Bill Parsons

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-6, 195lb (198cm, 88kg)

Born: August 17, 1948 in Riverside, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the Seattle Pilots in the 7th round of the 1968 MLB June Amateur Draft from Riverside City College (Riverside, CA).

High School: Riverside Polytechnic HS (Riverside, CA)

Schools: Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ), California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (Pomona, CA), Riverside City College (Riverside, CA), University of Utah (Salt Lake City, UT)

Debut: April 13, 1971 (Age 22-239d, 13,110th in major league history)
vs. OAK 9.0 IP, 6 H, 6 SO, 6 BB, 2 ER, L

Last Game: September 28, 1974 (Age 26-042d)
vs. CHW 0.1 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 2 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1971 season

Full Name: William Raymond Parsons

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

1.2

ERA

3.89

520.1

282

WHIP

1.353

Summary of 52 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

2 leading off, 1 walk-off, 3 tying, 26 go ahead

1 Tm
MIL	52

Platoon
vs LHB	34
vs RHB	18

Home/Road
Away	32
Home	20

Outs
1	19
0	19
2	14

11 Opps
BOS	15
OAK	6
CLE	5
DET	5
KCR	4
TEX	4
CHW	4
BAL	3
MIN	2
CAL	2
NYY	2

41 Batters
Reggie Smith	6
Ben Oglivie	2
Marty Pattin	2
Amos Otis	2
Don Mincher	2
Graig Nettles	2
Reggie Jackson	2
Paul Schaal	1
Mike Andrews	1
Jack Brohamer	1
Bill Melton	1
Dick McAuliffe	1
Pat Kelly	1
Ed Herrmann	1
Paul Blair	1
Norm Cash	1
Sonny Siebert	1
John Mayberry	1
Bobby Darwin	1
Adrian Garrett	1
Bob Oliver	1
Larry Biittner	1
Vada Pinson	1
Brooks Robinson	1
Rick Miller	1
John Lowenstein	1
Bob Burda	1
Deron Johnson	1
Aurelio Rodríguez	1
Bobby Murcer	1
Rod Carew	1
Carl Yastrzemski	1
Dave McNally	1
Chris Chambliss	1
Ron Blomberg	1
Mike Epstein	1
Bill Freehan	1
Rick Monday	1
Rico Petrocelli	1
Dalton Jones	1
Al Kaline	1

11 Parks
County Stad (MIL)	20
Fenway Pk (BOS)	11
RingCentral Col (OAK)	4
ClevelandStd (CLE)	4
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	3
Arlington St (ARL)	3
Tiger Stad (DET)	2
Memor. Stad (BAL)	2
Munic. Stad (KAN)	1
Angel Stad (ANA)	1
Metrop. Stad (MIN)	1

Where Hit
9	17
7	12
8	3

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	27
2·HR gms	11
3·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	30
1--	8
12-	6
-2-	3
1-3	3
123	1
--3	1

85 Runs
RISP	14
0 on	30
1 on	12
2 on	9
3 on	1
Any on	22

Inning
1	12
2	4
3	6
4	6
5	8
6	5
7	4
8	1
9	5
Extra	1

1-3	22
4-6	19
7-end	11

RelScore
+4..	3
+3	1
+2	3
+1	6
Tied	24
-1	4
-2	4
-4..	7

Ahead	13
Tied	24
Behind	15

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
RF	12
1B	11
CF	9
3B	7
2B	5
P	4
C	2
DH	1
LF	1

