Bill Renna
William Beneditto Renna (Big Bill)
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 218 lb.

Born: October 14, 1924 in Hanford, CA
Schools: University of San Francisco, Santa Clara University
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1949. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 14, 1953
Final Game: May 20, 1959
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Standard Batting

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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
1953 28 NYY AL 61 137 121 19 38 6 3 2 13 0 1 13 31 .314 .385 .463 .848 131 56 2 1 2 O
1954 29 PHA AL 123 474 422 52 98 15 4 13 53 1 3 41 60 .232 .302 .379 .681 86 160 7 3 4 4 *9/87
1955 30 KCA AL 100 284 249 33 53 7 3 7 28 0 3 31 42 .213 .305 .349 .654 76 87 4 2 2 0 0 9/7
1956 31 KCA AL 33 51 48 12 13 3 0 2 5 1 0 3 10 .271 .314 .458 .772 102 22 1 0 0 0 0 7/9
1958 33 BOS AL 39 62 56 5 15 5 0 4 18 0 0 6 14 .268 .339 .571 .910 140 32 1 0 0 0 1 7
1959 34 BOS AL 14 27 22 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 9 .091 .259 .091 .350 -1 2 0 0 0 0 0 /7
6 Seasons 370 1035 918 123 219 36 10 28 119 2 7 99 166 .239 .315 .391 .707 92 359 15 6 8 4 1
162 Game Avg. 162 453 402 54 96 16 4 12 52 1 3 43 73 .239 .315 .391 .707 92 157 7 3 4
KCA (3 yrs) 256 809 719 97 164 25 7 22 86 2 6 75 112 .228 .304 .374 .678 84 269 12 5 6 4 0
BOS (2 yrs) 53 89 78 7 17 5 0 4 20 0 0 11 23 .218 .315 .436 .751 100 34 1 0 0 0 1
NYY (1 yr) 61 137 121 19 38 6 3 2 13 0 1 13 31 .314 .385 .463 .848 131 56 2 1 2

Advanced Batting

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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
1953 28 NYY AL 137 88 21 6.4 100 .409 .314 .266 .385 .342 .463 .392 .848 .733 131 .660 5.2 0.5 .802 .248 .149 .0
1954 29 PHA AL 474 342 47 3.7 99 .241 .232 .265 .302 .341 .379 .388 .681 .729 86 .435 -9.5 -1.0 .605 .239 .147 1.9
1955 30 KCA AL 284 205 27 3.5 102 .230 .213 .266 .305 .346 .349 .397 .654 .743 76 .382 -9.3 -0.9 .576 .249 .137 .0
1956 31 KCA AL 51 36 7 5.2 106 .306 .271 .267 .314 .349 .458 .408 .772 .757 102 .536 -0.2 -0.0 .722 .271 .188 1.3
1958 33 BOS AL 62 42 11 7.0 103 .289 .268 .268 .339 .338 .571 .408 .910 .746 140 .710 3.0 0.3 .905 .411 .304 .0
1959 34 BOS AL 27 20 1 1.3 102 .154 .091 .265 .259 .337 .091 .405 .350 .742 -1 .102 -3.0 -0.3 .350 .227 .000
6 Seasons 1035 733 114 4.2 101 .262 .239 .266 .315 .342 .391 .393 .707 .736 92 .474 -13.8 -1.4 .637 .255 .153 3.7
162 Game Avg. 453 321 50 4.2 101 .262 .239 .266 .315 .342 .391 .393 .707 .736 92 .474 -13.8 -1.4 .637 .255 .153 2
KCA (3 yrs) 809 583 81 3.7 101 .241 .228 .266 .304 .343 .374 .392 .678 .735 84 .423 -19.0 -1.9 .602 .245 .146 3.7
BOS (2 yrs) 89 62 12 5.2 103 .255 .218 .267 .315 .338 .436 .407 .751 .745 100 .582 -0.0 -0.0 .726 .359 .218 .0
NYY (1 yr) 137 88 21 6.4 100 .409 .314 .266 .385 .342 .463 .392 .848 .733 131 .660 5.2 0.5 .802 .248 .149 .0

