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Bill Selby

William Frank Selby

Positions: Third Baseman, Pinch Hitter and Second Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: June 11, 1970 in Monroeville, AL
High School: Horn Lake HS (Horn Lake, MS)
School: University of Southern Mississippi (Hattiesburg, MS)
Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 13th round of the 1992 amateur draft.
Signed June 2, 1992. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 19, 1996
Teams (by GP): Indians/RedSox/Reds 1996-2003

Final Game: May 25, 2003
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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
1992	22	BOS-min	A-	73	312	275	38	72	16	1	10	41	4	4	31	53	.262	.339	.436	.775		120	3	2	2	2	6		ELM · NYPL
1993	23	BOS-min	A+	113	430	394	57	99	22	1	7	38	1	2	24	66	.251	.294	.365	.660		144	6	3	2	7	2		LBG · CARL
1994	24	BOS-min	A+,AA	132	517	459	73	137	25	2	20	87	3	2	43	78	.298	.359	.492	.852		226	9	5	2	8	0		LBG,NBR · CARL,EL
1995	25	BOS-min	AA	117	510	451	64	129	29	2	13	68	4	6	46	52	.286	.350	.446	.796		201	14	3	2	8	3		TRE · EL
1996	26	BOS-min	AAA	71	288	260	39	66	14	5	11	47	0	3	22	39	.254	.313	.473	.786		123	5	2	0	4	0		PAW · IL
1996	26	BOS	AL	40	105	95	12	26	4	0	3	6	1	1	9	11	.274	.337	.411	.747	88	39	3	0	1	0	1	45/7D

1997	27	YKO	Fgn																										YKO · JPCL
1998	28	CLE-min	AAA,AA	117	457	411	60	115	30	1	17	62	3	0	41	61	.280	.344	.482	.825		198	6	1	0	4	8		BFL,AKR · IL,EL
1999	29	CLE-min	AAA	122	514	447	75	132	32	5	20	85	4	3	57	63	.295	.372	.523	.895		234	11	2	0	8	3		BFL · IL
2000	30	CLE-min	AAA	100	445	384	69	106	21	6	21	86	1	1	48	61	.276	.355	.526	.881		202	9	3	3	7	0		BFL · IL
2000	30	CLE	AL	30	48	46	8	11	1	0	0	4	0	0	1	9	.239	.271	.261	.532	36	12	1	1	0	0	0	/4D957
2001	31	CIN-min	AAA	88	362	330	47	85	19	1	14	56	1	0	25	47	.258	.310	.448	.759		148	6	2	1	4	3		LOU · IL
2001	31	CIN	NL	36	100	92	7	21	7	1	2	12	0	0	5	13	.228	.273	.391	.664	66	36	1	1	1	1	1	4/53
2002	32	CLE-min	AAA	51	206	184	28	55	14	2	5	22	4	1	20	33	.299	.364	.478	.842		88	0	0	0	2	2		BFL · IL
2002	32	CLE	AL	65	176	159	15	34	7	2	6	21	0	1	15	27	.214	.278	.396	.675	79	63	4	0	0	2	2	57/49
2003	33	STL-min	AAA	76	305	279	33	73	12	6	9	41	5	1	24	32	.262	.319	.444	.764		124	5	0	1	1	1		MEM · PCL
2003	33	CLE	AL	27	44	39	3	4	1	0	0	5	0	0	3	11	.103	.163	.128	.291	-20	5	0	0	1	1	0	5/D347
2004	34	CHC-min	AAA	119	450	407	60	112	31	5	17	77	2	4	30	59	.275	.321	.501	.822		204	6	2	1	10	3		IWA · PCL
2005	35	CMP	AAA	101	457	387	92	123	27	2	25	93	3	1	57	43	.318	.409	.592	1.001		229	6	7	0	6	5		CMP · MEX
5 Yrs				198	473	431	45	96	20	3	11	48	1	2	33	71	.223	.279	.360	.638	65	155	9	2	3	4	4
162 Game Avg.				162	387	353	37	79	16	2	9	39	1	2	27	58	.223	.279	.360	.638	65	127	7	2	2	3	3

