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Bill Schroeder

Alfred William Schroeder

Positions: Catcher and First Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: September 7, 1958 in Baltimore, MD
High School: West Windsor-Plainsboro HS (Princeton Junction, NJ)
School: Clemson University (Clemson, SC)
Drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 8th round of the 1979 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 13, 1983
Teams (by GP): Brewers/Angels 1983-1990

Final Game: September 9, 1990
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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
1979	20	MIL-min	Rk	65	242	242		86	16	7	18						.355	.355	.702	1.058		170							BTE · PION
1980	21	MIL-min	A	123	499	437	68	117	20	3	18	97	10	3	48	141	.268	.345	.451	.796		197		6	4	4			STK · CALL
1981	22	MIL-min	AA	95	370	335	41	87	20	2	15	61	2	2	25	118	.260	.315	.466	.781		156		3	5	2	0		ELP · TL
1982	23	MIL-min	AAA	116	476	425	66	113	16	3	22	77	2	0	34	136	.266	.326	.473	.799		201		7	4	6	2		VAN · PCL
1983	24	MIL-min	AAA	82	351	304	51	87	13	3	20	70	2	1	37	79	.286	.374	.546	.920		166		7	1	2	2		VAN · PCL
1983	24	MIL	AL	23	79	73	7	13	2	1	3	7	0	1	3	23	.178	.221	.356	.577	61	26	0	1	2	0	0	2
1984	25	MIL	AL	61	226	210	29	54	6	0	14	25	0	1	8	54	.257	.288	.486	.774	114	102	6	2	4	2	2	2/D3
1985	26	MIL	AL	53	210	194	18	47	8	0	8	25	0	1	12	61	.242	.290	.407	.698	90	79	5	2	0	2	1	2/D3
1986	27	MIL-min	AA	8	30	26	5	6	3	0	1	2	0	0	3	9	.231	.333	.462	.795		12		1	0	0	1		ELP · TL
1986	27	MIL	AL	64	237	217	32	46	14	0	7	19	1	0	9	59	.212	.262	.373	.635	69	81	3	6	4	1	0	23D
1987	28	MIL	AL	75	270	250	35	83	12	0	14	42	5	2	16	56	.332	.379	.548	.927	139	137	3	3	1	0	0	2/3D
1988	29	MIL-min	AAA	6	19	17	4	4	2	1	0	3	0	0	1	6	.235	.316	.471	.786		8		1	0	0	0		DEN · AA
1988	29	MIL	AL	41	131	122	9	19	2	0	5	10	0	0	6	36	.156	.208	.295	.503	39	36	6	2	1	0	0	23/D
1989	30	CAL	AL	41	144	138	16	28	2	0	6	15	0	0	3	44	.203	.220	.348	.568	60	48	3	0	3	0	0	2/3
1990	31	ANA-min	A+	6	13	12	2	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	.333	.385	.417	.801		5		0	0	0	0		PSP · CALL
1990	31	CAL	AL	18	59	58	7	13	3	0	4	9	0	0	1	10	.224	.237	.483	.720	100	28	3	0	0	0	0	2/3
8 Yrs				376	1356	1262	153	303	49	1	61	152	6	5	58	343	.240	.281	.426	.707	91	537	29	16	15	5	3
162 Game Avg.				162	584	544	66	131	21	0	26	65	3	2	25	148	.240	.281	.426	.707	91	231	12	7	6	2	1

MIL (6 yrs)				317	1153	1066	130	262	44	1	51	128	6	5	54	289	.246	.291	.432	.723	95	461	23	16	12	5	3
CAL (2 yrs)				59	203	196	23	41	5	0	10	24	0	0	4	54	.209	.225	.388	.613	71	76	6	0	3	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
1983	24	MIL	AL	23	79	-3	-0	0	0	1	-2	-0.1	2	1	0.1	.493	.499	0.1	0.1	1	$	2
1984	25	MIL	AL	61	226	2	-0	-0	-6	3	-2	-0.2	7	4	0.4	.496	.498	1.1	-0.3	10	$	2/D3
1985	26	MIL	AL	53	210	-4	-1	-0	-2	2	-5	-0.4	6	1	0.1	.490	.497	0.4	0.1	4	$100,000	2/D3
1986	27	MIL	AL	64	237	-8	0	0	-0	-0	-9	-0.8	7	-2	-0.1	.486	.494	-0.1	-0.0	-1	$155,000	23D
1987	28	MIL	AL	75	270	15	-0	-0	-4	3	14	1.4	8	22	2.1	.517	.508	2.5	0.0	25	$185,000	2/3D
1988	29	MIL	AL	41	131	-9	1	-1	2	1	-7	-0.7	4	-3	-0.3	.481	.495	-0.5	0.4	-5	$372,500	23/D
1989	30	CAL	AL	41	144	-8	1	-0	-1	1	-8	-0.8	4	-3	-0.3	.480	.495	-0.2	0.1	-2	$372,500	2/3
1990	31	CAL	AL	18	59	-1	-0	-0	0	1	-0	-0.0	2	2	0.2	.498	.500	0.2	0.1	1	$407,500	2/3
8 Seasons				376	1356	-17	-0	-2	-12	13	-19	-1.7	42	22	2.2	.494	.498	3.5	0.4	34	$1,592,500

