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Bill Dailey

William Garland Dailey

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: March 13, 1935 in Arlington, VA
Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent in 1953. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 17, 1961
Teams (by GP): Twins/Indians 1961-1964

Final Game: June 9, 1964
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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
1953	18	CLE-min	C	6	1	.857	3.07	13	12					88.0	69	31	30	4	49								1.341	7.1	0.4	5.0			SBK · PROV
1954	19	CLE-min	C	1	2	.333	3.26	12	7					47.0	43	22	17	2	29								1.532	8.2	0.4	5.6			FMH · NORL
1955	20	CLE-min	B	17	4	.810	2.52	28	21					164.0	120	57	46	13	60								1.098	6.6	0.7	3.3			KEK · IIIL
1956	21	CLE-min	AA	15	8	.652	3.18	30	29					215.0	209	89	76	11	72								1.307	8.7	0.5	3.0			MOB · SOUA
1957	22	CLE-min	AA,Opn	9	8	.529	3.07	28	20		2	0		149.1	135	57	51	11	60		32	1	1	0			1.306	8.1	0.7	3.6	1.9	0.53	MOB,SDG · SOUA,PCL
1958	23	CLE-min	AA,AAA	7	7	.500	3.79	45	12					102.0	100	47	43	8	44								1.412	8.8	0.7	3.9			MOB,SDG · SOUA,PCL
1959	24	CLE-ATL-min	AA,AAA	12	5	.706	2.87	39	20		9	3		191.0	180	67	61	9	61	5	132	1	0	2			1.262	8.5	0.4	2.9	6.2	2.16	MOB,SAC · SOUA,PCL
1960	25	CLE-min	AA	13	13	.500	3.66	45	25					204.0	174	95	83	15	90								1.294	7.7	0.7	4.0			MOB · SOUA
1961	26	CLE-min	AAA	8	8	.500	3.10	24	23					174.0	152	70	60	11	57								1.201	7.9	0.6	2.9			SLC · PCL
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	421	1.158	7.6	0.0	2.8	3.3	1.17
1962	27	CLE/CHC-min	AAA	10	4	.714	3.14	18	16		9	0		126.0	125	52	44	7	35	4	81	1	0	3			1.270	8.9	0.5	2.5	5.8	2.31	SLC · PCL
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	108	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	183	0.911	6.6	0.7	1.6	6.0	3.79	MVP-23
1964	29	MIN-min	AAA	0	0		9.00	1	0		0	0		1.0	1	1	1	0	3	1	0	0	0	1			4.000	9.0	0.0	27.0	0.0	0.00	ATA · IL
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	45	2.609	13.5	1.8	10.0	3.5	0.35
4 Yrs				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	132	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	141	1.330	8.6	0.0	3.4	4.5	1.35

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
1961	26	CLE	AL	19.0	12	0	4	1.89	4.63	0.09	-0.19	97.8	4.26	5	0.5	.6	-0.1	0.6	7	.545	.503	$
1962	27	CLE	AL	42.2	27	0	18	3.80	4.57	0.21	-0.19	97.4	4.07	2	0.2	.9	-0.1	0.5	5	.507	.501	$
1963	28	MIN	AL	108.2	66	0	26	2.15	4.08	0.21	-0.17	100.0	3.70	20	2.3	1.6	0.4	3.5	28	.535	.514	$	MVP-23
1964	29	MIN	AL	15.1	14	0	16	9.39	4.28	0.11	-0.17	100.4	4.01	-9	-0.9	1.6	-0.3	-1.1	-8	.432	.494	$
4 Seasons				185.2	119	0	64	3.10	4.27	0.19	-0.18	99.2	3.87	18	2.1	1.3	-0.1	3.5	32	.517	.503	$

MIN (2 yrs)				124.0	80	0	42	3.05	4.10	0.19	-0.17	100.0	3.74	11	1.3	1.6	0.1	2.4	20	.517	.504	$
CLE (2 yrs)				61.2	39	0	22	3.21	4.59	0.17	-0.19	97.5	4.12	7	0.7	.8	-0.2	1.1	12	.519	.502	$