Ratio Batting*

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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
1953 28 NYY AL 137 1.5% 22.6% 9.5% 8.0% 29% 2.38 3.9 60.5 9.3 64%
1954 29 PHA AL 474 2.7% 12.7% 8.7% 6.8% 33% 1.46 7.0 32.5 8.0 0.56 74%
1955 30 KCA AL 284 2.5% 14.8% 10.9% 6.0% 32% 1.35 5.9 35.6 8.9 0.64 70%
1956 31 KCA AL 51 3.9% 19.6% 5.9% 9.8% 39% 3.33 4.8 24.0 9.6 1.60 71%
1958 33 BOS AL 62 6.5% 22.6% 9.7% 14.5% 60% 2.33 4.0 14.0 3.1 0.87 61%
1959 34 BOS AL 27 0.0% 33.3% 18.5% 0.0% 0% 1.80 2.4 11.0 0.83 48%
6 Seasons 1035 2.7% 16.0% 9.6% 7.2% 34% 1.68 5.5 32.8 7.7 0.64 70%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1954 29 PHA AL 8 0 30% 158 1 3 25% 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 53% 18 14 4 5 1 4 15 1 12
1955 30 KCA AL 1 0 33% 83 0 3 0% 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 35% 17 13 4 6 3 3 6 3 3
1956 31 KCA AL 0 0 71% 25 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 100% 2 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 3
1958 33 BOS AL 1 0 6% 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 34 BOS AL 0 0 29% 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 50% 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0
6 Seasons 10 0 32% 293 2 7 22% 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 8 49% 38 27 11 12 4 8 25 5 18
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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
1954 29 PHA AL 460 22% 98 5 2 0 1 2.56 13 0 13 8 5 5 8 0 4 4 100% 98 7 7% 42 12 29% 291 44 15% 21 9 43% 24 8 33% 14
1955 30 KCA AL 279 51% 53 22 4 0 3 1.63 7 0 6 4 3 5 2 0 2 2 100% 68 4 6% 28 5 18% 180 21 12% 8 7 88% 18 4 22% 5
1956 31 KCA AL 51 27% 13 9 2 1 2 1.33 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 10 1 10% 3 0 0% 28 3 11% 1 1 100% 2 0 0% 0
1958 33 BOS AL 62 56% 15 25 7 1 4 2.03 4 0 2 3 1 0 4 0 0 0 14 1 7% 9 1 11% 54 14 26% 6 2 33% 6 0 0% 0
1959 34 BOS AL 27 30% 2 8 1 0 1 1.81 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 2 0 0% 19 2 11% 1 0 0% 3 1 33% 0
6 Seasons 879 34% 219 69 16 2 11 1.82 28 0 22 16 10 11 15 0 6 8 133% 193 15 8% 84 18 21% 572 84 15% 37 19 51% 53 13 25% 19
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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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
1953 28 61 137 121 19 38 6 3 2 13 0 1 13 31 .314 .385 .463 .848 131 56 2 1 2
1954 29 184 611 543 71 136 21 7 15 66 1 4 54 91 .250 .321 .398 .718 96 216 9 4 6 4
1955 30 284 895 792 104 189 28 10 22 94 1 7 85 133 .239 .316 .383 .698 90 303 13 6 8 4 0
1956 31 317 946 840 116 202 31 10 24 99 2 7 88 143 .240 .316 .387 .702 91 325 14 6 8 4 0
1957 32 317 946 840 116 202 31 10 24 99 2 7 88 143 .240 .316 .387 .702 91 325 14 6 8 4 0
1958 33 356 1008 896 121 217 36 10 28 117 2 7 94 157 .242 .317 .398 .715 94 357 15 6 8 4 1
1959 34 370 1035 918 123 219 36 10 28 119 2 7 99 166 .239 .315 .391 .707 92 359 15 6 8 4 1

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1953 28 64 140 126 20 39 6 3 2 14 0 13 32 .310 .379 .452 .831 22 61
1954 29 129 495 444 58 105 16 4 14 59 1 44 63 .236 .307 .385 .692 52 123
1955 30 105 297 262 35 57 8 3 8 29 0 33 44 .218 .310 .363 .672 28 100
1956 31 34 54 51 13 14 3 0 2 5 1 3 10 .275 .315 .451 .766 7 33
1958 33 41 65 59 5 16 5 0 4 19 0 6 15 .271 .338 .559 .898 11 39
1959 34 15 32 24 2 3 0 0 0 2 0 8 9 .125 .344 .125 .469 1 14
6 Seasons 388 1083 966 133 234 38 10 30 128 2 107 173 .242 .320 .395 .716 121 370
162 Game Avg. 162 452 403 56 98 16 4 13 53 1 45 72 .242 .320 .395 .716 51 370

* 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.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 5 (2537), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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