OrderPos
3rd	11
2nd	8
6th	8
1st	6
5th	6
4th	4
9th	4
7th	3
8th	2

Leverage
High Lev	14
Medium Lev	20
Low Lev	18

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1971	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1971-04-18 (1)	Paul Schaal	KCR	@	MIL	tied 1-1	t 9	0	---	1	8	5	36%	86%		Home Run (Deep LF)
2	2	2	1	1971-04-28	Reggie Smith	BOS		MIL	tied 0-0	b 1	1	---	1	2	9	11%	63%		Home Run (Deep RF)
3	3	3	2	1971-04-28	Sonny Siebert	BOS		MIL	ahead 4-1	b 4	1	---	1	9	1	5%	92%		Home Run (Deep LF)
4	4	4	1	1971-05-19	Rick Monday	OAK		MIL	tied 0-0	b 6	1	---	1	6	8	20%	74%		Home Run
5	5	5	2	1971-05-19	Reggie Jackson	OAK		MIL	ahead 1-0	b 7	1	1--	2	3	9	14%	95%		Home Run; J. Rudi Scores
6	6	6	1	1971-06-13	Graig Nettles	CLE		MIL	ahead 4-0	b 2	1	---	1	1	5	4%	92%		Home Run (Deep RF)
7	7	7	1	1971-07-07	Amos Otis	KCR	@	MIL	behind 1-8	t 9	0	---	1	3	8	0%	0%		Home Run
8	8	8	1	1971-07-11 (2)	Ed Herrmann	CHW		MIL	tied 0-0	b 5	1	---	1	8	2	17%	70%		Home Run
9	9	9	1	1971-07-17 (2)	Reggie Smith	BOS		MIL	tied 3-3	b 5	2	--3	2	3	8	25%	80%		Home Run (Deep CF); J. Kennedy Scores
10	10	10	1	1971-07-27 (2)	Rico Petrocelli	BOS	@	MIL	behind 0-4	t 4	2	---	1	5	5	5%	13%		Home Run (Deep LF)
11	11	11	1	1971-08-05	Reggie Jackson	OAK		MIL	tied 0-0	b 1	1	-2-	2	3	9	17%	74%		Home Run; R. Monday Scores
12	12	12	1	1971-08-10	Dick McAuliffe	DET	@	MIL	tied 1-1	t 3	0	---	1	1	4	13%	63%		Home Run (Deep RF)
13	13	13	2	1971-08-10	Bill Freehan	DET	@	MIL	ahead 2-1	t 3	2	12-	3	6	2	25%	87%		Home Run (Deep LF); W. Horton Scores; N. Cash Scores
14	14	14	1	1971-08-20	Al Kaline	DET		MIL	tied 0-0	b 7	0	1-3	3	3	9	15%	95%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. McAuliffe Scores; J. Northrup Scores
15	15	15	1	1971-08-29 (1)	Paul Blair	BAL		MIL	tied 0-0	b 1	1	---	1	2	8	11%	64%		Home Run (Deep LF)
16	16	16	2	1971-08-29 (1)	Brooks Robinson	BAL		MIL	tied 1-1	b 4	1	---	1	6	5	15%	68%		Home Run (Deep LF)
17	17	17	1	1971-09-19	Mike Epstein	OAK	@	MIL	tied 0-0	t 1	2	12-	3	5	3	27%	77%		Home Run; R. Monday Scores; R. Jackson Scores
18	18	18	2	1971-09-19	Adrian Garrett	OAK	@	MIL	ahead 4-2	t 5	2	1--	2	6	7	15%	91%		Home Run; M. Epstein Scores
19	19	19	1	1971-09-30	Bill Melton	CHW		MIL	ahead 1-0	b 3	0	---	1	1	5	10%	78%		Home Run
1972	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
20	20	1	1	1972-05-07	Bob Oliver	CAL		MIL	behind 0-1	b 5	0	---	1	5	3	19%	56%		Home Run (Deep LF)
21	21	2	1	1972-05-29	Bob Burda	BOS		MIL	behind 0-4	b 4	1	---	1	6	3	6%	16%		Home Run (Deep RF)
22	22	3	2	1972-05-29	Reggie Smith	BOS		MIL	behind 2-4	b 5	2	---	1	4	9	13%	33%		Home Run (Deep RF)
23	23	4	1	1972-06-03	Don Mincher	TEX	@	MIL	tied 0-0	t 1	2	---	1	3	3	12%	59%		Home Run (Deep CF)
24	24	5	1	1972-06-08	Amos Otis	KCR		MIL	behind 2-4	b 9	1	---	1	7	8	5%	9%		Home Run (Deep LF)
25	25	6	1	1972-06-12	Dalton Jones	TEX		MIL	tied 0-0	b 2	1	1--	2	6	4	22%	77%		Home Run (Deep RF); L. Biittner Scores
26	26	7	2	1972-06-12	Don Mincher	TEX		MIL	ahead 2-1	b 3	2	1--	2	3	3	19%	86%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Lovitto Scores
