Bill Gilbreth

William Freeman Gilbreth

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: September 3, 1947 in Abilene, TX
School: Abilene Christian University (Abilene, TX)
Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 3rd round of the 1969 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 25, 1971
Teams (by GP): Tigers/Angels 1971-1974

Final Game: May 12, 1974
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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
1969	21	DET-min	A	8	4	.667	3.06	16	13				0	94.0	78	36	32	3	46		103						1.319	7.5	0.3	4.4	9.9	2.24	RKM · CARL
1970	22	DET-min	AA	13	11	.542	2.48	30	30					221.0	166	71	61	9	75								1.090	6.8	0.4	3.1			MTG · SOUL
1971	23	DET-min	AAA	7	9	.438	4.22	22	22		2	0	0	128.0	146	67	60	14	65	3	102	2	0	16			1.648	10.3	1.0	4.6	7.2	1.57	TOL · IL
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-min	AAA	5	3	.625	1.92	56	0		0	0	14	75.0	60	19	16	2	40	8	72	1	0	4			1.333	7.2	0.2	4.8	8.6	1.80	TOL · IL
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	21	2.800	18.0	1.8	7.2	3.6	0.50

1974	26	ANA-min	AAA	1	5	.167	5.32	34	8		0	0	3	71.0	82	53	42	7	51	3	51	4	0	16			1.873	10.4	0.9	6.5	6.5	1.00	SLC · PCL
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	34	2.250	13.5	0.0	6.8	0.0	0.00
3 Yrs				2	1	.667	6.69	14	5	0	2	0	0	36.1	40	28	27	5	26	1	16	2	0	1	167	55	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	55	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	34	2.250	13.5	0.0	6.8	0.0	0.00

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
1971	23	DET	AL	30.0	9	5	17	5.10	3.77	-0.05	0.03	104.8	4.03	-4	-0.4	.4	-0.0	-0.1	-1	.456	.498	$
1972	24	DET	AL	5.0	2	0	9	16.20	3.26	0.06	-0.14	106.0	3.24	-7	-0.6	.5	0.1	-0.4	-7	.200	.496	$

1974	26	CAL	AL	1.1	3	0	2	13.50	5.03	-0.23	-0.42	88.0	4.26	-1	-0.1	3.2	-0.2	-0.3	-1	.451	.499	$
3 Seasons				36.1	14	5	28	6.94	3.75	-0.04	-0.01	104.3	3.93	-12	-1.1	1.4	-0.0	-0.8	-9	.419	.498	$

DET (2 yrs)				35.0	11	5	26	6.69	3.70	-0.03	0.00	105.0	3.92	-11	-1.0	.5	0.1	-0.5	-7	.410	.497	$
CAL (1 yr)				1.1	3	0	2	13.50	5.03	-0.23	-0.42	88.0	4.26	-1	-0.1	3.2	-0.2	-0.3	-1	.451	.499	$

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	IBB	ROE
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	0
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	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	0
3 Yrs				14	170	135	28	40	6	0	5	1	1	26	16	.296	.410	.452	.861	.299	61	4	2	4	3	1	0
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	0
MLB Averages																.252	.319	.367	.686	.278

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1971	23	DET	AL	-3.1	-0.3	139	-0.2	2.4	-2.6	1.10	-0.3	0.2	-4.0	-0.4	1.10	-3.9	0	1	3
1972	24	DET	AL	-6.4	-0.6	28	-0.1	0.2	-0.3	.38	-0.2	-0.0	-4.5	-0.4	0.38	-3.8	0	1	1

1974	26	CAL	AL	-1.3	-0.1	7	0.1	0.2	-0.1	2.13	-0.1	0.1	-1.7	-0.2	2.13	-1.2	2	0	1
3 Yrs				-10.7	-1.1	174	-0.2	2.8	-3.0	1.02	-0.6	0.4	-10.1	-1.0	1.02	-8.9	2	2	5

Starting Pitching*

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
1971	23	DET	AL	9	5	2	1	2	0	0	2	3	.400	1	1	2	0	2	40%	48.2	78	21	9	3	0	5	5.0	6.4	5.2
1 Yr				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													.500						56%	53	109	-3					4.0	3.9	6.6

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1971	23	DET	AL	9	4	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	5	1	20%	6	1.095	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	.378	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	2.133	2	0	1	1	1	1	3	0	0	3	0	1	1.3
3 Yrs				14	9	0	0	0	1	0	1	0%	1	0	15	4	27%		1.024	2	2	5	1	1	7	7	2	3	4	4	2	3.4

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1971	23	DET	AL	136	26%	2.9%	10.3%	15.4%	4.4%	21%	1.05	67%	35	4	11%
1972	24	DET	AL	27	30%	3.7%	7.4%	14.8%	14.8%	40%	0.38	74%	10	0	0%

1974	26	CAL	AL	7	57%	0.0%	0.0%	14.3%	14.3%	50%	0.00	86%	3	0	0%
3 Yrs				170	28%	2.9%	9.4%	15.3%	6.5%	28%	0.86	69%	48	4	8%
MLB Averages					45%	1.9%	14.0%	8.6%	5.9%	26%	1.10	74%			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
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	2	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 Yrs				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	2	0	5	0
MLB Averages																		50%							63%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	CG	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1971	23	2	1	.667	4.80	9	5	2	30.0	28	17	16	4	21	1	14	2	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	2	35.0	38	26	25	5	25	1	16	2	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	2	35.0	38	26	25	5	25	1	16	2	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	2	36.1	40	28	27	5	26	1	16	2	1	167	55	1.817	9.9	1.2	6.4	4.0	0.62	55

Neutralized Pitching

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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	5.67	27.0	29	19	17	4	22	13	2	1.889	9.7	7.3	4.3	0.59	1.3	9
1972	24	0	0		27.00	4.0	12	13	12	1	5	1	0	4.250	27.0	11.3	2.3	0.20	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 Yrs		1	2	.333	8.72	32.0	43	34	31	5	28	14	2	2.219	12.1		3.9	0.50	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 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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