Bill Bathe

William David Bathe

Positions: Pinch Hitter and Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: October 14, 1960 in Downey, CA
School: Pepperdine University (Malibu, CA)
Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 8th round of the 1981 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 12, 1986
Teams (by GP): Giants/Athletics 1986-1990

Final Game: October 3, 1990
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1981	20	SJO	A	51	195	177	20	45	9	1	4	22	5	1	14	58	.254	.307	.384	.691		68		0	3	1	1		SJO · CALL
1982	21	OAK-min	AA	128	424	370	57	104	22	0	17	57	4	5	43	86	.281	.358	.478	.837		177		2	8	1	1		WHA · EL
1983	22	OAK-min	AAA	116	444	399	56	101	18	1	16	62	4	4	34	66	.253	.310	.424	.733		169		1	5	5	4		TAC · PCL
1984	23	OAK-min	AAA	84	276	245	27	63	12	1	3	42	3	0	19	39	.257	.311	.351	.662		86		3	3	6	0		TAC · PCL
1985	24	OAK-min	AAA	108	417	359	43	100	26	0	6	45	0	2	48	60	.279	.365	.401	.766		144		3	3	4	0		TAC · PCL
1986	25	OAK-min	AAA	40	152	135	13	26	7	1	1	13	0	1	14	27	.193	.265	.281	.546		38		0	1	2	1		TAC · PCL
1986	25	OAK	AL	39	112	103	9	19	3	0	5	11	0	0	2	20	.184	.208	.359	.567	57	37	2	1	6	0	0	2

1987	26	CHC-min	AAA	46	149	130	17	43	7	1	3	22	0	2	17	18	.331	.409	.469	.879		61		1	0	1	2		IWA · AA
1988	27	CHC-min	AAA	106	418	385	48	120	27	2	8	49	0	1	27	49	.312	.357	.455	.812		175		2	1	3	2		IWA · AA
1989	28	SFG-min	AAA	76	295	270	30	94	21	5	6	40	1	5	19	35	.348	.400	.530	.930		143		5	0	1	0		PHX · PCL
1989	28	SFG	NL	30	33	32	3	9	1	0	0	6	0	0	0	7	.281	.273	.313	.585	70	10	0	0	0	1	0	/2
1990	29	SFG-min	AAA	18	62	56	9	16	5	0	1	9	0	0	6	7	.286	.355	.429	.783		24		0	0	0	0		PHX · PCL
1990	29	SFG	NL	52	56	48	3	11	0	1	3	12	0	0	7	12	.229	.321	.458	.780	116	22	2	0	0	1	2	/2
1991	30	NPN	Fgn																										NPN · JPPL
1992	31	NPN	Fgn																										NPN · JPPL
3 Yrs				121	201	183	15	39	4	1	8	29	0	0	9	39	.213	.251	.377	.628	75	69	4	1	6	2	2
162 Game Avg.				162	269	245	20	52	5	1	11	39	0	0	12	52	.213	.251	.377	.628	75	92	5	1	8	3	3

SFG (2 yrs)				82	89	80	6	20	1	1	3	18	0	0	7	19	.250	.303	.400	.703	99	32	2	0	0	2	2
OAK (1 yr)				39	112	103	9	19	3	0	5	11	0	0	2	20	.184	.208	.359	.567	57	37	2	1	6	0	0

NL (2 yrs)				82	89	80	6	20	1	1	3	18	0	0	7	19	.250	.303	.400	.703	99	32	2	0	0	2	2
AL (1 yr)				39	112	103	9	19	3	0	5	11	0	0	2	20	.184	.208	.359	.567	57	37	2	1	6	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	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1986	25	OAK	AL	39	112	-6	-1	0	-2	2	-7	-0.7	3	-4	-0.4	.482	.496	-0.1	0.0	-2	$	2

1989	28	SFG	NL	30	33	-2	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	1	-0	0.0	.495	.499	0.0	0.0	-0	$75,500	/2
1990	29	SFG	NL	52	56	0	-0	0	0	0	0	0.0	2	2	0.2	.500	.500	0.2	0.1	2	$120,000	/2
3 Seasons				121	201	-7	-1	1	-2	2	-8	-0.8	6	-2	-0.2	.493	.498	0.1	0.1	0	$195,500

SFG (2 yrs)				82	89	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	3	2	0.2	.499	.500	0.2	0.1	2	$195,500
OAK (1 yr)				39	112	-6	-1	0	-2	2	-7	-0.7	3	-4	-0.4	.482	.496	-0.1	0.0	-2	$

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	PwrSpd
1986	25	OAK	AL	112	92	7	2.0	93	.179	.184	.252	.208	.319	.359	.393	.567	.712	57	.179	-6.5	-0.6	.465	.194	.175	.0

1989	28	SFG	NL	33	24	3	3.4	88	.346	.281	.250	.273	.317	.313	.373	.585	.690	70	.417	-1.3	-0.1	.435	.031	.031
1990	29	SFG	NL	56	40	7	4.7	95	.235	.229	.260	.321	.325	.458	.390	.780	.715	116	.529	0.9	0.1	.744	.375	.229	.0
3 Yrs				201	156	17	2.9	93	.225	.213	.254	.251	.320	.377	.389	.628	.709	75	.313	-6.9	-0.7	.534	.213	.164	.0
162 Game Avg.				269	209	23	2.9	93	.225	.213	.254	.251	.320	.377	.389	.628	.709	75	.313	-6.9	-0.7	.534	.213	.164

SFG (2 yrs)				89	64	10	4.2	92	.283	.250	.256	.303	.322	.400	.383	.703	.706	99	.492	-0.4	-0.1	.629	.238	.150	.0
OAK (1 yr)				112	92	7	2.0	93	.179	.184	.252	.208	.319	.359	.393	.567	.712	57	.179	-6.5	-0.6	.465	.194	.175	.0

