Bill Pulsipher
William Thomas Pulsipher
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 210 lb.

Born: October 9, 1973 in Fort Benning, GA
High School: Fairfax (Fairfax, VA)
Drafted by the New York Mets in the 2nd round of the 1991 amateur draft.
Signed August 22, 1991. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 17, 1995
Final Game: May 7, 2005
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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
1995 21 NYM NL 5 7 .417 3.98 17 17 0 2 0 0 126.2 122 58 56 11 45 0 81 4 1 2 530 102 1.318 8.7 0.8 3.2 5.8 1.80
1998 24 TOT NL 3 4 .429 5.10 26 11 2 0 0 0 72.1 86 41 41 8 31 4 51 1 2 2 320 84 1.618 10.7 1.0 3.9 6.3 1.65
1998 24 NYM NL 0 0 6.91 15 1 1 0 0 0 14.1 23 11 11 2 5 1 13 0 0 0 68 61 1.953 14.4 1.3 3.1 8.2 2.60
1998 24 MIL NL 3 4 .429 4.66 11 10 1 0 0 0 58.0 63 30 30 6 26 3 38 1 2 2 252 92 1.534 9.8 0.9 4.0 5.9 1.46
1999 25 MIL NL 5 6 .455 5.98 19 16 1 0 0 0 87.1 100 65 58 19 36 2 42 2 0 4 398 76 1.557 10.3 2.0 3.7 4.3 1.17
2000 26 NYM NL 0 2 .000 12.15 2 2 0 0 0 0 6.2 12 9 9 1 6 0 7 1 0 0 39 37 2.700 16.2 1.4 8.1 9.5 1.17
2001 27 TOT AL 0 0 6.00 37 0 8 0 0 0 30.0 36 23 20 5 21 0 20 3 0 1 146 76 1.900 10.8 1.5 6.3 6.0 0.95
2001 27 BOS AL 0 0 5.32 23 0 6 0 0 0 22.0 25 15 13 3 14 0 16 2 0 1 102 85 1.773 10.2 1.2 5.7 6.5 1.14
2001 27 CHW AL 0 0 7.88 14 0 2 0 0 0 8.0 11 8 7 2 7 0 4 1 0 0 44 59 2.250 12.4 2.3 7.9 4.5 0.57
2005 31 STL NL 0 0 6.75 5 0 2 0 0 0 4.0 5 3 3 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 19 63 1.750 11.3 0.0 4.5 2.3 0.50
6 Seasons 13 19 .406 5.15 106 46 13 2 0 0 327.0 361 199 187 44 141 7 202 11 3 9 1452 83 1.535 9.9 1.2 3.9 5.6 1.43
162 Game Avg. 6 9 .406 5.15 47 21 6 1 0 0 146 162 89 84 20 63 3 90 5 1 4 650 83 1.535 9.9 1.2 3.9 5.6 1.43
NYM (3 yrs) 5 9 .357 4.63 34 20 1 2 0 0 147.2 157 78 76 14 56 1 101 5 1 2 637 88 1.442 9.6 0.9 3.4 6.2 1.80
MIL (2 yrs) 8 10 .444 5.45 30 26 2 0 0 0 145.1 163 95 88 25 62 5 80 3 2 6 650 81 1.548 10.1 1.5 3.8 5.0 1.29
STL (1 yr) 0 0 6.75 5 0 2 0 0 0 4.0 5 3 3 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 19 63 1.750 11.3 0.0 4.5 2.3 0.50
BOS (1 yr) 0 0 5.32 23 0 6 0 0 0 22.0 25 15 13 3 14 0 16 2 0 1 102 85 1.773 10.2 1.2 5.7 6.5 1.14
CHW (1 yr) 0 0 7.88 14 0 2 0 0 0 8.0 11 8 7 2 7 0 4 1 0 0 44 59 2.250 12.4 2.3 7.9 4.5 0.57
NL (5 yrs) 13 19 .406 5.06 69 46 5 2 0 0 297.0 325 176 167 39 120 7 182 8 3 8 1306 84 1.498 9.8 1.2 3.6 5.5 1.52
AL (1 yr) 0 0 6.00 37 0 8 0 0 0 30.0 36 23 20 5 21 0 20 3 0 1 146 76 1.900 10.8 1.5 6.3 6.0 0.95

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
1995 21 NYM NL 17 530 478 58 122 20 4 11 9 5 45 81 .255 .324 .383 .707 .287 183 16 4 2 1 0
1998 24 MIL NL 11 252 218 30 63 11 3 6 1 0 26 38 .289 .361 .450 .811 .320 98 12 1 3 4 3
