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Bill Dietrich
William John Dietrich (Bullfrog)
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: March 29, 1910 in Philadelphia, PA
High School: Frankford (Philadelphia, PA)
School: Villanova University (All Transactions)
Debut: April 13, 1933
Final Game: June 5, 1948
Died: June 20, 1978 in Philadelphia, PA
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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
1933 23 PHA AL 0 1 .000 5.82 8 1 3 0 0 0 17.0 13 11 11 1 19 4 0 0 1 77 74 1.882 6.9 0.5 10.1 2.1 0.21
1934 24 PHA AL 11 12 .478 4.68 39 23 9 14 4 3 207.2 201 121 108 12 114 88 3 0 3 925 93 1.517 8.7 0.5 4.9 3.8 0.77
1935 25 PHA AL 7 13 .350 5.39 43 15 18 8 1 3 185.1 203 128 111 7 101 59 1 1 5 849 84 1.640 9.9 0.3 4.9 2.9 0.58
1936 26 TOT AL 8 11 .421 5.75 40 15 16 6 1 3 162.2 197 116 104 12 82 77 1 0 6 756 89 1.715 10.9 0.7 4.5 4.3 0.94
1936 26 PHA AL 4 6 .400 6.53 21 4 13 0 0 3 71.2 91 55 52 4 40 34 0 0 4 344 78 1.828 11.4 0.5 5.0 4.3 0.85
1936 26 WSH AL 0 1 .000 9.72 5 0 2 0 0 0 8.1 13 11 9 0 6 4 0 0 0 44 49 2.280 14.0 0.0 6.5 4.3 0.67
1936 26 CHW AL 4 4 .500 4.68 14 11 1 6 1 0 82.2 93 50 43 8 36 39 1 0 2 368 111 1.560 10.1 0.9 3.9 4.2 1.08
1937 27 CHW AL 8 10 .444 4.90 29 20 6 7 1 1 143.1 162 93 78 15 72 62 0 1 4 653 94 1.633 10.2 0.9 4.5 3.9 0.86
1938 28 CHW AL 2 4 .333 5.44 8 7 1 1 0 0 48.0 49 33 29 7 31 11 0 0 3 224 90 1.667 9.2 1.3 5.8 2.1 0.35
1939 29 CHW AL 7 8 .467 5.22 25 19 4 2 0 0 127.2 134 81 74 14 56 43 2 0 5 560 90 1.488 9.4 1.0 3.9 3.0 0.77
1940 30 CHW AL 10 6 .625 4.03 23 17 3 6 1 0 149.2 154 78 67 10 65 43 0 0 4 652 110 1.463 9.3 0.6 3.9 2.6 0.66
1941 31 CHW AL 5 8 .385 5.35 19 15 4 4 1 0 109.1 114 73 65 7 50 26 4 0 4 497 77 1.500 9.4 0.6 4.1 2.1 0.52
1942 32 CHW AL 6 11 .353 4.89 26 23 2 6 0 0 160.0 173 92 87 16 70 39 5 1 3 712 74 1.519 9.7 0.9 3.9 2.2 0.56
1943 33 CHW AL 12 10 .545 2.80 26 26 0 12 2 0 186.2 180 72 58 4 53 52 2 0 2 782 119 1.248 8.7 0.2 2.6 2.5 0.98
1944 34 CHW AL 16 17 .485 3.62 36 36 0 15 2 0 246.0 269 132 99 15 68 70 2 1 3 1061 95 1.370 9.8 0.5 2.5 2.6 1.03
1945 35 CHW AL 7 10 .412 4.19 18 16 2 6 3 0 122.1 136 61 57 4 36 43 0 0 0 531 79 1.406 10.0 0.3 2.6 3.2 1.19
1946 36 CHW AL 3 3 .500 2.61 11 9 1 3 0 1 62.0 63 21 18 4 24 20 0 0 0 266 130 1.403 9.1 0.6 3.5 2.9 0.83
1947 37 PHA AL 5 2 .714 3.12 11 9 1 2 1 0 60.2 48 24 21 0 40 18 2 0 0 259 123 1.451 7.1 0.0 5.9 2.7 0.45
1948 38 PHA AL 1 2 .333 5.87 4 2 2 0 0 0 15.1 21 10 10 0 9 5 0 0 1 70 73 1.957 12.3 0.0 5.3 2.9 0.56
16 Seasons 108 128 .458 4.48 366 253 72 92 17 11 2003.2 2117 1146 997 128 890 660 22 4 44 8874 92 1.501 9.5 0.6 4.0 3.0 0.74
162 Game Avg. 12 14 .458 4.48 40 28 8 10 2 1 220 233 126 110 14 98 73 2 0 5 975 92 1.501 9.5 0.6 4.0 3.0 0.74
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
CHW (11 yrs) 80 91 .468 4.23 235 199 24 68 11 2 1437.2 1527 786 675 104 561 448 16 3 30 6306 94 1.452 9.6 0.7 3.5 2.8 0.80
PHA (6 yrs) 28 36 .438 5.05 126 54 46 24 6 9 557.2 577 349 313 24 323 208 6 1 14 2524 88 1.614 9.3 0.4 5.2 3.4 0.64
WSH (1 yr) 0 1 .000 9.72 5 0 2 0 0 0 8.1 13 11 9 0 6 4 0 0 0 44 49 2.280 14.0 0.0 6.5 4.3 0.67

