Bill Renna

William Beneditto Renna (Big Bill)

Positions: Outfielder and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 218 lb.

Born: October 14, 1924 in Hanford, CA
Schools: University of San Francisco (San Francisco, CA), Santa Clara University (Santa Clara, CA)
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1949. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 14, 1953
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Yankees/RedSox 1953-1959

Final Game: May 20, 1959
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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
1949	24	NYY-min	C	76	330	330		127	18	6	21						.385	.385	.667	1.052		220							TWF · PION
1950	25	NYY-min	B,AAA	113	392	383	6	85	17	5	10	7	0		7	13	.222	.238	.371	.609		142	2	1	1				NFK,KCY · PIED,AA
1951	26	NYY-min	B,A,AAA	125	423	423	0	123	22	5	26	0	0		0	2	.291	.291	.551	.842		233		0	0				QUI,BNG,SFR · IIIL,EL,PCL
1952	27	NYY-min	AAA	110	458	414	67	122	20	8	28	90	5		37	88	.295	.362	.585	.947		242	8	7	0				KCY · AA
1953	28	NYY	AL	61	137	121	19	38	6	3	2	13	0	1	13	31	.314	.385	.463	.848	132	56	2	1	2			O7/89
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	NYY-min	AAA	87	356	301	63	94	16	3	20	76	2		47	47	.312	.407	.585	.992		176		4	0	4			RMD · IL
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

1957	32	BOS-min	Opn	138	530	484	73	136	17	3	29	105	1		34	72	.281	.334	.508	.842		246	12	7	0	5			SFR · PCL
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	CLE-min	AAA	92	334	299	27	70	19	3	5	34	0	1	26	50	.234	.300	.368	.668		110		3	4	2			SDG · PCL
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 Yrs				370	1035	918	123	219	36	10	28	119	2	7	99	166	.239	.315	.391	.707	91	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	91	157	7	3	4

KCA (3 yrs)				256	809	719	97	164	25	7	22	86	2	6	75	112	.228	.304	.374	.678	83	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	132	56	2	1	2

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
1953	28	NYY	AL	61	137	5	-1	0	-1	-2	2	0.2	4	5	0.5	.503	.501	0.6	-0.3	6	$	O7/89
1954	29	PHA	AL	123	474	-7	0	0	-3	-5	-15	-1.6	13	-2	-0.4	.487	.490	-0.1	-0.9	1	$	*9/87
1955	30	KCA	AL	100	284	-10	-1	1	1	-3	-12	-1.2	8	-4	-0.4	.488	.492	-0.6	-0.2	-5	$	9/7
1956	31	KCA	AL	33	51	-0	1	0	-1	-1	-1	-0.1	1	0	0.0	.496	.499	0.1	-0.2	1	$	7/9

1958	33	BOS	AL	39	62	3	0	-0	0	-0	3	0.3	2	5	0.5	.508	.502	0.4	0.0	4	$	7
1959	34	BOS	AL	14	27	-3	0	0	-1	-0	-4	-0.4	1	-3	-0.3	.471	.497	-0.3	-0.1	-3	$	/7
6 Seasons				370	1035	-13	-1	1	-4	-11	-27	-2.9	28	1	-0.1	.492	.497	0.1	-1.5	5	$

KCA (3 yrs)				256	809	-18	0	1	-3	-9	-28	-3.0	22	-6	-0.8	.488	.494	-0.6	-1.2	-3	$
BOS (2 yrs)				53	89	-0	0	-0	-0	-1	-1	-0.1	2	2	0.2	.498	.500	0.1	-0.1	2	$
NYY (1 yr)				61	137	5	-1	0	-1	-2	2	0.2	4	5	0.5	.503	.501	0.6	-0.3	6	$

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
1953	28	NYY	AL	137	88	21	6.4	99	.409	.314	.265	.385	.340	.463	.390	.848	.730	132	.660	5.4	0.5	.802	.248	.149	.0
1954	29	PHA	AL	474	342	47	3.7	100	.241	.232	.266	.302	.342	.379	.390	.681	.732	86	.435	-10.1	-1.0	.605	.239	.147	1.9
1955	30	KCA	AL	284	205	27	3.5	103	.230	.213	.266	.305	.346	.349	.397	.654	.743	76	.382	-9.4	-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 Yrs				1035	733	114	4.2	101	.262	.239	.266	.315	.343	.391	.394	.707	.737	91	.474	-14.2	-1.4	.637	.255	.153	3.7
162 Game Avg.				453	321	50	4.2	101	.262	.239	.266	.315	.343	.391	.394	.707	.737	91	.474	-14.2	-1.4	.637	.255	.153	2

