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Bill Bonham

William Gordon Bonham

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: October 1, 1948 in Glendale, CA
High School: Poly HS (Sun Valley, CA)
School: University of California, Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA)
Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent in 1970. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 7, 1971
Teams (by GP): Cubs/Reds 1971-1980

Final Game: July 26, 1980
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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
1971 22 CHC NL 33 12 12 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .167 .167 .167 .333 -10 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
1972 23 CHC NL 19 19 14 3 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 3 .286 .375 .286 .661 83 4 0 0 3 0 0 1
1973 24 CHC NL 44 49 43 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 17 .093 .093 .093 .186 -50 4 1 0 6 0 0 1
1974 25 CHC NL 48 91 84 8 12 2 0 0 4 0 0 2 25 .143 .163 .167 .329 -9 14 4 0 5 0 0 1
1975 26 CHC NL 40 92 82 8 15 1 1 0 6 0 0 1 19 .183 .190 .220 .410 12 18 1 0 8 1 0 1
1976 27 CHC NL 32 74 65 6 13 4 0 0 2 0 0 2 15 .200 .224 .262 .485 34 17 1 0 7 0 0 1
1977 28 CHC NL 35 77 65 3 15 3 0 0 3 0 0 1 14 .231 .242 .277 .519 33 18 1 0 11 0 0 1
1978 29 CIN NL 23 56 43 2 8 3 0 0 5 0 0 4 9 .186 .271 .256 .527 48 11 0 1 8 0 0 1
1979 30 CIN NL 29 63 57 3 8 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 18 .140 .140 .175 .316 -14 10 1 0 6 0 0 1
1980 31 CIN NL 4 7 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .143 .000 .143 -57 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
10 Yrs 307 540 471 37 81 15 1 0 24 0 0 13 125 .172 .195 .208 .404 10 98 9 1 54 1 0
162 Game Avg. 162 285 249 20 43 8 1 0 13 0 0 7 66 .172 .195 .208 .404 10 52 5 1 28 1 0
CHC (7 yrs) 251 414 365 31 65 10 1 0 17 0 0 8 97 .178 .195 .211 .406 10 77 8 0 40 1 0
CIN (3 yrs) 56 126 106 6 16 5 0 0 7 0 0 5 28 .151 .196 .198 .395 9 21 1 1 14 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 Awards
1971 22 CHC NL 33 12 -2 -0 0 0 1 -0 -0.0 0 0 0.0 .499 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
1972 23 CHC NL 19 19 -0 -0 0 0 2 2 0.2 0 2 0.2 .509 .501 0.2 0.0 2 $ 1
1973 24 CHC NL 44 49 -8 0 -0 0 6 -3 -0.3 1 -1 -0.3 .493 .498 -0.3 0.0 -1 $ 1
1974 25 CHC NL 48 91 -11 0 -1 0 9 -2 -0.2 3 1 -0.2 .496 .499 -0.2 0.0 1 $ 1
1975 26 CHC NL 40 92 -9 -0 -0 0 10 1 0.1 3 4 0.1 .503 .501 0.1 0.0 4 $ 1
1976 27 CHC NL 32 74 -7 -0 0 0 8 1 0.1 2 3 0.1 .504 .501 0.1 0.0 3 $ 1
1977 28 CHC NL 35 77 -8 0 -0 0 9 2 0.2 2 4 0.2 .504 .501 0.2 0.0 4 $ 1
1978 29 CIN NL 23 56 -4 -0 0 0 6 3 0.3 2 5 0.3 .515 .502 0.3 0.0 5 $ 1
1979 30 CIN NL 29 63 -8 -1 -0 0 8 -1 -0.1 2 0 -0.1 .495 .499 -0.1 0.0 0 $ 1
1980 31 CIN NL 4 7 -0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .508 .500 0.0 0.0 1 $ /1
10 Seasons 307 540 -56 -1 -0 0 60 2 0.3 16 18 0.3 .501 .500 0.3 0.1 18 $
CHC (7 yrs) 251 414 -44 -0 -0 0 45 0 0.0 12 12 0.1 .500 .500 0.1 0.1 12 $
CIN (3 yrs) 56 126 -12 -1 0 0 15 2 0.2 4 6 0.2 .504 .500 0.2 0.0 6 $