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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
1933 23 PHA AL 8 4 3 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 .333 .500 .667 1.167 205 2 0 0 /1
1934 24 PHA AL 40 83 72 6 15 2 1 1 4 0 0 7 32 .208 .278 .306 .584 53 22 0 4 1
1935 25 PHA AL 44 64 60 1 5 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 25 .083 .098 .117 .215 -44 7 0 3 1
1936 26 TOT AL 40 63 57 6 11 0 0 0 7 0 0 3 17 .193 .233 .193 .426 6 11 0 0 3 0 0 1
1936 26 PHA AL 21 30 27 3 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 9 .111 .172 .111 .284 -28 3 0 1 1
1936 26 WSH AL 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1936 26 CHW AL 14 33 30 3 8 0 0 0 5 0 0 1 8 .267 .290 .267 .557 36 8 0 2 1
1937 27 CHW AL 29 54 44 6 8 0 1 0 1 0 0 7 20 .182 .294 .227 .521 33 10 0 3 1
1938 28 CHW AL 8 18 16 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 .063 .167 .063 .229 -41 1 0 0 /1
1939 29 CHW AL 25 43 37 5 8 3 0 1 2 0 0 4 12 .216 .293 .378 .671 68 14 0 0 2 1
1940 30 CHW AL 23 60 50 5 12 1 0 1 8 0 0 7 14 .240 .333 .320 .653 70 16 1 0 3 1
1941 31 CHW AL 19 43 34 4 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 7 11 .088 .262 .118 .380 4 4 0 1 1 1
1942 32 CHW AL 26 60 48 2 5 1 0 0 5 0 0 5 22 .104 .189 .125 .314 -10 6 2 0 7 1
1943 33 CHW AL 26 68 56 7 8 1 0 1 6 0 0 5 22 .143 .226 .214 .440 29 12 0 1 6 1
1944 34 CHW AL 36 90 77 8 9 0 0 1 4 0 0 5 33 .117 .171 .156 .327 -6 12 2 0 8 1
1945 35 CHW AL 18 44 36 2 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 22 .167 .268 .222 .491 45 8 0 0 3 1
1946 36 CHW AL 11 19 19 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 .053 .053 .053 .105 -70 1 0 0 0 1
1947 37 PHA AL 11 20 16 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 .063 .063 .063 .125 -65 1 0 0 4 1
1948 38 PHA AL 4 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .333 .000 .333 -7 0 0 0 0 /1
16 Seasons 368 736 627 56 94 12 3 5 43 0 0 60 260 .150 .226 .203 .429 16 127 5 2 47 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 324 276 25 41 5 1 2 19 0 0 26 114 .150 .226 .203 .429 16 56 1 21
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
CHW (11 yrs) 235 532 447 45 69 7 2 4 32 0 0 48 183 .154 .239 .206 .445 21 92 5 2 35
PHA (6 yrs) 128 204 180 11 25 5 1 1 11 0 0 12 77 .139 .193 .194 .387 1 35 0 0 12
WSH (1 yr) 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1933 PHA AL 23 P 8 5 0 5 0 1 1.000 0.63 .960 1.18
1934 PHA AL 24 P 39 46 12 31 3 0 .935 1.10 .957 1.11
1935 PHA AL 25 P 43 47 10 34 3 0 .936 1.02 .949 1.12
1936 TOT AL 26 P 40 42 5 34 3 3 .929 0.98 .957 1.04
1936 PHA AL 26 P 21 21 1 19 1 2 .952 0.95 .957 1.04
1936 WSH AL 26 P 5 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.40 .950 1.04
1936 CHW AL 26 P 14 19 4 13 2 1 .895 1.21 .958 1.04
1937 CHW AL 27 P 29 35 3 31 1 1 .971 1.17 .954 1.09
1938 CHW AL 28 P 8 10 3 7 0 0 1.000 1.25 .950 1.12
1939 CHW AL 29 P 25 26 5 19 2 2 .923 0.96 .954 0.98
1940 CHW AL 30 P 23 29 8 20 1 2 .966 1.22 .955 1.05
1941 CHW AL 31 P 19 25 10 13 2 1 .920 1.21 .960 1.16
1942 CHW AL 32 P 26 39 7 32 0 2 1.000 1.50 .954 1.30
1943 CHW AL 33 P 26 57 10 46 1 3 .982 2.15 .961 1.27
1944 CHW AL 34 P 36 59 10 46 3 0 .949 1.56 .961 1.14
1945 CHW AL 35 P 18 33 9 23 1 2 .970 1.78 .955 1.28
1946 CHW AL 36 P 11 19 2 17 0 2 1.000 1.73 .947 1.01
1947 PHA AL 37 P 11 13 1 8 4 3 .692 0.82 .969 0.95
1948 PHA AL 38 P 4 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 0.75 .967 0.90
16 Seasons P 366 488 95 369 24 22 .951 1.27 .956 1.12
16 Seasons TOT 366 488 95 369 24 22 .951 1.27 .907 1.12
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Wins s c a p y
1944 AL  16 (7th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1940 AL  .625 (9th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1934 AL  8.711 (8th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1943 AL  2.555 (7th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1934 AL  3.814 (10th)
1936 AL  4.260 (8th)

