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 Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1982 24 CIN NL 0 1 .000 2.60 5 2 2 0 0 0 17.1 17 7 5 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 69 142 0.981 8.8 0.0 0.0 3.6
1983 25 CIN NL 2 3 .400 2.74 73 0 32 0 0 10 92.0 73 31 28 6 33 4 57 0 0 0 371 138 1.152 7.1 0.6 3.2 5.6 1.73
1984 26 TOT MLB 2 1 .667 4.16 54 0 14 0 0 1 71.1 78 35 33 7 23 4 51 0 0 0 309 92 1.416 9.8 0.9 2.9 6.4 2.22
1984 26 CIN NL 1 1 .500 4.99 36 0 12 0 0 1 52.1 64 31 29 6 15 3 35 0 0 0 232 76 1.510 11.0 1.0 2.6 6.0 2.33
1984 26 DET AL 1 0 1.000 1.89 18 0 2 0 0 0 19.0 14 4 4 1 8 1 16 0 0 0 77 207 1.158 6.6 0.5 3.8 7.6 2.00
1985 27 DET AL 3 2 .600 4.36 48 0 14 0 0 0 66.0 62 35 32 10 41 13 46 1 0 5 299 93 1.561 8.5 1.4 5.6 6.3 1.12
1986 28 DET AL 0 1 .000 7.29 13 0 8 0 0 0 21.0 19 19 17 3 22 4 16 1 0 1 103 57 1.952 8.1 1.3 9.4 6.9 0.73
1987 29 CIN NL 1 1 .500 4.36 23 0 10 0 0 0 33.0 43 17 16 3 16 4 24 0 0 2 151 96 1.788 11.7 0.8 4.4 6.5 1.50
1988 30 TOT MLB 0 1 .000 8.44 12 0 1 0 0 0 10.2 15 10 10 2 5 0 6 0 2 0 51 44 1.875 12.7 1.7 4.2 5.1 1.20
1988 30 BAL AL 0 1 .000 13.50 4 0 0 0 0 0 4.0 8 6 6 2 3 0 3 0 2 0 23 29 2.750 18.0 4.5 6.8 6.8 1.00
1988 30 PHI NL 0 0 5.40 8 0 1 0 0 0 6.2 7 4 4 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 28 66 1.350 9.5 0.0 2.7 4.1 1.50
7 Seasons 8 10 .444 4.08 228 2 81 0 0 11 311.1 307 154 141 31 140 29 207 2 2 8 1353 96 1.436 8.9 0.9 4.0 6.0 1.48
162 Game Avg. 2 3 .444 4.08 67 1 24 0 0 3 92 91 46 42 9 41 9 61 1 1 2 400 96 1.436 8.9 0.9 4.0 6.0 1.48
CIN (4 yrs) 4 6 .400 3.61 137 2 56 0 0 11 194.2 197 86 78 15 64 11 123 0 0 2 823 107 1.341 9.1 0.7 3.0 5.7 1.92
DET (3 yrs) 4 3 .571 4.50 79 0 24 0 0 0 106.0 95 58 53 14 71 18 78 2 0 6 479 90 1.566 8.1 1.2 6.0 6.6 1.10
PHI (1 yr) 0 0 5.40 8 0 1 0 0 0 6.2 7 4 4 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 28 66 1.350 9.5 0.0 2.7 4.1 1.50
BAL (1 yr) 0 1 .000 13.50 4 0 0 0 0 0 4.0 8 6 6 2 3 0 3 0 2 0 23 29 2.750 18.0 4.5 6.8 6.8 1.00
NL (5 yrs) 4 6 .400 3.67 145 2 57 0 0 11 201.1 204 90 82 15 66 11 126 0 0 2 851 105 1.341 9.1 0.7 3.0 5.6 1.91
AL (4 yrs) 4 4 .500 4.83 83 0 24 0 0 0 110.0 103 64 59 16 74 18 81 2 2 6 502 84 1.609 8.4 1.3 6.1 6.6 1.09

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1984 26 DET AL WS W SDP 0 0 3.00 3 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 1.667 15.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1 WS 0 0 3.00 3 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 1.667 15.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1982 24 CIN NL 5 69 68 7 17 7 1 0 2 0 0 7 .250 .250 .382 .632 .279 26 2 0 1 0 0
1983 25 CIN NL 73 371 325 31 73 13 2 6 6 4 33 57 .225 .291 .332 .624 .250 108 12 0 7 6 4
1984 26 TOT MLB 54 309 281 35 78 13 1 7 8 4 23 51 .278 .329 .406 .735 .314 114 5 0 2 3 4
1984 26 CIN NL 36 232 213 31 64 10 1 6 5 4 15 35 .300 .342 .441 .783 .331 94 2 0 1 3 3
1984 26 DET AL 18 77 68 4 14 3 0 1 3 0 8 16 .206 .289 .294 .584 .255 20 3 0 1 0 1
1985 27 DET AL 48 299 250 35 62 4 0 10 5 1 41 46 .248 .354 .384 .738 .265 96 4 1 5 2 13
1986 28 DET AL 13 103 78 19 19 6 0 3 0 0 22 16 .244 .416 .436 .852 .271 34 2 1 2 0 4
1987 29 CIN NL 23 151 131 17 43 6 3 3 10 0 16 24 .328 .393 .489 .882 .374 64 6 0 1 3 4
1988 30 TOT MLB 12 51 46 10 15 5 1 2 0 0 5 6 .326 .392 .609 1.001 .342 28 1 0 0 0 0
1988 30 BAL AL 4 23 20 6 8 2 0 2 0 0 3 3 .400 .478 .800 1.278 .400 16 0 0 0 0 0
