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Bill Posedel
William John Posedel (Sailor Bill and Barnacle Bill)
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: August 2, 1906 in San Francisco, CA (All Transactions)
Debut: April 23, 1938
Final Game: September 13, 1946
Died: November 28, 1989 in Livermore, CA
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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
1938 31 BRO NL 8 9 .471 5.66 33 17 8 6 1 1 140.0 178 96 88 14 46 49 2 1 9 629 69 1.600 11.4 0.9 3.0 3.2 1.07
1939 32 BSN NL 15 13 .536 3.92 33 29 3 18 5 0 220.2 221 103 96 8 78 73 0 1 1 927 94 1.355 9.0 0.3 3.2 3.0 0.94
1940 33 BSN NL 12 17 .414 4.13 35 32 2 18 0 1 233.0 263 118 107 16 81 86 1 0 3 1008 90 1.476 10.2 0.6 3.1 3.3 1.06
1941 34 BSN NL 4 4 .500 4.87 18 9 4 3 0 0 57.1 61 36 31 6 30 10 0 0 2 253 73 1.587 9.6 0.9 4.7 1.6 0.33
1946 39 BSN NL 2 0 1.000 6.99 19 0 10 0 0 4 28.1 34 24 22 4 13 9 0 0 1 127 49 1.659 10.8 1.3 4.1 2.9 0.69
5 Seasons 41 43 .488 4.56 138 87 27 45 6 6 679.1 757 377 344 48 248 227 3 2 16 2944 82 1.479 10.0 0.6 3.3 3.0 0.92
162 Game Avg. 12 13 .488 4.56 42 26 8 14 2 2 205 229 114 104 15 75 69 1 1 5 890 82 1.479 10.0 0.6 3.3 3.0 0.92
BSN (4 yrs) 33 34 .493 4.27 105 70 19 39 5 5 539.1 579 281 256 34 202 178 1 1 7 2315 86 1.448 9.7 0.6 3.4 3.0 0.88
BRO (1 yr) 8 9 .471 5.66 33 17 8 6 1 1 140.0 178 96 88 14 46 49 2 1 9 629 69 1.600 11.4 0.9 3.0 3.2 1.07

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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
1938 31 BRO NL 33 50 44 3 10 1 0 0 1 0 2 8 .227 .261 .250 .511 40 11 1 0 4 1
1939 32 BSN NL 33 82 73 3 8 1 0 0 7 0 4 18 .110 .156 .123 .279 -22 9 2 0 5 1
1940 33 BSN NL 35 90 82 6 14 4 0 0 10 0 6 11 .171 .227 .220 .447 26 18 3 0 2 1
1941 34 BSN NL 18 26 25 1 8 2 0 0 3 0 0 1 .320 .320 .400 .720 106 10 1 0 1 1
1946 39 BSN NL 19 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 1
5 Seasons 138 251 227 13 40 8 0 0 21 0 12 38 .176 .218 .211 .429 20 48 7 0 12
162 Game Avg. 162 295 266 15 47 9 0 0 25 0 14 45 .176 .218 .211 .429 20 56 8 0 14
BSN (4 yrs) 105 201 183 10 30 7 0 0 20 0 10 30 .164 .207 .202 .409 15 37 6 0 8
BRO (1 yr) 33 50 44 3 10 1 0 0 1 0 2 8 .227 .261 .250 .511 40 11 1 0 4

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1938 BRO NL 31 P 33 30 5 23 2 2 .933 0.85 .967 1.13
1939 BSN NL 32 P 33 54 10 40 4 1 .926 1.52 .961 1.09
1940 BSN NL 33 P 35 62 17 42 3 3 .952 1.69 .963 1.10
1941 BSN NL 34 P 18 15 3 11 1 2 .933 0.78 .967 1.09
1946 BSN NL 39 P 19 5 1 4 0 0 1.000 0.26 .960 1.01
5 Seasons P 138 166 36 120 10 8 .940 1.13 .963 1.09
5 Seasons TOT 138 166 36 120 10 8 .940 1.13 .903 1.09

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Wins s c a p y
1939 NL--15--7th

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1939 NL--9.014--10th

Saves s c a p y
1946 NL--4--6th

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1940 NL--233.0--10th

Games Started s c a p y
1939 NL--29--10th
1940 NL--32--7th

Complete Games s c a p y
1939 NL--18--5th
1940 NL--18--6th

Shutouts s c a p y
1939 NL--5--2nd

Home Runs s c a p y
1938 NL--14--9th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1940 NL--81--10th

Hits s c a p y
1940 NL--263--3rd

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1939 NL--.326--5th

Losses s c a p y
1940 NL--17--3rd

Earned Runs s c a p y
1940 NL--107--4th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1938 NL--9--3rd

Batters Faced s c a p y
1940 NL--1008--7th

Oldest s c a p y
1946 NL--born 1906-08-02--4th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 19 (1084), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 2 (1632), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 2 (1804), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  6. John Farrell (971)
  7. Jimmy Jones (970)
  8. Pete Redfern (970)
  9. Whitey Glazner (969)
  10. Ed Morris (969)
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  1. Bill Beckmann (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Myles Thomas (981)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Dick Newsome (980)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Socks Seibold (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Hod Lisenbee (944)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Transactions

September 5, 1937: Purchased by the Brooklyn Dodgers from Portland (PCL).

March 31, 1939: Traded by the Brooklyn Dodgers to the Boston Bees for Al Todd.

December 9, 1946: Purchased by Seattle (PCL) from the Boston Braves.

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