Bill Dawley
William Chester Dawley
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 240 lb.

Born: February 6, 1958 in Norwich, CT
High School: Griwold (Lisbon, CT)
Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 7th round of the 1976 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 15, 1983
Final Game: July 4, 1989
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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
1983 25 HOU NL 6 6 .500 2.82 48 0 37 0 0 14 79.2 51 26 25 9 22 4 60 1 0 1 304 120 0.916 5.8 1.0 2.5 6.8 2.73 AS
1984 26 HOU NL 11 4 .733 1.93 60 0 27 0 0 5 98.0 82 24 21 5 35 9 47 0 1 2 402 171 1.194 7.5 0.5 3.2 4.3 1.34
1985 27 HOU NL 5 3 .625 3.56 49 0 19 0 0 2 81.0 76 35 32 7 37 7 48 0 0 2 347 97 1.395 8.4 0.8 4.1 5.3 1.30
1986 28 CHW AL 0 7 .000 3.32 46 0 23 0 0 2 97.2 91 38 36 10 28 3 66 1 0 5 405 131 1.218 8.4 0.9 2.6 6.1 2.36
1987 29 STL NL 5 8 .385 4.47 60 0 17 0 0 2 96.2 93 51 48 15 38 11 65 1 1 4 406 93 1.355 8.7 1.4 3.5 6.1 1.71
1988 30 PHI NL 0 2 .000 13.50 8 0 1 0 0 0 8.2 16 13 13 3 4 1 3 0 0 2 47 26 2.308 16.6 3.1 4.2 3.1 0.75
1989 31 OAK AL 0 0 4.00 4 0 2 0 0 0 9.0 11 5 4 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 41 92 1.444 11.0 0.0 2.0 3.0 1.50
7 Seasons 27 30 .474 3.42 275 0 126 0 0 25 470.2 420 192 179 49 166 35 292 4 2 16 1952 110 1.245 8.0 0.9 3.2 5.6 1.76
162 Game Avg. 7 7 .474 3.42 68 0 31 0 0 6 116 104 47 44 12 41 9 72 1 0 4 483 110 1.245 8.0 0.9 3.2 5.6 1.76
HOU (3 yrs) 22 13 .629 2.71 157 0 83 0 0 21 258.2 209 85 78 21 94 20 155 1 1 5 1053 124 1.171 7.3 0.7 3.3 5.4 1.65
PHI (1 yr) 0 2 .000 13.50 8 0 1 0 0 0 8.2 16 13 13 3 4 1 3 0 0 2 47 26 2.308 16.6 3.1 4.2 3.1 0.75
STL (1 yr) 5 8 .385 4.47 60 0 17 0 0 2 96.2 93 51 48 15 38 11 65 1 1 4 406 93 1.355 8.7 1.4 3.5 6.1 1.71
OAK (1 yr) 0 0 4.00 4 0 2 0 0 0 9.0 11 5 4 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 41 92 1.444 11.0 0.0 2.0 3.0 1.50
CHW (1 yr) 0 7 .000 3.32 46 0 23 0 0 2 97.2 91 38 36 10 28 3 66 1 0 5 405 131 1.218 8.4 0.9 2.6 6.1 2.36
NL (5 yrs) 27 23 .540 3.44 225 0 101 0 0 23 364.0 318 149 139 39 136 32 223 2 2 11 1506 104 1.247 7.9 1.0 3.4 5.5 1.64
AL (2 yrs) 0 7 .000 3.38 50 0 25 0 0 2 106.2 102 43 40 10 30 3 69 2 0 5 446 127 1.238 8.6 0.8 2.5 5.8 2.30

All-Star Pitching

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Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1983 HOU NL 25 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 0.750 6.8 0.0 0.0 6.8