CLE (3 yrs)				122	268	244	26	49	9	2	6	30	0	1	19	47	.201	.258	.328	.586	55	80	5	1	1	3	2
BOS (1 yr)				40	105	95	12	26	4	0	3	6	1	1	9	11	.274	.337	.411	.747	88	39	3	0	1	0	1
CIN (1 yr)				36	100	92	7	21	7	1	2	12	0	0	5	13	.228	.273	.391	.664	66	36	1	1	1	1	1

AL (4 yrs)				162	373	339	38	75	13	2	9	36	1	2	28	58	.221	.280	.351	.631	65	119	8	1	2	3	3
NL (1 yr)				36	100	92	7	21	7	1	2	12	0	0	5	13	.228	.273	.391	.664	66	36	1	1	1	1	1

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
1996	26	BOS	AL	40	105	-2	-2	-0	-4	0	-8	-0.7	3	-5	-0.4	.481	.495	0.0	-0.3	-0	$	45/7D

2000	30	CLE	AL	30	48	-4	-0	0	0	-1	-4	-0.4	2	-3	-0.2	.486	.497	-0.3	-0.0	-3	$240,000	/4D957
2001	31	CIN	NL	36	100	-5	0	1	-4	0	-8	-0.8	3	-5	-0.5	.478	.495	-0.1	-0.3	-1	$	4/53
2002	32	CLE	AL	65	176	-5	-1	0	-2	-0	-8	-0.8	6	-3	-0.3	.487	.495	0.0	-0.2	-0	$	57/49
2003	33	CLE	AL	27	44	-6	0	0	2	-0	-4	-0.4	2	-2	-0.2	.485	.498	-0.4	0.2	-4	$325,000	5/D347
5 Seasons				198	473	-23	-2	1	-8	-1	-33	-3.1	15	-18	-1.6	.484	.496	-0.8	-0.7	-10	$565,000

CLE (3 yrs)				122	268	-16	-1	1	0	-1	-17	-1.6	9	-8	-0.7	.486	.497	-0.7	-0.0	-8	$565,000
BOS (1 yr)				40	105	-2	-2	-0	-4	0	-8	-0.7	3	-5	-0.4	.481	.495	0.0	-0.3	-0	$
CIN (1 yr)				36	100	-5	0	1	-4	0	-8	-0.8	3	-5	-0.5	.478	.495	-0.1	-0.3	-1	$

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
1996	26	BOS	AL	105	74	12	4.4	117	.284	.274	.278	.337	.352	.411	.447	.747	.799	88	.386	-2.1	-0.2	.658	.232	.137	1.5

2000	30	CLE	AL	48	36	3	2.2	116	.297	.239	.277	.271	.351	.261	.446	.532	.797	36	.159	-4.7	-0.4	.389	.043	.022
2001	31	CIN	NL	100	74	10	3.6	116	.244	.228	.274	.273	.346	.391	.450	.664	.796	66	.354	-5.0	-0.5	.583	.217	.163	.0
2002	32	CLE	AL	176	132	17	3.4	103	.219	.214	.261	.278	.328	.396	.419	.675	.747	79	.340	-5.1	-0.5	.592	.270	.182	.0
2003	33	CLE	AL	44	37	1	0.7	103	.138	.103	.263	.163	.329	.128	.421	.291	.749	-20	.028	-6.7	-0.6	.229	.103	.026
5 Yrs				473	353	43	3.3	110	.241	.223	.269	.279	.339	.360	.435	.638	.774	65	.301	-23.6	-2.2	.546	.211	.137	1.8
162 Game Avg.				387	289	35	3.3	110	.241	.223	.269	.279	.339	.360	.435	.638	.774	65	.301	-23.6	-2.2	.546	.211	.137	1

CLE (3 yrs)				268	205	21	2.7	105	.222	.201	.264	.258	.332	.328	.425	.586	.757	55	.245	-16.5	-1.6	.493	.201	.127	.0
BOS (1 yr)				105	74	12	4.4	117	.284	.274	.278	.337	.352	.411	.447	.747	.799	88	.387	-2.1	-0.2	.658	.232	.137	1.5
CIN (1 yr)				100	74	10	3.6	116	.244	.228	.274	.273	.346	.391	.450	.664	.796	66	.354	-5.0	-0.5	.583	.217	.163	.0

