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Bill Hands

William Alfred Hands (Froggy)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: May 6, 1940 in Hackensack, NJ
High School: Rutherford HS (Rutherford, NJ)
Signed by the San Francisco Giants as an amateur free agent in 1959. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 3, 1965
Teams (by GP): Cubs/Twins/Rangers/Giants 1965-1975

Final Game: August 10, 1975
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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 Awards
1965 25 SFG NL 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1966 26 CHC NL 41 56 49 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 23 .041 .096 .061 .157 -55 3 0 0 4 0 0 1
1967 27 CHC NL 49 45 38 0 4 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 26 .105 .171 .105 .276 -21 4 0 0 4 0 0 1
1968 28 CHC NL 38 92 82 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 50 .061 .094 .061 .155 -54 5 0 0 7 0 0 1
1969 29 CHC NL 41 115 98 5 9 0 0 0 3 0 0 4 45 .092 .136 .092 .228 -38 9 0 1 11 0 0 1
1970 30 CHC NL 39 101 75 6 10 2 0 0 6 0 0 15 33 .133 .272 .160 .432 14 12 0 0 9 2 0 1
1971 31 CHC NL 36 87 72 3 6 3 0 0 6 0 0 6 42 .083 .154 .125 .279 -24 9 0 0 9 0 0 1
1972 32 CHC NL 32 66 57 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 30 .018 .097 .018 .114 -67 1 2 0 4 0 0 1
1973 33 MIN AL 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1974 34 TOT AL 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1974 34 MIN AL 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1974 34 TEX AL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1975 35 TEX AL 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Yrs 374 563 472 19 37 6 0 0 19 0 0 39 249 .078 .150 .091 .241 -33 43 2 1 48 2 0
162 Game Avg. 162 244 204 8 16 3 0 0 8 0 0 17 108 .078 .150 .091 .241 -33 19 1 0 21 1 0
CHC (7 yrs) 276 562 471 19 37 6 0 0 19 0 0 39 249 .079 .150 .091 .241 -33 43 2 1 48 2 0
MIN (2 yrs) 74 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEX (2 yrs) 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SFG (1 yr) 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (8 yrs) 280 563 472 19 37 6 0 0 19 0 0 39 249 .078 .150 .091 .241 -33 43 2 1 48 2 0
AL (3 yrs) 94 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1965 25 SFG NL 4 1 -0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /1
1966 26 CHC NL 41 56 -11 0 0 0 6 -4 -0.5 2 -2 -0.5 .488 .497 -0.5 0.0 -2 $ 1
1967 27 CHC NL 49 45 -6 0 0 0 5 -1 -0.1 2 1 -0.1 .499 .500 -0.1 0.1 1 $ 1
1968 28 CHC NL 38 92 -16 -0 1 0 9 -6 -0.8 3 -3 -0.8 .479 .495 -0.8 0.1 -3 $ 1
1969 29 CHC NL 41 115 -18 -0 0 0 13 -5 -0.5 4 -1 -0.5 .486 .497 -0.6 0.0 -1 $ 1
1970 30 CHC NL 39 101 -10 -0 0 0 12 2 0.2 3 5 0.2 .506 .501 0.2 0.0 5 $ 1
1971 31 CHC NL 36 87 -13 0 0 0 9 -3 -0.3 3 -0 -0.3 .490 .498 -0.3 0.0 -0 $ 1
1972 32 CHC NL 32 66 -13 0 -0 0 7 -6 -0.8 2 -5 -0.8 .476 .495 -0.8 0.0 -5 $56,500 1
1973 33 MIN AL 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.1 0 $53,000 1
1974 34 MIN AL 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
1974 34 TEX AL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $54,000 /1
1975 35 TEX AL 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $55,000 1
11 Seasons 374 563 -87 0 2 0 62 -23 -2.7 18 -5 -2.8 .493 .499 -2.9 0.3 -5 $218,500
CHC (7 yrs) 276 562 -86 0 2 0 62 -23 -2.7 18 -5 -2.8 .490 .498 -2.9 0.2 -5 $56,500
MIN (2 yrs) 74 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.1 0 $53,000
TEX (2 yrs) 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $109,000
SFG (1 yr) 4 1 -0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 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
