Bill Drescher

William Clayton Drescher (Dutch)

Positions: Catcher and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: May 23, 1921 in Congers, NY (All Transactions)
Debut: April 19, 1944
Team: Yankees 1944-1946

Final Game: May 28, 1946
Died: May 15, 1968 in Haverstraw, NY
Buried: St. Peter Cemetery, Haverstraw, NY
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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	Pos	Awards
1942	21	NYY-min	C	102	332	332		100	13	5	1						.301	.301	.380	.681		126					AMS · CAML
1943	22	NYY-min	A,AA	102	313	313	2	90	11	2	0	3	0	0			.288	.288	.335	.623		105					BNG,NWK · EL,IL
1944	23	NYY-min	AA	122	457	401	50	110	15	4	5	64	4	3	49	24	.274	.356	.369	.725		148	6	2	5		NWK · IL
1944	23	NYY	AL	4	7	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	-19	1	1	0	0	/2
1945	24	NYY	AL	48	138	126	10	34	3	1	0	15	0	2	8	5	.270	.313	.310	.623	78	39	3	0	4	2
1946	25	NYY-min	AAA	60	193	162	15	35	4	3	0	14	1		29	20	.216	.335	.278	.613		45	0	0	2		KCY · AA
1946	25	NYY	AL	5	6	6	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.500	.833	130	3	0	0	0	/2
1947	26	NYY-min	AAA	37	123	113	11	33	7	0	2	22	0		10	9	.292	.350	.407	.757		46		0	0		NWK · IL
1948	27	NYY-min	AAA	88	241	213	35	68	13	2	7	52	1		28	20	.319	.398	.498	.896		106		0	0		KCY · AA
1949	28	NYY-min	AAA	101	287	232	27	64	14	2	2	47	1		49	22	.276	.404	.379	.784		88	3	1	5		KCY · AA
1950	29	NYY-min	AAA	110	349	289	31	77	14	1	5	35	1		53	24	.266	.382	.374	.756		108	6	1	6		KCY · AA
1952	31	SYR	AAA	97	345	302	22	65	6	0	5	37	1		38	21	.215	.303	.285	.588		86		0	5		SYR · IL
1953	32	NYY-min	AAA	55	151	133	12	37	9	0	1	14	0		16	13	.278	.360	.368	.728		49		1	1		SYR · IL
1954	33	PHI-min	AAA	1	2	2		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000		0					SYR · IL
3 Yrs				57	151	139	10	37	4	1	0	16	0	2	8	5	.266	.306	.309	.615	76	43	4	0	4
162 Game Avg.				162	429	395	28	105	11	3	0	45	0	6	23	14	.266	.306	.309	.615	76	122	11	0	11

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	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1944	23	NYY	AL	4	7	-1	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.471	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$	/2
1945	24	NYY	AL	48	138	-3	-1	-1	1	-4	-0.5	3	-1	-0.2	.491	.497	-0.1	-0.0	0	$	2
1946	25	NYY	AL	5	6	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.504	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/2
3 Seasons				57	151	-4	-1	-1	1	-5	-0.6	3	-1	-0.3	.490	.499	-0.2	-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
1944	23	NYY	AL	7	7	0	0.0	94	.143	.143	.271	.143	.339	.143	.371	.286	.710	-19	.000	-1.1	-0.1	.143	.000	.000
1945	24	NYY	AL	138	101	12	3.2	92	.281	.270	.266	.313	.339	.310	.362	.623	.701	78	.412	-3.9	-0.4	.464	.087	.040
1946	25	NYY	AL	6	4	1	6.7	97	.333	.333	.265	.333	.339	.500	.381	.833	.720	130	.704	0.2	0.0	.750	.167	.167
3 Yrs				151	112	13	3.1	92	.276	.266	.266	.306	.339	.309	.363	.615	.702	76	.400	-4.8	-0.5	.454	.086	.043
162 Game Avg.				429	318	37	3.1	92	.276	.266	.266	.306	.339	.309	.363	.615	.702	76	.400	-4.8	-0.5	.454	.086	.043

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	IP%
1944	23	NYY	AL	7	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%					100%
1945	24	NYY	AL	138	0.0%	3.6%	5.8%	2.9%	12%	0.63	25.2		8.4	88%
1946	25	NYY	AL	6	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	16.7%	50%				6.0	100%
3 Yrs				151	0.0%	3.3%	5.3%	3.3%	14%	0.63	27.8		8.7	89%
MLB Averages					1.1%	9.1%	8.8%	5.7%	25%	1.04	9.8	78.1	9.0	79%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH
1944	23	4	7	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	-19	1	1	0
1945	24	52	145	133	10	35	3	1	15	2	8	5	.263	.305	.301	.606	73	40	4	4
1946	25	57	151	139	10	37	4	1	16	2	8	5	.266	.306	.309	.615	76	43	4	4

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1944	23	4	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	4
1945	24	51	147	134	11	37	3	1	17	9	5	.276	.322	.313	.635	14	48
1946	25	5	6	6	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	.333	.333	.500	.833	1	5
3 Yrs		60	160	147	11	39	4	1	18	9	5	.265	.308	.306	.614	15	57
162 Game Avg.		162	432	397	30	105	11	3	49	24	14	.265	.308	.306	.614	41	57

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