Bill Pleis
William (III) Pleis
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: August 5, 1937 in St. Louis, MO
High School: Kirkwood (Kirkwood, MO) (All Transactions)
Debut: April 16, 1961
Final Game: September 15, 1966
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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
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 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 93 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 92 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 2 229 120 1.481 8.6 0.5 4.7 5.8 1.22
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 38 187 0.964 4.8 1.0 3.9 8.7 2.25
6 Seasons 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

Postseason Pitching

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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*

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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
6 Seasons 190 1235 1069 148 269 49 2 31 6 6 126 184 .252 .331 .388 .719 .275 415 17 6 22 12 17
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
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
1962 24 MIN AL 21 4 0 3 1 0 1 1 3 .250 0 1 0 0 1 25% 41 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% 41 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% 33 40 25 19 5 2 0 1.0 0.0 3.0
3 Seasons 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

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
1961 23 MIN AL 37 37 16 4 2 3 2 1 67% 6 2 36 20 56% 8 1.028 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 1.008 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 0.970 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 0.942 17 9 20 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 1.321 25 6 7 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 1.313 4 1 3 3 1 4 3 5 2 3 2 2 3.5
6 Seasons 190 180 80 19 10 16 13 5 81% 34 15 163 44 27% 1.059 72 31 73 40 37 103 86 94 72 69 79 40 4.0

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%
1961 23 MIN AL 266 64% 1.5% 12.0% 12.8% 5.6% 25% 0.85 70% 68 3 4%
1962 24 MIN AL 196 65% 3.6% 15.8% 7.1% 8.2% 35% 0.94 70% 44 2 5%
1963 25 MIN AL 283 63% 3.5% 13.1% 5.7% 8.8% 37% 0.77 76% 58 6 10%
1964 26 MIN AL 223 58% 2.7% 18.8% 13.9% 5.4% 28% 0.83 62% 38 1 3%
1965 27 MIN AL 229 59% 1.3% 14.4% 11.8% 5.2% 25% 1.50 71% 53 5 9%
1966 28 MIN AL 38 68% 2.6% 23.7% 10.5% 5.3% 40% 1.86 61% 5 0 0%
6 Seasons 1235 62% 2.5% 14.9% 10.2% 6.6% 31% 0.95 70% 266 17 6%
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
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 1 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 Seasons 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 1 0 42 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+
1961 23 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 86
1962 24 6 7 .462 4.71 58 4 25 0 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 0 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 0 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 0 13 271.1 264 142 125 30 122 17 175 6 3 11 1198 92 1.423 8.8 1.0 4.0 5.8 1.43 92
1966 28 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 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 2 .500 4.40 45.0 47 24 22 7 14 31 1 1.356 9.4 2.8 6.2 2.21 1.4 21
1963 25 3 4 .429 4.85 65.0 70 39 35 10 17 35 0 1.338 9.7 2.4 4.8 2.06 1.4 36
1964 26 2 3 .400 4.60 47.0 46 27 24 6 33 39 1 1.681 8.8 6.3 7.5 1.18 1.1 47
1965 27 3 2 .600 3.49 49.0 52 21 19 3 29 32 0 1.653 9.6 5.3 5.9 1.10 0.6 41
1966 28 1 0 1.000 1.80 10.0 5 2 2 1 4 10 0 0.900 4.5 3.6 9.0 2.50 0.9 8
6 Seasons 14 14 .500 4.30 274.0 277 145 131 31 130 180 6 1.485 9.1 5.9 1.38 1.0 190

* 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.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 1 (1877), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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