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Bill Mazeroski
William Stanley Mazeroski (Maz)
Hall of Famer
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 183 lb.

Born: September 5, 1936 in Wheeling, WV
High School: Warren Consolidated (Tiltonsville, OH)
Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1954. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 7, 1956
Final Game: October 4, 1972
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by Veteran's Committee as Player in 2001.
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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1956 19 PIT NL 81 277 255 30 62 8 1 3 14 0 0 18 24 .243 .293 .318 .611 67 81 4 0 4 0 1 4
1957 20 PIT NL 148 568 526 59 149 27 7 8 54 3 3 27 49 .283 .318 .407 .725 96 214 6 1 11 3 2 *4
1958 21 PIT NL 152 607 567 69 156 24 6 19 68 1 1 25 71 .275 .308 .439 .747 98 249 15 3 9 3 3 *4 AS,MVP-8,GG
1959 22 PIT NL 135 537 493 50 119 15 6 7 59 1 3 29 54 .241 .283 .339 .621 66 167 16 1 10 4 1 *4 AS
1960 23 PIT NL 151 591 538 58 147 21 5 11 64 4 0 40 50 .273 .320 .392 .712 94 211 9 1 4 8 15 *4 AS,GG
1961 24 PIT NL 152 595 558 71 148 21 2 13 59 2 1 26 55 .265 .298 .380 .678 78 212 9 3 2 6 10 *4 GG
1962 25 PIT NL 159 617 572 55 155 24 9 14 81 0 3 37 47 .271 .315 .418 .733 95 239 15 2 2 4 16 *4 AS
1963 26 PIT NL 142 576 534 43 131 22 3 8 52 2 0 32 46 .245 .286 .343 .629 80 183 15 0 7 3 6 *4 AS,GG
1964 27 PIT NL 162 644 601 66 161 22 8 10 64 1 1 29 52 .268 .300 .381 .681 91 229 21 0 10 4 11 *4 AS,GG
1965 28 PIT NL 130 527 494 52 134 17 1 6 54 2 1 18 34 .271 .294 .346 .641 80 171 16 2 4 9 5 *4 GG
1966 29 PIT NL 162 660 621 56 163 22 7 16 82 4 3 31 62 .262 .296 .398 .694 91 247 16 1 2 5 9 *4 MVP-23,GG
1967 30 PIT NL 163 679 639 62 167 25 3 9 77 1 2 30 55 .261 .292 .352 .644 84 225 17 0 5 5 7 *4 AS,GG
1968 31 PIT NL 143 556 506 36 127 18 2 3 42 3 4 38 38 .251 .304 .312 .616 87 158 18 2 6 4 10 *4
1969 32 PIT NL 67 256 227 13 52 7 1 3 25 1 1 22 16 .229 .298 .308 .606 72 70 6 2 1 4 3 4
1970 33 PIT NL 112 404 367 29 84 14 0 7 39 2 0 27 40 .229 .283 .324 .607 65 119 6 2 5 3 9 4
1971 34 PIT NL 70 213 193 17 49 3 1 1 16 0 0 15 8 .254 .303 .295 .599 69 57 3 0 2 3 1 4/5
1972 35 PIT NL 34 72 64 3 12 4 0 0 3 0 0 3 5 .188 .217 .250 .467 33 16 2 0 3 2 1 4/5
17 Seasons 2163 8379 7755 769 2016 294 62 138 853 27 23 447 706 .260 .299 .367 .667 84 2848 194 20 87 70 110
162 Game Avg. 162 628 581 58 151 22 5 10 64 2 2 33 53 .260 .299 .367 .667 84 213 15 1 7 5 8
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1960 23 PIT NL WS NYY W 7 26 25 4 8 2 0 2 5 0 0 0 3 .320 .320 .640 .960 16 2 0 1 0 0
1970 33 PIT NL NLCS CIN L 1 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 34 PIT NL NLCS SFG W 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
1971 34 PIT NL WS BAL W 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 35 PIT NL NLCS CIN L 2 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons (5 Series) 12 34 31 5 10 2 0 2 5 0 0 2 4 .323 .364 .581 .944 18 2 0 1 0 0
3 NLCS 4 7 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .400 .571 .400 .971 2 0 0 0 0 0
2 WS 8 27 26 4 8 2 0 2 5 0 0 0 3 .308 .308 .615 .923 16 2 0 1 0 0

