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Bill Sarni

William Florine Sarni

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: September 19, 1927 in Los Angeles, CA
High School: Los Angeles HS (Los Angeles, CA) (All Transactions)
Debut: May 9, 1951
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Giants 1951-1956

Final Game: September 18, 1956
Died: April 15, 1983 in Creve Coeur, MO
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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
1951 23 STL NL 36 97 86 7 15 1 0 0 2 1 0 9 13 .174 .253 .186 .439 20 16 4 0 2 2
1952 24 STL NL 3 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .200 .400 11 1 0 0 0 /2
1954 26 STL NL 123 415 380 40 114 18 4 9 70 3 3 25 42 .300 .337 .439 .776 101 167 10 0 2 8 *2
1955 27 STL NL 107 362 325 32 83 15 2 3 34 1 1 27 33 .255 .313 .342 .654 75 111 13 1 7 2 0 2
1956 28 TOT NL 121 424 386 28 98 16 5 10 45 1 1 28 46 .254 .305 .399 .704 89 154 8 2 4 4 4 *2
1956 28 STL NL 43 159 148 12 43 7 2 5 22 1 0 8 15 .291 .329 .466 .795 112 69 4 1 1 1 2 2
1956 28 NYG NL 78 265 238 16 55 9 3 5 23 0 1 20 31 .231 .290 .357 .647 74 85 4 1 3 3 2 2
5 Yrs 390 1303 1182 107 311 50 11 22 151 6 5 89 135 .263 .313 .380 .693 84 449 35 3 15 14 4
162 Game Avg. 162 541 491 44 129 21 5 9 63 2 2 37 56 .263 .313 .380 .693 84 187 15 1 6
STL (5 yrs) 312 1038 944 91 256 41 8 17 128 6 4 69 104 .271 .319 .386 .704 86 364 31 2 12 11 2
NYG (1 yr) 78 265 238 16 55 9 3 5 23 0 1 20 31 .231 .290 .357 .647 74 85 4 1 3 3 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
1951 23 STL NL 36 97 -10 0 -0 0 1 -9 -0.9 3 -6 -0.6 .474 .494 -0.6 0.1 -6 $ 2
1952 24 STL NL 3 5 -1 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .478 .500 -0.1 0.0 -0 $ /2
1954 26 STL NL 123 415 -4 -2 0 1 4 -1 -0.2 14 13 1.2 .499 .499 1.2 0.5 12 $ *2
1955 27 STL NL 107 362 -6 -1 -2 -2 4 -8 -0.9 12 5 0.3 .493 .495 0.6 0.0 7 $ 2
1956 28 STL NL 43 159 2 -1 -0 0 2 3 0.2 5 9 0.8 .508 .502 0.9 0.1 9 $ 2
1956 28 NYG NL 78 265 -10 -1 0 4 3 -4 -0.6 9 5 0.3 .495 .497 0.1 0.7 1 $ 2
5 Seasons 390 1303 -28 -5 -3 3 14 -18 -2.5 44 25 1.9 .495 .498 2.1 1.4 22 $
STL (5 yrs) 312 1038 -18 -4 -3 -1 10 -15 -1.9 35 20 1.6 .495 .498 2.0 0.7 21 $
NYG (1 yr) 78 265 -10 -1 0 4 3 -4 -0.6 9 5 0.3 .495 .497 0.1 0.7 1 $