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
1961	26	CLE	AL	12	74	69	4	16	1	1	0	1	1	6	7	.232	.289	.275	.565	.254	19	1	0	0	1	1	3
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	3
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	7
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	0
4 Yrs				119	759	674	64	162	19	3	12	7	4	59	109	.240	.304	.331	.635	.267	223	20	6	14	8	12	13
162 Game Avg.				68	434	385	37	93	11	2	7	4	2	34	62	.240	.304	.331	.635	.267	127	11	3	8	5	7	7
MLB Averages																.253	.319	.385	.704	.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
1961	26	CLE	AL	5.8	0.6	81	0.2	0.8	-0.5	.46	0.3	0.3	2.7	0.3	0.48	3.1	2	0	10
1962	27	CLE	AL	2.0	0.2	193	-0.3	1.9	-2.2	.68	0.1	-0.6	3.9	0.4	0.68	4.4	7	1	18
1963	28	MIN	AL	20.7	2.2	429	2.1	9.2	-7.0	1.19	2.3	-0.5	24.1	2.6	1.19	23.2	27	12	26
1964	29	MIN	AL	-7.9	-0.8	89	-2.0	1.5	-3.6	1.45	-0.9	-0.5	-12.1	-1.2	1.44	-12.2	8	0	6
4 Yrs				20.6	2.2	792	0.0	13.4	-13.4	1.02	1.8	-1.8	18.4	2.0	1.02	18.6	44	13	60

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1961	26	CLE	AL	12	12	10	1	0	0	0	0		0	7	4	57%	8	.456	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	28	13	46%	7	.679	7	1	18	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	57	18	32%	8	1.187	27	12	26	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	5	4	80%	8	1.454	8	0	6	5	2	7	3	11	5	5	5	2	3.3
4 Yrs				119	119	75	10	7	33	22	11	67%	35	97	39	40%		1.021	44	13	60	36	18	65	52	67	64	28	64	34	4.7

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1961	26	CLE	AL	76	57%	0.0%	9.5%	8.1%	2.7%	13%	1.65	85%	15	1	7%
1962	27	CLE	AL	186	67%	0.0%	12.9%	9.1%	2.7%	12%	1.91	75%	39	6	15%
1963	28	MIN	AL	415	63%	2.2%	17.4%	4.6%	4.6%	24%	1.43	74%	75	8	11%
1964	29	MIN	AL	84	60%	3.6%	7.1%	20.2%	9.5%	35%	3.44	62%	31	5	16%
4 Yrs				761	63%	1.6%	14.4%	7.8%	4.5%	21%	1.67	74%	160	20	13%
MLB Averages					49%	2.3%	14.8%	8.4%	6.5%	29%	1.07	73%			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
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	1	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 Yrs				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	3	1	26	2
MLB Averages																		51%							63%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1961	26	1	0	1.000	0.95	12	10	0	19.0	16	4	2	0	6	1	7	0	2	76	421	1.158	7.6	0.0	2.8	3.3	1.17	421
1962	27	3	2	.600	2.77	39	26	1	61.2	59	22	19	0	23	5	31	2	4	262	141	1.330	8.6	0.0	3.4	4.5	1.35	141
1963	28	9	5	.643	2.27	105	69	22	170.1	139	48	43	9	42	10	103	2	6	676	165	1.063	7.3	0.5	2.2	5.4	2.45	165
1964	29	10	7	.588	2.76	119	75	22	185.2	162	64	57	12	59	12	109	6	9	760	135	1.190	7.9	0.6	2.9	5.3	1.85	135

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
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	11.25	12.0	24	17	15	3	18	5	4	3.500	18.0	13.5	3.8	0.28	2.3	14
4 Yrs		12	6	.667	3.09	175.0	166	67	60	12	61	104	6	1.297	8.5		5.3	1.70	0.6	119

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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 (1497th)	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)
Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y 1963 AL 21 (8th)	Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y 1963 AL 2.2 (8th)	Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y 1963 AL 24.07 (8th)	Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y 1963 AL 2.3 (9th)
Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y 1963 AL 2.6 (8th)

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray Ink	Pitching - 4 (1998), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 5 (1306), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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