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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 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
1971 22 CHC NL 2 1 .667 4.65 33 2 4 0 0 0 60.0 63 38 31 6 36 5 41 5 1 5 272 84 1.650 9.5 0.9 5.4 6.2 1.14
1972 23 CHC NL 1 1 .500 3.12 19 4 8 0 0 4 57.2 56 22 20 4 25 2 49 1 0 2 245 122 1.405 8.7 0.6 3.9 7.6 1.96
1973 24 CHC NL 7 5 .583 3.02 44 15 14 3 0 6 152.0 126 55 51 10 64 7 121 4 1 9 627 130 1.250 7.5 0.6 3.8 7.2 1.89
1974 25 CHC NL 11 22 .333 3.86 44 36 6 10 2 1 242.2 246 133 104 13 109 8 191 6 8 13 1079 99 1.463 9.1 0.5 4.0 7.1 1.75
1975 26 CHC NL 13 15 .464 4.71 38 36 1 7 2 0 229.1 254 133 120 15 109 6 165 5 0 12 1035 81 1.583 10.0 0.6 4.3 6.5 1.51
1976 27 CHC NL 9 13 .409 4.27 32 31 0 3 0 0 196.0 215 102 93 11 96 2 110 2 2 10 879 90 1.587 9.9 0.5 4.4 5.1 1.15
1977 28 CHC NL 10 13 .435 4.36 34 34 0 1 0 0 214.2 207 111 104 15 82 16 134 3 2 3 915 101 1.346 8.7 0.6 3.4 5.6 1.63
1978 29 CIN NL 11 5 .688 3.53 23 23 0 1 0 0 140.1 151 59 55 9 50 8 83 1 2 8 610 101 1.432 9.7 0.6 3.2 5.3 1.66
1979 30 CIN NL 9 7 .563 3.79 29 29 0 2 0 0 175.2 173 80 74 14 60 3 78 8 3 6 741 100 1.326 8.9 0.7 3.1 4.0 1.30
1980 31 CIN NL 2 1 .667 4.74 4 4 0 0 0 0 19.0 21 10 10 1 5 0 13 0 0 0 81 78 1.368 9.9 0.5 2.4 6.2 2.60
10 Yrs 75 83 .475 4.01 300 214 33 27 4 11 1487.1 1512 743 662 98 636 57 985 35 19 68 6484 97 1.444 9.1 0.6 3.8 6.0 1.55
162 Game Avg. 10 11 .475 4.01 40 28 4 4 1 1 197 200 98 88 13 84 8 130 5 3 9 858 97 1.444 9.1 0.6 3.8 6.0 1.55
CHC (7 yrs) 53 70 .431 4.08 244 158 33 24 4 11 1152.1 1167 594 523 74 521 46 811 26 14 54 5052 97 1.465 9.1 0.6 4.1 6.3 1.56
CIN (3 yrs) 22 13 .629 3.73 56 56 0 3 0 0 335.0 345 149 139 24 115 11 174 9 5 14 1432 99 1.373 9.3 0.6 3.1 4.7 1.51

