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Bill Serena

William Robert Serena

Positions: Third Baseman and Second Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: October 2, 1924 in Alameda, CA
High School: Alameda HS (Alameda, CA)
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1946. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 16, 1949
Team: Cubs 1949-1954

Final Game: August 7, 1954
Died: April 17, 1996 in Hayward, CA
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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
1949 24 CHC NL 12 44 37 3 8 3 0 1 7 0 7 9 .216 .341 .378 .719 96 14 1 0 0 5
1950 25 CHC NL 127 503 435 56 104 20 4 17 61 1 65 75 .239 .339 .421 .760 99 183 10 1 2 *5 RoY-5
1951 26 CHC NL 13 51 39 8 13 3 1 1 4 0 2 11 4 .333 .490 .538 1.029 174 21 0 1 0 5
1952 27 CHC NL 122 435 390 49 107 21 5 15 61 1 0 39 83 .274 .345 .469 .814 123 183 14 3 3 54
1953 28 CHC NL 93 317 275 30 69 10 5 10 52 0 0 41 46 .251 .350 .433 .783 101 119 9 1 2 45
1954 29 CHC NL 41 79 63 8 10 0 1 4 13 0 0 14 18 .159 .316 .381 .697 81 24 2 1 0 1 5/4
6 Yrs 408 1429 1239 154 311 57 16 48 198 2 2 177 235 .251 .348 .439 .787 108 544 36 7 7 1
162 Game Avg. 162 567 492 61 123 23 6 19 79 1 70 93 .251 .348 .439 .787 108 216 14 3 3

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 Awards
1949 24 CHC NL 12 44 -0 -0 0 -1 0 -1 -0.1 2 0 0.0 .489 .499 0.1 -0.1 1 $ 5
1950 25 CHC NL 127 503 -1 1 -0 -1 0 -1 -0.2 17 16 1.5 .499 .499 1.7 -0.2 17 $ *5 RoY-5
1951 26 CHC NL 13 51 5 -0 0 -1 0 4 0.4 2 5 0.5 .529 .502 0.7 -0.1 6 $ 5
1952 27 CHC NL 122 435 10 -0 -1 -3 2 8 0.8 15 22 2.3 .507 .505 2.7 -0.1 26 $ 54
1953 28 CHC NL 93 317 2 -0 -1 -5 2 -1 -0.2 11 9 0.9 .499 .499 1.4 -0.3 14 $ 45
1954 29 CHC NL 41 79 -2 0 -0 0 0 -2 -0.3 3 0 0.0 .494 .498 0.0 0.0 -0 $ 5/4
6 Seasons 408 1429 14 -1 -2 -10 4 5 0.4 48 53 5.2 .501 .501 6.6 -0.7 64 $

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
1949 24 CHC NL 44 30 5 4.5 100 .259 .216 .266 .341 .338 .378 .397 .719 .736 96 .488 0.1 0.0 .700 .351 .162 .0
1950 25 CHC NL 503 343 62 4.8 107 .254 .239 .268 .339 .345 .421 .416 .760 .761 99 .510 -0.2 -0.0 .733 .333 .182 1.9
1951 26 CHC NL 51 28 9 8.6 105 .353 .333 .270 .490 .344 .538 .409 1.029 .753 174 .766 5.2 0.5 1.107 .436 .205 .0
1952 27 CHC NL 435 300 62 5.5 98 .315 .274 .263 .345 .336 .469 .391 .814 .727 123 .628 11.3 1.2 .761 .297 .195 1.9
1953 28 CHC NL 317 217 41 5.0 112 .269 .251 .277 .350 .348 .433 .431 .783 .779 101 .516 0.4 0.0 .749 .331 .182 .0
1954 29 CHC NL 79 56 7 3.4 110 .143 .159 .275 .316 .347 .381 .426 .697 .772 81 .341 -1.9 -0.2 .709 .444 .222 .0
6 Yrs 1429 974 186 5.1 105 .275 .251 .269 .348 .343 .439 .411 .787 .754 108 .550 15.0 1.5 .754 .331 .188 3.8
162 Game Avg. 567 387 74 5.1 105 .275 .251 .269 .348 .343 .439 .411 .787 .754 108 .550 6 1 .754 .331 .188 2

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
1949 24 CHC NL 44 2.3% 20.5% 15.9% 9.1% 50% 1.29 4.1 37.0 5.3 1.67 61%
1950 25 CHC NL 503 3.4% 14.9% 12.9% 8.2% 39% 1.15 5.8 25.6 7.1 0.80 68%
1951 26 CHC NL 51 2.0% 7.8% 21.6% 9.8% 39% 0.36 9.8 39.0 9.8 0.73 67%
1952 27 CHC NL 435 3.5% 19.1% 9.0% 9.4% 38% 2.13 4.7 26.0 6.4 1.16 67%
1953 28 CHC NL 317 3.2% 14.5% 12.9% 7.9% 36% 1.12 6.0 27.5 5.3 1.00 69%
1954 29 CHC NL 79 5.1% 22.8% 17.7% 6.3% 50% 1.29 3.5 15.8 4.8 1.00 53%
6 Yrs 1429 3.4% 16.5% 12.4% 8.5% 39% 1.33 5.3 25.8 6.3 0.95 67%
MLB Averages 2.0% 10.2% 9.7% 6.5% 28% 1.05 8.7 44.7 8.1 0.97 76%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1949 24 CHC NL 0.0 0.0 19 -0.2 0.2 -0.3 .85 -0.1 -0.0 -1.4 -0.1 1.01 -1.6 0.75 1
1950 25 CHC NL -0.2 -0.0 418 0.7 7.8 -7.1 .99 -0.1 0.8 6.6 0.6 0.91 -0.8 2.10 1
1951 26 CHC NL 5.2 0.5 44 0.2 0.9 -0.7 1.00 0.4 -0.2 2.9 0.3 0.93 5.6 1.69 0
1952 27 CHC NL 11.3 1.2 358 0.6 6.9 -6.3 .99 1.2 -0.6 10.2 1.0 0.98 15.5 1.41 12
1953 28 CHC NL 0.4 0.0 260 -0.7 3.9 -4.6 .96 0.2 -0.9 2.0 0.2 0.96 1.1 0.87 14
1954 29 CHC NL -1.9 -0.2 58 -0.4 1.0 -1.4 1.22 -0.0 -0.3 0.8 0.1 1.03 2.4 1.26 19
6 Yrs 14.9 1.5 1157 0.4 20.7 -20.3 .99 1.6 -1.2 21.0 2.1 0.95 22.2 1.19 47

