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Bill Bevens

Floyd Clifford Bevens

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: October 21, 1916 in Hubbard, OR(All Transactions)
Debut: May 12, 1944 (Age 27)
Team: Yankees 1944-1947

Final Game: September 27, 1947 (Age 30)
Died: October 26, 1991 in Salem, OR
Buried: Restlawn Memory Gardens, Salem, OR
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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
1944 27 NYY AL 4 1 .800 2.68 8 5 3 3 0 0 43.2 44 18 13 4 13 16 1 0 1 180 132 1.305 9.1 0.8 2.7 3.3 1.23
1945 28 NYY AL 13 9 .591 3.67 29 25 2 14 2 0 184.0 174 83 75 12 68 76 1 0 3 773 95 1.315 8.5 0.6 3.3 3.7 1.12
1946 29 NYY AL 16 13 .552 2.23 31 31 0 18 3 0 249.2 213 73 62 11 78 120 1 0 0 1014 154 1.166 7.7 0.4 2.8 4.3 1.54
1947 30 NYY AL 7 13 .350 3.82 28 23 3 11 1 0 165.0 167 79 70 13 77 77 1 1 0 725 92 1.479 9.1 0.7 4.2 4.2 1.00
4 Yrs 40 36 .526 3.08 96 84 8 46 6 0 642.1 598 253 220 40 236 289 4 1 4 2692 113 1.298 8.4 0.6 3.3 4.0 1.22
162 Game Avg. 15 14 .526 3.08 36 32 3 17 2 0 243 226 96 83 15 89 109 2 0 2 1017 113 1.298 8.4 0.6 3.3 4.0 1.22

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1944 27 NYY AL 43.2 8 5 18 3.71 4.09 0.15 0.00 100.8 3.97 1 0.1 1.0 -0.0 0.4 4 .516 .501 $700
1945 28 NYY AL 184.0 29 25 83 4.06 3.75 0.21 0.00 104.9 3.71 -7 -0.7 1.0 -0.1 0.6 5 .474 .495
1946 29 NYY AL 249.2 31 31 73 2.63 3.97 0.31 0.00 98.8 3.62 27 3.2 -0.2 5.1 46 .604 .520
1947 30 NYY AL 165.0 28 23 79 4.31 4.12 0.15 0.00 95.3 3.78 -9 -1.0 1.3 -0.1 0.2 2 .466 .494
4 Seasons 642.1 96 84 253 3.54 3.95 0.23 0.00 99.8 3.71 12 1.7 1.1 -0.5 6.4 58 .517 .503 $700

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1947 30 NYY AL WS W BRO 0 1 .000 2.38 2 1 0 1 0 0 11.1 3 3 3 0 11 1 7 0 0 1 48 1.235 2.4 0.0 8.7 5.6 0.64
1 WS 0 1 .000 2.38 2 1 0 1 0 0 11.1 3 3 3 0 11 1 7 0 0 1 48 1.235 2.4 0.0 8.7 5.6 0.64

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PAu G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE
1945 28 NYY AL 542 29 231 685 83 174 20 2 12 3 2 68 76 .254 .322 .342 .664 .271 234 6 1 19 0 7
1946 29 NYY AL 804 31 210 917 73 213 13 3 11 1 2 78 120 .232 .293 .289 .582 .257 265 5 1 18 0 2
1947 30 NYY AL 219 28 505 632 79 167 15 3 13 7 4 77 77 .264 .345 .359 .704 .284 227 10 1 15 0 10
3 Yrs 1565 88 946 2234 235 554 48 8 36 11 8 223 273 .248 .317 .325 .642 .269 726 21 3 52 0 19
162 Game Avg. 637 36 385 910 96 226 20 3 15 4 3 91 111 .248 .317 .325 .642 .269 296 9 1 21 0 8
MLB Averages .259 .329 .336 .665 .278

Win Probability*

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1945 28 NYY AL -2.0 -0.2 248 0.3 4.4 -4.1 1.09 -0.1 0.4 -1.5 -0.2 1.07 -0.8 0 0 0
1946 29 NYY AL 33.9 3.8 217 1.1 4.0 -2.9 .99 0.8 0.3 12.8 1.4 0.99 9.8 0 0 0
1947 30 NYY AL -5.5 -0.6 525 -1.0 9.2 -10.3 1.11 -0.1 -0.8 0.6 0.1 1.12 -1.2 2 0 2
4 Yrs 29.4 3.4 990 0.3 17.6 -17.2 1.08 0.6 -0.2 11.9 1.3 1.08 7.7 2 0 2

Starting Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1944 27 NYY AL 8 5 4 1 0 1 0 4 1 .800 0 0 3 0 3 60% 55.6 70 34 2 2 7.1 7.9
1945 28 NYY AL 29 25 13 8 4 1 3 15 10 .600 1 1 14 2 15 60% 53.4 84 16 7 2 9 9 5.0 4.7 7.2
1946 29 NYY AL 31 31 16 13 2 0 8 18 13 .581 0 1 18 3 25 81% 61.1 84 30 2 0 16 7 3.6 5.4 8.1
1947 30 NYY AL 28 23 6 12 5 1 2 9 14 .391 1 3 11 1 8 35% 49.7 85 15 11 2 6 11 4.2 4.7 6.5
4 Yrs 96 84 39 34 11 3 13 46 38 .548 2 5 46 6 51 61% 55 85 15 20 4 33 29 4.4 4.8 7.3
MLB Averages .500 55% 52 115 -11 4.2 4.5 6.9

