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Bill Parsons

William Raymond Parsons

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 6", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: August 17, 1948 in Riverside, CA
School: University of Utah (Salt Lake City, UT)
Drafted by the Seattle Pilots in the 7th round of the 1968 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 13, 1971
Teams (by GP): Brewers/Athletics 1971-1974

Final Game: September 28, 1974
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Standard Pitching

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
1968	19	NWK	A-	2	6	.250	4.69	11	8					48.0	48	27	25	5	41								1.854	9.0	0.9	7.7			NWK · NYPL
1969	20	MIL-min	A,Rk	6	4	.600	1.66	12	11					76.0	47	24	14	1	28								0.987	5.6	0.1	3.3			CLI,BIL · MIDW,PION
1970	21	MIL-min	AAA	3	0	1.000	2.25	4	4		2	2	0	28.0	19	7	7	1	10	0	26	1	0	0			1.036	6.1	0.3	3.2	8.4	2.60	POR · PCL
1971	22	MIL	AL	13	17	.433	3.20	36	35	0	12	4	0	244.2	219	95	87	19	93	10	139	4	0	5	1022	107	1.275	8.1	0.7	3.4	5.1	1.49	RoY-2
1972	23	MIL	AL	13	13	.500	3.91	33	30	0	10	2	0	214.0	194	102	93	27	68	8	111	3	1	5	892	77	1.224	8.2	1.1	2.9	4.7	1.63
1973	24	MIL	AL	3	6	.333	6.79	20	17	0	0	0	0	59.2	59	50	45	6	67	1	30	0	2	9	300	56	2.112	8.9	0.9	10.1	4.5	0.45
1974	25	MIL-OAK-min	AAA	9	16	.360	5.05	26	26		11	1	0	187.0	211	114	105	36	57	3	99	1	0	5			1.433	10.2	1.7	2.7	4.8	1.74	SAC,TUC · PCL
1974	25	OAK	AL	0	0		0.00	4	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	10		2.000	4.5	0.0	13.5	9.0	0.67
1975	26	CHW-STL-min	AAA	3	5	.375	4.42	29	14		2	1	1	118.0	137	69	58	6	42	8	57	2	0	3			1.517	10.4	0.5	3.2	4.3	1.36	DEN,TUL · AA
4 Yrs				29	36	.446	3.89	93	82	1	22	6	0	520.1	473	247	225	52	231	19	282	7	3	19	2224	85	1.353	8.2	0.9	4.0	4.9	1.22
162 Game Avg.				11	14	.446	3.89	36	32	0	9	2	0	202	184	96	87	20	90	7	110	3	1	7	864	85	1.353	8.2	0.9	4.0	4.9	1.22

MIL (3 yrs)				29	36	.446	3.91	89	82	0	22	6	0	518.1	472	247	225	52	228	19	280	7	3	19	2214	85	1.350	8.2	0.9	4.0	4.9	1.23
OAK (1 yr)				0	0		0.00	4	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	10		2.000	4.5	0.0	13.5	9.0	0.67

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary	Awards
1971	22	MIL	AL	244.2	36	35	95	3.49	3.88	0.25	0.06	98.9	3.64	4	0.5	.6	-0.1	2.5	27	.514	.503	$	RoY-2
1972	23	MIL	AL	214.0	33	30	102	4.29	3.39	0.19	0.04	100.3	3.25	-23	-2.7	.3	-0.1	-0.9	-7	.419	.483	$
1973	24	MIL	AL	59.2	20	17	50	7.54	4.36	0.00	0.09	97.7	4.35	-22	-2.1	.4	0.0	-1.6	-15	.394	.487	$26,000
1974	25	OAK	AL	2.0	4	0	0	0.00	5.09	0.19	-0.42	85.2	3.82	1	0.1	1.0	-0.0	0.1	1	.524	.501	$26,000
4 Seasons				520.1	93	82	247	4.27	3.74	0.20	0.05	99.3	3.56	-40	-4.2	.6	-0.2	0.1	6	.455	.494	$52,000

