Bill Schroeder
Alfred William Schroeder
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: September 7, 1958 in Baltimore, MD
High School: West Windsor-Plainsboro (Princeton Junction, NJ)
School: Clemson University
Drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 8th round of the 1979 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 13, 1983
Final Game: September 9, 1990
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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
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 89 79 5 2 0 2 1 2/D3
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 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 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 Seasons 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

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
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 99 .307 .242 .261 .290 .327 .407 .406 .698 .733 89 .414 -3.4 -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 Seasons 1356 1013 150 4.0 99 .280 .240 .262 .281 .328 .426 .403 .707 .731 91 .431 -21.3 -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 -21.3 -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 -12.3 -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*

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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
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 0.98 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 Seasons 1356 4.5% 25.3% 4.3% 8.2% 37% 5.91 3.7 20.7 8.3 0.75 0.93 64% 16% 18.1% 34%
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
1983 24 MIL AL 2 0 29% 21 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 40% 2 2 0 0 0 0 3 1 2
1984 25 MIL AL 1 0 30% 59 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 42% 16 11 5 1 1 0 7 2 5
1985 26 MIL AL 1 0 19% 66 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 2 33% 10 8 2 2 1 1 6 1 3
1986 27 MIL AL 5 0 46% 85 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 41% 6 5 1 3 2 1 13 6 7
1987 28 MIL AL 3 0 24% 101 5 2 71% 5 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 4 7 50% 9 6 3 4 0 4 7 4 3
1988 29 MIL AL 2 0 18% 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 75% 7 2 5 0 0 0 1 0 1
1989 30 CAL AL 0 0 40% 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 56% 7 3 4 0 0 0 2 1 1
1990 31 CAL AL 0 0 30% 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 25% 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 1
8 Seasons 14 0 29% 406 6 5 55% 6 3 0 1 0 1 3 0 11 27 45% 59 39 20 10 4 6 41 16 23
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
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 1 25% 0
1984 25 MIL AL 225 32% 54 0 0 0 0 14 0 6 9 5 7 7 0 4 4 100% 46 6 13% 30 10 33% 143 11 8% 16 5 31% 11 4 36% 1
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% 11 3 27% 0
1986 27 MIL AL 237 32% 46 0 0 0 0 1.38 7 0 9 4 3 2 5 0 5 4 80% 51 3 6% 27 6 22% 158 14 9% 14 3 21% 11 3 27% 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% 23 10 43% 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% 5 2 40% 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% 6 3 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 Seasons 1355 40% 303 4 1 4 0 0 0 1.61 61 2 40 28 33 22 39 0 20 15 75% 261 29 11% 137 35 26% 855 95 11% 73 24 33% 72 27 38% 1
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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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 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 144 529 3.67 346 65% 15% 32% 25% 28% 85% 0% 56% 63% 43% 1% 1 1 10% 14 12 3% 5 5 20% 0 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 Seasons 330 1168 3.54 767 66% 17% 29% 24% 30% 83% 0% 55% 65% 43% 2% 7 3 10% 32 23 4% 14 13 17% 4 0 1
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
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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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1983 24 23 78 74 7 14 2 1 3 7 0 3 23 .189 .231 .365 .596 6 23
1984 25 61 223 211 32 55 6 0 14 28 0 8 54 .261 .291 .488 .780 30 61
1985 26 53 210 194 19 47 8 0 8 26 0 12 61 .242 .290 .407 .698 23 53
1986 27 64 235 219 31 48 15 0 7 19 1 9 59 .219 .268 .384 .652 21 64
1987 28 75 267 248 33 81 12 0 14 39 5 16 56 .327 .375 .544 .919 49 75
1988 29 41 130 122 10 19 2 0 5 11 0 6 36 .156 .208 .295 .503 7 41
1989 30 41 142 139 18 29 2 0 6 17 0 3 44 .209 .225 .353 .578 11 41
1990 31 18 58 57 8 12 3 0 4 10 0 1 10 .211 .224 .474 .698 6 18
8 Seasons 376 1343 1264 158 305 50 1 61 157 6 58 343 .241 .282 .427 .709 153 376
162 Game Avg. 162 579 545 68 131 22 0 26 68 3 25 148 .241 .282 .427 .709 66 376

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 7 (2117), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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