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
1971 22 CHC NL 12 10 0 0.0 102 .250 .167 .274 .167 .342 .167 .401 .333 .744 -10 .000 -1.8 -0.2 .200 .000 .000
1972 23 CHC NL 19 13 2 4.2 100 .364 .286 .268 .375 .337 .286 .395 .661 .733 83 .511 -0.3 -0.0 .600 .143 .000
1973 24 CHC NL 49 46 0 0.0 102 .154 .093 .271 .093 .341 .093 .402 .186 .743 -50 .000 -9.1 -0.9 .100 .000 .000
1974 25 CHC NL 91 81 2 0.7 97 .203 .143 .266 .163 .338 .167 .384 .329 .723 -9 .033 -12.7 -1.3 .211 .048 .024
1975 26 CHC NL 92 77 4 1.4 99 .234 .183 .270 .190 .342 .220 .390 .410 .732 12 .113 -10.4 -1.1 .279 .049 .037
1976 27 CHC NL 74 60 4 1.8 98 .260 .200 .272 .224 .339 .262 .387 .485 .727 34 .182 -6.0 -0.6 .358 .092 .062
1977 28 CHC NL 77 62 5 2.2 112 .294 .231 .282 .242 .351 .277 .430 .519 .781 33 .201 -6.6 -0.7 .373 .062 .046
1978 29 CIN NL 56 43 4 2.5 95 .235 .186 .262 .271 .330 .256 .385 .527 .715 48 .279 -2.9 -0.3 .457 .163 .070
1979 30 CIN NL 63 56 1 0.5 100 .205 .140 .270 .140 .336 .175 .401 .316 .737 -14 .017 -9.2 -0.9 .200 .035 .035
1980 31 CIN NL 7 6 0 0.0 96 .000 .000 .268 .143 .331 .000 .389 .143 .720 -57 .000 -1.3 -0.1 .167 .167 .000
10 Yrs 540 454 22 1.3 101 .233 .172 .270 .195 .340 .208 .397 .404 .736 10 .102 -60.3 -6.2 .281 .064 .036
162 Game Avg. 285 240 12 1.3 101 .233 .172 .270 .195 .340 .208 .397 .404 .736 10 .102 -60.3 -6.2 .281 .064 .036
CHC (7 yrs) 414 349 17 1.3 101 .242 .178 .272 .195 .342 .211 .397 .406 .739 10 .103 -47.0 -4.8 .276 .055 .033
CIN (3 yrs) 126 105 5 1.3 98 .205 .151 .267 .196 .333 .198 .394 .395 .727 9 .098 -13.4 -1.4 .297 .094 .047

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
1971 22 CHC NL 12 0.0% 33.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 3.0 2.50 67%
1972 23 CHC NL 19 0.0% 15.8% 10.5% 0.0% 0% 1.50 4.7 14.0 10.00 58%
1973 24 CHC NL 49 0.0% 34.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 2.5 43.0 1.80 53%
1974 25 CHC NL 91 0.0% 27.5% 2.2% 2.2% 17% 12.50 3.4 21.0 1.94 65%
1975 26 CHC NL 92 0.0% 20.7% 1.1% 2.2% 13% 19.00 4.3 13.7 2.67 70%
1976 27 CHC NL 74 0.0% 20.3% 2.7% 5.4% 31% 7.50 4.3 32.5 2.54 68%
1977 28 CHC NL 77 0.0% 18.2% 1.3% 3.9% 20% 14.00 4.6 21.7 2.43 66%
1978 29 CIN NL 56 0.0% 16.1% 7.1% 5.4% 38% 2.25 4.8 8.6 1.64 61%
1979 30 CIN NL 63 0.0% 28.6% 0.0% 3.2% 25% 3.2 28.5 0.85 62%
1980 31 CIN NL 7 0.0% 14.3% 14.3% 0.0% 1.00 6.0 0.25 71%
10 Yrs 540 0.0% 23.2% 2.4% 3.0% 20% 9.62 3.8 19.6 1.95 64%
MLB Averages 1.9% 13.2% 8.6% 6.2% 27% 1.55 6.7 46.4 8.8 1.10 75%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1971 22 CHC NL -1.8 -0.2 12 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 .83 -0.1 -0.1 -1.5 -0.2 0.95 -1.8 0
1972 23 CHC NL -0.3 -0.0 19 -0.1 0.1 -0.2 .69 -0.1 -0.0 -0.6 -0.1 1.12 -0.8 0
1973 24 CHC NL -9.1 -0.9 50 -0.8 0.1 -0.9 .82 -0.8 -0.2 -7.9 -0.8 0.95 -8.3 0
1974 25 CHC NL -12.7 -1.3 92 -1.1 0.9 -2.0 1.07 -1.1 0.0 -11.1 -1.1 0.98 -11.2 0
1975 26 CHC NL -10.4 -1.1 95 -0.5 1.0 -1.5 .89 -0.7 0.1 -6.1 -0.6 0.96 -8.0 0
1976 27 CHC NL -6.0 -0.6 75 -0.8 0.5 -1.3 .87 -0.8 -0.1 -10.3 -1.1 0.98 -8.3 0
1977 28 CHC NL -6.6 -0.7 77 -0.7 0.6 -1.3 .85 -0.7 -0.2 -5.9 -0.6 0.87 -7.7 0
1978 29 CIN NL -2.9 -0.3 56 -0.2 0.5 -0.7 .76 -0.4 0.1 -4.2 -0.4 1.01 -4.2 0
1979 30 CIN NL -9.2 -0.9 63 -0.7 0.6 -1.3 1.00 -0.8 0.2 -7.7 -0.8 0.97 -8.8 0
1980 31 CIN NL -1.3 -0.1 7 -0.1 0.1 -0.2 .98 -0.0 -0.1 -0.6 -0.1 1.05 -0.5 0
10 Yrs -60.3 -6.2 546 -5.2 4.4 -9.6 .90 -5.5 -0.3 -55.9 -5.7 0.97 -59.7 0

