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 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
1956	18	MIN-min	D,AAA	11	12	.478	2.75	30	25					193.0	170	77	59	5	87								1.332	7.9	0.2	4.1			ORL,LOU · FLOR,AA
1957	19	CHC-min	C	13	6	.684	3.90	44	21					187.0	182	96	81	20	83								1.417	8.8	1.0	4.0			LFY,MGV · EVAN,PION
1958	20	BOS-min	A	1	2	.333	3.09	7	5					32.0	31	13	11	4	13								1.375	8.7	1.1	3.7			ALN · EL
1959	21	MEM	AA	8	8	.500	3.28	39	24		6	3		173.0	154	80	63	11	81	3	100	4	0	3			1.358	8.0	0.6	4.2	5.2	1.23	MEM · SOUA
1960	22	MIN-min	A	10	4	.714	2.73	26	17					138.2	119	52	42	6	40								1.147	7.7	0.4	2.6			CHR · SALL
1961	23	MIN-min	AAA	1	2	.333	5.73	6	2					22.0	35	16	14	5	4								1.773	14.3	2.0	1.6			SYR · IL
1961	23	MIN	AL	4	2	.667	4.95	37	0	16	0	0	2	56.1	59	35	31	4	34	5	32	4	0	1	267	86	1.651	9.4	0.6	5.4	5.1	0.94
1962	24	MIN-min	AAA	5	3	.625	2.00	15	8		3	2		63.0	58	16	14	1	18	1	41	2	1	1			1.206	8.3	0.1	2.6	5.9	2.28	VAN · PCL
1962	24	MIN	AL	2	5	.286	4.40	21	4	9	0	0	3	45.0	46	27	22	7	14	2	31	1	1	1	196	94	1.333	9.2	1.4	2.8	6.2	2.21
1963	25	MIN	AL	6	2	.750	4.37	36	4	15	1	0	0	68.0	67	37	33	10	16	2	37	0	1	3	283	84	1.221	8.9	1.3	2.1	4.9	2.31
1964	26	MIN	AL	4	1	.800	3.91	47	0	20	0	0	4	50.2	43	23	22	6	31	3	42	1	0	4	223	93	1.461	7.6	1.1	5.5	7.5	1.35
1965	27	MIN	AL	4	4	.500	2.98	41	2	16	0	0	4	51.1	49	20	17	3	27	5	33	0	1	2	229	121	1.481	8.6	0.5	4.7	5.8	1.22
1966	28	MIN-min	AAA	1	2	.333	5.49	18	5		0	0		41.0	57	30	25	3	17	1	26	2	0	3			1.805	12.5	0.7	3.7	5.7	1.53	DEN · PCL
1966	28	MIN	AL	1	2	.333	1.93	8	0	4	0	0	0	9.1	5	6	2	1	4	0	9	0	0	0	38	196	0.964	4.8	1.0	3.9	8.7	2.25
1967	29	TEX-min	AAA	1	9	.100	5.02	44	2		0	0		86.0	92	62	48	8	48	6	64	2	0	7			1.628	9.6	0.8	5.0	6.7	1.33	HAW · PCL
1968	30	BOS-min	AAA	3	5	.375	8.27	23	0		0	0		37.0	45	34	34	9	31	5	24	5	0	4			2.054	10.9	2.2	7.5	5.8	0.77	LOU · IL
6 Yrs				21	16	.568	4.07	190	10	80	1	0	13	280.2	269	148	127	31	126	17	184	6	3	11	1236	94	1.407	8.6	1.0	4.0	5.9	1.46
162 Game Avg.				7	5	.568	4.07	65	3	27	0	0	4	95	91	50	43	11	43	6	63	2	1	4	420	94	1.407	8.6	1.0	4.0	5.9	1.46

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
1961	23	MIN	AL	56.1	37	0	35	5.59	4.70	-0.10	-0.20	107.5	4.94	-4	-0.4	1.2	-0.1	-0.1	1	.490	.498	$
1962	24	MIN	AL	45.0	21	4	27	5.40	4.49	0.16	-0.10	104.1	4.40	-4	-0.5	1.3	-0.1	-0.2	-1	.478	.497	$
1963	25	MIN	AL	68.0	36	4	37	4.90	3.91	0.23	-0.09	100.1	3.59	-9	-1.0	1.2	-0.2	-0.7	-4	.472	.494	$
1964	26	MIN	AL	50.2	47	0	23	4.09	4.17	0.08	-0.17	100.1	3.92	-0	-0.0	1.5	-0.1	0.2	3	.499	.500	$
1965	27	MIN	AL	51.1	41	2	20	3.51	3.92	0.46	-0.13	103.3	3.44	-0	-0.0	2.0	-0.1	0.3	4	.500	.500	$
1966	28	MIN	AL	9.1	8	0	6	5.79	3.94	0.30	-0.16	104.5	3.63	-2	-0.2	1.6	-0.1	-0.2	-1	.471	.499	$
6 Seasons				280.2	190	10	148	4.75	4.21	0.17	-0.14	103.0	4.03	-20	-2.1	1.5	-0.8	-0.7	2	.489	.498	$

