Bill Harrington
William Womble Harrington
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 160 lb.

Born: October 3, 1927 in Sanford, NC
Signed by the Philadelphia Athletics as an amateur free agent in 1949. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 16, 1953
Final Game: September 30, 1956
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Standard Pitching

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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
1953 25 PHA AL 0 0 13.50 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 5 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 32 2.500 22.5 0.0 0.0 0.0
1955 27 KCA AL 3 3 .500 4.11 34 1 18 0 0 2 76.2 69 41 35 6 41 4 26 2 0 1 336 101 1.435 8.1 0.7 4.8 3.1 0.63
1956 28 KCA AL 2 2 .500 6.45 23 1 8 0 0 1 37.2 40 27 27 3 26 1 14 0 1 3 173 67 1.752 9.6 0.7 6.2 3.3 0.54
3 Seasons 5 5 .500 5.03 58 2 26 0 0 3 116.1 114 71 65 9 67 5 40 2 1 4 520 84 1.556 8.8 0.7 5.2 3.1 0.60
162 Game Avg. 6 6 .500 5.03 66 2 29 0 0 3 132 129 80 74 10 76 45 2 1 5 589 84 1.556 8.8 0.7 5.2 3.1 0.60

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1955 27 KCA AL 34 337 281 41 69 11 3 6 4 1 41 26 .246 .338 .370 .708 .246 104 6 2 6 7 4
1956 28 KCA AL 23 173 146 27 40 8 1 3 4 0 26 14 .274 .384 .404 .788 .287 59 8 0 1 0 1
2 Seasons 57 510 427 68 109 19 4 9 8 1 67 40 .255 .354 .382 .736 .260 163 14 2 7 7 5
162 Game Avg. 66 588 492 78 126 22 5 10 9 1 77 46 .255 .354 .382 .736 .260 188 16 2 8 8
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1955 27 KCA AL 34 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 25 25 25 13 7 1 0 1.0 2.3 3.3
1956 28 KCA AL 23 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 36 36 36 7 5 0 1 7.9 22.5 2.0
2 Seasons 57 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 .500 0 0 0 0 0 0% 31 36 25 20 12 1 1 4.2 9.0 2.7
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1955 27 KCA AL 34 33 18 3 2 5 2 3 40% 7 1 34 15 44% 8 0.858 10 5 17 8 2 23 17 16 22 4 22 8 6.7
1956 28 KCA AL 23 22 8 2 2 1 1 0 100% 1 0 30 4 13% 8 0.768 5 3 13 2 4 16 13 9 14 6 15 4 5.1
2 Seasons 57 55 26 5 4 6 3 3 50% 8 1 64 19 30% 0.827 15 8 30 10 6 39 30 25 36 10 37 12 6.1

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1953 25 PHA AL
1955 27 KCA AL 337 42% 1.8% 7.7% 12.2% 5.9% 29% 0.58 76% 75 6 8%
1956 28 KCA AL 173 38% 1.7% 8.1% 15.0% 6.9% 30% 0.94 75% 34 8 24%
3 Seasons 510 40% 1.8% 7.8% 13.1% 6.3% 28% 0.69 75% 109 14 13%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1953 25 PHA AL 5 0 0
1955 27 KCA AL 337 69 6 1 17 4 2 4 2 27 16 1 59% 7 1 2 135 4 1 80% 4 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 13 0
1956 28 KCA AL 173 40 3 0 11 2 1 2 1 17 7 2 41% 0 3 0 66 4 0 100% 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 8 0
3 Seasons 510 114 9 1 28 6 3 6 3 44 23 3 52% 7 4 2 201 8 1 89% 6 1 2 0 0 0 3 0 21 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age 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 ERA+
1953 25 0 0 13.50 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 5 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 32 2.500 22.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 32
1954 26 0 0 13.50 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 5 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 32 2.500 22.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 32
1955 27 3 3 .500 4.35 35 1 18 0 0 2 78.2 74 44 38 6 41 4 26 2 0 1 347 96 1.462 8.5 0.7 4.7 3.0 0.63 96
1956 28 5 5 .500 5.03 58 2 26 0 0 3 116.1 114 71 65 9 67 5 40 2 1 4 520 84 1.556 8.8 0.7 5.2 3.1 0.60 84

Neutralized Pitching

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1953 25 0 0 4.50 4.0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1
1955 27 4 4 .500 3.87 79.0 70 38 34 6 42 27 2 1.418 8.0 4.8 3.1 0.64 0.7 34
1956 28 1 3 .250 6.16 38.0 40 29 26 3 26 14 0 1.737 9.5 6.2 3.3 0.54 0.7 23
3 Seasons 5 7 .417 4.61 121.0 110 69 62 9 68 41 2 1.471 8.2 3.0 0.60 0.7 58

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