Bill Connelly

William Wirt Connelly (Wild Bill)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: June 29, 1925 in Alberta, VA
High School: Alberta HS (Alberta, VA)
Signed by the Philadelphia Athletics as an amateur free agent in 1945. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 22, 1945
Teams (by GP): Giants/WhiteSox/Tigers/Athletics 1945-1953

Final Game: June 16, 1953
Died: November 27, 1980 in Richmond, VA
Buried: Crestview Memorial Park, La Crosse, VA
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Standard Batting

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	Pos	Awards
1945	20	PHA	AL	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	51	0	0	1	0		/1

1946	21	OAK-min	A,AAA	24	45	45		11	1	1	1						.244	.244	.378	.622		17	0					SAV,TTO · SALL,IL
1947	22	OAK-min	A	25	56	56		7	1	0	0						.125	.125	.143	.268		8						SAV · SALL
1948	23	DET-min	AAA	27	37	32	4	7	0	0	0	3	0		4	8	.219	.306	.219	.524		7		0	1			BFL · IL
1949	24	DET-min	AAA	34	71	61	6	13	3	0	1	4	0		4	18	.213	.262	.311	.573		19	0	0	6			TOL · AA
1950	25	DET-min	AAA	21	26	25	1	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	10	.040	.040	.080	.120		2	1	0	1			TOL · AA
1950	25	TOT	AL	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	35	0	0	0	0		/1
1950	25	CHW	AL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0		/1
1950	25	DET	AL	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	35	0	0	0	0		/1

1951	26	DET-min	AAA,AA	14	27	25	2	6	2	0	0	4	0		1	4	.240	.269	.320	.589		8	0	0	1			TOL,LRK · AA,SOUA
1952	27	CHW-min	AAA	34	61	54	7	10	2	0	0	3	0		5	15	.185	.254	.222	.476		12	1	0	2			TOL · AA
1952	27	NYG	NL	11	12	11	2	4	2	2	0	3	0	1	1	5	.364	.417	.909	1.326	257	10	0	0	0		1
1953	28	SFG-min	AAA	14	33	29	5	8	2	0	1	6	0		4	10	.276	.364	.448	.812		13	1	0	0			MNE · AA
1953	28	NYG	NL	8	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0		/1
1954	29	SFG-STL-min	AAA	34	59	50	5	9	2	0	0	0	0		7	23	.180	.281	.220	.501		11	0	0	2	0		MNE,ROC · AA,IL
1955	30	RMD	AAA	35	68	61	6	9	5	0	0	3	0		3	25	.148	.185	.230	.414		14		0	3	1		RMD · IL
1956	31	ATL-NYY-min	AA,AAA	35	64	54	2	11	3	0	0	5	0	0	8	15	.204	.306	.259	.566		14		0	2	0		AUS,RMD · TL,IL
1957	32	ATL-min	AA	35	33	28	2	4	2	0	0	2	0	0	2	8	.143	.188	.214	.402		6		0	1	2		AUS · TL
4 Yrs				25	22	19	2	4	2	2	0	3	0	1	2	10	.211	.318	.526	.844	123	10	0	1	0
162 Game Avg.				162	143	123	13	26	13	13	0	19	0	6	13	65	.211	.318	.526	.844	123	65	0	6	0

NYG (2 yrs)				19	18	17	2	4	2	2	0	3	0	1	1	10	.235	.278	.588	.866	127	10	0	0	0
PHA (1 yr)				2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	51	0	0	1	0
DET (1 yr)				2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	35	0	0	0	0
CHW (1 yr)				2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0

AL (2 yrs)				6	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	43	0	0	1	0
NL (2 yrs)				19	18	17	2	4	2	2	0	3	0	1	1	10	.235	.278	.588	.866	127	10	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1945	20	PHA	AL	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.517	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1

1950	25	CHW	AL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
1950	25	DET	AL	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.509	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1

1952	27	NYG	NL	11	12	2	-0	0	0	1	3	0.3	0	4	0.3	.530	.502	0.3	0.0	3	$	1
1953	28	NYG	NL	8	6	-2	0	0	0	1	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.485	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$	/1
4 Seasons				25	22	0	-0	0	0	2	2	0.3	1	3	0.2	.511	.500	0.2	0.0	3	$

NYG (2 yrs)				19	18	0	-0	0	0	2	2	0.2	1	2	0.2	.511	.501	0.2	0.0	2	$
PHA (1 yr)				2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.517	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$
DET (1 yr)				2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.509	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$
CHW (1 yr)				2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO
1945	20	PHA	AL	2	1	0	0.0	87	.000	.000	.259	.500	.331	.000	.352	.500	.683	51	.000	0.1	0.0	1.000	.000	.000

1950	25	TOT	AL	2	1	0	0.0	116	.000	.000	.282	.500	.370	.000	.423	.500	.793	35	.000	0.0	0.0	1.000	1.000	.000
1950	25	DET	AL	2	1	0	0.0	116	.000	.000	.282	.500	.370	.000	.423	.500	.793	35	.000	0.0	0.0	1.000	1.000	.000

