Bill Faul

William Alvan Faul

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 184 lb.

Born: April 21, 1940 in Cincinnati, OH
High School: Goshen (Goshen, OH)
School: University of Cincinnati
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1962. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 19, 1962
Teams (by GP): Cubs/Tigers/Giants 1962-1970

Final Game: May 31, 1970
Died: February 21, 2002 in Cincinnati, OH
Buried: Goshen Cemetery, Goshen, OH
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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	SF	IBB	Pos
1962	22	DET-min	A	13	34	28	3	4	1	0	0	3	0		3	2	.143	.219	.179	.397		5		0	2	1	0	KNX · SALL
1962	22	DET	AL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1963	23	DET	AL	28	30	27	1	4	2	0	0	1	0	0	2	11	.148	.207	.222	.429	19	6	0	0	1	0	0	1
1964	24	DET-min	AAA	21	46	39	2	6	0	0	0	4	0	0	2	13	.154	.214	.154	.368		6		1	4	0		SYR · IL
1964	24	DET	AL	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1965	25	CHC-min	AAA	14	30	28	1	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	14	.143	.143	.143	.286		4		0	2	0		SLC · PCL
1965	25	CHC	NL	17	32	30	2	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	14	.100	.125	.133	.258	-28	4	1	0	0	1	0	1
1966	26	CHC-min	AAA	11	30	27	1	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	6	.185	.214	.185	.399		5		0	2	0		TAC · PCL
1966	26	CHC	NL	17	13	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1

1970	30	SFG-min	AAA	36	9	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000		0		0	0	0		PHX · PCL
1970	30	SFG	NL	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1971	31	SFG-min	AAA	53	15	12	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	.250	.308	.250	.558		3		0	2	0		PHX · PCL
1973	33	CHC-min	AA	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0		MDL · TL
6 Seasons				71	77	72	3	7	3	0	0	4	0	0	3	31	.097	.132	.139	.270	-25	10	1	0	1	1	0
162 Game Avg.				162	176	164	7	16	7	0	0	9	0	0	7	71	.097	.132	.139	.270	-25	23	2	0	2	2	0

DET (3 yrs)				30	32	29	1	4	2	0	0	1	0	0	2	12	.138	.194	.207	.400	11	6	0	0	1	0	0
CHC (2 yrs)				34	45	43	2	3	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	19	.070	.089	.093	.182	-49	4	1	0	0	1	0
SFG (1 yr)				7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

NL (3 yrs)				41	45	43	2	3	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	19	.070	.089	.093	.182	-49	4	1	0	0	1	0
AL (3 yrs)				30	32	29	1	4	2	0	0	1	0	0	2	12	.138	.194	.207	.400	11	6	0	0	1	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
1963	23	DET	AL	29	-3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	-0.1	0	0.0	-0.1	$	1
1964	24	DET	AL	2	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$8,500	/1
1965	25	CHC	NL	32	-5	0	0	0	0	3	1	-1	-0.2	-1	-0.1	-0.1	$	1
1966	26	CHC	NL	14	-3	0	0	0	0	1	0	-2	-0.2	-2	-0.2	0.0	$	1
4 Seasons				77	-12	0	0	0	0	6	2	-4	-0.6	-4	-0.4	-0.2	$8,500

CHC (2 yrs)				46	-8	0	0	0	0	4	1	-3	-0.4	-3	-0.3	-0.1	$
DET (2 yrs)				31	-4	0	0	0	0	2	1	-1	-0.2	-1	-0.1	-0.1	$8,500

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
1963	23	DET	AL	30	24	1	1.1	97	.250	.148	.259	.207	.326	.222	.399	.429	.725	19	.083	-2.9	-0.3	.348	.148	.074
1964	24	DET	AL	2	2	0	0.0	98	.000	.000	.258	.000	.326	.000	.401	.000	.728	-100	.000	-0.5	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1965	25	CHC	NL	32	29	0	0.0	95	.176	.100	.260	.125	.324	.133	.394	.258	.718	-28	.000	-5.1	-0.5	.179	.067	.033
1966	26	CHC	NL	13	13	0	0.0	97	.000	.000	.266	.000	.325	.000	.401	.000	.725	-100	.000	-3.5	-0.4	.000	.000	.000
6 Seasons				77	68	1	0.4	96	.167	.097	.261	.132	.325	.139	.397	.270	.722	-25	.014	-12.1	-1.3	.197	.083	.042
162 Game Avg.				176	155	2	0.4	96	.167	.097	.261	.132	.325	.139	.397	.270	.722	-25	.014	-12.1	-1.3	.197	.083	.042

