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Bill Landis

William Henry Landis

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 178 lb.

Born: October 8, 1942 in Hanford, CA
High School: Hanford HS (Hanford, CA)
Signed by the Kansas City Athletics as an amateur free agent in 1961. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 28, 1963
Teams (by GP): RedSox/Athletics 1963-1969

Final Game: September 30, 1969
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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
1963 20 KCA AL 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 6 0.600 0.0 0.0 5.4 16.2 3.00
1967 24 BOS AL 1 0 1.000 5.26 18 1 5 0 0 0 25.2 24 16 15 6 11 3 23 0 0 0 110 68 1.364 8.4 2.1 3.9 8.1 2.09
1968 25 BOS AL 3 3 .500 3.15 38 1 11 0 0 3 60.0 48 22 21 4 30 2 59 2 0 6 253 102 1.300 7.2 0.6 4.5 8.9 1.97
1969 26 BOS AL 5 5 .500 5.25 45 5 9 0 0 1 82.1 82 53 48 7 49 3 50 3 1 5 369 74 1.591 9.0 0.8 5.4 5.5 1.02
4 Yrs 9 8 .529 4.46 102 7 25 0 0 4 169.2 154 91 84 17 91 8 135 5 1 11 738 81 1.444 8.2 0.9 4.8 7.2 1.48
162 Game Avg. 6 5 .529 4.46 64 4 16 0 0 2 106 96 57 52 11 57 5 84 3 1 7 460 81 1.444 8.2 0.9 4.8 7.2 1.48
BOS (3 yrs) 9 8 .529 4.50 101 7 25 0 0 4 168.0 154 91 84 17 90 8 132 5 1 11 732 80 1.452 8.3 0.9 4.8 7.1 1.47
KCA (1 yr) 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 6 0.600 0.0 0.0 5.4 16.2 3.00

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 Awards
1963 20 KCA AL 1.2 1 0 0 0.00 3.92 -0.03 -0.16 116.0 4.39 1 0.1 .4 -0.0 0.1 1 .600 .501 $
1967 24 BOS AL 25.2 18 1 16 5.61 3.74 0.20 -0.13 108.8 3.70 -5 -0.6 1.0 -0.0 -0.4 -3 .467 .496 $7,000
1968 25 BOS AL 60.0 38 1 22 3.30 3.48 0.13 -0.13 105.7 3.40 1 0.2 1.3 -0.1 0.6 5 .504 .501 $
1969 26 BOS AL 82.1 45 5 53 5.79 4.17 -0.01 -0.08 104.1 4.27 -13 -1.4 1.5 -0.3 -1.2 -7 .468 .491 $
4 Seasons 169.2 102 7 91 4.83 3.86 0.07 -0.11 105.5 3.88 -16 -1.8 1.3 -0.5 -0.9 -4 .483 .497 $7,000
BOS (3 yrs) 168.0 101 7 91 4.88 3.86 0.07 -0.11 105.4 3.87 -17 -1.9 1.3 -0.4 -1.0 -5 .481 .496 $7,000
KCA (1 yr) 1.2 1 0 0 0.00 3.92 -0.03 -0.16 116.0 4.39 1 0.1 .4 -0.0 0.1 1 .600 .501 $

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
1963 20 KCA AL 1 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 .000 .167 .000 .167 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1967 24 BOS AL 18 110 95 16 24 4 0 6 4 0 11 23 .253 .330 .484 .814 .273 46 2 0 4 0 3 0
1968 25 BOS AL 38 253 215 22 48 5 0 4 4 2 30 59 .223 .320 .302 .622 .284 65 4 2 3 3 2 0
1969 26 BOS AL 45 369 305 53 82 20 3 7 4 5 49 50 .269 .370 .423 .793 .296 129 7 3 7 5 3 1
4 Yrs 102 738 620 91 154 29 3 17 13 7 91 135 .248 .345 .387 .732 .288 240 13 5 14 8 8 1
162 Game Avg. 64 460 387 57 96 18 2 11 8 4 57 84 .248 .345 .387 .732 .288 150 8 3 9 5 5 1
MLB Averages .246 .310 .366 .676 .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
1963 20 KCA AL 0.8 0.1 7 0.0 0.1 -0.0 .36 0.1 0.0 1.0 0.1 0.36 0.9 0 0 1
1967 24 BOS AL -3.9 -0.4 113 -0.5 1.4 -1.9 .94 -0.3 -0.3 -5.3 -0.5 0.94 -5.9 3 4 10
1968 25 BOS AL 1.2 0.1 266 0.7 3.5 -2.8 .81 0.6 0.3 -1.2 -0.1 0.81 1.8 11 4 22
1969 26 BOS AL -11.5 -1.2 384 -0.4 5.5 -6.0 .90 -1.1 0.6 -15.7 -1.6 0.90 -13.1 12 10 17
4 Yrs -13.3 -1.4 770 -0.2 10.5 -10.7 .87 -0.7 0.5 -21.2 -2.1 0.87 -16.3 26 18 50

