Bill Rodgers

William Sherman Rodgers

Positions: Pinch Hitter, Pinch Runner and Rightfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 162 lb.

Born: December 5, 1922 in Harrisburg, PA (All Transactions)
Debut: September 27, 1944
Team: Pirates 1944-1945

Final Game: April 21, 1945
Died: May 13, 2002 in Worcester, MA
Buried: Woodlawn Memorial Gardens, Harrisburg, PA
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All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial…

All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial…

Standard Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	Pos
1942	19	PIT-min	D	59	129	129		40	7	1	0					.310	.310	.380	.690		49				HRN · PONY
1943	20	PIT-min	D	90	305	305		112	26	9	9					.367	.367	.600	.967		183				HRN · PONY
1944	21	PIT-min	A	100	364	364		120	19	12	2					.330	.330	.464	.794		169				ALB · EL
1944	21	PIT	NL	2	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	38	1	0	0	0	/O9
1945	22	PIT	NL	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	448	1	0	0	0
1946	23	PIT-min	A	82	239	239		61	12	0	1					.255	.255	.318	.573		76				ALB · EL
1947	24	NYY-min	A,AAA	117	434	417	20	111	26	9	1	6	2	14	12	.266	.292	.379	.671		158		1	2	BNG,NWK · EL,IL
1948	25	NYY-min	AA	105	326	326		82	12	8	2					.252	.252	.356	.607		116				BMT · TL
1949	26	NYY-min	A,AA	128	451	451		125	19	1	2					.277	.277	.337	.614		152				BNG,BMT · EL,TL
1950	27	NYY-min	A	118	390	390		111	15	2	4					.285	.285	.364	.649		142				BNG · EL
1951	28	NYY-min	A	87	246	246		66	10	2	3					.268	.268	.362	.630		89				BNG · EL
2 Seasons				3	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.400	.400	.400	.800	121	2	0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	270	270	54	108	0	0	0	0	0	0	54	.400	.400	.400	.800	121	108	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Salary	Pos
1944	21	PIT	NL	4	$	/O9
1945	22	PIT	NL	1	$
2 Seasons				5	$

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	lgRFG
1944	PIT	NL	21	OF	1	1	1	2.50
1944	PIT	NL	21	RF	1	1	1	2.10
	1 Season			RF	1	1	1	2.10
	1 Season			OF	1	1	1	2.50
	2 Seasons			TOT	1	1	1	2.50

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-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1950 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 1950 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 1919 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) 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 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
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Transactions

November 5, 1946: Drafted by the New York Yankees from the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 1946 minor league draft.

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