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Bill Burbach

William David Burbach

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 215 lb.

Born: August 22, 1947 in Dickeyville, WI
High School: Wahlert HS (Dickeyville, WI)
Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 1st round (19th pick) of the 1965 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 11, 1969
Team: Yankees 1969-1971

Final Game: April 24, 1971
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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
1965	17	NYY-min	Rk	2	9	.182	6.16	13	12					57.0	54	55	39	4	68								2.140	8.5	0.6	10.7			JOH · APPY
1966	18	NYY-min	A	3	14	.176	2.19	26	23					144.0	96	60	35	9	96								1.333	6.0	0.6	6.0			GBO · CARL
1967	19	NYY-min	AA	10	9	.526	2.79	22	22					145.0	106	52	45	5	86		113						1.324	6.6	0.3	5.3	7.0	1.31	BNG · EL
1968	20	NYY-min	AAA	9	9	.500	3.60	26	26		5	1		150.0	140	76	60	8	63	1	108	8	1	14			1.353	8.4	0.5	3.8	6.5	1.71	SYR · IL
1969	21	NYY	AL	6	8	.429	3.65	31	24	2	2	1	0	140.2	112	68	57	15	102	1	82	2	0	9	624	96	1.521	7.2	1.0	6.5	5.2	0.80
1970	22	NYY-min	AAA	5	10	.333	4.32	21	21		7	2	0	127.0	134	70	61	12	56	5	43	2	0	5			1.496	9.5	0.9	4.0	3.0	0.77	SYR · IL
1970	22	NYY	AL	0	2	.000	10.26	4	4	0	0	0	0	16.2	23	19	19	2	9	0	10	1	0	2	83	35	1.920	12.4	1.1	4.9	5.4	1.11
1971	23	BAL-min	AAA	7	2	.778	4.84	21	14		3	0	1	93.0	95	50	50	12	50	1	46	1	0	6			1.559	9.2	1.2	4.8	4.5	0.92	ROC · IL
1971	23	NYY	AL	0	1	.000	10.80	2	0	1	0	0	0	3.1	6	6	4	0	5	2	3	0	0	2	22	34	3.300	16.2	0.0	13.5	8.1	0.60
1972	24	MIN-min	AAA	2	1	.667	4.50	33	0		0	0	1	40.0	45	24	20	3	25	5	33	0	0	5			1.750	10.1	0.7	5.6	7.4	1.32	TAC · PCL
3 Yrs				6	11	.353	4.48	37	28	3	2	1	0	160.2	141	93	80	17	116	3	95	3	0	13	729	78	1.600	7.9	1.0	6.5	5.3	0.82
162 Game Avg.				6	12	.353	4.48	39	29	3	2	1	0	168	148	97	84	18	121	3	99	3	0	14	763	78	1.600	7.9	1.0	6.5	5.3	0.82

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
1969	21	NYY	AL	140.2	31	24	68	4.35	4.08	0.26	0.04	96.8	3.73	-9	-0.9	.9	-0.1	0.0	2	.470	.494	$
1970	22	NYY	AL	16.2	4	4	19	10.26	4.50	0.18	0.08	99.2	4.37	-11	-0.9		-0.0	-0.8	-9	.271	.494	$
1971	23	NYY	AL	3.1	2	0	6	16.20	4.59	0.00	-0.20	92.1	4.04	-4	-0.4	1.3	-0.1	-0.5	-4	.293	.497	$13,000
3 Seasons				160.2	37	28	93	5.21	4.14	0.25	0.04	96.9	3.80	-24	-2.3	1.0	-0.2	-1.3	-11	.439	.495	$13,000