AL (4 yrs)				373	279	33	3.2	108	.240	.221	.268	.280	.337	.351	.431	.631	.768	65	.286	-18.6	-1.7	.536	.209	.130	1.8
NL (1 yr)				100	74	10	3.6	116	.244	.228	.274	.273	.346	.391	.450	.664	.796	66	.354	-5.0	-0.5	.583	.217	.163	.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
1996	26	BOS	AL	105	2.9%	10.5%	8.6%	6.7%	27%	1.22	8.6	31.7	15.8	0.62	1.07	77%	31%	6.4%	10%

2000	30	CLE	AL	48	0.0%	18.8%	2.1%	2.1%	9%	9.00	5.1		11.5	0.54	0.86	77%	35%	0.0%	8%
2001	31	CIN	NL	100	2.0%	13.0%	5.0%	10.0%	48%	2.60	7.1	46.0	7.7	0.86	1.00	78%	21%	5.3%	10%
2002	32	CLE	AL	176	3.4%	15.3%	8.5%	8.5%	44%	1.80	5.9	26.5	7.6	0.81	1.14	73%	22%	10.2%	16%
2003	33	CLE	AL	44	0.0%	25.0%	6.8%	2.3%	25%	3.67	3.5		7.8	1.07	1.50	66%	17%	0.0%	36%
5 Yrs				473	2.3%	15.0%	7.0%	7.2%	35%	2.15	6.1	39.2	9.0	0.76	1.09	75%	25%	6.3%	13%
MLB Averages					2.8%	16.8%	8.9%	7.9%	34%	1.88	5.3	31.5	7.4	0.78	1.08	70%	22%	8.3%	14%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1996	26	BOS	AL	-2.1	-0.2	107	-0.7	1.7	-2.3	1.07	-0.4	-0.2	-7.5	-0.7	0.95	-5.4	2.08	10

2000	30	CLE	AL	-4.7	-0.4	48	-0.3	0.6	-0.9	.99	-0.2	-0.1	-3.5	-0.3	0.96	-3.8	2.40	8
2001	31	CIN	NL	-5.0	-0.5	102	-0.4	1.7	-2.1	1.11	-0.2	-0.1	-2.2	-0.2	0.95	-3.4	1.63	9
2002	32	CLE	AL	-5.1	-0.5	179	0.1	3.7	-3.7	1.21	-0.6	0.7	-1.3	-0.1	0.94	-6.4	1.85	18
2003	33	CLE	AL	-6.7	-0.6	44	-0.4	0.8	-1.2	1.44	-0.6	0.3	-4.2	-0.4	1.04	-6.6	1.94	16
5 Yrs				-23.6	-2.2	480	-1.7	8.5	-10.1	1.16	-2.1	0.6	-18.5	-1.7	0.95	-25.6	1.95	61

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1996	26	BOS	AL	1	0	28%	41	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	27%	5	4	1	2	2	0	4	2	2

2000	30	CLE	AL	1	0	62%	22	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	27%	6	6	0	1	0	1	4	2	2
2001	31	CIN	NL	1	0	20%	27	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	50%	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
2002	32	CLE	AL	2	0	21%	37	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	5	33%	3	2	1	3	2	1	3	2	1
2003	33	CLE	AL	1	0	43%	8	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	100%	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0
5 Yrs				6	0	28%	135	1	2	33%	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	9	34%	17	13	4	7	4	3	11	6	5

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
1996	26	BOS	AL	105	89%	26	2	0	10	4	0	0	2.08	3	0	4	3	0	0	3	0	1	1	100%	19	3	16%	9	3	33%	65	3	5%	5	1	20%	1	1	100%	0

