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Billy Rogell

William George Rogell

Positions: Shortstop, Third Baseman and Second Baseman
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 163 lb.

Born: November 24, 1904 in Springfield, IL
High School: Fenger HS (Chicago, IL) (All Transactions)
Debut: April 14, 1925
Teams (by GP): Tigers/RedSox/Cubs 1925-1940

Final Game: August 25, 1940
Died: August 9, 2003 in Sterling Heights, MI
Buried: Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Southfield, MI
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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
1925 20 BOS AL 58 189 169 12 33 5 1 0 17 0 3 11 17 .195 .244 .237 .481 23 40 0 8 4/6
1927 22 BOS AL 82 236 207 35 55 14 6 2 28 3 1 24 28 .266 .342 .420 .762 99 87 0 5 5/4O79
1928 23 BOS AL 102 338 296 33 69 10 4 0 29 2 6 22 47 .233 .295 .294 .589 58 87 4 17 64/O5987
1930 25 DET AL 54 165 144 20 24 4 2 0 9 1 2 15 23 .167 .250 .222 .472 20 32 1 5 65/O
1931 26 DET AL 48 212 185 21 56 12 3 2 24 8 8 24 17 .303 .383 .432 .815 111 80 0 2 6
1932 27 DET AL 144 613 554 88 150 29 6 9 61 14 6 50 38 .271 .332 .394 .726 84 218 1 8 *6/5
1933 28 DET AL 155 674 587 67 173 42 11 0 57 6 9 79 33 .295 .381 .404 .785 107 237 3 6 *6
1934 29 DET AL 154 679 592 114 175 32 8 3 100 13 3 74 36 .296 .374 .392 .766 98 232 0 13 *6
1935 30 DET AL 150 648 560 88 154 23 11 6 71 3 6 80 29 .275 .367 .388 .754 98 217 1 7 *6
1936 31 DET AL 146 667 585 85 160 27 5 6 68 14 10 73 41 .274 .357 .368 .725 79 215 3 6 *6/5
1937 32 DET AL 146 632 536 85 148 30 7 8 64 5 5 83 48 .276 .376 .403 .779 95 216 3 10 *6
1938 33 DET AL 136 597 501 76 130 22 8 3 55 9 2 86 37 .259 .373 .353 .727 78 177 5 5 *6
1939 34 DET AL 74 206 174 24 40 6 3 2 23 3 1 26 14 .230 .330 .333 .663 65 58 2 0 6 65/4
1940 35 CHC NL 33 63 59 7 8 0 0 1 3 1 2 8 .136 .164 .186 .350 -2 11 0 0 2 6/54
14 Yrs 1482 5919 5149 755 1375 256 75 42 609 82 62 649 416 .267 .351 .370 .722 85 1907 2 21 100
162 Game Avg. 162 647 563 83 150 28 8 5 67 9 71 45 .267 .351 .370 .722 85 208 2 11
DET (10 yrs) 1207 5093 4418 668 1210 227 64 39 532 76 52 590 316 .274 .362 .381 .742 89 1682 2 17 68
BOS (3 yrs) 242 763 672 80 157 29 11 2 74 5 10 57 92 .234 .297 .318 .616 62 214 4 30
CHC (1 yr) 33 63 59 7 8 0 0 1 3 1 2 8 .136 .164 .186 .350 -2 11 0 0 2
AL (13 yrs) 1449 5856 5090 748 1367 256 75 41 606 81 62 647 408 .269 .353 .372 .726 85 1896 2 21 98
NL (1 yr) 33 63 59 7 8 0 0 1 3 1 2 8 .136 .164 .186 .350 -2 11 0 0 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 Awards
1925 20 BOS AL 58 189 -21 -1 0 -3 2 -23 -2.2 6 -17 -1.6 .462 .486 -1.4 -0.1 -14 $ 4/6
1927 22 BOS AL 82 236 -1 0 0 4 2 5 0.5 7 12 1.3 .506 .503 0.9 0.6 8 $ 5/4O79
1928 23 BOS AL 102 338 -19 -2 0 -1 5 -17 -1.7 11 -6 -0.6 .484 .490 -0.5 0.4 -5 $ 64/O5987
1930 25 DET AL 54 165 -19 -0 0 1 2 -16 -1.5 5 -11 -1.0 .472 .491 -1.1 0.3 -12 $ 65/O
1931 26 DET AL 48 212 3 -2 0 1 3 6 0.6 7 12 1.2 .512 .503 1.1 0.4 12 $ 6
1932 27 DET AL 144 613 -14 1 0 6 9 3 0.2 19 22 2.1 .502 .502 1.6 1.4 16 $ *6/5
1933 28 DET AL 155 674 9 -2 0 13 10 31 3.0 21 52 5.1 .519 .518 3.8 2.3 39 $ *6
1934 29 DET AL 154 679 1 2 0 13 10 26 2.4 21 47 4.5 .516 .515 3.4 2.2 34 $ *6
1935 30 DET AL 150 648 2 -1 0 19 10 30 2.7 20 50 4.7 .519 .517 3.0 2.7 31 $ *6
1936 31 DET AL 146 667 -17 -2 0 7 10 -2 -0.2 20 18 1.8 .499 .499 1.3 1.5 11 $ *6/5
1937 32 DET AL 146 632 -2 -1 0 0 10 7 0.6 20 27 2.6 .505 .504 2.6 0.9 27 $ *6
1938 33 DET AL 136 597 -14 2 0 4 9 0 0.1 19 19 1.9 .500 .500 1.5 1.2 15 $ *6
1939 34 DET AL 74 206 -9 0 0 -3 3 -9 -0.8 6 -2 -0.2 .489 .495 0.1 0.0 1 $ 65/4
1940 35 CHC NL 33 63 -8 0 0 -1 1 -8 -0.9 2 -6 -0.6 .475 .495 -0.5 0.0 -5 $ 6/54
14 Seasons 1482 5919 -109 -5 0 60 87 33 2.9 185 218 21.2 .502 .501 15.8 13.9 158 $
DET (10 yrs) 1207 5093 -60 -3 0 61 77 76 7.1 159 235 22.7 .506 .504 17.3 13.0 174 $
BOS (3 yrs) 242 763 -41 -2 0 0 9 -35 -3.4 24 -11 -0.9 .486 .493 -1.0 0.9 -11 $
CHC (1 yr) 33 63 -8 0 0 -1 1 -8 -0.9 2 -6 -0.6 .475 .495 -0.5 0.0 -5 $