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 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
1971 22 CHC NL 60.0 33 2 38 5.70 4.03 -0.25 -0.14 111.5 4.62 -8 -0.9 .6 0.0 -0.3 -2 .474 .495 $
1972 23 CHC NL 57.2 19 4 22 3.43 3.71 -0.14 -0.06 107.8 4.08 3 0.4 1.0 -0.1 0.8 9 .521 .502 $
1973 24 CHC NL 152.0 44 15 55 3.26 4.16 -0.25 -0.05 109.2 4.75 25 2.9 1.2 0.0 4.1 39 .566 .518 $
1974 25 CHC NL 242.2 44 36 133 4.93 4.23 -0.80 0.12 104.4 5.38 11 1.2 1.6 -0.1 3.0 34 .527 .507 $
1975 26 CHC NL 229.1 38 36 133 5.22 4.18 -0.50 0.13 104.8 5.04 -7 -0.7 2.6 -0.1 0.9 16 .481 .496 $
1976 27 CHC NL 196.0 32 31 102 4.68 4.11 -0.26 0.12 105.5 4.73 -0 -0.0 1.0 -0.1 1.4 18 .498 .500 $
1977 28 CHC NL 214.2 34 34 111 4.65 4.49 -0.27 0.16 111.5 5.49 18 2.0 -0.1 3.5 41 .559 .512 $
1978 29 CIN NL 140.1 23 23 59 3.78 4.01 -0.19 0.13 96.6 4.18 5 0.5 -0.1 1.6 19 .524 .503 $
1979 30 CIN NL 175.2 29 29 80 4.10 4.15 0.04 0.14 100.9 4.29 2 0.2 -0.1 1.5 20 .508 .502 $
1980 31 CIN NL 19.0 4 4 10 4.74 3.86 0.01 0.13 100.9 4.01 -2 -0.2 -0.0 0.0 0 .457 .499 $
10 Seasons 1487.1 300 214 743 4.50 4.17 -0.34 0.09 105.3 4.85 48 5.5 1.0 -0.7 16.5 196 .518 .503 $
CHC (7 yrs) 1152.1 244 158 594 4.64 4.20 -0.42 0.08 107.2 5.03 43 4.9 1.0 -0.5 13.4 156 .520 .504 $
CIN (3 yrs) 335.0 56 56 149 4.00 4.08 -0.06 0.13 99.1 4.23 5 0.6 -0.1 3.1 39 .511 .501 $

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE
1971 22 CHC NL 33 272 224 38 63 7 2 6 7 6 36 41 .281 .390 .411 .800 .318 92 6 5 5 2 5 4
1972 23 CHC NL 19 245 215 22 56 7 0 4 5 4 25 49 .260 .340 .349 .689 .321 75 6 1 4 0 2 3
1973 24 CHC NL 44 630 551 55 126 14 4 10 4 7 64 121 .229 .312 .323 .635 .274 178 9 4 8 3 7 4
1974 25 CHC NL 44 1079 936 133 246 29 7 13 26 10 109 191 .263 .342 .350 .692 .316 328 17 6 23 5 8 23
1975 26 CHC NL 38 1035 903 133 254 39 7 15 22 5 109 165 .281 .360 .390 .750 .328 352 24 5 11 6 6 10
1976 27 CHC NL 32 879 760 102 215 30 7 11 19 6 96 110 .283 .361 .384 .745 .315 292 16 2 12 9 2 10
1977 28 CHC NL 34 915 816 111 207 34 5 15 23 14 82 134 .254 .324 .363 .686 .287 296 18 3 13 1 16 15
1978 29 CIN NL 23 610 548 59 151 28 2 9 11 4 50 83 .276 .336 .383 .719 .309 210 6 1 8 3 8 3
1979 30 CIN NL 29 741 662 80 173 32 2 14 9 5 60 78 .261 .329 .379 .708 .278 251 18 8 9 2 3 7
1980 31 CIN NL 4 81 76 10 21 5 2 1 3 1 5 13 .276 .321 .434 .755 .323 33 1 0 0 0 0 0
10 Yrs 300 6487 5691 743 1512 225 38 98 129 62 636 985 .266 .341 .370 .712 .305 2107 121 35 93 31 57 79
162 Game Avg. 40 858 753 98 200 30 5 13 17 8 84 130 .266 .341 .370 .712 .305 279 16 5 12 4 8 10
MLB Averages .257 .324 .377 .701 .282

