Bill Plummer
William Francis Plummer
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: March 21, 1947 in Oakland, CA
High School: Union (Anderson, CA)
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1965. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 19, 1968
Final Game: September 7, 1978
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1968 CHC NL 21 C 1 0 2.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 9.00 2.00 1.000 6.75 6.10 0 0 0 0
1970 CIN NL 23 C 4 2 18.0 7 6 0 1 0 .857 -1.0 -66.7 -1 3.00 1.50 .986 6.85 5.95 0 0 3 0 0%
1971 CIN NL 24 C 4 2 21.0 9 7 2 0 0 1.000 1.0 57.1 1 3.86 2.25 .989 6.34 5.62 0 0 0 1 100%
1971 CIN NL 24 3B 2 2 17.0 5 1 4 0 0 1.000 0.1 7.1 0.1 -0.3 0.4 0 2.65 2.50 .940 2.81 2.30
1972 CIN NL 25 C 36 28 255.0 158 148 9 1 2 .994 2.0 9.4 2 5.54 4.36 .987 6.61 5.87 3 4 6 7 54%
1972 CIN NL 25 1B 1 0 7.0 8 8 0 0 1 1.000 0.5 85.7 0.5 0.5 0.0 0 10.29 8.00 .988 9.77 8.40
1972 CIN NL 25 3B 1 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 -48.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.88 2.60
1973 CIN NL 26 C 42 33 302.0 180 170 9 1 3 .994 -2.0 -7.9 -2 5.33 4.26 .987 6.34 5.58 4 12 13 6 32%
1973 CIN NL 26 3B 5 0 14.1 4 2 1 1 0 .750 -1.5 -125.6 -1.5 -1.1 -0.3 0 1.88 0.60 .950 2.89 2.50
1974 CIN NL 27 C 49 33 319.0 227 208 13 6 1 .974 -3.0 -11.3 -3 6.24 4.51 .985 6.12 5.37 3 13 19 5 21%
1974 CIN NL 27 3B 1 0 2.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -180.0 -0.3 0.0 -0.3 4.50 1.00 .900 3.15 2.60
1975 CIN NL 28 C 63 45 427.1 202 186 14 2 5 .990 -4.0 -11.2 -4 4.21 3.17 .985 6.03 5.24 2 19 23 2 8%
1976 CIN NL 29 C 54 40 384.0 262 235 21 6 1 .977 -4.0 -12.5 -4 6.00 4.74 .986 5.96 5.16 1 13 35 9 20%
1977 CIN NL 30 C 50 31 311.0 212 194 15 3 3 .986 -2.0 -7.7 -2 6.05 4.18 .985 6.49 5.54 4 13 17 10 37%
1978 SEA AL 31 C 40 33 282.2 139 127 9 3 1 .978 -6.0 -25.5 -6 4.33 3.40 .983 5.53 4.86 1 7 30 3 9%
10 Seasons C 343 247 2322.0 1398 1283 92 23 16 .984 -19.0 -9.8 -19 5.33 4.01 .985 6.15 5.37 18 81 146 43 23%
4 Seasons 3B 9 2 38.1 10 3 6 1 0 .900 -1.9 -59.5 -1.9 -1.6 -0.2 0 2.11 1.00 .940 2.86 2.48
1 Season 1B 1 0 7.0 8 8 0 0 1 1.000 0.5 85.7 0.5 0.5 0.0 0 10.29 8.00 .988 9.77 8.40
10 Seasons TOT 353 249 2367.1 1416 1294 98 24 17 .983 -20.4 -10.3 -1.4 -1.1 -0.2 0 -19 5.29 3.94 .968 6.10 5.30 18 81 146 43 23%

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1968 CHC NL 21 2 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1970 CIN NL 23 4 2 4 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 CIN NL 24 10 4 10 10 0 4 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1972 CIN NL 25 38 28 38 38 0 36 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
1973 CIN NL 26 50 33 50 50 0 42 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1974 CIN NL 27 50 33 50 50 0 49 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1975 CIN NL 28 65 45 65 63 0 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1976 CIN NL 29 56 40 56 54 0 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1977 CIN NL 30 51 31 51 50 0 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1978 SEA AL 31 41 33 41 40 0 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
10 Seasons 367 249 367 361 0 343 1 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 1
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- C*

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Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
1968 CHC NL 21 9 9.00 9.00 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1970 CIN NL 23 93 8.00 9.00 0 0 0 6 0 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 CIN NL 24 55 4.85 4.85 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 CIN NL 25 1031 3.07 3.37 4 75% 0 0 144 2 1 4 137 10 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 2 100%
1973 CIN NL 26 1334 3.96 4.50 20 100% 0 0 166 17 0 5 144 11 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 1 100%
1974 CIN NL 27 1414 3.22 4.01 25 84% 1 0 210 14 0 12 184 13 4 0 0 2 6 0 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 5 100%
1975 CIN NL 28 1881 3.85 4.18 21 100% 0 0 189 15 5 7 162 13 8 1 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 5 1 3 4 4 100%
1976 CIN NL 29 1702 3.42 3.91 36 89% 0 0 238 24 1 6 207 21 7 1 0 4 6 0 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 5 100%
1977 CIN NL 30 1400 4.14 4.58 13 92% 0 0 194 8 0 5 180 15 4 0 0 2 3 0 1 2 0 3 0 0 0 1 100%
1978 SEA AL 31 1318 5.03 5.76 10 90% 0 0 126 4 1 6 115 9 3 0 1 1 3 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 50%
10 Seasons 10237 3.85 4.36 129 91% 1 0 1279 84 8 46 1140 93 27 4 1 13 23 1 9 13 1 17 1 3 5 20 95%
MLB Averages 3.61 4.08 95% 90%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

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Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1968 CHC NL 21 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1970 CIN NL 23 0 0 34 3 0 0 0% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1.14
1971 CIN NL 24 0 0 16 0 1 1 100% 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3.16
1972 CIN NL 25 3 4 378 6 7 7 54% 6 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 22 6 1.23 0.75
1973 CIN NL 26 4 12 459 13 6 5 32% 11 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 36 8 1.33 1.45
1974 CIN NL 27 3 13 554 19 5 4 21% 15 2 4 1 0 2 1 0 46 7 1.32 1.08
1975 CIN NL 28 2 19 704 23 2 2 8% 21 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 57 2 1.19 1.33
1976 CIN NL 29 1 13 616 35 9 7 20% 32 7 3 0 0 2 0 0 56 11 1.03 1.17
1977 CIN NL 30 4 13 532 17 10 9 37% 16 9 1 0 0 1 0 0 46 12 1.12 1.16
1978 SEA AL 31 1 7 516 30 3 2 9% 29 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 48 7 1.14 1.06
10 Seasons 18 81 3812 146 43 37 23% 133 34 13 3 0 6 1 0 315 54 1.16 1.17
MLB Averages 36% 1.29 1.24

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1971 CIN NL 24 65 55% 82% 34% 4 100% 0 1 0 0 1 4 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1972 CIN NL 25 20 35% 80% 35% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1973 CIN NL 26 74 50% 76% 9% 4 50% 0 3 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 CIN NL 27 11 91% 82% 18% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons 170 53% 79% 22% 8 75% 0 4 1 0 3 5 5 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
MLB Averages 60% 78% 27% 89% 66%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1972 CIN NL 25 31 61% 81% 35% 2 100% 0 8 0 8 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 31 61% 81% 35% 2 100% 0 8 0 8 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 60% 78% 27% 94% 88%

* 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.

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