MIL (3 yrs)				518.1	89	82	247	4.29	3.73	0.20	0.05	99.4	3.56	-40	-4.3	.4	-0.2	0.0	5	.452	.491	$26,000
OAK (1 yr)				2.0	4	0	0	0.00	5.09	0.19	-0.42	85.2	3.82	1	0.1	1.0	-0.0	0.1	1	.524	.501	$26,000

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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	ROE
1971	22	MIL	AL	36	1022	907	95	219	34	7	19	6	10	93	139	.241	.312	.357	.669	.264	324	19	4	9	9	10	10
1972	23	MIL	AL	33	892	809	102	194	30	1	27	9	6	68	111	.240	.299	.379	.678	.246	307	14	3	5	7	8	11
1973	24	MIL	AL	20	300	230	50	59	8	2	6	7	1	67	30	.257	.423	.387	.810	.272	89	5	0	2	1	1	3
1974	25	OAK	AL	4	10	7	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	2	.143	.400	.286	.686	.200	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
4 Yrs				93	2224	1953	247	473	73	10	52	22	17	231	282	.242	.322	.370	.692	.257	722	38	7	16	17	19	24
162 Game Avg.				36	864	759	96	184	28	4	20	9	7	90	110	.242	.322	.370	.692	.257	281	15	3	6	7	7	9
MLB Averages																.252	.319	.367	.686	.278

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1971	22	MIL	AL	8.6	0.9	1043	-0.3	16.6	-16.9	.95	0.9	-1.2	8.9	1.0	0.95	7.7	0	0	1
1972	23	MIL	AL	-20.2	-2.2	915	-1.6	13.8	-15.4	.92	-0.5	-1.3	-18.7	-2.1	0.92	-10.3	0	0	3
1973	24	MIL	AL	-20.1	-2.0	321	-2.1	4.3	-6.4	.98	-1.6	-0.5	-27.2	-2.6	0.98	-18.7	0	1	1
1974	25	OAK	AL	1.0	0.1	10	-0.3	0.1	-0.4	1.34	0.0	-0.2	-0.8	-0.1	1.34	-0.1	2	0	2
4 Yrs				-30.7	-3.1	2289	-4.3	34.8	-39.0	.94	-1.2	-3.4	-37.7	-3.8	0.94	-21.5	2	1	7

Starting Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GS	Wgs	Lgs	ND	Wchp	Ltuf	Wtm	Ltm	tmW-L%	Wlst	Lsv	CG	SHO	QS	QS%	GmScA	Best	Wrst	BQR	BQS	sDR	lDR	RS/GS	RS/IP	IP/GS
1971	22	MIL	AL	36	35	13	17	5	2	8	15	20	.429	0	3	12	4	22	63%	55.0	87	21	17	4	8	7	3.4	3.4	6.9
1972	23	MIL	AL	33	30	13	13	4	0	6	16	14	.533	1	6	10	2	20	67%	53.8	80	16	21	10	6	11	3.4	3.3	6.7
1973	24	MIL	AL	20	17	3	6	8	2	0	8	9	.471	0	3	0	0	1	6%	43.1	70	28	37	8	6	6	4.1	5.3	3.2
3 Yrs				89	82	29	36	17	4	14	39	43	.476	1	12	22	6	43	52%	52	87	16	75	22	20	24	3.5	3.6	6.1
MLB Averages													.500						56%	53	109	-3					4.0	3.9	6.6

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1971	22	MIL	AL	36	1	0	0	0	2	0	0%	1	.946	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	13.0
1972	23	MIL	AL	33	3	0	0	0	2	1	50%	2	.918	0	0	3	0	3	2	1	3	0	3	1	11.7
1973	24	MIL	AL	20	3	0	0	0	3	3	100%	1	.984	0	1	1	0	3	2	1	1	2	1	0	5.3
1974	25	OAK	AL	4	4	1	1	1	5	1	20%	4	1.335	2	0	2	1	3	2	2	0	3	0	1	1.5
4 Yrs				93	11	1	1	1	12	5	42%		.942	2	1	7	1	10	7	4	5	5	5	2	6.4

