Bill Risley
William Charles Risley
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 215 lb.

Born: May 29, 1967 in Chicago, IL
Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 14th round of the 1987 amateur draft.
Signed June 4, 1987. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 8, 1992
Final Game: September 26, 1998
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1992 25 MON NL 1 0 1.000 1.80 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.0 4 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 19 193 1.000 7.2 0.0 1.8 3.6 2.00
1993 26 MON NL 0 0 6.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 3.0 2 3 2 1 2 0 2 1 0 0 14 70 1.333 6.0 3.0 6.0 6.0 1.00
1994 27 SEA AL 9 6 .600 3.44 37 0 7 0 0 0 52.1 31 20 20 7 19 4 61 0 0 2 203 143 0.955 5.3 1.2 3.3 10.5 3.21 RoY-4
1995 28 SEA AL 2 1 .667 3.13 45 0 5 0 0 1 60.1 55 21 21 7 18 1 65 1 0 2 249 152 1.210 8.2 1.0 2.7 9.7 3.61
1996 29 TOR AL 0 1 .000 3.89 25 0 11 0 0 0 41.2 33 20 18 7 25 0 29 0 0 1 177 129 1.392 7.1 1.5 5.4 6.3 1.16
1997 30 TOR AL 0 1 .000 8.31 3 0 1 0 0 0 4.1 3 4 4 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 18 54 1.154 6.2 4.2 4.2 4.2 1.00
1998 31 TOR AL 3 4 .429 5.27 44 0 18 0 0 0 54.2 52 37 32 7 34 4 42 4 1 3 245 87 1.573 8.6 1.2 5.6 6.9 1.24
7 Seasons 15 13 .536 3.98 157 1 43 0 0 1 221.1 180 106 98 31 101 9 203 6 1 8 925 120 1.270 7.3 1.3 4.1 8.3 2.01
162 Game Avg. 6 6 .536 3.98 68 0 19 0 0 0 95 77 46 42 13 43 4 87 3 0 3 398 120 1.270 7.3 1.3 4.1 8.3 2.01
TOR (3 yrs) 3 6 .333 4.83 72 0 30 0 0 0 100.2 88 61 54 16 61 4 73 4 1 4 440 99 1.480 7.9 1.4 5.5 6.5 1.20
MON (2 yrs) 1 0 1.000 3.38 3 1 1 0 0 0 8.0 6 4 3 1 3 0 4 1 0 0 33 111 1.125 6.8 1.1 3.4 4.5 1.33
SEA (2 yrs) 11 7 .611 3.28 82 0 12 0 0 1 112.2 86 41 41 14 37 5 126 1 0 4 452 147 1.092 6.9 1.1 3.0 10.1 3.41
AL (5 yrs) 14 13 .519 4.01 154 0 42 0 0 1 213.1 174 102 95 30 98 9 199 5 1 8 892 120 1.275 7.3 1.3 4.1 8.4 2.03
NL (2 yrs) 1 0 1.000 3.38 3 1 1 0 0 0 8.0 6 4 3 1 3 0 4 1 0 0 33 111 1.125 6.8 1.1 3.4 4.5 1.33

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1995 28 SEA AL ALDS W NYY 0 0 6.00 4 0 1 0 0 1 3.0 2 2 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 12 0.667 6.0 6.0 0.0 3.0
1995 28 SEA AL ALCS L CLE 0 0 0.00 3 0 3 0 0 0 2.2 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 11 1.125 6.8 0.0 3.4 6.8 2.00
1 Season (2 Series) 0 0 3.18 7 0 4 0 0 1 5.2 4 2 2 2 1 0 3 1 0 0 23 0.882 6.4 3.2 1.6 4.8 3.00
1 ALDS 0 0 6.00 4 0 1 0 0 1 3.0 2 2 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 12 0.667 6.0 6.0 0.0 3.0
1 ALCS 0 0 0.00 3 0 3 0 0 0 2.2 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 11 1.125 6.8 0.0 3.4 6.8 2.00

