Bill Bray
William Paul Bray
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 215 lb.

Born: June 5, 1983 in Virginia Beach, VA
High School: Ocean Lakes (Virginia Beach, VA)
School: College of William and Mary
Drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 1st round (13th pick) of the 2004 amateur draft.
Signed July 30, 2004. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 3, 2006
Final Game: September 28, 2008
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Standard Pitching

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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
2006 23 TOT NL 3 2 .600 4.09 48 0 10 0 0 2 50.2 57 27 23 5 18 3 39 1 0 0 223 110 1.480 10.1 0.9 3.2 6.9 2.17
2006 23 WSN NL 1 1 .500 3.91 19 0 4 0 0 0 23.0 24 11 10 2 9 2 16 1 0 0 100 109 1.435 9.4 0.8 3.5 6.3 1.78
2006 23 CIN NL 2 1 .667 4.23 29 0 6 0 0 2 27.2 33 16 13 3 9 1 23 0 0 0 123 111 1.518 10.7 1.0 2.9 7.5 2.56
2007 24 CIN NL 3 3 .500 6.28 19 0 5 0 0 1 14.1 16 10 10 1 5 1 14 0 0 0 63 73 1.465 10.0 0.6 3.1 8.8 2.80
2008 25 CIN NL 2 2 .500 2.87 63 0 11 0 0 0 47.0 50 19 15 4 24 5 54 1 0 2 215 154 1.574 9.6 0.8 4.6 10.3 2.25
3 Seasons 8 7 .533 3.86 130 0 26 0 0 3 112.0 123 56 48 10 47 9 107 2 0 2 501 116 1.518 9.9 0.8 3.8 8.6 2.28
162 Game Avg. 4 4 .533 3.86 68 0 14 0 0 2 59 64 29 25 5 25 5 56 1 0 1 262 116 1.518 9.9 0.8 3.8 8.6 2.28
CIN (3 yrs) 7 6 .538 3.84 111 0 22 0 0 3 89.0 99 45 38 8 38 7 91 1 0 2 401 118 1.539 10.0 0.8 3.8 9.2 2.39
WSN (1 yr) 1 1 .500 3.91 19 0 4 0 0 0 23.0 24 11 10 2 9 2 16 1 0 0 100 109 1.435 9.4 0.8 3.5 6.3 1.78

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
2006 23 TOT NL 48 223 201 27 57 13 0 5 1 1 18 39 .284 .344 .423 .767 .329 85 7 1 2 1 3
2006 23 CIN NL 29 123 113 16 33 7 0 3 0 0 9 23 .292 .344 .434 .778 .345 49 3 0 1 0 1
2006 23 WSN NL 19 100 88 11 24 6 0 2 1 1 9 16 .273 .343 .409 .753 .310 36 4 1 1 1 2
2007 24 CIN NL 19 63 57 10 16 3 2 1 1 0 5 14 .281 .333 .456 .789 .349 26 1 0 0 1 1
2008 25 CIN NL 63 215 186 19 50 15 1 4 4 0 24 54 .269 .354 .425 .779 .357 79 3 1 3 1 5
3 Seasons 130 501 444 56 123 31 3 10 6 1 47 107 .277 .347 .428 .775 .342 190 11 2 5 3 9
162 Game Avg. 68 262 232 29 64 16 2 5 3 1 25 56 .277 .347 .428 .775 .342 99 6 1 3 2 5
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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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
2006 23 TOT NL 48 48 10 3 2 3 2 1 67% 6 3 30 11 37% 1.085 16 11 21 14 10 24 15 33 13 18 13 12 3.2 17
2006 23 WSN NL 19 19 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 9 3 33% 8 0.905 4 4 11 6 4 9 5 14 7 6 7 5 3.6 19
2006 23 CIN NL 29 29 6 2 1 3 2 1 67% 5 2 21 8 38% 8 1.231 12 7 10 8 6 15 10 19 6 12 6 7 2.9 16
2007 24 CIN NL 19 19 5 3 3 1 1 0 100% 5 3 11 2 18% 7 0.992 6 7 6 8 7 4 10 9 4 12 5 1 2.3 12
2008 25 CIN NL 63 63 11 2 2 4 0 4 0% 16 9 48 14 29% 8 0.935 17 15 30 22 9 32 29 34 6 31 9 20 2.2 13
3 Seasons 130 130 26 8 7 8 3 5 38% 27 15 89 27 30% 1.009 39 33 57 44 26 60 54 76 23 61 27 33 2.6 14

