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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 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
1968	18	HOU-min	Rk	5	4	.556	2.84	15	11					76.0	64	31	24	4	29								1.224	7.6	0.5	3.4			CVN · APPY
1969	19	HOU-min	A	1	4	.200	3.30	11	6					30.0	23	20	11	2	17								1.333	6.9	0.6	5.1			PNS · CARL
1970	20	HOU-min	AA	10	12	.455	2.89	27	27					190.0	177	82	61	13	54								1.216	8.4	0.6	2.6			CBS · SOUL
1971	21	HOU-min	AAA	8	9	.471	3.61	21	20		6	1	0	137.0	134	70	55	12	47	4	152	4	0	11			1.321	8.8	0.8	3.1	10.0	3.23	OKC · AA
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	68	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	91	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	67	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	87	1.573	9.9	0.8	4.3	5.3	1.23
1978	28	NYM-min	AAA	0	1	.000	6.75	3	2		0	0	0	8.0	14	12	6	2	3	0	3	1	0	0			2.125	15.8	2.2	3.4	3.4	1.00	TID · IL
6 Yrs				31	67	.316	4.41	231	97	67	18	5	19	715.2	747	402	351	70	287	49	442	36	5	26	3153	79	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	79	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	87	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	68	1.625	10.1	0.6	4.5	7.9	1.75

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	21	HOU	NL	16.0	7	3	10	5.63	3.63	-0.02	-0.04	95.2	3.44	-4	-0.4	.7	0.0	-0.3	-2	.437	.497	$
1972	22	SDP	NL	125.1	34	22	86	6.18	3.91	-0.45	0.03	97.4	4.27	-28	-3.0	1.2	-0.2	-2.2	-16	.412	.482	$
1973	23	SDP	NL	199.1	36	31	88	3.97	4.16	-0.30	0.11	95.1	4.35	8	0.9	.9	-0.1	2.4	27	.526	.506	$
1974	24	SDP	NL	226.0	43	35	126	5.02	4.28	-0.57	0.12	96.9	4.81	-6	-0.7	1.9	-0.1	0.9	16	.484	.496	$
1975	25	SDP	NL	72.0	59	1	44	5.50	4.18	-0.26	-0.31	96.5	3.98	-13	-1.4	1.7	-0.5	-1.3	-6	.477	.491	$
1976	26	SDP	NL	22.1	5	5	20	8.06	4.03	0.14	0.13	98.0	3.93	-10	-1.0		-0.0	-0.8	-8	.307	.494	$
1976	26	STL	NL	54.2	47	0	28	4.61	4.13	-0.04	-0.33	101.1	3.88	-5	-0.5	1.5	-0.2	-0.3	0	.488	.497	$
6 Seasons				715.2	231	97	402	5.06	4.14	-0.37	0.02	96.8	4.38	-58	-6.1	1.6	-1.1	-1.6	10	.474	.495	$

SDP (5 yrs)				645.0	177	94	364	5.08	4.15	-0.40	0.05	96.4	4.44	-49	-5.1	1.6	-0.9	-1.0	12	.471	.494	$
STL (1 yr)				54.2	47	0	28	4.61	4.13	-0.04	-0.33	101.1	3.88	-5	-0.5	1.5	-0.2	-0.3	0	.488	.497	$
HOU (1 yr)				16.0	7	3	10	5.63	3.63	-0.02	-0.04	95.2	3.44	-4	-0.4	.7	0.0	-0.3	-2	.437	.497	$

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	21	HOU	NL	7	61	62	10	18	2	0	1	2	0	8	14	.290	.384	.371	.755	.354	23	0	2	3	1	0	1
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	9
1973	23	SDP	NL	36	823	734	88	181	29	5	20	7	8	62	120	.247	.307	.381	.688	.267	280	9	5	13	8	12	10
1974	24	SDP	NL	43	1006	874	126	244	31	14	17	31	12	95	137	.279	.356	.405	.761	.311	354	12	14	15	9	11	10
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	8
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	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	7
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	7
6 Yrs				231	3137	2742	402	747	110	28	70	72	29	287	442	.272	.345	.410	.755	.299	1123	38	36	54	33	49	45
162 Game Avg.				48	650	568	83	155	23	6	15	15	6	60	92	.272	.345	.410	.755	.299	233	8	7	11	7	10	9
MLB Averages																.253	.321	.367	.688	.279

