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Will McEnaney

William Henry McEnaney

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: February 14, 1952 in Springfield, OH
High School: Springfield North HS (Springfield, OH)
Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 8th round of the 1970 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 3, 1974
Teams (by GP): Reds/Expos/Cardinals/Pirates 1974-1979

Final Game: September 27, 1979
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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
1970	18	CIN-min	A-	3	10	.231	5.17	15	14		1	0	0	87.0	104	65	50	5	33	1	71	1	0	3			1.575	10.8	0.5	3.4	7.3	2.15	SXF · NORL
1971	19	CIN-min	A	14	5	.737	2.44	27	27				0	181.0	159	58	49	4	57		105						1.193	7.9	0.2	2.8	5.2	1.84	TAM · FLOR
1972	20	CIN-min	AA	11	6	.647	2.80	30	21		6	3	1	138.0	128	53	43	8	46	9	82	1	2	3			1.261	8.3	0.5	3.0	5.3	1.78	TRV · EL
1973	21	CIN-min	AAA	9	9	.500	3.92	29	29					170.0	196	95	74	24	40								1.388	10.4	1.3	2.1			INA · AA
1974	22	CIN-min	AAA	2	1	.667	2.30	29	0		0	0	5	43.0	38	12	11	4	21	5	35	0	0	3			1.372	8.0	0.8	4.4	7.3	1.67	INA · AA
1974	22	CIN	NL	2	1	.667	4.33	24	0	10	0	0	2	27.0	24	16	13	4	9	1	13	0	0	1	109	82	1.222	8.0	1.3	3.0	4.3	1.44
1975	23	CIN	NL	5	2	.714	2.47	70	0	38	0	0	15	91.0	92	29	25	6	23	7	48	2	1	1	380	146	1.264	9.1	0.6	2.3	4.7	2.09
1976	24	CIN	NL	2	6	.250	4.85	55	0	20	0	0	7	72.1	97	44	39	3	23	8	28	1	0	1	333	73	1.659	12.1	0.4	2.9	3.5	1.22
1977	25	MON	NL	3	5	.375	3.95	69	0	32	0	0	3	86.2	92	39	38	6	22	4	38	2	0	2	372	97	1.315	9.6	0.6	2.3	3.9	1.73
1978	26	PIT-min	AAA	2	6	.250	6.24	28	6		1	0	2	62.0	77	50	43	8	18	4	23	4	0	0			1.532	11.2	1.2	2.6	3.3	1.28	CLB · IL
1978	26	PIT	NL	0	0		10.38	6	0	3	0	0	0	8.2	15	11	10	3	2	0	6	1	0	0	42	38	1.962	15.6	3.1	2.1	6.2	3.00
1979	27	STL-min	AAA	0	0		2.08	7	0		0	0		13.0	9	5	3	3	2	0	5	0	0	0			0.846	6.2	2.1	1.4	3.5	2.50	SPR · AA
1979	27	STL	NL	0	3	.000	2.95	45	0	21	0	0	2	64.0	60	26	21	3	16	8	15	2	1	0	267	130	1.188	8.4	0.4	2.3	2.1	0.94
1980	28	NYY-min	AA	4	0	1.000	1.44	22	0		0	0	6	25.0	22	4	4	1	6	1	13	1	0	0			1.120	7.9	0.4	2.2	4.7	2.17	NVL · SOUL
1982	30	TEX-min	AAA,AA	5	4	.556	4.63	59	4	23	1	0	3	83.2	93	45	43	13	25	1	47	2	0	2			1.410	10.0	1.4	2.7	5.1	1.88	DEN,TUL · AA,TL
1985	33	MIA	A	1	4	.200	3.82	39	0	22	0	0	3	37.2	45	24	16	4	13	3	30	3	0	4			1.540	10.8	1.0	3.1	7.2	2.31	MIA · FLOR
6 Yrs				12	17	.414	3.76	269	0	124	0	0	29	349.2	380	165	146	25	95	28	148	8	2	5	1503	98	1.358	9.8	0.6	2.4	3.8	1.56
162 Game Avg.				3	4	.414	3.76	68	0	31	0	0	7	88	96	42	37	6	24	7	37	2	1	1	380	98	1.358	9.8	0.6	2.4	3.8	1.56

