Bill Faul
William Alvan Faul
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 190 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
Final Game: May 31, 1970
Died: February 21, 2002
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Standard Pitching

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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
1962 22 DET AL 0 0 32.40 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 4 6 6 1 3 0 2 1 0 0 13 12 4.200 21.6 5.4 16.2 10.8 0.67
1963 23 DET AL 5 6 .455 4.64 28 10 8 2 0 1 97.0 93 55 50 14 48 3 64 4 3 6 431 81 1.454 8.6 1.3 4.5 5.9 1.33
1964 24 DET AL 0 0 10.80 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.0 5 6 6 2 2 0 1 0 0 1 22 34 1.400 9.0 3.6 3.6 1.8 0.50
1965 25 CHC NL 6 6 .500 3.54 17 16 0 5 3 0 96.2 83 43 38 12 18 0 59 3 0 3 382 104 1.045 7.7 1.1 1.7 5.5 3.28
1966 26 CHC NL 1 4 .200 5.08 17 6 3 1 0 0 51.1 47 31 29 12 18 1 32 4 0 3 220 72 1.266 8.2 2.1 3.2 5.6 1.78
1970 30 SFG NL 0 0 7.45 7 0 2 0 0 1 9.2 15 9 8 1 6 2 6 0 0 0 49 54 2.172 14.0 0.9 5.6 5.6 1.00
6 Seasons 12 16 .429 4.72 71 33 13 8 3 2 261.1 247 150 137 42 95 6 164 12 3 13 1117 79 1.309 8.5 1.4 3.3 5.6 1.73
162 Game Avg. 8 10 .429 4.72 46 22 9 5 2 1 171 162 98 90 27 62 4 107 8 2 9 730 79 1.309 8.5 1.4 3.3 5.6 1.73
DET (3 yrs) 5 6 .455 5.38 30 11 8 2 0 1 103.2 102 67 62 17 53 3 67 5 3 7 466 69 1.495 8.9 1.5 4.6 5.8 1.26
CHC (2 yrs) 7 10 .412 4.07 34 22 3 6 3 0 148.0 130 74 67 24 36 1 91 7 0 6 602 90 1.122 7.9 1.5 2.2 5.5 2.53
SFG (1 yr) 0 0 7.45 7 0 2 0 0 1 9.2 15 9 8 1 6 2 6 0 0 0 49 54 2.172 14.0 0.9 5.6 5.6 1.00
NL (3 yrs) 7 10 .412 4.28 41 22 5 6 3 1 157.2 145 83 75 25 42 3 97 7 0 6 651 86 1.186 8.3 1.4 2.4 5.5 2.31
AL (3 yrs) 5 6 .455 5.38 30 11 8 2 0 1 103.2 102 67 62 17 53 3 67 5 3 7 466 69 1.495 8.9 1.5 4.6 5.8 1.26

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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 IBB
1962 22 DET AL 1 13 9 6 4 0 0 1 0 0 3 2 .444 .615 .778 1.393 .500 7 0 1 0 0 0
1963 23 DET AL 28 431 371 55 93 14 0 14 3 0 48 64 .251 .340 .402 .741 .266 149 5 4 4 4 3
1964 24 DET AL 1 22 20 6 5 2 0 2 1 0 2 1 .250 .318 .650 .968 .176 13 0 0 0 0 0
1965 25 CHC NL 17 381 356 43 83 9 2 12 2 4 18 59 .233 .275 .371 .646 .248 132 5 3 3 1 0
1966 26 CHC NL 17 220 194 31 47 11 5 12 0 5 18 32 .242 .318 .536 .854 .232 104 2 4 3 1 1
1970 30 SFG NL 7 49 42 9 15 3 1 1 0 0 6 6 .357 .438 .548 .985 .400 23 1 0 1 0 2
6 Seasons 71 1116 992 150 247 39 8 42 6 9 95 164 .249 .320 .431 .752 .259 428 13 12 11 6 6
162 Game Avg. 46 730 649 98 162 26 5 27 4 6 62 107 .249 .320 .431 .752 .259 280 9 8 7 4 4
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1963 23 DET AL 28 10 4 5 1 0 1 5 5 .500 0 1 2 0 5 50% 51 79 35 11 3 5 4 4.0 4.0 6.6
1964 24 DET AL 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 32 32 32 0 0 0 1 5.4 10.8 5.0
1965 25 CHC NL 17 16 6 6 4 0 0 8 8 .500 1 2 5 3 8 50% 56 92 20 10 3 3 7 3.6 3.5 6.0
1966 26 CHC NL 17 6 1 4 1 0 1 1 5 .167 0 1 1 0 2 33% 49 71 32 6 3 3 0 1.7 2.4 5.7
4 Seasons 63 33 11 15 7 0 2 14 19 .424 1 4 8 3 15 45% 52 92 20 27 9 11 12 3.4 3.7 6.1
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1962 22 DET AL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0.889 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 5.0
1963 23 DET AL 28 18 8 1 1 1 1 0 100% 2 1 4 1 25% 6 0.844 2 4 12 2 2 14 2 16 12 0 13 1 5.2
1965 25 CHC NL 17 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1.005 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 4.0
1966 26 CHC NL 17 11 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 7 78% 7 0.757 1 2 6 0 1 8 6 3 6 3 6 1 4.6
1970 30 SFG NL 7 7 2 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 7 1 14% 6 0.568 1 2 4 1 0 6 3 4 5 1 5 1 4.1
5 Seasons 70 38 13 1 1 2 2 0 100% 3 1 20 9 45% 0.872 4 8 24 3 3 30 11 25 25 4 26 3 4.8

