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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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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

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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 Seasons 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

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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 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

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

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Transactions

June 7, 1968: Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 3rd round of the 1968 amateur draft.

December 3, 1971: Traded by the Houston Astros with Mark Schaeffer and Derrel Thomas to the San Diego Padres for Dave Roberts.

May 19, 1976: Traded by the San Diego Padres to the St. Louis Cardinals for Luis Melendez.

November 6, 1976: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals with Sam Mejias and Angel Torres to the Montreal Expos for Steve Dunning, Pat Scanlon and Tony Scott.

March 30, 1977: Released by the Montreal Expos.

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