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
1971 22 CHC NL 0 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1972 23 CHC NL 0 0 50% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0
1973 24 CHC NL 2 0 25% 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 25 CHC NL 3 0 57% 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 67% 2 2 0 0 0 0 4 0 4
1975 26 CHC NL 3 0 50% 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 44% 2 2 0 1 0 0 6 0 4
1976 27 CHC NL 0 0 40% 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 83% 3 1 2 0 0 0 3 0 3
1977 28 CHC NL 0 0 19% 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 33% 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 29 CIN NL 0 0 15% 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1979 30 CIN NL 2 0 38% 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 25% 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 1
1980 31 CIN NL 1 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Yrs 11 0 39% 188 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 12 41% 17 14 3 2 1 0 18 4 12

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
1971 22 CHC NL 12 25% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 3 0 0% 3 0 0% 9 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1972 23 CHC NL 19 37% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 60% 9 0 0% 7 2 29% 17 1 6% 1 1 100% 2 1 50% 0
1973 24 CHC NL 49 31% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 6 75% 9 1 11% 13 2 15% 30 2 7% 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 0
1974 25 CHC NL 91 26% 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 10 5 50% 15 4 27% 20 2 10% 57 5 9% 6 2 33% 3 2 67% 0
1975 26 CHC NL 92 21% 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 11 8 73% 16 1 6% 18 3 17% 63 7 11% 7 3 43% 3 1 33% 0
1976 27 CHC NL 74 24% 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 9 7 78% 15 1 7% 14 3 21% 50 2 4% 4 0 0% 2 1 50% 0
1977 28 CHC NL 77 29% 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 11 79% 15 1 7% 15 4 27% 33 3 9% 3 1 33% 3 3 100% 0
1978 29 CIN NL 56 55% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 9 8 89% 14 0 0% 13 3 23% 38 5 13% 4 2 50% 1 1 100% 0
1979 30 CIN NL 63 43% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 6 60% 10 1 10% 11 0 0% 36 3 8% 2 2 100% 2 0 0% 0
1980 31 CIN NL 7 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 2 0 0% 2 0 0% 5 1 20% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
10 Yrs 540 31% 81 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 80 54 68% 108 9 8% 116 19 16% 338 29 9% 29 12 41% 17 9 53% 0
MLB Averages 55% 77% 11% 34% 14% 49% 54%

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
1971 22 33 12 12 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .167 .167 .167 .333 -10 2 0 0 0 0 0
1972 23 52 31 26 5 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 7 .231 .286 .231 .516 42 6 0 0 3 0 0
1973 24 96 80 69 6 10 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 24 .145 .169 .145 .314 -14 10 1 0 9 0 0
1974 25 144 171 153 14 22 2 0 0 6 0 0 4 49 .144 .166 .157 .322 -11 24 5 0 14 0 0
1975 26 184 263 235 22 37 3 1 0 12 0 0 5 68 .157 .174 .179 .353 -3 42 6 0 22 1 0
1976 27 216 337 300 28 50 7 1 0 14 0 0 7 83 .167 .185 .197 .382 5 59 7 0 29 1 0
1977 28 251 414 365 31 65 10 1 0 17 0 0 8 97 .178 .195 .211 .406 10 77 8 0 40 1 0
1978 29 274 470 408 33 73 13 1 0 22 0 0 12 106 .179 .204 .216 .419 14 88 8 1 48 1 0
1979 30 303 533 465 36 81 15 1 0 24 0 0 12 124 .174 .196 .211 .407 11 98 9 1 54 1 0
1980 31 307 540 471 37 81 15 1 0 24 0 0 13 125 .172 .195 .208 .404 10 98 9 1 54 1 0

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
1971 22 33 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 33
1972 23 20 20 15 4 5 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 .333 .412 .333 .745 2 19
1973 24 44 49 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 44
1974 25 48 90 83 7 11 2 0 0 4 0 2 25 .133 .153 .157 .310 2 48
1975 26 40 93 83 9 16 1 1 0 7 0 1 19 .193 .200 .229 .429 4 40
1976 27 32 74 65 6 13 4 0 0 2 0 2 15 .200 .224 .262 .485 4 32
1977 28 35 76 64 3 14 3 0 0 3 0 1 14 .219 .231 .266 .496 4 35
1978 29 23 56 43 2 8 3 0 0 5 0 4 9 .186 .271 .256 .527 3 23
1979 30 29 62 56 2 7 2 0 0 1 0 0 18 .125 .125 .161 .286 1 29
1980 31 4 7 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .143 .000 .143 0 4
10 Yrs 308 539 470 34 74 15 1 0 23 0 13 125 .157 .181 .194 .375 20 307
162 Game Avg. 162 284 247 18 39 8 1 0 12 0 7 66 .157 .181 .194 .375 11 307

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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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