Bill Heath
William Chris Heath
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 8" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: March 10, 1939 in Yuba City, CA
High School: Downey (Modesto, CA)
School: University of Southern California
Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in 1960. (All Transactions)
Debut: October 3, 1965
Final Game: August 19, 1969
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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 Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1966 HOU NL 27 C 37 28 252.0 188 167 20 1 1 .995 3.0 14.3 3 6.68 5.05 .987 6.84 5.81 3 9 15 14 48%
1967 TOT MLB 28 C 12 6 62.0 64 58 6 0 2 1.000 -2.0 -38.7 -2 9.29 5.33 .989 7.11 6.02 2 4 11 2 15%
1967 HOU NL 28 C 5 2 20.0 23 20 3 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 10.35 4.60 .991 6.89 5.84 0 1 4 2 33%
1967 DET AL 28 C 7 4 42.0 41 38 3 0 1 1.000 -2.0 -57.1 -2 8.79 5.86 .988 7.22 6.16 2 3 7 0 0%
1969 CHC NL 30 C 9 7 60.2 48 44 3 1 1 .979 1.0 19.8 1 6.97 5.22 .990 7.06 6.24 1 0 3 3 50%
3 Seasons C 58 41 374.2 300 269 29 2 4 .993 2.0 6.4 2 7.16 5.14 .988 6.92 5.92 6 13 29 19 40%
4 Seasons TOT 58 41 374.2 300 269 29 2 4 .993 2.0 6.4 2 7.16 5.14 .981 6.92 5.92 6 13 29 19 40%

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
1965 CHW AL 26 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1966 HOU NL 27 55 28 55 55 0 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 0
1967 DET AL 28 20 4 20 20 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 1
1967 HOU NL 28 9 2 9 9 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1969 CHC NL 30 27 7 27 27 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 0
4 Seasons 112 41 112 112 0 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 58 1
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 -- C*

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Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
1966 HOU NL 27 1121 3.82 4.50 16 100% 0 0 167 12 0 6 149 19 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 100%
1967 DET AL 28 196 3.64 4.71 4 100% 0 0 40 1 0 4 35 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
1967 HOU NL 28 106 5.85 7.20 2 100% 0 0 20 1 0 1 18 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 100%
1969 CHC NL 30 248 1.93 2.23 3 67% 0 0 42 2 0 0 40 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons 1671 3.60 4.30 25 96% 0 0 269 16 0 11 242 28 1 2 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 4 0 0 1 2 100%
MLB Averages 3.40 3.87 96% 91%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

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Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1966 HOU NL 27 3 9 409 15 14 12 48% 13 11 1 1 1 2 1 1 31 15 1.79 1.12
1967 DET AL 28 2 3 69 7 0 0 0% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 1 0.37
1967 HOU NL 28 0 1 48 4 2 2 33% 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 2 1.02 0.99
1969 CHC NL 30 1 0 78 3 3 3 50% 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 1.51 0.75
3 Seasons 6 13 604 29 19 17 40% 26 15 2 1 1 3 1 1 53 21 1.31 1.04
MLB Averages 38% 1.29 1.24

* 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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