Bill Dailey
William Garland Dailey
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: May 13, 1935 in Arlington, VA
Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent in 1953. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 17, 1961
Final Game: June 9, 1964
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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
1961 26 CLE AL 1 0 1.000 0.95 12 0 10 0 0 0 19.0 16 4 2 0 6 1 7 0 0 2 76 416 1.158 7.6 0.0 2.8 3.3 1.17
1962 27 CLE AL 2 2 .500 3.59 27 0 16 0 0 1 42.2 43 18 17 0 17 4 24 2 0 2 186 107 1.406 9.1 0.0 3.6 5.1 1.41
1963 28 MIN AL 6 3 .667 1.99 66 0 43 0 0 21 108.2 80 26 24 9 19 5 72 0 0 2 414 184 0.911 6.6 0.7 1.6 6.0 3.79 MVP-23
1964 29 MIN AL 1 2 .333 8.22 14 0 6 0 0 0 15.1 23 16 14 3 17 2 6 4 0 3 84 44 2.609 13.5 1.8 10.0 3.5 0.35
4 Seasons 10 7 .588 2.76 119 0 75 0 0 22 185.2 162 64 57 12 59 12 109 6 0 9 760 135 1.190 7.9 0.6 2.9 5.3 1.85
162 Game Avg. 6 4 .588 2.76 68 0 43 0 0 13 106 93 37 33 7 34 7 62 3 0 5 434 135 1.190 7.9 0.6 2.9 5.3 1.85
MIN (2 yrs) 7 5 .583 2.76 80 0 49 0 0 21 124.0 103 42 38 12 36 7 78 4 0 5 498 133 1.121 7.5 0.9 2.6 5.7 2.17
CLE (2 yrs) 3 2 .600 2.77 39 0 26 0 0 1 61.2 59 22 19 0 23 5 31 2 0 4 262 140 1.330 8.6 0.0 3.4 4.5 1.35

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
1961 26 CLE AL 12 76 69 4 16 1 1 0 1 1 6 7 .232 .289 .275 .565 .254 19 1 0 0 1 1
1962 27 CLE AL 27 186 159 18 43 5 0 0 2 1 17 24 .270 .341 .302 .643 .309 48 6 2 4 4 4
1963 28 MIN AL 66 415 385 26 80 9 1 9 3 2 19 72 .208 .243 .306 .550 .231 118 8 0 8 3 5
1964 29 MIN AL 14 84 61 16 23 4 1 3 1 0 17 6 .377 .537 .623 1.160 .385 38 5 4 2 0 2
4 Seasons 119 761 674 64 162 19 3 12 7 4 59 109 .240 .304 .331 .635 .267 223 20 6 14 8 12
162 Game Avg. 68 435 385 37 93 11 2 7 4 2 34 62 .240 .304 .331 .635 .267 127 11 3 8 5 7
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
1961 26 CLE AL 12 12 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 4 57% 8 0.483 2 0 10 0 2 10 4 8 6 1 6 2 4.8
1962 27 CLE AL 27 27 16 2 2 2 1 1 50% 2 0 28 13 46% 7 0.703 7 2 17 3 4 20 13 14 14 5 14 8 4.7
1963 28 MIN AL 66 66 43 6 3 27 21 6 78% 28 0 57 18 32% 8 1.254 30 12 24 28 10 28 32 34 39 17 39 22 4.9
1964 29 MIN AL 14 14 6 1 2 4 0 4 0% 5 0 5 4 80% 8 1.473 8 0 6 5 2 7 3 11 5 5 5 2 3.3
4 Seasons 119 119 75 10 7 33 22 11 67% 35 0 97 39 40% 1.068 47 14 57 36 18 65 52 67 64 28 64 34 4.7

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%
1961 26 CLE AL 76 43% 0.0% 9.2% 7.9% 2.6% 13% 1.65 83% 15 1 7%
1962 27 CLE AL 186 33% 0.0% 12.9% 9.1% 2.7% 12% 1.91 75% 39 6 15%
1963 28 MIN AL 415 37% 2.2% 17.4% 4.6% 4.6% 24% 1.43 74% 75 8 11%
1964 29 MIN AL 84 40% 3.6% 7.1% 20.2% 9.5% 35% 3.44 62% 31 5 16%
4 Seasons 761 37% 1.6% 14.3% 7.8% 4.5% 21% 1.67 74% 160 20 13%
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
1961 26 CLE AL 74 16 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 67% 3 2 0 28 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 2
1962 27 CLE AL 186 43 0 0 13 0 0 0 0 24 13 3 54% 3 2 1 80 2 1 67% 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 11 0
1963 28 MIN AL 415 80 9 0 9 5 4 7 2 15 10 1 67% 7 2 1 155 3 2 60% 3 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 8 0
1964 29 MIN AL 84 23 3 0 5 2 1 2 1 12 7 1 58% 0 3 0 44 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
4 Seasons 759 162 12 0 30 7 5 9 3 54 32 5 59% 13 9 2 307 7 4 64% 6 4 0 0 1 0 4 1 26 2
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+
1961 26 1 0 1.000 0.95 12 0 10 0 0 0 19.0 16 4 2 0 6 1 7 0 0 2 76 416 1.158 7.6 0.0 2.8 3.3 1.17 416
1962 27 3 2 .600 2.77 39 0 26 0 0 1 61.2 59 22 19 0 23 5 31 2 0 4 262 140 1.330 8.6 0.0 3.4 4.5 1.35 140
1963 28 9 5 .643 2.27 105 0 69 0 0 22 170.1 139 48 43 9 42 10 103 2 0 6 676 165 1.063 7.3 0.5 2.2 5.4 2.45 165
1964 29 10 7 .588 2.76 119 0 75 0 0 22 185.2 162 64 57 12 59 12 109 6 0 9 760 135 1.190 7.9 0.6 2.9 5.3 1.85 135

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1961 26 2 0 1.000 1.00 18.0 16 2 2 0 6 7 0 1.222 8.0 3.0 3.5 1.17 0.0 12
1962 27 2 2 .500 3.73 41.0 43 19 17 0 17 23 2 1.463 9.4 3.7 5.0 1.35 0.0 27
1963 28 8 3 .727 2.25 104.0 83 29 26 9 20 69 0 0.990 7.2 1.7 6.0 3.45 0.8 66
1964 29 0 1 .000 10.38 13.0 23 17 15 3 17 5 4 3.077 15.9 11.8 3.5 0.29 2.1 14
4 Seasons 12 6 .667 3.07 176.0 165 67 60 12 60 104 6 1.278 8.4 5.3 1.73 0.6 119

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1963-AL-23-1%
0.01 Career Shares (1456th)

Games Played s c a p y
1963 AL--66--2nd

Saves s c a p y
1963 AL--21--3rd

Games Finished s c a p y
1963 AL--43--5th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 4 (1919), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 5 (1252), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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