Bill Harrington

William Womble Harrington

Position: Pitcher
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
Team: Athletics 1953-1956

Final Game: September 30, 1956
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Standard Pitching

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
1949	21	OAK-min	D	17	11	.607	3.85	38						234.0	250	120	100		94								1.470	9.6		3.6			RSP · TOBS
1950	22	OAK-min	B,A	10	12	.455	3.25	31						219.0	217	96	79	10	88								1.393	8.9	0.4	3.6			FAY,SAV · CARL,SALL
1951	23	OAK-min	B	14	14	.500	3.36	38						228.0	216	103	85	14	82								1.307	8.5	0.6	3.2			FAY · CARL
1952	24	OAK-min	A	19	12	.613	2.68	34	31					252.0	234	87	75	9	80								1.246	8.4	0.3	2.9			SAV · SALL
1953	25	OAK-min	AAA	7	9	.438	4.53	21	19		6	0		131.0	147	76	66	8	47		70	5	1	2			1.481	10.1	0.5	3.2	4.8	1.49	OTT · IL
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	37	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	102	1.435	8.1	0.7	4.8	3.1	0.63
1956	28	OAK-CLE-min	AAA,Opn	3	5	.375	4.83	20	9		2	1		78.1	82	42	42	8	41		30	3	0	0			1.570	9.4	0.9	4.7	3.4	0.73	CLB,SDG · IL,PCL
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	68	1.752	9.6	0.7	6.2	3.3	0.54
1957	29	DET-min	AA,AAA	7	10	.412	4.56	41	14		0	0		160.0	180	86	81	18	60	1	27	0	0	0			1.500	10.1	1.0	3.4	1.5	0.45	BIR,CHL · SOUA,AA
1958	30	DET-min	AA	20	7	.741	2.99	53	17					214.0	206	84	71	10	76								1.318	8.7	0.4	3.2			BIR · SOUA
1959	31	DAL	AAA	10	11	.476	3.72	35	28		6	1		203.0	218	97	84	13	50	5	80	2	1	2			1.320	9.7	0.6	2.2	3.5	1.60	DAL · AA
1960	32	OAK-min	AA,AAA	7	8	.467	5.67	31	21					138.0	163	95	87	11	42								1.486	10.6	0.7	2.7			SHV,DFW · SOUA,AA
1961	33	MIN-min	B	1	3	.250	5.92	6						24.1			16																WLS · CARL
3 Yrs				5	5	.500	5.03	58	2	26	0	0	3	116.1	114	71	65	9	67	5	40	2	1	4	520	85	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	85	1.556	8.8	0.7	5.2	3.1	0.60

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1953	25	PHA	AL	2.0	1	0	3	13.50	4.14	-0.35	0.00	114.0	5.12	-2	-0.2	1.0	-0.0	-0.2	-2	.335	.499	$

1955	27	KCA	AL	76.2	34	1	41	4.81	4.55	-0.25	0.00	104.2	5.01	1	0.1	1.0	-0.2	0.5	9	.503	.501	$
1956	28	KCA	AL	39.2	23	1	27	6.13	4.69	-0.07	0.00	102.0	4.85	-6	-0.6	1.0	-0.1	-0.4	-2	.475	.496	$
3 Seasons				118.1	58	2	71	5.40	4.59	-0.19	0.00	103.7	4.96	-7	-0.7	1.0	-0.3	-0.1	5	.489	.499	$

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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	ROE
1953	25	PHA	AL	1	11	10	3	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.700	1.200	.500	7	0	0	1	0		0

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	7
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	0
3 Yrs				58	521	437	71	114	21	4	9	8	1	67	40	.261	.357	.389	.746	.266	170	14	2	8	7	5	7
162 Game Avg.				66	590	495	80	129	24	5	10	9	1	76	45	.261	.357	.389	.746	.266	193	16	2	9	8		8
MLB Averages																.261	.333	.391	.724	.275

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1953	25	PHA	AL	-1.6	-0.2	11	-0.2	0.2	-0.3	1.02	-0.1	-0.0	-2.0	-0.2	1.02	-1.5	0	1	0

1955	27	KCA	AL	-0.0	0.0	348	-0.7	4.5	-5.2	.84	-0.1	-0.7	-2.1	-0.2	0.84	0.8	10	5	16
1956	28	KCA	AL	-6.9	-0.7	182	-0.3	2.2	-2.5	.76	-0.2	-0.2	-1.8	-0.2	0.76	-2.8	5	3	13
3 Yrs				-8.5	-0.8	541	-1.2	6.9	-8.1	.82	-0.4	-1.0	-5.9	-0.6	0.82	-3.6	15	9	29

Starting Pitching*

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
1955	27	KCA	AL	34	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	25.0	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%	36.0	36	36	7	5	0	1	7.9	22.5	2.0
2 Yrs				57	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	.500	0	0	0	0	0	0%	30	36	25	20	12	1	1	4.2	9.0	2.7
MLB Averages													.500						49%	51	118	-2					4.5	4.5	6.4

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1953	25	PHA	AL	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		7	1.025	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	6.0

1955	27	KCA	AL	34	33	18	3	2	5	2	3	40%	7	1	34	15	44%	8	.844	10	5	16	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	.761	5	3	13	2	4	16	13	9	14	6	15	4	5.1
3 Yrs				58	56	26	5	4	6	3	3	50%	8	1	64	19	30%		.820	15	9	29	10	6	40	30	26	37	10	38	12	6.1

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1953	25	PHA	AL	11	91%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	18.2%	40%	1.00	91%	4	0	0%

1955	27	KCA	AL	337	58%	1.8%	7.7%	12.2%	5.9%	29%	0.58	76%	75	6	8%
1956	28	KCA	AL	173	62%	1.7%	8.1%	15.0%	6.9%	30%	0.94	75%	34	8	24%
3 Yrs				521	60%	1.7%	7.7%	12.9%	6.5%	30%	0.69	76%	113	14	12%
MLB Averages					51%	2.4%	12.0%	10.0%	6.8%	28%	0.95	80%			10%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					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	11	5			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	8	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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 Yrs				521	114			9	1	28	6	3	6	3	44	23	3	52%	7	4	2	209	8	1	89%	6	1	2	0	0	0	3	0	21	0
MLB Averages																		52%							55%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	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	2.0	5	3	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	11	37	2.500	22.5	0.0	0.0	0.0		37
1954	26	0	0		13.50	1	0	0	0	2.0	5	3	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	11	37	2.500	22.5	0.0	0.0	0.0		37
1955	27	3	3	.500	4.35	35	1	18	2	78.2	74	44	38	6	41	4	26	2	0	1	347	97	1.462	8.5	0.7	4.7	3.0	0.63	97
1956	28	5	5	.500	5.03	58	2	26	3	116.1	114	71	65	9	67	5	40	2	1	4	520	85	1.556	8.8	0.7	5.2	3.1	0.60	85

Neutralized Pitching

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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		6.75	4.0	0	3	3	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	5.92	38.0	40	28	25	3	26	14	0	1.737	9.5	6.2	3.3	0.54	0.7	23
3 Yrs		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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