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
1969	21	NYY	AL	31	625	511	68	112	9	3	15	9	8	102	82	.219	.349	.337	.686	.232	172	10	2	5	4	1	8
1970	22	NYY	AL	4	83	71	19	23	1	1	2	3	0	9	10	.324	.402	.451	.853	.350	32	1	1	1	1	0	2
1971	23	NYY	AL	2	22	15	6	6	1	0	0	1	1	5	3	.400	.524	.467	.990	.462	7	0	0	1	1	2	2
3 Yrs				37	730	597	93	141	11	4	17	13	9	116	95	.236	.360	.353	.714	.253	211	11	3	7	6	3	12
162 Game Avg.				39	764	625	97	148	12	4	18	14	9	121	99	.236	.360	.353	.714	.253	221	12	3	7	6	3	13
MLB Averages																.250	.321	.373	.694	.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
1969	21	NYY	AL	-4.2	-0.4	654	-1.1	10.2	-11.4	1.01	-0.6	-0.5	-5.3	-0.6	1.01	-7.6	2	1	4
1970	22	NYY	AL	-11.8	-1.0	90	-1.0	1.1	-2.1	.92	-0.6	-0.4	-10.4	-1.0	0.92	-7.0	0	0	0
1971	23	NYY	AL	-3.5	-0.3	26	-0.6	0.0	-0.6	.64	-0.4	-0.5	-5.4	-0.5	0.64	-3.8	1	0	1
3 Yrs				-19.5	-1.8	770	-2.7	11.4	-14.1	.99	-1.7	-1.0	-21.1	-2.0	0.99	-18.3	3	1	5

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
1969	21	NYY	AL	31	24	5	8	11	0	2	12	12	.500	3	8	2	1	10	42%	50.3	82	30	32	12	12	10	3.9	3.0	5.1
1970	22	NYY	AL	4	4	0	2	2	0	0	2	2	.500	0	1	0	0	0	0%	34.2	53	25	4	2	2	2	6.2	3.2	4.2
2 Yrs				35	28	5	10	13	0	2	14	14	.500	3	9	2	1	10	36%	48	82	25	36	14	14	12	4.2	3.1	4.9
MLB Averages													.500						55%	53	109	1					4.1	4.0	6.5

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1969	21	NYY	AL	31	7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	20%	6	1.015	2	1	4	1	0	6	2	5	7	0	7	1	8.3

1971	23	NYY	AL	2	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	2	.641	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	5.0
2 Yrs				33	9	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	2	33%		1.002	3	1	5	1	1	7	3	6	8	0	8	1	7.6

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1969	21	NYY	AL	625	60%	2.4%	13.1%	16.3%	4.3%	24%	0.84	67%	134	10	7%
1970	22	NYY	AL	83	63%	2.4%	12.1%	10.8%	4.8%	17%	1.50	72%	20	1	5%
1971	23	NYY	AL	22	59%	0.0%	13.6%	22.7%	4.6%	17%	2.00	59%	5	0	0%
3 Yrs				730	60%	2.3%	13.0%	15.9%	4.4%	23%	0.91	67%	159	11	7%
MLB Averages					46%	2.1%	14.9%	9.0%	6.1%	27%	1.11	73%			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
1969	21	NYY	AL	625	112			15	1	13	10	5	6	9	30	15	4	50%	8	9	4	254	9	8	53%	9	7	0	0	0	1	1	1	20	0
1970	22	NYY	AL	83	23			2	0	0	2	0	0	2	7	4	0	57%	2	2	1	37	3	0	100%	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
1971	23	NYY	AL	22	6			0	0	2	0	0	0	0	6	4	0	67%	2	2	0	11	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
3 Yrs				730	141			17	1	15	12	5	6	11	43	23	4	53%	12	13	5	302	13	9	59%	13	8	0	0	0	1	1	1	31	0
MLB Averages																		49%							63%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1969	21	6	8	.429	3.65	31	24	2	2	1	140.2	112	68	57	15	102	1	82	2	9	624	96	1.521	7.2	1.0	6.5	5.2	0.80	96
1970	22	6	10	.375	4.35	35	28	2	2	1	157.1	135	87	76	17	111	1	92	3	11	707	81	1.564	7.7	1.0	6.3	5.3	0.83	81
1971	23	6	11	.353	4.48	37	28	3	2	1	160.2	141	93	80	17	116	3	95	3	13	729	78	1.600	7.9	1.0	6.5	5.3	0.82	78

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1969	21	6	8	.429	4.36	132.0	119	71	64	16	108	77	2	1.720	8.1	7.4	5.3	0.71	1.1	31
1970	22	0	1	.000	11.81	16.0	24	23	21	2	9	10	1	2.063	13.5	5.1	5.6	1.11	1.1	4
1971	23	0	0		15.00	3.0	7	6	5	0	6	3	0	4.333	21.0	18.0	9.0	0.50	0.0	2
3 Yrs		6	9	.400	5.36	151.0	150	100	90	18	123	90	3	1.808	8.9		5.4	0.73	1.1	37

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Bases on Balls s c a p y 1969 AL 102 (6th)

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1969 AL 102 (6th)

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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