CIN (3 yrs)				9	9	.500	3.64	149	0	68	0	0	24	190.1	213	89	77	13	55	16	89	3	1	3	822	98	1.408	10.1	0.6	2.6	4.2	1.62
PIT (1 yr)				0	0		10.38	6	0	3	0	0	0	8.2	15	11	10	3	2	0	6	1	0	0	42	38	1.962	15.6	3.1	2.1	6.2	3.00
STL (1 yr)				0	3	.000	2.95	45	0	21	0	0	2	64.0	60	26	21	3	16	8	15	2	1	0	267	130	1.188	8.4	0.4	2.3	2.1	0.94
MON (1 yr)				3	5	.375	3.95	69	0	32	0	0	3	86.2	92	39	38	6	22	4	38	2	0	2	372	97	1.315	9.6	0.6	2.3	3.9	1.73

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
1974	22	CIN	NL	27.0	24	0	16	5.33	4.33	0.35	-0.35	95.2	3.45	-6	-0.6	1.6	-0.2	-0.6	-3	.474	.496	$
1975	23	CIN	NL	91.0	70	0	29	2.87	4.09	0.37	-0.33	99.2	3.36	4	0.5	2.0	0.2	1.4	13	.507	.503	$
1976	24	CIN	NL	72.1	55	0	44	5.47	4.02	0.05	-0.33	99.5	3.63	-15	-1.7	1.6	-0.6	-1.7	-8	.469	.489	$
1977	25	MON	NL	86.2	69	0	39	4.05	4.40	0.18	-0.34	98.8	3.84	-3	-0.3	1.6	-0.3	0.1	6	.496	.498	$
1978	26	PIT	NL	8.2	6	0	11	11.42	4.24	-0.23	-0.34	106.4	4.39	-7	-0.7	1.2	-0.1	-0.7	-6	.384	.496	$
1979	27	STL	NL	64.0	45	0	26	3.66	4.23	0.14	-0.34	101.3	3.80	0	0.0	1.2	-0.1	0.5	7	.501	.500	$
6 Seasons				349.2	269	0	165	4.25	4.20	0.20	-0.33	99.4	3.65	-26	-2.8	1.6	-1.1	-1.0	9	.490	.497	$

CIN (3 yrs)				190.1	149	0	89	4.21	4.10	0.25	-0.33	98.8	3.48	-17	-1.9	1.8	-0.7	-0.9	2	.488	.496	$
PIT (1 yr)				8.2	6	0	11	11.42	4.24	-0.23	-0.34	106.4	4.39	-7	-0.7	1.2	-0.1	-0.7	-6	.384	.496	$
STL (1 yr)				64.0	45	0	26	3.66	4.23	0.14	-0.34	101.3	3.80	0	0.0	1.2	-0.1	0.5	7	.501	.500	$
MON (1 yr)				86.2	69	0	39	4.05	4.40	0.18	-0.34	98.8	3.84	-3	-0.3	1.6	-0.3	0.1	6	.496	.498	$

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Rslt	Opp	ERA	G	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	IBB	SO	BF	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1975	23	CIN	NL	NLCS	W	PIT	6.75	1	0	0	1.1	1	1	1	0	0	1	5	0.750	6.8	0.0	6.8
1975	23	CIN	NL	WS	W	BOS	2.70	5	2	1	6.2	3	2	2	2	1	5	23	0.750	4.1	2.7	6.8	2.50
1976	24	CIN	NL	WS	W	NYY	0.00	2	2	2	4.2	2	0	0	1	0	2	18	0.643	3.9	1.9	3.9	2.00
2 Yrs (3 Series)							2.13	8	4	3	12.2	6	3	3	3	1	8	46	0.711	4.3	2.1	5.7	2.67
1 NLCS							6.75	1	0	0	1.1	1	1	1	0	0	1	5	0.750	6.8	0.0	6.8
2 WS							1.59	7	4	3	11.1	5	2	2	3	1	7	41	0.706	4.0	2.4	5.6	2.33

