Bill Plummer

William Francis Plummer

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: March 21, 1947 in Oakland, CA
High School: Anderson Union HS (Anderson, CA)
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1965. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 19, 1968
Teams (by GP): Reds/Mariners/Cubs 1968-1978

Final Game: September 7, 1978
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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
1965	18	STL-min	Rk,A	49	117	117		29	6	0	0						.248	.248	.299	.547		35							CDS,CDR · FLRL,MIDW
1966	19	EUG	A-	46	140	125	6	18	3	0	1	11	0	0	15	33	.144	.236	.192	.428		24							EUG · NORW
1967	20	STL-min	A	120	439	397	48	93	8	6	11	56	6	1	42	100	.234	.308	.368	.675		146							MOD · CALL
1968	21	CHC	NL	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/2

1969	22	CIN-min	AAA	104	391	355	41	88	8	3	7	41	4	5	27	81	.248	.303	.346	.650		123		2	5	2			INA · AA
1970	23	CIN-min	AAA	115	422	365	37	95	12	1	7	42	1	6	40	71	.260	.339	.356	.695		130		6	6	5			INA · AA
1970	23	CIN	NL	4	9	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.125	.222	.125	.347	-5	1	0	1	0	0	0	/2
1971	24	CIN-min	AAA	104	425	372	50	99	15	5	17	65	2	3	44	89	.266	.348	.470	.818		175		4	2	3			INA · AA
1971	24	CIN	NL	10	19	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	2	0	0	0	0	/25
1972	25	CIN	NL	38	111	102	8	19	4	0	2	9	0	0	4	20	.186	.211	.284	.495	44	29	3	0	2	3	2	2/35
1973	26	CIN	NL	50	139	119	8	18	3	0	2	11	1	0	18	26	.151	.268	.227	.495	42	27	2	1	1	0	5	2/5
1974	27	CIN	NL	50	129	120	7	27	7	0	2	10	1	0	6	21	.225	.258	.333	.591	66	40	4	0	1	2	0	2/5
1975	28	CIN	NL	65	189	159	17	29	7	0	1	19	1	0	24	28	.182	.291	.245	.536	49	39	0	2	0	4	2	2
1976	29	CIN	NL	56	168	153	16	38	6	1	4	19	0	2	14	36	.248	.311	.379	.690	94	58	7	0	1	0	0	2
1977	30	CIN	NL	51	135	117	10	16	5	0	1	7	1	1	17	34	.137	.244	.205	.450	22	24	1	0	0	1	1	2
1978	31	SEA-min	AAA	24	92	78	9	14	2	0	2	8	0	0	13	18	.179	.304	.282	.586		22		1	0	0			SJO · PCL
1978	31	SEA	AL	41	106	93	6	20	5	0	2	7	0	0	12	19	.215	.305	.333	.638	81	31	3	0	1	0	0	2
1979	32	SEA-min	AAA	116	424	369	37	94	12	2	4	46	1	1	42	66	.255	.332	.331	.662		122		3	5	5			SPO · PCL
10 Yrs				367	1007	892	72	168	37	1	14	82	4	3	95	191	.188	.267	.279	.546	53	249	22	4	6	10	10
162 Game Avg.				162	445	394	32	74	16	0	6	36	2	1	42	84	.188	.267	.279	.546	53	110	10	2	3	4	4

CIN (8 yrs)				324	899	797	66	148	32	1	12	75	4	3	83	171	.186	.263	.274	.536	50	218	19	4	5	10	10
CHC (1 yr)				2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
SEA (1 yr)				41	106	93	6	20	5	0	2	7	0	0	12	19	.215	.305	.333	.638	81	31	3	0	1	0	0

NL (9 yrs)				326	901	799	66	148	32	1	12	75	4	3	83	172	.185	.262	.273	.535	50	218	19	4	5	10	10
AL (1 yr)				41	106	93	6	20	5	0	2	7	0	0	12	19	.215	.305	.333	.638	81	31	3	0	1	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	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1968	21	CHC	NL	2	2	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.1	0	-0	0.0	.474	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	/2