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1971 22 CHC NL -5.3 -0.6 292 -0.1 3.2 -3.3 .69 -0.6 0.4 -8.1 -0.8 0.69 -7.7 2 8 21
1972 23 CHC NL 4.3 0.5 256 -0.3 4.0 -4.3 .95 -0.3 -0.1 3.1 0.3 0.95 1.0 5 3 6
1973 24 CHC NL 15.6 1.7 654 1.0 10.7 -9.7 .96 1.9 -0.9 14.1 1.4 0.96 18.3 10 7 12
1974 25 CHC NL -6.9 -0.7 1141 -2.4 20.2 -22.6 1.16 -1.6 -0.4 -20.5 -2.0 1.16 -15.3 5 0 2
1975 26 CHC NL -19.0 -1.9 1078 -2.3 19.5 -21.8 1.14 -2.4 0.4 -26.3 -2.6 1.14 -26.5 2 0 0
1976 27 CHC NL -7.3 -0.8 920 -1.2 15.1 -16.3 1.05 -1.4 0.3 -14.0 -1.4 1.05 -15.5 0 1 0
1977 28 CHC NL 3.0 0.3 954 0.2 16.1 -15.9 1.01 1.1 -0.9 2.9 0.3 1.01 11.4 0 0 0
1978 29 CIN NL 2.2 0.2 641 0.1 9.6 -9.6 .95 -0.3 0.4 -2.1 -0.2 0.95 -1.8 0 0 0
1979 30 CIN NL 1.5 0.2 764 0.3 13.7 -13.4 1.04 0.2 0.1 4.5 0.5 1.04 3.1 0 0 0
1980 31 CIN NL -1.7 -0.2 86 -0.1 1.6 -1.7 1.14 -0.2 0.2 -0.8 -0.1 1.14 -2.4 0 0 0
10 Yrs -13.6 -1.3 6786 -4.8 113.8 -118.6 1.04 -3.5 -1.1 -47.2 -4.6 1.04 -35.5 24 19 41

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
1971 22 CHC NL 33 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 29.0 43 15 18 7 0 2 2.3 2.0 4.0
1972 23 CHC NL 19 4 1 1 2 0 1 3 1 .750 0 2 0 0 3 75% 53.0 64 44 9 4 1 3 5.1 3.0 6.5
1973 24 CHC NL 44 15 4 5 6 0 2 8 7 .533 1 2 3 0 8 53% 52.1 78 26 18 4 7 4 4.0 4.3 6.2
1974 25 CHC NL 44 36 10 20 6 2 9 12 24 .333 1 2 10 2 19 53% 50.8 87 20 28 10 18 5 3.3 3.4 6.6
1975 26 CHC NL 38 36 13 14 9 2 3 17 19 .472 3 5 7 2 18 50% 47.5 86 8 41 14 22 6 5.0 4.6 6.3
1976 27 CHC NL 32 31 9 13 9 1 6 15 16 .484 5 1 3 0 19 61% 47.3 68 19 34 12 14 6 4.3 4.4 6.2
1977 28 CHC NL 34 34 10 13 11 3 3 17 17 .500 6 7 1 0 17 50% 50.2 80 14 22 10 13 8 4.4 3.7 6.3
1978 29 CIN NL 23 23 11 5 7 1 1 16 7 .696 1 4 1 0 13 57% 51.0 74 20 20 3 0 5 5.4 4.9 6.1
1979 30 CIN NL 29 29 9 7 13 2 4 17 12 .586 4 5 2 0 16 55% 50.2 82 24 17 7 0 13 4.9 4.6 6.1
1980 31 CIN NL 4 4 2 1 1 1 0 3 1 .750 0 1 0 0 2 50% 48.8 68 21 2 1 0 4 4.3 5.0 4.8
10 Yrs 300 214 69 80 65 12 29 108 106 .505 21 29 27 4 115 54% 49 87 8 209 72 75 56 4.4 4.2 6.2
MLB Averages .500 54% 52 109 -13 4.2 4.1 6.5

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
1971 22 CHC NL 33 31 4 2 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 21 6 29% 5 .689 2 8 21 4 1 26 14 17 17 9 17 4 5.0
1972 23 CHC NL 19 15 8 0 0 5 4 1 80% 5 0 13 5 38% 7 .947 5 3 6 5 1 9 8 7 10 4 10 2 6.3
1973 24 CHC NL 44 29 14 3 0 6 6 0 100% 6 0 20 9 45% 7 .957 10 7 12 9 4 16 11 18 20 4 20 4 6.0
1974 25 CHC NL 44 8 6 1 2 1 1 0 100% 1 0 1 1 100% 9 1.156 5 0 2 1 4 3 1 7 0 2 0 3 2.3
1975 26 CHC NL 38 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0% 7 1.143 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 4.5
1976 27 CHC NL 32 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1.047 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 13.0
6 Yrs 210 86 33 6 3 13 11 2 85% 14 0 57 21 37% 1.056 24 19 41 21 11 54 35 51 49 20 49 13 5.4