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
1974	22	CIN	NL	24	109	96	16	24	2	2	4	0	0	9	13	.250	.311	.438	.749	.250	42	4	0	3	1	1	0
1975	23	CIN	NL	70	380	348	29	92	16	0	6	4	1	23	48	.264	.310	.362	.672	.289	126	9	2	3	4	7	5
1976	24	CIN	NL	55	333	300	44	97	16	2	3	3	1	23	28	.323	.370	.420	.790	.346	126	7	1	6	3	8	2
1977	25	MON	NL	69	372	340	39	92	19	3	6	4	2	22	38	.271	.314	.397	.711	.285	135	4	2	2	6	4	3
1978	26	PIT	NL	6	42	38	11	15	2	0	3	0	0	2	6	.395	.429	.684	1.113	.400	26	0	1	0	1	0	0
1979	27	STL	NL	45	267	239	26	60	11	1	3	2	2	16	15	.251	.299	.343	.642	.253	82	4	2	6	4	8	4
6 Yrs				269	1503	1361	165	380	66	8	25	13	6	95	148	.279	.326	.395	.720	.294	537	28	8	20	19	28	14
162 Game Avg.				68	380	344	42	96	17	2	6	3	2	24	37	.279	.326	.395	.720	.294	136	7	2	5	5	7	4
MLB Averages																.260	.326	.381	.707	.283

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1974	22	CIN	NL	-2.8	-0.3	110	0.6	2.2	-1.6	1.06	0.2	0.4	0.1	0.0	1.06	1.1	11	3	9
1975	23	CIN	NL	11.4	1.2	389	2.7	10.4	-7.6	1.48	0.6	1.2	10.4	1.1	1.48	8.8	36	11	21
1976	24	CIN	NL	-10.5	-1.1	340	-2.2	5.7	-7.9	1.18	-1.0	-0.9	-8.5	-0.9	1.18	-7.9	28	8	17
1977	25	MON	NL	0.4	0.0	381	-0.6	7.9	-8.6	1.26	-0.1	-0.4	-2.7	-0.3	1.26	2.2	33	11	24
1978	26	PIT	NL	-5.9	-0.6	43	0.1	0.2	-0.1	.22	-0.3	0.8	-5.8	-0.6	0.22	-6.2	1	1	4
1979	27	STL	NL	5.2	0.5	273	0.2	5.0	-4.8	1.07	0.7	-0.5	0.7	0.1	1.07	5.7	13	8	23
6 Yrs				-2.2	-0.2	1536	0.8	31.3	-30.6	1.22	0.2	0.5	-5.6	-0.5	1.22	3.7	122	42	98

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1974	22	CIN	NL	24	24	10	2	1	5	2	3	40%	8	3	22	5	23%	8	1.062	11	3	9	9	4	11	12	12	9	7	9	2	3.4
1975	23	CIN	NL	70	70	38	5	2	19	15	4	79%	32	11	70	22	31%	8	1.479	36	11	21	42	10	18	39	31	28	25	31	27	3.9
1976	24	CIN	NL	55	55	20	2	6	9	7	2	78%	20	8	36	12	33%	8	1.182	28	8	17	25	13	17	20	35	27	14	30	18	3.9
1977	25	MON	NL	69	69	32	3	5	8	3	5	38%	22	12	65	26	40%	8	1.265	33	11	24	23	12	34	39	30	30	29	34	30	3.8
1978	26	PIT	NL	6	6	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	6	0	0%	8	.215	1	1	4	0	1	5	2	4	3	2	3	0	4.3
1979	27	STL	NL	45	45	21	0	3	4	2	2	50%	6	2	32	12	38%	7	1.067	13	8	23	9	9	27	20	25	22	11	25	11	4.3
6 Yrs				269	269	124	12	17	45	29	16	64%	88	36	231	77	33%		1.221	122	42	98	108	49	112	132	137	119	88	132	88	3.9

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1974	22	CIN	NL	109	36%	3.7%	11.9%	8.3%	7.3%	33%	1.23	73%	27	4	15%
1975	23	CIN	NL	380	36%	1.6%	12.6%	6.1%	5.8%	24%	0.83	78%	91	9	10%
1976	24	CIN	NL	333	31%	0.9%	8.4%	6.9%	6.3%	22%	1.60	82%	77	7	9%
1977	25	MON	NL	372	33%	1.6%	10.2%	5.9%	7.5%	30%	1.02	81%	73	4	5%
1978	26	PIT	NL	42	17%	7.1%	14.3%	4.8%	11.9%	33%	1.38	71%	9	0	0%
1979	27	STL	NL	267	39%	1.1%	5.6%	6.0%	5.6%	25%	1.29	84%	58	4	7%
6 Yrs				1503	34%	1.7%	9.9%	6.3%	6.6%	26%	1.13	80%	335	28	8%
MLB Averages					45%	1.9%	12.9%	8.6%	6.3%	27%	1.09	75%			11%

