Bill Sharp
William Howard Sharp
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 178 lb.

Born: January 18, 1950 in Lima, OH
School: Ohio State University
Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 2nd round of the 1971 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 26, 1973
Final Game: September 17, 1976
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Standard Batting

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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
1973 23 CHW AL 77 223 196 23 54 8 3 4 22 2 3 19 28 .276 .345 .408 .754 108 80 2 3 3 2 2 87/D9
1974 24 CHW AL 100 358 320 45 81 13 2 4 24 0 3 25 37 .253 .309 .344 .652 86 110 9 2 8 3 2 97/8
1975 25 TOT AL 143 445 408 38 102 27 3 1 38 0 3 21 29 .250 .285 .338 .623 76 138 9 1 10 5 2 *879
1975 25 CHW AL 18 38 35 1 7 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 3 .200 .243 .200 .443 26 7 0 0 1 0 0 9/78
1975 25 MIL AL 125 407 373 37 95 27 3 1 34 0 3 19 26 .255 .289 .351 .640 81 131 9 1 9 5 2 *879
1976 26 MIL AL 78 195 180 16 44 4 0 0 11 1 3 10 15 .244 .288 .267 .555 65 48 3 1 4 0 0 987/D
4 Seasons 398 1221 1104 122 281 52 8 9 95 3 12 75 109 .255 .304 .341 .644 83 376 23 7 25 10 6
162 Game Avg. 162 497 449 50 114 21 3 4 39 1 5 31 44 .255 .304 .341 .644 83 153 9 3 10 4 2
CHW (3 yrs) 195 619 551 69 142 21 5 8 50 2 6 46 68 .258 .318 .358 .675 90 197 11 5 12 5 4
MIL (2 yrs) 203 602 553 53 139 31 3 1 45 1 6 29 41 .251 .289 .324 .612 76 179 12 2 13 5 2

Advanced Batting

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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
1973 23 CHW AL 223 152 28 4.9 97 .301 .276 .265 .345 .335 .408 .390 .754 .725 108 .559 2.0 0.2 .687 .224 .133 2.7
1974 24 CHW AL 358 262 33 3.4 92 .273 .253 .262 .309 .327 .344 .376 .652 .703 86 .411 -6.1 -0.6 .534 .159 .091 .0
1975 25 TOT AL 445 333 38 3.1 93 .264 .250 .258 .285 .328 .338 .379 .623 .708 76 .350 -13.2 -1.4 .494 .132 .088 .0
1975 25 CHW AL 38 29 2 1.9 94 .219 .200 .260 .243 .330 .200 .382 .443 .713 26 .177 -3.6 -0.4 .321 .057 .000
1975 25 MIL AL 407 304 36 3.2 93 .268 .255 .258 .289 .328 .351 .379 .640 .707 81 .366 -9.7 -1.0 .510 .139 .097 .0
1976 26 MIL AL 195 146 13 2.4 84 .267 .244 .254 .288 .318 .267 .358 .555 .675 65 .284 -8.1 -0.9 .401 .067 .022 .0
4 Seasons 1221 893 112 3.4 92 .273 .255 .260 .304 .327 .341 .377 .644 .704 83 .401 -25.4 -2.7 .523 .146 .086 4.5
162 Game Avg. 497 363 46 3.4 92 .273 .255 .260 .304 .327 .341 .377 .644 .704 83 .401 -25.4 -2.7 .523 .146 .086 2
CHW (3 yrs) 619 443 63 3.8 94 .279 .258 .263 .318 .330 .358 .382 .675 .711 90 .455 -7.7 -0.8 .573 .176 .100 3.2
MIL (2 yrs) 602 450 49 2.9 90 .267 .251 .257 .289 .325 .324 .372 .612 .697 76 .341 -17.7 -1.8 .475 .116 .072 1.0

