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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 (Age 22)
Team: Yankees 1944-1946

Final Game: May 28, 1946 (Age 25)
Died: May 15, 1968 in Haverstraw, NY
Buried: St. Peter Cemetery, Haverstraw, NY
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Standard Batting

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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	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 (v2.2): 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	.472	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$600	/2
1945	24	NYY	AL	48	138	-4	-1	-1	1	-4	-0.5	4	0	-0.1	.490	.497	0.1	-0.0	1		2
1946	25	NYY	AL	5	6	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.1	.506	.500	0.1	0.0	0		/2
3 Seasons				57	151	-4	-1	-1	1	-5	-0.6	4	-0	-0.1	.490	.499	0.0	0.0	1	$600

Standard Fielding

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRFG	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO
1944	NYY	AL	23	C	1	1	1	8	7	0	1	0	.875	7.00	.976	4.90	0		0	0
1945	NYY	AL	24	C	33	30	27	115	101	13	1	1	.991	3.45	.986	4.92	4	3	11	10	48%	45%	0
1946	NYY	AL	25	C	3	1	1	7	6	1	0	1	1.000	2.33	.981	5.53	0	0	0	0			0
	3 Seasons			C	37	32	29	130	114	14	2	2	.985	3.46	.985	4.97	4	3	11	10	48%	45%	0
	3 Seasons			TOT	37	32	29	130	114	14	2	2	.985	3.46	.985	4.97	4	3	11	10	48%	45%	0

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

View Complete Notes on Fielding Data

Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1945 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1916 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Transactions

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
1944	23	New York Yankees	$600	Michael Haupert research of HOF contracts

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$600

Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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