Billy McCool

William John McCool

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: July 14, 1944 in Batesville, IN
Signed by the Cincinnati Reds as an amateur free agent in 1963. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 24, 1964
Teams (by GP): Reds/Padres/Cardinals 1964-1970

Final Game: July 8, 1970
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All-Star

Standard Batting

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
1963	18	CIN-min	A,AAA	28	52	51	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.039	.058	.039	.097		2							TAM,SDG · FLOR,PCL
1964	19	CIN	NL	40	18	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	2	0	1	0	0	1
1965	20	CIN	NL	62	28	27	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	15	.037	.071	.037	.108	-69	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
1966	21	CIN	NL	57	19	18	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	.167	.211	.167	.377	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	AS
1967	22	CIN	NL	31	29	26	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	16	.077	.143	.077	.220	-38	2	0	0	1	0	0	1
1968	23	CIN	NL	30	9	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.125	.125	.125	.250	-26	1	0	0	1	0	0	1
1969	24	SDP	NL	54	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1970	25	STL-min	AAA	11	9	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	.000	.222	.000	.222		0		0	0	0			TUL · AA
1970	25	STL	NL	18	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
1971	26	KCR-MIN-min	AAA	23	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000		0		0	0	0			OMA,POR · AA,PCL
7 Yrs				292	109	101	2	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	53	.069	.105	.069	.174	-51	7	2	0	4	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	60	56	1	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	29	.069	.105	.069	.174	-51	4	1	0	2	0	0

CIN (5 yrs)				220	103	96	2	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	52	.073	.110	.073	.183	-49	7	2	0	3	0	0
STL (1 yr)				18	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0
SDP (1 yr)				54	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

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

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos	Awards
1964	19	CIN	NL	40	18	-5	0	-0	0	2	-3	-0.3	1	-2	-0.3	.492	.498	-0.3	0.0	-2	$	1
1965	20	CIN	NL	62	28	-5	-0	0	0	3	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.2	.496	.499	-0.2	0.0	-1	$	1
1966	21	CIN	NL	57	19	-2	0	0	0	2	-0	-0.0	1	0	0.0	.499	.500	0.0	0.1	0	$	1	AS
1967	22	CIN	NL	31	29	-5	-1	0	0	3	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.2	.493	.499	-0.2	0.0	-1	$	1
1968	23	CIN	NL	30	9	-1	0	0	0	1	-0	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.498	.500	-0.1	0.0	-0	$	1
1969	24	SDP	NL	54	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	1
1970	25	STL	NL	18	5	-1	0	0	0	1	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.495	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$	1
7 Seasons				292	109	-20	-1	0	0	12	-8	-0.9	4	-5	-0.9	.497	.499	-0.9	0.2	-5	$

CIN (5 yrs)				220	103	-18	-1	0	0	11	-7	-0.8	3	-4	-0.8	.496	.499	-0.8	0.1	-4	$
STL (1 yr)				18	5	-1	0	0	0	1	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.495	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$
SDP (1 yr)				54	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO
1964	19	CIN	NL	18	20	0	0.0	96	.000	.000	.267	.000	.325	.000	.396	.000	.721	-100	.000	-4.6	-0.5	.000	.000	.000
1965	20	CIN	NL	28	26	0	0.0	99	.083	.037	.266	.071	.331	.037	.402	.108	.733	-69	.000	-6.3	-0.7	.077	.037	.000
1966	21	CIN	NL	19	15	1	1.8	104	.273	.167	.276	.211	.336	.167	.416	.377	.752	3	.173	-2.5	-0.3	.267	.056	.000
1967	22	CIN	NL	29	25	0	0.0	100	.200	.077	.271	.143	.336	.077	.398	.220	.734	-38	.000	-5.0	-0.5	.167	.077	.000
1968	23	CIN	NL	9	8	0	0.0	86	.250	.125	.259	.125	.318	.125	.365	.250	.682	-26	.000	-1.3	-0.1	.143	.000	.000
1969	24	SDP	NL	1	1	0	0.0	91	.000	.000	.255	.000	.324	.000	.378	.000	.702	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
1970	25	STL	NL	5	5	0	0.0	105	.000	.000	.269	.000	.342	.000	.412	.000	.754	-100	.000	-1.2	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
7 Yrs				109	100	1	0.3	99	.146	.069	.269	.105	.331	.069	.400	.174	.731	-51	.007	-21.0	-2.2	.115	.040	.000
162 Game Avg.				60	55	1	0.3	99	.146	.069	.269	.105	.331	.069	.400	.174	.731	-51	.007	-21.0	-2.2	.115	.040	.000

CIN (5 yrs)				103	94	1	0.3	99	.159	.073	.269	.110	.331	.073	.399	.183	.730	-49	.008	-19.6	-2.1	.121	.042	.000
STL (1 yr)				5	5	0	0.0	105	.000	.000	.269	.000	.342	.000	.412	.000	.754	-100	.000	-1.2	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
SDP (1 yr)				1	1	0	0.0	91	.000	.000	.255	.000	.324	.000	.378	.000	.702	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000

All-Star Batting

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	GS	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1966	CIN	NL	21		DNP