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%
1971 22 CHC NL 272 67% 2.2% 15.1% 13.2% 5.5% 24% 1.85 66% 62 6 10%
1972 23 CHC NL 245 62% 1.6% 20.0% 10.2% 4.5% 20% 1.68 66% 45 6 13%
1973 24 CHC NL 630 54% 1.6% 19.2% 10.2% 4.4% 22% 1.78 67% 116 9 8%
1974 25 CHC NL 1079 52% 1.2% 17.7% 10.1% 4.5% 20% 1.76 68% 202 17 8%
1975 26 CHC NL 1035 54% 1.5% 15.9% 10.5% 5.9% 24% 1.48 70% 202 24 12%
1976 27 CHC NL 879 54% 1.3% 12.5% 10.9% 5.5% 22% 1.30 74% 179 16 9%
1977 28 CHC NL 915 61% 1.6% 14.6% 9.0% 5.9% 26% 1.80 73% 177 18 10%
1978 29 CIN NL 610 51% 1.5% 13.6% 8.2% 6.4% 26% 1.57 75% 100 6 6%
1979 30 CIN NL 741 58% 1.9% 10.5% 8.1% 6.5% 28% 1.25 77% 122 18 15%
1980 31 CIN NL 81 65% 1.2% 16.1% 6.2% 9.9% 38% 2.07 77% 12 1 8%
10 Yrs 6487 56% 1.5% 15.2% 9.8% 5.6% 24% 1.56 72% 1217 121 10%
MLB Averages 45% 1.9% 13.3% 8.6% 6.2% 27% 1.10 75% 11%

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
1971 22 CHC NL 272 63 6 0 13 4 2 4 2 20 9 3 45% 4 5 3 113 7 6 54% 5 4 2 0 0 2 1 1 20 0
1972 23 CHC NL 245 56 4 0 10 4 0 1 3 17 6 4 35% 3 2 0 91 5 4 56% 4 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
1973 24 CHC NL 630 126 10 0 18 6 4 7 3 44 18 9 41% 4 9 0 218 4 7 36% 3 7 1 0 0 0 4 1 16 0
1974 25 CHC NL 1079 246 13 0 25 5 8 5 8 62 33 5 53% 23 13 3 428 26 10 72% 23 9 3 0 0 1 3 1 37 0
1975 26 CHC NL 1035 254 15 0 13 9 6 5 10 77 35 12 45% 10 12 2 409 22 5 81% 19 5 3 0 0 0 1 0 25 0
1976 27 CHC NL 879 215 11 1 22 6 5 7 4 43 30 6 70% 10 10 2 340 19 6 76% 18 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 28 0
1977 28 CHC NL 915 207 15 2 17 13 2 5 10 46 24 9 52% 15 3 0 350 23 14 62% 18 13 5 1 0 0 1 0 7 0
1978 29 CIN NL 610 151 9 0 14 4 5 3 6 26 17 3 65% 3 8 2 219 11 4 73% 10 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 17 0
1979 30 CIN NL 741 173 14 0 10 11 3 7 7 26 13 3 50% 7 6 0 273 9 5 64% 9 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 12 0
1980 31 CIN NL 81 21 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 6 4 1 67% 0 0 0 31 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Yrs 6487 1512 98 3 142 62 36 44 54 367 189 55 52% 79 68 12 2472 129 62 68% 112 55 17 3 0 4 11 3 165 0
MLB Averages 51% 65%