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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
1956 PIT NL 19 2B 81 81 671.0 413 163 242 8 56 .981 2.1 3.8 1.1 0.8 0.3 1 5.43 5.00 .980 5.33 4.66
1957 PIT NL 20 2B 144 141 1238.1 768 308 443 17 96 .978 8.4 8.1 6.4 3.1 3.4 2 5.46 5.22 .977 5.37 4.97
1958 PIT NL 21 2B 152 152 1344.0 857 344 496 17 118 .980 22.6 20.2 20.6 13.8 6.8 2 5.62 5.53 .975 5.33 4.76 AS,MVP-8,GG
1959 PIT NL 22 2B 133 129 1167.1 689 303 373 13 100 .981 -1.7 -1.7 -3.7 -0.1 -3.6 2 5.21 5.08 .976 5.27 4.78 AS
1960 PIT NL 23 2B 151 150 1340.2 872 413 449 10 127 .989 5.4 4.8 2.4 -1.0 3.4 3 5.79 5.71 .974 5.20 4.48 AS,GG
1961 PIT NL 24 2B 152 151 1333.0 938 410 505 23 144 .975 7.6 6.8 4.6 1.1 3.5 3 6.18 6.02 .976 5.51 4.89 GG
1962 PIT NL 25 2B 159 159 1410.1 948 425 509 14 138 .985 7.1 6.0 4.1 3.6 0.5 3 5.96 5.87 .974 5.30 4.68 AS
1963 PIT NL 26 2B 138 138 1229.0 860 340 506 14 131 .984 23.2 22.7 17.2 7.0 10.2 6 6.20 6.13 .974 5.21 4.59 AS,GG
1964 PIT NL 27 2B 162 162 1438.2 912 346 543 23 122 .975 13.4 11.2 11.4 2.6 8.9 2 5.56 5.49 .973 5.22 4.61 AS,GG
1965 PIT NL 28 2B 127 125 1131.2 738 290 439 9 113 .988 18.4 19.5 15.4 7.8 7.7 3 5.80 5.74 .974 5.28 4.71 GG
1966 PIT NL 29 2B 162 162 1452.1 957 411 538 8 161 .992 8.8 7.3 2.8 -0.8 3.6 6 5.88 5.86 .978 5.33 4.68 MVP-23,GG
1967 PIT NL 30 2B 163 160 1437.1 933 417 498 18 131 .981 7.8 6.5 7.8 5.9 1.9 0 5.73 5.61 .976 5.26 4.63 AS,GG
1968 PIT NL 31 2B 142 138 1255.2 801 319 467 15 107 .981 14.7 14.0 11.7 3.4 8.3 3 5.63 5.54 .977 5.21 4.74
1969 PIT NL 32 2B 65 64 545.1 330 134 192 4 46 .988 2.6 5.7 2.6 4.4 -1.8 0 5.38 5.02 .974 5.19 4.65
1970 PIT NL 33 2B 102 99 888.1 559 227 325 7 87 .987 10.4 14.0 7.4 4.5 2.9 3 5.59 5.41 .979 5.32 4.67
1971 PIT NL 34 2B 46 37 345.1 219 95 121 3 22 .986 -1.5 -5.2 0.5 -0.9 1.4 -2 5.63 4.70 .978 5.47 4.86
1971 PIT NL 34 3B 7 6 50.2 7 2 5 0 0 1.000 -1.5 -35.5 -1.5 -0.5 -0.9 0 1.24 1.00 .943 2.81 2.31
1972 PIT NL 35 2B 15 12 107.0 69 29 39 1 7 .986 -1.2 -13.5 -1.2 -0.4 -0.9 0 5.72 4.53 .978 5.36 4.88
1972 PIT NL 35 3B 3 1 13.0 4 0 4 0 0 1.000 0.6 55.4 0.6 0.0 0.6 0 2.77 1.33 .950 2.84 2.53
17 Seasons 2B 2094 2060 18335.1 11863 4974 6685 204 1706 .983 148.1 9.7 111.1 54.8 56.5 37 5.72 5.57 .976 5.29 4.71
2 Seasons 3B 10 7 63.2 11 2 9 0 0 1.000 -0.9 -17.0 -0.9 -0.5 -0.3 0 1.55 1.10 .945 2.81 2.38
17 Seasons TOT 2104 2067 18399.0 11874 4976 6694 204 1706 .983 147.2 9.6 110.2 54.3 56.2 37 5.71 5.55 .958 5.29 4.70
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

