Bill Bean

William Daro Bean

Positions: Outfielder, Pinch Hitter and First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: May 11, 1964 in Santa Ana, CA
School: Loyola Marymount University
Drafted
by the Detroit Tigers in the 4th round of the 1986 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 25, 1987
Teams (by GP): Padres/Dodgers/Tigers 1987-1995

Final Game: July 8, 1995
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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
1987 23 DET AL 26 71 66 6 17 2 0 0 4 1 1 5 11 .258 .310 .288 .598 63 19 1 0 0 0 0 8/79
1988 24 DET AL 10 12 11 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .182 .182 .364 .545 51 4 0 0 1 0 0 /938
1989 25 TOT MLB 60 90 82 7 14 4 0 0 3 0 2 6 13 .171 .244 .220 .464 34 18 0 2 0 0 0 78/93
1989 25 DET AL 9 14 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 .000 .214 .000 .214 -34 0 0 1 0 0 0 /7398
1989 25 LAD NL 51 76 71 7 14 4 0 0 3 0 2 4 10 .197 .250 .254 .504 45 18 0 1 0 0 0 78/9
1993 29 SDP NL 88 192 177 19 46 9 0 5 32 2 4 6 29 .260 .284 .395 .680 79 70 4 2 2 5 1 9837
1994 30 SDP NL 84 146 135 7 29 5 1 0 14 0 1 7 25 .215 .248 .267 .515 37 36 4 0 1 3 1 739/8
1995 31 SDP NL 4 8 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .000 .125 .000 .125 -63 0 0 0 0 0 0 /7
6 Seasons 272 519 478 42 108 20 2 5 53 3 8 25 84 .226 .266 .308 .574 55 147 9 4 4 8 2
162 Game Avg. 162 309 285 25 64 12 1 3 32 2 5 15 50 .226 .266 .308 .574 55 88 5 2 2 5 1
SDP (3 yrs) 176 346 319 27 75 14 1 5 46 2 5 14 58 .235 .265 .332 .598 58 106 8 2 3 8 2
DET (3 yrs) 45 97 88 8 19 2 1 0 4 1 1 7 16 .216 .281 .261 .543 50 23 1 1 1 0 0
LAD (1 yr) 51 76 71 7 14 4 0 0 3 0 2 4 10 .197 .250 .254 .504 45 18 0 1 0 0 0
NL (4 yrs) 227 422 390 34 89 18 1 5 49 2 7 18 68 .228 .263 .318 .580 56 124 8 3 3 8 2
AL (3 yrs) 45 97 88 8 19 2 1 0 4 1 1 7 16 .216 .281 .261 .543 50 23 1 1 1 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1987 23 DET AL 71 -3 -1 0 0 7 0 2 5 0.5 -2 -0.2 0.7 $ 8/79
1988 24 DET AL 12 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 -1 -0.1 0.1 $ /938
1989 25 DET AL 14 -2 0 1 0 -1 0 0 -2 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $70,400 /7398
1989 25 LAD NL 76 -5 -1 1 1 -0 -1 2 -4 -0.4 -3 -0.3 -0.1 $ 78/9
1993 29 SDP NL 192 -5 0 2 -1 -2 -1 5 -2 -0.2 0 0.0 -0.2 $ 9837
1994 30 SDP NL 146 -13 0 0 -1 -1 -1 4 -12 -1.2 -11 -1.1 -0.1 $145,000 739/8
1995 31 SDP NL 8 -2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 -3 -0.3 -2 -0.2 -0.1 $ /7
6 Seasons 519 -31 -2 4 -1 2 -3 13 -18 -1.8 -20 -2.0 0.2 $215,400
SDP (3 yrs) 346 -20 0 2 -2 -5 -2 9 -17 -1.7 -13 -1.3 -0.4 $145,000
DET (3 yrs) 97 -6 -1 1 0 7 0 2 3 0.3 -4 -0.4 0.7 $70,400
LAD (1 yr) 76 -5 -1 1 1 -0 -1 2 -4 -0.4 -3 -0.3 -0.1 $

