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: 15-20 / in Starts: 13-19

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: 1

1940 Pitching Game Log

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1940 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	67	1	Apr 16	BSN		BRO	L,0-5	GS-7	L(0-1)	99	7.0	4	4	4	5	3	0	0	5.14	4.28	28	3	13	0	0	4	51			0	1	0	23	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.02	-0.078	2.55	-0.12%	-0.82	1t start tie	7t 3 out d4
2	68	6	Apr 27	BSN		PHI	L,4-5	GS-8		10	8.0	7	3	3	3	9	0	0	4.20	3.00	32	9	4	0	0	7	62			0	2	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.39	0.191	2.09	0.17%	0.63	1t start tie	8t 3 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	69	9	May 3	BSN	@	STL	W,4-2	CG	W(1-1)	5	9.0	7	2	1	3	7	0	0	3.00	2.79	37	17	7	1	3	3	71			0	0	0	34	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.33	0.421	1.62	0.31%	2.62	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
4	70	14	May 8	BSN	@	CIN	W,10-4	CG	W(2-1)	4	9.0	10	4	3	0	1	0	0	3.00	2.78	35	11	13	2	0	10	54			0	0	0	35	3	1	0	4	0	1	.59	0.001	1.20	0.00%	0.44	1b start a 4	9b 3 out a6
5	71	17	May 12	BSN		NYG	L,2-3	CG	L(2-2)	3	9.0	10	3	2	3	2	0	0	2.79	2.95	39	22	2	0	0	10	56			2	0	0	35	2	0	0	1	0	1	.73	-0.036	1.23	-0.04%	1.09	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
6	72	21	May 18	BSN		PIT	W,15-5	GS-5		5	4.2	8	5	2	1	0	1	0	2.89	3.30	24	13	2	0	0	8	33			0	0	0	23	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.32	-0.443	.98	-0.20%	-3.14	1t start tie	5t 12- 2 out d1
7	73	24	May 24	BSN	@	NYG	L,1-8	GS-2	L(2-3)	5	1.1	5	5	5	0	0	3	0	3.75	4.10	9	1	3	0	0	5	24			0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.67	-0.284	.62	-0.16%	-3.53	1b start tie	2b 1-- 1 out d4
8	74	26	May 27	BSN		NYG	W,7-1	CG	W(3-3)	2	9.0	4	1	1	1	1	0	0	3.32	3.94	31	10	15	0	0	4	75			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	.41	0.208	.28	0.09%	3.09	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
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
9	75	30	Jun 1	BSN	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG(8)	L(3-4)	4	8.0	9	3	3	2	3	1	0	3.32	4.03	34	8	12	0	0	9	53			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	1	0	0	.83	0.037	.71	0.02%	0.95	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
10	76	35	Jun 6	BSN	@	PIT	L,6-7	GS-3		4	2.0	6	4	4	0	0	0	0	3.76	4.00	11	5	0	0	0	6	28			0	0	0	11	0	1	0	1	0	0	.89	-0.239	.27	-0.04%	-2.95	1b start tie	3b --3 0 out a2
11	77	38	Jun 9(1)	BSN	@	CHC	L,1-7	GS-3	L(3-5)	2	3.0	8	6	6	3	3	0	0	4.37	4.00	19	5	0	0	0	8	19			0	0	0	15	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.10	-0.305	.14	-0.02%	-4.58	1b start tie	3b 3 out d6
12	78	42	Jun 15	BSN		CHC	L,5-11	GS-2	L(3-6)	5	1.2	7	5	5	1	0	0	0	4.90	4.02	13	3	3	0	0	6	20			0	0	0	12	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.42	-0.356	.17	-0.03%	-4.43	1t start tie	2t --3 2 out d5
13	79	43	Jun 16(1)	BSN		CHC	W,5-4		W(4-6)	0	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.83	4.02	3												2					0
14	80	45	Jun 17(1)	BSN		PIT	W,5-3	CG	W(5-6)	0	9.0	6	3	3	2	11	1	0	4.63	3.87	33	3	11	0	2	6	72			0	2	0	31	0	2	0	0	0	0	1.34	0.087	.08	0.00%	1.09	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
15	81	49	Jun 22	BSN		STL	L,2-9	GS-8	L(5-7)	4	8.0	13	9	4	1	1	0	0	4.62	3.80	40	17	8	2	3	13	30			0	1	0	39	3	0	0	1	0	4	.80	-0.221	.06	-0.01%	-5.37	1t start tie	8t 3 out d9
16	82	53	Jun 29	BSN	@	BRO	L,4-10	CG(8)	L(5-8)	6	8.0	11	10	10	5	5	2	0	5.16	4.05	40	9	10	1	0	11	20			2	0	0	34	1	2	0	0	0	0	1.19	-0.539	.08	-0.02%	-5.81	1b start tie	8b 3 out d6
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
17	83	60	Jul 4(2)	BSN	@	PHI	W,5-4	8-GF	S(1)	4	1.2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	5.07	4.09	8	3	2	0	0	1		3	1	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.53	0.394	.11	0.01%	0.99	8b 123 1 out a2	9b end a 1