1970	23	CIN	NL	4	9	-1	0	0	-1	0	-2	-0.2	0	-2	-0.2	.446	.499	-0.1	-0.1	-1	$	/2
1971	24	CIN	NL	10	19	-5	0	-0	1	0	-4	-0.4	1	-3	-0.4	.456	.497	-0.5	0.2	-4	$	/25
1972	25	CIN	NL	38	111	-7	-1	-0	2	2	-5	-0.5	3	-2	-0.2	.485	.497	-0.5	0.5	-4	$	2/35
1973	26	CIN	NL	50	139	-11	-1	0	-4	2	-12	-1.4	4	-8	-1.0	.472	.491	-0.6	-0.1	-5	$	2/5
1974	27	CIN	NL	50	129	-6	-1	-1	-3	2	-8	-0.9	4	-5	-0.6	.481	.494	-0.2	-0.1	-1	$	2/5
1975	28	CIN	NL	65	189	-10	1	0	-4	3	-9	-1.0	6	-4	-0.5	.484	.494	-0.1	-0.1	0	$	2
1976	29	CIN	NL	56	168	0	-2	-1	-4	3	-5	-0.5	5	0	0.0	.490	.497	0.4	-0.1	4	$	2
1977	30	CIN	NL	51	135	-13	-0	0	-2	2	-13	-1.4	4	-9	-1.0	.473	.491	-0.8	0.0	-7	$	2
1978	31	SEA	AL	41	106	-3	-0	-0	-6	2	-8	-0.8	3	-4	-0.5	.480	.495	0.2	-0.4	2	$	2
10 Seasons				367	1007	-56	-4	-2	-20	16	-66	-7.3	30	-37	-4.4	.480	.495	-2.2	-0.3	-16	$

CIN (8 yrs)				324	899	-53	-4	-1	-14	14	-58	-6.5	26	-32	-3.9	.480	.495	-2.4	0.1	-18	$
CHC (1 yr)				2	2	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.1	0	-0	0.0	.474	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$
SEA (1 yr)				41	106	-3	-0	-0	-6	2	-8	-0.8	3	-4	-0.5	.480	.495	0.2	-0.4	2	$

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	PwrSpd
1968	21	CHC	NL	2	2	0	0.0	87	.000	.000	.260	.000	.319	.000	.366	.000	.685	-100	.000	-0.5	-0.1	.000	.000	.000

1970	23	CIN	NL	9	7	0	0.0	107	.167	.125	.272	.222	.345	.125	.415	.347	.760	-5	.000	-1.2	-0.1	.286	.000	.000
1971	24	CIN	NL	19	21	0	0.0	88	.000	.000	.254	.000	.319	.000	.372	.000	.691	-100	.000	-4.9	-0.5	.000	.000	.000
1972	25	CIN	NL	111	91	6	1.8	87	.205	.186	.250	.211	.317	.284	.369	.495	.685	44	.182	-7.4	-0.8	.384	.137	.098	.0
1973	26	CIN	NL	139	104	8	2.1	92	.176	.151	.257	.268	.325	.227	.382	.495	.706	42	.210	-8.9	-0.9	.456	.235	.076	1.3
1974	27	CIN	NL	129	100	10	2.7	94	.253	.225	.261	.258	.333	.333	.378	.591	.711	66	.303	-5.8	-0.6	.485	.167	.108	1.3
1975	28	CIN	NL	189	134	14	2.8	98	.209	.182	.268	.291	.339	.245	.387	.536	.726	49	.314	-10.1	-1.0	.508	.220	.063	1.0
1976	29	CIN	NL	168	125	16	3.4	93	.301	.248	.265	.311	.332	.379	.378	.690	.709	94	.423	-1.7	-0.2	.565	.209	.131	.0
1977	30	CIN	NL	135	104	7	1.8	105	.181	.137	.272	.244	.340	.205	.414	.450	.754	22	.153	-13.1	-1.3	.398	.214	.068	1.0
1978	31	SEA	AL	106	77	9	3.1	93	.250	.215	.260	.305	.325	.333	.383	.638	.708	81	.357	-2.2	-0.2	.566	.247	.118	.0
10 Yrs				1007	765	70	2.5	95	.221	.188	.262	.267	.331	.279	.384	.546	.715	53	.268	-55.9	-5.8	.466	.198	.091	6.2
162 Game Avg.				445	338	31	2.5	95	.221	.188	.262	.267	.331	.279	.384	.546	.715	53	.268	-55.9	-5.8	.466	.198	.091	3

CIN (8 yrs)				899	686	61	2.4	95	.218	.186	.263	.263	.332	.274	.384	.536	.716	50	.258	-53.2	-5.5	.456	.193	.088	6.0
CHC (1 yr)				2	2	0	0.0	87	.000	.000	.260	.000	.319	.000	.366	.000	.685	-100	.000	-0.5	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
SEA (1 yr)				106	77	9	3.1	93	.250	.215	.260	.305	.325	.333	.383	.638	.708	81	.356	-2.2	-0.2	.566	.247	.118	.0

