Bill Graham

William Albert Graham

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 217 lb.

Born: January 21, 1937 in Flemingsburg, KY
School: University of Florida (Gainesville, FL)
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1957. (All Transactions)
Debut: October 2, 1966
Teams (by GP): Mets/Tigers 1966-1967

Final Game: September 29, 1967
Died: October 26, 2006 in Flemingsburg, KY
Buried: Fleming County Cemetery, Flemingsburg, KY
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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
1957	20	DET-min	D,B,A	9	8	.529	5.09	26	15					120.1	103	77	68	5	101								1.695	7.7	0.4	7.6			VDS,DHM,AUG · GAFL,CARL,SALL
1958	21	DET-min	A	8	12	.400	4.11	30	23					173.0	161	98	79	18	86								1.428	8.4	0.9	4.5			AUG · SALL
1959	22	DET-min	AA	7	10	.412	4.80	26	22		5	1		135.0	136	81	72	11	76	4	89	4	0	12			1.570	9.1	0.7	5.1	5.9	1.17	MEM,BIR · SOUA
1960	23	DET-min	AA	0	0		13.50	1						2.0	1	3	3		4		1		0				2.500	4.5		18.0	4.5	0.25	VCT · TL
1961	24	DET-min	AA	3	7	.300	4.88	15	10					79.1	78	46	43	6	24								1.286	8.8	0.7	2.7			BIR · SOUA
1965	28	DET-min	AAA	12	10	.545	3.20	27	27		11	2		183.0	156	73	65	15	70	2	167	5	0	7			1.235	7.7	0.7	3.4	8.2	2.39	SYR · IL
1966	29	DET-min	AAA	13	16	.448	3.68	31	30		14	1		213.0	185	99	87	15	55	3	127	1	0	5			1.127	7.8	0.6	2.3	5.4	2.31	SYR · IL
1966	29	DET	AL	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	8		1.000	9.0	0.0	0.0	9.0
1967	30	DET-min	AAA	12	6	.667	3.31	27	21		7	2		163.0	150	65	60	16	31	5	103	3	1	3			1.110	8.3	0.9	1.7	5.7	3.32	TOL · IL
1967	30	NYM	NL	1	2	.333	2.63	5	3	0	1	0	0	27.1	20	10	8	3	11	0	14	0	0	0	111	130	1.134	6.6	1.0	3.6	4.6	1.27
2 Yrs				1	2	.333	2.45	6	3	0	1	0	0	29.1	22	10	8	3	11	0	16	0	0	0	119	142	1.125	6.8	0.9	3.4	4.9	1.45
162 Game Avg.				8	15	.333	2.45	45	23	0	8	0	0	221	166	76	60	23	83	0	121	0	0	0	899	142	1.125	6.8	0.9	3.4	4.9	1.45

NYM (1 yr)				1	2	.333	2.63	5	3	0	1	0	0	27.1	20	10	8	3	11	0	14	0	0	0	111	130	1.134	6.6	1.0	3.6	4.6	1.27
DET (1 yr)				0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	8		1.000	9.0	0.0	0.0	9.0

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
1966	29	DET	AL	2.0	1	0	0	0.00	3.64	0.08	-0.15	102.0	3.48	1	0.1	.1	-0.0	0.1	1	.600	.501	$
1967	30	NYM	NL	27.1	5	3	10	3.29	3.69	-0.21	0.02	97.1	3.81	1	0.1	.3	-0.0	0.4	4	.530	.501	$
2 Seasons				29.1	6	3	10	3.07	3.69	-0.19	0.01	97.4	3.79	2	0.2	.3	-0.1	0.5	5	.542	.501	$

NYM (1 yr)				27.1	5	3	10	3.29	3.69	-0.21	0.02	97.1	3.81	1	0.1	.3	-0.0	0.4	4	.530	.501	$
DET (1 yr)				2.0	1	0	0	0.00	3.64	0.08	-0.15	102.0	3.48	1	0.1	.1	-0.0	0.1	1	.600	.501	$

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
1966	29	DET	AL	1	8	8	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.250	.500	.333	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
1967	30	NYM	NL	5	111	100	10	20	3	0	3	1	1	11	14	.200	.279	.320	.599	.205	32	2	0	0	0	0	3
2 Yrs				6	119	108	10	22	3	0	3	1	1	11	16	.204	.277	.315	.592	.213	34	2	0	0	0	0	3
162 Game Avg.				45	899	816	76	166	23	0	23	8	8	83	121	.204	.277	.315	.592	.213	257	15	0	0	0	0	23
MLB Averages																.245	.308	.366	.674	.275

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevLo
1966	29	DET	AL	0.9	0.1	8	0.0	0.0	-0.0	.07	0.1	0.0	0.9	0.1	0.07	0.8	1
1967	30	NYM	NL	2.0	0.2	115	0.4	1.8	-1.3	.86	0.2	0.4	1.2	0.1	0.86	1.6	2
2 Yrs				3.0	0.3	123	0.5	1.8	-1.3	.81	0.2	0.3	2.1	0.2	0.81	2.3	3

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
1967	30	NYM	NL	5	3	1	2	0	0	2	1	2	.333	0	0	1	0	3	100%	64.0	74	53	1	0	0	2	1.7	2.0	7.7
1 Yr				5	3	1	2	0	0	2	1	2	.333	0	0	1	0	3	100%	64	74	53	1	0	0	2	1.7	2.0	7.7
MLB Averages													.500						55%	54	112	0					3.9	3.8	6.3

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	1^stIP	aLI	LevLo	Bhd	Empt	>3o	IPmult	Out/GR
1966	29	DET	AL	1	1	6	.071	1	1	1	1	1	6.0
1967	30	NYM	NL	5	2	4	.858	2	2	2	2	2	6.5
2 Yrs				6	3		.805	3	3	3	3	3	6.3

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1966	29	DET	AL	8	75%	0.0%	25.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%	0.33	75%	2	0	0%
1967	30	NYM	NL	111	64%	2.7%	12.6%	9.9%	5.4%	30%	0.78	75%	18	2	11%
2 Yrs				119	65%	2.5%	13.5%	9.2%	5.0%	27%	0.75	75%	20	2	10%
MLB Averages					47%	2.1%	15.8%	7.9%	6.1%	28%	1.10	73%			10%

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
1966	29	DET	AL	8	2			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	4	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1967	30	NYM	NL	111	20			3	0	1	2	1	0	3	2	2	0	100%	3	0	1	38	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
2 Yrs				119	22			3	0	1	2	1	0	3	2	2	0	100%	3	0	1	42	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
MLB Averages																		49%							60%

Cumulative Pitching

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+
1966	29	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	8		1.000	9.0	0.0	0.0	9.0
1967	30	1	2	.333	2.45	6	3	0	1	0	0	29.1	22	10	8	3	11	0	16	0	0	0	119	142	1.125	6.8	0.9	3.4	4.9	1.45	142

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	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1966	29	0	0		0.00	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.000	0.0	0.0	9.0		0.0	1
1967	30	1	1	.500	3.12	26.0	22	10	9	3	12	13	1.308	7.6	4.2	4.5	1.08	1.0	5
2 Yrs		1	1	.500	2.79	29.0	22	10	9	3	12	16	1.172	6.8		5.0	1.33	0.9	6

* 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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