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Rslt	Opp	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1965	27	MIN	AL	WS	L	LAD	0	0		9.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	2.000	18.0	9.0	0.0	0.0
1 WS							0	0		9.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	2.000	18.0	9.0	0.0	0.0

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
1961	23	MIN	AL	37	266	221	35	59	11	0	4	3	2	34	32	.267	.372	.371	.743	.294	82	3	4	5	2	5	5
1962	24	MIN	AL	21	196	174	27	46	9	0	7	0	1	14	31	.264	.319	.437	.756	.283	76	2	1	5	2	2	4
1963	25	MIN	AL	36	283	260	37	67	15	0	10	0	2	16	37	.258	.297	.431	.728	.264	112	6	0	4	3	2	7
1964	26	MIN	AL	47	223	185	23	43	6	0	6	1	1	31	42	.232	.342	.362	.705	.266	67	1	1	4	2	3	0
1965	27	MIN	AL	41	229	196	20	49	7	2	3	1	0	27	33	.250	.336	.352	.688	.282	69	5	0	3	3	5	6
1966	28	MIN	AL	8	38	33	6	5	1	0	1	1	0	4	9	.152	.243	.273	.516	.174	9	0	0	1	0	0	1
6 Yrs				190	1235	1069	148	269	49	2	31	6	6	126	184	.252	.331	.388	.719	.275	415	17	6	22	12	17	23
162 Game Avg.				65	420	363	50	91	17	1	11	2	2	43	63	.252	.331	.388	.719	.275	141	6	2	7	4	6	8
MLB Averages																.251	.316	.381	.697	.277

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1961	23	MIN	AL	-3.8	-0.4	273	-0.4	4.4	-4.8	1.01	-0.3	-0.2	-13.0	-1.2	1.01	-5.4	11	7	18
1962	24	MIN	AL	-2.3	-0.2	201	-0.9	3.1	-4.0	.99	-0.3	-0.5	-3.5	-0.3	0.99	-3.8	5	5	7
1963	25	MIN	AL	-5.0	-0.5	287	-0.5	4.3	-4.7	.95	-0.0	-0.5	-0.4	-0.0	0.95	-1.0	10	3	18
1964	26	MIN	AL	-0.9	-0.1	229	0.6	3.2	-2.5	.87	0.5	0.3	2.8	0.3	0.87	-1.0	16	7	23
1965	27	MIN	AL	3.1	0.3	235	-0.9	4.0	-5.0	1.27	-0.2	-0.6	1.9	0.2	1.27	1.1	23	5	9
1966	28	MIN	AL	0.3	0.0	40	0.0	0.9	-0.9	1.27	0.2	-0.2	0.4	0.0	1.27	2.3	4	1	2
6 Yrs				-8.6	-0.8	1265	-2.0	19.8	-21.9	1.03	-0.2	-1.8	-11.8	-1.1	1.02	-7.8	69	28	77

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
1962	24	MIN	AL	21	4	0	3	1	0	1	1	3	.250	0	1	0	0	1	25%	41.2	64	30	15	5	2	1	3.1	0.7	3.7
1963	25	MIN	AL	36	4	2	1	1	2	0	3	1	.750	0	1	1	0	0	0%	40.8	60	25	16	7	1	3	6.9	6.5	5.3

1965	27	MIN	AL	41	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	32.5	40	25	19	5	2	0	1.0	0.0	3.0
3 Yrs				98	10	2	6	2	2	1	4	6	.400	0	2	1	0	1	10%	39	64	25	50	17	5	4	4.2	3.6	4.2
MLB Averages													.500						53%	53	116	-14					4.2	4.1	6.4

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1961	23	MIN	AL	37	37	16	4	2	3	2	1	67%	6	2	36	20	56%	8	1.009	11	7	18	6	5	26	16	21	18	10	19	5	4.6
1962	24	MIN	AL	21	17	9	2	2	4	3	1	75%	4	0	17	2	12%	7	.994	5	5	7	4	4	9	9	8	8	5	9	2	5.4
1963	25	MIN	AL	36	32	15	4	1	1	0	1	0%	2	1	25	3	12%	8	.955	10	3	18	3	6	23	14	18	11	14	11	9	4.4
1964	26	MIN	AL	47	47	20	4	1	3	4	1	133%	7	3	36	6	17%	9	.870	16	7	23	10	9	28	22	25	18	21	20	12	3.2
1965	27	MIN	AL	41	39	16	4	2	5	4	1	80%	13	7	43	12	28%	8	1.268	23	5	9	14	12	13	22	17	15	16	18	10	3.5
1966	28	MIN	AL	8	8	4	1	2	0	0	0		2	2	6	1	17%	7	1.270	4	1	2	3	1	4	3	5	2	3	2	2	3.5
6 Yrs				190	180	80	19	10	16	13	5	81%	34	15	163	44	27%		1.025	69	28	77	40	37	103	86	94	72	69	79	40	4.0