1965 25 SFG NL 1 1 0 0.0 96 .000 .000 .262 .000 .326 .000 .395 .000 .721 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
1966 26 CHC NL 56 51 1 0.5 97 .077 .041 .266 .096 .325 .061 .401 .157 .726 -55 .022 -10.4 -1.1 .128 .082 .020
1967 27 CHC NL 45 38 1 0.7 94 .333 .105 .264 .171 .327 .105 .387 .276 .714 -21 .041 -6.2 -0.7 .206 .079 .000
1968 28 CHC NL 92 84 1 0.3 87 .156 .061 .260 .094 .319 .061 .366 .155 .685 -54 .012 -15.9 -1.8 .104 .037 .000
1969 29 CHC NL 115 100 2 0.5 105 .170 .092 .274 .136 .346 .092 .406 .228 .752 -38 .023 -19.4 -2.1 .157 .041 .000
1970 30 CHC NL 101 76 5 1.8 112 .227 .133 .280 .272 .354 .160 .427 .432 .781 14 .146 -9.4 -0.9 .415 .227 .027
1971 31 CHC NL 87 75 2 0.7 103 .200 .083 .274 .154 .342 .125 .401 .279 .744 -24 .040 -12.6 -1.4 .227 .125 .042
1972 32 CHC NL 66 62 0 0.0 100 .037 .018 .268 .097 .337 .018 .395 .114 .733 -67 .000 -13.2 -1.4 .103 .088 .000
11 Yrs 563 487 12 0.7 100 .164 .078 .270 .150 .338 .091 .398 .241 .736 -33 .034 -87.4 -9.4 .190 .095 .013
162 Game Avg. 244 211 5 0.7 100 .164 .078 .270 .150 .338 .091 .398 .241 .736 -33 .034 -87.4 -9.4 .190 .095 .013
CHC (7 yrs) 562 486 12 0.7 100 .165 .079 .270 .150 .338 .091 .398 .241 .736 -33 .034 -87.2 -9.4 .190 .096 .013
SFG (1 yr) 1 1 0 0.0 96 .000 .000 .262 .000 .326 .000 .395 .000 .721 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1965 25 SFG NL 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100%
1966 26 CHC NL 56 0.0% 41.1% 5.4% 1.8% 50% 7.67 2.1 49.0 1.08 46%
1967 27 CHC NL 45 0.0% 57.8% 6.7% 0.0% 0% 8.67 1.5 12.7 1.40 27%
1968 28 CHC NL 92 0.0% 54.4% 3.3% 0.0% 0% 16.67 1.6 2.89 35%
1969 29 CHC NL 115 0.0% 39.1% 3.5% 0.0% 0% 11.25 2.2 32.7 1.57 46%
1970 30 CHC NL 101 0.0% 32.7% 14.9% 2.0% 20% 2.20 2.3 12.5 1.63 44%
1971 31 CHC NL 87 0.0% 48.3% 6.9% 3.5% 50% 7.00 1.7 12.0 0.89 34%
1972 32 CHC NL 66 0.0% 45.5% 7.6% 0.0% 0% 6.00 1.9 1.00 41%
11 Yrs 563 0.0% 44.2% 6.9% 1.1% 16% 6.38 1.9 24.8 1.42 40%
MLB Averages 2.0% 14.7% 8.5% 6.0% 27% 1.72 6.1 44.9 9.1 1.11 73%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1965 25 SFG NL -0.3 -0.0 1 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 1.29 -0.0 -0.0 -0.3 -0.0 1.11 -0.3 0
1966 26 CHC NL -10.4 -1.1 57 -0.9 0.2 -1.0 .83 -1.0 -0.0 -9.4 -1.0 0.86 -10.5 0
1967 27 CHC NL -6.2 -0.7 45 -0.5 0.3 -0.8 .84 -0.6 -0.0 -4.6 -0.5 1.01 -5.8 0
1968 28 CHC NL -15.9 -1.8 92 -1.4 0.2 -1.7 .86 -1.6 -0.1 -14.8 -1.6 0.89 -15.7 0
1969 29 CHC NL -19.4 -2.1 115 -1.3 0.7 -2.0 .88 -1.6 0.1 -15.4 -1.5 0.90 -17.4 0
1970 30 CHC NL -9.4 -0.9 101 -0.6 0.9 -1.4 .84 -1.0 0.3 -7.7 -0.7 0.97 -10.4 0
1971 31 CHC NL -12.6 -1.4 88 -0.9 0.7 -1.6 .94 -1.2 0.2 -10.6 -1.1 0.95 -12.3 0
1972 32 CHC NL -13.2 -1.4 67 -1.2 0.1 -1.2 .79 -1.3 -0.1 -13.4 -1.4 0.93 -13.7 0
1973 33 MIN AL 0.0 0.0
1974 34 TOT AL 0.0 0.0
1974 34 MIN AL 0.0 0.0
1974 34 TEX AL 0.0 0.0
1975 35 TEX AL 0.0 0.0
11 Yrs -87.4 -9.4 566 -6.8 3.0 -9.8 .86 -8.3 0.4 -76.1 -7.8 0.93 -85.9 0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1965 25 SFG NL 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 26 CHC NL 0 0 40% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1967 27 CHC NL 1 0 0% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1968 28 CHC NL 0 0 25% 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 29% 3 3 0 2 2 0 2 0 2
1969 29 CHC NL 3 1 36% 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9% 6 6 0 1 1 0 4 3 1
1970 30 CHC NL 1 0 24% 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 39% 6 6 0 1 0 1 6 2 4
1971 31 CHC NL 1 0 25% 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 32 CHC NL 0 0 17% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Yrs 6 1 25% 114 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 28% 20 18 2 4 3 1 12 5 7

