Bill Scherrer

William Joseph Scherrer

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: January 20, 1958 in Tonawanda, NY
High School: Bishop O'Hara HS (Tonawanda, NY)
Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 1977 amateur draft (January Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: September 7, 1982
Teams (by GP): Reds/Tigers/Phillies/Orioles 1982-1988

Final Game: July 28, 1988
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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
1977	19	CIN-min	A	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0			SHL · WCRS
1978	20	CIN-min	A-,A	23	29	29		4	1	0	0						.138	.138	.172	.310		5							EUG,SHL · NORW,WCRS
1979	21	CIN-min	A	25	57	57		12	1	0	0						.211	.211	.228	.439		13							TAM · FLOR
1980	22	CIN-min	AA	25	54	49	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	11	.082	.118	.082	.199		4		0	3	0			WBY · EL
1981	23	CIN-min	AA	51	24	17	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	4	.118	.286	.118	.403		2		0	3	0	0		WBY · EL
1982	24	CIN-min	AAA,A,AA	34	58	50	4	10	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	16	.200	.216	.200	.416		10		0	7	0	0		INA,TAM,WBY · AA,FLOR,EL
1982	24	CIN	NL	6	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.500	.667	.500	1.167	230	1	0	0	1	0	0	/1
1983	25	CIN	NL	73	13	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.091	.167	.091	.258	-27	1	0	0	1	0	0	1
1984	26	CIN-min	AAA	10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000		0		0	0	0	0		WCH · AA
1984	26	TOT	MLB	54	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
1984	26	CIN	NL	36	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
1984	26	DET	AL	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1985	27	DET	AL	48	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1986	28	DET-min	AAA	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		NVL · AA
1986	28	DET	AL	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1987	29	CIN-min	AAA	33	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000		0		0	0	0	0		NVL · AA
1987	29	CIN	NL	23	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1988	30	CHC-SFG-BAL-PHI-min	AAA	32	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.250	.500		1		0	0	0	0		IWA,PHX,ROC,MAI · AA,PCL,IL
1988	30	TOT	MLB	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1988	30	BAL	AL	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1988	30	PHI	NL	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1989	31	NYM-TEX-min	AAA	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		TID,OKC · IL,AA
7 Yrs				229	22	17	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	.118	.211	.118	.328	-7	2	0	0	3	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	16	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.118	.211	.118	.328	-7	1	0	0	2	0	0

CIN (4 yrs)				138	22	17	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	.118	.211	.118	.328	-7	2	0	0	3	0	0
DET (3 yrs)				79	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
PHI (1 yr)				8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
BAL (1 yr)				4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

NL (5 yrs)				146	22	17	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	.118	.211	.118	.328	-7	2	0	0	3	0	0
AL (4 yrs)				83	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

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
1982	24	CIN	NL	6	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.520	.501	0.1	0.0	1	$	/1
1983	25	CIN	NL	73	13	-2	0	0	0	2	-0	-0.0	0	0	0.0	.499	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	1
1984	26	CIN	NL	36	4	-1	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.498	.500	-0.1	0.0	-0	$	1
1984	26	DET	AL	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	1
1985	27	DET	AL	48	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$100,000	1
1986	28	DET	AL	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	1
1987	29	CIN	NL	23	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.499	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	1
1988	30	BAL	AL	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
1988	30	PHI	NL	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
7 Seasons				229	22	-3	0	0	0	3	0	0.0	1	1	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.1	1	$100,000

CIN (4 yrs)				138	22	-3	0	0	0	3	0	0.0	1	1	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.1	1	$
DET (3 yrs)				79	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.1	0	$100,000
PHI (1 yr)				8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$
BAL (1 yr)				4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$

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
1982	24	CIN	NL	4	2	1	13.5	96	.500	.500	.268	.667	.331	.500	.390	1.167	.721	230	.894	0.5	0.0	2.000	.500	.000
1983	25	CIN	NL	13	11	0	0.0	99	.125	.091	.267	.167	.336	.091	.395	.258	.731	-27	.000	-2.0	-0.2	.200	.091	.000
1984	26	TOT	MLB	4	4	0	0.0	97	.000	.000	.268	.000	.334	.000	.390	.000	.723	-100	.000	-0.8	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1984	26	CIN	NL	4	4	0	0.0	97	.000	.000	.268	.000	.334	.000	.390	.000	.723	-100	.000	-0.8	-0.1	.000	.000	.000