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 PwrSpd
1987 23 DET AL 71 51 6 3.1 102 .309 .258 .260 .310 .328 .288 .418 .598 .746 63 .301 -3.4 -0.3 .471 .106 .030 .0
1988 24 DET AL 12 10 1 2.7 92 .222 .182 .256 .182 .320 .364 .385 .545 .706 51 .287 -0.9 -0.1 .444 .182 .182
1989 25 TOT MLB 90 70 4 1.5 90 .203 .171 .253 .244 .320 .220 .377 .464 .697 34 .143 -7.0 -0.7 .343 .098 .049
1989 25 DET AL 14 11 0 0.0 92 .000 .000 .258 .214 .323 .000 .380 .214 .703 -34 .000 -1.9 -0.2 .273 .182 .000
1989 25 LAD NL 76 59 4 1.8 90 .230 .197 .253 .250 .320 .254 .377 .504 .697 45 .189 -5.0 -0.5 .356 .085 .056
1993 29 SDP NL 192 146 18 3.3 105 .277 .260 .273 .284 .339 .395 .416 .680 .755 79 .350 -5.5 -0.6 .547 .158 .136 2.9
1994 30 SDP NL 146 115 8 1.9 107 .257 .215 .271 .248 .337 .267 .424 .515 .761 37 .146 -12.5 -1.2 .378 .096 .052
1995 31 SDP NL 8 7 0 0.0 104 .000 .000 .267 .125 .336 .000 .416 .125 .752 -63 .000 -1.7 -0.2 .143 .143 .000
6 Seasons 519 399 37 2.5 102 .259 .226 .267 .266 .333 .308 .411 .574 .744 55 .240 -30.9 -3.1 .442 .123 .082 3.8
162 Game Avg. 309 238 22 2.5 102 .259 .226 .267 .266 .333 .308 .411 .574 .744 55 .240 -30.9 -3.1 .442 .123 .082 2
SDP (3 yrs) 346 268 26 2.6 106 .265 .235 .272 .265 .338 .332 .419 .598 .758 58 .248 -19.7 -1.9 .463 .132 .097 2.9
DET (3 yrs) 97 72 7 2.6 100 .264 .216 .260 .281 .326 .261 .409 .543 .736 50 .244 -6.2 -0.6 .437 .125 .045 .0
LAD (1 yr) 76 59 4 1.8 90 .230 .197 .253 .250 .320 .254 .377 .504 .697 45 .189 -5.0 -0.5 .356 .085 .056
NL (4 yrs) 422 327 30 2.5 103 .258 .228 .269 .263 .335 .318 .412 .580 .747 56 .239 -24.8 -2.5 .443 .123 .090 2.9
AL (3 yrs) 97 72 7 2.6 100 .264 .216 .260 .281 .326 .261 .409 .543 .736 50 .244 -6.2 -0.6 .437 .125 .045 .0

