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Bill Regan

William Wright Regan

Position: Second Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 155 lb.

Born: January 23, 1899 in Pittsburgh, PA (All Transactions)
Debut: June 2, 1926
Teams (by GP): RedSox/Pirates 1926-1931

Final Game: June 14, 1931
Died: June 11, 1968 in Pittsburgh, PA
Buried: Calvary Cemetery, Pittsburgh, PA
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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
1926 27 BOS AL 108 441 403 40 106 21 3 4 34 6 3 23 37 .263 .309 .360 .669 77 145 4 11 *4
1927 28 BOS AL 129 512 468 43 128 37 10 2 66 10 10 26 51 .274 .315 .408 .723 89 191 2 16 *4 MVP-22
1928 29 BOS AL 138 554 511 53 135 30 6 7 75 9 6 21 40 .264 .296 .387 .683 81 198 2 21 *4/O9 MVP-25
1929 30 BOS AL 104 406 371 38 107 27 7 1 54 7 5 22 38 .288 .328 .407 .735 90 151 0 13 45/3
1930 31 BOS AL 134 543 507 54 135 35 10 3 53 4 2 25 60 .266 .303 .393 .696 79 199 2 9 *4/5
1931 32 PIT NL 28 113 104 8 21 8 0 1 10 2 5 19 .202 .239 .308 .546 47 32 0 4 4
6 Yrs 641 2569 2364 236 632 158 36 18 292 38 26 122 245 .267 .306 .387 .694 81 916 10 74
162 Game Avg. 162 649 597 60 160 40 9 5 74 10 31 62 .267 .306 .387 .694 81 232 3 19
BOS (5 yrs) 613 2456 2260 228 611 150 36 17 282 36 26 117 226 .270 .309 .391 .700 83 884 10 70
PIT (1 yr) 28 113 104 8 21 8 0 1 10 2 5 19 .202 .239 .308 .546 47 32 0 4
AL (5 yrs) 613 2456 2260 228 611 150 36 17 282 36 26 117 226 .270 .309 .391 .700 83 884 10 70
NL (1 yr) 28 113 104 8 21 8 0 1 10 2 5 19 .202 .239 .308 .546 47 32 0 4

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 Awards
1926 27 BOS AL 108 441 -14 1 0 -1 4 -11 -1.1 14 3 0.3 .490 .493 0.4 0.3 4 $ *4
1927 28 BOS AL 129 512 -11 -2 0 -7 4 -16 -1.5 16 1 0.1 .488 .491 0.8 -0.3 8 $ *4 MVP-22
1928 29 BOS AL 138 554 -15 0 0 -1 4 -12 -1.2 18 6 0.6 .491 .493 0.6 0.4 7 $ *4/O9 MVP-25
1929 30 BOS AL 104 406 -6 0 0 -3 3 -6 -0.6 13 7 0.7 .494 .496 0.9 0.0 10 $ 45/3
1930 31 BOS AL 134 543 -18 1 0 6 4 -7 -0.7 17 10 1.0 .495 .496 0.5 0.9 4 $ *4/5
1931 32 PIT NL 28 113 -8 0 0 -1 1 -8 -0.9 3 -5 -0.6 .470 .495 -0.4 -0.0 -4 $ 4
6 Seasons 641 2569 -73 -0 0 -7 21 -59 -5.8 81 21 2.1 .491 .494 2.8 1.3 28 $
BOS (5 yrs) 613 2456 -65 -0 0 -6 20 -51 -5.0 77 26 2.7 .492 .494 3.2 1.3 32 $
PIT (1 yr) 28 113 -8 0 0 -1 1 -8 -0.9 3 -5 -0.6 .470 .495 -0.4 -0.0 -4 $

