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 Fielding

Adv Fielding w/ run summary

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards
1953	NYY	AL	28	OF	40	29	17	259.1	58	57	0	1	0	.983	-1	-5	1.98	1.43	.981	2.43	2.41
1953	NYY	AL	28	LF	32	26	15	221.0	46	45	0	1	0	.978	-1	-5	1.83	1.41	.973	2.22	2.21
1953	NYY	AL	28	CF	5	3	2	29.0	10	10	0	0	0	1.000	0	0	3.10	2.00	.984	2.95	2.96
1953	NYY	AL	28	RF	3	0	0	9.1	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	0	0	0.96	0.33	.980	2.12	2.07
1954	PHA	AL	29	OF	115	113	108	977.0	246	226	13	7	5	.972	-3	-3	2.20	2.08	.979	2.39	2.37
1954	PHA	AL	29	RF	114	111	107	968.0	242	223	12	7	5	.971	-3	-3	2.18	2.06	.975	2.05	2.03
1954	PHA	AL	29	CF	1	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0		-0	-120	0.00	0.00		2.70	2.80
1954	PHA	AL	29	LF	1	1	1	8.0	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	0	15	1.12	1.00	.980	2.25	2.20
1955	KCA	AL	30	OF	79	62	45	540.2	124	118	5	1	2	.992	1	3	2.05	1.56	.982	2.40	2.38
1955	KCA	AL	30	RF	72	61	44	517.2	125	119	5	1	2	.992	2	4	2.16	1.72	.981	2.05	2.03
1955	KCA	AL	30	LF	8	1	1	23.0	3	3	0	0	0	1.000	-1	-37	1.17	0.38	.980	2.27	2.25
1956	KCA	AL	31	OF	25	7	6	104.2	20	18	1	1	0	.950	-1	-15	1.63	0.76	.979	2.34	2.32
1956	KCA	AL	31	LF	22	6	5	89.2	17	15	1	1	0	.941	-2	-23	1.61	0.73	.977	2.10	2.09
1956	KCA	AL	31	RF	3	1	1	15.0	3	3	0	0	0	1.000	0	32	1.80	1.00	.973	2.10	2.07
1958	BOS	AL	33	LF	11	9	4	66.1	18	18	0	0	0	1.000	0	9	2.44	1.64	.979	2.09	2.07
1958	BOS	AL	33	OF	11	9	4	66.1	17	17	0	0	0	1.000	0	9	2.31	1.55	.982	2.27	2.25
1959	BOS	AL	34	LF	7	5	2	40.0	5	5	0	0	0	1.000	-1	-18	1.12	0.71	.980	2.07	2.04
1959	BOS	AL	34	OF	7	5	2	40.0	5	5	0	0	0	1.000	-1	-18	1.12	0.71	.980	2.23	2.21
	6 Seasons			OF	277	225	182	1988.0	470	441	19	10	7	.979	-4	-2	2.08	1.66	.980	2.39	2.37
	4 Seasons			RF	192	173	152	1510.0	371	346	17	8	7	.978	-0	-0	2.16	1.89	.977	2.05	2.03
	6 Seasons			LF	81	48	28	448.0	90	86	2	2	0	.978	-3	-9	1.77	1.09	.976	2.17	2.15
	2 Seasons			CF	6	4	2	30.0	10	10	0	0	0	1.000	-0	-4	3.00	1.67	.984	2.94	2.93
	6 Seasons			TOT	277	225	182	1988.0	470	441	19	10	7	.979	-4	-2	2.08	1.66	.980	2.39	2.37
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

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Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
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Sabermetric Fielding