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
1965 25 SFG NL 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1966 26 CHC NL 56 18% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 100% 7 0 0% 10 2 20% 34 1 3% 2 1 50% 2 1 50% 0
1967 27 CHC NL 45 13% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 100% 8 0 0% 12 2 17% 33 4 12% 7 2 29% 3 1 33% 0
1968 28 CHC NL 92 25% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 7 78% 13 0 0% 13 3 23% 52 1 2% 1 0 0% 1 1 100% 0
1969 29 CHC NL 115 27% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 17 11 65% 19 0 0% 24 6 25% 63 4 6% 6 1 17% 6 5 83% 0
1970 30 CHC NL 101 21% 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 14 9 64% 21 0 0% 19 6 32% 67 6 9% 9 2 22% 3 1 33% 0
1971 31 CHC NL 87 34% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 11 9 82% 15 0 0% 16 3 19% 61 6 10% 3 2 67% 3 2 67% 0
1972 32 CHC NL 66 24% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 4 67% 10 2 20% 13 3 23% 38 1 3% 2 1 50% 0 0 0
11 Yrs 563 24% 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 66 48 73% 94 2 2% 108 25 23% 349 23 7% 30 9 30% 18 11 61% 0
MLB Averages 54% 76% 11% 31% 14% 47% 52%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1965 25 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 26 45 57 50 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 23 .040 .094 .060 .154 -56 3 0 0 4 0 0
1967 27 94 102 88 2 6 1 0 0 4 0 0 6 49 .068 .128 .080 .207 -41 7 0 0 8 0 0
1968 28 132 194 170 4 11 1 0 0 4 0 0 9 99 .065 .112 .071 .182 -47 12 0 0 15 0 0
1969 29 173 309 268 9 20 1 0 0 7 0 0 13 144 .075 .121 .078 .199 -43 21 0 1 26 0 0
1970 30 212 410 343 15 30 3 0 0 13 0 0 28 177 .087 .158 .096 .254 -29 33 0 1 35 2 0
1971 31 248 497 415 18 36 6 0 0 19 0 0 34 219 .087 .157 .101 .258 -28 42 0 1 44 2 0
1972 32 280 563 472 19 37 6 0 0 19 0 0 39 249 .078 .150 .091 .241 -33 43 2 1 48 2 0
1973 33 319 563 472 19 37 6 0 0 19 0 0 39 249 .078 .150 .091 .241 -33 43 2 1 48 2 0
1974 34 356 563 472 19 37 6 0 0 19 0 0 39 249 .078 .150 .091 .241 -33 43 2 1 48 2 0
1975 35 374 563 472 19 37 6 0 0 19 0 0 39 249 .078 .150 .091 .241 -33 43 2 1 48 2 0

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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
1965 25 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 4
1966 26 41 56 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 23 .000 .058 .000 .058 0 41
1967 27 49 47 39 0 5 0 0 0 4 0 4 26 .128 .209 .128 .338 1 49
1968 28 38 95 84 4 7 0 0 0 0 0 4 50 .083 .125 .083 .208 1 38
1969 29 41 113 97 4 8 0 0 0 3 0 4 45 .082 .127 .082 .210 1 41
1970 30 39 99 74 5 9 2 0 0 5 0 14 33 .122 .256 .149 .404 3 39
1971 31 36 85 71 2 5 2 0 0 4 0 5 42 .070 .132 .099 .230 1 36
1972 32 33 69 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 31 .000 .077 .000 .077 0 32
8 Yrs 281 565 475 15 34 4 0 0 16 0 39 250 .072 .143 .080 .223 7 280
162 Game Avg. 162 326 274 9 20 2 0 0 9 0 22 144 .072 .143 .080 .223 4 280

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1981 BBWAA ()

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1969 NL  7.8 (5th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1969 NL  11 (6th)

             

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