Bill Scherrer
William Joseph Scherrer
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: January 20, 1958 in Tonawanda, NY
High School: Bishop O'Hara (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
Final Game: July 28, 1988
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Standard Batting

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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
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 TOT MLB 36 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .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
1985 27 DET AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
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 TOT MLB 8 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
7 Seasons 147 22 17 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 .118 .211 .118 .328 -7 2 0 0 3 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 24 19 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 .118 .211 .118 .328 -7 2 0 0 3 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
PHI (1 yr) 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DET (3 yrs) 1 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) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Advanced Batting

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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
1982 24 CIN NL 4 2 1 13.5 96 .500 .500 .268 .667 .331 .500 .389 1.167 .720 230 .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 .389 .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 .389 .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 Seasons 22 18 1 1.5 99 .143 .118 .268 .211 .335 .118 .395 .328 .730 -7 .129 -2.6 -0.3 .267 .118 .000
162 Game Avg. 24 20 1 1.5 99 .143 .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

Ratio Batting*

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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 Seasons 22 0.0% 22.7% 9.1% 0.0% 0% 2.50 3.4 2.25 55%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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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
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 Seasons 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
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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 Seasons 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

Cumulative Batting

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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
1982 24 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
1983 25 79 17 13 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 .154 .267 .154 .421 19 2 0 0 2 0 0
1984 26 115 21 16 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 .125 .222 .125 .347 -2 2 0 0 3 0 0
1985 27 116 21 16 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 .125 .222 .125 .347 -2 2 0 0 3 0 0
1986 28 116 21 16 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 .125 .222 .125 .347 -2 2 0 0 3 0 0
1987 29 139 22 17 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 .118 .211 .118 .328 -7 2 0 0 3 0 0
1988 30 147 22 17 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 .118 .211 .118 .328 -7 2 0 0 3 0 0

Neutralized Batting

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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
1982 24 6 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .500 .667 .500 1.167 1 6
1983 25 73 12 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .083 .000 .083 0 73
1984 26 36 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 36
1987 29 23 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 23
4 Seasons 138 19 17 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 .059 .158 .059 .217 1 138
162 Game Avg. 162 22 20 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 .059 .158 .059 .217 1 138

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