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzhm	Rtzrd	Rof
1953	NYY	AL	28	LF	-1	-5	-1	1	-2	0
1953	NYY	AL	28	CF	0	0	0	0	0	0
1953	NYY	AL	28	RF	0	0	0	0	0	0
1954	PHA	AL	29	RF	-3	-3	-3	-3	-0	0
1954	PHA	AL	29	CF	-0	-120	-0	-0	0	0
1954	PHA	AL	29	LF	0	15	-1	0	-1	1
1955	KCA	AL	30	RF	2	4	1	-0	1	1
1955	KCA	AL	30	LF	-1	-37	-1	-0	-0	0
1956	KCA	AL	31	LF	-2	-23	-2	-2	0	0
1956	KCA	AL	31	RF	0	32	0	0	0	0
1958	BOS	AL	33	LF	0	9	0	0	0	0
1959	BOS	AL	34	LF	-1	-18	-1	0	-1	0
	4 Seasons			RF	-0	-0	-1	-2	1	1
	6 Seasons			LF	-3	-9	-4	-1	-4	1
	2 Seasons			CF	-0	-4	-0	-0	0	0
	6 Seasons			TOT	-4	-2	-6	-3	-3	2

Appearances

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	GS	Batting	Defense	LF	CF	RF	OF	PH	PR
1953	NYY	AL	28	61	29	61	40	32	5	3	40	20	2
1954	PHA	AL	29	123	113	123	115	1	1	114	115	10	0
1955	KCA	AL	30	100	62	100	79	8	0	72	79	24	2
1956	KCA	AL	31	33	7	33	25	22	0	3	25	10	6
1958	BOS	AL	33	39	9	39	11	11	0	0	11	30	0
1959	BOS	AL	34	14	5	14	7	7	0	0	7	8	1
	6 Seasons			370	225	370	277	81	6	192	277	102	11

Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

				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%
1953	NYY	AL	28	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	40	63%	60%	38%	2	50%
1954	PHA	AL	29	7	0	5	2	0	12	0	5	2	3	50	23	0	31	10	1	17	6	1	21	2	1	32	24	3	151	65	43.0%	80	6	4.0%	6	4327	64%	83%	30%	412	56%
1955	KCA	AL	30	1	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	1	3	28	15	1	18	2	2	10	5	0	10	3	1	15	14	0	81	39	48.1%	38	4	4.9%	0	2334	65%	79%	30%	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	57	67%	93%	32%	7	43%
	4 Seasons			8	0	6	2	0	16	0	5	3	6	78	38	1	49	12	3	27	11	1	31	5	2	47	38	3	232	104	44.8%	118	10	4.3%	6	6758	65%	81%	30%	633	56%
	MLB Averages																														42.7%			3.3%			64%	81%	30%		54%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

				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%
1953	NYY	AL	28	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	8	0	3	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	3	2	0	17	11	64.7%	6	0	0.0%	0	834	63%	85%	30%	97	43%
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	2	1	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	6	3	50.0%	3	0	0.0%	0	100	81%	82%	22%	12	25%
1956	KCA	AL	31	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	6	2	33.3%	4	0	0.0%	1	415	67%	75%	24%	33	48%
1958	BOS	AL	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	4	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	2	1	0	1	1	0	11	7	63.6%	4	0	0.0%	0	273	61%	82%	27%	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	167	53%	80%	31%	10	50%
	6 Seasons			2	0	2	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	17	13	0	9	2	1	6	2	0	4	1	0	6	5	0	42	23	54.8%	18	1	2.4%	1	1828	64%	81%	28%	184	46%
	MLB Averages																														58.1%			2.6%			64%	81%	30%		49%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

				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%
1953	NYY	AL	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	0	10	5	50.0%	5	0	0.0%	0	119	65%	82%	34%	17	53%
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%
	2 Seasons			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	0	10	5	50.0%	5	0	0.0%	0	123	66%	83%	35%	18	50%
	MLB Averages																														44.8%			2.5%			64%	81%	30%		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 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Def. Games as RF (s.1954) s c a p y 1954 AL 114 (4th)	Putouts as RF (s.1954) s c a p y 1954 AL 223 (3rd)	Assists as RF (s.1954) s c a p y 1954 AL 12 (3rd)	Errors Committed as RF (s.1954) s c a p y 1954 AL 7 (3rd)
Range Factor/9Inn as RF (s.1954)† s c a p y 1954 AL 2.18 (3rd)	Range Factor/Game as RF (s.1954) s c a p y 1954 AL 2.06 (3rd)

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