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1971	22	MIL	AL	1022	54%	1.9%	13.6%	9.1%	5.9%	27%	0.95	74%	173	19	11%
1972	23	MIL	AL	892	53%	3.0%	12.4%	7.6%	6.5%	30%	0.62	76%	156	14	9%
1973	24	MIL	AL	300	56%	2.0%	10.0%	22.3%	5.3%	27%	0.81	65%	73	5	7%
1974	25	OAK	AL	10	40%	0.0%	20.0%	30.0%	10.0%	100%	0.00	50%	3	0	0%
4 Yrs				2224	54%	2.3%	12.7%	10.4%	6.1%	29%	0.78	74%	405	38	9%
MLB Averages					45%	1.9%	14.0%	8.6%	5.9%	26%	1.10	74%			11%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					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
1971	22	MIL	AL	1022	219			19	0	26	9	10	7	12	50	24	5	48%	10	5	1	353	6	10	38%	6	9	0	0	0	1	1	1	18	0
1972	23	MIL	AL	892	194			27	0	18	7	20	9	18	40	22	2	55%	11	5	0	303	9	6	60%	8	5	1	0	0	1	1	0	16	0
1973	24	MIL	AL	300	59			6	1	10	2	4	4	2	23	15	3	65%	3	9	0	129	7	1	88%	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	0
1974	25	OAK	AL	10	1			0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	100%	0	0	0	5	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4 Yrs				2224	473			52	1	55	18	34	20	32	114	62	10	54%	24	19	1	790	22	17	56%	21	15	1	0	0	2	2	1	54	0
MLB Averages																		50%							63%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	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+
1971	22	13	17	.433	3.20	36	35	0	12	4	244.2	219	95	87	19	93	10	139	4	0	5	1022	107	1.275	8.1	0.7	3.4	5.1	1.49	107
1972	23	26	30	.464	3.53	69	65	0	22	6	458.2	413	197	180	46	161	18	250	7	1	10	1914	92	1.251	8.1	0.9	3.2	4.9	1.55	92
1973	24	29	36	.446	3.91	89	82	0	22	6	518.1	472	247	225	52	228	19	280	7	3	19	2214	85	1.350	8.2	0.9	4.0	4.9	1.23	85
1974	25	29	36	.446	3.89	93	82	1	22	6	520.1	473	247	225	52	231	19	282	7	3	19	2224	85	1.353	8.2	0.9	4.0	4.9	1.22	85

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
1971	22	13	12	.520	3.97	229.0	237	112	101	21	101	130	4	1.476	9.3	4.0	5.1	1.29	0.8	36
1972	23	7	15	.318	5.58	205.0	232	141	127	32	81	106	4	1.527	10.2	3.6	4.7	1.31	1.4	33
1973	24	1	5	.167	8.35	55.0	63	57	51	6	72	28	0	2.455	10.3	11.8	4.6	0.39	1.0	20
1974	25	0	0		0.00	2.0	1	0	0	0	3	2	0	2.000	4.5	13.5	9.0	0.67	0.0	4
4 Yrs		21	32	.396	5.11	491.0	533	310	279	59	257	266	8	1.609	9.8		4.9	1.04	1.1	93

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Shutouts s c a p y 1971 AL 4 (7th)	Home Runs s c a p y 1972 AL 27 (3rd)	Bases on Balls s c a p y 1971 AL 93 (8th)	Losses s c a p y 1971 AL 17 (2nd)
Earned Runs s c a p y 1972 AL 93 (3rd)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray Ink	Pitching - 1 (2619), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 6 (1243), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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