Bill Evans

William Lawrence Evans

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: March 25, 1919 in Quanah, TX (All Transactions)
Debut: April 21, 1949
Teams (by GP): RedSox/WhiteSox 1949-1951

Final Game: June 21, 1951
Died: November 30, 1983 in Grand Junction, CO
Buried: Orchard Mesa Cemetery, Grand Junction, CO
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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
1941	22	CHY	D	10	13	.435	4.71	33			10			172.0	171	113	90		113		98	5	0	7			1.651	8.9		5.9	5.1	0.87	CHY · WL
1942	23	MIN-min	D,B	11	13	.458	3.93	36						236.0	205	135	103		112								1.343	7.8		4.3			BRL,WFL,CHR · BIST,WTNM,PIED
1946	27	AMA	C	26	7	.788	3.30	37						267.0	234	125	98		101								1.255	7.9		3.4			AMA · WTNM
1947	28	ATL-min	AA	4	17	.190	6.31	36						167.0	204	134	117		113								1.898	11.0		6.1			LRK · SOUA
1948	29	CHW-min	A	17	12	.586	2.55	33						247.0	218	93	70		91								1.251	7.9		3.3			MKG · CENL
1949	30	CHW-min	AA	8	10	.444	2.96	23						146.0	124	57	48		70								1.329	7.6		4.3			MEM · SOUA
1949	30	CHW	AL	0	1	.000	7.11	4	0	1	0	0	0	6.1	6	6	5	0	8		1	0	0	1	31	62	2.211	8.5	0.0	11.4	1.4	0.13

1950	31	CHW-min	AAA	15	22	.405	3.44	41	40		24	1		317.0	293	131	121		131		95	12	9	3			1.338	8.3		3.7	2.7	0.73	SAC · PCL
1951	32	BOS-min	AAA	8	4	.667	3.67	15	14		8	2		103.0	102	53	42		42		57	0	0	1			1.398	8.9		3.7	5.0	1.36	LOU · AA
1951	32	BOS	AL	0	0		4.11	9	0	4	0	0	0	15.1	15	8	7	0	8		3	0	0	2	66	111	1.500	8.8	0.0	4.7	1.8	0.38
1952	33	BOS-min	Opn,AAA	6	7	.462	4.36	34	11		5	0		130.0	134	67	63	4	48		64	4	0	3			1.400	9.3	0.3	3.3	4.4	1.33	OLD,LOU · PCL,AA
1953	34	SLE	Opn	16	13	.552	3.23	41	35		15	5		259.0	247	102	93	18	105		134	0	0	1			1.359	8.6	0.6	3.6	4.7	1.28	SLE · PCL
1954	35	SLE	Opn	5	7	.417	4.66	36	14		3	2		114.0	109	59	59	8	52		58	0	1	4			1.412	8.6	0.6	4.1	4.6	1.12	SLE · PCL
1955	36	CHW-min	AAA,Opn,A	2	2	.500	9.93	21	1		0	0		22.2	36	26	25	1	21	1	8	0	0	0			2.515	14.3	0.4	8.3	3.2	0.38	CHL,SFR,CSP · AA,PCL,WL
2 Yrs				0	1	.000	4.98	13	0	5	0	0	0	21.2	21	14	12	0	16		4	0	0	3	97	90	1.708	8.7	0.0	6.6	1.7	0.25
162 Game Avg.				0	5	.000	4.98	68	0	26	0	0	0	114	110	73	63	0	84		21	0	0	16	507	90	1.708	8.7	0.0	6.6	1.7	0.25

BOS (1 yr)				0	0		4.11	9	0	4	0	0	0	15.1	15	8	7	0	8		3	0	0	2	66	111	1.500	8.8	0.0	4.7	1.8	0.38
CHW (1 yr)				0	1	.000	7.11	4	0	1	0	0	0	6.1	6	6	5	0	8		1	0	0	1	31	62	2.211	8.5	0.0	11.4	1.4	0.13

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
1949	30	CHW	AL	6.1	4	0	6	8.53	5.08	0.15	0.00	98.0	4.83	-3	-0.2	.8	0.0	-0.2	-2	.438	.498	$

