Bill Dawley

William Chester Dawley

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5", Weight: 235 lb.

Born: February 6, 1958 in Norwich, CT
High School: Griwold HS (Lisbon, CT)
Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 7th round of the 1976 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 15, 1983
Teams (by GP): Astros/Cardinals/WhiteSox/Phillies/Athletics 1983-1989

Final Game: July 4, 1989
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All-Star

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	IBB	Pos	Awards
1976	18	CIN-min	Rk																										BIL · PION
1977	19	CIN-min	A	27	6	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.200	.333	.200	.533		1		0	0	0			TAM · FLOR
1978	20	CIN-min	AA	27	20	17	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	.118	.167	.118	.284		2		0	2	0			NVL · SOUL
1979	21	CIN-min	AA	24	50	41	5	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	4	14	.098	.178	.122	.300		5		0	5	0			NVL · SOUL
1980	22	CIN-min	AA,AAA	32	36	31	0	3	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	8	.097	.097	.161	.258		5		0	5	0			WBY,INA · EL,AA
1981	23	CIN-min	AAA	26	49	45	3	13	0	0	1	7	0	0	0	15	.289	.304	.356	.660		16		1	3	0	0		INA · AA
1982	24	CIN-min	AAA	30	69	61	4	12	3	1	0	5	1	0	1	16	.197	.222	.279	.501		17		1	6	0	0		INA · AA
1983	25	HOU	NL	48	9	9	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.222	.222	.222	.444	28	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	AS
1984	26	HOU	NL	60	11	9	2	3	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	3	.333	.333	.556	.889	156	5	0	0	2	0	0	1
1985	27	HOU	NL	49	11	10	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.200	.273	.200	.473	36	2	0	0	0	0	0	1
1986	28	CHW	AL	46	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1987	29	STL	NL	60	15	12	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	.167	.286	.167	.452	23	2	0	0	1	0	0	1
1988	30	PHI-min	AAA	22	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000		0		0	0	0	0		MAI · IL
1988	30	PHI	NL	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1989	31	OAK-MIL-min	AAA	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		TAC,DEN · PCL,AA
1989	31	OAK	AL	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
7 Yrs				275	48	42	4	9	0	1	0	5	0	0	3	11	.214	.267	.262	.529	48	11	0	0	3	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	28	25	2	5	0	1	0	3	0	0	2	6	.214	.267	.262	.529	48	6	0	0	2	0	0

HOU (3 yrs)				157	31	28	3	7	0	1	0	4	0	0	1	9	.250	.276	.321	.597	71	9	0	0	2	0	0
PHI (1 yr)				8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
STL (1 yr)				60	15	12	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	.167	.286	.167	.452	23	2	0	0	1	0	0
OAK (1 yr)				4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
CHW (1 yr)				46	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0

NL (5 yrs)				225	46	40	4	9	0	1	0	5	0	0	3	11	.225	.279	.275	.554	56	11	0	0	3	0	0
AL (2 yrs)				50	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	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	Awards
1983	25	HOU	NL	48	9	-1	-0	0	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	1	$	1	AS
1984	26	HOU	NL	60	11	1	0	0	0	1	2	0.2	0	2	0.2	.503	.501	0.2	0.1	2	$	1
1985	27	HOU	NL	49	11	-0	-0	0	0	1	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.502	.501	0.1	0.0	1	$295,000	1
1986	28	CHW	AL	46	2	-1	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.499	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	1
1987	29	STL	NL	60	15	-1	0	0	0	2	2	0.2	0	2	0.2	.503	.501	0.2	0.0	2	$275,000	1
1988	30	PHI	NL	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
1989	31	OAK	AL	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$100,000	/1
7 Seasons				275	48	-2	-0	0	0	6	4	0.5	2	6	0.5	.502	.500	0.5	0.2	6	$670,000

HOU (3 yrs)				157	31	-0	-0	0	0	4	3	0.3	1	4	0.3	.502	.501	0.3	0.1	4	$295,000
PHI (1 yr)				8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$
STL (1 yr)				60	15	-1	0	0	0	2	2	0.2	0	2	0.2	.503	.501	0.2	0.0	2	$275,000
OAK (1 yr)				4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$100,000
CHW (1 yr)				46	2	-1	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.499	.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
1983	25	HOU	NL	9	7	0	0.0	91	.333	.222	.255	.222	.322	.222	.378	.444	.700	28	.000	-0.9	-0.1	.286	.000	.000
1984	26	HOU	NL	11	8	2	6.7	87	.500	.333	.254	.333	.317	.556	.369	.889	.687	156	.705	0.5	0.0	.833	.222	.222
1985	27	HOU	NL	11	8	1	3.4	92	.286	.200	.256	.273	.324	.200	.382	.473	.706	36	.400	-0.8	-0.1	.375	.100	.000
1986	28	CHW	AL	2	2	0	0.0	104	.000	.000	.266	.000	.334	.000	.415	.000	.750	-100	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1987	29	STL	NL	15	11	1	2.4	108	.200	.167	.271	.286	.341	.167	.423	.452	.764	23	.228	-1.3	-0.1	.400	.167	.000
7 Yrs				48	36	4	3.0	96	.290	.214	.260	.267	.328	.262	.392	.529	.720	48	.330	-3.2	-0.3	.424	.119	.048
162 Game Avg.				28	21	2	3.0	96	.290	.214	.260	.267	.328	.262	.392	.529	.720	48	.330	-3.2	-0.3	.424	.119	.048

