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Billy Harrell

William Harrell

Positions: Shortstop, Third Baseman and Second Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: July 18, 1928 in Norristown, PA
School: Siena College (Loudonville, NY)
Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent in 1952. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 2, 1955
Teams (by GP): Indians/RedSox 1955-1961

Final Game: September 20, 1961
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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
1952	23	CLE-min	B,A	60	215	215		69	16	3	5						.321	.321	.493	.814		106							CDR,REA · IIIL,EL
1953	24	CLE-min	A	141	515	515		170	21	10	4						.330	.330	.433	.763		223							REA · EL
1954	25	CLE-min	AAA	134	515	453	70	139	23	5	5	59	10		46	62	.307	.372	.413	.785		187	6	3	10	3			INA · AA
1955	26	CLE-min	AAA	149	680	581	99	159	30	8	9	60	7		76	78	.274	.354	.399	.753		232	19	2	10	11			INA · AA
1955	26	CLE	AL	13	22	19	2	8	0	0	0	1	1	0	3	3	.421	.500	.421	.921	147	8	0	0	0	0	0	6

1956	27	CLE-min	AAA	135	525	455	76	127	18	10	7	56	14		56	68	.279	.355	.409	.763		186	12	0	9	5			INA · AA
1957	28	CLE-min	Opn	117	502	467	56	129	18	0	6	42	5		26	54	.276	.314	.353	.667		165	4	1	5	3			SDG · PCL
1957	28	CLE	AL	22	62	57	6	15	1	1	1	5	3	1	4	7	.263	.311	.368	.680	86	21	0	0	1	0	0	6/54
1958	29	CLE	AL	101	248	229	36	50	4	0	7	19	12	2	15	36	.218	.271	.328	.599	65	75	3	2	1	1	2	56/49

1959	30	STL-min	AAA	142	613	564	80	150	27	9	17	69	5		38	92	.266	.313	.436	.749		246		2	5	4	5		ROC · IL
1960	31	STL-min	AAA	150	615	564	86	165	24	9	15	78	7	0	39	87	.293	.336	.447	.783		252		1	5	6			ROC · IL
1961	32	BOS	AL	37	38	37	10	6	2	0	0	1	1	0	1	8	.162	.184	.216	.400	7	8	1	0	0	0	0	5/63
1962	33	BOS-min	AAA	128	512	459	71	135	22	8	17	78	10	2	38	64	.294	.344	.488	.833		224		2	4	9			SLE · PCL
1963	34	BOS-OAK-min	AAA	149	573	541	66	145	26	8	10	52	9	5	32	94	.268	.309	.401	.710		217							SLE,POR · PCL
1964	35	BOS-min	AAA	131	515	468	61	119	20	4	14	57	10	2	34	84	.254	.304	.404	.707		189		3	1	9			SLE · PCL
1965	36	BOS-min	AAA	51	150	135	17	39	5	2	3	16	2	4	13	23	.289	.349	.422	.771		57		0	1	1			TTO · IL
1966	37	BOS-min	AAA	33	91	81	7	14	2	0	2	6	0	1	8	15	.173	.247	.272	.519		22		0	2	0			TTO · IL
4 Yrs				173	370	342	54	79	7	1	8	26	17	3	23	54	.231	.283	.327	.610	67	112	4	2	2	1	2
162 Game Avg.				162	346	320	51	74	7	1	7	24	16	3	22	51	.231	.283	.327	.610	67	105	4	2	2	1	2

CLE (3 yrs)				136	332	305	44	73	5	1	8	25	16	3	22	46	.239	.294	.341	.635	75	104	3	2	2	1	2
BOS (1 yr)				37	38	37	10	6	2	0	0	1	1	0	1	8	.162	.184	.216	.400	7	8	1	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
1955	26	CLE	AL	13	22	1	-1	0	-1	0	0	0.0	1	1	0.1	.502	.500	0.2	-0.0	2	$	6

