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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1973 CHW AL 23 OF 70 54 504.0 159 146 10 3 2 .981 0.9 2.1 -2.1 -2.3 0.2 3 2.79 2.23 .979 2.29 2.02
1973 CHW AL 23 CF 58 53 471.1 155 142 10 3 2 .981 1.3 3.3 -1.7 -2.6 0.9 3 2.90 2.62 .983 2.78 2.54
1973 CHW AL 23 LF 13 1 30.2 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -11.7 -0.3 0.3 -0.6 0 1.47 0.38 .980 2.00 1.68
1973 CHW AL 23 DH 1
1973 CHW AL 23 RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -60.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0 0.00 0.00 2.25 1.70
1974 CHW AL 24 OF 99 87 806.0 216 210 3 3 0 .986 4.5 6.7 0.5 1.0 -0.6 4 2.38 2.15 .980 2.41 2.12
1974 CHW AL 24 RF 85 74 677.0 171 165 3 3 0 .982 -0.4 -0.7 -3.4 -0.8 -2.6 3 2.23 1.98 .976 2.18 1.86
1974 CHW AL 24 LF 14 9 92.0 23 23 0 0 0 1.000 0.6 7.8 0.6 -0.2 0.8 0 2.25 1.64 .974 2.12 1.75
1974 CHW AL 24 CF 7 4 37.0 24 24 0 0 0 1.000 4.3 139.5 3.3 2.0 1.2 1 5.84 3.43 .987 2.92 2.63
1975 TOT AL 25 OF 138 101 988.2 325 310 12 3 4 .991 6.2 7.5 2.2 5.9 -3.5 4 2.93 2.33 .979 2.37 2.10
1975 TOT AL 25 CF 83 79 644.1 239 232 5 2 1 .992 5.7 10.6 3.7 4.3 -0.5 2 3.31 2.86 .983 2.84 2.52
1975 TOT AL 25 LF 52 8 179.1 52 49 3 0 2 1.000 1.6 10.7 -0.4 1.7 -2.0 2 2.61 1.00 .975 2.18 1.80
1975 TOT AL 25 RF 34 14 165.0 39 34 4 1 1 .974 -1.1 -8.0 -1.1 -0.1 -1.0 0 2.07 1.12 .977 2.11 1.84
1975 CHW AL 25 OF 14 7 88.0 17 16 0 1 0 .941 -0.7 -9.5 -0.7 -0.4 -0.2 0 1.64 1.14 .982 2.37 2.10
1975 CHW AL 25 RF 11 4 60.0 9 8 0 1 0 .889 -2.3 -46.0 -1.3 -0.4 -0.9 -1 1.20 0.73 .978 2.11 1.84
1975 CHW AL 25 LF 3 2 19.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.8 113.7 0.8 0.0 0.9 1 3.32 2.33 .971 2.18 1.80
1975 CHW AL 25 CF 1 1 9.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -26.7 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 0 1.00 1.00 1.000 2.80 2.50
1975 MIL AL 25 OF 124 94 900.2 308 294 12 2 4 .994 6.9 9.2 2.9 6.3 -3.3 4 3.06 2.47 .979 2.37 2.10
1975 MIL AL 25 CF 82 78 635.1 238 231 5 2 1 .992 5.9 11.1 3.9 4.3 -0.3 2 3.34 2.88 .983 2.84 2.52
1975 MIL AL 25 LF 49 6 160.1 45 42 3 0 2 1.000 -0.2 -1.5 -1.2 1.7 -2.9 1 2.53 0.92 .976 2.18 1.80
1975 MIL AL 25 RF 23 10 105.0 30 26 4 0 1 1.000 1.2 13.7 0.2 0.3 -0.1 1 2.57 1.30 .977 2.11 1.84
1976 MIL AL 26 OF 56 37 367.0 118 108 7 3 2 .975 5.6 18.3 4.6 3.6 1.0 1 2.82 2.05 .981 2.47 2.21
1976 MIL AL 26 RF 37 25 240.0 67 60 4 3 1 .955 -0.6 -3.0 0.4 0.1 0.3 -1 2.40 1.73 .981 2.21 1.92
1976 MIL AL 26 CF 11 4 43.0 17 17 0 0 0 1.000 1.7 47.4 0.7 0.6 0.1 1 3.56 1.55 .982 2.97 2.60
1976 MIL AL 26 LF 11 8 84.0 33 30 3 0 1 1.000 4.5 64.3 3.5 2.9 0.6 1 3.54 3.00 .979 2.23 1.91
1976 MIL AL 26 DH 7
4 Seasons OF 363 279 2665.2 818 774 32 12 8 .985 17.2 7.7 5.2 8.2 -2.9 12 2.72 2.22 .980 2.38 2.11
4 Seasons CF 159 140 1195.2 435 415 15 5 3 .989 13.0 13.0 6.0 4.3 1.7 7 3.24 2.70 .983 2.82 2.54
4 Seasons RF 157 113 1084.0 277 259 11 7 2 .975 -2.2 -2.4 -4.2 -0.8 -3.4 2 2.24 1.72 .977 2.18 1.87
4 Seasons LF 90 26 386.0 113 107 6 0 3 1.000 6.4 19.9 3.4 4.7 -1.2 3 2.63 1.26 .976 2.16 1.79
2 Seasons DH 8
4 Seasons TOT 363 279 2665.2 818 774 32 12 8 .985 17.2 7.7 5.2 8.2 -2.9 12 2.72 2.22 .965 2.38 2.11
