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Bill Denehy

William Francis Denehy

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: March 31, 1946 in Middletown, CT
High School: Wilson HS (Middletown, CT)
Signed by the New York Mets as an amateur free agent in 1965. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 16, 1967
Teams (by GP): Tigers/Mets/Senators 1967-1971

Final Game: September 19, 1971
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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
1967 21 NYM NL 1 7 .125 4.70 15 8 1 0 0 0 53.2 51 38 28 8 29 2 35 0 0 6 240 73 1.491 8.6 1.3 4.9 5.9 1.21
1968 22 WSA AL 0 0 9.00 3 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 4 3 2 0 4 1 1 0 0 0 13 41 4.000 18.0 0.0 18.0 4.5 0.25
1971 25 DET AL 0 3 .000 4.22 31 1 10 0 0 1 49.0 47 25 23 4 28 0 27 4 0 1 224 86 1.531 8.6 0.7 5.1 5.0 0.96
3 Yrs 1 10 .091 4.56 49 9 11 0 0 1 104.2 102 66 53 12 61 3 63 4 0 7 477 77 1.557 8.8 1.0 5.2 5.4 1.03
162 Game Avg. 1 12 .091 4.56 57 11 13 0 0 1 123 120 77 62 14 72 4 74 5 0 8 559 77 1.557 8.8 1.0 5.2 5.4 1.03
NYM (1 yr) 1 7 .125 4.70 15 8 1 0 0 0 53.2 51 38 28 8 29 2 35 0 0 6 240 73 1.491 8.6 1.3 4.9 5.9 1.21
WSA (1 yr) 0 0 9.00 3 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 4 3 2 0 4 1 1 0 0 0 13 41 4.000 18.0 0.0 18.0 4.5 0.25
DET (1 yr) 0 3 .000 4.22 31 1 10 0 0 1 49.0 47 25 23 4 28 0 27 4 0 1 224 86 1.531 8.6 0.7 5.1 5.0 0.96
AL (2 yrs) 0 3 .000 4.41 34 1 10 0 0 1 51.0 51 28 25 4 32 1 28 4 0 1 237 82 1.627 9.0 0.7 5.6 4.9 0.88
NL (1 yr) 1 7 .125 4.70 15 8 1 0 0 0 53.2 51 38 28 8 29 2 35 0 0 6 240 73 1.491 8.6 1.3 4.9 5.9 1.21

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
1967 21 NYM NL 53.2 15 8 38 6.37 3.81 -0.22 -0.00 101.5 4.09 -14 -1.5 .8 -0.0 -1.0 -8 .399 .491 $8,000
1968 22 WSA AL 2.0 3 0 3 13.50 3.91 -0.64 -0.17 97.7 4.28 -2 -0.2 .4 0.1 -0.1 -2 .421 .499 $10,000
1971 25 DET AL 49.0 31 1 25 4.59 3.87 -0.05 -0.15 105.2 3.96 -3 -0.4 .6 -0.0 0.0 1 .488 .498 $
3 Seasons 104.2 49 9 66 5.68 3.84 -0.15 -0.07 103.2 4.03 -20 -2.1 .7 0.0 -1.1 -9 .456 .496 $18,000
NYM (1 yr) 53.2 15 8 38 6.37 3.81 -0.22 -0.00 101.5 4.09 -14 -1.5 .8 -0.0 -1.0 -8 .399 .491 $8,000
WSA (1 yr) 2.0 3 0 3 13.50 3.91 -0.64 -0.17 97.7 4.28 -2 -0.2 .4 0.1 -0.1 -2 .421 .499 $10,000
DET (1 yr) 49.0 31 1 25 4.59 3.87 -0.05 -0.15 105.2 3.96 -3 -0.4 .6 -0.0 0.0 1 .488 .498 $

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
1967 21 NYM NL 15 240 206 38 51 9 2 8 6 4 29 35 .248 .338 .427 .765 .261 88 2 0 3 2 2 5
1968 22 WSA AL 3 13 9 3 4 1 0 0 0 0 4 1 .444 .615 .556 1.171 .500 5 0 0 0 0 1 0
1971 25 DET AL 31 224 188 25 47 11 0 4 4 0 28 27 .250 .357 .372 .730 .272 70 3 4 3 1 0 1
3 Yrs 49 477 403 66 102 21 2 12 10 4 61 63 .253 .355 .404 .759 .272 163 5 4 6 3 3 6
162 Game Avg. 57 559 472 77 120 25 2 14 12 5 72 74 .253 .355 .404 .759 .272 191 6 5 7 4 4 7
MLB Averages .247 .314 .364 .679 .275