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
1951 23 STL NL 97 77 4 1.4 103 .205 .174 .268 .253 .342 .186 .405 .439 .747 20 .105 -9.8 -1.0 .347 .128 .012 .0
1952 24 STL NL 5 4 0 0.0 97 .250 .200 .262 .200 .334 .200 .389 .400 .724 11 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .250 .000 .000
1954 26 STL NL 415 289 57 5.3 109 .312 .300 .274 .337 .345 .439 .424 .776 .769 101 .544 0.3 0.0 .688 .205 .139 4.5
1955 27 STL NL 362 265 33 3.3 105 .275 .255 .264 .313 .335 .342 .419 .654 .754 75 .349 -11.5 -1.1 .543 .169 .086 1.5
1956 28 TOT NL 424 305 47 4.1 102 .263 .254 .263 .305 .330 .399 .415 .704 .745 89 .463 -6.8 -0.7 .620 .218 .145 1.8
1956 28 STL NL 159 111 22 5.3 102 .295 .291 .263 .329 .330 .466 .415 .795 .745 112 .577 2.1 0.2 .725 .236 .176 1.7
1956 28 NYG NL 265 194 25 3.4 102 .244 .231 .263 .290 .330 .357 .415 .647 .745 74 .382 -8.9 -0.9 .559 .206 .126 .0
5 Yrs 1303 940 141 4.0 105 .278 .263 .267 .313 .337 .380 .418 .693 .755 84 .435 -28.4 -2.8 .595 .193 .117 9.4
162 Game Avg. 541 390 59 4.0 105 .278 .263 .267 .313 .337 .380 .418 .693 .755 84 .435 -28.4 -2.8 .595 .193 .117 4
STL (5 yrs) 1038 746 116 4.2 106 .287 .271 .268 .319 .339 .386 .419 .704 .758 86 .447 -19.5 -2.0 .604 .190 .114 8.9
NYG (1 yr) 265 194 25 3.4 102 .244 .231 .263 .290 .330 .357 .415 .647 .745 74 .383 -8.9 -0.9 .559 .206 .126 .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
1951 23 STL NL 97 0.0% 13.4% 9.3% 1.0% 7% 1.44 6.6 43.0 1.16 75%
1952 24 STL NL 5 0.0% 20.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 5.0 0.00 80%
1954 26 STL NL 415 2.2% 10.1% 6.0% 7.5% 27% 1.68 9.0 42.2 5.4 1.13 81%
1955 27 STL NL 362 0.8% 9.1% 7.5% 5.5% 24% 1.22 9.8 108.3 9.6 1.01 80%
1956 28 TOT NL 424 2.4% 10.9% 6.6% 7.3% 32% 1.64 8.4 38.6 8.6 1.13 79%
1956 28 STL NL 159 3.1% 9.4% 5.0% 8.8% 33% 1.88 9.9 29.6 6.7 1.04 81%
1956 28 NYG NL 265 1.9% 11.7% 7.6% 6.4% 31% 1.55 7.7 47.6 10.3 1.19 77%
5 Yrs 1303 1.7% 10.4% 6.8% 6.4% 27% 1.52 8.8 53.7 7.8 1.09 80%
MLB Averages 2.1% 10.9% 9.4% 6.5% 28% 1.16 8.1 41.8 8.2 0.97 76%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1951 23 STL NL -9.8 -1.0 63 -0.1 1.0 -1.2 1.16 -0.4 0.3 -4.5 -0.4 1.00 -5.6 2.66 1
1952 24 STL NL -0.6 -0.1 2 0.0 0.0 -0.0 .62 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.49 0.2 0
1954 26 STL NL 0.3 0.0 339 1.0 7.2 -6.2 1.08 0.4 0.5 10.2 1.0 0.98 4.3 0.79 6
1955 27 STL NL -11.5 -1.1 307 -0.8 5.2 -6.0 1.08 -0.3 -0.5 1.3 0.1 0.96 -0.3 1.49 10
1956 28 TOT NL -7.0 -0.7 396 -0.4 6.8 -7.2 1.01 0.1 -0.5 -1.2 -0.1 0.98 0.3 2.21 6
1956 28 STL NL 1.9 0.2 162 0.2 2.9 -2.7 .99 0.4 -0.3 4.6 0.5 1.04 3.5 2.04 2
1956 28 NYG NL -8.9 -0.9 234 -0.6 3.9 -4.5 1.03 -0.4 -0.2 -5.8 -0.6 0.93 -3.2 2.30 4
5 Yrs -28.6 -2.9 1107 -0.3 20.2 -20.5 1.06 -0.3 -0.1 6.0 0.5 0.97 -1.2 1.55 23