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1964	19	CIN	NL	18	0.0%	55.6%	0.0%	0.0%			1.7			2.67	39%
1965	20	CIN	NL	28	0.0%	53.6%	3.6%	0.0%	0%	15.00	1.8			2.00	43%
1966	21	CIN	NL	19	0.0%	36.8%	5.3%	0.0%	0%	7.00	2.6			2.00	58%
1967	22	CIN	NL	29	0.0%	55.2%	6.9%	0.0%	0%	8.00	1.6		26.0	2.00	34%
1968	23	CIN	NL	9	0.0%	44.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		2.0			1.00	44%
1969	24	SDP	NL	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%							100%
1970	25	STL	NL	5	0.0%	20.0%	0.0%	0.0%			4.0			3.00	60%
7 Yrs				109	0.0%	48.6%	3.7%	0.0%	0%	13.25	1.9		101.0	2.13	44%
MLB Averages					2.1%	15.5%	8.3%	6.1%	28%	1.88	5.8	42.6	9.2	1.12	72%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI
1964	19	CIN	NL	-4.6	-0.5	18	-0.4	0.0	-0.4	.76	-0.5	-0.0	-4.9	-0.5	0.91	-5.1
1965	20	CIN	NL	-6.3	-0.7	28	-0.5	0.1	-0.7	.96	-0.6	0.1	-6.7	-0.7	0.99	-6.4
1966	21	CIN	NL	-2.5	-0.3	20	-0.6	0.1	-0.7	1.30	-0.2	-0.3	-3.4	-0.3	1.15	-2.4
1967	22	CIN	NL	-5.0	-0.5	29	-0.5	0.2	-0.6	.94	-0.4	-0.1	-4.0	-0.4	0.86	-4.3
1968	23	CIN	NL	-1.3	-0.1	9	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	.90	-0.1	-0.0	-1.1	-0.1	1.01	-1.3
1969	24	SDP	NL	-0.3	-0.0	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.25	-0.0	0.0	-0.2	-0.0	0.86	-0.2
1970	25	STL	NL	-1.2	-0.1	5	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.85	-0.1	0.0	-1.3	-0.1	0.94	-1.4
7 Yrs				-21.0	-2.2	110	-2.3	0.4	-2.6	.97	-2.0	-0.3	-21.6	-2.2	0.97	-21.1

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stD	1^stD3
1964	19	CIN	NL	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0
1965	20	CIN	NL	1	0%	2	1	1		0	0	0	0
1966	21	CIN	NL	0	25%	9	0	1	0%	1	1	1	1
1967	22	CIN	NL	0	25%	9	1	0	0%	1	1	3	2
1968	23	CIN	NL	0	0%	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
1969	24	SDP	NL	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0
1970	25	STL	NL	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0
7 Yrs				1	18%	20	2	2	0%	2	2	4	3

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1964	19	CIN	NL	18	44%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	50%	4	2	50%	4	0	0%	12	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
1965	20	CIN	NL	28	39%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0%	2	0	0%	6	1	17%	21	0	0%	2	0	0%	2	0	0%	0
1966	21	CIN	NL	19	37%	3			0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	3	0	0%	13	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
1967	22	CIN	NL	29	28%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	4	0	0%	4	1	25%	15	1	7%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
1968	23	CIN	NL	9	56%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	50%	2	0	0%	1	0	0%	6	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1969	24	SDP	NL	1	0%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
1970	25	STL	NL	5	20%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	3	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
7 Yrs				109	37%	7			0	0	0	0		0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	10	4	40%	14	2	14%	19	2	11%	70	1	1%	5	0	0%	2	0	0%	0
MLB Averages					53%																			78%			10%			30%			14%			47%			51%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH
1964	19	40	18	17	0	0	0	0	10	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	2	1
1965	20	102	46	44	0	1	0	1	25	.023	.044	.023	.067	-81	1	2	1
1966	21	159	65	62	1	4	0	2	32	.065	.094	.065	.158	-56	4	2	1
1967	22	190	94	88	2	6	1	4	48	.068	.109	.068	.177	-50	6	2	2
1968	23	220	103	96	2	7	1	4	52	.073	.110	.073	.183	-49	7	2	3
1969	24	274	104	97	2	7	1	4	52	.072	.109	.072	.181	-49	7	2	3
1970	25	292	109	101	2	7	1	4	53	.069	.105	.069	.174	-51	7	2	4

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1964	19	40	18	17	0	0	0	10	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	40
1965	20	62	28	27	0	0	1	15	.000	.036	.000	.036	0	62
1966	21	57	20	19	2	4	1	7	.211	.250	.211	.461	1	57
1967	22	31	29	26	0	0	2	16	.000	.071	.000	.071	0	31
1968	23	30	9	8	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	30
1969	24	54	1	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	54
1970	25	18	5	4	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	18
7 Yrs		292	110	102	2	4	4	53	.039	.075	.039	.115	1	292
162 Game Avg.		162	61	57	1	2	2	29	.039	.075	.039	.115	1	292

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games 1966	Youngest s c a p y 1964 NL born 1944-07-14 (10th)

All-Star Games
1966

Youngest s c a p y
1964 NL born 1944-07-14 (10th)

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