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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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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
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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
1961 26 CLE AL 12 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1962 27 CLE AL 27 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1963 28 MIN AL 66 24 21 2 5 0 0 1 4 0 0 2 10 .238 .304 .381 .685 90 8 1 0 1 0 0 1 MVP-23
1964 29 MIN AL 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
4 Seasons 119 29 26 2 5 0 0 1 4 0 0 2 13 .192 .250 .308 .558 54 8 1 0 1 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 39 35 3 7 0 0 1 5 0 0 3 18 .192 .250 .308 .558 54 11 1 0 1 0 0
MIN (2 yrs) 80 24 21 2 5 0 0 1 4 0 0 2 10 .238 .304 .381 .685 90 8 1 0 1 0 0
CLE (2 yrs) 39 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1961 CLE AL 26 P 12 0 19.0 7 2 5 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 3.32 0.58 .957 2.04 0.83
1962 CLE AL 27 P 27 0 42.2 11 4 6 1 0 .909 0.0 0.0 2.11 0.37 .964 2.09 0.79
1963 MIN AL 28 P 66 0 108.2 40 4 32 4 0 .900 0.0 0.0 2.98 0.55 .957 1.99 0.79 MVP-23
1964 MIN AL 29 P 14 0 15.1 4 0 4 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 2.35 0.29 .950 1.88 0.72
4 Seasons P 119 0 185.2 62 10 47 5 1 .919 0.0 0.0 2.76 0.48 .958 2.01 0.79
4 Seasons TOT 119 0 185.2 62 10 47 5 1 .919 0.0 0.0 2.76 0.48 .877 2.01 0.79

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

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Gray InkPitching - 4 (2064), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 5 (1232), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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Transactions

Before 1953 Season: Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent.

April 8, 1963: Purchased by the Minnesota Twins from the Cleveland Indians.

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