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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 (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
Cremated
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Dec 23, 2011, 9:39AM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #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
1949 24 CHC NL 12 44 37 3 8 3 0 1 7 0 7 9 .216 .341 .378 .719 95 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 93 319 275 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 Seasons 408 1431 1239 154 311 57 16 48 198 2 2 177 235 .251 .348 .439 .787 108 544 36 7 7 1
162 Game Avg. 162 568 492 61 123 23 6 19 79 1 70 93 .251 .348 .439 .787 108 216 14 3 3

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1949 24 CHC NL 44 0 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 0.1 2 0.2 -0.1 $ 5
1950 25 CHC NL 503 -2 -1 0 0 -1 0 18 14 1.4 15 1.5 -0.1 $ *5 RoY-5
1951 26 CHC NL 51 4 -1 0 0 -1 0 2 4 0.4 5 0.5 -0.1 $ 5
1952 27 CHC NL 435 9 0 0 0 -3 2 15 23 2.4 26 2.7 -0.3 $ 54
1953 28 CHC NL 317 -3 -1 1 -1 -5 2 11 5 0.5 9 0.9 -0.4 $ 45
1954 29 CHC NL 79 -1 0 0 -1 0 0 3 2 0.2 1 0.1 0.1 $ 5/4
6 Seasons 1429 7 -3 1 -2 -10 4 51 49 5.0 58 5.9 -0.9 $

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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 Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1949 CHC NL 24 3B 11 11 11 26 9 15 2 0 .923 2.18 .952 3.18
1950 CHC NL 25 3B 125 125 117 1102.1 419 122 274 23 24 .945 3.23 3.17 .948 3.31 3.27 RoY-5
1951 CHC NL 26 3B 12 12 12 103.0 34 15 17 2 1 .941 2.80 2.67 .953 3.37 3.36
1952 CHC NL 27 3B 58 57 51 509.2 175 70 100 5 5 .971 3.00 2.93 .954 3.15 3.12
1952 CHC NL 27 2B 49 46 46 412.0 265 128 134 3 25 .989 5.72 5.35 .975 5.48 5.43
1953 CHC NL 28 2B 49 46 40 399.1 230 106 120 4 24 .983 -3 -10 5.09 4.61 .972 5.44 5.33
1953 CHC NL 28 3B 28 27 22 217.0 72 29 40 3 7 .958 -1 -7 2.86 2.46 .951 3.04 2.98
1954 CHC NL 29 3B 12 11 10 90.2 30 3 25 2 0 .933 1 12 2.78 2.33 .952 3.17 3.15
1954 CHC NL 29 2B 2 1 1 11.0 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 -0 -55 2.45 1.50 .977 5.56 5.55
6 Seasons 3B 246 243 223 2022.2 756 248 471 37 37 .951 -0 -0 3.09 2.92 .950 3.24 3.20
3 Seasons 2B 100 93 87 822.1 498 236 255 7 49 .986 -4 -6 5.37 4.91 .974 5.46 5.38
6 Seasons TOT 346 336 310 2845.0 1254 484 726 44 86 .965 -4 -2 3.75 3.50 .959 3.88 3.83
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-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 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 1950 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 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) 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 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

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)**

Def. Games as 3B s c a p y
1950 NL  125 (5th)

Putouts as 3B s c a p y
1950 NL  122 (5th)

Assists as 3B s c a p y
1950 NL  274 (3rd)

Errors Committed as 3B s c a p y
1950 NL  23 (4th)

Range Factor/Game as 3B s c a p y
1950 NL  3.17 (4th)

Fielding % as 3B s c a p y
1950 NL  .945 (5th)

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 (1590), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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