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1992 25 MON NL 1 19 17 1 4 1 0 0 2 0 1 2 .235 .278 .294 .572 .267 5 0 0 1 0 0
1993 26 MON NL 2 14 10 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 .200 .385 .500 .885 .143 5 0 1 1 0 0
1994 27 SEA AL 37 203 182 20 31 9 2 7 4 0 19 61 .170 .246 .357 .603 .207 65 3 0 0 2 4
1995 28 SEA AL 45 249 225 21 55 8 1 7 3 2 18 65 .244 .300 .382 .682 .308 86 5 1 2 3 1
1996 29 TOR AL 25 177 149 20 33 8 3 7 5 0 25 29 .221 .330 .456 .786 .226 68 5 0 1 2 0
1997 30 TOR AL 3 18 16 4 3 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 .188 .278 .563 .840 .083 9 0 0 0 0 0
1998 31 TOR AL 44 245 201 37 52 11 2 7 10 3 34 42 .259 .372 .438 .810 .290 88 5 4 3 3 4
7 Seasons 157 925 800 106 180 37 8 31 24 5 101 203 .225 .313 .408 .720 .259 326 18 6 8 10 9
162 Game Avg. 68 398 344 46 77 16 3 13 10 2 43 87 .225 .313 .408 .720 .259 140 8 3 3 4 4
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1992 25 MON NL 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 56 56 56 0 0 0 1 4.0 0.0 5.0 73 1 0 0 0 73
1 Season 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 56 56 56 0 0 0 1 4.0 0.0 5.0 73 1 0 0 0 73
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1993 26 MON NL 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0.261 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 1 4.5 31
1994 27 SEA AL 37 37 7 9 6 2 0 2 0% 7 5 30 9 30% 8 1.168 21 9 5 13 13 11 16 21 19 6 19 8 4.2 23
1995 28 SEA AL 45 45 5 2 1 7 1 6 14% 20 13 34 16 47% 7 1.350 22 9 14 27 7 11 23 22 21 11 24 7 4.0 23
1996 29 TOR AL 25 25 11 0 1 2 0 2 0% 6 4 16 6 38% 9 0.725 6 8 11 11 0 14 10 15 13 4 13 0 5.0 29
1997 30 TOR AL 3 3 1 0 1 1 0 1 0% 1 0 1 0 0% 6 1.352 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 0 2 0 4.3 24
1998 31 TOR AL 44 44 18 3 4 0 0 0 5 4 24 10 42% 8 0.887 11 8 21 13 9 22 17 27 17 11 19 2 3.7 23
6 Seasons 156 156 43 14 13 12 1 11 8% 39 26 105 41 39% 1.045 62 34 54 65 30 61 67 89 73 32 78 18 4.2 24

