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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 (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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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 10, 2012, 12:08AM
All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #357. Bill Lee… #358. Scott McGregor… #359. George Earnshaw… #360. BILL HANDS… #361. Dutch Ruether… #362. Ted Breitenstein… #363. John Smiley… 

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1965 25 SFG NL 0 2 .000 16.50 4 2 0 0 0 0 6.0 13 11 11 0 6 2 5 0 0 0 36 23 3.167 19.5 0.0 9.0 7.5 0.83
1966 26 CHC NL 8 13 .381 4.58 41 26 10 0 0 2 159.0 168 91 81 17 59 6 93 5 2 4 698 80 1.428 9.5 1.0 3.3 5.3 1.58
1967 27 CHC NL 7 8 .467 2.46 49 11 21 3 1 6 150.0 134 46 41 9 48 15 84 2 0 4 617 145 1.213 8.0 0.5 2.9 5.0 1.75
1968 28 CHC NL 16 10 .615 2.89 38 34 0 11 4 0 258.2 221 91 83 26 36 0 148 6 0 4 1013 110 0.994 7.7 0.9 1.3 5.1 4.11
1969 29 CHC NL 20 14 .588 2.49 41 41 0 18 3 0 300.0 268 102 83 21 73 8 181 6 0 5 1220 162 1.137 8.0 0.6 2.2 5.4 2.48
1970 30 CHC NL 18 15 .545 3.70 39 38 1 12 2 1 265.0 278 121 109 20 76 8 170 4 1 9 1127 121 1.336 9.4 0.7 2.6 5.8 2.24
1971 31 CHC NL 12 18 .400 3.42 36 35 1 14 1 0 242.1 248 112 92 27 50 6 128 2 0 5 1019 115 1.230 9.2 1.0 1.9 4.8 2.56
1972 32 CHC NL 11 8 .579 3.00 32 28 3 6 3 0 189.0 168 73 63 12 47 7 96 2 1 1 770 127 1.138 8.0 0.6 2.2 4.6 2.04
1973 33 MIN AL 7 10 .412 3.49 39 15 17 3 1 2 142.0 138 69 55 14 41 2 78 2 0 5 599 114 1.261 8.7 0.9 2.6 4.9 1.90
1974 34 TOT AL 6 5 .545 4.18 37 12 16 1 1 3 129.1 141 60 60 9 28 0 78 4 1 2 548 90 1.307 9.8 0.6 1.9 5.4 2.79
1974 34 MIN AL 4 5 .444 4.45 35 10 16 0 0 3 115.1 130 57 57 9 25 0 74 4 1 2 492 85 1.344 10.1 0.7 2.0 5.8 2.96
1974 34 TEX AL 2 0 1.000 1.93 2 2 0 1 1 0 14.0 11 3 3 0 3 0 4 0 0 0 56 190 1.000 7.1 0.0 1.9 2.6 1.33
1975 35 TEX AL 6 7 .462 4.02 18 18 0 4 1 0 109.2 118 58 49 12 28 1 67 3 0 7 469 94 1.331 9.7 1.0 2.3 5.5 2.39
11 Seasons 111 110 .502 3.35 374 260 69 72 17 14 1951.0 1895 834 727 167 492 55 1128 36 5 46 8116 115 1.223 8.7 0.8 2.3 5.2 2.29
162 Game Avg. 12 12 .502 3.35 40 28 7 8 2 2 209 203 89 78 18 53 6 121 4 1 5 870 115 1.223 8.7 0.8 2.3 5.2 2.29
CHC (7 yrs) 92 86 .517 3.18 276 213 36 64 14 9 1564.0 1485 636 552 132 389 50 900 27 4 32 6464 121 1.198 8.5 0.8 2.2 5.2 2.31
MIN (2 yrs) 11 15 .423 3.92 74 25 33 3 1 5 257.1 268 126 112 23 66 2 152 6 1 7 1091 99 1.298 9.4 0.8 2.3 5.3 2.30
TEX (2 yrs) 8 7 .533 3.78 20 20 0 5 2 0 123.2 129 61 52 12 31 1 71 3 0 7 525 99 1.294 9.4 0.9 2.3 5.2 2.29
SFG (1 yr) 0 2 .000 16.50 4 2 0 0 0 0 6.0 13 11 11 0 6 2 5 0 0 0 36 23 3.167 19.5 0.0 9.0 7.5 0.83
NL (8 yrs) NL 92 88 .511 3.23 280 215 36 64 14 9 1570.0 1498 647 563 132 395 52 905 27 4 32 6500 119 1.206 8.6 0.8 2.3 5.2 2.29
AL (3 yrs) AL 19 22 .463 3.87 94 45 33 8 3 5 381.0 397 187 164 35 97 3 223 9 1 14 1616 99 1.297 9.4 0.8 2.3 5.3 2.30

