Bill Hands
William Alfred Hands Jr. (Froggy)
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: May 6, 1940 in Hackensack, NJ
High School: Rutherford (Rutherford, NJ)
Signed by the San Francisco Giants as an amateur free agent in 1959. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 3, 1965
Final Game: August 10, 1975
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1965 SFG NL 25 P 4 2 6.0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 3.00 0.50 .950 2.10 0.80
1966 CHC NL 26 P 41 26 159.0 49 12 33 4 1 .918 2.55 1.10 .949 1.96 0.74
1967 CHC NL 27 P 49 11 150.0 36 11 24 1 1 .972 2.10 0.71 .958 2.00 0.78
1968 CHC NL 28 P 38 34 258.2 61 21 39 1 0 .984 2.09 1.58 .957 2.01 0.85
1969 CHC NL 29 P 41 41 300.0 75 16 56 3 2 .960 2.16 1.76 .957 1.95 0.78
1970 CHC NL 30 P 39 38 265.0 67 22 42 3 2 .955 2.17 1.64 .951 1.85 0.71
1971 CHC NL 31 P 36 35 242.1 55 21 32 2 2 .964 1.97 1.47 .953 1.90 0.78
1972 CHC NL 32 P 32 28 189.0 38 12 21 5 1 .868 1.57 1.03 .955 1.78 0.73
1973 MIN AL 33 P 39 15 142.0 26 4 20 2 2 .923 1.52 0.62 .954 1.86 0.86
1974 TOT AL 34 P 37 12 129.1 22 10 12 0 0 1.000 1.53 0.59 .941 1.81 0.83
1974 MIN AL 34 P 35 10 115.1 19 9 10 0 0 1.000 1.48 0.54 .942 1.81 0.83
1974 TEX AL 34 P 2 2 14.0 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.93 1.50 .933 1.80 0.85
1975 TEX AL 35 P 18 18 109.2 30 11 16 3 1 .900 2.22 1.50 .943 1.87 0.85
11 Seasons P 374 260 1951.0 461 140 297 24 12 .948 2.02 1.17 .953 1.91 0.79
11 Seasons TOT 374 260 1951.0 461 140 297 24 12 .948 2.02 1.17 .901 1.91 0.79

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1965 SFG NL 25 4 2 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 CHC NL 26 41 26 41 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1967 CHC NL 27 49 11 49 49 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1968 CHC NL 28 38 34 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 CHC NL 29 41 41 41 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1970 CHC NL 30 39 38 39 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 CHC NL 31 36 35 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 CHC NL 32 32 28 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1973 MIN AL 33 39 0 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 MIN AL 34 35 0 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 TEX AL 34 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 TEX AL 35 18 0 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Seasons 374 215 280 374 374 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1965 SFG NL 25 36 69% 17% 2 100% 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 CHC NL 26 703 79% 34% 37 78% 0 12 1 10 31 25 3 4 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 0 6 83%
1967 CHC NL 27 630 79% 35% 30 87% 0 9 1 8 26 22 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 3 100%
1968 CHC NL 28 1041 82% 36% 46 89% 2 22 2 15 39 32 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 100%
1969 CHC NL 29 1243 79% 36% 62 87% 1 14 1 12 58 47 3 3 0 2 1 2 1 0 0 1 5 80%
1970 CHC NL 30 1163 79% 33% 55 73% 0 21 3 16 43 35 0 3 0 2 1 3 2 0 2 0 7 86%
1971 CHC NL 31 1048 83% 38% 48 81% 0 19 4 13 36 33 2 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 1 1 7 86%
1972 CHC NL 32 798 82% 39% 26 88% 0 12 0 11 25 17 3 5 0 4 1 3 1 0 1 0 3 100%
1973 MIN AL 33 619 80% 32% 23 96% 0 4 0 4 22 16 3 2 0 0 2 0 2 2 2 0 3 100%
1974 MIN AL 34 512 80% 32% 11 91% 0 9 0 8 10 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1974 TEX AL 34 60 88% 47% 2 100% 0 1 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 TEX AL 35 488 80% 33% 20 85% 1 11 2 8 16 15 0 3 0 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 0
11 Seasons 8341 80% 35% 362 84% 4 134 14 106 310 255 18 24 0 13 11 14 11 5 9 2 42 90%
MLB Averages 77% 27% 90% 86%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

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