2000	30	CLE	AL	48	92%	11	0	0	8	4	0	1	2.40	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		12	1	8%	3	0	0%	33	4	12%	1	1	100%	1	1	100%	0
2001	31	CIN	NL	100	99%	21	1	0	9	2	1	1	1.63	2	0	2	2	0	1	1	0	1	1	100%	19	1	5%	14	5	36%	68	12	18%	6	4	67%	7	4	57%	0
2002	32	CLE	AL	176	85%	34	2	1	18	6	0	3	1.85	6	1	6	6	0	2	4	0	1	0	0%	44	4	9%	14	5	36%	109	15	14%	8	5	63%	5	3	60%	0
2003	33	CLE	AL	44	93%	4	0	0	16	3	0	2	1.94	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	13	0	0%	7	3	43%	35	6	17%	5	2	40%	0	0		0
5 Yrs				473	90%	96	5	1	61	19	1	7	1.95	11	1	17	11	0	3	8	0	4	3	75%	107	9	8%	47	16	34%	310	40	13%	25	13	52%	14	9	64%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			73%			11%			34%			15%			53%			57%

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
1996	26	BOS	AL	104	404	3.88	239	59%	34%	12%	18%	36%	66%	2%	39%	82%	15%	7%	7	0	22%	23	9	14%	15	10	18%	1	0	0

2000	30	CLE	AL	48	172	3.58	122	71%	25%	15%	30%	30%	75%	0%	53%	80%	31%	2%	1	0	8%	4	3	4%	2	1	0%	0	0	0
2001	31	CIN	NL	100	404	4.04	265	66%	26%	12%	31%	31%	74%	3%	49%	83%	23%	7%	7	1	11%	11	3	7%	7	5	8%	0	0	0
2002	32	CLE	AL	178	754	4.24	466	62%	34%	9%	28%	29%	66%	3%	41%	86%	4%	8%	15	1	22%	39	8	13%	23	16	19%	-2	0	0
2003	33	CLE	AL	44	167	3.80	108	65%	34%	18%	20%	28%	66%	0%	43%	73%	14%	11%	5	0	20%	9	3	11%	5	3	18%	0	0	0
5 Yrs				474	1901	4.01	1200	63%	31%	12%	26%	31%	69%	2%	43%	83%	14%	7%	35	2	18%	86	26	11%	52	35	14%	-1	0	0
MLB Averages						3.72		62%	26%	15%	27%	32%	74%	2%	45%	80%	30%	5%			15%			9%			28%

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
1996	26	40	105	95	12	26	4	0	3	6	1	1	9	11	.274	.337	.411	.747	88	39	3	0	1	0	1
1997	27	40	105	95	12	26	4	0	3	6	1	1	9	11	.274	.337	.411	.747	88	39	3	0	1	0	1
1998	28	40	105	95	12	26	4	0	3	6	1	1	9	11	.274	.337	.411	.747	88	39	3	0	1	0	1
1999	29	40	105	95	12	26	4	0	3	6	1	1	9	11	.274	.337	.411	.747	88	39	3	0	1	0	1
2000	30	70	153	141	20	37	5	0	3	10	1	1	10	20	.262	.316	.362	.677	71	51	4	1	1	0	1
2001	31	106	253	233	27	58	12	1	5	22	1	1	15	33	.249	.299	.373	.672	69	87	5	2	2	1	2
2002	32	171	429	392	42	92	19	3	11	43	1	2	30	60	.235	.290	.383	.673	73	150	9	2	2	3	4
2003	33	198	473	431	45	96	20	3	11	48	1	2	33	71	.223	.279	.360	.638	65	155	9	2	3	4	4

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
1996	26	40	101	92	10	23	4	0	3	5	1	8	11	.250	.310	.391	.701	11	40

2000	30	30	48	46	8	11	1	0	0	4	0	1	9	.239	.271	.261	.532	3	30
2001	31	36	99	91	7	20	7	1	2	11	0	5	13	.220	.265	.385	.650	9	36
2002	32	65	176	159	15	34	7	2	6	21	0	15	27	.214	.278	.396	.675	18	65
2003	33	27	44	39	4	4	1	0	0	6	0	3	11	.103	.163	.128	.291	1	27
5 Yrs		198	468	427	44	92	20	3	11	47	1	32	71	.215	.271	.354	.625	42	198
162 Game Avg.		162	383	349	36	75	16	2	9	38	1	26	58	.215	.271	.354	.625	34	198

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