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% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1949 24 CHC NL 0 0 14% 12 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1950 25 CHC NL 5 0 26% 126 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 4 54% 20 12 7 3 0 3 14 4 10
1951 26 CHC NL 0 0 29% 24 0 2 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 57% 4 2 2 0 0 0 3 1 2
1952 27 CHC NL 6 0 25% 144 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 39% 24 18 5 5 3 2 10 2 8
1953 28 CHC NL 6 0 20% 113 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 2 32% 18 13 5 2 1 1 5 3 2
1954 29 CHC NL 0 0 19% 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Yrs 17 0 24% 434 2 2 67% 2 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 11 9 42% 68 47 19 10 4 6 33 11 22

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
1949 24 CHC NL 44 29% 8 1 0 0 0 0.75 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 1 25% 2 0 0% 11 2 18% 2 1 50% 1 1 100% 0
1950 25 CHC NL 503 35% 104 1 1 0 0 2.10 17 0 5 13 2 12 5 0 3 2 67% 69 10 14% 31 9 29% 237 37 16% 19 7 37% 14 7 50% 0
1951 26 CHC NL 51 7% 13 0 0 0 0 1.69 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 10 0 0% 3 1 33% 26 3 12% 1 1 100% 0 0 0
1952 27 CHC NL 435 27% 107 12 3 0 2 1.41 15 0 13 8 4 8 7 0 4 3 75% 83 14 17% 35 9 26% 243 36 15% 26 8 31% 10 5 50% 0
1953 28 CHC NL 317 31% 69 14 4 1 3 0.87 10 1 10 6 2 5 5 0 3 2 67% 65 9 14% 33 12 36% 187 38 20% 25 16 64% 14 7 50% 0
1954 29 CHC NL 79 22% 10 19 4 1 4 1.26 4 0 4 3 0 2 2 0 0 0 11 2 18% 7 1 14% 48 8 17% 8 2 25% 2 2 100% 0
6 Yrs 1429 30% 311 47 12 2 9 1.19 48 1 35 31 8 28 20 0 10 7 70% 242 36 15% 111 32 29% 752 124 16% 81 35 43% 41 22 54% 0
MLB Averages 50% 91% 12% 32% 15% 51% 55%

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
1949 24 12 44 37 3 8 3 0 1 7 0 7 9 .216 .341 .378 .719 96 14 1 0 0
1950 25 139 547 472 59 112 23 4 18 68 1 72 84 .237 .339 .417 .757 99 197 11 1 2
1951 26 152 598 511 67 125 26 5 19 72 1 2 83 88 .245 .352 .427 .779 105 218 11 2 2
1952 27 274 1033 901 116 232 47 10 34 133 2 2 122 171 .257 .349 .445 .794 113 401 25 5 5
1953 28 367 1350 1176 146 301 57 15 44 185 2 2 163 217 .256 .349 .442 .792 110 520 34 6 7
1954 29 408 1429 1239 154 311 57 16 48 198 2 2 177 235 .251 .348 .439 .787 108 544 36 7 7 1

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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
1949 24 12 47 39 3 9 3 0 1 8 0 8 9 .231 .362 .385 .746 5 12
1950 25 133 521 452 56 106 20 4 17 61 1 66 78 .235 .333 .409 .743 62 127
1951 26 14 52 40 8 13 3 1 1 4 0 11 4 .325 .481 .525 1.006 10 13
1952 27 128 459 411 53 115 23 5 16 67 1 42 87 .280 .351 .477 .828 68 122
1953 28 97 325 282 29 68 10 5 10 50 0 40 48 .241 .337 .418 .756 39 93
1954 29 43 82 66 8 10 0 1 4 13 0 14 19 .152 .305 .364 .669 7 41
6 Yrs 427 1486 1290 157 321 59 16 49 203 2 181 245 .249 .344 .433 .777 191 408
162 Game Avg. 162 564 489 60 122 22 6 19 77 1 69 93 .249 .344 .433 .777 72 408

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Strikeouts s c a p y
1950 NL  75 (6th)
1952 NL  83 (5th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1952 NL  26.0 (10th)**

                           
A ** by the stat's value indicates the player had fewer than the required number of at bats or plate appearances for the BA, OBP, SLG or OPS title that year. In order to rank the player, the necessary number of hitless at bats were added to the player's season total. The value printed here is their actual value and not the value used to rank them, therefore some numbers may appear out of order. Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 10 (1592), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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