1998 24 NYM NL 15 68 62 11 23 4 1 2 0 1 5 13 .371 .418 .565 .982 .447 35 0 0 1 0 1
1998 24 TOT NL 26 320 280 41 86 15 4 8 1 1 31 51 .307 .373 .475 .848 .347 133 12 1 4 4 4
1999 25 MIL NL 19 397 349 65 100 12 2 19 7 1 36 42 .287 .353 .496 .849 .277 173 10 2 6 4 2
2000 26 NYM NL 2 39 31 9 12 2 0 1 3 0 6 7 .387 .500 .548 1.048 .478 17 0 1 1 0 0
2001 27 BOS AL 23 102 85 15 25 4 1 3 0 2 14 16 .294 .402 .471 .873 .328 40 4 2 0 1 0
2001 27 CHW AL 14 44 35 8 11 4 0 2 2 0 7 4 .314 .432 .600 1.032 .300 21 1 1 0 1 0
2001 27 TOT AL 37 146 120 23 36 8 1 5 2 2 21 20 .300 .411 .508 .919 .320 61 5 3 0 2 0
2005 31 STL NL 5 19 14 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .357 .412 .357 .769 .357 5 0 0 2 1 1
6 Seasons 106 1451 1272 199 361 57 11 44 22 9 141 202 .284 .357 .450 .807 .305 572 43 11 15 12 7
162 Game Avg. 47 649 569 89 162 26 5 20 10 4 63 90 .284 .357 .450 .807 .305 256 19 5 7 5 3
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
1995 21 NYM NL 17 17 5 7 5 1 1 8 9 .471 2 1 2 0 7 41% 53 80 27 11 5 0 6 3.9 3.9 7.5 108 0 5 8 3 131
1998 24 TOT NL 26 11 3 4 4 0 1 6 5 .545 0 2 0 0 5 45% 45 69 5 10 1 1 3 4.3 3.7 5.5 90 1 8 2 0 103
1998 24 NYM NL 15 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 29 29 29 5 0 1 0 7.0 4.5 4.0 83 0 1 0 0 83
1998 24 MIL NL 11 10 3 4 3 0 1 5 5 .500 0 1 0 0 5 50% 47 69 5 5 1 0 3 4.0 3.7 5.6 91 1 7 2 0 103
1999 25 MIL NL 19 16 5 6 5 3 0 9 7 .563 2 3 0 0 3 19% 41 71 19 11 6 0 9 5.5 5.0 5.1 83 7 6 3 0 106
2000 26 NYM NL 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 31 37 24 5 1 0 1 2.0 1.1 3.3 67 2 0 0 0 70
4 Seasons 64 46 13 19 14 4 2 23 23 .500 4 6 2 0 15 33% 46 80 5 37 13 1 19 4.5 4.1 6.0 93 10 19 13 3 131
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
1998 24 TOT NL 26 15 2 0 0 2 0 2 0% 4 2 12 4 33% 1.030 4 2 9 5 0 10 7 8 3 8 3 5 2.5 13
1998 24 NYM NL 15 14 1 0 0 2 0 2 0% 4 2 12 4 33% 7 0.924 4 2 8 5 0 9 7 7 2 8 2 5 2.2 11
1998 24 MIL NL 11 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1.058 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 6.0 27
1999 25 MIL NL 19 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0.850 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 3 1 0 2 0 5.0 32
2001 27 TOT AL 37 37 8 0 0 0 0 0 9 7 30 12 40% 0.679 10 9 17 15 4 18 18 19 7 22 10 9 2.4 15
2001 27 BOS AL 23 23 6 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 23 10 43% 7 0.689 8 5 9 9 2 12 11 12 6 12 6 5 2.9 18
2001 27 CHW AL 14 14 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 7 2 29% 8 0.657 2 4 8 6 2 6 7 7 1 10 4 4 1.7 11
2005 31 STL NL 5 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 8 0.517 1 1 1 0 1 4 1 4 1 2 1 1 2.4 11
4 Seasons 87 60 13 0 0 2 0 2 0% 13 9 43 17 40% 0.880 15 12 30 20 5 35 26 34 12 32 16 15 2.6 15

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%