MIL (6 yrs)				317	1153	-8	-1	-2	-11	10	-11	-0.9	35	24	2.3	.496	.499	3.5	0.3	34	$812,500
CAL (2 yrs)				59	203	-9	1	-1	-1	2	-8	-0.8	6	-2	-0.1	.486	.497	0.0	0.2	-1	$780,000

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	PwrSpd
1983	24	MIL	AL	79	63	6	2.6	92	.213	.178	.257	.221	.318	.356	.388	.577	.706	61	.257	-4.2	-0.4	.475	.205	.178	.0
1984	25	MIL	AL	226	169	27	4.3	93	.278	.257	.259	.288	.321	.486	.391	.774	.712	114	.476	2.7	0.3	.681	.262	.229	.0
1985	26	MIL	AL	210	155	22	3.8	98	.307	.242	.260	.290	.326	.407	.404	.698	.730	90	.414	-3.1	-0.3	.601	.222	.165	.0
1986	27	MIL	AL	237	179	22	3.3	103	.257	.212	.265	.262	.333	.373	.413	.635	.747	69	.344	-10.1	-1.0	.557	.207	.161	1.8
1987	28	MIL	AL	270	173	52	8.0	108	.383	.332	.268	.379	.337	.548	.431	.927	.769	139	.706	13.6	1.3	.924	.292	.216	7.4
1988	29	MIL	AL	131	110	6	1.5	95	.173	.156	.260	.208	.326	.295	.392	.503	.718	39	.117	-10.8	-1.1	.404	.189	.139	.0
1989	30	CAL	AL	144	116	10	2.3	92	.250	.203	.258	.220	.323	.348	.380	.568	.703	60	.239	-8.4	-0.9	.451	.167	.145	.0
1990	31	CAL	AL	59	48	5	2.8	92	.205	.224	.256	.237	.323	.483	.382	.720	.706	100	.303	-0.6	-0.1	.604	.276	.259	.0
8 Yrs				1356	1013	150	4.0	99	.280	.240	.262	.281	.328	.426	.403	.707	.731	91	.431	-21.0	-2.2	.616	.232	.185	10.9
162 Game Avg.				584	436	65	4.0	99	.280	.240	.262	.281	.328	.426	.403	.707	.731	91	.431	-21.0	-2.2	.616	.232	.185	5