1957	28	CLE	AL	22	62	-2	0	0	-2	1	-2	-0.3	2	-1	-0.1	.488	.498	0.2	-0.2	2	$	6/54
1958	29	CLE	AL	101	248	-10	3	1	4	4	1	0.1	7	8	0.8	.501	.501	0.4	0.8	4	$	56/49

1961	32	BOS	AL	37	38	-4	-0	0	2	0	-2	-0.2	1	-0	-0.1	.496	.499	-0.2	0.2	-2	$	5/63
4 Seasons				173	370	-14	2	2	2	5	-3	-0.4	10	8	0.7	.498	.500	0.6	0.8	5	$

CLE (3 yrs)				136	332	-10	2	1	1	5	-1	-0.2	9	8	0.8	.499	.500	0.8	0.6	7	$
BOS (1 yr)				37	38	-4	-0	0	2	0	-2	-0.2	1	-0	-0.1	.496	.499	-0.2	0.2	-2	$

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
1955	26	CLE	AL	22	11	5	12.2	106	.500	.421	.271	.500	.351	.421	.404	.921	.755	147	.857	1.5	0.2	1.091	.211	.000	.0

1957	28	CLE	AL	62	44	7	4.3	99	.286	.263	.263	.311	.335	.368	.397	.680	.733	86	.490	-1.4	-0.2	.628	.211	.105	1.5
1958	29	CLE	AL	248	186	22	3.2	97	.230	.218	.260	.271	.329	.328	.396	.599	.725	65	.364	-11.7	-1.2	.554	.218	.109	8.8

1961	32	BOS	AL	38	32	1	0.8	105	.207	.162	.265	.184	.340	.216	.412	.400	.753	7	.041	-5.0	-0.5	.313	.108	.054	.0
4 Yrs				370	273	35	3.4	99	.253	.231	.262	.283	.333	.327	.398	.610	.731	67	.392	-16.6	-1.7	.559	.205	.096	10.9
162 Game Avg.				346	256	33	3.4	99	.253	.231	.262	.283	.333	.327	.398	.610	.731	67	.392	-16.6	-1.7	.559	.205	.096	10

CLE (3 yrs)				332	241	34	3.8	98	.258	.239	.262	.294	.332	.341	.397	.635	.728	75	.438	-11.6	-1.2	.592	.216	.102	10.7
BOS (1 yr)				38	32	1	0.8	105	.207	.162	.265	.184	.340	.216	.412	.400	.753	7	.041	-5.0	-0.5	.313	.108	.054	.0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1955	26	CLE	AL	22	0.0%	13.6%	13.6%	0.0%	0%	1.00	6.3		19.0	0.60	73%

1957	28	CLE	AL	62	1.6%	11.3%	6.5%	4.8%	20%	1.75	8.1	57.0	11.4	0.88	79%
1958	29	CLE	AL	248	2.8%	14.5%	6.1%	4.4%	22%	2.40	6.4	32.7	12.1	0.97	75%

1961	32	BOS	AL	38	0.0%	21.1%	2.6%	5.3%	33%	8.00	4.6		37.0	0.69	76%
4 Yrs				370	2.2%	14.6%	6.2%	4.3%	20%	2.35	6.3	42.8	13.2	0.91	76%
MLB Averages					2.4%	12.8%	9.0%	6.6%	29%	1.43	6.9	37.4	8.3	1.01	74%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1955	26	CLE	AL	1.5	0.2	24	0.1	0.4	-0.3	.77	0.2	-0.1	0.5	0.0	0.90	1.1	0.14	1

1957	28	CLE	AL	-1.4	-0.2	56	-0.1	0.9	-1.0	1.12	-0.3	0.2	-1.7	-0.2	0.93	-1.6	0.46	3
1958	29	CLE	AL	-11.7	-1.2	264	-0.8	4.0	-4.8	.99	-0.9	0.1	-4.6	-0.5	0.90	-7.9	1.39	11