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1973 CHW AL 23 77 54 77 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 58 1 71 0 8 3
1974 CHW AL 24 100 87 100 99 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 7 85 99 0 4 3
1975 MIL AL 25 125 94 125 125 0 0 0 0 0 0 49 82 23 125 0 4 4
1975 CHW AL 25 18 7 18 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 11 14 0 8 0
1976 MIL AL 26 78 38 78 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 11 37 56 1 21 9
4 Seasons 398 280 398 365 0 0 0 0 0 0 90 159 157 365 1 45 19
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1973 CHW AL 23 3 0 3 0 3 10 0 5 1 1 21 14 0 22 5 1 8 3 0 5 0 0 10 9 0 66 31 47.0% 34 1 1.5% 9 2108 67% 78% 25% 282 53%
1974 CHW AL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 3 3 0 9 7 77.8% 2 0 0.0% 0 175 71% 77% 30% 33 73%
1975 MIL AL 25 2 0 2 0 0 5 0 2 1 2 17 11 1 17 4 1 1 0 0 16 3 1 21 18 0 72 36 50.0% 33 3 4.2% 2 2952 53% 81% 25% 327 72%
1975 CHW AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 38 76% 84% 29% 1 100%
1976 MIL AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 5 4 80.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 181 57% 83% 31% 35 49%
4 Seasons 5 0 5 0 3 15 0 7 2 3 43 30 1 40 10 2 9 3 0 25 4 1 35 31 0 152 78 51.3% 70 4 2.6% 11 5454 59% 80% 26% 678 63%
MLB Averages 44.3% 2.4% 60% 78% 26% 58%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1973 CHW AL 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 7 29% 86% 14% 1 0%
1974 CHW AL 24 3 0 2 1 1 3 0 1 0 2 44 19 0 34 13 2 5 3 0 15 6 0 13 11 0 111 52 46.8% 57 2 1.8% 1 3037 64% 79% 26% 321 53%
1975 MIL AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 2 4 2 0 3 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 10 2 20.0% 6 2 20.0% 2 505 52% 77% 26% 37 76%
1975 CHW AL 25 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 298 51% 72% 20% 17 47%
1976 MIL AL 26 3 0 3 0 1 4 0 1 2 0 15 6 1 7 2 0 2 1 0 5 0 0 3 2 0 32 11 34.4% 20 1 3.1% 3 1052 61% 78% 29% 119 53%
4 Seasons 7 0 6 1 2 11 0 2 2 4 65 27 1 46 15 3 8 4 1 22 6 0 16 13 0 157 65 41.4% 87 5 3.2% 6 4899 61% 78% 26% 495 54%
MLB Averages 43.0% 3.1% 60% 78% 26% 53%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1973 CHW AL 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 80.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 132 85% 79% 25% 16 31%
1974 CHW AL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 9 4 44.4% 5 0 0.0% 0 411 62% 79% 26% 53 43%
1975 MIL AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 5 5 0 3 1 0 3 0 0 6 3 1 3 3 0 20 12 60.0% 7 1 5.0% 2 748 56% 81% 29% 69 62%
1975 CHW AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 7 6 85.7% 1 0 0.0% 0 87 68% 78% 23% 16 44%
1976 MIL AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 2 3 2 0 3 1 0 2 1 1 2 0 0 4 3 0 14 7 50.0% 6 1 7.1% 2 369 65% 80% 29% 47 68%
4 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 1 0 3 16 14 0 11 3 0 8 3 1 11 5 1 9 8 0 55 33 60.0% 20 2 3.6% 4 1747 62% 80% 27% 201 55%
MLB Averages 57.9% 2.7% 60% 78% 26% 48%

* 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.

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