Bill Posedel

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 175lb (180cm, 79kg)

Born: August 2, 1906 in San Francisco, CA us

Died: November 28, 1989 in Livermore, CA

Buried: Cremated

High School: St. Vincent's HS (Vallejo, CA)

Debut: April 23, 1938 (Age 31-264d, 8,465th in major league history)
vs. NYG 5.1 IP, 3 H, 2 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER, L

Last Game: September 13, 1946 (Age 40-042d)
vs. PIT 4.0 IP, 3 H, 2 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1938 season

Full Name: William John Posedel

Nicknames: Sailor Bill or Barnacle Bill

Pronunciation: \poze-DELL\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-0.4

ERA

4.56

138

679.1

227

WHIP

1.479

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Team Record in Appearances: 13-20 / in Starts: 11-6

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 26, Entered with runners on base: 11

1938 Pitching Game Log

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1938 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	1	5	Apr 23	BRO		NYG	L,5-8	3-8	L(0-1)	99	5.1	3	3	0	1	2	1	0	0.00	5.30	22	7	9	1	2	3		1	0	0	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	2	.82	-0.266	2.09	-0.41%	-0.13	3t -2- 2 out d5	8t 3 out d3
2	2	10	Apr 29	BRO		PHI	W,5-4	GS-5		5	4.2	6	1	1	2	1	0	0	0.90	4.65	20	4	7	2	3	6	47			0	0	0	18	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.42	0.066	2.62	0.07%	0.77	1t start tie	5t 123 2 out a1
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
3	3	15	May 4	BRO	@	PIT	L,5-9	5-GF(8)	L(0-2)	4	3.2	7	4	4	0	1	1	0	3.29	5.03	17	3	6	0	0	7		2	2	0	0	0	17	2	2	0	0	0	0	.68	-0.430	1.31	-0.50%	-3.61	5b 12- 1 out a2	8b end d 4
4	4	29	May 19	BRO		STL	W,8-4	CG	W(1-2)	14	9.0	8	4	4	1	2	1	0	3.57	4.77	34	12	13	1	3	6	56			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.22	-0.004	.90	0.00%	0.58	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
5	5	31	May 21	BRO		PIT	L,4-5	9-GF		1	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.42	4.83	3	1	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.68	0.039	.71	0.02%	0.51	9t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
6	6	33	May 23	BRO		CIN	L,4-6	GS-3	L(1-3)	1	2.1	4	5	5	2	1	0	0	4.85	4.82	13	2	4	0	0	4	28			0	0	0	11	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.17	-0.248	.88	-0.11%	-2.89	1t start tie	3t -23 1 out d3
7	7	38	May 30(1)	BRO		PHI	L,5-9	8-8		6	0.1	4	4	4	0	0	1	0	6.15	5.29	6	2	0	0	0	4		1	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.38	-0.097	.19	-0.03%	-4.40	8t -2- 0 out d2	8t 1-- 1 out d7
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
8	8	42	Jun 3	BRO	@	CIN	W,5-4	8-GF	W(2-3)	3	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.72	5.13	6	5	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.50	0.224	.58	0.05%	0.97	8b --- 0 out d1	9b end a 1
9	9	44	Jun 5	BRO	@	PIT	W,10-5	GS-5	W(3-3)	1	5.0	6	5	5	6	1	1	1	6.21	5.78	29	6	9	0	0	6	30			1	0	0	22	2	0	1	0	0	1	1.27	-0.337	.52	-0.08%	-2.53	1b start a 1	5b 3 out d3
10	10	52	Jun 17(2)	BRO		CIN	L,10-12	3-6		11	3.2	6	2	2	0	2	0	0	6.08	5.40	17	3	6	0	0	6		1	1	0	0	0	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	.71	-0.134	.38	-0.04%	-0.94	3t 1-- 1 out d2	6t 3 out d3
11	11	56	Jun 20	BRO		CHC	L,1-5	7-GF		2	2.2	3	0	0	2	3	0	0	5.67	5.24	13	3	2	1	0	3		1	1	0	0	0	11	2	0	1	0	0	0	.24	0.000	.11	0.00%	0.97	7t --3 1 out d3	9t end d 4
12	12	60	Jun 25	BRO		STL	L,1-3	CG	L(3-4)	4	9.0	12	3	3	2	5	0	0	5.18	4.76	39	8	13	1	5	11	54			0	1	0	37	2	1	0	0	0	1	1.17	-0.032	.35	-0.01%	1.58	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
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
13	13	67	Jul 3(2)	BRO		PHI	W,2-0	SHO	W(4-4)	7	9.0	7	0	0	1	3	0	0	4.37	4.44	33						75						32	0	1			0
14	14	74	Jul 12	BRO		NYG	W,13-5	GS-6	W(5-4)	8	5.0	10	5	5	1	2	0	0	4.74	4.31	26	11	2	0	2	10	28			0	0	0	25	6	0	0	0	0	0	.32	0.028	.02	0.00%	-3.08	1t start tie	6t -2- 0 out a6
15	15	78	Jul 16	BRO	@	CIN	W,12-5	GS-3		3	2.1	4	4	4	1	0	1	1	5.12	4.56	13	3	4	1	0	4	32			0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	.97	-0.240	.06	-0.01%	-2.06	1b start tie	3b 1-- 1 out a1