1952	27	NYG	NL	12	8	3	10.0	98	.667	.364	.263	.417	.336	.909	.391	1.326	.727	257	.834	2.2	0.2	1.250	.545	.545
1953	28	NYG	NL	6	6	0	0.0	113	.000	.000	.278	.000	.350	.000	.433	.000	.782	-100	.000	-1.8	-0.2	.000	.000	.000
4 Yrs				22	16	3	5.0	103	.444	.211	.268	.318	.342	.526	.404	.844	.746	123	.560	0.4	0.1	.750	.368	.316
162 Game Avg.				143	104	19	5.0	103	.444	.211	.268	.318	.342	.526	.404	.844	.746	123	.560	3	1	.750	.368	.316

NYG (2 yrs)				18	14	3	5.7	103	.571	.235	.268	.278	.340	.588	.406	.866	.746	127	.620	0.4	0.0	.714	.353	.353
PHA (1 yr)				2	1	0	0.0	87	.000	.000	.259	.500	.331	.000	.352	.500	.683	51	.000	0.1	0.0	1.000	.000	.000
DET (1 yr)				2	1	0	0.0	116	.000	.000	.282	.500	.370	.000	.423	.500	.793	35	.000	0.0	0.0	1.000	1.000	.000

AL (2 yrs)				4	2	0	0.0	102	.000	.000	.270	.500	.350	.000	.388	.500	.738	43	.000	0.1	0.0	1.000	.500	.000
NL (2 yrs)				18	14	3	5.7	103	.571	.235	.268	.278	.340	.588	.406	.866	.746	127	.620	0.4	0.0	.714	.353	.353

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1945	20	PHA	AL	2	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%							50%

1950	25	TOT	AL	2	0.0%	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%		0.00				0.00	50%
1950	25	DET	AL	2	0.0%	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%		0.00				0.00	50%

1952	27	NYG	NL	12	0.0%	41.7%	8.3%	33.3%	100%	5.00	2.2		3.7		50%
1953	28	NYG	NL	6	0.0%	83.3%	0.0%	0.0%			1.2			0.00	17%
4 Yrs				22	0.0%	45.5%	9.1%	18.2%	100%	5.00	1.9		6.3	1.00	41%
MLB Averages					1.7%	9.8%	9.6%	6.3%	27%	1.02	9.0	51.6	8.3	0.97	77%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1945	20	PHA	AL	0.1	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0

1950	25	TOT	AL	0.0	0.0	2	0.0	0.0	-0.0	.06	0.0	-0.0	0.3	0.0	0.75	0.1	0
1950	25	CHW	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1950	25	DET	AL	0.0	0.0	2	0.0	0.0	-0.0	.06	0.0	-0.0	0.3	0.0	0.75	0.1	0

1952	27	NYG	NL	2.2	0.2	14	0.1	0.2	-0.2	.60	0.4	-0.2	2.0	0.2	0.98	3.4	0
1953	28	NYG	NL	-1.8	-0.2	6	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.47	-0.1	-0.0	-1.8	-0.2	1.01	-1.8	0
4 Yrs				0.4	0.1	22	0.0	0.2	-0.2	.52	0.2	-0.2	0.4	0.1	0.96	1.7	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1950	25	TOT	AL	0	0	0%	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1950	25	DET	AL	0	0	0%	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1952	27	NYG	NL	0	0	40%	3	0	1	0%	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1953	28	NYG	NL	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4 Yrs				0	0	29%	3	0	1	0%	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1950	25	TOT	AL	2	100%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1950	25	DET	AL	2	100%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0

1952	27	NYG	NL	12	75%	4			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0%	3	0	0%	11	3	27%	2	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
1953	28	NYG	NL	6	33%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	4	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
4 Yrs				20	65%	4			0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		5	0	0%	4	0	0%	16	3	19%	2	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
MLB Averages					51%																			159%			19%			33%			15%			51%			55%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	HBP
1945	20	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	51	0	1
1946	21	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	51	0	1
1947	22	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	51	0	1
1948	23	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	51	0	1
1949	24	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	51	0	1
1950	25	6	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	43	0	1
1951	26	6	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	43	0	1
1952	27	17	16	13	2	4	2	2	3	1	2	5	.308	.438	.769	1.207	226	10	1
1953	28	25	22	19	2	4	2	2	3	1	2	10	.211	.318	.526	.844	123	10	1

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1945	20	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	2

1950	25	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	4

1952	27	11	12	11	2	4	2	2	0	3	0	1	5	.364	.417	.909	1.326	4	11
1953	28	8	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	8
4 Yrs		25	22	19	2	4	2	2	0	3	0	2	10	.211	.318	.526	.844	4	25
162 Game Avg.		162	143	123	13	26	13	13	0	19	0	13	65	.211	.318	.526	.844	26	25

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Youngest s c a p y 1945 AL born 1925-06-29 (7th)

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1945 AL born 1925-06-29 (7th)

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