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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All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Lou Gehrig… #4. Willie Mays… #5. Ty Cobb… #6. Hank Aaron… #7. Stan Musial…

All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Lou Gehrig… #4. Willie Mays… #5. Ty Cobb… #6. Hank Aaron… #7. Stan Musial…

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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
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	$

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rdrs	Rtot/yr	Rdrs/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards
1996	BOS	AL	26	2B	14	12	9	103.1	51	22	28	1	5	.980	-4		-41		4.35	3.57	.980	5.05	5.02
1996	BOS	AL	26	3B	14	10	6	95.0	24	6	15	3	0	.875	-1		-13		1.99	1.50	.956	2.56	2.55
1996	BOS	AL	26	LF	6	0	0	12.2	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	0		19		1.42	0.33	.980	2.20	2.17
1996	BOS	AL	26	OF	6	0	0	12.2	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	0		19		1.42	0.33	.985	2.42	2.37
1996	BOS	AL	26	DH	1	0
2000	CLE	AL	30	OF	10	8	2	61.0	16	16	0	0	0	1.000	1		16		2.36	1.60	.985	2.36	2.33
2000	CLE	AL	30	2B	6	0	0	11.0	5	3	2	0	0	1.000	0		0		4.09	0.83	.980	4.99	4.97
2000	CLE	AL	30	DH	6	1
2000	CLE	AL	30	RF	6	4	0	32.0	6	6	0	0	0	1.000	-1		-30		1.69	1.00	.983	2.17	2.13
2000	CLE	AL	30	3B	4	0	0	10.0	1	0	1	0	1	1.000	-0		-36		0.90	0.25	.950	2.70	2.65
2000	CLE	AL	30	LF	4	4	2	29.0	10	10	0	0	0	1.000	2		66		3.10	2.50	.985	2.17	2.15
2001	CIN	NL	31	2B	21	20	9	156.1	83	34	49	0	13	1.000	-2		-12		4.78	3.95	.983	4.85	4.80
2001	CIN	NL	31	3B	8	6	5	51.2	17	7	8	2	2	.882	-2		-51		2.61	1.88	.950	2.58	2.54
2001	CIN	NL	31	1B	2	0	0	2.0	5	5	0	0	0	1.000	0		0		22.50	2.50	.992	9.45	9.15
2002	CLE	AL	32	3B	33	28	20	245.1	75	20	50	5	3	.933	-2		-8		2.57	2.12	.951	2.68	2.65
2002	CLE	AL	32	OF	18	7	4	78.0	15	15	0	0	0	1.000	0		5		1.73	0.83	.985	2.35	2.32
2002	CLE	AL	32	LF	13	6	3	60.0	11	11	0	0	0	1.000	0		2		1.65	0.85	.983	2.14	2.13
2002	CLE	AL	32	2B	6	3	2	29.0	15	5	10	0	3	1.000	-1		-41		4.66	2.50	.979	4.90	4.83
2002	CLE	AL	32	RF	5	1	1	18.0	4	4	0	0	0	1.000	0		13		2.00	0.80	.982	2.10	2.08
2003	CLE	AL	33	3B	10	6	4	53.1	27	6	19	2	2	.926	1	1	20	23	4.22	2.50	.955	2.67	2.64
2003	CLE	AL	33	DH	2	0
2003	CLE	AL	33	1B	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0				0.00			9.50
2003	CLE	AL	33	2B	1	0	0	1.0	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	0	0	0	0	9.00	1.00	.980	4.50	4.90
2003	CLE	AL	33	LF	1	0	0	2.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1	1	480	600	4.50	1.00	.980	2.25	2.10
2003	CLE	AL	33	OF	1	0	0	2.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1	1	480	600	4.50	1.00	.980	2.25	2.30
	5 Seasons			3B	69	50	35	455.1	144	39	93	12	8	.917	-4	1	-11	22	2.61	1.91	.952	2.64	2.61
	5 Seasons			2B	48	35	20	300.2	155	64	90	1	21	.994	-6	0	-24	0	4.61	3.21	.981	4.93	4.89
	4 Seasons			OF	35	15	6	153.2	34	34	0	0	0	1.000	2	1	16	600	1.99	0.97	.985	2.36	2.33
	4 Seasons			LF	24	10	5	103.2	24	24	0	0	0	1.000	3	1	31	600	2.08	1.00	.983	2.16	2.14
	2 Seasons			RF	11	5	1	50.0	10	10	0	0	0	1.000	-1		-14		1.80	0.91	.983	2.14	2.11
	2 Seasons			1B	3	0	0	2.0	5	5	0	0	0	1.000	0	0	0		22.50	1.67	.992	9.45	9.27
	5 Seasons			TOT	155	100	61	911.2	338	142	183	13	29	.962	-8	3	-11	63	3.21	2.10	.970	3.36	3.38
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rdrs	Rtot/yr	Rdrs/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards

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

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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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Transactions

June 1, 1992: Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 13th round of the 1992 amateur draft. Player signed June 2, 1992.
October 16, 1998: Granted Free Agency.
February 3, 1999: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians.
October 15, 1999: Granted Free Agency.
December 23, 1999: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians.
October 20, 2000: Released by the Cleveland Indians.
December 15, 2000: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cincinnati Reds.
October 15, 2001: Granted Free Agency.
December 10, 2001: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians.
September 30, 2003: Granted Free Agency.
December 27, 2003: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago Cubs.
October 15, 2004: Granted Free Agency.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
2000	30	Cleveland Indians	$240,000	2001 Joint Exhibit 1

2003	33	Cleveland Indians	$325,000	4/3/03 AP

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$565,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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