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
1925 20 BOS AL 189 147 9 1.6 115 .217 .195 .298 .244 .368 .237 .418 .481 .787 23 .111 -20.5 -1.9 .345 .089 .041
1927 22 BOS AL 236 158 30 5.1 108 .299 .266 .289 .342 .357 .420 .406 .762 .763 99 .519 -0.5 -0.0 .739 .280 .155 2.4
1928 23 BOS AL 338 250 24 2.6 105 .277 .233 .284 .295 .348 .294 .403 .589 .751 58 .245 -18.0 -1.8 .468 .122 .061 .0
1930 25 DET AL 165 127 8 1.7 117 .198 .167 .298 .250 .362 .222 .438 .472 .800 20 .110 -18.3 -1.7 .385 .153 .056 .0
1931 26 DET AL 212 139 29 5.6 111 .325 .303 .290 .383 .358 .432 .415 .815 .773 111 .557 3.6 0.3 .759 .259 .130 3.2
1932 27 DET AL 613 418 72 4.6 114 .278 .271 .290 .332 .361 .394 .426 .726 .788 84 .462 -14.4 -1.4 .676 .227 .123 11.0
1933 28 DET AL 674 429 88 5.5 107 .312 .295 .282 .381 .353 .404 .406 .785 .760 107 .566 9.0 0.9 .747 .239 .109 .0
1934 29 DET AL 679 433 88 5.4 112 .311 .296 .288 .374 .362 .392 .415 .766 .777 98 .535 -0.5 -0.0 .752 .238 .096 4.9
1935 30 DET AL 648 419 78 5.0 108 .282 .275 .282 .367 .354 .388 .408 .754 .762 98 .496 0.4 0.0 .716 .250 .113 4.0
1936 31 DET AL 667 441 75 4.5 121 .286 .274 .299 .357 .374 .368 .439 .725 .813 79 .408 -18.5 -1.7 .678 .226 .094 8.4
1937 32 DET AL 632 403 80 5.2 119 .292 .276 .292 .376 .368 .403 .436 .779 .804 95 .499 -2.5 -0.2 .768 .282 .127 6.2
1938 33 DET AL 597 378 66 4.6 124 .275 .259 .299 .373 .379 .353 .445 .727 .824 78 .437 -16.0 -1.5 .737 .279 .094 4.5
1939 34 DET AL 206 143 19 3.5 120 .241 .230 .295 .330 .371 .333 .436 .663 .807 65 .339 -9.7 -0.9 .628 .264 .103 2.4
1940 35 CHC NL 63 53 2 1.0 96 .140 .136 .268 .164 .332 .186 .386 .350 .718 -2 .065 -8.4 -0.9 .275 .102 .051 1.0
14 Yrs 5919 3938 668 4.5 114 .284 .267 .290 .351 .363 .370 .422 .722 .785 85 .447 -114.2 -10.7 .677 .233 .103 55.5
162 Game Avg. 647 430 73 4.5 114 .284 .267 .290 .351 .363 .370 .422 .722 .785 85 .447 -114.2 -10.7 .677 .233 .103 6
DET (10 yrs) 5093 3330 603 4.8 115 .288 .274 .291 .362 .364 .381 .425 .742 .789 89 .473 -66.8 -6.1 .709 .246 .107 51.5
BOS (3 yrs) 763 555 63 3.0 108 .268 .234 .289 .297 .356 .318 .408 .616 .764 62 .296 -38.9 -3.7 .514 .162 .085 2.9
CHC (1 yr) 63 53 2 1.0 96 .140 .136 .268 .164 .332 .186 .386 .350 .718 -2 .065 -8.4 -0.9 .275 .102 .051 1.0
AL (13 yrs) 5856 3885 666 4.6 114 .286 .269 .290 .353 .363 .372 .423 .726 .786 85 .451 -105.8 -9.9 .682 .235 .104 54.4
NL (1 yr) 63 53 2 1.0 96 .140 .136 .268 .164 .332 .186 .386 .350 .718 -2 .065 -8.4 -0.9 .275 .102 .051 1.0

