Bill Greif
William Briley Greif
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5" , Weight: 205 lb.

Born: April 25, 1950 in Fort Stockton, TX
High School: Reagan (Austin, TX)
Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 3rd round of the 1968 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 19, 1971
Final Game: September 24, 1976
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1971 HOU NL 21 P 7 3 16.0 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.69 0.43 .967 1.91 0.79
1972 SDP NL 22 P 34 22 125.1 21 5 12 4 0 .810 1.22 0.50 .957 1.78 0.73
1973 SDP NL 23 P 36 31 199.1 36 11 24 1 0 .972 1.58 0.97 .950 1.88 0.73
1974 SDP NL 24 P 43 35 226.0 49 13 33 3 4 .939 1.83 1.07 .945 1.88 0.71
1975 SDP NL 25 P 59 1 72.0 6 0 5 1 0 .833 0.62 0.08 .950 1.86 0.72
1976 TOT NL 26 P 52 5 77.0 15 6 9 0 0 1.000 1.75 0.29 .947 1.88 0.72
1976 SDP NL 26 P 5 5 22.1 7 4 3 0 0 1.000 2.82 1.40 .943 1.89 0.72
1976 STL NL 26 P 47 0 54.2 8 2 6 0 0 1.000 1.32 0.17 .950 1.88 0.72
6 Seasons P 231 97 715.2 130 35 86 9 4 .931 1.52 0.52 .949 1.86 0.72
6 Seasons TOT 231 97 715.2 130 35 86 9 4 .931 1.52 0.52 .880 1.86 0.72

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1971 HOU NL 21 7 3 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 SDP NL 22 34 22 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1973 SDP NL 23 36 31 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 SDP NL 24 46 35 46 43 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
1975 SDP NL 25 59 1 59 59 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 STL NL 26 47 0 47 47 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 SDP NL 26 5 5 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons 234 97 234 231 231 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1971 HOU NL 21 63 68% 22% 2 100% 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1972 SDP NL 22 592 75% 20% 13 77% 0 5 0 5 13 10 0 4 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 4 75%
1973 SDP NL 23 853 78% 22% 22 95% 0 11 2 6 24 13 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 86%
1974 SDP NL 24 1065 77% 24% 32 88% 0 13 1 11 33 22 3 3 1 0 2 1 4 2 3 1 10 80%
1975 SDP NL 25 346 75% 29% 4 100% 1 0 0 0 4 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 100%
1976 STL NL 26 261 77% 20% 5 100% 0 2 0 2 6 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0
1976 SDP NL 26 110 85% 24% 3 67% 0 5 0 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
6 Seasons 3290 77% 23% 81 89% 1 36 3 27 85 56 6 9 1 2 6 3 5 3 4 1 26 85%
MLB Averages 78% 27% 90% 87%

* 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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