NL (9 yrs)				901	688	61	2.4	95	.218	.185	.263	.262	.332	.273	.384	.535	.716	50	.257	-53.7	-5.6	.455	.193	.088	6.0
AL (1 yr)				106	77	9	3.1	93	.250	.215	.260	.305	.325	.333	.383	.638	.708	81	.356	-2.2	-0.2	.566	.247	.118	.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%
1968	21	CHC	NL	2	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%			2.0			0.00	50%

1970	23	CIN	NL	9	0.0%	22.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		4.0			0.67	67%
1971	24	CIN	NL	19	0.0%	21.1%	0.0%	0.0%			4.8			0.70	79%
1972	25	CIN	NL	111	1.8%	18.0%	3.6%	5.4%	32%	5.00	5.1	51.0	11.3	0.81	75%
1973	26	CIN	NL	139	1.4%	18.7%	13.0%	3.6%	28%	1.44	4.6	59.5	10.8	0.90	65%
1974	27	CIN	NL	129	1.6%	16.3%	4.7%	7.0%	33%	3.50	5.7	60.0	12.0	0.98	77%
1975	28	CIN	NL	189	0.5%	14.8%	12.7%	4.2%	28%	1.17	5.7	159.0	8.4	0.63	71%
1976	29	CIN	NL	168	2.4%	21.4%	8.3%	6.6%	29%	2.57	4.3	38.3	8.1	0.77	67%
1977	30	CIN	NL	135	0.7%	25.2%	12.6%	4.4%	38%	2.00	3.4	117.0	16.7	0.75	61%
1978	31	SEA	AL	106	1.9%	17.9%	11.3%	6.6%	35%	1.58	4.9	46.5	13.3	0.69	68%
10 Yrs				1007	1.4%	19.0%	9.4%	5.2%	31%	2.01	4.7	63.7	10.9	0.77	69%
MLB Averages					1.9%	13.9%	8.6%	6.1%	27%	1.61	6.4	46.1	9.0	1.10	74%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1968	21	CHC	NL	-0.5	-0.1	2	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.05	-0.0	-0.0	-0.5	-0.1	1.24	-0.4	0.09	1

1970	23	CIN	NL	-1.2	-0.1	9	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.55	-0.1	0.0	-1.3	-0.1	0.85	-1.5		0
1971	24	CIN	NL	-4.9	-0.5	19	-0.8	0.0	-0.8	1.47	-0.5	-0.0	-5.6	-0.6	0.95	-5.4	3.31	4
1972	25	CIN	NL	-7.4	-0.8	113	-0.1	1.3	-1.4	.75	-0.4	0.3	-8.4	-0.9	1.02	-6.4	0.00	1
1973	26	CIN	NL	-8.9	-0.9	140	-1.1	1.1	-2.2	.88	-0.9	-0.4	-10.2	-1.1	0.98	-9.8	2.60	2
1974	27	CIN	NL	-5.8	-0.6	130	-0.9	1.2	-2.2	.84	-0.6	-0.5	-13.9	-1.5	1.03	-8.4	0.00	1
1975	28	CIN	NL	-10.1	-1.0	192	0.6	3.3	-2.6	.97	-0.4	1.0	0.1	0.0	0.97	-3.0	2.16	4
1976	29	CIN	NL	-1.7	-0.2	172	-0.2	2.4	-2.5	.85	-0.1	-0.1	-3.3	-0.3	1.02	1.0	0.51	4
1977	30	CIN	NL	-13.1	-1.3	138	-0.3	1.2	-1.5	.65	-0.7	0.2	-12.9	-1.3	0.94	-12.6	0.18	3
1978	31	SEA	AL	-2.3	-0.2	106	-0.8	1.3	-2.1	.97	-0.4	-0.4	-7.4	-0.8	0.92	-4.8	2.78	1
10 Yrs				-56.0	-5.8	1021	-3.6	11.8	-15.4	.86	-4.2	-0.1	-63.4	-6.7	0.99	-51.4	1.55	21

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1968	21	CHC	NL	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1970	23	CIN	NL	0	0	0%	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1971	24	CIN	NL	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1972	25	CIN	NL	2	0	29%	30	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	50%	3	2	0	0	0	0	5	1	4
1973	26	CIN	NL	0	0	17%	41	1	0	100%	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	33%	4	3	1	0	0	0	2	1	1
1974	27	CIN	NL	1	0	16%	52	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	67%	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	1
1975	28	CIN	NL	4	0	30%	66	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	62%	5	3	2	2	0	1	6	1	5
1976	29	CIN	NL	3	0	25%	58	0	2	0%	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	4	9%	6	5	1	1	1	0	4	4	0
1977	30	CIN	NL	1	0	28%	41	1	1	50%	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	14%	3	2	1	2	2	0	2	2	0
1978	31	SEA	AL	0	0	13%	38	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	2	2	0	0	0	0	3	2	0
10 Yrs				11	0	23%	327	4	3	57%	3	2	1	1	0	0	2	1	10	11	34%	24	17	6	5	3	1	24	12	11