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1961	23	MIN	AL	266	36%	1.5%	12.0%	12.8%	5.6%	25%	0.85	70%	68	3	4%
1962	24	MIN	AL	196	35%	3.6%	15.8%	7.1%	8.2%	35%	0.94	70%	44	2	5%
1963	25	MIN	AL	283	37%	3.5%	13.1%	5.7%	8.8%	37%	0.77	76%	58	6	10%
1964	26	MIN	AL	223	42%	2.7%	18.8%	13.9%	5.4%	28%	0.83	62%	38	1	3%
1965	27	MIN	AL	229	41%	1.3%	14.4%	11.8%	5.2%	25%	1.50	71%	53	5	9%
1966	28	MIN	AL	38	32%	2.6%	23.7%	10.5%	5.3%	40%	1.86	61%	5	0	0%
6 Yrs				1235	38%	2.5%	14.9%	10.2%	6.6%	31%	0.95	70%	266	17	6%
MLB Averages					48%	2.3%	15.1%	8.3%	6.4%	29%	1.08	73%			10%

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
1961	23	MIN	AL	266	59			4	0	23	2	2	1	3	34	18	3	53%	5	1	0	105	3	2	60%	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	4	0
1962	24	MIN	AL	196	46			7	0	3	5	2	5	2	8	5	0	63%	4	1	1	84	0	1	0%	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	7	0
1963	25	MIN	AL	283	67			10	0	4	8	2	4	6	17	8	5	47%	7	3	0	110	0	2	0%	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0
1964	26	MIN	AL	223	43			6	0	6	5	1	2	4	9	4	0	44%	0	4	0	87	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0
1965	27	MIN	AL	229	49			3	0	11	1	2	0	3	16	12	2	75%	6	2	1	95	1	0	100%	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	12	0
1966	28	MIN	AL	38	5			1	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0%	1	0	2	14	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
6 Yrs				1235	269			31	1	48	21	10	12	19	85	47	11	55%	23	11	4	495	6	6	50%	3	4	2	1	1	1	0	0	42	0
MLB Averages																		51%							63%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	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+
1961	23	4	2	.667	4.95	37	0	16	0	2	56.1	59	35	31	4	34	5	32	4	0	1	267	86	1.651	9.4	0.6	5.4	5.1	0.94	86
1962	24	6	7	.462	4.71	58	4	25	0	5	101.1	105	62	53	11	48	7	63	5	1	2	463	89	1.510	9.3	1.0	4.3	5.6	1.31	89
1963	25	12	9	.571	4.57	94	8	40	1	5	169.1	172	99	86	21	64	9	100	5	2	5	746	87	1.394	9.1	1.1	3.4	5.3	1.56	87
1964	26	16	10	.615	4.42	141	8	60	1	9	220.0	215	122	108	27	95	12	142	6	2	9	969	88	1.409	8.8	1.1	3.9	5.8	1.49	88
1965	27	20	14	.588	4.15	182	10	76	1	13	271.1	264	142	125	30	122	17	175	6	3	11	1198	93	1.423	8.8	1.0	4.0	5.8	1.43	93
1966	28	21	16	.568	4.07	190	10	80	1	13	280.2	269	148	127	31	126	17	184	6	3	11	1236	94	1.407	8.6	1.0	4.0	5.9	1.46	94

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
1961	23	3	3	.500	4.50	58.0	57	32	29	4	33	33	4	1.552	8.8	5.1	5.1	1.00	0.6	37
1962	24	2	3	.400	4.20	45.0	45	23	21	7	14	31	1	1.311	9.0	2.8	6.2	2.21	1.4	21
1963	25	3	4	.429	4.77	66.0	69	39	35	10	16	36	0	1.288	9.4	2.2	4.9	2.25	1.4	36
1964	26	2	3	.400	4.50	48.0	45	27	24	6	32	40	1	1.604	8.4	6.0	7.5	1.25	1.1	47
1965	27	3	2	.600	3.24	50.0	51	20	18	3	28	32	0	1.580	9.2	5.0	5.8	1.14	0.5	41
1966	28	1	0	1.000	1.80	10.0	5	2	2	1	4	9	0	0.900	4.5	3.6	8.1	2.25	0.9	8
6 Yrs		14	15	.483	4.19	277.0	272	143	129	31	127	181	6	1.440	8.8		5.9	1.43	1.0	190

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