Postseason Batting

Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1934 29 DET AL WS STL L 7 30 29 3 8 1 0 0 4 1 0 1 4 .276 .300 .310 .610 9 0 0 0 0 0
1935 30 DET AL WS CHC W 6 26 24 1 7 2 0 0 1 0 1 2 5 .292 .346 .375 .721 9 1 0 0 0 0
2 Yrs (2 Series) 13 56 53 4 15 3 0 0 5 1 1 3 9 .283 .321 .340 .661 18 1 0 0 0 0
2 WS 13 56 53 4 15 3 0 0 5 1 1 3 9 .283 .321 .340 .661 18 1 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1925 20 BOS AL 189 0.0% 9.0% 5.8% 3.2% 18% 1.55 9.9 9.9 80%
1927 22 BOS AL 236 0.9% 11.9% 10.2% 9.3% 40% 1.17 7.4 103.5 7.4 75%
1928 23 BOS AL 338 0.0% 13.9% 6.5% 4.1% 20% 2.14 6.3 10.2 74%
1930 25 DET AL 165 0.0% 13.9% 9.1% 3.6% 25% 1.53 6.3 16.0 73%
1931 26 DET AL 212 0.9% 8.0% 11.3% 8.0% 30% 0.71 10.9 92.5 7.7 78%
1932 27 DET AL 613 1.5% 6.2% 8.2% 7.2% 29% 0.76 14.6 61.6 9.1 83%
1933 28 DET AL 674 0.0% 4.9% 11.7% 7.9% 31% 0.42 17.8 10.3 82%
1934 29 DET AL 679 0.4% 5.3% 10.9% 6.3% 25% 0.49 16.4 197.3 5.9 81%
1935 30 DET AL 648 0.9% 4.5% 12.4% 6.2% 26% 0.36 19.3 93.3 7.9 81%
1936 31 DET AL 667 0.9% 6.2% 10.9% 5.7% 24% 0.56 14.3 97.5 8.6 81%
1937 32 DET AL 632 1.3% 7.6% 13.1% 7.1% 30% 0.58 11.2 67.0 8.4 76%
1938 33 DET AL 597 0.5% 6.2% 14.4% 5.5% 25% 0.43 13.5 167.0 9.1 77%
1939 34 DET AL 206 1.0% 6.8% 12.6% 5.3% 28% 0.54 12.4 87.0 7.6 77%
1940 35 CHC NL 63 1.6% 12.7% 3.2% 1.6% 13% 4.00 7.4 59.0 19.7 79%
14 Yrs 5919 0.7% 7.0% 11.0% 6.3% 27% 0.64 12.4 122.6 8.5 79%
MLB Averages 1.3% 8.1% 8.3% 6.9% 28% 0.99 11.0 67.2 7.7 80%