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1967 21 NYM NL -10.4 -1.1 257 -1.5 2.9 -4.4 .79 -0.9 -0.9 -17.1 -1.7 0.79 -11.7 2 1 4
1968 22 WSA AL -1.5 -0.2 13 -0.1 0.1 -0.1 .55 -0.1 0.0 -2.1 -0.2 0.55 -1.7 0 0 3
1971 25 DET AL -2.5 -0.3 229 -0.8 2.4 -3.1 .67 -0.5 -0.7 -7.3 -0.8 0.67 -5.4 5 2 19
3 Yrs -14.4 -1.5 499 -2.3 5.3 -7.6 .73 -1.6 -1.6 -26.5 -2.7 0.73 -18.9 7 3 26

Starting Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1967 21 NYM NL 15 8 1 7 0 1 2 1 7 .125 0 0 0 0 2 25% 42.2 61 23 8 2 3 4 1.0 1.8 4.8
1971 25 DET AL 31 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 37.0 37 37 17 4 0 1 1.0 3.0 3.3
2 Yrs 46 9 1 8 0 1 2 1 8 .111 0 0 0 0 2 22% 42 61 23 25 6 3 5 1.0 1.9 4.7
MLB Averages .500 57% 54 112 0 3.9 3.9 6.5

Reliever Pitching*

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
1967 21 NYM NL 15 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 80% 4 .788 2 1 4 0 2 5 2 5 5 0 5 0 6.4
1968 22 WSA AL 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 6 .552 0 0 3 0 0 3 1 2 1 2 1 0 2.0
1971 25 DET AL 31 30 10 0 2 1 1 0 100% 5 3 23 11 48% 8 .669 5 2 19 5 2 23 12 18 17 6 19 3 4.6
3 Yrs 49 40 11 0 2 1 1 0 100% 5 3 29 16 55% .726 7 3 26 5 4 31 15 25 23 8 25 3 4.7

Ratio Pitching*

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%
1967 21 NYM NL 240 59% 3.3% 14.6% 12.1% 7.9% 37% 0.84 69% 36 2 6%
1968 22 WSA AL 13 77% 0.0% 7.7% 30.8% 7.7% 25% 1.50 62% 3 0 0%
1971 25 DET AL 224 66% 1.8% 12.1% 12.5% 6.7% 32% 0.82 71% 44 3 7%
3 Yrs 477 62% 2.5% 13.2% 12.8% 7.3% 34% 0.84 69% 83 5 6%
MLB Averages 47% 2.0% 15.3% 8.6% 6.0% 27% 1.11 73% 11%

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
1967 21 NYM NL 240 51 8 0 6 6 2 6 2 16 8 3 50% 5 6 1 80 6 4 60% 6 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 9 0
1968 22 WSA AL 13 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 25 DET AL 224 47 4 0 15 4 0 3 1 19 6 1 32% 1 1 0 80 4 0 100% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
3 Yrs 477 102 12 0 21 10 2 9 3 35 14 4 40% 6 7 1 167 10 4 71% 10 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 12 0
MLB Averages 49% 62%

Cumulative Pitching

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+
1967 21 1 7 .125 4.70 15 8 1 0 0 0 53.2 51 38 28 8 29 2 35 0 0 6 240 73 1.491 8.6 1.3 4.9 5.9 1.21 73
1968 22 1 7 .125 4.85 18 8 1 0 0 0 55.2 55 41 30 8 33 3 36 0 0 6 253 70 1.581 8.9 1.3 5.3 5.8 1.09 70
1969 23 1 7 .125 4.85 18 8 1 0 0 0 55.2 55 41 30 8 33 3 36 0 0 6 253 70 1.581 8.9 1.3 5.3 5.8 1.09 70
1970 24 1 7 .125 4.85 18 8 1 0 0 0 55.2 55 41 30 8 33 3 36 0 0 6 253 70 1.581 8.9 1.3 5.3 5.8 1.09 70
1971 25 1 10 .091 4.56 49 9 11 0 0 1 104.2 102 66 53 12 61 3 63 4 0 7 477 77 1.557 8.8 1.0 5.2 5.4 1.03 77

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
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
1967 21 2 3 .400 5.65 51.0 55 36 32 9 31 33 0 1.686 9.7 5.5 5.8 1.06 1.6 15
1968 22 0 0 27.00 1.0 5 3 3 0 5 0 0 10.000 45.0 45.0 0.0 0.00 0.0 3
1971 25 2 3 .400 4.79 47.0 50 28 25 4 30 26 4 1.702 9.6 5.7 5.0 0.87 0.8 31
3 Yrs 4 6 .400 5.45 99.0 110 67 60 13 66 59 4 1.778 10.0 5.4 0.89 1.2 49

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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