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 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 21 HOU NL 1 1 .500 5.06 7 3 1 0 0 0 16.0 18 10 9 1 8 0 14 2 0 0 76 66 1.625 10.1 0.6 4.5 7.9 1.75
1972 22 SDP NL 5 16 .238 5.60 34 22 6 2 1 2 125.1 143 86 78 18 47 4 91 8 2 2 568 59 1.516 10.3 1.3 3.4 6.5 1.94
1973 23 SDP NL 10 17 .370 3.21 36 31 2 9 3 1 199.1 181 88 71 20 62 12 120 5 1 5 823 108 1.219 8.2 0.9 2.8 5.4 1.94
1974 24 SDP NL 9 19 .321 4.66 43 35 4 7 1 1 226.0 244 126 117 17 95 11 137 14 2 10 1007 76 1.500 9.7 0.7 3.8 5.5 1.44
1975 25 SDP NL 4 6 .400 3.88 59 1 33 0 0 9 72.0 74 44 31 7 38 17 43 5 0 2 331 90 1.556 9.3 0.9 4.8 5.4 1.13
1976 26 TOT NL 2 8 .200 5.26 52 5 21 0 0 6 77.0 87 48 45 7 37 5 37 2 0 7 348 66 1.610 10.2 0.8 4.3 4.3 1.00
1976 26 SDP NL 1 3 .250 8.06 5 5 0 0 0 0 22.1 27 20 20 2 11 0 5 0 0 1 104 41 1.701 10.9 0.8 4.4 2.0 0.45
1976 26 STL NL 1 5 .167 4.12 47 0 21 0 0 6 54.2 60 28 25 5 26 5 32 2 0 6 244 86 1.573 9.9 0.8 4.3 5.3 1.23
6 Seasons 31 67 .316 4.41 231 97 67 18 5 19 715.2 747 402 351 70 287 49 442 36 5 26 3153 78 1.445 9.4 0.9 3.6 5.6 1.54
162 Game Avg. 6 14 .316 4.41 48 20 14 4 1 4 148 155 83 73 15 60 10 92 7 1 5 654 78 1.445 9.4 0.9 3.6 5.6 1.54
SDP (5 yrs) 29 61 .322 4.42 177 94 45 18 5 13 645.0 669 364 317 64 253 44 396 32 5 20 2833 78 1.429 9.3 0.9 3.5 5.5 1.57
STL (1 yr) 1 5 .167 4.12 47 0 21 0 0 6 54.2 60 28 25 5 26 5 32 2 0 6 244 86 1.573 9.9 0.8 4.3 5.3 1.23
HOU (1 yr) 1 1 .500 5.06 7 3 1 0 0 0 16.0 18 10 9 1 8 0 14 2 0 0 76 66 1.625 10.1 0.6 4.5 7.9 1.75

