Bill Hands

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 185lb (188cm, 83kg)

Born: May 6, 1940 in Hackensack, NJ us

Died: March 9, 2017 in Orlando, FL

Buried: Central Cemetery, Orient, NY

High School: Rutherford HS (Rutherford, NJ)

Schools: Fairleigh Dickinson University (Teaneck, NJ), Ohio Wesleyan University (Delaware, OH)

Debut: June 3, 1965 (Age 25-028d, 12,370th in major league history)
vs. MLN 2.0 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: August 10, 1975 (Age 35-096d)
vs. MIL 2.0 IP, 6 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 5 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1966 season

Full Name: William Alfred Hands

Nicknames: Froggy

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

27.4

111

110

ERA

3.35

374

260

1951.0

1128

WHIP

1.223

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Team Record in Appearances: 16-21 / in Starts: 6-6

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 30, Entered with runners on base: 18

1974 Pitching Game Log

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1974 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	320	2	Apr 6	MIN	@	KCR	L,6-23	GS-1	L(0-1)	99	0.2	7	7	7	0	2	0	1	94.50	1.08	10	3	0	0	0	4	12			1	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	-0.414	1.88	-0.42%	-6.74	1b start tie	1b 1-- 2 out d7
2	321	4	Apr 10	MIN		CHW	W,6-5	GS-5		3	5.0	9	4	4	1	5	1	0	17.47	3.46	25	9	1	0	0	9	37			1	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	.96	-0.243	1.61	-0.24%	-1.63	1t start tie	5t 3 out d3
3	322	8	Apr 15	MIN	@	CAL	L,1-8	GS-5	L(0-2)	4	4.2	9	4	4	1	5	1	0	13.06	3.64	23	7	1	1	0	9	34			1	1	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	.95	-0.134	1.78	-0.15%	-1.25	1b start tie	5b 12- 2 out d3
4	323	12	Apr 19	MIN	@	TEX	L,2-10	GS-7	L(0-3)	3	7.0	7	2	2	2	3	1	0	8.83	3.96	29	14	3	0	0	7	56			0	2	0	26	2	0	0	1	0	2	.95	0.062	1.83	0.07%	1.10	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
5	324	16	Apr 24	MIN	@	DET	L,4-8	GS-6	L(0-4)	4	5.1	9	5	5	1	4	0	0	8.74	3.42	26	7	5	1	0	9	33			0	0	0	24	2	1	0	0	0	0	.72	-0.149	1.16	-0.14%	-2.12	1b start tie	6b --3 1 out d4
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
6	325	22	May 3	MIN		DET	L,3-4	7-GF		8	2.2	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	7.82	3.09	10	3	2	1	0	2		2	1	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.73	0.024	.88	0.02%	1.11	7t 1-3 1 out d1	9t end d 2
7	326	32	May 18	MIN		CAL	W,10-4	7-GF		14	2.1	3	1	1	1	2	0	0	7.48	3.01	11	3	2	0	0	3		2	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	.29	0.023	.42	0.02%	0.53	7t -23 2 out a5	9t end a 6
8	327	35	May 20	MIN		OAK	L,4-5	2-5		1	3.2	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	7.18	3.06	15	7	4	1	0	3		2	0	1	0	0	13	0	1	0	0	1	0	.47	0.048	.82	0.05%	0.80	2t -23 1 out d3	5t 3 out d5
9	328	42	May 28	MIN	@	BOS	L,5-9	5-6		7	1.1	4	1	1	0	3	0	0	7.16	2.85	8	1	0	0	0	4		2	2	1	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.20	-0.040	.19	-0.02%	-2.01	5b 1-3 2 out d5	6b 3 out d5
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
10	329	46	Jun 2	MIN		NYY	L,1-11	9-GF		4	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	6.95	2.88	4	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.47	9t --- 0 out d10	9t end d10
