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Bill Nahorodny

William Gerard Nahorodny

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: August 31, 1953 in Hamtramck, MI
Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 6th round of the 1972 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 27, 1976
Teams (by GP): WhiteSox/Braves/Indians/Mariners/Phillies/... 1976-1984

Final Game: September 25, 1984
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All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial…

All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial…

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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	SF	IBB	Pos
1972	18	PHI-min	A-	69	217	217		57	14	2	6						.263	.263	.429	.691		93						AUB · NYPL
1973	19	PHI-min	A	118	389	389		102	23	1	14						.262	.262	.434	.697		169						RKM · CARL
1974	20	PHI-min	AA	110	443	388	58	93	17	2	19	77	0	1	47	73	.240	.321	.441	.761		171		2	0	6		REA · EL
1975	21	PHI-min	AAA	125	447	411	51	105	17	4	19	64	0	0	29	55	.255	.306	.455	.761		187		2	2	3		TOL · IL
1976	22	PHI-min	AAA	114	435	391	74	114	22	3	23	78	7	1	34	83	.292	.353	.540	.893		211		5	2	3		OKC · AA
1976	22	PHI	NL	3	5	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.400	.600	65	2	0	0	0	0	0	/2
1977	23	PHI-min	AAA	115	437	386	52	101	16	4	17	69	7	2	40	72	.262	.330	.456	.786		176		3	1	7		OKC · AA
1977	23	CHW	AL	7	26	23	3	6	1	0	1	4	0	0	2	3	.261	.308	.435	.742	100	10	1	0	0	1	0	/2
1978	24	CHW	AL	107	380	347	29	82	11	2	8	35	1	0	23	52	.236	.285	.349	.633	77	121	5	2	4	4	0	2/3D
1979	25	CHW	AL	65	199	179	20	46	10	0	6	29	0	1	18	23	.257	.322	.413	.735	97	74	5	0	0	2	1	2/D
1980	26	ATL	NL	59	167	157	14	38	12	0	5	18	0	2	8	21	.242	.287	.414	.701	92	65	5	2	0	0	1	2/3
1981	27	ATL	NL	14	14	13	0	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	3	.231	.286	.308	.593	68	4	0	0	0	0	1	/23
1982	28	CLE-min	AAA	15	63	55	9	16	2	0	6	18	1	0	6	7	.291	.365	.655	1.020		36		1	0	1	1	CHL · IL
1982	28	CLE	AL	39	98	94	6	21	5	1	4	18	0	0	2	9	.223	.237	.426	.663	77	40	3	0	1	1	0	2
1983	29	DET-min	AAA	127	511	463	70	155	37	1	21	94	2	3	42	55	.335	.389	.555	.945		257		2	0	4	2	EVN · AA
1983	29	DET	AL	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	55	0	0	0	0	0	0
1984	30	SEA-min	AAA	57	197	183	22	50	14	0	2	28	1	0	8	26	.273	.306	.383	.689		70		2	1	3	0	SLC · PCL
1984	30	SEA	AL	12	29	25	2	6	0	0	1	3	0	1	1	7	.240	.310	.360	.670	87	9	0	2	0	1	0	2/3
1985	31	PHI-min	AAA	102	338	316	34	87	10	3	9	42	0	2	14	52	.275	.303	.411	.714		130		1	1	6	2	POR · PCL
9 Seasons				308	920	844	74	203	41	3	25	109	1	4	56	118	.241	.290	.385	.675	85	325	19	6	5	9	3
162 Game Avg.				162	484	444	39	107	22	2	13	57	1	2	29	62	.241	.290	.385	.675	85	171	10	3	3	5	2

CHW (3 yrs)				179	605	549	52	134	22	2	15	68	1	1	43	78	.244	.298	.373	.671	85	205	11	2	4	7	1
ATL (2 yrs)				73	181	170	14	41	13	0	5	20	0	2	9	24	.241	.287	.406	.693	90	69	5	2	0	0	2
PHI (1 yr)				3	5	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.400	.600	65	2	0	0	0	0	0
CLE (1 yr)				39	98	94	6	21	5	1	4	18	0	0	2	9	.223	.237	.426	.663	77	40	3	0	1	1	0
SEA (1 yr)				12	29	25	2	6	0	0	1	3	0	1	1	7	.240	.310	.360	.670	87	9	0	2	0	1	0
DET (1 yr)				2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	55	0	0	0	0	0	0

AL (6 yrs)				232	734	669	60	161	27	3	20	89	1	2	47	94	.241	.291	.380	.670	84	254	14	4	5	9	1
NL (3 yrs)				76	186	175	14	42	14	0	5	20	0	2	9	24	.240	.285	.406	.691	89	71	5	2	0	0	2