Reliever Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1944 27 NYY AL 8 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 4.0
1945 28 NYY AL 29 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.085 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 3.8
1947 30 NYY AL 28 5 3 1 1 1 0 1 0% 1 0 4 3 75% 6 1.112 2 0 2 1 1 2 2 2 3 2 2 1 9.8
3 Yrs 65 12 8 1 2 1 0 1 0% 1 0 4 3 75% 1.104 2 0 2 1 1 2 2 2 6 5 2 1 6.3

Ratio Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1944 27 NYY AL 180 2.2% 8.9% 7.2% 3.3% 14% 78%
1945 28 NYY AL 773 58% 5.2% 32.9% 29.4% 14.7% 20% 1.24 258% 51 6 12%
1946 29 NYY AL 1014 39% 5.2% 57.1% 37.1% 12.9% 13% 0.79 374% 39 5 13%
1947 30 NYY AL 724 59% 2.6% 15.3% 15.3% 6.1% 19% 0.99 107% 106 10 9%
4 Yrs 2691 54% 3.6% 25.7% 21.0% 8.7% 16% 0.99 183% 196 21 11%
MLB Averages 51% 2.1% 15.0% 14.7% 6.3% 17% 0.94 128% 9%

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
1944 27 NYY AL 44 4 1
1945 28 NYY AL 231 174 12 0 6 1 1 1 1 13 8 4 62% 7 3 0 91 3 2 60% 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 542
1946 29 NYY AL 210 213 11 0 2 2 2 3 1 4 3 1 75% 2 0 1 72 1 2 33% 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 804
1947 30 NYY AL 505 167 13 0 18 8 3 6 5 24 10 7 42% 10 0 2 197 7 4 64% 7 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 219
4 Yrs 946 598 40 0 26 11 6 10 7 41 21 12 51% 19 4 3 360 11 8 58% 10 7 0 0 1 1 1 0 4 1565
MLB Averages 53% 55%

Cumulative Pitching

Year Age 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 ERA+
1944 27 4 1 .800 2.68 8 5 3 3 0 0 43.2 44 18 13 4 13 16 1 0 1 180 132 1.305 9.1 0.8 2.7 3.3 1.23 132
1945 28 17 10 .630 3.48 37 30 5 17 2 0 227.2 218 101 88 16 81 92 2 0 4 953 100 1.313 8.6 0.6 3.2 3.6 1.14 100
1946 29 33 23 .589 2.83 68 61 5 35 5 0 477.1 431 174 150 27 159 212 3 0 4 1967 122 1.236 8.1 0.5 3.0 4.0 1.33 122
1947 30 40 36 .526 3.08 96 84 8 46 6 0 642.1 598 253 220 40 236 289 4 1 4 2692 113 1.298 8.4 0.6 3.3 4.0 1.22 113

Neutralized Pitching

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 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
1944 27 2 2 .500 3.21 42.0 48 17 15 4 14 15 1 1.476 10.3 3.0 3.2 1.07 0.9 8
1945 28 9 11 .450 4.35 182.0 194 98 88 13 76 75 1 1.484 9.6 3.8 3.7 0.99 0.6 29
1946 29 19 8 .704 2.63 246.0 235 80 72 12 86 118 1 1.305 8.6 3.1 4.3 1.37 0.4 31
1947 30 7 10 .412 4.58 161.0 184 91 82 14 85 75 1 1.671 10.3 4.8 4.2 0.88 0.8 28
4 Yrs 37 31 .544 3.67 631.0 661 286 257 43 261 283 4 1.461 9.4 4.0 1.08 0.6 96



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* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1945 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary of data completeness) 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1946 AL  5.1 (6th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1946 AL  2.23 (4th)

Wins s c a p y
1946 AL  16 (8th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1945 AL  .591 (9th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1946 AL  1.166 (6th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1946 AL  7.678 (5th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1946 AL  2.812 (7th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1946 AL  249.7 (7th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1946 AL  120 (9th)

Games Started s c a p y
1946 AL  31 (7th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1946 AL  18 (8th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1946 AL  3 (8th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1945 AL  12 (2nd)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1946 AL  0.397 (9th)

Losses s c a p y
1946 AL  13 (9th)
1947 AL  13 (9th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1946 AL  1,014 (7th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1946 AL  154 (4th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1946 AL  34 (5th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1946 AL  3.8 (5th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1946 AL  12.82 (5th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1946 AL  1.4 (5th)

                                         

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1945-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 26 (907), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 6 (1215), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 13 (628), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Starting Pitcher (1245th), 4.6 career WAR/4.6 7yr-peak WAR/4.6 JAWS
Average HOF P (out of 57) = 72.6 career WAR/50.2 7yr-peak WAR/61.4 JAWS

Similarity Scores

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