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1962 22 DET AL 13 31% 7.7% 15.4% 23.1% 7.7% 25% 2.00 46% 5 0 0%
1963 23 DET AL 431 35% 3.3% 14.9% 11.1% 6.5% 30% 0.81 69% 78 5 6%
1964 24 DET AL 22 36% 9.1% 4.6% 9.1% 18.2% 80% 0.27 77% 1 0 0%
1965 25 CHC NL 382 41% 3.2% 15.5% 4.7% 6.0% 28% 0.60 75% 59 5 8%
1966 26 CHC NL 220 39% 5.5% 14.6% 8.2% 12.7% 60% 0.64 69% 35 2 6%
1970 30 SFG NL 49 45% 2.0% 12.2% 12.2% 10.2% 33% 0.77 71% 13 1 8%
6 Seasons 1117 38% 3.8% 14.7% 8.5% 8.0% 36% 0.68 71% 191 13 7%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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
1962 22 DET AL 13 4 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0% 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1963 23 DET AL 431 93 14 0 10 10 4 6 8 17 12 1 71% 3 6 1 174 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0
1964 24 DET AL 22 5 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 1 0 100% 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1965 25 CHC NL 382 83 12 0 3 7 5 7 5 18 12 3 67% 5 3 0 105 2 4 33% 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1966 26 CHC NL 207 47 12 1 3 8 4 5 7 11 7 1 64% 6 3 1 70 0 5 0% 0 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 13
1970 30 SFG NL 49 15 1 0 6 0 1 0 1 9 4 1 44% 0 0 0 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons 1104 247 42 1 23 26 16 18 24 56 35 6 63% 14 13 2 383 6 9 40% 5 9 1 0 0 0 1 0 26 13
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age 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 ERA+
1962 22 0 0 32.40 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 4 6 6 1 3 0 2 1 0 0 13 12 4.200 21.6 5.4 16.2 10.8 0.67 12
1963 23 5 6 .455 5.11 29 10 8 2 0 1 98.2 97 61 56 15 51 3 66 5 3 6 444 73 1.500 8.8 1.4 4.7 6.0 1.29 73
1964 24 5 6 .455 5.38 30 11 8 2 0 1 103.2 102 67 62 17 53 3 67 5 3 7 466 69 1.495 8.9 1.5 4.6 5.8 1.26 69
1965 25 11 12 .478 4.49 47 27 8 7 3 1 200.1 185 110 100 29 71 3 126 8 3 10 848 83 1.278 8.3 1.3 3.2 5.7 1.77 83
1966 26 12 16 .429 4.61 64 33 11 8 3 1 251.2 232 141 129 41 89 4 158 12 3 13 1068 80 1.275 8.3 1.5 3.2 5.7 1.78 80
1967 27 12 16 .429 4.61 64 33 11 8 3 1 251.2 232 141 129 41 89 4 158 12 3 13 1068 80 1.275 8.3 1.5 3.2 5.7 1.78 80
1968 28 12 16 .429 4.61 64 33 11 8 3 1 251.2 232 141 129 41 89 4 158 12 3 13 1068 80 1.275 8.3 1.5 3.2 5.7 1.78 80
1969 29 12 16 .429 4.61 64 33 11 8 3 1 251.2 232 141 129 41 89 4 158 12 3 13 1068 80 1.275 8.3 1.5 3.2 5.7 1.78 80
1970 30 12 16 .429 4.72 71 33 13 8 3 2 261.1 247 150 137 42 95 6 164 12 3 13 1117 79 1.309 8.5 1.4 3.3 5.6 1.73 79

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1962 22 0 0 22.50 2.0 4 6 5 1 3 2 1 3.500 18.0 13.5 9.0 0.67 4.5 1
1963 23 4 6 .400 4.98 94.0 96 58 52 14 50 62 4 1.553 9.2 4.8 5.9 1.24 1.3 28
1964 24 0 0 12.60 5.0 5 8 7 2 2 1 0 1.400 9.0 3.6 1.8 0.50 3.6 1
1965 25 5 5 .500 3.86 91.0 85 43 39 12 18 56 3 1.132 8.4 1.8 5.5 3.11 1.2 17
1966 26 2 3 .400 5.69 49.0 50 34 31 13 19 31 4 1.408 9.2 3.5 5.7 1.63 2.4 17
1970 30 0 1 .000 8.00 9.0 15 9 8 1 6 6 0 2.333 15.0 6.0 6.0 1.00 1.0 7
6 Seasons 11 15 .423 5.11 250.0 255 158 142 43 98 158 12 1.412 9.2 5.7 1.61 1.5 71

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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