1988 30 PHI NL 8 28 26 4 7 3 1 0 0 0 2 3 .269 .321 .462 .783 .304 12 1 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons 228 1353 1179 154 307 54 8 31 31 9 140 207 .260 .336 .399 .735 .289 470 32 2 18 14 29
162 Game Avg. 67 400 349 46 91 16 2 9 9 3 41 61 .260 .336 .399 .735 .289 139 9 1 5 4 9
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1982 24 CIN NL 5 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 .500 0 0 0 0 1 50% 45 51 38 3 1 0 1 3.5 3.3 5.7
1 Season 5 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 .500 0 0 0 0 1 50% 45 51 38 3 1 0 1 3.5 3.3 5.7
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1982 24 CIN NL 5 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0.745 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 3 3 0 3 0 6.0
1983 25 CIN NL 73 73 32 2 3 16 10 6 63% 27 10 71 19 27% 8 1.282 29 16 26 30 5 38 39 34 29 32 33 28 3.8
1984 26 TOT MLB 54 54 14 2 1 2 1 1 50% 9 6 39 14 36% 0.820 15 13 24 15 6 33 23 31 23 12 28 20 4.0
1984 26 CIN NL 36 36 12 1 1 2 1 1 50% 4 1 28 13 46% 8 0.854 11 8 15 7 5 24 17 19 21 7 23 14 4.4
1984 26 DET AL 18 18 2 1 0 0 0 0 5 5 11 1 9% 7 0.717 4 5 9 8 1 9 6 12 2 5 5 6 3.2
1985 27 DET AL 48 48 14 3 2 2 0 2 0% 6 4 50 16 32% 7 1.048 19 10 19 11 10 27 28 20 19 20 24 13 4.1
1986 28 DET AL 13 13 8 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 6 5 83% 7 0.514 3 1 8 2 2 9 4 9 6 3 6 4 4.8
1987 29 CIN NL 23 23 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 15 5 33% 7 0.267 2 4 16 0 1 22 9 14 11 7 12 5 4.3
1988 30 TOT MLB 12 12 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 50% 0.336 1 1 10 1 1 10 3 9 1 6 2 5 2.7 15
1988 30 BAL AL 4 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 8 0.391 1 0 3 0 1 3 1 3 1 3 1 2 3.0 19
1988 30 PHI NL 8 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 67% 7 0.291 0 1 7 1 0 7 2 6 0 3 1 3 2.5 13
7 Seasons 228 226 81 8 9 20 11 9 55% 44 22 185 61 33% 0.890 69 45 106 59 25 142 106 120 92 80 108 75 4.0 15

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1982 24 CIN NL 69 80% 0.0% 10.1% 0.0% 11.6% 47% 1.25 88% 4 2 50%
1983 25 CIN NL 371 64% 1.6% 15.4% 8.9% 5.7% 29% 1.62 72% 67 12 18%
1984 26 TOT MLB 309 72% 2.3% 16.5% 7.4% 6.8% 27% 1.08 73% 55 5 9%
1984 26 CIN NL 232 75% 2.6% 15.1% 6.5% 7.3% 27% 1.21 75% 43 2 5%
1984 26 DET AL 77 65% 1.3% 20.8% 10.4% 5.2% 29% 0.78 66% 12 3 25%
1985 27 DET AL 299 59% 3.3% 15.4% 13.7% 4.7% 23% 1.04 66% 56 4 7%
1986 28 DET AL 103 67% 2.9% 15.5% 21.4% 8.7% 47% 2.36 57% 17 2 12%
1987 29 CIN NL 151 70% 2.0% 15.9% 10.6% 8.0% 28% 1.21 71% 43 6 14%
1988 30 TOT MLB 51 55% 3.9% 11.8% 9.8% 15.7% 53% 0.50 0.53 75% 20% 13.3% 42% 16 1 6%
1988 30 BAL AL 23 39% 8.7% 13.0% 13.0% 17.4% 50% 0.45 0.29 65% 18% 50.0% 64% 8 0 0%
1988 30 PHI NL 28 68% 0.0% 10.7% 7.1% 14.3% 57% 0.53 0.70 82% 22% 0.0% 27% 8 1 13%
7 Seasons 1353 66% 2.3% 15.3% 10.4% 6.9% 30% 0.50 1.26 71% 20% 13.3% 42% 258 32 12%
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
1988 30 TOT MLB 51 182 3.57 106 58% 23% 18% 22% 38% 77% 0% 45% 77% 49% 4% 2 0 14% 7 4 1 17% 3 2 0 0 0
1988 30 BAL AL 23 77 3.35 47 61% 19% 17% 28% 36% 81% 0% 49% 79% 43% 4% 1 0 13% 3 2 1 0% 1 1 0 0 0
1988 30 PHI NL 28 105 3.75 59 56% 25% 19% 17% 39% 75% 0% 42% 75% 54% 4% 1 0 14% 4 2 0 33% 2 1 0 0 0
1 Season 51 182 3.57 106 58% 23% 18% 22% 38% 77% 0% 45% 77% 49% 4% 2 0 14% 7 4 1 17% 3 2 0 0 0
