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Bill Greif

William Briley Greif

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 196 lb.

Born: April 25, 1950 in Fort Stockton, TX
High School: Reagan HS (Austin, TX)
Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 3rd round of the 1968 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 19, 1971
Teams (by GP): Padres/Cardinals/Astros 1971-1976

Final Game: September 24, 1976
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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 Awards
1971 21 HOU NL 7 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 .333 .667 92 1 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1972 22 SDP NL 34 39 33 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15 .030 .059 .030 .089 -73 1 0 0 5 0 0 1
1973 23 SDP NL 36 68 61 3 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 28 .098 .167 .098 .265 -22 6 0 1 2 0 0 1
1974 24 SDP NL 46 75 56 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 23 .071 .212 .071 .284 -16 4 1 0 9 0 0 1
1975 25 SDP NL 59 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
1976 26 TOT NL 52 14 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 .000 .143 .000 .143 -56 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1976 26 SDP NL 5 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1976 26 STL NL 47 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .000 .333 .000 .333 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
6 Yrs 234 201 166 6 12 0 0 0 1 0 0 17 73 .072 .163 .072 .235 -30 12 1 1 17 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 139 115 4 8 0 0 0 1 0 0 12 51 .072 .163 .072 .235 -30 8 1 1 12 0 0
SDP (5 yrs) 180 192 159 6 11 0 0 0 1 0 0 15 69 .069 .154 .069 .223 -33 11 1 1 17 0 0
STL (1 yr) 47 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .000 .333 .000 .333 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
HOU (1 yr) 7 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 .333 .667 92 1 0 0 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1971 21 HOU NL 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .505 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /1
1972 22 SDP NL 34 39 -6 -1 0 0 4 -2 -0.2 1 -1 -0.2 .493 .498 -0.2 0.0 -1 $ 1
1973 23 SDP NL 36 68 -10 0 0 0 8 -2 -0.2 2 0 -0.2 .495 .499 -0.2 0.0 0 $ 1
1974 24 SDP NL 46 75 -9 -1 0 0 8 -1 -0.2 2 1 -0.2 .497 .499 -0.2 0.0 1 $ 1
1975 25 SDP NL 59 2 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .499 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $ 1
1976 26 SDP NL 5 8 -2 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .477 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 $ /1
1976 26 STL NL 47 6 -0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 1 $ 1
6 Seasons 234 201 -27 -1 0 0 21 -6 -0.7 6 -0 -0.7 .497 .499 -0.7 0.1 -0 $
SDP (5 yrs) 180 192 -26 -1 0 0 20 -7 -0.8 6 -1 -0.7 .496 .499 -0.7 0.1 -1 $
STL (1 yr) 47 6 -0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 1 $
HOU (1 yr) 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .505 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $

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 PwrSpd
1971 21 HOU NL 3 2 0 0.0 90 1.000 .333 .256 .333 .322 .333 .375 .667 .697 92 .000 -0.1 -0.0 .500 .000 .000
1972 22 SDP NL 39 37 0 0.0 85 .056 .030 .247 .059 .314 .030 .365 .089 .679 -73 .000 -7.2 -0.8 .063 .030 .000
1973 23 SDP NL 68 57 1 0.5 89 .182 .098 .252 .167 .319 .098 .374 .265 .694 -22 .017 -9.8 -1.0 .200 .066 .000
1974 24 SDP NL 75 62 2 0.9 90 .121 .071 .256 .212 .328 .071 .371 .284 .698 -16 .052 -8.4 -0.9 .264 .179 .000
1975 25 SDP NL 2 2 0 0.0 91 .000 .000 .258 .000 .328 .000 .373 .000 .701 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
1976 26 TOT NL 14 12 0 0.0 88 .000 .000 .257 .143 .323 .000 .366 .143 .689 -56 .000 -2.4 -0.3 .167 .167 .000
1976 26 SDP NL 8 8 0 0.0 85 .000 .000 .253 .000 .318 .000 .361 .000 .679 -100 .000 -2.0 -0.2 .000 .000 .000
1976 26 STL NL 6 4 0 0.0 93 .000 .000 .264 .333 .330 .000 .376 .333 .706 1 .000 -0.4 -0.0 .500 .500 .000
6 Yrs 201 172 3 0.5 89 .129 .072 .253 .163 .322 .072 .371 .235 .692 -30 .018 -28.2 -3.0 .194 .102 .000
162 Game Avg. 139 119 2 0.5 89 .129 .072 .253 .163 .322 .072 .371 .235 .692 -30 .018 -28.2 -3.0 .194 .102 .000
SDP (5 yrs) 192 166 3 0.5 89 .122 .069 .253 .154 .321 .069 .370 .223 .692 -33 .019 -27.7 -2.9 .181 .094 .000
STL (1 yr) 6 4 0 0.0 93 .000 .000 .264 .333 .330 .000 .376 .333 .706 1 .000 -0.4 -0.0 .500 .500 .000
HOU (1 yr) 3 2 0 0.0 90 1.000 .333 .256 .333 .322 .333 .375 .667 .697 92 .000 -0.1 -0.0 .500 .000 .000