18	84	64	Jul 7(2)	BSN		BRO	W,2-1	GS-9	W(6-8)	2	8.2	8	1	1	3	0	0	0	4.75	4.09	34	8	15	1	0	8	61			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.34	0.323	.01	0.00%	2.52	1t start tie	9t -23 2 out a1
19	85	67	Jul 12	BSN	@	CHC	L,0-2	CG(8)	L(6-9)	4	8.0	6	2	1	2	4	0	0	4.50	4.00	32	14	8	1	1	4	66			2	0	0	29	2	0	0	0	0	1	.86	0.092	.01	0.00%	1.79	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
20	86	72	Jul 16	BSN	@	STL	L,3-4	CG	L(6-10)	3	8.0	9	4	4	0	3	3	0	4.50	4.20	32						51						32	2	0			0
21	87	77	Jul 21(2)	BSN	@	PIT	L,2-16	GS-5	L(6-11)	4	4.0	10	5	5	1	2	0	0	4.71	4.15	20	5	2	0	0	10	23			0	3	0	19	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	-0.294	.00	0.00%	-2.41	1b start tie	5b 1-3 0 out d1
22	88	81	Jul 26	BSN		PIT	L,0-9	GS-4	L(6-12)	4	3.0	8	5	5	0	0	0	0	4.95	4.13	17	8	3	0	0	6	23			0	0	0	17	4	0	0	0	0	0	.81	-0.253	.00	0.00%	-3.11	1t start tie	4t -23 0 out d3
23	89	86	Jul 30	BSN		STL	L,5-13	GS-7	L(6-13)	3	7.0	13	7	7	3	1	2	0	5.15	4.31	36	7	12	1	4	13	21			1	0	0	31	1	1	0	0	0	0	.83	-0.499	.00	0.00%	-3.82	1t start tie	7t 3 out d3
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
24	90	91	Aug 3(1)	BSN		CIN	L,1-3	CG	L(6-14)	3	9.0	6	3	2	5	2	0	0	4.96	4.30	36	14	9	1	0	6	62			1	1	0	30	3	0	2	1	0	2	.99	0.027	.00	0.00%	1.09	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
25	91	97	Aug 7	BSN	@	PHI	W,6-3	CG	W(7-14)	3	9.0	10	3	3	5	4	0	0	4.85	4.27	42						54						37	1	2			0
26	92	101	Aug 11(1)	BSN		BRO	W,3-2	GS-8	W(8-14)	3	7.1	7	2	2	5	1	0	0	4.74	4.29	31	11	7	0	0	7	52			0	1	0	25	0	1	0	3	0	0	1.45	0.046	.00	0.00%	1.12	1t start tie	8t 123 1 out a2
27	93	106	Aug 15	BSN		NYG	W,12-1	GS-1		3	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.76	4.29	4	0	2	0	0	2	45			0	1	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	-0.063	.00	0.00%	-0.55	1t start tie	1t 3 out d1
28	94	109	Aug 18(2)	BSN	@	BRO	L,1-3	CG(8)	L(8-15)	2	8.0	11	3	3	1	3	0	0	4.70	4.21	36	9	12	3	0	11	50			0	1	0	34	5	1	1	0	0	1	.82	0.054	.00	0.00%	1.19	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
29	95	116	Aug 25(1)	BSN	@	STL	W,4-1	CG	W(9-15)	6	9.0	5	1	1	8	3	1	0	4.52	4.32	38	19	4	1	1	4	68			2	0	0	30	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.58	0.414	.00	0.00%	3.62	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
30	96	121	Aug 29	BSN	@	CHC	W,3-1	CG	W(10-15)	3	9.0	5	1	1	3	3	0	0	4.35	4.27	34	8	16	0	0	4	73			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.38	0.567	.00	0.00%	3.27	1b start a 1	9b 3 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
31	97	126	Sep 2(2)	BSN		BRO	L,2-6	CG	L(10-16)	3	9.0	13	6	6	4	4	2	1	4.42	4.38	44	6	16	0	0	13	37			0	0	0	38	3	1	0	1	0	0	.87	-0.280	.00	0.00%	-1.91	1t start tie	9t 3 out d4
32	98	130	Sep 7(1)	BSN	@	PHI	W,3-2	CG(10)	W(11-16)	4	10.0	13	2	2	0	5	0	0	4.30	4.27	42	13	11	0	0	13	63			0	0	0	42	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.80	0.472	.00	0.00%	2.64	1b start tie	10b 3 out a1
33	99	137	Sep 12(2)	BSN		STL	W,6-1	CG	W(12-16)	4	9.0	6	1	1	4	1	0	0	4.16	4.26	36	15	10	1	0	6	68			0	1	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.51	0.417	.00	0.00%	3.09	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
34	100	141	Sep 15(2)	BSN		CHC	L,4-7			2	5.2	7	1	1	1	1	0	0	4.10	4.23	22												20					0
35	101	144	Sep 21	BSN		NYG	L,1-3	CG	L(12-17)	5	9.0	9	3	3	3	2	0	0	4.06	4.21	36	9	13	0	0	9	56			0	2	0	33	3	0	0	0	0	0	.95	0.114	.00	0.00%	1.09	1t start tie	9t 3 out d3
							15-20		W-L:12-17,Sv:1	3.5	233.0	264	118	105	81	86	16	1	4.06	4.21	1008	1.16		3%	3%	227	48	3	33%	10	16	0	914	57	14	5	18	0	13	1.12	-0.025	.41	-0.03%	-10.12

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