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
1983 25 HOU NL 48 304 276 26 51 7 1 9 1 3 22 60 .185 .247 .315 .563 .203 87 5 1 5 0 4
1984 26 HOU NL 60 402 351 24 82 13 4 5 4 3 35 47 .234 .298 .336 .635 .252 118 9 0 10 6 9
1985 27 HOU NL 49 346 293 35 76 12 0 7 4 2 37 48 .259 .338 .372 .710 .285 109 8 0 12 4 7
1986 28 CHW AL 46 405 368 38 91 13 1 10 6 3 28 66 .247 .300 .370 .670 .275 136 4 1 5 3 3
1987 29 STL NL 60 406 359 51 93 22 2 15 6 5 38 65 .259 .330 .457 .787 .278 164 6 1 6 2 11
1988 30 PHI NL 8 47 42 13 16 2 0 3 2 0 4 3 .381 .426 .643 1.068 .351 27 0 0 0 1 1
1989 31 OAK AL 4 41 37 5 11 1 1 0 1 0 2 3 .297 .341 .378 .720 .314 14 1 1 0 1 0
7 Seasons 275 1951 1726 192 420 70 9 49 24 16 166 292 .243 .308 .379 .688 .265 655 33 4 38 17 35
162 Game Avg. 68 482 427 47 104 17 2 12 6 4 41 72 .243 .308 .379 .688 .265 162 8 1 9 4 9
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
1983 25 HOU NL 48 48 37 6 6 16 14 2 88% 16 0 31 10 32% 8 1.543 29 7 11 19 16 13 18 30 26 8 27 3 5.0
1984 26 HOU NL 60 60 27 11 4 10 5 5 50% 12 2 43 18 42% 8 1.501 32 14 14 16 17 27 22 38 37 13 38 9 4.9
1985 27 HOU NL 49 49 19 5 3 3 2 1 67% 9 6 34 19 56% 7 1.134 14 13 22 15 6 28 18 31 30 9 31 5 5.0
1986 28 CHW AL 46 46 23 0 7 4 2 2 50% 8 4 51 11 22% 7 0.932 12 13 20 14 5 27 29 17 32 6 35 5 6.4
1987 29 STL NL 60 60 17 5 8 7 2 5 29% 17 9 49 22 45% 7 1.049 24 17 19 20 9 31 29 31 35 16 41 16 4.8
1988 30 PHI NL 8 8 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 20% 6 0.535 1 3 4 0 1 7 3 5 3 3 4 1 3.3 19
1989 31 OAK AL 4 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 8 0.485 0 1 3 1 0 3 1 3 3 1 3 0 6.8 34
7 Seasons 275 275 126 27 30 40 25 15 63% 62 21 215 83 39% 1.186 112 68 93 85 54 136 120 155 166 56 179 39 5.1 24