HOU (3 yrs)				31	23	3	3.5	90	.368	.250	.255	.276	.321	.321	.377	.597	.698	71	.418	-1.3	-0.1	.476	.107	.071
STL (1 yr)				15	11	1	2.4	108	.200	.167	.271	.286	.341	.167	.423	.452	.764	23	.228	-1.3	-0.1	.400	.167	.000
CHW (1 yr)				2	2	0	0.0	104	.000	.000	.266	.000	.334	.000	.415	.000	.750	-100	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.000	.000	.000

NL (5 yrs)				46	34	4	3.2	95	.310	.225	.260	.279	.328	.275	.390	.554	.718	56	.355	-2.6	-0.3	.452	.125	.050
AL (2 yrs)				2	2	0	0.0	104	.000	.000	.266	.000	.334	.000	.415	.000	.750	-100	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.000	.000	.000

All-Star Batting

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	GS	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1983	HOU	NL	25		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB
1983	25	HOU	NL	9	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		3.0		9.0			67%
1984	26	HOU	NL	11	0.0%	27.3%	0.0%	9.1%	33%		3.0		3.0		0.50	55%
1985	27	HOU	NL	11	0.0%	27.3%	9.1%	0.0%	0%	3.00	3.3				0.33	64%
1986	28	CHW	AL	2	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%								100%
1987	29	STL	NL	15	0.0%	13.3%	13.3%	0.0%	0%	1.00	6.0		12.0		2.00	67%
7 Yrs				48	0.0%	22.9%	6.3%	2.1%	11%	3.67	3.8		8.4		1.75	65%
MLB Averages					2.2%	14.6%	8.5%	6.8%	29%	1.71	6.1	40.6	8.4	0.81	1.07	73%	20%	6.8%	29%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1983	25	HOU	NL	-0.9	-0.1	9	0.1	0.2	-0.1	1.02	-0.0	0.1	1.0	0.1	0.99	0.1	0
1984	26	HOU	NL	0.5	0.0	11	0.2	0.3	-0.1	.98	0.1	0.1	3.3	0.4	1.18	2.3	0
1985	27	HOU	NL	-0.8	-0.1	11	-0.0	0.1	-0.1	.54	-0.0	0.0	-0.8	-0.1	0.95	-0.2	0
1986	28	CHW	AL	-0.6	-0.1	2	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.67	-0.1	0.0	-0.8	-0.1	1.21	-0.6	0
1987	29	STL	NL	-1.3	-0.1	16	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	.86	-0.1	-0.1	-1.4	-0.1	1.13	-0.6	0
1988	30	PHI	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1989	31	OAK	AL	0.0	0.0
7 Yrs				-3.2	-0.3	49	0.1	0.7	-0.6	.83	-0.0	0.2	1.4	0.2	1.08	0.9	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1983	25	HOU	NL	0	0%	6	1	0	0%	2	2	0	0	0	0
1984	26	HOU	NL	0	67%	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0
1985	27	HOU	NL	1	33%	5	0	0	33%	2	1	1	1	1	0
1986	28	CHW	AL	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0
1987	29	STL	NL	1	25%	10	1	1	25%	3	3	0	1	0	1
7 Yrs				2	33%	24	2	1	22%	7	6	1	2	1	1

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
1983	25	HOU	NL	9	33%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		8	1	13%	0	0		1	1	100%	0
1984	26	HOU	NL	11	36%	3			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	1	0	0%	2	0	0%	12	3	25%	1	0	0%	2	2	100%	0
1985	27	HOU	NL	11	27%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	2	0	0%	6	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1986	28	CHW	AL	2	50%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		2	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1987	29	STL	NL	15	33%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	33%	4	0	0%	5	1	20%	16	1	6%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
7 Yrs				48	33%	9			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	3	50%	8	0	0%	9	1	11%	44	5	11%	2	0	0%	3	3	100%	0
MLB Averages					60%																			77%			11%			35%			15%			52%			55%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	3B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	SH
1983	25	48	9	9	0	2	0	1	0	3	.222	.222	.222	.444	28	2	0
1984	26	108	20	18	2	5	1	4	0	6	.278	.278	.389	.667	91	7	2
1985	27	157	31	28	3	7	1	4	1	9	.250	.276	.321	.597	71	9	2
1986	28	203	33	30	3	7	1	4	1	9	.233	.258	.300	.558	59	9	2
1987	29	263	48	42	4	9	1	5	3	11	.214	.267	.262	.529	48	11	3
1988	30	271	48	42	4	9	1	5	3	11	.214	.267	.262	.529	48	11	3
1989	31	275	48	42	4	9	1	5	3	11	.214	.267	.262	.529	48	11	3

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	3B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1983	25	48	10	10	0	3	0	2	0	3	.300	.300	.300	.600	1	48
1984	26	60	11	9	2	3	1	4	0	3	.333	.333	.556	.889	2	60
1985	27	49	13	11	2	3	0	0	2	3	.273	.385	.273	.657	1	49
1986	28	46	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	46
1987	29	60	17	13	2	3	0	2	3	2	.231	.375	.231	.606	1	60
5 Yrs		263	53	45	6	12	1	8	5	11	.267	.340	.311	.651	5	263
162 Game Avg.		162	33	28	4	7	1	5	3	7	.267	.340	.311	.651	3	263

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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All-Star Games 1983 *

All-Star Games
1983 *

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