Bill McGhee

William Mac McGhee (Fibber)

Positions: First Baseman and Leftfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: September 5, 1905 in Shawmut, AL (All Transactions)
Debut: July 5, 1944
Team: Athletics 1944-1945

Final Game: September 16, 1945
Died: March 10, 1984 in Decatur, GA
Buried: Bayview Memorial Park, Pensacola, FL
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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	Pos	Awards
1929	23	CRR	D	61	222	222		69	9	2	0						.311	.311	.369	.680		82					CRR · GAAL
1930	24	ANN	D	96	387	387		127	22	9	2						.328	.328	.447	.775		173					ANN · GAAL
1931	25	AUG,GAL	D,A	126	513	513		181	24	17	3						.353	.353	.483	.836		248					AUG,GAL · PALM,TL
1932	26	SHV,GAL	A	68	234	234		58	10	0	1						.248	.248	.303	.551		71					SHV,GAL · TL
1935	29	GAL	A	159	554	554		161	25	9	2						.291	.291	.379	.670		210					GAL · TL
1936	30	CIN-CLE-MIN-min	A1,C,AA	43	176	176		53	13	3	0						.301	.301	.409	.710		72					NVL,CKD,ALB,GAL · SOUA,CSTL,IL,TL
1937	31	DET-NYY-min	B	130	483	483		134	21	7	2						.277	.277	.362	.640		175					WSM,JAC · PIED,SEAL
1938	32	LAD-min	A,B	136	516	516		141	29	7	4						.273	.273	.380	.653		196					ELM,WSM · EL,PIED
1939	33	CLE-min	B	131	496	496		171	36	5	4						.345	.345	.462	.806		229					MRD,WSM · SEAL,PIED
1940	34	PHI-min	B	148	572	572		184	30	11	1						.322	.322	.418	.740		239					PSC,MRD · SEAL
1941	35	PSC	B	143	535	535		158	29	7	3						.295	.295	.393	.688		210					PSC · SEAL
1942	36	PSC,LRK	B,A1	149	571	571		192	42	6	1						.336	.336	.436	.772		249					PSC,LRK · SEAL,SOUA
1943	37	LRK	A1	139	572	572		204	26	7	0						.357	.357	.427	.783		244					LRK · SOUA
1944	38	CHW-min	A1	44	177	177		79	16	4	0						.446	.446	.582	1.028		103					LRK · SOUA
1944	38	PHA	AL	77	308	287	27	83	12	0	1	19	2	1	21	20	.289	.338	.341	.679	97	98	10	0	0	3
1945	39	PHA	AL	93	275	250	24	63	6	1	0	19	3	2	24	16	.252	.320	.284	.604	77	71	3	1	0	O7/93
1946	40	MIN-min	B	135	502	502		175	35	2	6						.349	.349	.462	.811		232					PSC · SEAL
1947	41	GAD	B	113	436	436		131	24	4	7						.300	.300	.422	.722		184					GAD · SEAL
1948	42	MIN-min	D,B	116	420	420		149	27	7	0						.355	.355	.452	.807		190					BWT,GAD · ALSL,SEAL
1949	43	PSC	B	67	251	251		72	15	1	1						.287	.287	.367	.653		92					PSC · SEAL
1950	44	CIN-min	B,A	131	514	514		172	42	1	3						.335	.335	.438	.772		225					GAD,CLM · SEAL,SALL
1951	45	ELD	C	135	494	494		164	28	2	5						.332	.332	.427	.759		211					ELD · CSTL
1957	51	PSC	D	22	73	73		16	0	0	0						.219	.219	.219	.438		16					PSC · ALFL
2 Yrs				170	583	537	51	146	18	1	1	38	5	3	45	36	.272	.329	.315	.644	88	169	13	1	0
162 Game Avg.				162	556	512	49	139	17	1	1	36	5	3	43	34	.272	.329	.315	.644	88	161	12	1	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	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1944	38	PHA	AL	77	308	-1	-4	-4	-0.5	6	2	0.2	.494	.497	0.2	-0.4	2	$	3
1945	39	PHA	AL	93	275	-6	-3	-9	-1.0	6	-3	-0.4	.489	.494	-0.4	-0.3	-3	$	O7/93
2 Seasons				170	583	-7	-6	-13	-1.5	12	-1	-0.2	.491	.495	-0.2	-0.7	-1	$

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	PwrSpd
1944	38	PHA	AL	308	215	33	4.2	89	.308	.289	.264	.338	.331	.341	.361	.679	.692	97	.512	-1.0	-0.1	.558	.129	.052	1.3
1945	39	PHA	AL	275	192	23	3.2	87	.269	.252	.259	.320	.331	.284	.352	.604	.684	77	.415	-6.8	-0.7	.505	.132	.032	.0
2 Yrs				583	407	56	3.7	88	.290	.272	.262	.329	.331	.315	.357	.644	.688	88	.470	-7.9	-0.8	.533	.130	.043	1.7
162 Game Avg.				556	388	53	3.7	88	.290	.272	.262	.329	.331	.315	.357	.644	.688	88	.470	-7.9	-0.8	.533	.130	.043	2

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	IP%
1944	38	PHA	AL	308	0.3%	6.5%	6.8%	4.2%	16%	0.95	14.4	287.0	15.1	86%
1945	39	PHA	AL	275	0.0%	5.8%	8.7%	2.6%	11%	0.67	15.6		13.2	85%
2 Yrs				583	0.2%	6.2%	7.7%	3.4%	14%	0.80	14.9	537.0	14.1	86%
MLB Averages					1.1%	8.5%	8.5%	5.6%	24%	1.00	10.5	83.3	8.9	80%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1944	38	77	308	287	27	83	12	0	1	19	2	1	21	20	.289	.338	.341	.679	97	98	10	0	0
1945	39	170	583	537	51	146	18	1	1	38	5	3	45	36	.272	.329	.315	.644	88	169	13	1	0

Neutralized Batting

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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	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1944	38	80	330	306	32	93	13	0	1	22	2	24	21	.304	.355	.356	.711	39	77
1945	39	98	300	271	29	73	7	1	0	23	3	28	17	.269	.340	.303	.643	28	93
2 Yrs		178	630	577	61	166	20	1	1	45	5	52	38	.288	.348	.331	.679	67	170
162 Game Avg.		162	573	525	56	151	18	1	1	41	5	47	35	.288	.348	.331	.679	61	170

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