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	21	HOU	NL	-2.9	-0.3	63	-0.7	0.8	-1.4	1.01	-0.3	-0.3	-5.4	-0.6	1.01	-3.2	0	1	1
1972	22	SDP	NL	-32.9	-3.3	592	-2.8	10.6	-13.4	1.15	-2.9	0.4	-30.3	-3.2	1.15	-29.2	3	2	7
1973	23	SDP	NL	2.3	0.2	853	-0.6	13.2	-13.8	.94	0.2	-0.9	-1.5	-0.2	0.94	2.6	1	1	3
1974	24	SDP	NL	-24.6	-2.5	1067	-3.4	17.7	-21.1	1.09	-2.0	-1.2	-27.7	-2.8	1.09	-19.9	4	1	3
1975	25	SDP	NL	-7.0	-0.7	346	-0.0	8.0	-8.0	1.46	-0.9	0.9	-10.9	-1.1	1.46	-8.2	27	6	25
1976	26	TOT	NL	-14.2	-1.4	371	-0.9	6.1	-6.9	1.08	-1.6	0.8	-19.7	-2.0	1.08	-13.8	19	5	20
1976	26	SDP	NL	-11.1	-1.0	110	-1.0	1.6	-2.5	1.04	-0.2	-0.7	-8.7	-0.9	1.04	-2.5	0	0	0
1976	26	STL	NL	-3.1	-0.3	261	0.1	4.5	-4.4	1.09	-1.4	1.5	-11.0	-1.1	1.09	-11.3	19	5	20
6 Yrs				-79.3	-8.0	3292	-8.4	56.3	-64.7	1.10	-7.4	-0.2	-95.4	-9.8	1.10	-71.8	54	16	59

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	21	HOU	NL	7	3	0	1	2	0	0	2	1	.667	0	1	0	0	1	33%	41.3	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%	45.4	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%	53.9	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%	47.4	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%	41.0	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%	37.4	54	22	8	6	0	4	5.3	3.7	4.5
6 Yrs				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													.500						56%	53	109	-5					4.0	4.0	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	21	HOU	NL	7	4	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0%		1.010	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	1.148	3	2	7	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	.941	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	1	3	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	1.463	27	6	25	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%		1.075	19	5	20	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	1.092	19	5	20	14	9	24	25	22	20	22	20	14	3.5
6 Yrs				226	134	67	7	12	24	19	5	79%	30	4	117	46	39%		1.099	54	16	59	38	28	66	68	64	55	48	55	35	3.6

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1971	21	HOU	NL	76	49%	1.6%	23.0%	13.1%	4.9%	17%	0.93	79%	14	0	0%
1972	22	SDP	NL	568	58%	3.2%	16.0%	8.3%	7.8%	31%	0.71	70%	110	4	4%
1973	23	SDP	NL	823	52%	2.4%	14.6%	7.5%	6.6%	30%	0.80	73%	144	9	6%
1974	24	SDP	NL	1007	54%	1.7%	13.6%	9.4%	6.2%	25%	0.89	72%	201	12	6%
1975	25	SDP	NL	331	61%	2.1%	13.0%	11.5%	6.0%	27%	1.11	69%	64	5	8%
1976	26	TOT	NL	348	67%	2.0%	10.6%	10.6%	7.2%	29%	0.85	75%	78	8	10%
1976	26	SDP	NL	104	59%	1.9%	4.8%	10.6%	7.7%	30%	0.79	82%	17	0	0%
1976	26	STL	NL	244	70%	2.1%	13.1%	10.7%	7.0%	28%	0.88	72%	61	8	13%
6 Yrs				3153	56%	2.2%	14.1%	9.2%	6.6%	28%	0.85	72%	611	38	6%
MLB Averages					45%	1.8%	13.6%	8.7%	5.9%	26%	1.09	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	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	5	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	6	1	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	5	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 Yrs				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	18	4	86	16
MLB Averages																		50%							64%

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+
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	68	1.625	10.1	0.6	4.5	7.9	1.75	68
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	60	1.528	10.3	1.2	3.5	6.7	1.91	60
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	79	1.445	9.4	0.9	3.6	5.6	1.54	79

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	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	7.10	123.0	163	108	97	21	54	89	9	1.764	11.9	4.0	6.5	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	5.37	213.0	254	141	127	18	99	129	15	1.657	10.7	4.2	5.5	1.30	0.8	43
1975	25	3	4	.429	4.43	69.0	78	38	34	7	40	41	5	1.710	10.2	5.2	5.3	1.03	0.9	59
1976	26	2	5	.286	6.25	72.0	92	56	50	7	39	34	2	1.819	11.5	4.9	4.3	0.87	0.9	52
6 Yrs		26	45	.366	5.30	678.0	800	444	399	75	307	418	38	1.633	10.6		5.5	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 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.

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 Ink	Pitching - 1 (2619), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 3 (1711), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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