Games Played s c a p y
1935 AL  43 (7th)

Saves s c a p y
1934 AL  3 (9th)
1935 AL  3 (8th)
1936 AL  3 (6th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1944 AL  246.0 (6th)

Games Started s c a p y
1944 AL  36 (2nd)

Shutouts s c a p y
1934 AL  4 (4th)
1945 AL  3 (9th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1942 AL  16 (3rd)
1944 AL  15 (2nd)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1934 AL  114 (5th)
1935 AL  101 (8th)
Career  890 (159th)

Hits s c a p y
1944 AL  269 (2nd)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1935 AL  .340 (7th)
1943 AL  .193 (7th)

Losses s c a p y
1935 AL  13 (8th)
1944 AL  17 (1st)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1935 AL  111 (9th)
1942 AL  87 (10th)
1944 AL  99 (1st)
Career  997 (229th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1935 AL  5 (10th)
1939 AL  5 (8th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1934 AL  3 (10th)
1941 AL  4 (7th)
1942 AL  5 (3rd)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1944 AL  1061 (4th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1935 AL  18 (9th)
1936 AL  16 (8th)

Oldest s c a p y
1948 AL  born 1910-03-29 (6th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 27 (856), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 3 (1494), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 2 (1804), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

July 1, 1936: Selected off waivers by the Washington Senators from the Philadelphia Athletics.

July 20, 1936: Selected off waivers by the Chicago White Sox from the Washington Senators.

September 18, 1946: Released by the Chicago White Sox.

Before 1947 Season: Signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Athletics.

June 14, 1948: Released by the Philadelphia Athletics.

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