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%
1983 25 HOU NL 304 46% 3.0% 19.7% 7.2% 5.6% 33% 0.89 68% 44 5 11%
1984 26 HOU NL 402 44% 1.2% 11.7% 8.7% 5.5% 27% 0.62 76% 83 9 11%
1985 27 HOU NL 347 44% 2.0% 13.9% 10.7% 5.5% 25% 0.84 70% 74 8 11%
1986 28 CHW AL 405 41% 2.5% 16.3% 6.9% 5.9% 26% 0.56 73% 81 4 5%
1987 29 STL NL 406 37% 3.7% 16.0% 9.4% 9.6% 42% 0.83 69% 63 6 10%
1988 30 PHI NL 47 40% 6.4% 6.4% 8.5% 10.6% 31% 0.86 0.60 79% 20% 30.0% 52% 7 0 0%
1989 31 OAK AL 41 49% 0.0% 7.3% 4.9% 4.9% 18% 0.52 0.50 85% 29% 0.0% 13% 10 1 10%
7 Seasons 1952 42% 2.5% 15.0% 8.5% 6.6% 31% 0.68 0.72 72% 24% 10.0% 32% 362 33 9%
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
1988 30 PHI NL 47 155 3.30 96 63% 21% 8% 29% 42% 79% 7% 49% 89% 65% 9% 4 2 26% 12 8 1 33% 2 1 0 2 0
1989 31 OAK AL 41 137 3.34 86 63% 19% 13% 28% 41% 81% 0% 51% 84% 54% 5% 2 0 7% 3 1 1 33% 0 2 0 0 0
2 Seasons 88 292 3.32 182 63% 20% 10% 29% 41% 80% 4% 50% 87% 60% 7% 6 2 17% 15 9 2 33% 2 3 0 2 0
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
1983 25 HOU NL 304 51 9 0 9 4 5 1 8 10 4 1 40% 2 1 0 102 1 3 25% 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1984 26 HOU NL 402 82 5 0 16 4 1 2 3 24 12 2 50% 5 2 0 164 4 3 57% 4 3 0 0 0 0 3 1 14 0
1985 27 HOU NL 347 76 7 0 15 4 3 4 3 32 18 4 56% 3 2 1 136 4 2 67% 4 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 8 0
1986 28 CHW AL 405 91 10 1 12 4 6 4 6 28 13 4 46% 6 5 2 162 6 3 67% 5 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 11 0
1987 29 STL NL 406 93 15 0 11 12 3 6 9 23 9 7 39% 3 4 0 155 6 5 55% 5 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 11 0
1988 30 PHI NL 47 16 3 0 3 0 2 3 0 2 1 4 2 0 50% 0 2 0 19 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1989 31 OAK AL 41 11 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 50% 1 0 0 20 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
7 Seasons 1952 420 6 0 49 1 65 31 18 19 30 125 60 18 48% 20 16 3 758 24 16 60% 22 14 2 0 0 2 6 1 48 0
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+
1983 25 6 6 .500 2.82 48 0 37 0 0 14 79.2 51 26 25 9 22 4 60 1 0 1 304 120 0.916 5.8 1.0 2.5 6.8 2.73 120
1984 26 17 10 .630 2.33 108 0 64 0 0 19 177.2 133 50 46 14 57 13 107 1 1 3 706 143 1.069 6.7 0.7 2.9 5.4 1.88 143
1985 27 22 13 .629 2.71 157 0 83 0 0 21 258.2 209 85 78 21 94 20 155 1 1 5 1053 124 1.171 7.3 0.7 3.3 5.4 1.65 124
1986 28 22 20 .524 2.88 203 0 106 0 0 23 356.1 300 123 114 31 122 23 221 2 1 10 1458 127 1.184 7.6 0.8 3.1 5.6 1.81 127
1987 29 27 28 .491 3.22 263 0 123 0 0 25 453.0 393 174 162 46 160 34 286 3 2 14 1864 117 1.221 7.8 0.9 3.2 5.7 1.79 117
1988 30 27 30 .474 3.41 271 0 124 0 0 25 461.2 409 187 175 49 164 35 289 3 2 16 1911 110 1.241 8.0 1.0 3.2 5.6 1.76 110
1989 31 27 30 .474 3.42 275 0 126 0 0 25 470.2 420 192 179 49 166 35 292 4 2 16 1952 110 1.245 8.0 0.9 3.2 5.6 1.76 110

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
1983 25 5 3 .625 3.53 74.0 56 32 29 10 24 56 1 1.081 6.8 2.9 6.8 2.33 1.2 48
1984 26 7 3 .700 2.47 91.0 90 28 25 5 38 44 0 1.407 8.9 3.8 4.4 1.16 0.5 60
1985 27 4 4 .500 4.26 76.0 81 40 36 7 39 45 0 1.579 9.6 4.6 5.3 1.15 0.8 49
1986 28 6 4 .600 3.32 95.0 91 39 35 10 28 64 1 1.253 8.6 2.7 6.1 2.29 0.9 46
1987 29 4 6 .400 4.50 92.0 91 51 46 15 37 62 1 1.391 8.9 3.6 6.1 1.68 1.5 60
1988 30 0 0 16.88 8.0 18 17 15 3 4 3 0 2.750 20.3 4.5 3.4 0.75 3.4 8
1989 31 0 0 5.00 9.0 12 6 5 0 2 3 1 1.556 12.0 2.0 3.0 1.50 0.0 4
7 Seasons 26 20 .565 3.86 445.0 439 213 191 50 172 277 4 1.373 8.9 5.6 1.61 1.0 275

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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All-Star Games
1983 *

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 9 (981), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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