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+
1971 22 2 1 .667 4.65 33 2 4 0 0 0 60.0 63 38 31 6 36 5 41 5 1 5 272 84 1.650 9.5 0.9 5.4 6.2 1.14 84
1972 23 3 2 .600 3.90 52 6 12 0 0 4 117.2 119 60 51 10 61 7 90 6 1 7 517 99 1.530 9.1 0.8 4.7 6.9 1.48 99
1973 24 10 7 .588 3.40 96 21 26 3 0 10 269.2 245 115 102 20 125 14 211 10 2 16 1144 115 1.372 8.2 0.7 4.2 7.0 1.69 115
1974 25 21 29 .420 3.62 140 57 32 13 2 11 512.1 491 248 206 33 234 22 402 16 10 29 2223 107 1.415 8.6 0.6 4.1 7.1 1.72 107
1975 26 34 44 .436 3.96 178 93 33 20 4 11 741.2 745 381 326 48 343 28 567 21 10 41 3258 97 1.467 9.0 0.6 4.2 6.9 1.65 97
1976 27 43 57 .430 4.02 210 124 33 23 4 11 937.2 960 483 419 59 439 30 677 23 12 51 4137 96 1.492 9.2 0.6 4.2 6.5 1.54 96
1977 28 53 70 .431 4.08 244 158 33 24 4 11 1152.1 1167 594 523 74 521 46 811 26 14 54 5052 97 1.465 9.1 0.6 4.1 6.3 1.56 97
1978 29 64 75 .460 4.02 267 181 33 25 4 11 1292.2 1318 653 578 83 571 54 894 27 16 62 5662 97 1.461 9.2 0.6 4.0 6.2 1.57 97
1979 30 73 82 .471 4.00 296 210 33 27 4 11 1468.1 1491 733 652 97 631 57 972 35 19 68 6403 97 1.445 9.1 0.6 3.9 6.0 1.54 97
1980 31 75 83 .475 4.01 300 214 33 27 4 11 1487.1 1512 743 662 98 636 57 985 35 19 68 6484 97 1.444 9.1 0.6 3.8 6.0 1.55 97

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
1971 22 2 4 .333 4.98 56.0 63 34 31 6 36 38 5 1.768 10.1 5.8 6.1 1.06 1.0 33
1972 23 3 3 .500 3.47 57.0 59 24 22 4 26 48 1 1.491 9.3 4.1 7.6 1.85 0.6 19
1973 24 10 6 .625 3.19 144.0 126 57 51 10 64 115 4 1.319 7.9 4.0 7.2 1.80 0.6 44
1974 25 13 13 .500 4.01 238.0 248 118 106 13 110 188 6 1.504 9.4 4.2 7.1 1.71 0.5 44
1975 26 9 15 .375 4.97 221.0 256 136 122 15 110 159 5 1.656 10.4 4.5 6.5 1.45 0.6 38
1976 27 9 11 .450 4.55 188.0 217 106 95 11 97 105 2 1.670 10.4 4.6 5.0 1.08 0.5 32
1977 28 12 11 .522 3.93 213.0 196 103 93 14 78 133 3 1.286 8.3 3.3 5.6 1.71 0.6 34
1978 29 7 7 .500 4.16 132.0 160 68 61 10 53 78 1 1.614 10.9 3.6 5.3 1.47 0.7 23
1979 30 8 10 .444 4.20 165.0 176 86 77 14 61 73 8 1.436 9.6 3.3 4.0 1.20 0.8 29
1980 31 1 1 .500 5.50 18.0 22 12 11 1 5 12 0 1.500 11.0 2.5 6.0 2.40 0.5 4
10 Yrs 74 81 .477 4.20 1432.0 1523 744 669 98 640 949 35 1.510 9.6 6.0 1.48 0.6 300

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1973 NL  4.1 (8th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1978 NL  .688 (3rd)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1974 NL  7.084 (3rd)
1975 NL  6.475 (7th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1974 NL  191 (6th)
1975 NL  165 (8th)

Games Started s c a p y
1974 NL  36 (9th)
1975 NL  36 (7th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1974 NL  109 (5th)
1975 NL  109 (3rd)
1976 NL  96 (4th)
1977 NL  82 (8th)

Hits s c a p y
1974 NL  246 (9th)
1975 NL  254 (5th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1974 NL  0.482 (9th)
1977 NL  0.629 (7th)

Losses s c a p y
1974 NL  22 (1st)
1975 NL  15 (4th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1974 NL  104 (4th)
1975 NL  120 (1st)
1976 NL  93 (5th)
1977 NL  104 (5th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1974 NL  13 (3rd)
1975 NL  12 (5th)
1976 NL  10 (8th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1974 NL  6 (9th)
1979 NL  8 (3rd)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1974 NL  1,079 (9th)
1975 NL  1,035 (10th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 13 (1324), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 2 (1862), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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