NL (2 yrs)				89	64	10	4.2	92	.283	.250	.256	.303	.322	.400	.383	.703	.706	99	.492	-0.4	-0.1	.629	.238	.150	.0
AL (1 yr)				112	92	7	2.0	93	.179	.184	.252	.208	.319	.359	.393	.567	.712	57	.179	-6.5	-0.6	.465	.194	.175	.0

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB
1989	28	SFG	NL	NLCS	CHC	W	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0
1989	28	SFG	NL	WS	OAK	L	2	2	2	1	1	1	3	0	.500	.500	2.000	2.500	4
1 Yr (2 Series)							4	3	3	1	1	1	3	1	.333	.333	1.333	1.667	4
1 NLCS							2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0
1 WS							2	2	2	1	1	1	3	0	.500	.500	2.000	2.500	4

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB
1986	25	OAK	AL	112	4.5%	17.9%	1.8%	7.1%	42%	10.00	5.2	20.6	9.4		1.69	70%

1989	28	SFG	NL	33	0.0%	21.2%	0.0%	3.0%	11%		4.6		5.3	0.63	0.42	79%	19%	0.0%	25%
1990	29	SFG	NL	56	5.4%	21.4%	12.5%	7.1%	36%	1.71	4.0	16.0	4.0	1.18	1.80	61%	19%	23.1%	24%
3 Yrs				201	4.0%	19.4%	4.5%	6.5%	33%	4.33	4.7	22.9	6.3	0.91	1.40	69%	19%	12.0%	24%
MLB Averages					2.2%	15.0%	8.6%	6.8%	30%	1.75	5.9	40.1	8.4	0.80	1.06	73%	20%	6.6%	26%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1986	25	OAK	AL	-6.5	-0.6	113	-0.3	1.6	-1.9	.93	-0.4	0.1	-9.1	-0.9	0.94	-5.8		0

1989	28	SFG	NL	-1.3	-0.1	33	-0.4	0.4	-0.8	1.25	-0.2	-0.1	-1.6	-0.2	1.08	-1.8	1.30	26
1990	29	SFG	NL	0.9	0.1	56	0.3	1.5	-1.2	1.42	0.1	0.2	-0.2	-0.0	1.13	0.7	1.62	39
3 Yrs				-6.9	-0.7	202	-0.4	3.6	-3.9	1.12	-0.6	0.2	-10.9	-1.1	1.02	-6.9	1.49	65

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1986	25	OAK	AL	2	0	24%	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	13%	3	2	0	1	1	0	4	3	1

1989	28	SFG	NL	0	0	33%	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100%	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
1990	29	SFG	NL	0	0	0%	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3 Yrs				2	0	17%	46	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	20%	4	3	0	2	1	1	4	3	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
1986	25	OAK	AL	112	46%	19			0	0	0	0		5	0	1	2	3	4	1	0	7	6	86%	19	2	11%	17	8	47%	63	7	11%	6	2	33%	5	1	20%	0

1989	28	SFG	NL	33	79%	9	1	0	26	6	0	3	1.30	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		6	0	0%	4	1	25%	28	6	21%	7	4	57%	0	0		0
1990	29	SFG	NL	56	63%	11	1	0	39	9	2	9	1.62	3	0	3	0	3	1	2	0	0	0		13	2	15%	2	2	100%	53	9	17%	5	4	80%	0	0		0
3 Yrs				201	56%	39	2	0	65	15	2	12	1.49	8	0	7	2	6	5	3	0	7	6	86%	38	4	11%	23	11	48%	144	22	15%	18	10	56%	5	1	20%	0
MLB Averages					60%																			72%			11%			35%			15%			51%			56%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru
1989	28	SFG	NL	31	102	3.29	68	67%	22%	16%	25%	37%	78%	0%	52%	79%	26%	0%	0	0	10%	3	3	0%	0	0	0%	2	0	0
1990	29	SFG	NL	43	172	4.00	107	62%	26%	20%	26%	27%	73%	12%	45%	72%	21%	14%	6	1	23%	10	3	14%	6	4	33%	13	0	1
2 Yrs				74	274	3.70	175	64%	25%	18%	26%	31%	75%	8%	48%	75%	23%	8%	6	1	18%	13	6	8%	6	4	20%	15	0	1
MLB Averages						3.60		62%	24%	14%	27%	34%	75%	2%	47%	81%	32%	6%			16%			9%			26%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1986	25	39	112	103	9	19	3	0	5	11	2	20	.184	.208	.359	.567	57	37	2	1	6	0	0
1987	26	39	112	103	9	19	3	0	5	11	2	20	.184	.208	.359	.567	57	37	2	1	6	0	0
1988	27	39	112	103	9	19	3	0	5	11	2	20	.184	.208	.359	.567	57	37	2	1	6	0	0
1989	28	69	145	135	12	28	4	0	5	17	2	27	.207	.223	.348	.571	60	47	2	1	6	1	0
1990	29	121	201	183	15	39	4	1	8	29	9	39	.213	.251	.377	.628	75	69	4	1	6	2	2

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	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1986	25	39	113	104	10	20	3	0	5	12	0	2	20	.192	.215	.365	.580	8	39

1989	28	30	33	32	3	9	1	0	0	6	0	0	7	.281	.273	.313	.585	3	30
1990	29	52	58	49	3	12	0	1	3	13	0	8	12	.245	.345	.469	.814	8	52
3 Yrs		121	204	185	16	41	4	1	8	31	0	10	39	.222	.263	.384	.646	19	121
162 Game Avg.		162	273	248	21	55	5	1	11	42	0	13	52	.222	.263	.384	.646	25	121

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