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
1974	22	CIN	NL	109	24			4	0	5	3	1	3	1	12	4	3	33%	0	1	0	40	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
1975	23	CIN	NL	380	92			6	0	23	2	4	2	4	36	14	9	39%	5	1	2	168	4	1	80%	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	9	0
1976	24	CIN	NL	333	97			3	0	11	2	1	2	1	18	11	0	61%	2	1	2	154	3	1	75%	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
1977	25	MON	NL	372	92			6	0	9	4	2	4	2	29	14	2	48%	3	2	1	159	4	2	67%	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	0
1978	26	PIT	NL	42	15			3	0	2	3	0	1	2	3	2	1	67%	0	0	1	16	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
1979	27	STL	NL	267	60			3	1	8	3	0	2	1	21	8	0	38%	4	0	1	108	2	2	50%	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
6 Yrs				1503	380			25	1	58	17	8	14	11	119	53	15	45%	14	5	7	645	13	6	68%	12	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	38	0
MLB Averages																		52%							65%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GF	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+
1974	22	2	1	.667	4.33	24	10	2	27.0	24	16	13	4	9	1	13	0	0	1	109	82	1.222	8.0	1.3	3.0	4.3	1.44	82
1975	23	7	3	.700	2.90	94	48	17	118.0	116	45	38	10	32	8	61	2	1	2	489	124	1.254	8.8	0.8	2.4	4.7	1.91	124
1976	24	9	9	.500	3.64	149	68	24	190.1	213	89	77	13	55	16	89	3	1	3	822	98	1.408	10.1	0.6	2.6	4.2	1.62	98
1977	25	12	14	.462	3.74	218	100	27	277.0	305	128	115	19	77	20	127	5	1	5	1194	98	1.379	9.9	0.6	2.5	4.1	1.65	98
1978	26	12	14	.462	3.94	224	103	27	285.2	320	139	125	22	79	20	133	6	1	5	1236	93	1.397	10.1	0.7	2.5	4.2	1.68	93
1979	27	12	17	.414	3.76	269	124	29	349.2	380	165	146	25	95	28	148	8	2	5	1503	98	1.358	9.8	0.6	2.4	3.8	1.56	98

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1974	22	1	1	.500	5.40	25.0	25	17	15	4	9	12	0	1.360	9.0	3.2	4.3	1.33	1.4	24
1975	23	6	3	.667	2.83	86.0	96	30	27	6	24	45	2	1.395	10.0	2.5	4.7	1.88	0.6	70
1976	24	2	5	.286	5.61	69.0	102	48	43	3	24	27	1	1.826	13.3	3.1	3.5	1.13	0.4	55
1977	25	4	5	.444	4.24	85.0	94	44	40	6	22	37	2	1.365	10.0	2.3	3.9	1.68	0.6	69
1978	26	0	0		11.25	8.0	15	11	10	3	2	6	1	2.125	16.9	2.3	6.8	3.00	3.4	6
1979	27	4	2	.667	3.14	63.0	61	24	22	3	16	15	2	1.222	8.7	2.3	2.1	0.94	0.4	45
6 Yrs		17	16	.515	4.21	336.0	393	174	157	25	97	142	8	1.458	10.5		3.8	1.46	0.7	269

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Games Played s c a p y 1975 NL 70 (2nd) 1977 NL 69 (10th)	Saves s c a p y 1975 NL 15 (4th)	Games Finished s c a p y 1975 NL 38 (9th)

Games Played s c a p y
1975 NL 70 (2nd)
1977 NL 69 (10th)

Saves s c a p y
1975 NL 15 (4th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1975 NL 38 (9th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 5 (1889), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 8 (1076), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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Win Expectancy, Run Expectancy, and Leverage Index calculations provided by Tom Tango of InsideTheBook.com, and co-author of The Book: Playing the Percentages in Baseball.

Total Zone Rating and Wins above Replacement calculations provided by Sean Smith of BaseballProjection.com.

Full-year historical Major League statistics provided by Pete Palmer and Gary Gillette of 24-7 Baseball.

Player head shots courtesy of David Davis. Many thanks to him. We have only selected seasons (players who debuted before 1960) for which we believe the image has reverted into the public domain. We will quickly remove any images for which that can be shown to not be the case.Please let us know if you are aware of any such images on this site.

Play Index Loading Photos from the George Grantham Bain Collection at the Library of Congress.

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