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 21 HOU NL 7 76 62 10 18 2 0 1 2 0 8 14 .290 .384 .371 .755 .354 23 0 2 3 1 0
1972 22 SDP NL 34 568 499 86 143 21 5 18 11 2 47 91 .287 .353 .457 .810 .315 228 4 8 7 7 4
1973 23 SDP NL 36 822 734 88 181 29 5 20 7 8 62 120 .247 .307 .381 .688 .267 280 9 5 13 8 12
1974 24 SDP NL 43 1007 874 126 244 31 14 17 31 12 95 137 .279 .356 .405 .761 .311 354 12 14 15 9 11
1975 25 SDP NL 59 331 275 44 74 11 2 7 10 2 38 43 .269 .366 .400 .766 .295 110 5 5 11 2 17
1976 26 SDP NL 5 104 91 20 27 6 0 2 3 0 11 5 .297 .369 .429 .798 .294 39 0 0 1 1 0
1976 26 STL NL 47 244 207 28 60 10 2 5 8 5 26 32 .290 .367 .430 .797 .314 89 8 2 4 5 5
1976 26 TOT NL 52 348 298 48 87 16 2 7 11 5 37 37 .292 .367 .430 .797 .308 128 8 2 5 6 5
6 Seasons 231 3152 2742 402 747 110 28 70 72 29 287 442 .272 .345 .410 .755 .299 1123 38 36 54 33 49
162 Game Avg. 48 653 568 83 155 23 6 15 15 6 60 92 .272 .345 .410 .755 .299 233 8 7 11 7 10
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 21 HOU NL 7 3 0 1 2 0 0 2 1 .667 0 1 0 0 1 33% 41 56 32 7 2 0 1 3.7 1.8 3.0
1972 22 SDP NL 34 22 4 15 3 0 5 5 17 .227 3 1 2 1 10 45% 45 80 11 36 19 5 9 2.5 2.9 5.0
1973 23 SDP NL 36 31 10 17 4 1 9 11 20 .355 0 2 9 3 19 61% 54 88 26 19 4 10 11 3.1 3.0 6.2
1974 24 SDP NL 43 35 9 19 7 1 3 15 20 .429 0 7 7 1 14 40% 47 82 21 29 13 13 7 3.6 3.0 6.2
1975 25 SDP NL 59 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 41 41 41 16 8 0 1 9.0 0.0 4.0
1976 26 TOT NL 52 5 1 3 1 1 0 2 3 .400 1 1 0 0 1 20% 54 22 33 14 0 4 5.3 3.7 4.5
1976 26 SDP NL 5 5 1 3 1 1 0 2 3 .400 1 1 0 0 1 20% 37 54 22 8 6 0 4 5.3 3.7 4.5
6 Seasons 184 97 24 55 18 3 17 36 61 .371 4 13 18 5 45 46% 48 88 11 115 52 28 33 3.3 3.0 5.7
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 21 HOU NL 7 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 1.014 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3 0 1 2 5.3
1972 22 SDP NL 34 12 6 1 1 3 2 1 67% 3 0 10 5 50% 8 1.147 3 3 6 3 2 7 5 7 6 3 6 0 4.0
1973 23 SDP NL 36 5 2 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 5 0 0% 5 0.960 1 1 3 1 0 4 3 2 2 2 2 0 3.6
1974 24 SDP NL 43 8 4 0 0 2 1 1 50% 3 1 7 6 86% 9 1.087 4 2 2 4 2 2 4 4 2 2 2 2 3.1
1975 25 SDP NL 59 58 33 4 6 12 9 3 75% 13 0 51 17 33% 8 1.540 27 12 19 16 15 27 30 28 22 19 24 17 3.5
1976 26 TOT NL 52 47 21 1 5 6 6 0 100% 10 3 42 18 43% 1.135 19 12 14 14 9 24 25 22 20 22 20 14 3.5
1976 26 STL NL 47 47 21 1 5 6 6 0 100% 10 3 42 18 43% 7 1.173 19 12 14 14 9 24 25 22 20 22 20 14 3.5
6 Seasons 226 134 67 7 12 24 19 5 79% 30 4 117 46 39% 1.119 54 31 45 38 28 66 68 64 55 48 55 35 3.6