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Hall of Fame
1978 BBWAA ( 6.1%)
1979 BBWAA ( 8.3%)
1980 BBWAA ( 8.6%)
1981 BBWAA ( 9.5%)
1982 BBWAA ( 6.7%)
1983 BBWAA (12.8%)
1984 BBWAA (18.4%)
1985 BBWAA (22.0%)
1986 BBWAA (23.5%)
1987 BBWAA (30.3%)
1988 BBWAA (33.5%)
1989 BBWAA (30.0%)
1990 BBWAA (29.5%)
1991 BBWAA (32.1%)
1992 BBWAA (42.3%)
2001 Veterans (inducted)
Selected to HOF in 2001 by Veteran's Committee

All-Star Games
1958 (2B)
1959-1 *
1959-2
1960-1 (2B)
1960-2 (2B)
1962-1 (2B)
1962-2 (2B)
1963
1964
1967 (2B)

Awards (yr lg award)
1960 NL Babe Ruth Award
1960 ML Major League Player of the Year

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1958 NL (8, 18%)
1966 NL (23, 1%)
0.19 Career Shares (745th)

Gold Gloves
1958 NL (2B)
1960 NL (2B)
1961 NL (2B)
1963 NL (2B)
1964 NL (2B)
1965 NL (2B)
1966 NL (2B)
1967 NL (2B)
All multiple winners

Games Played s c a p y
1958 NL  152 (3rd)
1960 NL  151 (7th)
1961 NL  152 (9th)
1964 NL  162 (2nd)
1966 NL  162 (1st)
1967 NL  163 (1st)
Career  2163 (144th)

At Bats s c a p y
1958 NL  567 (9th)
1966 NL  621 (10th)
1967 NL  639 (3rd)
Career  7755 (156th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1967 NL  679 (6th)
Career  8379 (188th)

Hits s c a p y
Career  2016 (249th)

Triples s c a p y
1957 NL  7 (10th)
1962 NL  9 (5th)
1964 NL  8 (8th)

Singles s c a p y
1961 NL  112 (10th)
1967 NL  130 (7th)
Career  1522 (185th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1957 NL  11 (3rd)
1958 NL  9 (6th)
1959 NL  10 (6th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1960 NL  8 (5th)
1965 NL  9 (3rd)
Career  70 (134th)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1960 NL  15 (2nd)
1961 NL  10 (9th)
1962 NL  16 (1st)
1964 NL  11 (9th)
Career  110 (91st)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1959 NL  16 (8th)
1964 NL  21 (4th)
1965 NL  16 (9th)
1966 NL  16 (8th)
1967 NL  17 (3rd)
1968 NL  18 (7th)
Career  194 (99th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1960 NL  10.8 (10th)
1961 NL  10.1 (8th)
1962 NL  12.2 (5th)
1963 NL  11.6 (3rd)
1964 NL  11.6 (6th)
1965 NL  14.5 (2nd)
1967 NL  11.6 (7th)
1968 NL  13.3 (5th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1958 NL  439 (6th)
1964 NL  476 (5th)
1966 NL  484 (6th)
1967 NL  501 (2nd)
Career  6113 (118th)

Youngest s c a p y
1956 NL  born 1936-09-05 (5th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 2 (592), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 12 (1268), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 71 (258), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 16 (1022), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

Before 1954 Season: Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent.

October 24, 1972: Released by the Pittsburgh Pirates.

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