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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1953 NYY AL 28 OF 40 58 57 0 1 0 .983 1.43 .981 2.18 32-5-3
1954 PHA AL 29 OF 115 113 977.0 246 226 13 7 5 .972 -2.7 -3.3 -3.7 -1.0 -2.7 1 2.20 2.08 .979 2.39 2.17
1954 PHA AL 29 RF 114 111 968.0 242 223 12 7 5 .971 -2.7 -3.3 -2.7 -0.1 -2.6 0 2.18 2.06 .975 2.05 1.82
1954 PHA AL 29 CF 1 1 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -120.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.60
1954 PHA AL 29 LF 1 1 8.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.1 15.0 -0.9 -0.9 0.0 1 1.12 1.00 1.000 2.25 1.90
1955 KCA AL 30 OF 79 62 540.2 124 118 5 1 2 .992 1.2 2.7 0.2 0.5 -0.3 1 2.05 1.56 .981 2.40 2.08
1955 KCA AL 30 RF 72 61 517.2 127 120 6 1 2 .992 1.9 4.4 0.9 1.0 -0.1 1 2.19 1.75 .981 2.05 1.73
1955 KCA AL 30 LF 8 1 23.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -0.7 -36.5 -0.7 -0.5 -0.2 0 1.17 0.38 .967 2.27 1.78
1956 KCA AL 31 OF 25 7 104.2 20 18 1 1 0 .950 -1.3 -14.9 -1.3 0.1 -1.5 0 1.63 0.76 .980 2.34 2.04
1956 KCA AL 31 LF 22 6 89.2 17 15 1 1 0 .941 -1.7 -22.8 -1.7 0.0 -1.8 0 1.61 0.73 .976 2.10 1.69
1956 KCA AL 31 RF 3 1 15.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.4 32.0 0.4 0.1 0.3 0 1.80 1.00 .967 2.10 1.80
1958 BOS AL 33 LF 11 9 66.1 18 18 0 0 0 1.000 0.5 9.0 0.5 0.3 0.2 0 2.44 1.64 .978 2.09 1.62
1958 BOS AL 33 OF 11 9 66.1 17 17 0 0 0 1.000 0.5 9.0 0.5 0.3 0.2 0 2.31 1.55 .982 2.27 1.94
1959 BOS AL 34 LF 7 5 40.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 -0.6 -18.0 -0.6 -0.6 0.0 0 0.90 0.57 .975 2.07 1.69
1959 BOS AL 34 OF 7 5 40.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 -0.6 -18.0 -0.6 -0.6 0.0 0 1.12 0.71 .980 2.23 1.96
6 Seasons OF 277 196 1728.2 470 441 19 10 7 .979 -2.9 -2.0 -4.9 -0.7 -4.3 2 2.39 1.66 .980 2.38 2.12 81-6-192
3 Seasons (incomplete) RF 189 173 1500.2 372 346 18 8 7 .978 -0.4 -0.3 -1.4 1.0 -2.4 1 2.18 1.93 .977 2.05 1.79
5 Seasons (incomplete) LF 49 22 227.0 43 40 2 1 0 .977 -2.4 -12.7 -3.4 -1.7 -1.8 1 1.67 0.86 .977 2.11 1.69
1 Season (incomplete) CF 1 1 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -120.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.60
6 Seasons TOT 277 196 1728.2 470 441 19 10 7 .979 -2.9 -2.0 -4.9 -0.7 -4.3 2 2.39 1.66 .959 2.38 2.12 81-6-192

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1953 NYY AL 28 61 61 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 5 3 40
1954 PHA AL 29 123 113 123 123 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 114 115 10 0
1955 KCA AL 30 100 62 100 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 72 79 24 2
1956 KCA AL 31 33 7 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 0 3 25 10 6
1958 BOS AL 33 39 9 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 11 30 0
1959 BOS AL 34 14 5 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 7 8 1
6 Seasons 370 196 370 370 0 0 0 0 0 0 81 6 192 277 82 9
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1954 PHA AL 29 7 0 5 2 0 12 0 5 2 3 39 20 0 31 10 1 17 6 1 21 2 1 21 15 3 129 53 41.1% 70 6 4.7% 6 4391 63% 80% 29% 408 55%
1955 KCA AL 30 1 0 1 0 0 5 0 0 1 3 18 11 1 18 2 2 10 5 0 10 3 1 10 10 0 66 31 47.0% 31 4 6.1% 1 2383 64% 77% 29% 212 57%
1956 KCA AL 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 58 66% 91% 31% 7 43%
3 Seasons 8 0 6 2 0 17 0 5 3 6 57 31 1 49 12 3 27 11 1 31 5 2 31 25 3 195 84 43.1% 101 10 5.1% 7 6832 63% 79% 29% 627 56%
MLB Averages 43.3% 3.2% 62% 79% 29% 53%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1954 PHA AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 0 1 100.0% 0 39 54% 67% 21% 1 100%
1955 KCA AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 5 3 60.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 105 77% 78% 21% 12 25%
1956 KCA AL 31 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 25.0% 3 0 0.0% 1 423 65% 74% 24% 33 48%
1958 BOS AL 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 9 5 55.6% 4 0 0.0% 0 281 59% 80% 26% 31 58%
1959 BOS AL 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 166 53% 79% 30% 9 44%
5 Seasons 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 6 4 0 6 1 1 4 2 0 3 1 0 1 1 0 20 9 45.0% 10 1 5.0% 1 1014 62% 77% 25% 86 49%
MLB Averages 56.5% 2.4% 62% 79% 29% 48%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1954 PHA AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 100% 100% 75% 1 0%
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 100% 100% 75% 1 0%
MLB Averages 43.5% 2.2% 62% 79% 29% 58%

* 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.

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