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 Pitching

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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
1964 19 CIN NL 6 5 .545 2.42 40 3 21 0 0 7 89.1 66 27 24 3 29 5 87 1 0 2 358 149 1.063 6.6 0.3 2.9 8.8 3.00
1965 20 CIN NL 9 10 .474 4.27 62 2 43 0 0 21 105.1 93 53 50 9 47 7 120 4 0 8 449 88 1.329 7.9 0.8 4.0 10.3 2.55
1966 21 CIN NL 8 8 .500 2.48 57 0 45 0 0 18 105.1 76 32 29 5 41 7 104 3 0 4 424 159 1.111 6.5 0.4 3.5 8.9 2.54 AS
1967 22 CIN NL 3 7 .300 3.42 31 11 7 0 0 2 97.1 92 45 37 8 56 7 83 5 1 7 442 111 1.521 8.5 0.7 5.2 7.7 1.48
1968 23 CIN NL 3 4 .429 4.97 30 4 9 0 0 2 50.2 59 35 28 4 41 4 30 0 0 8 248 64 1.974 10.5 0.7 7.3 5.3 0.73
1969 24 SDP NL 3 5 .375 4.30 54 0 35 0 0 7 58.2 59 32 28 2 42 8 35 6 0 5 276 82 1.722 9.1 0.3 6.4 5.4 0.83
1970 25 STL NL 0 3 .000 6.23 18 0 3 0 0 1 21.2 20 15 15 0 16 0 12 0 0 3 99 66 1.662 8.3 0.0 6.6 5.0 0.75
7 Seasons 32 42 .432 3.59 292 20 163 0 0 58 528.1 465 239 211 31 272 38 471 19 1 37 2296 103 1.395 7.9 0.5 4.6 8.0 1.73
162 Game Avg. 7 9 .432 3.59 64 4 36 0 0 13 115 101 52 46 7 59 8 103 4 0 8 500 103 1.395 7.9 0.5 4.6 8.0 1.73
CIN (5 yrs) 29 34 .460 3.38 220 20 125 0 0 50 448.0 386 192 168 29 214 30 424 13 1 29 1921 110 1.339 7.8 0.6 4.3 8.5 1.98
STL (1 yr) 0 3 .000 6.23 18 0 3 0 0 1 21.2 20 15 15 0 16 0 12 0 0 3 99 66 1.662 8.3 0.0 6.6 5.0 0.75
SDP (1 yr) 3 5 .375 4.30 54 0 35 0 0 7 58.2 59 32 28 2 42 8 35 6 0 5 276 82 1.722 9.1 0.3 6.4 5.4 0.83

All-Star Pitching

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Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1966 CIN NL 21