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 21 HOU NL 76 51% 1.3% 18.4% 10.5% 4.0% 17% 0.93 63% 14 0 0%
1972 22 SDP NL 568 42% 3.2% 16.0% 8.3% 7.8% 31% 0.71 70% 110 4 4%
1973 23 SDP NL 823 48% 2.4% 14.6% 7.5% 6.6% 30% 0.80 73% 144 9 6%
1974 24 SDP NL 1007 46% 1.7% 13.6% 9.4% 6.2% 25% 0.89 72% 201 12 6%
1975 25 SDP NL 331 39% 2.1% 13.0% 11.5% 6.0% 27% 1.11 69% 64 5 8%
1976 26 TOT NL 348 33% 2.0% 10.6% 10.6% 7.2% 29% 0.85 75% 78 8 10%
1976 26 SDP NL 104 41% 1.9% 4.8% 10.6% 7.7% 30% 0.79 82% 17 0 0%
1976 26 STL NL 244 30% 2.1% 13.1% 10.7% 7.0% 28% 0.88 72% 61 8 13%
6 Seasons 3153 44% 2.2% 14.0% 9.1% 6.6% 28% 0.85 72% 611 38 6%
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 21 HOU NL 61 18 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 2 2 0 100% 1 0 0 27 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15
1972 22 SDP NL 568 143 18 0 9 10 8 9 9 32 15 7 47% 9 2 2 224 11 2 85% 11 2 0 0 0 0 6 0 13 0
1973 23 SDP NL 823 181 20 0 13 11 9 8 12 44 22 10 50% 10 5 2 282 7 8 47% 7 6 0 2 0 0 7 2 17 0
1974 24 SDP NL 1006 244 17 0 18 13 4 8 9 78 42 9 54% 10 10 0 401 31 12 72% 29 8 2 4 0 0 6 3 30 1
1975 25 SDP NL 331 74 7 0 30 6 1 3 4 34 13 5 38% 8 2 0 128 10 2 83% 10 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 7 0
1976 26 TOT NL 348 87 7 0 12 4 3 0 7 27 16 1 59% 7 7 2 142 11 5 69% 9 4 2 0 0 1 1 0 18 0
1976 26 SDP NL 104 27 2 0 3 1 1 0 2 4 3 0 75% 0 1 1 36 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
1976 26 STL NL 244 60 5 0 9 3 2 0 5 23 13 1 57% 7 6 1 106 8 5 62% 6 4 2 0 0 1 0 0 15 0
6 Seasons 3137 747 70 0 84 44 26 28 42 217 110 32 51% 45 26 6 1204 72 29 71% 68 21 4 7 0 1 21 5 86 16
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 21 1 1 .500 5.06 7 3 1 0 0 0 16.0 18 10 9 1 8 0 14 2 0 0 76 66 1.625 10.1 0.6 4.5 7.9 1.75 66
1972 22 6 17 .261 5.54 41 25 7 2 1 2 141.1 161 96 87 19 55 4 105 10 2 2 644 59 1.528 10.3 1.2 3.5 6.7 1.91 59
1973 23 16 34 .320 4.17 77 56 9 11 4 3 340.2 342 184 158 39 117 16 225 15 3 7 1467 81 1.347 9.0 1.0 3.1 5.9 1.92 81
1974 24 25 53 .321 4.37 120 91 13 18 5 4 566.2 586 310 275 56 212 27 362 29 5 17 2474 79 1.408 9.3 0.9 3.4 5.7 1.71 79
1975 25 29 59 .330 4.31 179 92 46 18 5 13 638.2 660 354 306 63 250 44 405 34 5 19 2805 80 1.425 9.3 0.9 3.5 5.7 1.62 80
1976 26 31 67 .316 4.41 231 97 67 18 5 19 715.2 747 402 351 70 287 49 442 36 5 26 3153 78 1.445 9.4 0.9 3.6 5.6 1.54 78

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 21 0 1 .000 6.60 15.0 20 12 11 1 9 13 2 1.933 12.0 5.4 7.8 1.44 0.6 7
1972 22 3 10 .231 7.16 122.0 165 108 97 21 54 89 9 1.795 12.2 4.0 6.6 1.65 1.5 34
1973 23 10 10 .500 3.87 186.0 193 89 80 21 66 112 5 1.392 9.3 3.2 5.4 1.70 1.0 36
1974 24 8 15 .348 5.41 213.0 255 142 128 18 99 129 15 1.662 10.8 4.2 5.5 1.30 0.8 43
1975 25 3 4 .429 4.43 69.0 79 38 34 7 41 41 5 1.739 10.3 5.3 5.3 1.00 0.9 59
1976 26 2 5 .286 6.25 72.0 92 56 50 7 39 35 2 1.819 11.5 4.9 4.4 0.90 0.9 52
6 Seasons 26 45 .366 5.32 677.0 804 445 400 75 308 419 38 1.643 10.7 5.6 1.36 1.0 231

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Shutouts s c a p y
1973 NL--3--7th

Home Runs s c a p y
1972 NL--18--10th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1974 NL--95--10th

Hits s c a p y
1974 NL--244--10th

Losses s c a p y
1972 NL--16--2nd
1973 NL--17--3rd
1974 NL--19--4th

Earned Runs s c a p y
1974 NL--117--2nd

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1974 NL--10--8th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1972 NL--8--4th
1974 NL--14--1st

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 1 (2515), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 3 (1658), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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