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1982 24 CIN NL 69 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 0 80% 2 0 0 19 2 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 25 CIN NL 371 73 6 0 10 6 0 3 3 21 11 2 52% 7 0 0 146 6 4 60% 5 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 8 0
1984 26 TOT MLB 309 78 7 0 6 6 1 3 4 20 11 0 55% 4 0 0 122 8 4 67% 7 3 1 0 0 1 3 2 5 0
1984 26 CIN NL 232 64 6 0 4 6 0 3 3 17 10 0 59% 3 0 0 94 5 4 56% 5 3 0 0 0 1 3 2 5 0
1984 26 DET AL 77 14 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 3 1 0 33% 1 0 0 28 3 0 100% 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 27 DET AL 299 62 10 1 19 7 3 3 7 22 9 2 41% 4 5 1 115 5 1 83% 5 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 10 0
1986 28 DET AL 103 19 3 0 7 3 0 2 1 4 1 3 25% 1 1 0 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1987 29 CIN NL 151 43 3 0 5 2 1 3 0 21 7 5 33% 0 2 2 66 10 0 100% 6 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1988 30 TOT MLB 51 15 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 2 7 5 1 71% 0 0 0 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1988 30 BAL AL 23 8 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 4 2 1 50% 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1988 30 PHI NL 28 7 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 100% 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons 1353 307 2 0 31 1 48 25 6 14 17 100 48 13 48% 18 8 3 528 31 9 78% 24 6 7 0 0 3 4 2 33 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1982 24 0 1 .000 2.60 5 2 2 0 0 0 17.1 17 7 5 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 69 142 0.981 8.8 0.0 0.0 3.6 142
1983 25 2 4 .333 2.72 78 2 34 0 0 10 109.1 90 38 33 6 33 4 64 0 0 0 440 139 1.125 7.4 0.5 2.7 5.3 1.94 139
1984 26 4 5 .444 3.29 132 2 48 0 0 11 180.2 168 73 66 13 56 8 115 0 0 0 749 115 1.240 8.4 0.6 2.8 5.7 2.05 115
1985 27 7 7 .500 3.58 180 2 62 0 0 11 246.2 230 108 98 23 97 21 161 1 0 5 1048 108 1.326 8.4 0.8 3.5 5.9 1.66 108
1986 28 7 8 .467 3.87 193 2 70 0 0 11 267.2 249 127 115 26 119 25 177 2 0 6 1151 100 1.375 8.4 0.9 4.0 6.0 1.49 100
1987 29 8 9 .471 3.92 216 2 80 0 0 11 300.2 292 144 131 29 135 29 201 2 0 8 1302 100 1.420 8.7 0.9 4.0 6.0 1.49 100
1988 30 8 10 .444 4.08 228 2 81 0 0 11 311.1 307 154 141 31 140 29 207 2 2 8 1353 96 1.436 8.9 0.9 4.0 6.0 1.48 96

Neutralized Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1982 24 2 0 1.000 1.96 23.0 0 6 5 0 0 9 0 0.000 0.0 0.0 3.5 0.0 5
1983 25 6 3 .667 2.97 88.0 74 32 29 6 33 55 0 1.216 7.6 3.4 5.6 1.67 0.6 73
1984 26 3 4 .429 4.63 68.0 80 39 35 7 24 49 0 1.529 10.6 3.2 6.5 2.04 0.9 54
1985 27 3 4 .429 4.86 63.0 65 38 34 10 43 44 1 1.714 9.3 6.1 6.3 1.02 1.4 48
1986 28 0 2 .000 7.65 20.0 19 19 17 3 22 15 1 2.050 8.6 9.9 6.8 0.68 1.4 13
1987 29 1 2 .333 4.22 32.0 41 17 15 3 15 23 0 1.750 11.5 4.2 6.5 1.53 0.8 23
1988 30 0 1 .000 10.80 10.0 16 13 12 2 5 6 0 2.100 14.4 4.5 5.4 1.20 1.8 12
7 Seasons 15 16 .484 4.35 304.0 295 164 147 31 142 201 2 1.438 8.7 6.0 1.42 0.9 228

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Games Played s c a p y
1983 NL--73--4th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 1 (2282), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 4 (1345), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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