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1951 23 STL NL 1 0 29% 17 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 40% 2 2 0 0 0 0 3 1 2
1952 24 STL NL 0 0 0% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1954 26 STL NL 1 0 24% 132 3 3 50% 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 5 29% 25 20 4 3 1 1 13 6 7
1955 27 STL NL 10 0 27% 121 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 39% 17 12 5 5 3 1 9 3 6
1956 28 TOT NL 3 0 15% 131 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 4 22% 12 8 3 3 3 0 8 6 2
1956 28 STL NL 2 0 15% 64 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 22% 6 4 2 0 0 0 3 3 0
1956 28 NYG NL 1 0 16% 67 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 21% 6 4 1 3 3 0 5 3 2
5 Yrs 15 0 22% 404 6 5 55% 5 5 0 0 0 0 2 0 14 13 31% 57 43 12 11 7 2 33 16 17

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1951 23 STL NL 97 34% 15 1 0 0 0 2.66 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 16 4 25% 8 5 63% 39 2 5% 3 1 33% 3 0 0% 0
1952 24 STL NL 5 100% 1 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
1954 26 STL NL 415 41% 114 6 3 1 1 0.79 9 0 12 5 4 6 3 0 2 2 100% 69 10 14% 32 18 56% 229 51 22% 25 19 76% 14 9 64% 0
1955 27 STL NL 362 47% 83 10 2 0 1 1.49 3 0 12 1 1 2 1 0 6 7 117% 66 13 20% 24 9 38% 196 32 16% 17 10 59% 14 7 50% 0
1956 28 TOT NL 424 31% 98 6 1 0 2 2.21 10 0 6 6 4 5 5 0 5 4 80% 73 8 11% 44 17 39% 251 37 15% 18 10 56% 17 6 35% 0
1956 28 STL NL 159 35% 43 2 0 0 1 2.04 5 0 4 3 2 2 3 0 1 1 100% 38 4 11% 15 6 40% 116 18 16% 8 5 63% 6 4 67% 0
1956 28 NYG NL 265 28% 55 4 1 0 1 2.30 5 0 2 3 2 3 2 0 4 3 75% 35 4 11% 29 11 38% 135 19 14% 10 5 50% 11 2 18% 0
5 Yrs 1303 39% 311 23 6 1 4 1.55 22 0 31 12 9 13 9 0 15 15 100% 224 35 16% 108 49 45% 715 122 17% 63 40 63% 48 22 46% 0
MLB Averages 50% 85% 11% 32% 14% 50% 55%

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
1951 23 36 97 86 7 15 1 0 0 2 1 0 9 13 .174 .253 .186 .439 20 16 4 0 2
1952 24 39 102 91 7 16 1 0 0 2 1 0 9 14 .176 .250 .187 .437 19 17 4 0 2
1953 25 39 102 91 7 16 1 0 0 2 1 0 9 14 .176 .250 .187 .437 19 17 4 0 2
1954 26 162 517 471 47 130 19 4 9 72 4 3 34 56 .276 .320 .391 .710 86 184 14 0 4 8
1955 27 269 879 796 79 213 34 6 12 106 5 4 61 89 .268 .317 .371 .687 81 295 27 1 11 10 0
1956 28 390 1303 1182 107 311 50 11 22 151 6 5 89 135 .263 .313 .380 .693 84 449 35 3 15 14 4

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
1951 23 37 100 89 7 15 1 0 0 2 1 9 14 .169 .245 .180 .425 4 36
1952 24 3 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 3
1954 26 129 433 397 40 117 18 4 9 71 3 26 44 .295 .332 .428 .760 58 123
1955 27 113 379 341 33 86 16 2 3 35 1 28 35 .252 .309 .337 .646 36 107
1956 28 126 447 407 31 106 17 5 11 50 1 30 48 .260 .312 .408 .719 52 121
5 Yrs 408 1364 1239 111 324 52 11 23 158 6 93 142 .262 .311 .377 .688 150 390
162 Game Avg. 162 542 492 44 129 21 4 9 63 2 37 56 .262 .311 .377 .688 60 390

* 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

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1954 NL  8 (9th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 2 (1919), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 4 (2360), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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