MIL (6 yrs)				1153	849	135	4.3	100	.289	.246	.263	.291	.329	.432	.407	.723	.736	95	.458	-12.0	-1.3	.639	.238	.187	10.7
CAL (2 yrs)				203	164	15	2.4	92	.235	.209	.258	.225	.323	.388	.381	.613	.704	71	.259	-9.0	-0.9	.497	.199	.179	.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
1983	24	MIL	AL	79	3.8%	29.1%	3.8%	7.6%	46%	7.67	3.2	24.3	10.4		1.11	59%
1984	25	MIL	AL	226	6.2%	23.9%	3.5%	8.9%	37%	6.75	3.9	15.0	8.4		1.00	64%
1985	26	MIL	AL	210	3.8%	29.1%	5.7%	7.6%	34%	5.08	3.2	24.3	7.8		1.09	60%
1986	27	MIL	AL	237	3.0%	24.9%	3.8%	8.9%	46%	6.56	3.7	31.0	11.4		0.61	64%
1987	28	MIL	AL	270	5.2%	20.7%	5.9%	9.6%	31%	3.50	4.5	17.9	6.0		0.84	67%
1988	29	MIL	AL	131	3.8%	27.5%	4.6%	5.3%	37%	6.00	3.4	24.4	12.2	0.84	1.06	62%	8%	29.4%	60%
1989	30	CAL	AL	144	4.2%	30.6%	2.1%	5.6%	29%	14.67	3.1	23.0	9.2	0.66	1.15	61%	25%	13.0%	18%
1990	31	CAL	AL	59	6.8%	17.0%	1.7%	11.9%	54%	10.00	5.8	14.5	6.4	0.78	1.18	75%	15%	20.0%	26%
8 Yrs				1356	4.5%	25.3%	4.3%	8.2%	37%	5.91	3.7	20.7	8.3	0.75	0.94	64%	16%	18.1%	34%
MLB Averages					2.2%	14.6%	8.5%	6.8%	29%	1.71	6.1	40.9	8.4	0.80	1.06	73%	20%	6.6%	26%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1983	24	MIL	AL	-4.2	-0.4	81	-0.6	0.8	-1.3	.80	-0.0	-0.7	-5.5	-0.6	0.99	-1.7		0
1984	25	MIL	AL	2.7	0.3	228	-0.5	3.9	-4.4	1.01	0.3	-0.8	-13.1	-1.3	0.95	0.3		1
1985	26	MIL	AL	-3.4	-0.3	212	-0.6	3.5	-4.2	.96	-0.9	0.2	-8.4	-0.8	0.93	-9.5		0
1986	27	MIL	AL	-10.1	-1.0	241	-2.0	3.0	-5.0	1.02	-0.8	-1.2	-12.5	-1.2	0.95	-9.0	1.32	0
1987	28	MIL	AL	13.6	1.3	282	1.4	6.4	-5.0	1.02	0.9	0.5	8.7	0.8	0.95	10.2	1.61	4
1988	29	MIL	AL	-10.8	-1.1	132	-0.8	1.7	-2.5	.93	-1.0	0.2	-11.6	-1.2	0.90	-11.9		0
1989	30	CAL	AL	-8.4	-0.9	146	-1.5	1.2	-2.7	.87	-0.9	-0.8	-9.3	-1.0	0.96	-10.9		0
1990	31	CAL	AL	-0.6	-0.1	60	0.1	1.0	-0.9	.87	0.0	0.0	1.2	0.1	0.92	0.7		0
8 Yrs				-21.3	-2.3	1382	-4.6	21.4	-26.0	.97	-2.4	-2.3	-50.5	-5.2	0.95	-31.8	1.29	5

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	CS3	CSH	PO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1983	24	MIL	AL	2	29%	21	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	40%	2	2	0	0	0	0	3	1	2
1984	25	MIL	AL	1	30%	59	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	1	1	4	42%	16	11	5	1	1	0	7	2	5
1985	26	MIL	AL	1	19%	66	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	1	3	2	33%	10	8	2	2	1	1	6	1	3
1986	27	MIL	AL	5	46%	85	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	41%	6	5	1	3	2	1	13	6	7
1987	28	MIL	AL	3	24%	101	5	2	71%	5	0	1	1	1	4	7	50%	9	6	3	4	0	4	7	4	3
1988	29	MIL	AL	2	18%	23	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	75%	7	2	5	0	0	0	1	0	1
1989	30	CAL	AL	0	40%	37	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1	6	56%	7	3	4	0	0	0	2	1	1
1990	31	CAL	AL	0	30%	14	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1	1	25%	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	1	1
8 Yrs				14	29%	406	6	5	55%	6	3	1	1	3	11	27	45%	59	39	20	10	4	6	41	16	23

