Bill Hall

William Lemuel Hall

Position: Catcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: July 30, 1928 in Moultrie, GA
Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1947. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 18, 1954
Team: Pirates 1954-1958

Final Game: September 26, 1958
Died: January 1, 1986 in Moultrie, GA
Buried: New Bethel Cemetery, Meigs, GA
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Standard Batting

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
1947	18	PIT-min	D,C	63	201	201		52	7	4	0						.259	.259	.333	.592		67						LEE,KEK,BAR · FLOR,CENA,KOML
1948	19	PIT-min	D	111	372	372		105	27	4	0						.282	.282	.376	.659		140						LEE · FLOR
1950	21	PIT-min	C,A	105	358	358		112	27	3	3						.313	.313	.430	.743		154						HUT,CHS · WA,SALL
1951	22	PIT-min	A	59	180	180		36	6	0	1						.200	.200	.250	.450		45						CHS · SALL
1952	23	PIT-min	A	121	366	366		95	13	1	3						.260	.260	.325	.585		119						CHS · SALL
1953	24	PIT-min	AA	69	210	210		59	8	1	1						.281	.281	.343	.624		72						NOR · SOUA
1954	25	PIT-min	A,AA	79	225	225		54	6	1	2						.240	.240	.302	.542		68						WPT,NOR · EL,SOUA
1954	25	PIT	NL	5	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0		/2

1956	27	PIT-min	Opn	91	277	253	21	50	7	3	3	24	0		18	28	.198	.248	.285	.533		72	10	0	3	3		HOL · PCL
1956	27	PIT	NL	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/2

1958	29	PIT-min	AAA	40	145	125	17	43	13	0	4	24	0		16	9	.344	.417	.544	.961		68	3	1	1	2		SLC · PCL
1958	29	PIT	NL	51	131	116	15	33	6	0	1	15	0	0	15	13	.284	.366	.362	.728	97	42	2	0	0	0	8	2
1959	30	PIT-min	AAA	94	323	291	35	72	12	2	1	32	0		30	30	.247	.317	.313	.629		91		0	1	1	8	CLB · IL
1960	31	PIT-min	AAA	118	415	379	32	92	11	4	2	47	5	2	31	33	.243	.300	.309	.609		117		1	2	2		SLC,CLB · PCL,IL
3 Seasons				57	141	126	15	33	6	0	1	15	0	0	15	14	.262	.340	.333	.674	82	42	2	0	0	0	8
162 Game Avg.				162	401	358	43	94	17	0	3	43	0	0	43	40	.262	.340	.333	.674	82	119	6	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
1954	25	PIT	NL	7	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	-2	-0.2	-2	-0.2	0.0	$	/2

1956	27	PIT	NL	3	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	/2

1958	29	PIT	NL	131	-2	0	0	1	0	2	5	6	0.6	6	0.6	0.0	$	2
3 Seasons				141	-5	0	0	1	0	2	5	3	0.3	3	0.3	0.0	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1954	25	PIT	NL	7	7	0	0.0	107	.000	.000	.272	.000	.343	.000	.420	.000	.763	-100	.000	-2.1	-0.2	.000	.000	.000

1956	27	PIT	NL	3	3	0	0.0	100	.000	.000	.261	.000	.327	.000	.411	.000	.738	-100	.000	-0.8	-0.1	.000	.000	.000

1958	29	PIT	NL	131	85	15	4.7	104	.314	.284	.266	.366	.334	.362	.416	.728	.749	97	.508	0.2	0.0	.671	.207	.078	.0
3 Seasons				141	95	15	4.2	104	.288	.262	.266	.340	.334	.333	.416	.674	.750	82	.457	-2.8	-0.3	.600	.190	.071	.0
162 Game Avg.				401	270	43	4.2	104	.288	.262	.266	.340	.334	.333	.416	.674	.750	82	.457	-2.8	-0.3	.600	.190	.071

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1954	25	PIT	NL	7	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%						0.17	100%

1956	27	PIT	NL	3	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%	0.0%			3.0			1.00	67%

1958	29	PIT	NL	131	0.8%	9.9%	11.5%	5.3%	21%	0.87	8.9	116.0	7.7	1.19	78%
3 Seasons				141	0.7%	9.9%	10.6%	5.0%	21%	0.93	9.0	126.0	8.4	1.03	79%
MLB Averages					2.3%	11.9%	9.1%	6.6%	29%	1.31	7.4	38.6	8.3	0.97	75%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1954	25	PIT	NL	-2.1	-0.2	7	-0.2	0.1	-0.2	1.35	-0.1	0.0	-1.0	-0.1	0.87	-1.3	1.85	3

1956	27	PIT	NL	-0.8	-0.1	3	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.69	-0.1	0.0	-0.6	-0.1	0.80	-0.8		0

1958	29	PIT	NL	0.2	0.0	130	0.1	1.9	-1.8	.95	-0.1	0.2	1.7	0.2	0.96	-0.3	0.94	1
3 Seasons				-2.8	-0.3	140	-0.1	2.0	-2.1	.96	-0.3	0.2	0.0	-0.0	0.96	-2.4	1.62	4

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1954	25	PIT	NL	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1956	27	PIT	NL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1958	29	PIT	NL	1	0	30%	57	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	39%	7	5	2	2	2	0	4	1	3
3 Seasons				1	0	30%	59	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	39%	7	5	2	2	2	0	4	1	3

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1954	25	PIT	NL	7	100%	0			3	0	0	0	1.85	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	0	0		3	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0

1956	27	PIT	NL	3	100%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0

1958	29	PIT	NL	126	88%	33			1	0	0	0	0.94	1	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		25	2	8%	10	6	60%	80	14	18%	13	7	54%	3	3	100%	5
3 Seasons				136	89%	33			4	0	0	0	1.62	1	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		28	2	7%	11	6	55%	84	14	17%	13	7	54%	3	3	100%	5
MLB Averages					48%																			80%			11%			31%			14%			49%			54%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	IBB
1954	25	5	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0
1955	26	5	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0
1956	27	6	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0
1957	28	6	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0
1958	29	57	141	126	15	33	6	1	15	15	14	.262	.340	.333	.674	82	42	2	8

Neutralized Batting

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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	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1954	25	5	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	5

1956	27	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1

1958	29	54	139	123	16	36	7	0	1	16	0	16	14	.293	.374	.374	.748	17	51
3 Seasons		60	149	133	16	36	7	0	1	16	0	16	15	.271	.349	.346	.695	17	57
162 Game Avg.		162	402	359	43	97	19	0	3	43	0	43	41	.271	.349	.346	.695	46	57

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