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
1987 23 DET AL 71 0.0% 15.5% 7.0% 2.8% 12% 2.20 6.0 16.5 0.90 77%
1988 24 DET AL 12 0.0% 16.7% 0.0% 8.3% 50% 5.5 2.00 3.00 75% 0% 0.0% 67%
1989 25 TOT MLB 90 0.0% 14.4% 6.7% 4.4% 29% 2.17 6.3 27.3 0.94 0.93 77% 13% 0.0% 29%
1989 25 DET AL 14 0.0% 21.4% 14.3% 0.0% 1.50 3.7 7.00 6.00 57% 0% 100%
1989 25 LAD NL 76 0.0% 13.2% 5.3% 5.3% 29% 2.50 7.1 23.7 0.76 0.73 80% 15% 0.0% 26%
1993 29 SDP NL 192 2.6% 15.1% 3.1% 7.3% 30% 4.83 6.1 35.4 5.5 0.55 0.64 77% 17% 5.8% 13%
1994 30 SDP NL 146 0.0% 17.1% 4.8% 4.1% 21% 3.57 5.4 9.6 0.93 1.14 77% 15% 0.0% 19%
1995 31 SDP NL 8 0.0% 50.0% 12.5% 0.0% 4.00 1.8 38% 0%
6 Seasons 519 1.0% 16.2% 4.8% 5.2% 25% 3.36 5.7 95.6 9.0 0.77 0.90 76% 15% 3.1% 18%
MLB Averages 2.3% 15.2% 8.7% 7.0% 30% 1.75 5.9 39.6 8.2 0.81 1.07 72% 21% 6.7% 20%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1987 23 DET AL -3.4 -0.3 74 -0.6 0.7 -1.3 .91 -0.4 -0.2 -4.4 -0.4 0.92 -5.1 1.07 5
1988 24 DET AL -0.9 -0.1 13 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 1.44 -0.1 -0.1 -1.0 -0.1 1.01 -0.9 0.22 4
1989 25 TOT MLB -7.0 -0.7 93 -0.4 1.4 -1.8 1.03 -0.4 -0.0 -4.2 -0.4 0.93 -4.3 0.88 7
1989 25 DET AL -1.9 -0.2 14 -0.1 0.2 -0.3 1.07 -0.0 -0.0 -1.2 -0.1 0.97 -0.7 0.90 1
1989 25 LAD NL -5.0 -0.5 79 -0.3 1.1 -1.5 1.02 -0.3 0.0 -3.0 -0.3 0.93 -3.6 0.88 6
1993 29 SDP NL -5.5 -0.6 200 -0.3 3.3 -3.5 1.01 -0.4 0.1 2.1 0.2 0.93 -5.6 1.63 27
1994 30 SDP NL -12.5 -1.2 149 -1.4 2.7 -4.2 1.40 -1.1 0.1 -10.6 -1.0 0.99 -10.3 1.95 33
1995 31 SDP NL -1.7 -0.2 8 -0.2 0.0 -0.3 1.32 -0.2 -0.0 -1.4 -0.1 0.74 -1.6 0.89 1
6 Seasons -30.9 -3.1 537 -3.1 8.1 -11.2 1.13 -2.5 -0.3 -19.5 -1.9 0.94 -27.8 1.58 77

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1987 23 DET AL 1 0 27% 26 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 43% 3 2 1 2 2 0 2 0 2
1988 24 DET AL 0 0 100% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 100% 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 25 TOT MLB 3 0 32% 44 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 30% 7 4 3 1 1 0 2 1 0
1989 25 DET AL 1 0 0% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 25 LAD NL 2 0 37% 40 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 30% 7 4 3 1 1 0 2 1 0
1993 29 SDP NL 4 0 29% 74 2 4 33% 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 55% 13 6 7 1 1 0 6 2 4
1994 30 SDP NL 2 0 19% 51 0 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 50% 3 1 2 2 2 0 3 1 2
1995 31 SDP NL 0 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
6 Seasons 10 0 28% 201 3 8 27% 3 7 0 0 0 1 2 0 6 13 50% 28 13 15 7 6 1 13 4 8