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
1965 25 SFG NL 6.0 2 11 4 0 .7 -7 -0.6 $
1966 26 CHC NL 159.0 26 91 94 -4 1.1 3 0.2 $
1967 27 CHC NL 150.0 11 46 76 4 1.1 30 3.2 $
1968 28 CHC NL 258.2 34 91 124 -2 1.0 33 4.0 $
1969 29 CHC NL 300.0 41 102 182 -3 1.1 80 8.8 $
1970 30 CHC NL 265.0 38 121 175 -2 1.0 54 5.2 $
1971 31 CHC NL 242.1 35 112 145 -7 1.0 33 3.6 $
1972 32 CHC NL 189.0 28 73 107 -3 1.0 34 3.8 $
1973 33 MIN AL 142.0 15 69 87 -2 1.0 18 1.6 $
1974 34 MIN AL 115.1 10 57 68 -2 .9 11 0.8 $
1974 34 TEX AL 14.0 2 3 8 0 1.1 5 0.6 $
1975 35 TEX AL 109.2 18 58 63 -1 .9 5 0.6 $
11 Seasons 1951.0 260 834 1133 -22 1.0 299 31.8 $
CHC (7 yrs) 1564.0 213 636 903 -17 1.0 267 28.8 $
MIN (2 yrs) 257.1 25 126 155 -4 1.0 29 2.4 $
TEX (2 yrs) 123.2 20 61 71 -1 .9 10 1.2 $
SFG (1 yr) 6.0 2 11 4 0 .7 -7 -0.6 $

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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 41 114 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 Seasons 374 562 472 19 37 6 0 0 19 0 0 39 249 .078 .150 .091 .241 -33 43 2 1 48 2 0
162 Game Avg. 162 243 204 8 16 3 0 0 8 0 0 17 108 .078 .150 .091 .241 -33 19 1 0 21 1 0
CHC (7 yrs) 276 561 471 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) 280 562 472 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: 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 Awards
1965 25 SFG NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /1
1966 26 CHC NL 56 -10 0 0 0 0 4 2 -4 -0.5 -4 -0.4 -0.1 $ 1
1967 27 CHC NL 45 -6 0 0 0 0 3 1 -2 -0.3 -2 -0.2 -0.1 $ 1
1968 28 CHC NL 92 -14 0 -1 1 0 6 3 -5 -0.9 -5 -0.6 -0.3 $ 1
1969 29 CHC NL 115 -17 -1 1 0 0 9 4 -4 -0.6 -4 -0.4 -0.2 $ 1
1970 30 CHC NL 101 -8 0 0 0 0 9 3 4 0.3 4 0.4 -0.1 $ 1
1971 31 CHC NL 87 -11 0 0 0 0 6 2 -3 -0.4 -3 -0.3 -0.1 $ 1
1972 32 CHC NL 66 -12 0 0 0 0 5 2 -5 -0.7 -5 -0.6 -0.1 $56,500 1
8 Seasons 563 -78 -1 0 1 0 42 17 -19 -3.1 -19 -2.1 -1.0 $56,500
CHC (7 yrs) 562 -78 -1 0 1 0 42 17 -19 -3.1 -19 -2.1 -1.0 $56,500
SFG (1 yr) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% PO Awards
1965 SFG NL 25 P 4 6.0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 3.00 0.50 .955 2.10 2.08
1966 CHC NL 26 P 41 159.0 49 12 33 4 1 .918 2.55 1.10 .947 1.96 1.96
1967 CHC NL 27 P 49 150.0 36 11 24 1 1 .972 2.10 0.71 .960 2.00 2.00
1968 CHC NL 28 P 38 258.2 61 21 39 1 0 .984 2.09 1.58 .958 2.01 2.02
1969 CHC NL 29 P 41 300.0 75 16 56 3 2 .960 2.16 1.76 .958 1.95 1.94
1970 CHC NL 30 P 39 265.0 67 22 42 3 2 .955 2.17 1.64 .951 1.85 1.84
1971 CHC NL 31 P 36 242.1 55 21 32 2 2 .964 1.97 1.47 .954 1.90 1.90
1972 CHC NL 32 P 32 189.0 38 12 21 5 1 .868 1.57 1.03 .950 1.78 1.78
1973 MIN AL 33 P 39 142.0 26 4 20 2 2 .923 1.52 0.62 .951 1.86 1.85
1974 TOT AL 34 P 37 12 1 129.1 22 10 12 0 0 1.000 1.53 0.59 .947 1.81 1.80 14 6 30% 0
1974 MIN AL 34 P 35 10 0 115.1 19 9 10 0 0 1.000 1.48 0.54 .947 1.81 1.80 11 5 31% 0
1974 TEX AL 34 P 2 2 1 14.0 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.93 1.50 .947 1.80 1.80 3 1 25% 0
1975 TEX AL 35 P 18 109.2 30 11 16 3 1 .900 2.22 1.50 .940 1.87 1.86
11 Seasons P 374 12 1 1951.0 461 140 297 24 12 .948 2.02 1.17 .953 1.91 1.91 14 6 30% 0
11 Seasons TOT 374 12 1 1951.0 461 140 297 24 12 .948 2.02 1.17 .953 1.91 1.91 14 6 30% 0
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

