Bill Gilbreth
William Freeman Gilbreth
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: September 3, 1947 in Abilene, TX
School: Abilene Christian University
Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 3rd round of the 1969 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 25, 1971
Final Game: May 12, 1974
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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
1971 23 DET AL 2 1 .667 4.80 9 5 0 2 0 0 30.0 28 17 16 4 21 1 14 2 0 1 133 76 1.633 8.4 1.2 6.3 4.2 0.67
1972 24 DET AL 0 0 16.20 2 0 0 0 0 0 5.0 10 9 9 1 4 0 2 0 0 0 27 20 2.800 18.0 1.8 7.2 3.6 0.50
1974 26 CAL AL 0 0 13.50 3 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 2 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 25 2.250 13.5 0.0 6.8 0.0 0.00
3 Seasons 2 1 .667 6.69 14 5 0 2 0 0 36.1 40 28 27 5 26 1 16 2 0 1 167 53 1.817 9.9 1.2 6.4 4.0 0.62
162 Game Avg. 7 4 .667 6.69 50 18 0 7 0 0 130 143 100 97 18 93 4 57 7 0 4 598 53 1.817 9.9 1.2 6.4 4.0 0.62
DET (2 yrs) 2 1 .667 6.43 11 5 0 2 0 0 35.0 38 26 25 5 25 1 16 2 0 1 160 56 1.800 9.8 1.3 6.4 4.1 0.64
CAL (1 yr) 0 0 13.50 3 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 2 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 25 2.250 13.5 0.0 6.8 0.0 0.00

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
1971 23 DET AL 9 136 109 17 28 2 0 4 1 1 21 14 .257 .386 .385 .772 .264 42 4 2 4 0 1
1972 24 DET AL 2 27 21 9 10 3 0 1 0 0 4 2 .476 .519 .762 1.280 .450 16 0 0 0 2 0
1974 26 CAL AL 3 7 5 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .400 .429 .600 1.029 .333 3 0 0 0 1 0
3 Seasons 14 170 135 28 40 6 0 5 1 1 26 16 .296 .410 .452 .861 .299 61 4 2 4 3 1
162 Game Avg. 50 608 483 100 143 21 0 18 4 4 93 57 .296 .410 .452 .861 .299 218 14 7 14 11 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
1971 23 DET AL 9 5 2 1 2 0 0 2 3 .400 1 1 2 0 2 40% 48 78 21 9 3 0 5 5.0 6.4 5.2
1 Season 9 5 2 1 2 0 0 2 3 .400 1 1 2 0 2 40% 48 78 21 9 3 0 5 5.0 6.4 5.2
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
1971 23 DET AL 9 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 20% 6 1.089 0 1 3 0 0 4 2 2 1 1 2 0 3.0
1972 24 DET AL 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 1 0.462 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 2 1 7.5
1974 26 CAL AL 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 7 3 43% 7 2.074 2 0 1 1 1 1 3 0 0 3 0 1 1.3
3 Seasons 14 9 0 0 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 15 4 27% 1.030 2 2 5 1 1 7 7 2 3 4 4 2 3.4

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%
1971 23 DET AL 136 74% 2.9% 10.3% 15.4% 4.4% 21% 1.05 67% 35 4 11%
1972 24 DET AL 27 70% 3.7% 7.4% 14.8% 14.8% 40% 0.38 74% 10 0 0%
1974 26 CAL AL 7 43% 0.0% 0.0% 14.3% 14.3% 50% 0.00 86% 3 0 0%
3 Seasons 170 72% 2.9% 9.4% 15.3% 6.5% 28% 0.86 69% 48 4 8%
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
1971 23 DET AL 136 28 4 0 3 4 0 3 1 8 3 2 38% 0 1 0 53 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1972 24 DET AL 27 10 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 4 2 0 50% 0 0 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
1974 26 CAL AL 7 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 100% 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
3 Seasons 170 40 5 0 5 4 1 4 1 13 6 2 46% 0 1 0 74 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0
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+
1971 23 2 1 .667 4.80 9 5 0 2 0 0 30.0 28 17 16 4 21 1 14 2 0 1 133 76 1.633 8.4 1.2 6.3 4.2 0.67 76
1972 24 2 1 .667 6.43 11 5 0 2 0 0 35.0 38 26 25 5 25 1 16 2 0 1 160 56 1.800 9.8 1.3 6.4 4.1 0.64 56
1973 25 2 1 .667 6.43 11 5 0 2 0 0 35.0 38 26 25 5 25 1 16 2 0 1 160 56 1.800 9.8 1.3 6.4 4.1 0.64 56
1974 26 2 1 .667 6.69 14 5 0 2 0 0 36.1 40 28 27 5 26 1 16 2 0 1 167 53 1.817 9.9 1.2 6.4 4.0 0.62 53

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
1971 23 1 2 .333 6.00 27.0 29 20 18 4 22 13 2 1.889 9.7 7.3 4.3 0.59 1.3 9
1972 24 0 0 24.75 4.0 11 12 11 1 4 2 0 3.750 24.8 9.0 4.5 0.50 2.3 2
1974 26 0 0 18.00 1.0 2 2 2 0 1 0 0 3.000 18.0 9.0 0.0 0.00 0.0 3
3 Seasons 1 2 .333 8.72 32.0 42 34 31 5 27 15 2 2.156 11.8 4.2 0.56 1.4 14

* 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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