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Bill Scherrer
William Joseph Scherrer

Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: January 20, 1958 in Tonawanda, NY
Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 1977 amateur draft (Secondary Phase). (All Transactions)
Debut: September 7, 1982
Final Game: July 28, 1988
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Standard Pitching

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Minors
Game Logs [+]
- Postseason
- 1982
- 1986
- 1983
- 1987
- 1984
- 1988
- 1985
Splits [+]
- Career
- 1982
- 1986
- 1983
- 1987
- 1984
- 1988
- 1985
HR Log
vs. Batter
Finders [+]
- Game
- Streak
- Event

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
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

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Minors
Game Logs [+]
- 1982
- 1986
- 1983
- 1987
- 1984
- 1988
- 1985
Splits [+]
- Career
- 1982
- 1986
- 1983
- 1987
- 1984
- 1988
- 1985
HR Log
vs. Pitcher
Finders [+]
- Game
- Streak
- Event

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
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

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG
1982	CIN	NL	24	P	5	2	17.1	4	0	3	1	0	.750	1.56	0.60	.950	1.97	0.70
1983	CIN	NL	25	P	73	0	92.0	20	2	18	0	1	1.000	1.96	0.27	.950	1.92	0.68
1984	TOT	MLB	26	P	54	0	71.1	14	1	12	1	0	.929	1.64	0.24	.957	1.85	0.68
1984	CIN	NL	26	P	36	0	52.1	13	1	11	1	0	.923	2.06	0.33	.954	1.87	0.67
1984	DET	AL	26	P	18	0	19.0	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	0.47	0.06	1.000	1.80	0.70
1985	DET	AL	27	P	48	0	66.0	20	7	11	2	2	.900	2.45	0.38	.955	1.85	0.70
1986	DET	AL	28	P	13	0	21.0	4	1	3	0	0	1.000	1.71	0.31	.950	1.84	0.68
1987	CIN	NL	29	P	23	0	33.0	6	3	3	0	0	1.000	1.64	0.26	.950	1.91	0.62
1988	TOT	MLB	30	P	12	0	10.2	1	0	1	0	1	1.000	0.84	0.08	1.000	1.94	0.68
1988	BAL	AL	30	P	4	0	4.0	0	0	0	0	0		0.00	0.00		1.80	0.68
1988	PHI	NL	30	P	8	0	6.2	1	0	1	0	1	1.000	1.35	0.13	1.000	2.02	0.69
7 Seasons				P	228	2	311.1	69	14	51	4	4	.942	1.88	0.29	.954	1.89	0.68
7 Seasons				TOT	228	2	311.1	69	14	51	4	4	.942	1.88	0.29	.896	1.89	0.68

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 Ink Pitching - 1 (2900), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Hall of Fame Monitor Pitching - 4 (1351), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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Transactions

June 8, 1976: Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 6th round of the 1976 amateur draft, but did not sign.

January 11, 1977: Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 1977 amateur draft (Secondary Phase).

August 27, 1984: Traded by the Cincinnati Reds to the Detroit Tigers for cash. The Detroit Tigers sent Carl Willis (September 1, 1984) to the Cincinnati Reds to complete the trade.

October 15, 1986: Granted Free Agency.

Before 1987 Season: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cincinnati Reds.

October 27, 1987: Released by the Cincinnati Reds.

January 27, 1988: Signed as a Free Agent with the Baltimore Orioles.

May 2, 1988: Released by the Baltimore Orioles.

June 25, 1988: Signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Phillies.

August 1, 1988: Released by the Philadelphia Phillies.

August 8, 1988: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago Cubs.

October 15, 1988: Granted Free Agency.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses

1985	Detroit Tigers	$100,000
Career (may be incomplete)		$100,000

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Uniforms

View Bill Scherrer's uniforms at Dressed to the Nines a Baseball Hall of Fame on-line exhibit

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Gray Ink	Pitching - 1 (2900), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 4 (1351), Likely HOFer ≈ 100