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
1976	22	PHI	NL	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	/2
1977	23	CHW	AL	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0.1	1	0.1	0.0	$	/2
1978	24	CHW	AL	380	-11	-2	-1	0	-4	6	13	1	-0.1	5	0.5	-0.6	$	2/3D
1979	25	CHW	AL	199	-2	-2	0	1	-6	3	7	1	0.1	7	0.7	-0.6	$	2/D
1980	26	ATL	NL	167	-1	-2	1	-1	-2	3	5	3	0.3	5	0.5	-0.2	$	2/3
1981	27	ATL	NL	14	-1	0	0	0	-1	0	0	-2	-0.2	-1	-0.1	-0.1	$100,000	/23
1982	28	CLE	AL	98	-4	-1	0	0	-1	2	3	-1	-0.1	0	0.0	-0.1	$	2
1983	29	DET	AL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$
1984	30	SEA	AL	29	0	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0.0	1	0.1	-0.1	$	2/3
9 Seasons				920	-19	-7	0	0	-16	14	30	3	0.1	18	1.8	-1.7	$100,000

CHW (3 yrs)				605	-13	-4	-1	1	-10	9	21	3	0.1	13	1.3	-1.2	$
ATL (2 yrs)				181	-2	-2	1	-1	-4	3	5	1	0.1	4	0.4	-0.3	$100,000
PHI (1 yr)				5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$
CLE (1 yr)				98	-4	-1	0	0	-1	2	3	-1	-0.1	0	0.0	-0.1	$
SEA (1 yr)				29	0	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0.0	1	0.1	-0.1	$
DET (1 yr)				2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	PO
1976	PHI	NL	22	C	2	1	0	8.0	7	7	0	0	0	1.000	0	0	7.88	3.50	.986	5.96	5.95	0	0	2	0	0%	0
1977	CHW	AL	23	C	7	7	7	63.0	35	29	6	0	2	1.000	0	0	5.00	5.00	.986	6.01	5.97	0	0	6	2	25%	0
1978	CHW	AL	24	C	104	100	92	865.1	550	486	53	11	6	.980	-5	-7	5.61	5.18	.983	5.53	5.48	5	21	79	31	28%	5
1978	CHW	AL	24	1B	4	1	1	14.0	25	23	2	0	0	1.000	1	94	16.07	6.25	.992	10.03	9.95
1978	CHW	AL	24	DH	1	1
1979	CHW	AL	25	C	60	43	40	401.2	255	223	25	7	3	.973	-6	-18	5.56	4.13	.982	5.46	5.39	6	17	48	19	28%	0
1979	CHW	AL	25	DH	3	3
1980	ATL	NL	26	C	54	38	29	354.0	198	172	24	2	2	.990	-2	-7	4.98	3.63	.983	6.09	6.10	2	11	47	17	27%	0
1980	ATL	NL	26	1B	1	1	1	8.0	6	6	0	0	0	1.000	-0	-45	6.75	6.00	.992	10.12	10.20
1981	ATL	NL	27	C	3	0	0	10.0	6	6	0	0	0	1.000	-1	-120	5.40	2.00	.983	5.94	5.93	0	3	0	0		0
1981	ATL	NL	27	1B	1	0	0	2.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	-0	-120	4.50	1.00	.990	10.35	10.20
1982	CLE	AL	28	C	35	22	14	208.2	122	111	11	0	2	1.000	-1	-6	5.26	3.49	.988	5.69	5.66	0	8	15	5	25%	0
1984	SEA	AL	30	C	10	7	5	62.2	41	38	2	1	0	.976	-1	-19	5.74	4.00	.987	5.96	5.92	1	4	3	1	25%	0
1984	SEA	AL	30	1B	1	0	0	3.0	3	3	0	0	2	1.000	-0	-80	9.00	3.00	.990	9.60	9.70
	8 Seasons			C	275	218	187	1973.1	1214	1072	121	21	15	.983	-16	-10	5.44	4.34	.984	5.67	5.64	14	64	200	75	27%	5
	4 Seasons			1B	7	2	2	27.0	35	33	2	0	2	1.000	0	18	11.67	5.00	.992	10.03	9.99
	9 Seasons			TOT	282	220	189	2000.1	1249	1105	123	21	17	.983	-16	-9	5.53	4.35	.984	5.72	5.75	14	64	200	75	27%	5

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Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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Errors Committed as C s c a p y 1978 AL 11 (2nd)	Stolen Bases Allowed as C s c a p y 1978 AL 79 (4th)

Errors Committed as C s c a p y
1978 AL 11 (2nd)

Stolen Bases Allowed as C s c a p y
1978 AL 79 (4th)

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Transactions

June 6, 1972: Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 6th round of the 1972 amateur draft.
September 8, 1977: Selected off waivers by the Chicago White Sox from the Philadelphia Phillies.
December 3, 1979: Traded by the Chicago White Sox to the Atlanta Braves for Rick Wieters (minors).
August 8, 1981: Released by the Atlanta Braves.
January 20, 1982: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians.
November 2, 1982: Released by the Cleveland Indians.
March 1, 1983: Signed as a Free Agent with the Detroit Tigers.
October 21, 1983: Released by the Detroit Tigers.
January 23, 1984: Signed as a Free Agent with the Seattle Mariners.
March 31, 1984: Released by the Seattle Mariners.
April 5, 1984: Signed as a Free Agent with the Seattle Mariners.
November 5, 1984: Released by the Seattle Mariners.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
1981	27	Atlanta Braves	$100,000	1/31/81 TSN

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$100,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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