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
1986	22	DET-min	AA	80	324	279	43	77	10	3	8	49	3	3	36	27	.276	.363	.419	.783		117		4	2	3	2	GLF · EL
1987	23	DET-min	AAA	104	408	357	51	98	18	2	8	43	14	11	38	52	.275	.353	.403	.756		144		7	3	3	3	TOL · IL
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-min	AAA	138	545	484	59	124	19	1	6	40	12	11	41	45	.256	.321	.337	.658		163		8	6	6	3	TOL · IL
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	DET-LAD-min	AAA	79	318	276	44	86	14	3	4	32	7	2	29	35	.312	.389	.428	.816		118		7	4	2	0	TOL,ABQ · IL,PCL
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-min	AAA	53	205	167	31	59	11	2	7	40	3	1	32	14	.353	.454	.569	1.023		95	2	2	0	4	3	LVG · PCL
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-min	AAA	119	509	445	67	129	34	2	15	77	2	2	46	55	.290	.361	.476	.838		212	9	9	0	9	9	LVG · PCL
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
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%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
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

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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
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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