1995 21 NYM NL 530 86% 2.1% 15.3% 8.5% 6.6% 29% 1.26 1.64 73% 18% 7.4% 13% 96 16 17%
1998 24 TOT NL 320 82% 2.5% 15.9% 9.7% 8.4% 31% 0.98 1.43 70% 21% 7.9% 13% 69 12 17%
1998 24 NYM NL 68 68% 2.9% 19.1% 7.4% 10.3% 30% 0.77 1.64 69% 32% 8.3% 8% 14 0 0%
1998 24 MIL NL 252 86% 2.4% 15.1% 10.3% 7.9% 32% 1.04 1.39 71% 18% 7.8% 14% 55 12 22%
1999 25 MIL NL 398 78% 4.8% 10.6% 9.1% 8.3% 33% 1.00 1.65 74% 19% 14.2% 11% 82 10 12%
2000 26 NYM NL 39 74% 2.6% 18.0% 15.4% 7.7% 25% 0.77 1.60 59% 36% 8.3% 8% 11 0 0%
2001 27 TOT AL 146 55% 3.4% 13.7% 14.4% 9.6% 39% 1.09 1.43 66% 23% 12.2% 11% 35 5 14%
2001 27 BOS AL 102 62% 2.9% 15.7% 13.7% 7.8% 32% 1.28 1.67 66% 21% 12.0% 14% 25 4 16%
2001 27 CHW AL 44 39% 4.6% 9.1% 15.9% 13.6% 55% 0.76 1.00 68% 25% 12.5% 6% 10 1 10%
2005 31 STL NL 19 58% 0.0% 5.3% 10.5% 0.0% 0% 0.75 1.20 74% 19% 0.0% 0% 6 0 0%
6 Seasons 1452 79% 3.0% 13.9% 9.7% 7.7% 31% 1.08 1.57 72% 20% 9.9% 12% 299 43 14%
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
1995 21 NYM NL 497 1730 3.48 1076 62% 23% 16% 27% 35% 77% 0% 48% 80% 59% 5% 27 17 18% 88 49 3 19% 18 10 33 1 1
1998 24 TOT NL 320 1181 3.69 722 61% 23% 14% 30% 33% 77% 3% 47% 82% 56% 5% 16 7 19% 61 30 3 31% 6 5 0 0 0
1998 24 NYM NL 68 247 3.63 156 63% 23% 16% 29% 32% 77% 4% 49% 79% 53% 7% 5 3 15% 10 8 2 23% 0 1 0 0 0
1998 24 MIL NL 252 934 3.71 566 61% 23% 13% 30% 33% 77% 3% 46% 83% 56% 4% 11 4 20% 51 22 1 34% 6 4 0 0 0
1999 25 MIL NL 398 1428 3.59 880 62% 25% 10% 29% 36% 75% 1% 46% 87% 58% 6% 25 9 16% 64 40 4 31% 7 14 0 0 0
2000 26 NYM NL 39 134 3.44 79 59% 34% 9% 25% 32% 66% 0% 39% 87% 62% 5% 2 1 18% 7 3 1 57% 1 1 0 0 0
2001 27 TOT AL 146 571 3.91 339 59% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 0% 43% 79% 58% 5% 8 5 21% 31 9 1 25% 1 3 0 0 0
2001 27 BOS AL 102 416 4.08 252 61% 28% 16% 28% 28% 72% 0% 44% 77% 60% 5% 5 4 22% 22 7 1 25% 1 1 0 0 0
2001 27 CHW AL 44 155 3.52 87 56% 28% 13% 23% 37% 72% 0% 41% 83% 52% 7% 3 1 20% 9 2 0 25% 0 2 0 0 0
2005 31 STL NL 19 53 2.79 36 68% 39% 3% 14% 44% 61% 24% 42% 95% 74% 5% 1 0 16% 3 1 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons 1419 5097 3.59 3132 61% 25% 13% 28% 34% 75% 1% 46% 82% 58% 6% 79 39 18% 254 132 13 27% 33 33 33 1 1
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
1995 21 NYM NL 530 122 22 3 11 0 9 10 1 6 5 29 7 6 24% 4 2 2 198 9 5 64% 8 5 1 0 0 0 3 2 7 0
1998 24 TOT NL 320 86 29 1 8 0 8 6 2 3 5 17 9 1 53% 3 2 2 137 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 12 0
1998 24 NYM NL 68 23 9 1 2 0 4 1 1 2 0 6 3 1 50% 0 0 1 31 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0
1998 24 MIL NL 252 63 20 0 6 0 4 5 1 1 5 11 6 0 55% 3 2 1 106 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
1999 25 MIL NL 398 100 10 3 19 0 12 14 5 8 11 26 19 0 73% 7 4 1 147 7 1 88% 4 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 13 0