CHC (2 yrs)				45	42	0	0.0	96	.120	.070	.262	.089	.324	.093	.396	.182	.720	-49	.000	-8.6	-0.9	.122	.047	.023
DET (3 yrs)				32	26	1	1.0	97	.235	.138	.259	.194	.326	.207	.400	.400	.725	11	.072	-3.5	-0.4	.320	.138	.069

NL (3 yrs)				45	42	0	0.0	96	.120	.070	.262	.089	.324	.093	.396	.182	.720	-49	.000	-8.6	-0.9	.122	.047	.023
AL (3 yrs)				32	26	1	1.0	97	.235	.138	.259	.194	.326	.207	.400	.400	.725	11	.072	-3.5	-0.4	.320	.138	.069

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1963	23	DET	AL	30	0.0%	36.7%	6.7%	6.7%	50%	5.50	2.5		27.0	2.50	53%
1964	24	DET	AL	2	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%			2.0			0.00	50%
1965	25	CHC	NL	32	0.0%	43.8%	3.1%	3.1%	33%	14.00	2.1		15.0	1.80	53%
1966	26	CHC	NL	13	0.0%	38.5%	0.0%	0.0%			2.6		13.0	1.00	62%
6 Seasons				77	0.0%	40.3%	3.9%	3.9%	43%	10.33	2.3		18.0	1.64	55%
MLB Averages					2.1%	15.3%	8.3%	6.2%	28%	1.85	5.8	41.7	9.1	1.10	72%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1962	22	DET	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1963	23	DET	AL	-2.9	-0.3	29	-0.3	0.2	-0.5	.76	-0.3	-0.0	-3.4	-0.4	0.96	-3.5	0
1964	24	DET	AL	-0.5	-0.1	2	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	1.09	-0.1	-0.0	-1.0	-0.1	1.16	-0.8	0
1965	25	CHC	NL	-5.1	-0.5	32	-0.3	0.4	-0.6	.91	-0.4	0.2	-4.2	-0.4	0.86	-4.6	0
1966	26	CHC	NL	-3.5	-0.4	15	-0.2	0.1	-0.2	.75	-0.2	0.0	-1.7	-0.2	0.74	-2.6	0

1970	30	SFG	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
6 Seasons				-12.1	-1.3	78	-0.7	0.6	-1.4	.83	-1.1	0.2	-10.3	-1.1	0.89	-11.5	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stD	1^stD3
1963	23	DET	AL	0	0	17%	14	1	0	0%	2	2	1	1
1964	24	DET	AL	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0
1965	25	CHC	NL	1	0	50%	4	0	1	0%	1	1	0	0
1966	26	CHC	NL	0	1		1	0	1		0	0	0	0
6 Seasons				1	1	30%	19	1	2	0%	3	3	1	1

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1963	23	DET	AL	29	21%	4			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	50%	5	0	0%	6	1	17%	18	1	6%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
1964	24	DET	AL	2	0%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	2	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
1965	25	CHC	NL	32	16%	3			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	1	33%	5	1	20%	13	2	15%	5	1	20%	1	0	0%	0
1966	26	CHC	NL	14	14%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	1	100%	6	1	17%	1	1	100%	0	0		0
6 Seasons				77	17%	7			0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	50%	9	1	11%	13	3	23%	39	4	10%	8	2	25%	1	0	0%	0
MLB Averages					53%																			77%			10%			30%			14%			47%			52%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH	SF
1963	23	29	30	27	1	4	2	1	2	11	.148	.207	.222	.429	19	6	0	1	0
1964	24	30	32	29	1	4	2	1	2	12	.138	.194	.207	.400	11	6	0	1	0
1965	25	47	64	59	3	7	3	3	3	26	.119	.159	.169	.328	-8	10	1	1	1
1966	26	64	77	72	3	7	3	4	3	31	.097	.132	.139	.270	-25	10	1	1	1
1967	27	64	77	72	3	7	3	4	3	31	.097	.132	.139	.270	-25	10	1	1	1
1968	28	64	77	72	3	7	3	4	3	31	.097	.132	.139	.270	-25	10	1	1	1
1969	29	64	77	72	3	7	3	4	3	31	.097	.132	.139	.270	-25	10	1	1	1
1970	30	71	77	72	3	7	3	4	3	31	.097	.132	.139	.270	-25	10	1	1	1

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1963	23	28	29	27	1	4	2	1	2	11	.148	.207	.222	.429	1	28
1964	24	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1
1965	25	17	33	31	4	4	1	4	1	14	.129	.152	.161	.313	1	17
1966	26	17	13	13	0	0	0	1	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	17
4 Seasons		63	77	73	5	8	3	6	3	31	.110	.143	.151	.294	2	63
162 Game Avg.		162	198	188	13	21	8	15	8	80	.110	.143	.151	.294	5	63

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