Billy Harrell
William Harrell
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Weight: 180 lb.

Born: July 18, 1928 in Norristown, PA
School: Siena College
Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent in 1952. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 2, 1955
Final Game: September 20, 1961
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1955 CLE AL 26 SS 11 5 46.0 27 7 18 2 1 .926 -0.8 -20.9 -0.8 -1.7 1.0 0 4.89 2.27 .959 4.93 4.04
1957 CLE AL 28 SS 14 11 105.0 56 17 33 6 6 .893 -3.1 -35.4 -3.1 -0.2 -2.9 0 4.29 3.57 .966 5.11 4.43
1957 CLE AL 28 3B 6 2 29.2 11 4 7 0 0 1.000 1.0 40.4 1.0 0.2 0.8 0 3.34 1.83 .945 3.25 2.77
1957 CLE AL 28 2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 -240.0 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 0 0.00 0.00 5.40 4.80
1958 CLE AL 29 3B 46 14 200.1 72 21 50 1 7 .986 3.3 19.8 3.3 1.4 2.0 0 3.19 1.54 .949 3.11 2.59
1958 CLE AL 29 SS 45 38 307.0 154 49 98 7 20 .955 0.9 3.5 0.9 0.5 0.3 0 4.31 3.27 .964 4.96 4.17
1958 CLE AL 29 2B 7 5 39.0 23 11 11 1 5 .957 -0.3 -9.2 -0.3 0.9 -1.2 0 5.08 3.14 .978 5.26 4.69
1958 CLE AL 29 OF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -60.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0.00 0.00 2.25 1.90
1958 CLE AL 29 RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -60.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.70
1961 BOS AL 32 3B 10 4 48.0 19 7 12 0 3 1.000 1.1 27.5 1.1 -0.5 1.6 0 3.56 1.90 .947 3.19 2.79
1961 BOS AL 32 SS 7 2 27.0 18 7 9 2 1 .889 0.2 8.9 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 5.33 2.29 .961 4.83 4.37
1961 BOS AL 32 1B 3 1 9.1 14 12 2 0 2 1.000 0.3 38.6 0.3 0.4 -0.1 0 13.50 4.67 .993 9.45 8.30
4 Seasons SS 77 56 485.0 255 80 158 17 28 .933 -2.8 -6.9 -2.8 -1.2 -1.6 0 4.42 3.09 .964 4.98 4.22
3 Seasons 3B 62 20 278.0 102 32 69 1 10 .990 5.4 23.3 5.4 1.1 4.4 0 3.27 1.63 .948 3.14 2.64
2 Seasons 2B 8 5 40.0 23 11 11 1 5 .957 -0.5 -15.0 -0.5 0.9 -1.4 0 4.95 2.75 .978 5.26 4.70
1 Season 1B 3 1 9.1 14 12 2 0 2 1.000 0.3 38.6 0.3 0.4 -0.1 0 13.50 4.67 .993 9.45 8.30
1 Season OF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -60.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0.00 0.00 2.25 1.90
1 Season RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -60.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.70
4 Seasons TOT 151 82 814.1 394 135 240 19 45 .952 2.3 3.4 2.3 1.2 1.2 0 4.14 2.48 .913 4.41 3.66

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
1955 CLE AL 26 13 5 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 1 4
1957 CLE AL 28 22 13 22 22 0 0 0 1 6 14 0 0 0 0 3 1
1958 CLE AL 29 101 57 101 101 0 0 0 7 46 45 0 0 1 1 12 10
1961 BOS AL 32 37 7 37 37 0 0 3 0 10 7 0 0 0 0 6 19
4 Seasons 173 82 173 173 0 0 3 8 62 77 0 0 1 1 22 34
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 -- SS*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1955 CLE AL 26 207 73% 77% 29% 22 86% 0 7 2 5 0 19 16 2 0 1 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
1957 CLE AL 28 414 67% 75% 22% 45 80% 0 16 11 4 1 28 19 8 0 0 6 2 2 2 4 6 3 1 0 2 0 6 4 2 0 0 0
1958 CLE AL 29 1346 59% 75% 23% 127 85% 1 52 22 23 7 98 73 24 0 0 7 1 4 2 5 21 10 1 8 2 0 21 11 10 0 0 0
1961 BOS AL 32 123 57% 80% 30% 16 88% 0 9 5 3 1 9 7 2 0 1 2 0 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons 2090 62% 76% 24% 210 84% 1 84 40 35 9 154 115 36 0 2 17 3 7 7 12 29 14 2 8 5 0 29 16 13 0 0 0
MLB Averages 62% 78% 26% 90%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1957 CLE AL 28 128 64% 76% 25% 11 91% 0 3 3 0 0 7 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1958 CLE AL 29 897 64% 77% 24% 76 88% 1 18 15 0 3 53 39 13 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 7 5 0 7 0 0 0 8 50%
1961 BOS AL 32 204 64% 81% 26% 18 94% 0 7 6 0 1 11 8 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0%
3 Seasons 1229 64% 77% 25% 105 90% 1 28 24 0 4 71 51 19 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 10 7 0 9 0 0 0 10 50%
MLB Averages 62% 78% 26% 89% 60%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1957 CLE AL 28 5 80% 80% 20% 0 0 0 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 CLE AL 29 175 73% 69% 15% 13 100% 0 13 7 5 1 10 10 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 4 2 1 0 0 4 0 4 0 0 0
2 Seasons 180 73% 69% 15% 13 100% 0 13 7 5 1 10 10 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 4 2 1 0 0 4 0 4 0 0 0
MLB Averages 62% 78% 26% 93%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1961 BOS AL 32 48 40% 81% 27% 5 100% 0 11 1 10 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1 Season 48 40% 81% 27% 5 100% 0 11 1 10 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 100%
MLB Averages 62% 78% 26% 94% 87%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1958 CLE AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 50% 100% 13% 0
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 50% 100% 13% 0
MLB Averages 42.7% 3.2% 62% 78% 29% 53%

* 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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