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 Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1967 24 BOS AL 18 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 40.0 40 40 8 2 0 0 5.6 0.0 2.0
1968 25 BOS AL 38 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 48.0 48 48 11 2 0 0 2.0 0.0 6.0
1969 26 BOS AL 45 5 1 2 2 0 1 2 3 .400 0 1 0 0 3 60% 48.0 62 33 31 11 4 0 2.2 2.2 5.8
3 Yrs 101 7 1 3 3 0 1 3 4 .429 0 2 0 0 3 43% 47 62 33 50 15 4 0 2.6 1.8 5.3
MLB Averages .500 56% 54 116 0 3.9 3.8 6.4

Reliever Pitching*

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
1963 20 KCA AL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 4 .361 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 5.0
1967 24 BOS AL 18 17 5 1 0 0 0 0 3 3 16 5 31% 8 .936 3 4 10 3 1 13 8 9 7 6 7 2 4.2
1968 25 BOS AL 38 37 11 3 2 3 3 0 100% 9 2 32 11 34% 6 .807 11 4 22 10 4 23 15 22 18 11 19 10 4.4
1969 26 BOS AL 45 40 9 4 3 2 1 1 50% 7 4 40 12 30% 5 .896 12 10 17 9 7 24 20 20 19 15 22 9 4.0
4 Yrs 102 95 25 8 5 5 4 1 80% 19 9 89 28 31% .867 26 18 50 22 12 61 44 51 45 32 49 21 4.2

Ratio Pitching*

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%
1963 20 KCA AL 6 50% 0.0% 50.0% 16.7% 0.0% 33% 1 0 0%
1967 24 BOS AL 110 26% 5.5% 20.9% 10.0% 9.1% 42% 0.80 60% 19 2 11%
1968 25 BOS AL 253 26% 1.6% 23.3% 11.9% 3.6% 19% 0.87 61% 58 4 7%
1969 26 BOS AL 369 28% 1.9% 13.6% 13.3% 8.1% 37% 0.85 69% 70 7 10%
4 Yrs 738 27% 2.3% 18.3% 12.3% 6.6% 32% 0.86 65% 148 13 9%
MLB Averages 47% 2.1% 15.7% 8.1% 6.1% 27% 1.10 73% 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
1963 20 KCA AL 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1967 24 BOS AL 110 24 6 0 4 4 2 6 0 5 3 2 60% 0 0 0 46 4 0 100% 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1968 25 BOS AL 253 48 4 0 11 2 2 0 4 11 6 3 55% 0 6 0 108 4 2 67% 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0
1969 26 BOS AL 369 82 7 0 12 6 1 2 5 30 18 5 60% 1 5 0 143 4 5 44% 2 3 2 1 0 1 0 0 17 0
4 Yrs 738 154 17 0 27 12 5 8 9 46 27 10 59% 1 11 0 301 13 7 65% 10 5 3 1 0 1 0 0 31 0
MLB Averages 49% 62%

Cumulative Pitching

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+
1963 20 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 6 0.600 0.0 0.0 5.4 16.2 3.00
1964 21 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 6 0.600 0.0 0.0 5.4 16.2 3.00
1965 22 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 6 0.600 0.0 0.0 5.4 16.2 3.00
1966 23 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 6 0.600 0.0 0.0 5.4 16.2 3.00
1967 24 1 0 1.000 4.94 19 1 5 0 0 0 27.1 24 16 15 6 12 3 26 0 0 0 116 74 1.317 7.9 2.0 4.0 8.6 2.17 74
1968 25 4 3 .571 3.71 57 2 16 0 0 3 87.1 72 38 36 10 42 5 85 2 0 6 369 90 1.305 7.4 1.0 4.3 8.8 2.02 90
1969 26 9 8 .529 4.46 102 7 25 0 0 4 169.2 154 91 84 17 91 8 135 5 1 11 738 81 1.444 8.2 0.9 4.8 7.2 1.48 81

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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
1963 20 0 0 0.00 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0.500 0.0 4.5 13.5 3.00 0.0 1
1967 24 1 1 .500 5.76 25.0 25 18 16 6 11 22 0 1.440 9.0 4.0 7.9 2.00 2.2 18
1968 25 3 3 .500 4.09 55.0 53 28 25 4 33 54 2 1.564 8.7 5.4 8.8 1.64 0.7 38
1969 26 3 5 .375 5.65 78.0 83 54 49 7 50 47 3 1.705 9.6 5.8 5.4 0.94 0.8 45
4 Yrs 7 9 .438 5.06 160.0 161 100 90 17 95 126 5 1.600 9.1 7.1 1.33 1.0 102

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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