KCA (3 yrs)				809	583	81	3.7	101	.241	.228	.267	.304	.344	.374	.393	.678	.737	83	.423	-19.6	-2.0	.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	99	.409	.314	.265	.385	.340	.463	.390	.848	.730	132	.660	5.4	0.5	.802	.248	.149	.0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1953	28	NYY	AL	137	1.5%	22.6%	9.5%	8.0%	29%	2.38	3.9	60.5	9.3	0.92	64%
1954	29	PHA	AL	474	2.7%	12.7%	8.7%	6.8%	33%	1.46	7.0	32.5	8.0	0.55	74%
1955	30	KCA	AL	284	2.5%	14.8%	10.9%	6.0%	32%	1.35	5.9	35.6	8.9	0.65	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 Yrs				1035	2.7%	16.0%	9.6%	7.2%	34%	1.68	5.5	32.8	7.7	0.66	70%
MLB Averages					2.3%	12.0%	9.1%	6.6%	29%	1.32	7.4	38.7	8.2	0.99	75%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1953	28	NYY	AL	5.2	0.5	133	0.3	2.4	-2.1	.98	0.8	-0.5	5.9	0.6	0.99	7.8	0.93	17
1954	29	PHA	AL	-9.5	-1.0	473	-0.0	8.2	-8.2	1.05	-0.0	0.0	-3.4	-0.3	0.98	-1.9	2.60	7
1955	30	KCA	AL	-9.4	-0.9	283	-0.6	4.5	-5.2	1.05	-0.5	-0.1	-6.2	-0.6	0.96	-6.8	1.63	23
1956	31	KCA	AL	-0.2	-0.0	53	-0.4	0.5	-0.9	.89	-0.1	-0.3	-0.3	-0.0	0.94	0.0	1.30	9

1958	33	BOS	AL	3.0	0.3	62	0.9	2.4	-1.5	1.53	0.5	0.1	5.7	0.6	1.06	4.0	2.02	25
1959	34	BOS	AL	-3.0	-0.3	28	-0.3	0.3	-0.6	1.19	-0.2	-0.0	-2.2	-0.2	0.96	-2.2	1.76	8
6 Yrs				-13.9	-1.4	1032	-0.2	18.3	-18.5	1.07	0.4	-0.6	-0.6	-0.1	0.98	0.8	1.66	89

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1953	28	NYY	AL	1	0	34%	78	0	1	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	28%	12	12	0	0	0	0	6	1	5
1954	29	PHA	AL	8	0	30%	158	1	3	25%	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	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 Yrs				11	0	32%	371	2	7	22%	2	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	11	45%	50	39	11	12	4	8	31	6	23

Situational Hitting*

						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
1953	28	NYY	AL	137	79%	38			17	5	0	1	0.93	2	0	3	0	2	0	2	0	2	2	100%	32	2	6%	15	4	27%	82	11	13%	6	2	33%	3	0	0%	0
1954	29	PHA	AL	474	22%	98			7	2	0	1	2.60	13	0	14	8	5	5	8	0	4	4	100%	100	7	7%	43	12	28%	302	44	15%	21	9	43%	17	10	59%	0
1955	30	KCA	AL	284	50%	53			23	4	0	3	1.63	7	0	6	4	3	5	2	0	2	2	100%	68	4	6%	28	5	18%	182	21	12%	8	7	88%	18	8	44%	0
1956	31	KCA	AL	51	27%	13			9	2	1	2	1.30	2	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0		10	1	10%	3	0	0%	28	3	11%	1	1	100%	0	0		0

1958	33	BOS	AL	62	56%	15			25	7	1	4	2.02	4	0	2	3	1	0	4	0	0	0		14	1	7%	9	1	11%	54	14	26%	6	2	33%	3	0	0%	0
1959	34	BOS	AL	27	30%	2			8	1	0	1	1.76	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0%	2	0	0%	19	2	11%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
6 Yrs				1035	40%	219			89	21	2	12	1.66	28	0	26	16	12	11	17	0	8	8	100%	227	15	7%	100	22	22%	667	95	14%	43	21	49%	42	18	43%	0
MLB Averages					49%																			79%			11%			31%			14%			50%			54%

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
1953	28	61	137	121	19	38	6	3	2	13	0	1	13	31	.314	.385	.463	.848	132	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	90	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	90	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	91	359	15	6	8	4	1

Neutralized Batting

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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
1953	28	64	145	128	20	41	6	3	2	14	0	14	32	.320	.392	.461	.853	23	61
1954	29	129	499	444	57	105	16	4	14	58	1	44	63	.236	.307	.385	.692	52	123
1955	30	105	296	260	34	55	7	3	7	29	0	32	44	.212	.303	.342	.645	27	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	4	3	0	0	0	4	0	8	9	.125	.344	.125	.469	1	14
6 Yrs		388	1091	966	133	234	37	10	29	129	2	107	173	.242	.320	.391	.712	121	370
162 Game Avg.		162	456	403	56	98	15	4	12	54	1	45	72	.242	.320	.391	.712	51	370

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Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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