Bill Bean
William Daro Bean
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1" , 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
Final Game: July 8, 1995
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1987 DET AL 23 OF 24 20 151.1 55 54 1 0 0 1.000 7.0 55.5 7.0 3.6 3.4 0 3.27 2.29 .980 2.31 2.00
1987 DET AL 23 CF 17 14 105.1 43 42 1 0 0 1.000 5.0 57.0 5.0 3.0 2.0 0 3.67 2.53 .986 2.70 2.34
1987 DET AL 23 LF 5 4 33.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 0.7 25.5 0.7 0.7 0.0 0 1.91 1.40 .971 2.10 1.72
1987 DET AL 23 RF 3 2 13.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.3 120.0 1.3 -0.1 1.4 0 4.15 2.00 .983 2.15 1.73
1988 DET AL 24 OF 4 1 12.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.4 40.0 0.4 0.4 0.0 0 2.25 0.75 .967 2.47 2.15
1988 DET AL 24 RF 3 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 -80.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.10 1.90
1988 DET AL 24 1B 2 0 8.0 6 5 1 0 2 1.000 0.1 15.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0 6.75 3.00 1.000 9.56 8.40
1988 DET AL 24 CF 2 1 9.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.6 80.0 0.6 0.6 0.0 0 3.00 1.50 1.000 2.90 2.50
1988 DET AL 24 DH 1
1989 TOT MLB 25 OF 50 19 216.0 55 54 0 1 0 .982 0.7 3.9 0.7 0.0 0.7 0 2.25 1.08 .982 2.33 1.98
1989 TOT MLB 25 LF 32 7 104.0 19 19 0 0 0 1.000 -2.7 -31.2 -1.7 -1.5 -0.2 -1 1.64 0.59 .984 2.15 1.73
1989 TOT MLB 25 CF 12 6 56.0 20 20 0 0 0 1.000 2.1 45.0 1.1 0.2 0.9 1 3.21 1.67 .985 2.68 2.34
1989 TOT MLB 25 RF 9 6 56.0 16 15 0 1 0 .938 1.3 27.9 1.3 1.3 0.0 0 2.41 1.67 .981 2.15 1.74
1989 DET AL 25 OF 6 2 23.0 6 5 0 1 0 .833 0.8 41.7 0.8 0.0 0.8 0 1.96 0.83 .983 2.43 2.12
1989 DET AL 25 LF 4 1 10.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.8 96.0 0.8 0.0 0.8 0 1.80 0.50 1.000 2.16 1.82
1989 DET AL 25 1B 2 1 9.0 8 7 0 1 1 .875 -1.5 -200.0 -1.5 -1.5 0.0 0 7.00 3.50 1.000 9.80 8.35
1989 DET AL 25 RF 2 1 11.0 3 2 0 1 0 .667 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 1.64 1.00 1.000 2.29 1.90
1989 DET AL 25 CF 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 4.50 1.00 1.000 2.70 2.50
1989 LAD NL 25 OF 44 17 193.0 49 49 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -0.6 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0 2.28 1.11 .982 2.32 1.96
1989 LAD NL 25 LF 28 6 94.0 17 17 0 0 0 1.000 -3.5 -44.7 -2.5 -1.5 -1.0 -1 1.63 0.61 .982 2.15 1.72
1989 LAD NL 25 CF 11 6 54.0 19 19 0 0 0 1.000 2.1 46.7 1.1 0.2 0.9 1 3.17 1.73 .984 2.68 2.33
1989 LAD NL 25 RF 7 5 45.0 13 13 0 0 0 1.000 1.3 34.7 1.3 1.3 0.0 0 2.60 1.86 .977 2.12 1.70
1993 SDP NL 29 OF 54 29 306.1 78 71 6 1 0 .987 -2.1 -8.2 -3.1 -1.2 -1.9 1 2.26 1.43 .978 2.34 2.00
1993 SDP NL 29 RF 32 17 184.2 47 42 4 1 0 .979 -3.0 -19.5 -4.0 -2.2 -1.8 1 2.24 1.44 .977 2.17 1.78
1993 SDP NL 29 CF 17 12 98.1 30 28 2 0 0 1.000 1.0 12.2 1.0 0.3 0.7 0 2.75 1.76 .983 2.75 2.37
1993 SDP NL 29 1B 12 5 53.0 54 51 3 0 5 1.000 0.1 2.3 0.1 0.4 -0.3 0 9.17 4.50 .993 9.68 8.01
1993 SDP NL 29 LF 11 0 23.1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -5.1 -0.1 0.7 -0.8 0 0.77 0.18 .950 2.12 1.69
1994 SDP NL 30 OF 39 14 185.1 46 46 0 0 0 1.000 -1.3 -8.4 -0.3 0.0 -0.3 -1 2.23 1.18 .980 2.24 1.90
1994 SDP NL 30 LF 17 4 64.1 12 12 0 0 0 1.000 0.8 14.9 0.8 0.6 0.2 0 1.68 0.71 .983 1.90 1.44
1994 SDP NL 30 1B 16 6 69.0 55 50 5 0 3 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.1 0.1 0 7.17 3.44 .993 9.73 8.11
1994 SDP NL 30 RF 15 5 75.1 17 17 0 0 0 1.000 -2.3 -36.6 -1.3 -1.1 -0.2 -1 2.03 1.13 .976 2.17 1.82
1994 SDP NL 30 CF 7 5 45.2 17 17 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 5.3 0.2 0.5 -0.3 0 3.35 2.43 .982 2.64 2.40
1995 SDP NL 31 LF 4 1 21.1 4 3 0 1 0 .750 -1.2 -67.5 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 -1 1.27 0.75 .975 1.86 1.42
1995 SDP NL 31 OF 4 1 21.1 4 3 0 1 0 .750 -1.2 -67.5 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 -1 1.27 0.75 .975 2.15 1.82
6 Seasons OF 175 84 892.1 241 231 7 3 0 .988 3.5 4.7 4.5 2.6 1.9 -1 2.40 1.36 .980 2.31 1.97
5 Seasons LF 69 16 246.0 44 43 0 1 0 .977 -2.5 -12.2 -0.5 0.3 -0.8 -2 1.57 0.62 .980 2.05 1.64
5 Seasons RF 62 30 332.0 86 80 4 2 0 .977 -2.9 -10.5 -2.9 -2.3 -0.6 0 2.28 1.35 .978 2.17 1.79
5 Seasons CF 55 38 314.1 113 110 3 0 0 1.000 8.9 34.0 7.9 4.6 3.3 1 3.24 2.05 .985 2.71 2.36
4 Seasons 1B 32 12 139.0 123 113 9 1 11 .992 -1.3 -11.2 -1.3 -1.1 -0.2 0 7.90 3.81 .993 9.71 8.11