Ratio Pitching*

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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%
2006 23 TOT NL 223 62% 2.2% 17.5% 8.1% 8.1% 32% 0.79 1.15 71% 22% 5.9% 6% 61 7 11%
2006 23 WSN NL 100 60% 2.0% 16.0% 9.0% 8.0% 33% 0.97 1.26 71% 18% 5.9% 6% 23 4 17%
2006 23 CIN NL 123 63% 2.4% 18.7% 7.3% 8.1% 30% 0.67 1.07 71% 26% 5.9% 6% 38 3 8%
2007 24 CIN NL 63 65% 1.6% 22.2% 7.9% 9.5% 38% 0.72 0.93 68% 18% 4.8% 16% 12 1 8%
2008 25 CIN NL 215 60% 1.9% 25.1% 11.2% 9.3% 40% 0.58 0.81 60% 23% 5.4% 11% 46 3 7%
3 Seasons 501 61% 2.0% 21.4% 9.4% 8.8% 36% 0.69 0.98 66% 22% 5.6% 9% 119 11 9%
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
2006 23 TOT NL 223 793 3.56 519 65% 25% 18% 25% 32% 75% 4% 49% 76% 61% 6% 13 7 22% 48 25 2 13% 9 3 0 0 0
2006 23 WSN NL 100 335 3.35 219 65% 27% 16% 23% 34% 73% 7% 48% 78% 61% 5% 5 1 29% 29 18 1 6% 5 2 0 0 0
2006 23 CIN NL 123 458 3.72 300 66% 24% 19% 26% 30% 76% 3% 50% 74% 61% 7% 8 6 15% 19 7 1 17% 4 1 0 0 0
2007 24 CIN NL 63 227 3.60 159 70% 19% 20% 33% 28% 81% 6% 57% 75% 68% 3% 2 0 33% 21 19 2 21% 1 1 0 0 0
2008 25 CIN NL 215 800 3.72 522 65% 25% 22% 27% 26% 75% 7% 49% 70% 63% 6% 13 5 33% 70 42 6 20% 14 3 0 0 0
3 Seasons 501 1820 3.63 1200 66% 24% 20% 27% 29% 76% 6% 50% 73% 63% 6% 28 12 28% 139 86 10 18% 24 7 0 0 0
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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
2006 23 TOT NL 223 57 2 0 5 0 12 4 1 2 3 18 8 2 44% 4 0 0 95 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2006 23 WSN NL 100 24 1 0 2 0 3 2 0 1 1 4 2 1 50% 2 0 0 37 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2006 23 CIN NL 123 33 1 0 3 0 9 2 1 1 2 14 6 1 43% 2 0 0 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 24 CIN NL 63 16 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 3 1 60% 0 0 0 29 1 0 100% 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2008 25 CIN NL 215 50 7 2 4 0 14 3 1 2 2 22 10 8 45% 5 2 0 93 4 0 100% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
3 Seasons 501 123 11 3 10 0 26 8 2 4 6 45 21 11 47% 9 2 0 217 6 1 86% 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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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+
2006 23 3 2 .600 4.09 48 0 10 0 0 2 50.2 57 27 23 5 18 3 39 1 0 0 223 110 1.480 10.1 0.9 3.2 6.9 2.17 110
2007 24 6 5 .545 4.57 67 0 15 0 0 3 65.0 73 37 33 6 23 4 53 1 0 0 286 99 1.477 10.1 0.8 3.2 7.3 2.30 99
2008 25 8 7 .533 3.86 130 0 26 0 0 3 112.0 123 56 48 10 47 9 107 2 0 2 501 116 1.518 9.9 0.8 3.8 8.6 2.28 116

Neutralized Pitching

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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
2006 23 3 2 .600 3.78 50.0 55 23 21 5 17 38 1 1.440 9.9 3.1 6.8 2.24 0.9 48
2007 24 0 1 .000 5.79 14.0 15 10 9 1 5 14 0 1.429 9.6 3.2 9.0 2.80 0.6 19
2008 25 3 2 .600 2.68 47.0 49 16 14 4 24 54 1 1.553 9.4 4.6 10.3 2.25 0.8 63
3 Seasons 6 5 .545 3.57 111.0 119 49 44 10 46 106 2 1.486 9.6 8.6 2.30 0.8 130

* 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.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 1 (1872), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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