11	330	47	Jun 3	MIN		BOS	W,5-4	8-GF(12)	BW(1-4)	0	4.2	0	0	0	1	8	0	0	6.10	2.50	16	5	2	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	1	2.67	0.470	2.27	0.24%	1.78	8t 12- 1 out a1	12t end tie
12	331	52	Jun 9	MIN	@	NYY	L,3-4	9-GF	BS(2)	5	0.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.10	2.50	2	0	0	0	0	2		2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.97	-0.811	4.41	-0.36%	-1.94	9b 1-3 2 out a1	9b end d 1
13	332	53	Jun 10	MIN		BAL	W,9-1	6-GF	S(1)	0	4.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	5.53	2.41	13	7	3	1	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	.45	0.128	.29	0.05%	2.24	6t 1-3 0 out a3	9t end a 8
14	333	55	Jun 12	MIN		BAL	L,3-4	8-GF		1	2.0	2	1	1	0	2	0	0	5.48	2.33	7	1	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.20	-0.010	.13	0.00%	-0.05	8t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 2
15	334	59	Jun 16(2)	MIN	@	CLE	L,1-3	8-GF(8)		3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.40	2.33	1	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	.35	0.009	.26	0.00%	0.86	8b 12- 1 out d3	8b end d 3
16	335	62	Jun 19	MIN	@	BAL	L,5-6	4-GF(8)		2	4.1	7	3	3	0	4	0	0	5.47	2.19	20	5	4	0	0	7		2	0	0	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	.21	-0.017	.12	-0.01%	-0.82	4b 12- 2 out d3	8b end d 5
17	336	64	Jun 21	MIN		CHW	L,7-11	5-7		1	3.0	4	2	2	0	0	1	0	5.50	2.46	13	6	3	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	.04	-0.008	.03	0.00%	-0.58	5t --- 0 out d6	7t 3 out d8
18	337	68	Jun 24	MIN	@	TEX	W,8-4	7-GF	S(2)	2	3.0	3	1	1	1	2	1	0	5.37	2.69	12	4	2	0	1	3		0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.47	0.158	.63	0.04%	0.33	7b --- 0 out a2	9b end a 4
19	338	70	Jun 26	MIN	@	TEX	W,9-4	6-GF	S(3)	1	3.2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.03	2.65	12	7	3	0	1	1		3	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	2	0	1	.35	0.116	.14	0.03%	2.83	6b 123 1 out a5	9b end a 5
20	339	73	Jun 29	MIN	@	CHW	L,3-4	8-GF(8)		2	0.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.98	2.61	3	0	1	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.06	-0.094	1.34	-0.04%	0.16	8b 1-3 1 out tie	8b end d 1
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
21	340	77	Jul 2	MIN		TEX	W,5-4	6-7		2	1.1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.87	2.66	6	2	2	0	0	1		3	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.14	0.102	.53	0.03%	1.23	6t 123 2 out d2	7t 3 out d1
22	341	78	Jul 3	MIN		TEX	L,1-7	7-8		0	1.1	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	4.91	2.83	4	1	1	0	1	1		1	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.11	-0.008	.06	0.00%	-0.31	7t 1-- 2 out d4	8t 3 out d5
23	342	80	Jul 5(1)	MIN	@	MIL	L,3-5	5-GF(8)		1	4.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.61	2.83	12	4	5	0	0	1		1	0	1	0	0	11	0	0	0	2	0	0	.37	0.107	.13	0.02%	2.18	5b 1-- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
24	343	84	Jul 7(2)	MIN	@	MIL	W,5-3	6-6	H(1)	1	0.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.59	2.80	2	0	0	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.28	-0.018	.60	0.00%	-0.09	6b 1-- 1 out a2	6b -23 2 out a2