1 Season DH 1
6 Seasons TOT 207 96 1031.1 364 344 16 4 11 .989 2.2 2.6 3.2 1.5 1.7 -1 0 3.14 1.74 .973 3.30 2.91
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1987 DET AL 23 26 20 26 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 17 3 24 0 5 0
1988 DET AL 24 10 1 10 6 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 3 4 0 4 3
1989 LAD NL 25 51 17 51 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 11 7 44 0 7 8
1989 DET AL 25 9 3 9 8 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 1 2 6 0 1 0
1993 SDP NL 29 88 34 88 63 0 0 12 0 0 0 11 17 32 54 0 32 5
1994 SDP NL 30 84 20 84 53 0 0 16 0 0 0 17 7 15 39 0 35 5
1995 SDP NL 31 4 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 4 0 1 0
6 Seasons 272 96 272 202 0 0 32 0 0 0 69 55 62 175 0 85 21
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1987 DET AL 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 50.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 135 59% 75% 24% 12 58%
1989 LAD NL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 7 4 57.1% 3 0 0.0% 0 415 55% 73% 37% 40 43%
1989 DET AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 41 90% 83% 37% 4 50%
1993 SDP NL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 98 56% 63% 33% 7 29%
1994 SDP NL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 4 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 9 6 66.7% 3 0 0.0% 0 286 55% 72% 33% 31 39%
1995 SDP NL 31 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33.3% 2 0 0.0% 0 104 69% 70% 26% 11 27%
5 Seasons 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 8 0 5 3 0 5 1 0 1 0 0 3 3 0 25 15 60.0% 10 0 0.0% 0 1079 58% 72% 33% 105 41%
MLB Averages 59.8% 2.5% 56% 77% 38% 50%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1987 DET AL 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 60 37% 70% 38% 7 86%
1988 DET AL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 58% 75% 50% 0
1989 LAD NL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 5 3 60.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 200 55% 73% 36% 21 62%
1989 DET AL 25 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 1 25.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 45 78% 78% 53% 5 40%
1993 SDP NL 29 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 1 2 0 15 8 2 12 3 0 4 3 0 2 0 0 3 2 0 36 16 44.4% 18 2 5.6% 2 869 54% 75% 37% 97 47%
1994 SDP NL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 3 2 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 9 3 33.3% 6 0 0.0% 0 339 49% 73% 39% 32 53%
5 Seasons 2 0 1 1 0 4 0 1 2 0 19 10 2 16 5 0 8 5 0 6 1 0 6 3 0 55 24 43.6% 29 2 3.6% 2 1525 53% 74% 38% 162 52%
MLB Averages 44.0% 2.5% 56% 77% 38% 53%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1987 DET AL 23 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 5 3 0 12 5 41.7% 7 0 0.0% 1 465 46% 75% 34% 66 65%
1988 DET AL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 36% 79% 27% 3 100%
1989 LAD NL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 4 0 12 7 58.3% 5 0 0.0% 0 235 58% 79% 41% 32 59%
1989 DET AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 10 80% 60% 20% 1 100%
1993 SDP NL 29 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 3 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 10 3 30.0% 7 0 0.0% 2 431 48% 77% 37% 46 65%
1994 SDP NL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 6 3 50.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 193 46% 72% 44% 27 63%
5 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 2 0 10 9 0 11 0 0 2 0 0 6 0 0 12 9 0 41 18 43.9% 23 0 0.0% 3 1367 49% 76% 37% 175 65%
MLB Averages 41.1% 1.7% 56% 77% 38% 58%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1988 DET AL 24 31 65% 58% 16% 1 100% 0 5 0 4 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0
1989 DET AL 25 49 45% 63% 29% 2 0% 0 7 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1993 SDP NL 29 245 51% 73% 29% 9 89% 0 51 2 48 1 3 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 1 0
1994 SDP NL 30 288 56% 63% 25% 10 100% 0 50 4 46 0 2 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons 613 53% 67% 27% 22 86% 0 113 6 105 2 6 9 6 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 11 0 0 1 10 1 1 0 1 0
MLB Averages 56% 77% 31% 93% 85%

* 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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