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
1987 23 DET AL 71 100% 17 5 0 0 0 1.07 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 1 8% 5 0 0% 44 5 11% 3 2 67% 0 0 0
1988 24 DET AL 12 92% 2 0 0 4 2 0 0 0.22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 3 0 0% 3 1 33% 6 0 0% 0 0 1 1 100% 0
1989 25 TOT MLB 90 94% 14 2 1 7 1 0 0 0.88 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 13 0 0% 2 0 0% 48 4 8% 5 2 40% 3 2 67% 0
1989 25 DET AL 14 93% 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.90 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 1 0 0% 9 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
1989 25 LAD NL 76 95% 14 2 1 6 1 0 0 0.88 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 11 0 0% 1 0 0% 39 4 10% 4 2 50% 3 2 67% 0
1993 29 SDP NL 192 91% 46 4 0 27 6 0 8 1.63 5 1 7 5 0 4 1 0 2 2 100% 31 4 13% 22 9 41% 109 27 25% 12 8 67% 9 6 67% 0
1994 30 SDP NL 146 97% 29 4 0 33 12 0 5 1.95 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 34 4 12% 23 8 35% 110 15 14% 12 6 50% 10 5 50% 0
1995 31 SDP NL 8 100% 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.89 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons 519 95% 108 10 1 77 21 0 13 1.58 5 1 16 5 0 4 1 0 6 4 67% 94 9 10% 55 18 33% 319 51 16% 32 18 56% 23 14 61% 0
MLB Averages 59% 72% 10% 35% 15% 52% 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
1988 24 DET AL 12 38 3.17 27 71% 41% 11% 11% 37% 59% 0% 42% 81% 25% 0% 0 0 17% 2 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0
1989 25 TOT MLB 89 320 3.60 200 63% 32% 11% 23% 34% 68% 0% 42% 83% 26% 7% 6 0 20% 18 5 12% 11 5 23% 1 0 1
1989 25 DET AL 14 54 3.86 31 57% 35% 23% 16% 26% 65% 0% 37% 65% 36% 7% 1 0 36% 5 1 14% 2 1 33% 0 0 0
1989 25 LAD NL 75 266 3.55 169 64% 31% 9% 24% 36% 68% 0% 43% 86% 24% 7% 5 0 17% 13 4 12% 9 4 20% 1 0 1
1993 29 SDP NL 188 611 3.25 402 66% 25% 9% 27% 38% 75% 2% 49% 87% 34% 4% 7 0 10% 18 5 4% 8 7 36% 4 2 1
1994 30 SDP NL 146 512 3.51 327 64% 23% 11% 31% 35% 77% 2% 49% 85% 30% 5% 7 0 15% 22 12 7% 10 7 36% 0 0 0
1995 31 SDP NL 8 33 4.13 20 61% 15% 30% 40% 15% 85% 0% 52% 65% 50% 0% 0 0 25% 2 2 25% 2 1 25% 0 0 0
5 Seasons 443 1514 3.42 976 65% 26% 11% 27% 36% 74% 1% 48% 85% 31% 5% 20 0 14% 62 24 7% 31 20 32% 5 2 2
MLB Averages 3.65 62% 25% 14% 27% 34% 75% 2% 46% 81% 31% 6% 16% 9% 27%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1987 23 26 71 66 6 17 2 0 0 4 1 1 5 11 .258 .310 .288 .598 63 19 1 0 0 0 0
1988 24 36 83 77 8 19 2 1 0 4 1 1 5 13 .247 .293 .299 .591 62 23 1 0 1 0 0
1989 25 96 173 159 15 33 6 1 0 7 1 3 11 26 .208 .267 .258 .525 48 41 1 2 1 0 0
1990 26 96 173 159 15 33 6 1 0 7 1 3 11 26 .208 .267 .258 .525 48 41 1 2 1 0 0
1991 27 96 173 159 15 33 6 1 0 7 1 3 11 26 .208 .267 .258 .525 48 41 1 2 1 0 0
1992 28 96 173 159 15 33 6 1 0 7 1 3 11 26 .208 .267 .258 .525 48 41 1 2 1 0 0
1993 29 184 365 336 34 79 15 1 5 39 3 7 17 55 .235 .276 .330 .607 65 111 5 4 3 5 1
1994 30 268 511 471 41 108 20 2 5 53 3 8 24 80 .229 .268 .312 .580 56 147 9 4 4 8 2
1995 31 272 519 478 42 108 20 2 5 53 3 8 25 84 .226 .266 .308 .574 55 147 9 4 4 8 2

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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
1987 23 26 71 66 6 17 2 0 0 4 1 5 11 .258 .310 .288 .598 6 26
1988 24 10 11 11 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 .182 .182 .364 .545 1 10
1989 25 60 93 84 8 16 5 0 0 3 0 7 13 .190 .269 .250 .519 5 60
1993 29 88 189 176 18 45 9 0 5 31 2 6 29 .256 .280 .392 .672 19 88
1994 30 118 204 190 10 41 7 1 0 19 0 10 35 .216 .250 .263 .513 13 84
1995 31 4 9 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .000 .111 .000 .111 0 4
6 Seasons 306 577 535 46 121 23 2 5 57 3 29 94 .226 .267 .305 .572 44 272
162 Game Avg. 162 305 283 24 64 12 1 3 30 2 15 50 .226 .267 .305 .572 23 272

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1919 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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