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  8.2 (5th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1969 NL  8.8 (3rd)
1970 NL  5.2 (7th)
Career  31.8 (205th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1969 NL  2.49 (9th)

Wins s c a p y
1968 NL  16 (8th)
1969 NL  20 (5th)
1970 NL  18 (5th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1968 NL  .615 (8th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1968 NL  0.994 (5th)
1969 NL  1.137 (8th)
Career  1.223 (190th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1968 NL  1.253 (1st)
1969 NL  2.190 (10th)
1971 NL  1.857 (4th)
Career  2.270 (189th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1968 NL  258.7 (8th)
1969 NL  300.0 (7th)
1970 NL  265.0 (8th)

Games Started s c a p y
1968 NL  34 (10th)
1969 NL  41 (2nd)
1970 NL  38 (3rd)

Complete Games s c a p y
1969 NL  18 (7th)
1970 NL  12 (9th)
1971 NL  14 (10th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1968 NL  26 (1st)
1971 NL  27 (3rd)

Hits s c a p y
1969 NL  268 (6th)
1970 NL  278 (4th)
1971 NL  248 (9th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1968 NL  4.111 (4th)
1971 NL  2.560 (8th)
Career  2.293 (152nd)

Losses s c a p y
1970 NL  15 (7th)
1971 NL  18 (2nd)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1968 NL  83 (9th)
1970 NL  109 (8th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1969 NL  1,220 (7th)
1970 NL  1,127 (8th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1969 NL  162 (5th)
1972 NL  127 (10th)
Career  115 (218th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1969 NL  43 (4th)
1970 NL  21 (8th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1969 NL  4.8 (4th)
1970 NL  2.1 (7th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1967 NL  24.47 (9th)
1969 NL  42.09 (7th)
Career  78.95 (235th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1968 NL  2.1 (9th)
1969 NL  4.2 (9th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1968 NL  2.3 (8th)
1969 NL  4.0 (6th)
Career  8.0 (188th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1967 NL  2.7 (10th)
1969 NL  4.4 (9th)
Career  8.6 (228th)

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

Putouts as P s c a p y
1970 NL  22 (5th)

Assists as P s c a p y
1969 NL  56 (4th)

Errors Committed as P s c a p y
1972 NL  5 (2nd)

Fielding % as P s c a p y
1974 AL  1.000 (1st)

                                         

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1950-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 2 (731), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 43 (587), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 16 (732), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 13 (613), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  5. Ken Forsch (947)
  6. Marty Pattin (946)
  7. Bryn Smith (943)
  8. Bob Shaw (942)
  9. Frank Sullivan (937)
  10. Geoff Zahn (935)
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  2. Ken Trinkle (986)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Jim McAndrew (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Cy Blanton (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Pat Jarvis (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Pat Dobson (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Pat Dobson (979)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Ron Reed (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Ron Reed (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Ron Reed (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
197232Chicago Cubs$56,500Noll/Fort/Hylan database4/7/73 TSN: $54,500
197333Minnesota Twins$53,000Noll/Fort/Hylan database4/7/73 TSN: $50,000
197434Texas Rangers$54,000Noll/Fort/Hylan database
197535Texas Rangers$55,000Noll/Fort/Hylan database
Career to date (may be incomplete)$218,500
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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