1951	32	BOS	AL	15.1	9	0	8	4.70	4.69	0.01	0.00	108.9	5.09	1	0.1	.5	-0.1	0.1	2	.507	.500	$
2 Seasons				21.2	13	0	14	5.82	4.80	0.05	0.00	105.7	5.02	-2	-0.2	.6	-0.0	-0.1	0	.486	.499	$

BOS (1 yr)				15.1	9	0	8	4.70	4.69	0.01	0.00	108.9	5.09	1	0.1	.5	-0.1	0.1	2	.507	.500	$
CHW (1 yr)				6.1	4	0	6	8.53	5.08	0.15	0.00	98.0	4.83	-3	-0.2	.8	0.0	-0.2	-2	.438	.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	ROE
1949	30	CHW	AL	4	2	23	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	8	1	.261	.452	.261	.712	.273	6	0	0	0	0	0

1951	32	BOS	AL	9	66	56	8	15	0	0	0	3	0	8	3	.268	.359	.268	.627	.283	15	2	0	2	0	0
2 Yrs				13	68	79	14	21	0	0	0	3	0	16	4	.266	.389	.266	.655	.280	21	2	0	2	0	0
162 Game Avg.				68	356	413	73	110	0	0	0	16	0	84	21	.266	.389	.266	.655	.280	110	10	0	10	0	0
MLB Averages																.263	.342	.378	.720	.277

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1949	30	CHW	AL	-2.1	-0.2	3	0.0	0.0	0.0	.05	0.1	-0.0	0.5	0.1	0.04	0.8	0	0	1

1951	32	BOS	AL	0.7	0.1	72	0.0	0.4	-0.4	.34	0.1	-0.0	1.0	0.1	0.34	1.9	1	0	8
2 Yrs				-1.4	-0.1	75	0.0	0.4	-0.4	.33	0.2	-0.1	1.5	0.1	0.33	2.7	1	0	9

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1949	30	CHW	AL	4	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			.045	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	2	1	0	1	4.8

1951	32	BOS	AL	9	9	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	3	43%	8	.340	1	0	8	0	1	8	4	5	3	4	4	3	5.1
2 Yrs				13	13	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	7	3	43%		.331	1	0	9	0	1	9	4	6	5	5	4	4	5.0

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1949	30	CHW	AL	31	100%	0.0%	50.0%	400.0%	0.0%	0%		1100%	0	0

1951	32	BOS	AL	66	64%	0.0%	4.6%	12.1%	0.0%	0%	0.79	80%	15	2	13%
2 Yrs				97	65%	0.0%	5.9%	23.5%	0.0%	0%	0.88	110%	15	2	13%
MLB Averages					49%	2.4%	12.1%	12.7%	7.0%	24%	0.94	96%			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
1949	30	CHW	AL	2	6			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0		0	0											29

1951	32	BOS	AL	66	15			0	0	2	0	0	0	0	4	4	0	100%	0	2	1	26	3	0	100%	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
2 Yrs				68	21			0	0	2	0	0	0	0	4	4	0	100%	0	3	1	26	3	0	100%	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	29
MLB Averages																		53%							56%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GF	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1949	30	1	.000	7.11	4	1	6.1	6	6	5	8	1	1	31	62	2.211	8.5	11.4	1.4	0.13	62
1950	31	1	.000	7.11	4	1	6.1	6	6	5	8	1	1	31	62	2.211	8.5	11.4	1.4	0.13	62
1951	32	1	.000	4.98	13	5	21.2	21	14	12	16	4	3	97	90	1.708	8.7	6.6	1.7	0.25	90

Neutralized Pitching

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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	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
1949	30	0	0		7.50	6.0	6	6	5	0	8	1	0	2.333	9.0	12.0	1.5	0.13	0.0	4

1951	32	0	1	.000	4.20	15.0	15	8	7	0	8	3	0	1.533	9.0	4.8	1.8	0.38	0.0	9
2 Yrs		0	1	.000	5.14	21.0	21	14	12	0	16	4	0	1.762	9.0		1.7	0.25	0.0	13

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