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 Pitching

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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
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 108 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 55 2.112 8.9 0.9 10.1 4.5 0.45
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
4 Seasons 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

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
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
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
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
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
4 Seasons 93 2224 1953 247 473 73 10 52 22 17 231 282 .242 .322 .370 .692 .257 722 38 7 16 17 19
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
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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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 Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1971 22 MIL AL 36 35 13 17 5 2 8 15 20 .429 0 3 12 4 22 63% 55 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% 54 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 70 28 37 8 6 6 4.1 5.3 3.2
3 Seasons 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

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1971 22 MIL AL 36 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 1 0.969 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 13.0
1972 23 MIL AL 33 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 2 0.957 0 0 3 0 0 3 2 1 3 0 3 1 11.7
1973 24 MIL AL 20 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 1 0.973 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 2 1 0 5.3
1974 25 OAK AL 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 1 20% 4 1.258 2 0 2 1 0 3 2 2 0 3 0 1 1.5
4 Seasons 93 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 12 5 42% 0.966 2 2 6 1 0 10 7 4 5 5 5 2 6.4

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1971 22 MIL AL 1022 46% 1.9% 13.6% 9.1% 5.9% 27% 0.95 74% 173 19 11%
1972 23 MIL AL 892 47% 3.0% 12.4% 7.6% 6.5% 30% 0.62 76% 156 14 9%
1973 24 MIL AL 300 44% 2.0% 10.0% 22.3% 5.3% 27% 0.81 65% 73 5 7%
1974 25 OAK AL 10 60% 0.0% 20.0% 30.0% 10.0% 100% 0.00 50% 3 0 0%
4 Seasons 2224 46% 2.3% 12.7% 10.4% 6.1% 29% 0.78 74% 405 38 9%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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 2 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 Seasons 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 3 1 54 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age 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 ERA+
1971 22 13 17 .433 3.20 36 35 0 12 4 0 244.2 219 95 87 19 93 10 139 4 0 5 1022 108 1.275 8.1 0.7 3.4 5.1 1.49 108
1972 23 26 30 .464 3.53 69 65 0 22 6 0 458.2 413 197 180 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 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 85
1974 25 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 85

Neutralized Pitching

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
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 3.93 229.0 236 111 100 20 100 130 4 1.467 9.3 3.9 5.1 1.30 0.8 36
1972 23 7 15 .318 5.60 204.0 234 141 127 33 82 106 4 1.549 10.3 3.6 4.7 1.29 1.5 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 Seasons 21 32 .396 5.11 490.0 534 309 278 59 257 266 8 1.614 9.8 4.9 1.04 1.1 93

* 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.

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 InkPitching - 1 (2282), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 6 (1212), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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