Bill Sarni
William Florine Sarni
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 187 lb.

Born: September 19, 1927 in Los Angeles, CA
High School: Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA) (All Transactions)
Debut: May 9, 1951
Final Game: September 18, 1956
Died: April 15, 1983 in Creve Coeur, MO
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1951 STL NL 23 C 35 122 107 13 2 3 .984 3.43 .981 4.43 1
1952 STL NL 24 C 3 19 19 0 0 0 1.000 6.33 .984 4.83 0
1954 STL NL 26 C 118 96 903.0 529 486 41 2 12 .996 1.0 1.3 1 5.25 4.47 .986 5.36 4.57 4 19 9 16 64%
1955 STL NL 27 C 99 84 782.1 528 482 39 7 8 .987 -2.0 -3.1 -2 5.99 5.26 .987 5.65 4.82 5 7 18 9 33%
1956 TOT NL 28 C 119 110 975.4 652 586 61 5 10 .992 4.0 4.9 4 5.97 5.44 .985 5.83 5.01 11 17 28 22 44%
1956 STL NL 28 C 41 40 356.2 246 219 25 2 1 .992 0.0 0.0 0 6.16 5.95 .985 5.83 5.01 3 7 18 8 31%
1956 NYG NL 28 C 78 70 618.2 406 367 36 3 9 .993 4.0 7.8 4 5.86 5.17 .985 5.83 5.01 8 10 10 14 58%
5 Seasons C 374 290 2660.2 1850 1680 154 16 33 .991 3.0 1.4 3 6.20 4.90 .986 5.62 4.77 21 43 55 47 46%
5 Seasons TOT 374 290 2660.2 1850 1680 154 16 33 .991 3.0 1.4 3 6.20 4.90 .977 5.62 4.77 21 43 55 47 46%

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1951 STL NL 23 36 36 36 0 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1952 STL NL 24 3 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1954 STL NL 26 123 96 123 123 0 118 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 2
1955 STL NL 27 107 84 107 107 0 99 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
1956 NYG NL 28 78 70 78 78 0 78 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1956 STL NL 28 43 40 43 43 0 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
5 Seasons 390 290 390 390 0 374 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 2
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- C*

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Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
1954 STL NL 26 2903 4.22 4.90 48 98% 0 0 337 30 2 17 288 31 6 0 0 4 2 0 2 0 1 7 0 1 3 7 100%
1955 STL NL 27 2024 4.80 5.22 28 96% 0 0 263 22 3 10 228 17 2 0 0 4 6 0 3 3 0 5 0 0 1 1 100%
1956 NYG NL 28 2013 3.87 4.13 41 95% 0 0 272 30 6 8 228 29 10 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 3 4 5 100%
1956 STL NL 28 1529 3.63 3.99 28 100% 0 0 221 21 0 5 195 24 7 0 0 8 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 3 100%
3 Seasons 8469 4.16 4.62 145 97% 0 0 1093 103 11 40 939 101 25 0 0 19 10 0 5 5 1 21 0 4 9 16 100%
MLB Averages 3.99 4.51 96% 88%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

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Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1954 STL NL 26 4 19 1121 9 16 16 64% 5 13 4 3 0 0 0 0 47 19 0.92 0.84
1955 STL NL 27 4 7 752 18 9 8 33% 14 7 3 2 1 0 0 0 41 14 1.34 1.09
1956 NYG NL 28 5 10 720 10 14 12 58% 8 13 2 0 0 1 0 0 33 20 0.82 1.36
1956 STL NL 28 3 7 554 18 8 8 31% 16 7 2 1 0 0 1 1 35 12 1.37 1.33
3 Seasons 16 43 3147 55 47 44 46% 43 40 11 6 1 1 1 1 156 65 1.18 1.12
MLB Averages 45% 1.15 1.13

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

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