1987	29	CIN	NL	1	1	0	0.0	109	.000	.000	.274	.000	.344	.000	.426	.000	.770	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
7 Yrs				22	18	1	1.5	99	.167	.118	.268	.211	.335	.118	.395	.328	.730	-7	.129	-2.6	-0.3	.267	.118	.000
162 Game Avg.				16	13	1	1.5	99	.167	.118	.268	.211	.335	.118	.395	.328	.730	-7	.129	-2.6	-0.3	.267	.118	.000

NL (5 yrs)				22	18	1	1.5	99	.167	.118	.268	.211	.335	.118	.395	.328	.730	-7	.129	-2.6	-0.3	.267	.118	.000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

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
1984	26	DET	AL	WS	SDP	W	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
1 WS							3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	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
1982	24	CIN	NL	4	0.0%	0.0%	25.0%	0.0%	0%	0.00						50%
1983	25	CIN	NL	13	0.0%	23.1%	7.7%	0.0%	0%	3.00	3.7				1.00	62%
1984	26	TOT	MLB	4	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.5					25%
1984	26	CIN	NL	4	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.5					25%

1987	29	CIN	NL	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%								100%
7 Yrs				22	0.0%	22.7%	9.1%	0.0%	0%	2.50	3.4				2.25	55%
MLB Averages					2.2%	14.3%	8.5%	6.8%	29%	1.69	6.2	40.2	8.3	0.80	1.07	74%	20%	8.2%	41%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1982	24	CIN	NL	0.5	0.0	4	-0.0	0.1	-0.1	1.59	0.0	-0.0	-0.1	-0.0	1.25	0.2	0
1983	25	CIN	NL	-2.0	-0.2	13	-0.1	0.0	-0.2	.76	-0.2	0.0	-2.1	-0.2	0.88	-2.0	0
1984	26	TOT	MLB	-0.8	-0.1	4	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	1.09	-0.1	0.0	-0.9	-0.1	0.98	-0.9	0
1984	26	CIN	NL	-0.8	-0.1	4	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	1.09	-0.1	0.0	-0.9	-0.1	0.98	-0.9	0
1984	26	DET	AL	0.0	0.0
1985	27	DET	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1986	28	DET	AL	0.0	0.0
1987	29	CIN	NL	-0.3	-0.0	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.07	-0.0	-0.0	-0.1	-0.0	0.39	-0.3	0
1988	30	TOT	MLB	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1988	30	BAL	AL	0.0	0.0
1988	30	PHI	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
7 Yrs				-2.6	-0.3	22	-0.2	0.1	-0.3	.94	-0.3	0.0	-3.2	-0.3	0.94	-3.1	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1982	24	CIN	NL	0	0	0%	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1983	25	CIN	NL	0	0	0%	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1984	26	TOT	MLB	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1984	26	CIN	NL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1987	29	CIN	NL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7 Yrs				0	0	0%	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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
1982	24	CIN	NL	4	100%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	4	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
1983	25	CIN	NL	13	69%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	1	1	100%	7	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1984	26	TOT	MLB	4	75%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	1	1	100%	2	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1984	26	CIN	NL	4	75%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	1	1	100%	2	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0

1987	29	CIN	NL	1	100%	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		0
7 Yrs				22	77%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	100%	3	0	0%	3	2	67%	13	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
MLB Averages					59%																			79%			11%			35%			15%			52%			55%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	H	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	SH
1982	24	6	4	2	1	1	0	.500	.667	.500	1.167	230	1	1
1983	25	79	17	13	2	2	3	.154	.267	.154	.421	19	2	2
1984	26	133	21	16	2	2	5	.125	.222	.125	.347	-2	2	3
1985	27	181	21	16	2	2	5	.125	.222	.125	.347	-2	2	3
1986	28	194	21	16	2	2	5	.125	.222	.125	.347	-2	2	3
1987	29	217	22	17	2	2	5	.118	.211	.118	.328	-7	2	3
1988	30	229	22	17	2	2	5	.118	.211	.118	.328	-7	2	3

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1982	24	6	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.500	.667	.500	1.167	1	6
1983	25	73	13	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.083	.000	.083	0	73
1984	26	54	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	54

1987	29	23	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	23
4 Yrs		156	22	17	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	.059	.158	.059	.217	1	156
162 Game Avg.		162	23	18	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	.059	.158	.059	.217	1	156

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