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 Pitching

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
1972	17	WSN-min	A-	3	3	.500	3.60	19	0					25.0	21	11	10	1	11								1.280	7.6	0.4	4.0			JAM · NYPL
1973	18	WSN-min	A	8	7	.533	3.03	35	13					113.0	99	49	38	3	33								1.168	7.9	0.2	2.6			WPB · FLOR
1974	19	WSN-min	AA	7	8	.467	3.70	33	20		7	2	1	141.0	133	81	58	8	65	2	66	3	1	4			1.404	8.5	0.5	4.1	4.2	1.02	QUE · EL
1975	20	WSN-min	AAA	3	4	.429	2.80	49	3		1	1	5	106.0	94	38	33	9	36	6	72	1	0	1			1.226	8.0	0.8	3.1	6.1	2.00	MEM · IL
1976	21	WSN-min	AAA	6	3	.667	3.99	51	0		0	0	15	79.0	79	36	35	9	47	6	61	1	0	3			1.595	9.0	1.0	5.4	6.9	1.30	DEN · AA
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	114	1.212	7.8	1.3	3.1	6.0	1.93
1978	23	WSN-min	AAA	1	3	.250	7.41	23	0		0	0	6	34.0	46	31	28	5	15	1	18	2	0	2			1.794	12.2	1.3	4.0	4.8	1.20	DEN · AA
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	81	1.610	8.9	1.0	5.6	6.4	1.14
1979	24	WSN-min	AAA	9	6	.600	4.14	36	23		11	0		187.0	198	92	86	20	54	4	83	3	0	2			1.348	9.5	1.0	2.6	4.0	1.54	DEN · AA
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	191	0.951	5.9	0.0	2.6	4.6	1.75
1980	25	CHW-min	AAA	3	5	.375	4.60	55	2		0	0	6	133.0	137	77	68	11	52	10	97	2	0	5			1.421	9.3	0.7	3.5	6.6	1.87	IWA · AA
1981	26	CHW-min	AAA	8	8	.500	5.48	36	16	13	3	0	2	151.0	158	108	92	21	68	3	64	5	0	8			1.497	9.4	1.3	4.1	3.8	0.94	EDM · PCL
1982	27	CHW-min	AA	6	9	.400	2.85	56	2	35	1	0	11	142.1	135	55	45	19	49	6	111	3	0	3			1.293	8.5	1.2	3.1	7.0	2.27	GLF · EL
1983	28	CHW-min	A,AAA	6	5	.545	3.71	32	5	20	2	0	3	106.2	107	51	44	15	23	1	71	0	0	4			1.219	9.0	1.3	1.9	6.0	3.09	APP,DEN · MIDW,AA
4 Yrs				11	4	.733	3.42	98	0	49	0	0	11	147.1	129	60	56	17	62	17	99	1	0	7	625	109	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	109	1.296	7.9	1.0	3.8	6.0	1.60

Player Value--Pitchers

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

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1976	21	MON	NL	5.0	4	0	0.00	3.86	-0.11	-0.31	109.8	4.01	2	0.3	.5	-0.1	0.2	3	.565	.502	$
1977	22	MON	NL	83.1	55	33	3.56	4.46	0.15	-0.34	98.0	3.89	2	0.3	1.3	-0.2	0.8	11	.505	.502	$
1978	23	MON	NL	45.1	29	23	4.57	4.05	0.43	-0.33	99.5	3.27	-7	-0.8	1.1	-0.1	-0.5	-2	.473	.495	$
1979	24	MON	NL	13.2	10	4	2.63	4.19	0.19	-0.33	98.7	3.62	1	0.2	.8	-0.0	0.2	3	.515	.501	$
4 Seasons				147.1	98	60	3.67	4.29	0.23	-0.34	98.9	3.68	-1	-0.1	1.2	-0.4	0.7	14	.499	.500	$

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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	ROE
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	0
1977	22	MON	NL	55	346	307	33	72	13	3	12	5	4	29	56	.235	.297	.414	.711	.247	127	5	0	5	4	11	3
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	1
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	2
4 Yrs				98	625	545	60	129	23	5	17	17	6	62	99	.237	.312	.391	.703	.257	213	7	1	9	7	17	6
162 Game Avg.				68	434	378	42	90	16	3	12	12	4	43	69	.237	.312	.391	.703	.257	148	5	1	6	5	12	4
MLB Averages																.261	.326	.385	.711	.283

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1976	21	MON	NL	2.1	0.2	20	0.1	0.2	-0.1	.45	0.3	0.0	4.1	0.5	0.45	3.0	0	1	3
1977	22	MON	NL	5.3	0.5	361	1.7	7.4	-5.7	1.23	0.8	0.6	5.3	0.5	1.23	5.1	20	10	24
1978	23	MON	NL	-3.5	-0.4	219	-0.1	2.9	-3.0	.76	-0.4	0.2	-7.6	-0.8	0.76	-4.5	5	6	17
1979	24	MON	NL	2.5	0.3	57	-0.0	0.7	-0.7	.77	0.4	-0.4	-0.3	-0.0	0.77	2.6	2	2	6
4 Yrs				6.5	0.7	657	1.7	11.2	-9.5	1.01	1.0	0.6	1.5	0.2	1.01	6.2	27	19	50

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1976	21	MON	NL	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	7	1	14%	4	.446	0	1	3	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	1.234	20	10	24	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	.761	5	6	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	.774	2	2	6	2	1	7	3	7	4	3	4	4	4.1
4 Yrs				98	98	49	11	4	14	11	3	79%	17	3	62	31	50%		1.015	27	19	50	19	13	66	32	66	49	19	54	22	4.5

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1976	21	MON	NL	18	44%	0.0%	22.2%	5.6%	5.6%	33%	0.57	72%	2	0	0%
1977	22	MON	NL	346	66%	3.5%	16.2%	8.4%	8.1%	39%	2.06	70%	50	5	10%
1978	23	MON	NL	204	60%	2.5%	15.7%	13.7%	6.4%	29%	1.54	66%	36	2	6%
1979	24	MON	NL	57	56%	0.0%	12.3%	7.0%	5.3%	33%	1.13	81%	12	0	0%
4 Yrs				625	62%	2.7%	15.8%	9.9%	7.2%	35%	1.69	70%	100	7	7%
MLB Averages					45%	2.0%	12.8%	8.5%	6.5%	28%	1.09	75%			11%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					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	0	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	1	0	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 Yrs				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	1	0	21	0
MLB Averages																		52%							65%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1976	21	0	0		0.00	4	0	0	5.0	3	0	0	0	1	1	4	0	2	18		0.800	5.4	0.0	1.8	7.2	4.00
1977	22	7	2	.778	3.16	59	30	7	88.1	75	33	31	12	30	12	60	0	7	364	121	1.189	7.6	1.2	3.1	6.1	2.00	121
1978	23	9	4	.692	3.57	88	44	10	133.2	120	56	53	17	58	16	92	1	7	568	105	1.332	8.1	1.1	3.9	6.2	1.59	105
1979	24	11	4	.733	3.42	98	49	11	147.1	129	60	56	17	62	17	99	1	7	625	109	1.296	7.9	1.0	3.8	6.0	1.60	109

Neutralized Pitching

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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	5	4	.556	3.56	81.0	73	36	32	12	29	55	0	1.259	8.1	3.2	6.1	1.90	1.3	55
1978	23	1	3	.250	5.36	42.0	48	28	25	5	30	29	1	1.857	10.3	6.4	6.2	0.97	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 Yrs		7	7	.500	3.87	142.0	134	68	61	17	64	95	1	1.394	8.5		6.0	1.48	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 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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