414 .711 .247 127 5 0 5 4 11
1978 23 MON NL 29 204 168 23 45 6 2 5 12 2 28 32 .268 .370 .417 .787 .299 70 2 1 4 3 4
1979 24 MON NL 10 57 53 4 9 3 0 0 0 0 4 7 .170 .228 .226 .454 .196 12 0 0 0 0 1
4 Seasons 98 624 545 60 129 23 5 17 17 6 62 99 .237 .312 .391 .703 .257 213 7 1 9 7 17
162 Game Avg. 68 433 378 42 90 16 3 12 12 4 43 69 .237 .312 .391 .703 .257 148 5 1 6 5 12
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1976 21 MON NL 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 14% 4 0.532 0 2 2 0 0 4 3 1 1 3 1 0 3.8
1977 22 MON NL 55 55 30 7 2 8 7 1 88% 9 1 27 11 41% 8 1.289 22 9 23 10 11 34 16 39 28 8 31 11 4.5
1978 23 MON NL 29 29 14 2 2 5 3 2 60% 6 1 22 15 68% 8 0.828 5 7 17 7 1 21 10 19 16 5 18 7 4.7
1979 24 MON NL 10 10 5 2 0 1 1 0 100% 2 1 6 4 67% 8 0.854 2 2 6 2 1 7 3 7 4 3 4 4 4.1
4 Seasons 98 98 49 11 4 14 11 3 79% 17 3 62 31 50% 1.077 29 20 48 19 13 66 32 66 49 19 54 22 4.5

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1976 21 MON NL 18 56% 0.0% 22.2% 5.6% 5.6% 33% 0.57 72% 2 0 0%
1977 22 MON NL 346 34% 3.5% 16.2% 8.4% 8.1% 39% 2.06 70% 50 5 10%
1978 23 MON NL 204 40% 2.5% 15.7% 13.7% 6.4% 29% 1.54 66% 36 2 6%
1979 24 MON NL 57 44% 0.0% 12.3% 7.0% 5.3% 33% 1.13 81% 12 0 0%
4 Seasons 625 38% 2.7% 15.9% 9.9% 7.2% 35% 1.69 70% 100 7 7%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1976 21 MON NL 18 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 1 3 25% 0 2 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1977 22 MON NL 346 72 12 1 9 7 5 5 7 15 7 4 47% 3 5 0 122 5 4 56% 5 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 12 0
1978 23 MON NL 204 45 5 1 7 4 1 2 3 17 10 4 59% 1 0 1 81 12 2 86% 11 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 5 0
1979 24 MON NL 57 9 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 33% 2 0 0 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons 625 129 17 2 18 11 6 7 10 39 19 12 49% 6 7 1 227 17 6 74% 16 4 1 2 0 0 3 1 21 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1976 21 0 0 0.00 4 0 0 0 0 0 5.0 3 0 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 2 18 0.800 5.4 0.0 1.8 7.2 4.00
1977 22 7 2 .778 3.16 59 0 30 0 0 7 88.1 75 33 31 12 30 12 60 0 0 7 364 120 1.189 7.6 1.2 3.1 6.1 2.00 120
1978 23 9 4 .692 3.57 88 0 44 0 0 10 133.2 120 56 53 17 58 16 92 1 0 7 568 104 1.332 8.1 1.1 3.9 6.2 1.59 104
1979 24 11 4 .733 3.42 98 0 49 0 0 11 147.1 129 60 56 17 62 17 99 1 0 7 625 108 1.296 7.9 1.0 3.8 6.0 1.60 108

Neutralized Pitching

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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 W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1976 21 0 0 0.00 5.0 3 0 0 0 1 4 0 0.800 5.4 1.8 7.2 4.00 0.0 4
1977 22 4 4 .500 3.56 81.0 74 36 32 12 30 54 0 1.284 8.2 3.3 6.0 1.80 1.3 55
1978 23 1 3 .250 5.36 42.0 48 28 25 5 30 30 1 1.857 10.3 6.4 6.4 1.00 1.1 29
1979 24 1 0 1.000 2.57 14.0 10 4 4 0 4 7 0 1.000 6.4 2.6 4.5 1.75 0.0 10
4 Seasons 6 7 .462 3.87 142.0 135 68 61 17 65 95 1 1.408 8.6 6.0 1.46 1.1 98

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

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