27	27	8	1	1972-06-17	John Mayberry	KCR	@	MIL	ahead 2-1	t 6	1	12-	3	6	3	21%	94%		Home Run (Deep CF); E. Kirkpatrick Scores; R. Scheinblum Scores
28	28	9	1	1972-06-25 (1)	Reggie Smith	BOS	@	MIL	ahead 5-1	t 7	2	1-3	3	4	9	3%	100%		Home Run; T. Harper Scores; J. Kennedy Scores
29	29	10	1	1972-07-01	Ben Oglivie	BOS		MIL	behind 0-2	b 1	0	1--	2	2	9	18%	54%		Home Run; D. Griffin Scores
30	30	11	2	1972-07-01	Marty Pattin	BOS		MIL	tied 2-2	b 2	2	1--	2	9	1	22%	75%		Home Run; C. Fisk Scores
31	31	12	3	1972-07-01	Ben Oglivie	BOS		MIL	ahead 4-2	b 3	0	---	1	2	9	8%	86%		Home Run
32	32	13	1	1972-07-02 (1)	Reggie Smith	BOS		MIL	ahead 9-0	b 6	0	12-	3	4	8	0%	100%		Home Run; B. Oglivie Scores/unER; R. Miller Scores
33	33	14	1	1972-07-27 (1)	Norm Cash	DET	@	MIL	behind 0-1	t 9	2	1-3	3	5	3	79%	94%		Home Run (Deep RF); A. Rodríguez Scores/unER; W. Horton Scores/unER; N. Cash Scores/unER
34	34	15	1	1972-07-31 (1)	John Lowenstein	CLE		MIL	behind 0-1	b 4	1	1--	2	7	9	28%	68%		Home Run; C. Chambliss Scores
35	35	16	2	1972-07-31 (1)	Jack Brohamer	CLE		MIL	tied 2-2	b 10	0	---	1	2	4	38%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run
36	36	17	1	1972-08-09	Dave McNally	BAL	@	MIL	tied 0-0	t 3	1	-2-	2	9	1	21%	74%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Johnson Scores
37	37	18	1	1972-08-15	Mike Andrews	CHW		MIL	tied 0-0	b 4	0	---	1	2	4	15%	70%		Home Run
38	38	19	1	1972-08-27	Pat Kelly	CHW	@	MIL	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	1	1	9	12%	62%	Lead-Off	Home Run
39	39	20	1	1972-09-02	Larry Biittner	TEX		MIL	behind 1-6	b 8	0	---	1	3	3	1%	3%		Home Run (Deep RF)
40	40	21	1	1972-09-07	Graig Nettles	CLE		MIL	behind 0-1	b 7	2	---	1	6	5	27%	52%		Home Run (Deep RF)
41	41	22	1	1972-09-12 (1)	Chris Chambliss	CLE	@	MIL	behind 0-2	t 6	0	---	1	3	3	13%	30%		Home Run (Deep RF)
42	42	23	1	1972-09-19	Bobby Murcer	NYY	@	MIL	behind 0-5	t 6	1	---	1	3	8	2%	4%		Home Run (Deep RF)
43	43	24	2	1972-09-19	Ron Blomberg	NYY	@	MIL	behind 1-7	t 9	0	---	1	4	3	0%	0%		Home Run (Deep RF)
44	44	25	1	1972-09-26	Carl Yastrzemski	BOS		MIL	tied 0-0	b 1	1	1--	2	3	3	19%	74%		Home Run; L. Aparicio Scores
45	45	26	2	1972-09-26	Marty Pattin	BOS		MIL	ahead 2-0	b 2	2	-2-	2	9	1	13%	89%		Home Run; D. Griffin Scores
46	46	27	1	1972-10-01	Aurelio Rodríguez	DET		MIL	tied 0-0	b 5	1	12-	3	7	5	29%	90%		Home Run (Deep LF); W. Horton Scores; J. Northrup Scores
1973	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
47	47	1	1	1973-05-25	Vada Pinson	CAL	@	MIL	tied 1-1	t 5	0	---	1	2	8	15%	65%		Home Run (Deep RF)
48	48	2	1	1973-05-30	Bobby Darwin	MIN	@	MIL	tied 0-0	t 1	2	12-	3	5	9	26%	76%		Home Run (Deep LF); T. Oliva Scores; H. Killebrew Scores
49	49	3	1	1973-06-11	Rod Carew	MIN		MIL	behind 1-8	b 5	0	---	1	1	4	2%	4%		Home Run (Deep RF)
50	50	4	1	1973-06-20	Rick Miller	BOS	@	MIL	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	1	1	9	10%	60%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep RF)
51	51	5	2	1973-06-20	Reggie Smith	BOS	@	MIL	ahead 1-0	t 1	0	---	1	2	8	9%	70%		Home Run (Deep RF)
52	52	6	1	1973-08-19	Deron Johnson	OAK		MIL	tied 0-0	b 1	1	123	4	5	DH	22%	87%		Home Run; B. Campaneris Scores; S. Bando Scores; R. Jackson Scores