Bill Currie

William Cleveland Currie

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

Born: November 29, 1928 in Leary, GA (All Transactions)
Debut: April 13, 1955
Team: Senators 1955

Final Game: April 30, 1955
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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
1950	21	WAY	D	15	11	.577	3.77	39						272.0	245	146	114		129								1.375	8.1		4.3			WAY · GAFL
1951	22	MBE	B	5	7	.417	4.26	34						131.0	135	66	62	5	66								1.534	9.3	0.3	4.5			MBE · FLIN
1952	23	ATL-min	AA	9	11	.450	4.48	33	25					183.0	194	101	91		59								1.383	9.5		2.9			ATA · SOUA
1953	24	FTL	B	16	8	.667	2.94	40	26					211.0	188	91	69	15	85								1.294	8.0	0.6	3.6			FTL · FLIN
1954	25	MIN-min	AA	16	10	.615	3.82	34	28					191.0	184	92	81	23	70								1.330	8.7	1.1	3.3			CNG · SOUA
1955	26	MIN-min	AA	8	6	.571	3.14	29	16					132.0	116	63	46	11	46								1.227	7.9	0.8	3.1			CNG · SOUA
1955	26	WSH	AL	0	0		12.46	3	0	1	0	0	0	4.1	7	7	6	3	2	0	2	1	0	1	24	34	2.077	14.5	6.2	4.2	4.2	1.00
1956	27	CHC-MIN-min	AA,AAA	8	7	.533	4.95	26	12		1	0		111.0	118	41	61	6	51	0	31	3	1	3			1.523	9.6	0.5	4.1	2.5	0.61	TUL,CNG,LOU · TL,SOUA,AA
1957	28	CIN-PHI-min	A,AA	9	6	.600	3.06	29	21					153.0	128	59	52	15	60								1.229	7.5	0.9	3.5			SAV,TUL · SALL,TL
1958	29	CIN-min	A	4	4	.500	3.96	24	6					75.0	71	42	33	8	36								1.427	8.5	1.0	4.3			SAV · SALL
1959	30	PHI-CHW-min	AA,A	2	2	.500	4.57	23	5		0	0		63.0	68	41	32	10	31	3	35	4	0	2			1.571	9.7	1.4	4.4	5.0	1.13	MEM,AVL,CHS · SOUA,SALL
1 Yr				0	0		12.46	3	0	1	0	0	0	4.1	7	7	6	3	2	0	2	1	0	1	24	34	2.077	14.5	6.2	4.2	4.2	1.00
162 Game Avg.				0	0		12.46	68	0	23	0	0	0	97	159	159	136	68	45	0	45	23	0	23	544	34	2.077	14.5	6.2	4.2	4.2	1.00

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	Awards
1955	26	WSH	AL	4.1	3	0	7	14.54	4.59	-0.63	0.00	90.8	4.74	-5	-0.4	.5	0.1	-0.3	-4	.356	.497	$
1 Season				4.1	3	0	7	14.54	4.59	-0.63	0.00	90.8	4.74	-5	-0.4	.5	0.1	-0.3	-4	.356	.497	$

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
1955	26	WSH	AL	3	24	20	7	7	0	0	3	1	0	2	2	.350	.435	.800	1.235	.267	16	0	1	1	0	0	1
1 Yr				3	24	20	7	7	0	0	3	1	0	2	2	.350	.435	.800	1.235	.267	16	0	1	1	0	0	1
162 Game Avg.				68	544	453	159	159	0	0	68	23	0	45	45	.350	.435	.800	1.235	.267	363	0	23	23	0	0	23
MLB Averages																.259	.332	.391	.723	.272

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1955	26	WSH	AL	-4.0	-0.4	26	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	.14	-0.4	-0.2	-4.4	-0.4	0.14	-5.1	0	1	2
1 Yr				-4.0	-0.4	26	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	.14	-0.4	-0.2	-4.4	-0.4	0.14	-5.1	0	1	2

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
1955	26	WSH	AL	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	4	1	25%	3	.136	0	1	2	0	0	3	2	1	2	1	2	0	4.3
1 Yr				3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	4	1	25%		.136	0	1	2	0	0	3	2	1	2	1	2	0	4.3

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1955	26	WSH	AL	24	71%	12.5%	8.3%	8.3%	12.5%	43%	1.75	63%	7	0	0%
1 Yr				24	71%	12.5%	8.3%	8.3%	12.5%	43%	1.75	63%	7	0	0%
MLB Averages					50%	2.5%	12.2%	10.2%	6.7%	28%	0.94	80%			10%

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
1955	26	WSH	AL	24	7			3	0	3	1	2	0	3	3	1	2	33%	1	1	0	10	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
1 Yr				24	7			3	0	3	1	2	0	3	3	1	2	33%	1	1	0	10	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
MLB Averages																		51%							54%

Cumulative Pitching

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+
1955	26	0	0		12.46	3	0	1	0	0	0	4.1	7	7	6	3	2	0	2	1	0	1	24	34	2.077	14.5	6.2	4.2	4.2	1.00	34

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
1955	26	0	0		10.80	5.0	7	7	6	3	2	2	1	1.800	12.6	3.6	3.6	1.00	5.4	3
1 Yr		0	0		10.80	5.0	7	7	6	3	2	2	1	1.800	12.6		3.6	1.00	5.4	3

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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