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1992 25 MON NL 19 79% 0.0% 10.5% 5.3% 5.3% 25% 0.25 0.63 79% 31% 0.0% 25% 3 0 0%
1993 26 MON NL 14 57% 7.1% 14.3% 14.3% 7.1% 50% 0.75 0.75 50% 11% 100.0% 75% 2 0 0%
1994 27 SEA AL 203 48% 3.5% 30.1% 9.4% 8.9% 58% 0.54 0.66 57% 13% 10.6% 18% 27 3 11%
1995 28 SEA AL 249 56% 2.8% 26.1% 7.2% 6.4% 29% 0.49 0.48 63% 18% 8.3% 23% 52 5 10%
1996 29 TOR AL 177 42% 4.0% 16.4% 14.1% 10.2% 55% 0.40 0.52 65% 15% 11.3% 29% 29 5 17%
1997 30 TOR AL 18 39% 11.1% 11.1% 11.1% 11.1% 67% 0.27 0.22 67% 29% 20.0% 9% 3 0 0%
1998 31 TOR AL 245 40% 2.9% 17.1% 13.9% 8.2% 39% 0.58 0.79 63% 24% 7.8% 12% 43 5 12%
7 Seasons 925 48% 3.4% 22.0% 10.9% 8.2% 42% 0.49 0.60 62% 19% 9.6% 20% 159 18 11%
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
1992 25 MON NL 19 73 3.84 46 63% 22% 11% 33% 35% 78% 0% 49% 86% 42% 11% 2 2 32% 6 4 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0
1993 26 MON NL 6 31 5.17 17 55% 12% 12% 59% 18% 88% 0% 48% 87% 67% 0% 0 0 17% 1 0 0 0% 0 0 8 0 0
1994 27 SEA AL 203 839 4.13 510 61% 20% 22% 34% 24% 80% 5% 49% 72% 50% 7% 14 5 17% 34 14 0 16% 8 5 0 0 0
1995 28 SEA AL 249 1049 4.21 649 62% 21% 20% 33% 25% 79% 1% 49% 74% 52% 5% 12 8 22% 54 25 1 17% 6 3 0 0 0
1996 29 TOR AL 167 665 3.98 400 60% 22% 16% 33% 29% 78% 0% 47% 79% 59% 5% 9 4 24% 40 17 0 17% 4 5 10 0 0
1997 30 TOR AL 18 73 4.06 46 63% 20% 13% 37% 30% 80% 0% 51% 84% 67% 0% 0 0 17% 3 0 0 50% 0 0 0 0 0
1998 31 TOR AL 245 1055 4.31 608 58% 23% 16% 34% 27% 77% 4% 44% 79% 51% 8% 19 10 14% 34 14 1 26% 2 5 0 0 0
7 Seasons 907 3785 4.17 2276 60% 22% 18% 33% 26% 78% 2% 47% 76% 53% 6% 56 29 19% 172 74 2 19% 21 18 18 0 0
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1992 25 MON NL 19 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0% 0 0 0 8 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1993 26 MON NL 14 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 0% 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1994 27 SEA AL 203 31 2 0 7 0 9 5 2 2 5 18 7 4 39% 0 2 0 58 4 0 100% 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 5 0
1995 28 SEA AL 249 55 5 1 7 0 10 4 3 4 3 22 11 5 50% 1 2 0 97 3 2 60% 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 6 0
1996 29 TOR AL 177 33 1 0 7 1 4 6 1 3 4 10 4 3 40% 1 1 0 65 5 0 100% 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1997 30 TOR AL 18 3 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1998 31 TOR AL 245 52 11 1 7 0 4 4 3 1 6 13 8 2 62% 2 3 0 115 10 3 77% 8 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 8 0
7 Seasons 925 180 23 2 31 1 27 20 11 11 20 66 30 15 45% 4 8 0 353 24 5 83% 19 3 5 2 0 0 1 0 24 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1992 25 1 0 1.000 1.80 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.0 4 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 19 193 1.000 7.2 0.0 1.8 3.6 2.00 193
1993 26 1 0 1.000 3.38 3 1 1 0 0 0 8.0 6 4 3 1 3 0 4 1 0 0 33 111 1.125 6.8 1.1 3.4 4.5 1.33 111
1994 27 10 6 .625 3.43 40 1 8 0 0 0 60.1 37 24 23 8 22 4 65 1 0 2 236 138 0.978 5.5 1.2 3.3 9.7 2.95 138
1995 28 12 7 .632 3.28 85 1 13 0 0 1 120.2 92 45 44 15 40 5 130 2 0 4 485 145 1.094 6.9 1.1 3.0 9.7 3.25 145
1996 29 12 8 .600 3.44 110 1 24 0 0 1 162.1 125 65 62 22 65 5 159 2 0 5 662 140 1.170 6.9 1.2 3.6 8.8 2.45 140
1997 30 12 9 .571 3.56 113 1 25 0 0 1 166.2 128 69 66 24 67 5 161 2 0 5 680 135 1.170 6.9 1.3 3.6 8.7 2.40 135
1998 31 15 13 .536 3.98 157 1 43 0 0 1 221.1 180 106 98 31 101 9 203 6 1 8 925 120 1.270 7.3 1.3 4.1 8.3 2.01 120

Neutralized Pitching

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1992 25 0 0 1.80 5.0 4 1 1 0 1 2 0 1.000 7.2 1.8 3.6 2.00 0.0 1
1993 26 0 0 6.00 3.0 2 2 2 1 2 2 1 1.333 6.0 6.0 6.0 1.00 3.0 2
1994 27 5 3 .625 3.21 73.0 43 29 26 10 26 85 0 0.945 5.3 3.2 10.5 3.27 1.2 37
1995 28 5 2 .714 3.00 66.0 60 24 22 8 20 71 1 1.212 8.2 2.7 9.7 3.55 1.1 45
1996 29 2 2 .500 3.51 41.0 31 18 16 7 23 29 0 1.317 6.8 5.0 6.4 1.26 1.5 25
1997 30 0 0 6.75 4.0 3 3 3 2 2 2 0 1.250 6.8 4.5 4.5 1.00 4.5 3
1998 31 2 3 .400 5.09 53.0 50 33 30 7 33 41 4 1.566 8.5 5.6 7.0 1.24 1.2 44
7 Seasons 14 10 .583 3.67 245.0 193 110 100 35 107 232 6 1.224 7.1 8.5 2.17 1.3 157

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