16	16	85	Jul 23	BRO	@	STL	W,4-3	CG	W(6-4)	6	9.0	8	3	3	2	3	2	0	4.86	4.73	36	16	7	0	2	8	60			1	0	0	34	1	0	0	2	0	1	1.58	0.387	.11	0.02%	1.67	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
17	17	89	Jul 27	BRO		CHC	W,3-2	GS-8		3	8.0	7	2	2	2	5	0	0	4.61	4.51	33	10	9	1	0	7	63			1	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	.75	0.108	.05	0.00%	2.07	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
18	18	92	Jul 31	BRO		PIT	W,4-3	CG	W(7-4)	3	9.0	9	3	3	1	2	1	0	4.45	4.50	34	21	1	0	0	9	58			0	0	0	33	3	0	0	3	0	0	1.40	0.306	.04	0.01%	1.58	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
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
19	19	95	Aug 3	BRO		STL	L,2-3	8-GF(10)	L(7-5)	2	3.0	2	1	1	2	2	0	0	4.40	4.48	13	7	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	1	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.81	-0.105	.08	0.00%	0.53	8t --- 0 out d1	10t end d 1
20	20	98	Aug 7(1)	BRO		CIN	W,11-10	GS-1		3	0.1	4	5	5	1	0	1	0	4.87	4.64	6	1	0	0	0	4	22			0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.17	-0.372	.01	0.00%	-4.76	1t start tie	1t --- 1 out d5
21	21	102	Aug 13(1)	BRO	@	BSN	W,8-1	CG	W(8-5)	5	9.0	11	1	1	2	1	0	0	4.53	4.54	37	13	11	1	1	10	60			1	0	0	35	0	0	0	3	0	0	.56	0.218	.01	0.00%	3.01	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a7
22	22	107	Aug 17	BRO	@	NYG	L,2-4	GS-7	L(8-6)	3	7.0	7	4	3	2	4	1	0	4.49	4.55	30	11	7	0	3	6	51			2	0	0	27	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.06	-0.133	.01	0.00%	-0.51	1b start a 1	7b 3 out d3
23	23	112	Aug 21(2)	BRO		BSN	L,4-9	GS-1	L(8-7)	3	0.1	5	4	4	0	0	0	0	4.80	4.54	6	1	0	0	0	5	25			0	0	0	6	1	2	0	0	0	0	1.02	-0.330	.01	0.00%	-4.02	1t start tie	1t 1-- 1 out d4
24	24	113	Aug 23	BRO	@	STL	L,7-9	4-7		1	3.0	6	2	2	3	0	0	0	4.83	4.58	17	8	0	0	0	6		1	0	0	0	0	13	2	1	0	1	0	0	.64	-0.005	.00	0.00%	-1.33	4b 1-- 1 out d3	7b -23 1 out d4
25	25	117	Aug 26	BRO	@	CHC	L,3-7	GS-5	L(8-8)	2	4.1	8	6	4	1	1	0	0	4.96	4.53	22	9	3	0	0	8	27			0	0	0	21	0	1	0	0	0	1	1.30	-0.301	.00	0.00%	-3.40	1b start a 1	5b --3 1 out d4
26	26	120	Aug 29	BRO	@	PIT	L,1-10	GS-2	L(8-9)	2	1.1	3	5	3	3	0	0	0	5.13	4.59	10	3	1	1	0	3	29			0	0	0	7	2	1	0	0	0	1	1.33	-0.305	.00	0.00%	-3.95	1b start tie	2b --3 1 out d4
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
27	27	125	Sep 4(1)	BRO		NYG	W,5-4	9-GF	S(1)	5	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	5.09	4.59	4	0	2	0	1	0		1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.86	0.361	.00	0.00%	1.13	9t -2- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
28	28	126	Sep 4(2)	BRO		NYG	L,0-7	7-8		-1	2.0	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	5.08	4.67	7	3	2	1	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.04	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.02	7t --- 0 out d6	8t 3 out d7
29	29	128	Sep 5(2)	BRO	@	BSN	L,3-5	1-5		0	5.0	5	2	2	0	3	0	0	5.02	4.56	19	5	6	0	1	5		1	0	0	1	0	19	2	0	0	0	0	1	.34	-0.005	.00	0.00%	0.59	1b 1-- 0 out d3	5b 3 out d3
30	30	133	Sep 10	BRO	@	NYG	L,2-20	5-GF(8)		4	4.0	10	11	11	4	0	1	0	5.62	4.70	26	12	0	0	0	10		2	2	0	0	0	20	2	1	0	0	0	0	.01	-0.005	.00	0.00%	-9.52	5b -23 0 out d6	8b end d18
31	31	136	Sep 14(2)	BRO		CIN	L,4-8	2-8		3	7.0	8	4	4	1	4	2	0	5.60	4.77	29	4	12	2	0	8		3	2	0	1	0	28	2	1	1	0	0	0	.56	-0.182	.00	0.00%	-0.60	2t 123 0 out d2	8t 3 out d5
32	32	138	Sep 16(2)	BRO		STL	L,4-8	9-GF		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.56	4.76	3	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.05	0.004	.00	0.00%	0.51	9t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 4
33	33	142	Sep 22(2)	BRO		PIT	L,6-11	5-6		5	0.2	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	5.66	4.77	6	1	1	0	0	3		1	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.34	-0.046	.00	0.00%	-1.79	5t 1-- 2 out d4	6t 1-- 1 out d6
							13-20		W-L:8-9,Sv:1	3.2	140.0	178	96	88	46	49	15	2	5.66	4.77	629	1.42		4%	7%	166	44	15	60%	6	4	0	571	40	11	3	13	0	9	.94	-1.836	.35	-1.02%	-33.02

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