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
1926 27 BOS AL 441 311 44 3.8 106 .282 .263 .285 .309 .356 .360 .399 .669 .755 77 .401 -14.4 -1.4 .583 .161 .097 4.8
1927 28 BOS AL 512 366 57 4.2 108 .304 .274 .289 .315 .357 .408 .406 .723 .763 89 .429 -9.3 -0.9 .626 .190 .135 3.3
1928 29 BOS AL 554 403 57 3.8 105 .276 .264 .284 .296 .348 .387 .403 .683 .751 81 .398 -15.4 -1.5 .586 .170 .123 7.9
1929 30 BOS AL 406 282 49 4.6 110 .319 .288 .288 .328 .354 .407 .416 .735 .771 90 .470 -5.8 -0.6 .651 .183 .119 1.8
1930 31 BOS AL 543 383 60 4.2 111 .297 .266 .289 .303 .352 .393 .424 .696 .777 79 .395 -17.0 -1.6 .610 .179 .126 3.4
1931 32 PIT NL 113 87 8 2.4 102 .238 .202 .283 .239 .341 .308 .399 .546 .741 47 .240 -7.8 -0.8 .470 .173 .106 1.3
6 Yrs 2569 1832 275 4.0 108 .292 .267 .287 .306 .353 .387 .409 .694 .762 81 .409 -69.6 -6.7 .603 .177 .120 24.4
162 Game Avg. 649 463 70 4.0 108 .292 .267 .287 .306 .353 .387 .409 .694 .762 81 .409 -69.6 -6.7 .603 .177 .120 6
BOS (5 yrs) 2456 1745 267 4.1 108 .294 .270 .287 .309 .353 .391 .410 .700 .763 83 .417 -61.8 -5.9 .610 .177 .121 23.1
PIT (1 yr) 113 87 8 2.4 102 .238 .202 .283 .239 .341 .308 .399 .546 .741 47 .240 -7.8 -0.8 .470 .173 .106 1.3
AL (5 yrs) 2456 1745 267 4.1 108 .294 .270 .287 .309 .353 .391 .410 .700 .763 83 .417 -61.8 -5.9 .610 .177 .121 23.1
NL (1 yr) 113 87 8 2.4 102 .238 .202 .283 .239 .341 .308 .399 .546 .741 47 .240 -7.8 -0.8 .470 .173 .106 1.3

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1926 27 BOS AL 441 0.9% 8.4% 5.2% 6.4% 26% 1.61 10.9 100.8 11.9 82%
1927 28 BOS AL 512 0.4% 10.0% 5.1% 9.6% 38% 1.96 9.2 234.0 7.1 81%
1928 29 BOS AL 554 1.3% 7.2% 3.8% 7.8% 32% 1.90 12.8 73.0 6.8 84%
1929 30 BOS AL 406 0.3% 9.4% 5.4% 8.6% 33% 1.73 9.8 371.0 6.9 82%
1930 31 BOS AL 543 0.6% 11.1% 4.6% 8.8% 36% 2.40 8.5 169.0 9.6 82%
1931 32 PIT NL 113 0.9% 16.8% 4.4% 8.0% 43% 3.80 5.5 104.0 10.4 74%
6 Yrs 2569 0.7% 9.5% 4.8% 8.3% 34% 2.01 9.6 131.3 8.1 82%
MLB Averages 1.2% 7.6% 8.0% 7.0% 28% 0.94 11.7 74.5 7.6 80%

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
1926 27 108 441 403 40 106 21 3 4 34 6 3 23 37 .263 .309 .360 .669 77 145 4 11
1927 28 237 953 871 83 234 58 13 6 100 16 13 49 88 .269 .312 .386 .698 83 336 6 27
1928 29 375 1507 1382 136 369 88 19 13 175 25 19 70 128 .267 .306 .386 .693 83 534 8 48
1929 30 479 1913 1753 174 476 115 26 14 229 32 24 92 166 .272 .311 .391 .702 84 685 8 61
1930 31 613 2456 2260 228 611 150 36 17 282 36 26 117 226 .270 .309 .391 .700 83 884 10 70
1931 32 641 2569 2364 236 632 158 36 18 292 38 26 122 245 .267 .306 .387 .694 81 916 10 74

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1926 27 114 462 422 41 110 22 3 4 35 6 24 39 .261 .307 .355 .662 45 108
1927 28 135 528 483 42 128 37 10 2 64 10 26 53 .265 .305 .395 .701 57 129
1928 29 145 581 535 54 139 31 6 7 76 9 22 42 .260 .292 .379 .671 59 138
1929 30 110 423 387 37 107 27 7 1 52 7 22 40 .276 .315 .390 .706 48 104
1930 31 141 555 520 48 129 33 10 3 48 4 24 63 .248 .284 .367 .651 54 134
1931 32 29 119 110 9 23 9 0 1 11 2 5 20 .209 .243 .318 .562 8 28
6 Yrs 674 2668 2457 231 636 159 36 18 286 38 123 257 .259 .297 .375 .672 271 641
162 Game Avg. 162 641 591 56 153 38 9 4 69 9 30 62 .259 .297 .375 .672 65 641

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1927 AL (22, 3%)
1928 AL (25, 2%)
0.05 Career Shares (1113th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1930 AL  0.9 (6th)

Doubles s c a p y
1927 AL  37 (9th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1927 AL  51 (7th)
1930 AL  60 (7th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1927 AL  10 (9th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 2 (2156), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 2 (2147), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 3 (2531), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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