Bill Parsons
William Raymond Parsons
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 6" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: August 17, 1948 in Riverside, CA
School: University of Utah
Drafted by the Seattle Pilots in the 7th round of the 1968 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 13, 1971
Final Game: September 28, 1974
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Standard Batting

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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 Awards
1971 22 MIL AL 36 88 72 4 12 3 0 1 8 0 0 8 31 .167 .250 .250 .500 44 18 1 0 8 0 0 1 RoY-2
1972 23 MIL AL 33 78 67 4 11 1 0 0 7 0 0 3 30 .164 .194 .179 .374 13 12 1 0 6 2 0 1
4 Seasons 69 166 139 8 23 4 0 1 15 0 0 11 61 .165 .224 .216 .440 30 30 2 0 14 2 0
162 Game Avg. 162 390 326 19 54 9 0 2 35 0 0 26 143 .165 .224 .216 .440 30 70 5 0 33 5 0

Advanced Batting

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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
1971 22 MIL AL 88 69 5 1.9 91 .275 .167 .253 .250 .324 .250 .375 .500 .699 44 .210 -5.3 -0.6 .426 .194 .083 .0
1972 23 MIL AL 78 65 3 1.2 81 .282 .164 .243 .194 .311 .179 .351 .374 .662 13 .123 -7.1 -0.8 .263 .060 .015
4 Seasons 166 134 8 1.6 86 .278 .165 .248 .224 .318 .216 .363 .440 .682 30 .168 -12.4 -1.4 .347 .129 .050 .0
162 Game Avg. 390 315 19 1.6 86 .278 .165 .248 .224 .318 .216 .363 .440 .682 30 .168 -12.4 -1.4 .347 .129 .050

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1971 22 MIL AL 88 1.1% 35.2% 9.1% 4.6% 33% 3.88 2.3 72.0 9.0 3.00 45%
1972 23 MIL AL 78 0.0% 38.5% 3.9% 1.3% 9% 10.00 2.2 9.6 2.30 50%
4 Seasons 166 0.6% 36.8% 6.6% 3.0% 22% 5.55 2.3 139.0 9.3 2.65 48%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1971 22 MIL AL 1 0 16% 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 20% 2 2 0 1 0 1 2 2 0
1972 23 MIL AL 2 0 29% 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0% 5 5 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
4 Seasons 3 0 21% 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 9% 7 7 0 1 0 1 3 3 0
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1971 22 MIL AL 88 31% 12 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 1 0 0 1 0 13 8 62% 16 1 6% 16 3 19% 62 9 15% 6 2 33% 6 2 33% 0
1972 23 MIL AL 78 28% 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 6 86% 15 1 7% 18 7 39% 54 7 13% 3 3 100% 8 2 25% 0
4 Seasons 166 30% 23 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 1 0 0 1 0 20 14 70% 31 2 6% 34 10 29% 116 16 14% 9 5 56% 14 4 29% 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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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
1971 22 36 88 72 4 12 3 0 1 8 0 0 8 31 .167 .250 .250 .500 44 18 1 0 8 0 0
1972 23 69 166 139 8 23 4 0 1 15 0 0 11 61 .165 .224 .216 .440 30 30 2 0 14 2 0
1973 24 69 166 139 8 23 4 0 1 15 0 0 11 61 .165 .224 .216 .440 30 30 2 0 14 2 0
1974 25 69 166 139 8 23 4 0 1 15 0 0 11 61 .165 .224 .216 .440 30 30 2 0 14 2 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
1971 22 36 83 74 5 14 4 0 1 9 0 9 31 .189 .277 .284 .561 6 36
1972 23 34 80 74 6 15 1 0 0 10 0 4 31 .203 .238 .216 .454 4 33
2 Seasons 70 163 148 11 29 5 0 1 19 0 13 62 .196 .258 .250 .508 10 69
162 Game Avg. 162 377 343 25 67 12 0 2 44 0 30 143 .196 .258 .250 .508 23 69

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