Bill Pleis

William Pleis

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: August 5, 1937 in St. Louis, MO
High School: Kirkwood HS (Kirkwood, MO)(All Transactions)
Debut: April 16, 1961
Team: Twins 1961-1966

Final Game: September 15, 1966
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Standard Batting

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
1956	18	MIN-min	D,AAA	30	82	82		8	1	0	0						.098	.098	.110	.207		9							ORL,LOU · FLOR,AA
1957	19	CHC-min	C	57	66	66		16	2	0	0						.242	.242	.273	.515		18							LFY,MGV · EVAN,PION
1958	20	BOS-min	A	7	9	9		0									.000	.000											ALN · EL
1959	21	MEM	AA	39	65	57	5	13	1	0	0	1	0		8	20	.228	.323	.246	.569		14		0	0	0	0		MEM · SOUA
1960	22	MIN-min	A	27	51	47	2	8	2	0	0	1	0		4	14	.170	.235	.213	.448		10							CHR · SALL
1961	23	MIN-min	AAA	6	7	7		3									.429	.429											SYR · IL
1961	23	MIN	AL	37	9	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.111	.111	.111	.222	-41	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
1962	24	MIN-min	AAA	15	22	17	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	8	.000	.105	.000	.105		0		0	3	0			VAN · PCL
1962	24	MIN	AL	21	15	14	1	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	5	.286	.333	.286	.619	66	4	0	0	0	0	0	1
1963	25	MIN	AL	36	20	16	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	11	.125	.263	.125	.388	13	2	0	0	1	0	0	1
1964	26	MIN	AL	47	6	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.250	.400	.250	.650	86	1	0	0	1	0	0	1
1965	27	MIN	AL	41	8	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
1966	28	MIN-min	AAA	20	13	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	.000	.308	.000	.308		0		1	0	0			DEN · PCL
1966	28	MIN	AL	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1967	29	TEX-min	AAA	45	23	21	1	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.286	.286	.381	.667		8		0	2	0			HAW · PCL
1968	30	BOS-min	AAA	23	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000		0		0	0	0			LOU · IL
6 Yrs				190	58	50	5	8	0	0	0	2	0	0	5	26	.160	.236	.160	.396	10	8	0	0	3	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	49	43	4	7	0	0	0	2	0	0	4	22	.160	.236	.160	.396	10	7	0	0	3	0	0

Player Value--Batters

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

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1961	23	MIN	AL	37	9	-2	-0	1	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.497	.499	-0.1	-0.0	-1	$	1
1962	24	MIN	AL	21	15	-1	-1	2	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.503	.500	0.1	-0.0	1	$	1
1963	25	MIN	AL	36	20	-2	-0	2	0	0.0	1	1	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	-0.0	1	$	1
1964	26	MIN	AL	47	6	-0	-0	1	0	0.1	0	1	0.1	.501	.500	0.1	-0.1	1	$	1
1965	27	MIN	AL	41	8	-2	0	1	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.497	.499	-0.1	-0.0	-1	$	1
1966	28	MIN	AL	8	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	-0.0	0	$	/1
6 Seasons				190	58	-7	-1	7	-1	-0.1	2	1	0.0	.499	.500	0.0	-0.1	1	$