2000 26 NYM NL 39 12 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 7 4 2 57% 0 0 0 19 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2001 27 TOT AL 146 36 3 0 5 0 8 2 3 2 3 14 12 0 86% 4 1 0 66 2 2 50% 2 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 4 0
2001 27 BOS AL 102 25 2 0 3 0 7 2 1 1 2 12 10 0 83% 2 1 0 45 0 2 0% 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 3 0
2001 27 CHW AL 44 11 1 0 2 0 1 0 2 1 1 2 2 0 100% 2 0 0 21 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2005 31 STL NL 19 5 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 67% 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
6 Seasons 1452 361 64 7 44 0 40 33 11 19 25 96 53 9 55% 18 9 5 574 22 9 71% 18 7 4 1 0 1 6 3 38 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+
1995 21 5 7 .417 3.98 17 17 0 2 0 0 126.2 122 58 56 11 45 0 81 4 1 2 530 102 1.318 8.7 0.8 3.2 5.8 1.80 102
1996 22 5 7 .417 3.98 17 17 0 2 0 0 126.2 122 58 56 11 45 0 81 4 1 2 530 102 1.318 8.7 0.8 3.2 5.8 1.80 102
1997 23 5 7 .417 3.98 17 17 0 2 0 0 126.2 122 58 56 11 45 0 81 4 1 2 530 102 1.318 8.7 0.8 3.2 5.8 1.80 102
1998 24 8 11 .421 4.39 43 28 2 2 0 0 199.0 208 99 97 19 76 4 132 5 3 4 850 94 1.427 9.4 0.9 3.4 6.0 1.74 94
1999 25 13 17 .433 4.87 62 44 3 2 0 0 286.1 308 164 155 38 112 6 174 7 3 8 1248 87 1.467 9.7 1.2 3.5 5.5 1.55 87
2000 26 13 19 .406 5.04 64 46 3 2 0 0 293.0 320 173 164 39 118 6 181 8 3 8 1287 84 1.495 9.8 1.2 3.6 5.6 1.53 84
2001 27 13 19 .406 5.13 101 46 11 2 0 0 323.0 356 196 184 44 139 6 201 11 3 9 1433 84 1.533 9.9 1.2 3.9 5.6 1.45 84
2002 28 13 19 .406 5.13 101 46 11 2 0 0 323.0 356 196 184 44 139 6 201 11 3 9 1433 84 1.533 9.9 1.2 3.9 5.6 1.45 84
2003 29 13 19 .406 5.13 101 46 11 2 0 0 323.0 356 196 184 44 139 6 201 11 3 9 1433 84 1.533 9.9 1.2 3.9 5.6 1.45 84
2004 30 13 19 .406 5.13 101 46 11 2 0 0 323.0 356 196 184 44 139 6 201 11 3 9 1433 84 1.533 9.9 1.2 3.9 5.6 1.45 84
2005 31 13 19 .406 5.15 106 46 13 2 0 0 327.0 361 199 187 44 141 7 202 11 3 9 1452 83 1.535 9.9 1.2 3.9 5.6 1.43 83

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
1995 21 7 8 .467 4.10 136.0 135 69 62 12 50 87 4 1.360 8.9 3.3 5.8 1.74 0.8 17
1998 24 3 4 .429 5.09 69.0 83 43 39 8 30 49 1 1.638 10.8 3.9 6.4 1.63 1.0 26
1999 25 3 6 .333 5.22 88.0 96 57 51 18 35 42 2 1.489 9.8 3.6 4.3 1.20 1.8 19
2000 26 0 0 10.29 7.0 11 9 8 1 6 7 1 2.429 14.1 7.7 9.0 1.17 1.3 2
2001 27 1 2 .333 5.90 29.0 36 21 19 5 21 19 3 1.966 11.2 6.5 5.9 0.90 1.6 37
2005 31 0 0 6.75 4.0 5 3 3 0 2 1 0 1.750 11.3 4.5 2.3 0.50 0.0 5
6 Seasons 14 20 .412 4.92 333.0 366 202 182 44 144 205 11 1.532 9.9 5.5 1.42 1.2 106

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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