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
1983	24	MIL	AL	79	37%	13			0	0	0	0		3	0	3	1	2	2	1	0	2	2	100%	9	0	0%	4	4	100%	56	4	7%	0	0		4	3	75%	0
1984	25	MIL	AL	226	32%	54			1	0	0	0		14	0	6	9	5	7	7	0	4	4	100%	46	6	13%	30	10	33%	144	11	8%	16	5	31%	5	2	40%	0
1985	26	MIL	AL	210	30%	47			0	0	0	0		8	1	8	3	5	2	6	0	0	0		37	5	14%	15	2	13%	131	18	14%	10	6	60%	6	2	33%	0
1986	27	MIL	AL	237	32%	46			0	0	0	0	1.32	7	0	9	4	3	2	5	0	5	4	80%	51	3	6%	27	6	22%	158	14	9%	14	3	21%	8	4	50%	0
1987	28	MIL	AL	270	50%	83			4	0	0	0	1.61	14	0	7	6	8	5	9	0	2	1	50%	46	3	7%	22	4	18%	177	28	16%	14	5	36%	21	10	48%	0
1988	29	MIL	AL	131	62%	19	3	1	0	0	0	0		5	0	1	2	3	2	3	0	4	1	25%	32	6	19%	15	3	20%	70	5	7%	6	1	17%	6	4	67%	0
1989	30	CAL	AL	144	46%	28	0	0	0	0	0	0		6	1	4	2	4	2	4	0	3	3	100%	28	3	11%	20	6	30%	92	10	11%	11	3	27%	8	4	50%	0
1990	31	CAL	AL	59	34%	13	1	0	0	0	0	0		4	0	2	1	3	0	4	0	0	0		12	3	25%	4	0	0%	28	5	18%	2	1	50%	1	1	100%	0
8 Yrs				1356	40%	303	4	1	5	0	0	0	1.29	61	2	40	28	33	22	39	0	20	15	75%	261	29	11%	137	35	26%	856	95	11%	73	24	33%	59	30	51%	0
MLB Averages					60%																			77%			11%			35%			15%			52%			55%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru
1988	29	MIL	AL	131	459	3.50	300	65%	19%	29%	23%	29%	81%	0%	53%	64%	43%	3%	4	2	9%	12	8	6%	8	7	14%	0	0	1
1989	30	CAL	AL	145	532	3.67	348	65%	15%	32%	25%	28%	85%	0%	55%	63%	43%	1%	1	1	10%	14	12	3%	5	5	20%	-1	0	0
1990	31	CAL	AL	55	180	3.27	121	67%	16%	24%	24%	36%	84%	0%	57%	72%	45%	4%	2	0	11%	6	3	2%	1	1	10%	4	0	0
3 Yrs				331	1171	3.54	769	66%	17%	29%	24%	30%	83%	0%	55%	65%	43%	2%	7	3	10%	32	23	4%	14	13	17%	3	0	1
MLB Averages						3.60		62%	24%	14%	27%	34%	75%	2%	47%	81%	32%	6%			16%			9%			26%

Cumulative Batting

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
1983	24	23	79	73	7	13	2	1	3	7	0	1	3	23	.178	.221	.356	.577	61	26	0	1	2	0	0
1984	25	84	305	283	36	67	8	1	17	32	0	2	11	77	.237	.271	.452	.723	101	128	6	3	6	2	2
1985	26	137	515	477	54	114	16	1	25	57	0	3	23	138	.239	.279	.434	.713	96	207	11	5	6	4	3
1986	27	201	752	694	86	160	30	1	32	76	1	3	32	197	.231	.274	.415	.689	87	288	14	11	10	5	3
1987	28	276	1022	944	121	243	42	1	46	118	6	5	48	253	.257	.302	.450	.752	102	425	17	14	11	5	3
1988	29	317	1153	1066	130	262	44	1	51	128	6	5	54	289	.246	.291	.432	.723	95	461	23	16	12	5	3
1989	30	358	1297	1204	146	290	46	1	57	143	6	5	57	333	.241	.283	.423	.706	91	509	26	16	15	5	3
1990	31	376	1356	1262	153	303	49	1	61	152	6	5	58	343	.240	.281	.426	.707	91	537	29	16	15	5	3

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
1983	24	23	80	74	8	14	2	1	3	8	0	3	23	.189	.231	.365	.596	6	23
1984	25	61	229	213	32	57	6	0	15	28	0	8	54	.268	.298	.507	.805	32	61
1985	26	53	213	196	19	49	8	0	8	27	0	13	61	.250	.300	.413	.714	24	53
1986	27	64	237	217	32	46	14	0	7	19	1	9	59	.212	.262	.373	.635	20	64
1987	28	75	266	247	33	80	12	0	13	40	5	15	56	.324	.370	.530	.900	48	75
1988	29	41	132	123	10	20	2	0	5	11	0	6	36	.163	.214	.301	.515	8	41
1989	30	41	146	140	18	30	2	0	6	17	0	3	44	.214	.231	.357	.588	12	41
1990	31	18	60	59	8	14	3	0	4	11	0	1	10	.237	.250	.492	.742	8	18
8 Yrs		376	1363	1269	160	310	49	1	61	161	6	58	343	.244	.285	.429	.714	158	376
162 Game Avg.		162	587	547	69	134	21	0	26	69	3	25	148	.244	.285	.429	.714	68	376

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame Standards

Batting - 7 (1934), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Batters

Compare Stats to Similars

Most Similar by Ages

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Chris Hoiles (952) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
John Orsino (941) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Earl Averill (967) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Mark Salas (938) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Bob Brenly (934) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Other Resources & Links

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Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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