Will McEnaney
William Henry McEnaney
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: February 14, 1952 in Springfield, OH
High School: North (Springfield, OH)
Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 8th round of the 1970 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 3, 1974
Final Game: September 27, 1979
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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
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 81 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 1 380 145 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 72 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 96 1.315 9.6 0.6 2.3 3.9 1.73
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 36 1.962 15.6 3.1 2.1 6.2 3.00
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 0 267 129 1.188 8.4 0.4 2.3 2.1 0.94
6 Seasons 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 36 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 0 267 129 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 96 1.315 9.6 0.6 2.3 3.9 1.73

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G 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
1975 23 CIN NL NLCS W PIT 0 0 6.75 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 0.750 6.8 0.0 0.0 6.8
1975 23 CIN NL WS W BOS 0 0 2.70 5 0 2 0 0 1 6.2 3 2 2 0 2 1 5 0 0 0 23 0.750 4.1 0.0 2.7 6.8 2.50
1976 24 CIN NL WS W NYY 0 0 0.00 2 0 2 0 0 2 4.2 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 18 0.643 3.9 0.0 1.9 3.9 2.00
2 Seasons (3 Series) 0 0 2.13 8 0 4 0 0 3 12.2 6 3 3 0 3 1 8 0 0 0 46 0.711 4.3 0.0 2.1 5.7 2.67
1 NLCS 0 0 6.75 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 0.750 6.8 0.0 0.0 6.8
2 WS 0 0 1.59 7 0 4 0 0 3 11.1 5 2 2 0 3 1 7 0 0 0 41 0.706 4.0 0.0 2.4 5.6 2.33

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
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
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
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
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
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
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
6 Seasons 269 1503 1361 165 380 66 8 25 13 6 95 148 .279 .326 .395 .720 .294 537 28 8 20 19 28
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
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
1974 22 CIN NL 24 24 10 2 1 5 2 3 40% 8 3 22 5 23% 8 1.085 12 3 8 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 1.546 38 11 20 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 1.259 30 8 16 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 1.318 34 10 25 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 0.230 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 1.109 13 9 22 9 9 27 20 25 22 11 25 11 4.3
6 Seasons 269 269 124 12 17 45 29 16 64% 88 36 231 77 33% 1.278 128 42 95 108 49 112 132 137 119 88 132 88 3.9

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%
1974 22 CIN NL 109 64% 3.7% 11.9% 8.3% 7.3% 33% 1.23 73% 27 4 15%
1975 23 CIN NL 380 64% 1.6% 12.6% 6.1% 5.8% 24% 0.83 78% 91 9 10%
1976 24 CIN NL 333 69% 0.9% 8.4% 6.9% 6.3% 22% 1.60 82% 77 7 9%
1977 25 MON NL 372 67% 1.6% 10.2% 5.9% 7.5% 30% 1.02 81% 73 4 5%
1978 26 PIT NL 42 83% 7.1% 14.3% 4.8% 11.9% 33% 1.38 71% 9 0 0%
1979 27 STL NL 267 61% 1.1% 5.6% 6.0% 5.6% 25% 1.29 84% 58 4 7%
6 Seasons 1503 66% 1.7% 9.9% 6.3% 6.6% 26% 1.13 80% 335 28 8%
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
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 Seasons 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

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+
1974 22 2 1 .667 4.33 24 0 10 0 0 2 27.0 24 16 13 4 9 1 13 0 0 1 109 81 1.222 8.0 1.3 3.0 4.3 1.44 81
1975 23 7 3 .700 2.90 94 0 48 0 0 17 118.0 116 45 38 10 32 8 61 2 1 2 489 123 1.254 8.8 0.8 2.4 4.7 1.91 123
1976 24 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 98
1977 25 12 14 .462 3.74 218 0 100 0 0 27 277.0 305 128 115 19 77 20 127 5 1 5 1194 97 1.379 9.9 0.6 2.5 4.1 1.65 97
1978 26 12 14 .462 3.94 224 0 103 0 0 27 285.2 320 139 125 22 79 20 133 6 1 5 1236 92 1.397 10.1 0.7 2.5 4.2 1.68 92
1979 27 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 98

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
1974 22 1 1 .500 5.04 25.0 25 16 14 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 5.82 68.0 103 49 44 3 24 26 1 1.868 13.6 3.2 3.4 1.08 0.4 55
1977 25 4 5 .444 4.13 85.0 94 43 39 6 22 37 2 1.365 10.0 2.3 3.9 1.68 0.6 69
1978 26 0 0 12.38 8.0 15 12 11 3 2 6 1 2.125 16.9 2.3 6.8 3.00 3.4 6
1979 27 5 2 .714 3.00 63.0 60 23 21 3 16 15 2 1.206 8.6 2.3 2.1 0.94 0.4 45
6 Seasons 18 16 .529 4.19 335.0 393 173 156 25 97 141 8 1.463 10.6 3.8 1.45 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 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

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

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Gray InkPitching - 5 (1819), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 8 (1037), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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  6. Gary Wayne (967)
  7. Ray Searage (965)
  8. Joe Grzenda (965)
  9. Bob Lacey (964)
  10. Joey Eischen (963)
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  5. Steve Kline (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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