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
1964 19 CIN NL 40 358 320 27 66 7 7 3 3 2 29 87 .206 .272 .300 .572 .270 96 3 1 5 3 5
1965 20 CIN NL 62 449 393 53 93 15 7 9 3 3 47 120 .237 .324 .379 .703 .317 149 7 4 4 1 7
1966 21 CIN NL 57 424 370 32 76 11 3 5 4 6 41 104 .205 .288 .292 .580 .270 108 11 3 8 2 7
1967 22 CIN NL 31 442 374 45 92 14 2 8 8 6 56 83 .246 .351 .358 .709 .296 134 6 5 6 1 7
1968 23 CIN NL 30 248 201 35 59 8 0 4 2 2 41 30 .294 .408 .393 .801 .324 79 3 0 3 3 4
1969 24 SDP NL 54 276 222 32 59 9 1 2 6 0 42 35 .266 .393 .342 .736 .305 76 3 6 4 2 8
1970 25 STL NL 18 99 80 15 20 5 1 0 0 0 16 12 .250 .367 .338 .705 .286 27 3 0 1 2 0
7 Seasons 292 2296 1960 239 465 69 21 31 26 19 272 471 .237 .334 .341 .675 .295 669 36 19 31 14 38
162 Game Avg. 64 500 427 52 101 15 5 7 6 4 59 103 .237 .334 .341 .675 .295 146 8 4 7 3 8
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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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
1964 19 CIN NL 40 3 1 2 0 0 2 1 2 .333 0 1 0 0 3 100% 62 67 53 13 2 3 0 2.0 0.9 7.6
1965 20 CIN NL 62 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 34 34 33 17 3 1 0 3.0 4.5 4.3
1967 22 CIN NL 31 11 3 4 4 0 2 6 5 .545 1 0 0 0 7 64% 52 76 30 27 7 2 4 3.6 3.4 6.0
1968 23 CIN NL 30 4 1 1 2 0 0 3 1 .750 0 2 0 0 1 25% 41 69 27 22 9 2 0 4.2 1.4 3.3
4 Seasons 163 20 5 9 6 0 4 10 10 .500 1 3 0 0 11 55% 50 76 27 79 21 8 4 3.4 2.8 5.5
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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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
1964 19 CIN NL 40 37 21 5 3 9 7 2 78% 10 1 20 9 45% 7 1.066 10 8 18 11 4 22 11 26 25 6 25 4 5.4
1965 20 CIN NL 62 60 43 9 8 28 21 7 75% 32 3 44 16 36% 9 1.669 38 11 11 32 14 14 24 36 31 7 32 13 4.8
1966 21 CIN NL 57 57 45 8 8 25 18 7 72% 25 0 42 10 24% 8 1.795 32 10 15 25 11 21 26 31 39 7 39 14 5.5
1967 22 CIN NL 31 20 7 0 3 3 2 1 67% 5 2 19 4 21% 7 1.214 10 2 8 5 5 10 12 8 14 5 15 4 4.8
1968 23 CIN NL 30 26 9 2 3 2 2 0 100% 4 1 17 5 29% 4 0.999 7 5 13 5 3 18 9 17 12 9 12 4 4.3
1969 24 SDP NL 54 54 35 3 5 9 7 2 78% 12 3 42 7 17% 8 1.048 24 6 21 12 13 29 25 29 18 22 21 19 3.3
1970 25 STL NL 18 18 3 0 3 2 1 1 50% 4 2 23 5 22% 8 1.179 8 4 4 5 4 9 10 8 6 9 7 4 3.6
7 Seasons 292 272 163 27 33 78 58 20 74% 92 12 207 56 27% 1.345 129 46 90 95 54 123 117 155 145 65 151 62 4.6

