Bill Mueller
William Richard Mueller
Bats: Both , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: March 17, 1971 in Maryland Heights, MO
High School: DeSmet (Creve Coeur, MO)
School: Missouri State University
Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 15th round of the 1993 amateur draft.
Signed June 4, 1993. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 18, 1996
Final Game: May 11, 2006
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1996 SFG NL 25 3B 45 40 365.2 117 34 79 4 10 .966 0.6 2.0 -0.4 0.6 -1.0 1 2.78 2.51 .947 2.71 2.21
1996 SFG NL 25 2B 8 8 72.0 39 17 20 2 8 .949 0.2 3.3 0.2 -1.0 1.2 0 4.62 4.63 .982 5.09 4.40
1997 SFG NL 26 3B 122 98 916.0 317 85 218 14 18 .956 4.2 5.5 4.2 1.2 3.0 0 2.98 2.48 .945 2.66 2.19
1998 SFG NL 27 3B 137 126 1137.1 374 83 273 18 32 .952 -0.2 -0.2 -2.2 -2.5 0.3 2 2.82 2.60 .957 2.73 2.37
1998 SFG NL 27 2B 10 6 58.0 31 16 14 1 4 .968 0.4 8.3 0.4 0.0 0.4 0 4.66 3.00 .984 5.09 4.38
1999 SFG NL 28 3B 108 103 924.0 288 81 195 12 17 .958 2.1 2.7 3.1 5.0 -1.9 -1 2.69 2.56 .953 2.68 2.30
1999 SFG NL 28 2B 3 0 6.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0.4 -80.0 -0.4 -0.3 -0.1 0 3.00 0.67 1.000 5.10 4.20
2000 SFG NL 29 3B 145 129 1155.1 351 98 244 9 24 .974 1.2 1.2 1.2 -3.4 4.6 0 2.66 2.36 .949 2.64 2.18
2000 SFG NL 29 2B 2 0 5.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -72.0 -0.3 -0.3 0.0 0 1.80 0.50 1.000 5.04 4.35
2001 CHC NL 30 3B 64 56 495.2 137 33 96 8 6 .942 -0.1 -0.2 -0.1 2.2 -2.2 0 2.34 2.02 .950 2.57 2.17
2001 CHC NL 30 2B 1 0 1.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.1 120.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0 9.00 1.00 1.000 4.50 4.20
2002 TOT NL 31 3B 104 90 834.2 227 62 159 6 19 .974 1.4 2.0 0.4 -5.7 6.1 1 2.38 2.13 .956 2.71 2.29
2002 CHC NL 31 3B 101 88 816.2 222 60 156 6 19 .973 1.1 1.6 0.1 -5.6 5.7 1 2.38 2.14 .956 2.71 2.29
2002 SFG NL 31 3B 3 2 18.0 5 2 3 0 0 1.000 0.3 20.0 0.3 -0.1 0.4 0 2.50 1.67 .960 2.70 2.30
2003 BOS AL 32 3B 135 124 1118.1 329 77 236 16 22 .951 -1.9 -2.0 -1.9 -4.1 2.2 0 2.52 2.32 .955 2.67 2.35 MVP-12,SS
2003 BOS AL 32 2B 10 10 83.0 39 22 17 0 7 1.000 -0.6 -8.7 -0.6 -1.0 0.4 0 4.23 3.90 .982 4.94 4.37 MVP-12,SS
2003 BOS AL 32 DH 3 MVP-12,SS
2003 BOS AL 32 SS 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 9.00 1.00 1.000 4.50 4.10 MVP-12,SS
2004 BOS AL 33 3B 96 94 827.2 247 71 162 14 15 .943 -5.2 -7.5 -5.2 -1.6 -3.6 0 2.53 2.43 .951 2.64 2.34
2004 BOS AL 33 2B 14 14 120.0 59 22 34 3 6 .949 -1.8 -18.0 -1.8 0.2 -2.0 0 4.20 4.00 .983 4.95 4.35
2005 BOS AL 34 3B 142 140 1209.1 362 87 265 10 20 .972 -0.4 -0.4 -0.4 -4.7 4.3 0 2.62 2.48 .956 2.76 2.49
2005 BOS AL 34 2B 5 5 43.0 24 10 13 1 1 .958 -0.3 -8.4 -0.3 -1.2 0.9 0 4.81 4.60 .983 4.96 4.48
2006 LAD NL 35 3B 30 30 256.0 83 15 60 8 7 .904 -2.6 -12.2 -3.6 -0.7 -2.9 1 2.64 2.50 .957 2.69 2.37
11 Seasons 3B 1128 1030 9240.0 2832 726 1987 119 190 .958 -0.9 -0.1 -4.9 -13.7 8.9 4 2.64 2.41 .953 2.68 2.30
8 Seasons 2B 53 43 388.0 196 90 99 7 26 .964 -2.7 -8.4 -2.7 -3.5 0.8 0 4.38 3.57 .983 5.00 4.37
1 Season DH 3
1 Season SS 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 9.00 1.00 1.000 4.50 4.10
11 Seasons TOT 1182 1073 9629.0 3029 817 2086 126 216 .958 -3.6 -0.4 -7.6 -17.2 9.7 4 2.71 2.46 .913 2.78 2.40
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