25	344	86	Jul 9	MIN		DET	W,3-2	9-GF(11)	BW(2-4)	1	2.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.41	2.77	9	6	1	0	1	1		1	1	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.39	0.118	.84	0.03%	0.61	9t -2- 1 out a1	11t end tie
26	345	89	Jul 12	MIN		CLE	L,5-9	3-5		2	2.2	4	4	4	1	1	1	0	4.75	2.95	14	6	2	1	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	13	1	0	0	0	0	1	.64	-0.228	.40	-0.09%	-2.06	3t --- 0 out d3	5t 1-3 2 out d3
27	346	91	Jul 14	MIN		CLE	W,6-5	7-7	BS(4)	1	0.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.88	2.95	2	0	0	0	0	2		2	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	3.57	-0.490	2.55	-0.21%	-3.04	7t 12- 1 out a1	7t --3 1 out d2
28	347	94	Jul 17	MIN		MIL	W,10-5	8-GF		2	1.2	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	4.89	2.99	6	3	1	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	5	0	1	0	1	0	0	.17	0.009	.09	0.00%	-0.15	8t -23 1 out a7	9t end a 5
29	348	103	Jul 28(2)	MIN	@	CAL	L,9-12	1-6		10	5.1	4	2	2	1	2	1	1	4.78	3.15	21	8	5	0	1	4		0	0	0	1	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	.97	-0.075	.56	-0.03%	0.23	1b --- 2 out d4	6b 3 out d2
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
30	349	111	Aug 5(2)	MIN		OAK	W,4-3	GS-6	W(3-4)	7	6.0	4	3	3	1	2	1	0	4.76	3.25	22	9	6	1	1	4	53			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	1	0	0	.79	0.056	.18	0.01%	-0.16	1t start tie	6t 3 out a1
31	350	116	Aug 9	MIN		BAL	W,6-2	GS-7	W(4-4)	3	6.2	8	2	2	2	3	0	2	4.61	3.27	32	9	9	0	0	7	51			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	1	.71	0.145	.06	0.01%	0.90	1t start tie	7t 12- 2 out a4
32	351	121	Aug 16	MIN	@	BOS	L,2-3	GS-8		6	8.0	9	2	2	2	6	0	0	4.42	3.15	33	13	10	6	0	2	60			1	0	0	30	2	0	0	2	0	0	1.09	0.120	.19	0.01%	1.95	1b start a 1	8b 3 out d1
33	352	126	Aug 21	MIN	@	NYY	L,1-4	4-GF(8)		4	5.0	5	0	0	1	2	0	0	4.21	3.11	21	8	6	1	0	4		0	0	1	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	.22	0.053	.03	0.00%	2.26	4b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 3
34	353	131	Aug 27	MIN		NYY	L,2-4	GS-7	L(4-5)	5	6.0	6	3	3	1	4	0	0	4.23	3.04	25	8	6	1	1	6	51			1	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.14	0.053	.17	0.01%	1.02	1t start tie	7t 123 0 out a2
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
35	354	135	Sep 1	MIN		BOS	W,9-6	GS-5		4	4.2	6	5	5	3	2	0	0	4.45	3.06	23	4	13	4	2	1	31			2	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	.71	-0.254	.05	-0.01%	-2.94	1t start tie	5t -2- 2 out d5
				Player went from Minnesota Twins to Texas Rangers
36	355	144	Sep 9(2)	TEX	@	CAL	W,5-3	GS-5	W(5-5)	7	5.0	5	3	3	3	3	0	0	4.49	3.07	23	8	4	1	0	5	45			2	1	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.27	-0.102	1.53	-0.07%	-0.86	1b start tie	5b 3 out a1
37	356	159	Sep 29	TEX	@	KCR	W,5-0	SHO	W(6-5)	19	9.0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.18	3.02	33	20	10	3	4	2	76			1	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	0.518	.00	0.00%	4.32	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
							16-21		W-L:6-5,Sv:3,BSv:4,Hld:1	2.9	129.1	141	60	60	28	78	9	4	4.18	3.02	548	1.68		7%	4%	119	45	34	35%	14	6	0	510	18	4	0	12	1	6	.88	-0.776	.68	-1.17%	0.13

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