Bill Schuster

William Charles Schuster (Broadway Bill)

Positions: Shortstop and Second Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 164 lb.

Born: August 4, 1912 in Buffalo, NY
School: University at Buffalo, State University of New York (Buffalo, NY) (All Transactions)
Debut: September 29, 1937
Teams (by GP): Cubs/Pirates/Bees 1937-1945

Final Game: September 29, 1945
Died: June 28, 1987 in El Monte, CA
Buried: Live Oak Memorial Park, Monrovia, CA
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Standard Fielding

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRFG
1937	PIT	NL	24	SS	2	2	2	9	3	6	0	2	1.000	4.50	.951	5.30
1939	BSN	NL	26	3B	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0.00		3.00
1939	BSN	NL	26	SS	1	0	0	6	2	3	1	0	.833	5.00	.953	5.50
1943	CHC	NL	30	SS	13	13	11	88	34	52	2	14	.977	6.62	.954	5.30
1944	CHC	NL	31	SS	38	30	25	166	57	100	9	18	.946	4.13	.954	5.41
1944	CHC	NL	31	2B	6	3	3	23	14	9	0	3	1.000	3.83	.963	5.63
1945	CHC	NL	32	SS	22	14	9	79	38	37	4	8	.949	3.41	.947	5.26
1945	CHC	NL	32	2B	3	1	1	3	0	3	0	0	1.000	1.00	.967	5.57
1945	CHC	NL	32	3B	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0.00		3.20
	5 Seasons			SS	76	59	47	348	134	198	16	42	.954	4.37	.952	5.35
	2 Seasons			2B	9	4	4	26	14	12	0	3	1.000	2.89	.963	5.61
	2 Seasons			3B	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0.00		3.10
	5 Seasons			TOT	87	63	51	374	148	210	16	45	.957	4.11	.953	5.32

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

View Complete Notes on Fielding Data

Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
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Appearances

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	GS	Batting	Defense	2B	3B	SS	PH	PR
1937	PIT	NL	24	3	2	3	2	0	0	2	0	1
1939	BSN	NL	26	2	0	2	2	0	1	1	0	0
1943	CHC	NL	30	13	13	13	13	0	0	13	0	0
1944	CHC	NL	31	60	33	60	44	6	0	38	13	5
1945	CHC	NL	32	45	15	45	25	3	1	22	2	22
	5 Seasons			123	63	123	86	9	2	76	15	28

Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

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