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Bill Bonham
William Gordon Bonham
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: October 1, 1948 in Glendale, CA
High School: Francis Polytechnic (Sun Valley, CA)
School: University of California, Los Angeles
Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent in 1970. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 7, 1971
Final Game: July 26, 1980
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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 82 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 89 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 8 610 102 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 76 1.368 9.9 0.5 2.4 6.2 2.60
10 Seasons 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

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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 -8 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 34 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 Seasons 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

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1971 CHC NL 22 P 33 2 60.0 18 5 13 0 1 1.000 2.70 0.55 .950 1.90 0.78
1972 CHC NL 23 P 19 4 57.2 12 3 9 0 0 1.000 1.87 0.63 .950 1.78 0.73
1973 CHC NL 24 P 44 15 152.0 52 10 40 2 2 .962 2.96 1.14 .950 1.88 0.73
1974 CHC NL 25 P 44 36 242.2 80 20 54 6 4 .925 2.74 1.68 .945 1.88 0.71
1975 CHC NL 26 P 38 36 229.1 56 15 37 4 3 .929 2.04 1.37 .946 1.86 0.72
1976 CHC NL 27 P 32 31 196.0 43 8 32 3 2 .930 1.84 1.25 .951 1.88 0.72
1977 CHC NL 28 P 34 34 214.2 66 20 43 3 4 .955 2.64 1.85 .950 1.85 0.67
1978 CIN NL 29 P 23 23 140.1 51 13 35 3 2 .941 3.08 2.09 .951 1.91 0.72
1979 CIN NL 30 P 29 29 175.2 44 9 31 4 0 .909 2.05 1.38 .952 1.80 0.66
1980 CIN NL 31 P 4 4 19.0 4 0 3 1 0 .750 1.42 0.75 .950 1.89 0.70
10 Seasons P 300 214 1487.1 426 103 297 26 18 .939 2.42 1.33 .949 1.86 0.72
10 Seasons TOT 300 214 1487.1 426 103 297 26 18 .939 2.42 1.33 .888 1.86 0.72

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1974 NL  7.084 (3rd)
1975 NL  6.475 (7th)
Career  5.960 (238th)

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  .482 (9th)
1977 NL  .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)
Career  68 (244th)

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  1079 (9th)
1975 NL  1035 (10th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1977 NL  11 (10th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 10 (1445), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 2 (1804), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

June 7, 1966: Drafted by the California Angels in the 31st round of the 1966 amateur draft, but did not sign.

January 28, 1967: Drafted by the California Angels in the 4th round of the 1967 amateur draft (January Secondary), but did not sign.

June 7, 1968: Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 31st round of the 1968 amateur draft, but did not sign.

June 10, 1970: Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent.

October 31, 1977: Traded by the Chicago Cubs to the Cincinnati Reds for Bill Caudill and Woodie Fryman.

August 27, 1981: Released by the Cincinnati Reds.

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