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
1968	21	CHC	NL	2	50%	0			1	0	0	0	0.09	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		2	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0

1970	23	CIN	NL	9	44%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		3	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1971	24	CIN	NL	19	74%	0			4	0	0	0	3.31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		5	2	40%	3	0	0%	13	0	0%	2	0	0%	2	0	0%	0
1972	25	CIN	NL	111	46%	19			1	1	0	0	0.00	2	0	6	1	1	0	2	0	2	2	100%	21	3	14%	16	5	31%	76	7	9%	6	5	83%	9	3	33%	0
1973	26	CIN	NL	139	54%	18			2	0	0	0	2.60	2	0	6	1	1	0	2	0	1	1	100%	20	2	10%	10	3	30%	88	9	10%	6	2	33%	2	1	50%	0
1974	27	CIN	NL	129	58%	27			1	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	4	0	2	0	2	0	2	1	50%	26	4	15%	17	6	35%	91	8	9%	11	4	36%	12	6	50%	0
1975	28	CIN	NL	189	42%	29			4	1	0	2	2.16	1	0	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	0		27	0	0%	18	7	39%	124	20	16%	12	5	42%	5	3	60%	0
1976	29	CIN	NL	168	22%	38			4	2	0	1	0.51	4	0	7	2	2	3	1	0	1	1	100%	38	7	18%	14	3	21%	123	18	15%	11	6	55%	9	4	44%	0
1977	30	CIN	NL	135	41%	16			3	0	0	0	0.18	1	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0		25	1	4%	11	1	9%	74	6	8%	7	3	43%	4	0	0%	0
1978	31	SEA	AL	106	48%	20			1	0	0	0	2.78	2	0	3	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	100%	13	3	23%	10	2	20%	59	6	10%	7	3	43%	1	0	0%	0
10 Yrs				1007	44%	168			21	4	0	3	1.55	14	0	32	6	8	5	9	0	7	6	86%	176	22	13%	99	27	27%	653	74	11%	62	28	45%	44	17	39%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			76%			11%			32%			14%			48%			53%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1968	21	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
1969	22	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
1970	23	6	11	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.100	.182	.100	.282	-22	1	0	1	0	0	0
1971	24	16	30	29	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.034	.067	.034	.101	-71	1	2	1	0	0	0
1972	25	54	141	131	8	20	4	0	2	9	0	0	4	27	.153	.180	.229	.409	18	30	5	1	2	3	2
1973	26	104	280	250	16	38	7	0	4	20	1	0	22	53	.152	.224	.228	.452	30	57	7	2	3	3	7
1974	27	154	409	370	23	65	14	0	6	30	2	0	28	74	.176	.235	.262	.497	42	97	11	2	4	5	7
1975	28	219	598	529	40	94	21	0	7	49	3	0	52	102	.178	.253	.257	.510	44	136	11	4	4	9	9
1976	29	275	766	682	56	132	27	1	11	68	3	2	66	138	.194	.265	.284	.550	55	194	18	4	5	9	9
1977	30	326	901	799	66	148	32	1	12	75	4	3	83	172	.185	.262	.273	.535	50	218	19	4	5	10	10
1978	31	367	1007	892	72	168	37	1	14	82	4	3	95	191	.188	.267	.279	.546	53	249	22	4	6	10	10

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1968	21	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	2

1970	23	4	9	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.111	.000	.111	0	4
1971	24	10	19	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	10
1972	25	40	120	110	11	23	5	0	2	12	0	5	21	.209	.237	.309	.546	8	38
1973	26	50	141	120	9	19	3	0	2	12	1	19	26	.158	.279	.233	.512	8	50
1974	27	50	130	121	7	28	7	0	2	10	1	6	21	.231	.264	.339	.602	11	50
1975	28	65	191	160	18	30	7	0	1	20	1	25	28	.188	.298	.250	.548	12	65
1976	29	56	171	155	18	40	6	1	4	21	0	15	36	.258	.324	.387	.711	20	56
1977	30	51	135	117	10	16	5	0	1	7	1	17	34	.137	.244	.205	.450	6	51
1978	31	41	109	95	7	22	6	0	2	8	0	13	19	.232	.324	.358	.682	11	41
10 Yrs		369	1027	907	80	178	39	1	14	90	4	100	192	.196	.276	.288	.564	76	367
162 Game Avg.		162	451	398	35	78	17	0	6	40	2	44	84	.196	.276	.288	.564	33	367

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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