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
1996 SFG NL 25 55 48 55 51 0 0 0 8 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1997 SFG NL 26 128 98 128 122 0 0 0 0 122 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 1
1998 SFG NL 27 145 132 145 142 0 0 0 10 137 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1
1999 SFG NL 28 116 103 116 110 0 0 0 3 109 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
2000 SFG NL 29 153 129 153 146 0 0 0 2 145 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 2
2001 CHC NL 30 70 56 70 65 0 0 0 1 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 2
2002 CHC NL 31 103 88 103 101 0 0 0 0 101 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
2002 SFG NL 31 8 2 8 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
2003 BOS AL 32 146 134 146 141 0 0 0 10 135 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
2004 BOS AL 33 110 108 110 110 0 0 0 14 96 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2005 BOS AL 34 150 145 150 146 0 0 0 5 142 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
2006 LAD NL 35 32 30 32 30 0 0 0 0 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
11 Seasons 1216 1073 1216 1167 0 0 0 53 1129 1 0 0 0 0 0 79 6
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 -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1996 SFG NL 25 1681 59% 77% 31% 117 89% 1 34 23 6 5 79 60 16 1 3 4 0 4 0 3 10 7 1 9 1 1 0 2 100%
1997 SFG NL 26 4110 62% 75% 32% 315 88% 2 84 60 10 14 216 181 26 5 3 14 0 11 3 13 18 12 2 16 1 1 0 12 58%
1998 SFG NL 27 5062 60% 74% 33% 396 85% 1 86 68 9 10 272 212 55 1 1 18 1 14 3 15 32 24 1 27 5 4 1 11 91%
1999 SFG NL 28 4182 63% 73% 28% 294 85% 2 81 61 10 10 195 151 35 5 4 12 0 10 2 11 17 8 3 13 3 2 1 19 68%
2000 SFG NL 29 5174 62% 73% 27% 333 95% 2 97 67 13 17 243 200 38 3 6 9 0 4 5 7 24 16 2 20 2 1 1 20 55%
2001 CHC NL 30 2206 56% 68% 28% 128 93% 2 33 25 1 7 96 79 11 0 1 8 0 5 3 5 6 3 0 3 1 1 0 10 60%
2002 CHC NL 31 3645 54% 69% 26% 211 95% 2 59 45 4 10 154 129 22 2 2 6 0 2 4 5 19 12 2 15 1 1 0 14 64%
2002 SFG NL 31 78 36% 68% 31% 6 83% 0 2 2 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0%
2003 BOS AL 32 4971 48% 74% 34% 346 85% 2 76 58 13 5 234 192 35 3 3 16 1 13 2 12 22 14 3 19 2 1 1 10 50%
2004 BOS AL 33 3649 45% 73% 32% 259 83% 1 71 56 3 12 162 126 32 1 3 14 0 4 10 12 15 13 1 15 0 0 0 9 78%
2005 BOS AL 34 5416 51% 77% 32% 378 88% 1 87 71 1 15 264 228 33 2 5 10 0 2 8 5 20 19 0 19 0 0 0 7 71%
2006 LAD NL 35 1130 56% 76% 34% 88 85% 0 15 14 1 0 61 51 9 0 0 8 1 1 6 4 7 7 0 7 0 0 0 3 33%
11 Seasons 41304 56% 74% 31% 2871 88% 16 725 550 71 105 1979 1611 313 23 31 119 3 70 46 92 190 135 15 163 16 12 4 118 64%
MLB Averages 56% 74% 30% 88% 62%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1996 SFG NL 25 341 61% 78% 30% 27 78% 0 17 4 10 3 20 18 2 0 1 2 0 2 0 2 8 1 3 2 1 8 4 4 0 0 0
1998 SFG NL 27 249 61% 75% 27% 20 90% 0 15 7 4 4 14 12 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 4 1 2 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 0
1999 SFG NL 28 30 53% 70% 27% 4 50% 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2000 SFG NL 29 20 60% 85% 35% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2001 CHC NL 30 6 67% 83% 33% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2003 BOS AL 32 378 52% 78% 27% 21 100% 0 22 7 11 4 17 14 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 1 2 1 6 3 3 1 1 0
2004 BOS AL 33 508 44% 76% 32% 46 91% 0 22 10 9 3 34 31 3 0 0 3 0 1 2 1 6 2 0 3 0 5 3 2 0 0 0
2005 BOS AL 34 189 52% 72% 29% 19 89% 0 10 5 3 2 13 13 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
8 Seasons 1721 53% 76% 29% 138 88% 0 88 35 37 16 99 88 11 0 1 7 0 5 2 4 26 6 7 7 2 23 10 13 1 1 0
MLB Averages 56% 74% 30% 93%

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
2003 BOS AL 32 4 50% 75% 0% 1 100% 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 4 50% 75% 0% 1 100% 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 56% 74% 30% 90%

* 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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