Ratio Pitching*

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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%
1964 19 CIN NL 358 69% 0.8% 24.3% 8.1% 4.8% 26% 0.84 65% 59 3 5%
1965 20 CIN NL 449 75% 2.0% 26.7% 10.5% 6.9% 33% 1.10 59% 104 7 7%
1966 21 CIN NL 424 77% 1.2% 24.5% 9.7% 4.5% 25% 0.95 62% 104 11 11%
1967 22 CIN NL 442 82% 1.8% 18.8% 12.7% 5.4% 26% 0.99 64% 83 6 7%
1968 23 CIN NL 248 77% 1.6% 12.1% 16.5% 4.8% 20% 0.76 69% 60 3 5%
1969 24 SDP NL 276 72% 0.7% 12.7% 15.2% 4.4% 20% 0.70 68% 58 3 5%
1970 25 STL NL 99 62% 0.0% 12.1% 16.2% 6.1% 30% 1.36 71% 20 3 15%
7 Seasons 2296 75% 1.4% 20.5% 11.9% 5.3% 26% 0.92 64% 488 36 7%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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
1964 19 CIN NL 358 66 3 0 6 3 0 2 1 21 11 3 52% 2 2 0 117 3 2 60% 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 10 0
1965 20 CIN NL 449 93 9 0 12 5 4 3 6 34 16 10 47% 4 8 3 180 3 3 50% 1 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 20 0
1966 21 CIN NL 424 76 5 0 13 3 2 3 2 33 10 7 30% 6 4 1 186 4 6 40% 3 4 1 1 0 1 1 0 11 0
1967 22 CIN NL 442 92 8 0 17 7 1 8 0 17 6 5 35% 9 7 1 184 8 6 57% 8 2 0 3 0 1 3 3 11 0
1968 23 CIN NL 248 59 4 0 13 2 2 1 3 16 6 3 38% 4 8 0 112 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 16 0
1969 24 SDP NL 257 59 2 1 6 0 2 1 1 15 8 2 53% 4 5 2 140 6 0 100% 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 11 19
1970 25 STL NL 99 20 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 9 5 1 56% 1 3 1 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
7 Seasons 2277 465 31 1 76 20 11 18 13 145 62 31 43% 30 37 8 952 26 19 58% 21 13 5 4 0 2 8 3 87 19
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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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+
1964 19 6 5 .545 2.42 40 3 21 0 0 7 89.1 66 27 24 3 29 5 87 1 0 2 358 149 1.063 6.6 0.3 2.9 8.8 3.00 149
1965 20 15 15 .500 3.42 102 5 64 0 0 28 194.2 159 80 74 12 76 12 207 5 0 10 807 108 1.207 7.4 0.6 3.5 9.6 2.72 108
1966 21 23 23 .500 3.09 159 5 109 0 0 46 300.0 235 112 103 17 117 19 311 8 0 14 1231 122 1.173 7.1 0.5 3.5 9.3 2.66 122
1967 22 26 30 .464 3.17 190 16 116 0 0 48 397.1 327 157 140 25 173 26 394 13 1 21 1673 119 1.258 7.4 0.6 3.9 8.9 2.28 119
1968 23 29 34 .460 3.38 220 20 125 0 0 50 448.0 386 192 168 29 214 30 424 13 1 29 1921 110 1.339 7.8 0.6 4.3 8.5 1.98 110
1969 24 32 39 .451 3.48 274 20 160 0 0 57 506.2 445 224 196 31 256 38 459 19 1 34 2197 106 1.384 7.9 0.6 4.5 8.2 1.79 106
1970 25 32 42 .432 3.59 292 20 163 0 0 58 528.1 465 239 211 31 272 38 471 19 1 37 2296 103 1.395 7.9 0.5 4.6 8.0 1.73 103

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1964 19 6 3 .667 2.62 86.0 68 28 25 3 30 84 1 1.140 7.1 3.1 8.8 2.80 0.3 40
1965 20 5 6 .455 4.59 100.0 94 57 51 9 48 114 4 1.420 8.5 4.3 10.3 2.38 0.8 62
1966 21 8 3 .727 2.56 102.0 75 32 29 5 40 101 3 1.127 6.6 3.5 8.9 2.53 0.4 57
1967 22 6 4 .600 3.60 95.0 94 42 38 8 57 81 5 1.589 8.9 5.4 7.7 1.42 0.8 31
1968 23 1 4 .200 6.80 45.0 65 38 34 4 45 27 0 2.444 13.0 9.0 5.4 0.60 0.8 30
1969 24 2 4 .333 5.07 55.0 62 34 31 2 44 33 6 1.927 10.1 7.2 5.4 0.75 0.3 54
1970 25 1 1 .500 6.43 21.0 20 17 15 0 16 12 0 1.714 8.6 6.9 5.1 0.75 0.0 18
7 Seasons 29 25 .537 3.98 504.0 478 248 223 31 280 452 19 1.504 8.5 8.1 1.61 0.6 292

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1966

Games Played s c a p y
1965 NL--62--5th

Saves s c a p y
1965 NL--21--2nd
1966 NL--18--2nd
Career--58--220th

Games Finished s c a p y
1965 NL--43--3rd
1966 NL--45--2nd
1969 NL--35--9th

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

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 7 (1632), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 5 (1252), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 8 (996), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Ken Dayley (967)
  2. Fred Scherman (961)
  3. Dave Hamilton (948)
  4. Chet Nichols (947)
  5. Frank DiPino (947)
  6. Danny Frisella (945)
  7. Rob Murphy (945)
  8. Mark Littell (945)
  9. Tom House (944)
  10. Ricky Horton (943)
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  1. Herb Pennock (967) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Terry Forster (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Terry Forster (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Terry Forster (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Terry Forster (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Terry Forster (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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