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Bill Cissell
Chalmer William Cissell
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 170 lb.

Born: January 3, 1904 in Perryville, MO (All Transactions)
Debut: April 11, 1928
Final Game: September 25, 1938
Died: March 15, 1949 in Chicago, IL
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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
1928 24 CHW AL 125 484 443 66 115 22 3 1 60 18 6 29 41 .260 .307 .330 .636 68 146 1 11 *6 MVP-15
1929 25 CHW AL 152 666 618 83 173 27 12 5 62 25 17 28 53 .280 .312 .387 .699 80 239 1 19 *6
1930 26 CHW AL 141 604 562 82 152 28 9 2 48 16 9 28 32 .270 .307 .363 .670 71 204 2 12 *456
1931 27 CHW AL 109 433 409 42 90 13 5 1 46 18 6 16 26 .220 .256 .284 .540 45 116 4 4 64/5
1932 28 TOT AL 143 620 584 85 184 36 7 7 98 18 15 29 25 .315 .349 .437 .785 97 255 1 6 *46 MVP-11
1932 28 CHW AL 12 44 43 7 11 1 1 1 5 0 0 1 0 .256 .273 .395 .668 75 17 0 0 6
1932 28 CLE AL 131 576 541 78 173 35 6 6 93 18 15 28 25 .320 .354 .440 .794 98 238 1 6 *4/6
1933 29 CLE AL 112 449 409 53 94 21 3 6 33 6 6 31 29 .230 .284 .340 .624 61 139 0 9 46/5
1934 30 BOS AL 102 452 416 71 111 13 4 4 44 11 4 28 23 .267 .315 .346 .661 67 144 1 7 4/65
1937 33 PHA AL 34 135 117 15 31 7 0 1 14 0 0 17 10 .265 .358 .350 .709 81 41 0 1 4
1938 34 NYG NL 38 155 149 19 40 6 0 2 18 1 6 11 .268 .297 .349 .646 76 52 6 0 0 4/5
9 Seasons 956 3998 3707 516 990 173 43 29 423 113 63 212 250 .267 .308 .360 .669 73 1336 6 10 69
162 Game Avg. 162 677 628 87 168 29 7 5 72 19 36 42 .267 .308 .360 .669 73 226 2 12
CHW (5 yrs) 539 2231 2075 280 541 91 30 10 221 77 38 102 152 .261 .298 .348 .646 68 722 8 46
CLE (2 yrs) 243 1025 950 131 267 56 9 12 126 24 21 59 54 .281 .324 .397 .721 83 377 1 15
NYG (1 yr) 38 155 149 19 40 6 0 2 18 1 6 11 .268 .297 .349 .646 76 52 6 0 0
PHA (1 yr) 34 135 117 15 31 7 0 1 14 0 0 17 10 .265 .358 .350 .709 81 41 0 1
BOS (1 yr) 102 452 416 71 111 13 4 4 44 11 4 28 23 .267 .315 .346 .661 67 144 1 7
AL (8 yrs) 918 3843 3558 497 950 167 43 27 405 112 63 206 239 .267 .309 .361 .670 72 1284 10 69
NL (1 yr) 38 155 149 19 40 6 0 2 18 1 6 11 .268 .297 .349 .646 76 52 6 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
1928 CHW AL 24 SS 123 656 255 360 41 77 .938 5.00 .938 4.74 MVP-15
1929 CHW AL 25 SS 152 871 357 459 55 90 .937 5.37 .937 4.67
1930 CHW AL 26 2B 107 619 251 336 32 60 .948 5.49 .970 5.66
1930 CHW AL 26 3B 24 89 24 62 3 7 .966 3.58 .944 2.84
1930 CHW AL 26 SS 10 45 15 24 6 2 .867 3.90 .944 4.56
1931 CHW AL 27 SS 83 425 168 233 24 47 .944 4.83 .936 4.77
1931 CHW AL 27 2B 23 131 57 69 5 11 .962 5.48 .965 5.48
1931 CHW AL 27 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.90
1932 TOT AL 28 SS 18 83 43 34 6 10 .928 4.28 .942 4.87 MVP-11
1932 CHW AL 28 SS 12 69 40 24 5 9 .928 5.33 .942 4.87
1932 CLE AL 28 2B 129 834 329 475 30 82 .964 6.23 .968 5.67 MVP-11
1932 CLE AL 28 SS 6 14 3 10 1 1 .929 2.17 .943 4.87
1933 CLE AL 29 2B 62 376 151 205 20 24 .947 5.74 .972 5.63
1933 CLE AL 29 SS 46 241 87 146 8 23 .967 5.07 .941 5.03
1933 CLE AL 29 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.70
1934 BOS AL 30 2B 96 585 280 281 24 62 .959 5.84 .969 5.67
1934 BOS AL 30 SS 7 18 6 9 3 3 .833 2.14 .956 5.07
1934 BOS AL 30 3B 2 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.50 .933 2.95
1937 PHA AL 33 2B 33 210 87 115 8 17 .962 6.12 .972 5.28
1938 NYG NL 34 2B 33 219 87 127 5 20 .977 6.48 .969 5.40
1938 NYG NL 34 3B 6 16 3 11 2 0 .875 2.33 .950 2.87
7 Seasons 2B 483 2974 1242 1608 124 276 .958 5.90 .969 5.61
7 Seasons SS 439 2339 931 1265 143 252 .939 5.00 .938 4.76
5 Seasons 3B 34 108 28 75 5 7 .954 3.03 .944 2.85
9 Seasons TOT 956 5421 2201 2948 272 535 .950 5.39 .905 5.12
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1928-AL-15-6%
1932-AL-11-12%
0.18 Career Shares (755th)

Games Played s c a p y
1929 AL--152--7th

At Bats s c a p y
1929 AL--618--4th

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1929 AL--666--10th

Hits s c a p y
1932 AL--184--10th

Triples s c a p y
1929 AL--12--10th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1929 AL--53--8th

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1928 AL--18--4th
1929 AL--25--2nd
1930 AL--16--6th
1931 AL--18--4th
1932 AL--18--4th
1934 AL--11--9th

Singles s c a p y
1929 AL--129--9th
1932 AL--134--6th

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1929 AL--17--1st
1932 AL--15--2nd

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1932 AL--10.1--10th

AB per SO s c a p y
1932 AL--23.4--10th
1934 AL--18.1--9th

Outs Made s c a p y
1929 AL--481--1st
1930 AL--431--7th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkBatting - 18 (1059), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 4 (1678), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 4 (2808), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

April 24, 1932: Traded by the Chicago White Sox with Jim Moore to the Cleveland Indians for Johnny Hodapp and Bob Seeds.

October 12, 1933: Traded by the Cleveland Indians to the Boston Red Sox for Lloyd Brown.

February 1, 1935: Traded by the Boston Red Sox to Portland (PCL) for Jack Wilson.

September 29, 1936: Drafted by the Philadelphia Athletics from Baltimore (International) in the 1936 rule 5 draft.

June 11, 1937: Returned (earlier draft pick) by the Philadelphia Athletics to Baltimore (International).

August 1, 1938: Traded by Baltimore (International) to the New York Giants for Blondy Ryan and cash.

December 6, 1938: Purchased by Hollywood (PCL) from the New York Giants.

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