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1971 21 HOU NL 3 0.0% 66.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 1.5 33%
1972 22 SDP NL 39 0.0% 38.5% 2.6% 0.0% 0% 15.00 2.2 5.67 46%
1973 23 SDP NL 68 0.0% 41.2% 5.9% 0.0% 0% 7.00 2.2 61.0 2.63 49%
1974 24 SDP NL 75 0.0% 30.7% 13.3% 0.0% 0% 2.30 2.4 2.25 44%
1975 25 SDP NL 2 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.00 50%
1976 26 TOT NL 14 0.0% 35.7% 14.3% 0.0% 2.50 2.4 6.00 50%
1976 26 SDP NL 8 0.0% 37.5% 0.0% 0.0% 2.7 4.00 63%
1976 26 STL NL 6 0.0% 33.3% 33.3% 0.0% 1.00 2.0 33%
6 Yrs 201 0.0% 36.3% 8.5% 0.0% 0% 4.29 2.3 166.0 2.88 46%
MLB Averages 1.8% 13.6% 8.6% 5.9% 26% 1.57 6.5 48.7 9.1 1.09 74%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1971 21 HOU NL -0.1 -0.0 3 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .55 -0.0 -0.0 -0.1 -0.0 0.69 -0.1 0
1972 22 SDP NL -7.2 -0.8 39 -0.6 0.2 -0.8 .96 -0.6 0.1 -4.0 -0.4 0.95 -6.3 0
1973 23 SDP NL -9.8 -1.0 69 -0.9 0.4 -1.3 .93 -1.0 0.0 -8.3 -0.9 0.87 -10.0 0
1974 24 SDP NL -8.4 -0.9 75 -1.0 0.5 -1.5 1.02 -1.1 0.1 -10.2 -1.1 0.98 -10.2 0
1975 25 SDP NL -0.3 -0.0 2 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .56 -0.0 -0.0 -0.4 -0.0 1.22 -0.4 0
1976 26 TOT NL -2.4 -0.3 14 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .45 -0.2 -0.0 -2.3 -0.2 0.80 -2.3 0
1976 26 SDP NL -2.0 -0.2 8 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .53 -0.2 0.0 -1.5 -0.2 0.72 -2.0 0
1976 26 STL NL -0.4 -0.0 6 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .34 -0.0 -0.0 -0.7 -0.1 0.90 -0.3 0
6 Yrs -28.2 -3.0 202 -2.6 1.2 -3.8 .93 -3.0 0.1 -25.3 -2.7 0.92 -29.2 0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1971 21 HOU NL 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 22 SDP NL 3 0 0% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1973 23 SDP NL 0 0 27% 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 17% 5 4 1 0 0 0 1 1 0
1974 24 SDP NL 1 0 21% 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 17% 3 3 0 2 1 1 1 1 0
1975 25 SDP NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 26 TOT NL 0 0 0% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 26 SDP NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 26 STL NL 0 0 0% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Yrs 4 0 20% 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 15% 9 7 1 2 1 1 2 2 0

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
1971 21 HOU NL 3 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 22 SDP NL 39 8% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 5 83% 8 0 0% 8 2 25% 25 3 12% 2 0 0% 2 1 50% 0
1973 23 SDP NL 68 29% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 8 0 0% 9 0 0% 32 1 3% 2 1 50% 0 0 0
1974 24 SDP NL 75 35% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 9 64% 19 1 5% 24 4 17% 47 1 2% 3 0 0% 3 2 67% 0
1975 25 SDP NL 2 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 2 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1976 26 TOT NL 14 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 4 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1976 26 SDP NL 8 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1976 26 STL NL 6 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 2 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
6 Yrs 201 25% 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 23 17 74% 37 1 3% 43 6 14% 110 5 5% 7 1 14% 5 3 60% 0
MLB Averages 55% 75% 11% 32% 14% 48% 53%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1971 21 7 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 .333 .667 92 1 0 0 0 0 0
1972 22 41 42 36 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 17 .056 .081 .056 .137 -59 2 0 0 5 0 0
1973 23 77 110 97 3 8 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 45 .082 .136 .082 .218 -35 8 0 1 7 0 0
1974 24 123 185 153 6 12 0 0 0 1 0 0 15 68 .078 .166 .078 .244 -27 12 1 1 16 0 0
1975 25 182 187 154 6 12 0 0 0 1 0 0 15 68 .078 .165 .078 .243 -28 12 1 1 17 0 0
1976 26 234 201 166 6 12 0 0 0 1 0 0 17 73 .072 .163 .072 .235 -30 12 1 1 17 0 0

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1971 21 7 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 7
1972 22 36 40 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 16 .000 .029 .000 .029 0 34
1973 23 36 68 61 3 6 0 0 0 1 0 4 28 .098 .167 .098 .265 1 36
1974 24 46 75 56 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 10 23 .071 .212 .071 .284 1 46
1975 25 59 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 59
1976 26 52 14 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 .000 .143 .000 .143 0 52
6 Yrs 236 202 167 7 10 0 0 0 1 0 17 74 .060 .151 .060 .211 2 234
162 Game Avg. 162 139 115 5 7 0 0 0 1 0 12 51 .060 .151 .060 .211 1 234

* 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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