Ratio Batting*

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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
1973 23 CHW AL 223 1.8% 12.6% 8.5% 6.7% 28% 1.47 7.0 49.0 8.9 0.82 74%
1974 24 CHW AL 358 1.1% 10.3% 7.0% 5.3% 24% 1.48 8.6 80.0 13.3 0.91 79%
1975 25 TOT AL 445 0.2% 6.5% 4.7% 7.0% 30% 1.38 14.1 408.0 10.7 1.16 86%
1975 25 CHW AL 38 0.0% 7.9% 5.3% 0.0% 0% 1.50 11.7 8.8 0.67 84%
1975 25 MIL AL 407 0.3% 6.4% 4.7% 7.6% 33% 1.37 14.3 373.0 11.0 1.22 86%
1976 26 MIL AL 195 0.0% 7.7% 5.1% 2.1% 9% 1.50 12.0 16.4 1.03 85%
4 Seasons 1221 0.7% 8.9% 6.1% 5.7% 25% 1.45 10.1 122.7 11.6 1.01 82%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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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
1973 23 CHW AL 0 0 26% 83 2 3 40% 1 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 5 6 42% 13 11 2 0 0 0 11 3 8
1974 24 CHW AL 3 0 39% 141 0 3 0% 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 9 56% 22 12 9 6 3 2 13 1 12
1975 25 TOT AL 9 0 30% 170 0 3 0% 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 14 38% 16 10 5 6 4 1 10 3 6
1975 25 CHW AL 2 0 11% 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25% 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1975 25 MIL AL 7 0 32% 153 0 3 0% 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 14 39% 13 7 5 6 4 1 9 3 5
1976 26 MIL AL 3 0 29% 88 1 3 25% 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 35% 17 12 5 2 0 2 7 4 2
4 Seasons 15 0 32% 482 3 12 20% 2 12 0 0 1 0 4 1 19 31 44% 68 45 21 14 7 5 41 11 28
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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
1973 23 CHW AL 224 88% 54 6 2 1 1 1.45 4 0 5 4 0 0 4 0 9 3 33% 46 2 4% 21 10 48% 158 20 13% 14 6 43% 11 5 45% 0
1974 24 CHW AL 357 78% 81 4 2 0 0 0.66 4 0 2 4 0 2 2 0 10 8 80% 70 9 13% 30 14 47% 196 21 11% 14 9 64% 15 7 47% 0
1975 25 TOT AL 445 79% 102 10 1 0 0 1.72 1 0 8 1 0 1 0 0 11 10 91% 102 9 9% 55 21 38% 269 39 15% 24 17 71% 25 11 44% 0
1975 25 CHW AL 38 82% 7 7 1 0 0 1.91 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 8 0 0% 6 1 17% 26 4 15% 2 1 50% 2 0 0% 0
1975 25 MIL AL 407 79% 95 3 0 0 0 1.30 1 0 7 1 0 1 0 0 10 9 90% 94 9 10% 49 20 41% 243 35 14% 22 16 73% 23 11 48% 0
1976 26 MIL AL 195 91% 44 15 4 0 0 1.49 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 100% 32 3 9% 14 7 50% 117 11 9% 11 6 55% 6 3 50% 0
4 Seasons 1221 82% 281 35 9 1 1 1.45 9 0 21 9 0 3 6 0 34 25 74% 250 23 9% 120 52 43% 740 91 12% 63 38 60% 57 26 46% 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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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
1973 23 77 223 196 23 54 8 3 4 22 2 3 19 28 .276 .345 .408 .754 108 80 2 3 3 2 2
1974 24 177 581 516 68 135 21 5 8 46 2 6 44 65 .262 .323 .368 .691 94 190 11 5 11 5 4
1975 25 320 1026 924 106 237 48 8 9 84 2 9 65 94 .256 .306 .355 .661 86 328 20 6 21 10 6
1976 26 398 1221 1104 122 281 52 8 9 95 3 12 75 109 .255 .304 .341 .644 83 376 23 7 25 10 6

Neutralized Batting

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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
1973 23 77 224 199 24 57 8 3 4 23 2 20 28 .286 .357 .417 .774 30 77
1974 24 100 355 324 51 85 14 2 4 27 0 26 37 .262 .318 .355 .673 37 100
1975 25 144 442 414 42 106 28 3 1 42 0 22 29 .256 .292 .345 .637 42 143
1976 26 78 198 186 19 49 4 0 0 13 1 11 15 .263 .308 .285 .593 16 78
4 Seasons 399 1219 1123 136 297 54 8 9 105 3 79 109 .264 .314 .351 .665 125 398
162 Game Avg. 162 495 456 55 121 22 3 4 43 1 32 44 .264 .314 .351 .665 51 398

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 1 (3944), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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