1961	32	BOS	AL	-5.1	-0.5	39	-0.6	0.4	-0.9	1.14	-0.3	-0.2	-3.1	-0.3	0.97	-3.4	1.02	6
4 Yrs				-16.7	-1.7	383	-1.3	5.7	-7.0	1.01	-1.3	0.0	-8.8	-0.9	0.91	-11.9	1.09	21

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%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1955	26	CLE	AL	0	0	18%	28	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	25%	6	5	1	0	0	0	2	0	1

1957	28	CLE	AL	0	0	28%	23	3	1	75%	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	75%	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	3
1958	29	CLE	AL	4	0	48%	96	12	2	86%	10	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	5	48%	12	8	4	4	2	2	11	4	7

1961	32	BOS	AL	2	0	143%	37	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	14%	4	4	0	0	0	0	3	2	1
4 Yrs				6	0	48%	184	17	3	85%	14	4	0	0	2	0	1	0	5	7	41%	22	17	5	4	2	2	20	7	12

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
1955	26	CLE	AL	22	73%	8			1	0	0	0	0.14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	7	1	14%	0	0		0	0		0

1957	28	CLE	AL	62	34%	15			3	1	0	0	0.46	1	0	4	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	100%	6	0	0%	4	2	50%	29	3	10%	1	0	0%	4	1	25%	0
1958	29	CLE	AL	248	27%	50			11	2	0	1	1.39	7	0	3	7	0	5	2	0	3	1	33%	43	3	7%	18	6	33%	119	14	12%	7	4	57%	5	3	60%	0

1961	32	BOS	AL	38	58%	6			6	0	0	0	1.02	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		13	1	8%	4	1	25%	24	2	8%	1	1	100%	3	1	33%	0
4 Yrs				370	34%	79			21	3	0	1	1.09	8	0	8	8	0	6	2	0	4	2	50%	63	4	6%	27	9	33%	179	20	11%	9	5	56%	12	5	42%	0
MLB Averages					49%																			77%			11%			31%			14%			50%			54%

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
1955	26	13	22	19	2	8	0	0	0	1	1	0	3	3	.421	.500	.421	.921	147	8	0	0	0	0	0
1956	27	13	22	19	2	8	0	0	0	1	1	0	3	3	.421	.500	.421	.921	147	8	0	0	0	0	0
1957	28	35	84	76	8	23	1	1	1	6	4	1	7	10	.303	.361	.382	.743	102	29	0	0	1	0	0
1958	29	136	332	305	44	73	5	1	8	25	16	3	22	46	.239	.294	.341	.635	75	104	3	2	2	1	2
1959	30	136	332	305	44	73	5	1	8	25	16	3	22	46	.239	.294	.341	.635	75	104	3	2	2	1	2
1960	31	136	332	305	44	73	5	1	8	25	16	3	22	46	.239	.294	.341	.635	75	104	3	2	2	1	2
1961	32	173	370	342	54	79	7	1	8	26	17	3	23	54	.231	.283	.327	.610	67	112	4	2	2	1	2

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1955	26	14	22	19	2	8	0	0	0	1	1	3	3	.421	.500	.421	.921	4	13

1957	28	23	65	60	7	16	1	1	1	6	3	4	7	.267	.313	.367	.679	7	22
1958	29	106	261	241	40	54	4	0	8	21	13	16	38	.224	.277	.340	.617	22	101

1961	32	37	37	36	7	5	2	0	0	1	1	1	8	.139	.162	.194	.357	1	37
4 Yrs		180	385	356	56	83	7	1	9	29	18	24	56	.233	.285	.334	.619	34	173
162 Game Avg.		162	347	320	50	75	6	1	8	26	16	22	50	.233	.285	.334	.619	31	173

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Stolen Bases s c a p y 1958 AL 12 (6th)	Power-Speed # s c a p y 1958 AL 8.8 (8th)

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1958 AL 12 (6th)

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Batting - 2 (2156), Average HOFer ≈ 144

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