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
1925 20 58 189 169 12 33 5 1 0 17 0 3 11 17 .195 .244 .237 .481 23 40 0 8
1926 21 58 189 169 12 33 5 1 0 17 0 3 11 17 .195 .244 .237 .481 23 40 0 8
1927 22 140 425 376 47 88 19 7 2 45 3 4 35 45 .234 .299 .338 .637 65 127 0 13
1928 23 242 763 672 80 157 29 11 2 74 5 10 57 92 .234 .297 .318 .616 62 214 4 30
1929 24 242 763 672 80 157 29 11 2 74 5 10 57 92 .234 .297 .318 .616 62 214 4 30
1930 25 296 928 816 100 181 33 13 2 83 6 12 72 115 .222 .289 .301 .590 54 246 5 35
1931 26 344 1140 1001 121 237 45 16 4 107 14 20 96 132 .237 .307 .326 .632 65 326 5 37
1932 27 488 1753 1555 209 387 74 22 13 168 28 26 146 170 .249 .316 .350 .666 72 544 6 45
1933 28 643 2427 2142 276 560 116 33 13 225 34 35 225 203 .261 .334 .365 .699 81 781 9 51
1934 29 797 3106 2734 390 735 148 41 16 325 47 38 299 239 .269 .343 .371 .713 85 1013 9 64
1935 30 947 3754 3294 478 889 171 52 22 396 50 44 379 268 .270 .347 .373 .720 87 1230 10 71
1936 31 1093 4421 3879 563 1049 198 57 28 464 64 54 452 309 .270 .349 .373 .721 86 1445 13 77
1937 32 1239 5053 4415 648 1197 228 64 36 528 69 59 535 357 .271 .352 .376 .728 87 1661 16 87
1938 33 1375 5650 4916 724 1327 250 72 39 583 78 61 621 394 .270 .354 .374 .728 86 1838 21 92
1939 34 1449 5856 5090 748 1367 256 75 41 606 81 62 647 408 .269 .353 .372 .726 85 1896 2 21 98
1940 35 1482 5919 5149 755 1375 256 75 42 609 82 62 649 416 .267 .351 .370 .722 85 1907 2 21 100

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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
1925 20 61 192 174 10 31 5 1 0 15 0 10 18 .178 .223 .218 .441 8 58
1927 22 86 243 214 34 55 14 6 2 28 3 24 29 .257 .332 .407 .738 29 82
1928 23 107 355 310 33 71 10 4 0 29 2 23 49 .229 .291 .287 .578 25 102
1930 25 57 168 148 16 22 4 2 0 7 1 14 24 .149 .227 .203 .430 6 54
1931 26 50 213 188 19 53 11 3 2 21 8 23 18 .282 .360 .404 .764 27 48
1932 27 151 621 565 76 140 27 6 8 52 13 47 40 .248 .307 .359 .666 62 144
1933 28 165 696 610 62 169 41 11 0 53 6 77 35 .277 .361 .380 .741 83 155
1934 29 162 692 607 104 168 31 8 3 91 12 71 38 .277 .353 .369 .722 79 154
1935 30 159 672 584 85 154 23 11 6 68 3 80 31 .264 .353 .372 .725 76 150
1936 31 153 661 587 69 143 24 4 5 55 13 65 43 .244 .322 .324 .646 62 146
1937 32 152 630 540 73 137 28 6 7 55 5 77 50 .254 .350 .367 .717 70 146
1938 33 144 596 510 62 117 20 7 3 45 8 77 39 .229 .335 .314 .649 53 136
1939 34 78 206 177 20 36 5 3 2 19 3 23 15 .203 .295 .299 .594 16 74
1940 35 35 67 63 8 9 0 0 1 4 1 2 8 .143 .169 .190 .360 2 33
14 Yrs 1560 6012 5277 671 1305 243 72 39 542 78 613 437 .247 .328 .343 .671 598 1482
162 Game Avg. 162 624 548 70 136 25 7 4 56 8 64 45 .247 .328 .343 .671 62 1482

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Wins Above Replacements c a p y
1933 AL  5.1 (10th)

WAR Position Playerss c a p y
1933 AL  5.1 (7th)
1934 AL  4.5 (10th)
1935 AL  4.7 (9th)

Defensive WARs c a p y
1927 AL  0.6 (10th)
1932 AL  1.4 (2nd)
1933 AL  2.3 (2nd)
1934 AL  2.2 (1st)
1935 AL  2.7 (1st)
1936 AL  1.5 (1st)
1937 AL  0.9 (9th)
1938 AL  1.2 (5th)
Career  13.9 (115th)

Games Played s c a p y
1933 AL  155 (1st)
1934 AL  154 (1st)
1935 AL  150 (9th)

At Bats s c a p y
1933 AL  587 (10th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1933 AL  674 (7th)
1934 AL  679 (9th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1934 AL  114 (8th)

Doubles s c a p y
1933 AL  42 (4th)

Triples s c a p y
1935 AL  11 (8th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1933 AL  79 (9th)
1935 AL  80 (8th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1932 AL  14 (8th)
1934 AL  13 (6th)
1936 AL  14 (10th)

Singles s c a p y
1934 AL  132 (6th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1933 AL  255 (7th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1933 AL  3 (6th)
1938 AL  5 (3rd)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1934 AL  13 (5th)
1937 AL  10 (9th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1933 AL  9 (9th)
1936 AL  10 (4th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1932 AL  11.0 (9th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1933 AL  429 (6th)
1934 AL  433 (6th)
1936 AL  441 (8th)

Youngest s c a p y
1925 AL  born 1904-11-24 (10th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 2 (608), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 20 (1028), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 18 (876), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 21 (677), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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