Billy McCool
William John McCool
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 203 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
Final Game: July 8, 1970
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1964 CIN NL 19 P 40 3 89.1 9 1 8 0 0 1.000 0.91 0.23 .956 2.14 0.84
1965 CIN NL 20 P 62 2 105.1 17 2 15 0 0 1.000 1.45 0.27 .953 2.08 0.81
1966 CIN NL 21 P 57 0 105.1 28 3 25 0 3 1.000 2.39 0.49 .943 1.96 0.74 AS
1967 CIN NL 22 P 31 11 97.1 17 1 14 2 0 .882 1.39 0.48 .965 2.00 0.78
1968 CIN NL 23 P 30 4 50.2 11 3 6 2 0 .818 1.60 0.30 .964 2.01 0.85
1969 SDP NL 24 P 54 0 58.2 11 0 10 1 0 .909 1.53 0.19 .964 1.95 0.78
1970 STL NL 25 P 18 0 21.2 5 0 5 0 0 1.000 2.08 0.28 .940 1.87 0.71
7 Seasons P 292 20 528.1 98 10 83 5 3 .949 1.58 0.32 .954 2.02 0.79
7 Seasons TOT 292 20 528.1 98 10 83 5 3 .949 1.58 0.32 .903 2.02 0.79

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
1964 CIN NL 19 40 3 40 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1965 CIN NL 20 62 2 62 62 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 CIN NL 21 57 0 57 57 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1967 CIN NL 22 31 11 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1968 CIN NL 23 30 4 30 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 SDP NL 24 54 0 54 54 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1970 STL NL 25 18 0 18 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons 292 20 292 292 292 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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 -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1964 CIN NL 19 367 68% 22% 13 100% 0 1 1 0 13 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 100%
1965 CIN NL 20 466 63% 21% 15 100% 0 2 1 1 14 10 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 100%
1966 CIN NL 21 441 66% 19% 29 97% 1 4 1 2 27 16 9 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 3 0 10 90%
1967 CIN NL 22 462 69% 22% 17 88% 1 2 1 1 14 12 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 75%
1968 CIN NL 23 263 73% 17% 9 78% 0 3 1 1 6 5 1 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 67%
1969 SDP NL 24 270 69% 16% 10 100% 1 1 0 0 9 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 100%
1970 STL NL 25 103 73% 26% 4 100% 0 1 0 1 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
7 Seasons 2372 68% 20% 97 95% 3 14 5 6 87 61 15 5 0 2 3 2 3 2 3 0 31 90%
MLB Averages 76% 27% 90% 85%

* 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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