Advanced Batting

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
1961	23	MIN	AL	9	8	0	0.0	108	.250	.111	.270	.111	.346	.111	.420	.222	.765	-41	.000	-1.9	-0.2	.125	.000	.000
1962	24	MIN	AL	15	10	1	2.7	106	.444	.286	.268	.333	.341	.286	.417	.619	.758	66	.276	-0.7	-0.1	.500	.071	.000
1963	25	MIN	AL	20	15	1	1.8	96	.400	.125	.258	.263	.324	.125	.398	.388	.722	13	.175	-1.8	-0.2	.357	.188	.000
1964	26	MIN	AL	6	4	1	6.7	97	.500	.250	.257	.400	.325	.250	.399	.650	.724	86	.700	-0.0	0.0	.667	.250	.000
1965	27	MIN	AL	8	8	0	0.0	96	.000	.000	.256	.000	.327	.000	.393	.000	.720	-100	.000	-1.9	-0.2	.000	.000	.000
6 Yrs				58	45	3	1.8	101	.333	.160	.262	.236	.333	.160	.406	.396	.739	10	.165	-6.3	-0.6	.310	.100	.000
162 Game Avg.				49	38	3	1.8	101	.333	.160	.262	.236	.333	.160	.406	.396	.739	10	.165	-6.3	-0.6	.310	.100	.000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1965	27	MIN	AL	WS	LAD	L	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
1 WS							1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1961	23	MIN	AL	9	0.0%	55.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		1.8			2.00	44%
1962	24	MIN	AL	15	0.0%	33.3%	6.7%	0.0%	0%	5.00	2.8		14.0	4.00	60%
1963	25	MIN	AL	20	0.0%	55.0%	15.0%	0.0%	0%	3.67	1.5		16.0	3.00	25%
1964	26	MIN	AL	6	0.0%	33.3%	16.7%	0.0%	0%	2.00	2.0				33%
1965	27	MIN	AL	8	0.0%	37.5%	0.0%	0.0%			2.3				50%
6 Yrs				58	0.0%	44.8%	8.6%	0.0%	0%	5.20	1.9		25.0	5.33	41%
MLB Averages					2.3%	15.0%	8.2%	6.4%	29%	1.83	6.0	38.9	8.8	1.08	73%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1961	23	MIN	AL	-1.9	-0.2	9	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.48	-0.2	0.0	-1.3	-0.1	0.67	-1.9	0
1962	24	MIN	AL	-0.7	-0.1	15	0.1	0.2	-0.2	.93	-0.1	0.2	-0.4	-0.0	1.05	-1.1	0
1963	25	MIN	AL	-1.8	-0.2	20	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	.68	-0.2	0.1	-1.1	-0.1	1.01	-2.0	0
1964	26	MIN	AL	-0.0	0.0	6	0.1	0.1	-0.0	.50	-0.1	0.2	-0.2	-0.0	0.94	-0.1	0
1965	27	MIN	AL	-1.9	-0.2	8	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.32	-0.2	-0.0	-1.3	-0.1	0.81	-1.8	0
1966	28	MIN	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
6 Yrs				-6.3	-0.6	58	-0.1	0.5	-0.6	.65	-0.7	0.5	-4.3	-0.4	0.94	-6.8	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	RS%	SBO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1961	23	MIN	AL	0%	3	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0
1962	24	MIN	AL	20%	7	1	0	0%	2	1	1	1	0
1963	25	MIN	AL	40%	8	0	1	25%	3	3	1	0	1
1964	26	MIN	AL	100%	5	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0
1965	27	MIN	AL		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0
6 Yrs				39%	23	1	1	11%	7	6	2	1	1

Situational Hitting*

						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
1961	23	MIN	AL	9	67%	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		0
1962	24	MIN	AL	15	73%	4			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	2	0	0%	12	1	8%	2	0	0%	0	0		0
1963	25	MIN	AL	20	95%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	3	0	0%	3	1	33%	13	1	8%	0	0		0	0		0
1964	26	MIN	AL	6	67%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	1	1	100%	2	0	0%	0	0		1	1	100%	0
1965	27	MIN	AL	8	50%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	1	1	100%	3	0	0%	0	0		1	1	100%	0
6 Yrs				58	76%	8			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	100%	7	0	0%	7	3	43%	30	2	7%	2	0	0%	2	2	100%	0
MLB Averages					52%																			76%			10%			30%			14%			48%			52%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	SH
1961	23	37	9	9	0	1	0	0	5	.111	.111	.111	.222	-41	1	0
1962	24	58	24	23	1	5	1	1	10	.217	.250	.217	.467	25	5	0
1963	25	94	44	39	3	7	2	4	21	.179	.256	.179	.435	20	7	1
1964	26	141	50	43	5	8	2	5	23	.186	.271	.186	.457	27	8	2
1965	27	182	58	50	5	8	2	5	26	.160	.236	.160	.396	10	8	3
1966	28	190	58	50	5	8	2	5	26	.160	.236	.160	.396	10	8	3

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1961	23	37	9	9	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	37
1962	24	21	14	13	1	3	1	1	5	.231	.286	.231	.516	1	21
1963	25	36	22	17	4	3	2	4	11	.176	.333	.176	.510	1	36
1964	26	47	6	4	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.200	.000	.200	0	47
1965	27	41	8	7	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	41
5 Yrs		182	59	50	5	6	3	6	26	.120	.214	.120	.334	2	182
162 Game Avg.		162	53	45	4	5	3	5	23	.120	.214	.120	.334	2	182

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