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Bill Sharp

William Howard Sharp

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 178 lb.

Born: January 18, 1950 in Lima, OH
School: The Ohio State University (Columbus, OH)
Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 2nd round of the 1971 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 26, 1973
Teams (by GP): Brewers/WhiteSox 1973-1976

Final Game: September 17, 1976
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Standard Fielding

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
1973 CHW AL 23 OF 70 54 47 504.0 159 146 10 3 2 .981 1 2 2.79 2.23 .979 2.29 2.27
1973 CHW AL 23 CF 58 53 47 471.1 155 142 10 3 2 .981 1 3 2.90 2.62 .983 2.78 2.77
1973 CHW AL 23 LF 13 1 0 30.2 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -12 1.47 0.38 .976 2.00 1.99
1973 CHW AL 23 DH 1 0
1973 CHW AL 23 RF 1 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -60 0.00 0.00 2.25 2.10
1974 CHW AL 24 OF 99 87 75 806.0 216 210 3 3 0 .986 4 7 2.38 2.15 .980 2.41 2.40
1974 CHW AL 24 RF 85 74 66 677.0 171 165 3 3 0 .982 -0 -1 2.23 1.98 .976 2.18 2.17
1974 CHW AL 24 LF 14 9 8 92.0 23 23 0 0 0 1.000 1 8 2.25 1.64 .974 2.12 2.11
1974 CHW AL 24 CF 7 4 1 37.0 24 24 0 0 0 1.000 4 139 5.84 3.43 .986 2.92 2.91
1975 TOT AL 25 OF 138 101 68 988.2 325 310 12 3 4 .991 6 8 2.93 2.33 .979 2.37 2.36
1975 TOT AL 25 CF 83 79 53 644.1 239 232 5 2 1 .992 6 11 3.31 2.86 .983 2.84 2.83
1975 TOT AL 25 LF 52 8 6 179.1 52 49 3 0 2 1.000 2 11 2.61 1.00 .977 2.18 2.17
1975 TOT AL 25 RF 34 14 9 165.0 39 34 4 1 1 .974 -1 -8 2.07 1.12 .976 2.11 2.10
1975 CHW AL 25 OF 14 7 6 88.0 17 16 0 1 0 .941 -1 -10 1.64 1.14 .979 2.37 2.36
1975 CHW AL 25 RF 11 4 3 60.0 9 8 0 1 0 .889 -2 -46 1.20 0.73 .976 2.11 2.10
1975 CHW AL 25 LF 3 2 2 19.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 2 114 3.32 2.33 .977 2.18 2.17
1975 CHW AL 25 CF 1 1 1 9.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -27 1.00 1.00 .980 2.80 2.80
1975 MIL AL 25 OF 124 94 62 900.2 308 294 12 2 4 .994 7 9 3.06 2.47 .979 2.37 2.36
1975 MIL AL 25 CF 82 78 52 635.1 238 231 5 2 1 .992 6 11 3.34 2.88 .983 2.84 2.83
1975 MIL AL 25 LF 49 6 4 160.1 45 42 3 0 2 1.000 -0 -1 2.53 0.92 .977 2.18 2.17
1975 MIL AL 25 RF 23 10 6 105.0 30 26 4 0 1 1.000 1 14 2.57 1.30 .976 2.11 2.10
1976 MIL AL 26 OF 56 37 27 367.0 118 108 7 3 2 .975 6 18 2.82 2.05 .981 2.47 2.48
1976 MIL AL 26 RF 37 25 19 240.0 67 60 4 3 1 .955 -1 -3 2.40 1.73 .980 2.21 2.22
1976 MIL AL 26 CF 11 4 2 43.0 17 17 0 0 0 1.000 2 47 3.56 1.55 .984 2.97 2.99
1976 MIL AL 26 LF 11 8 6 84.0 33 30 3 0 1 1.000 4 64 3.54 3.00 .978 2.23 2.24
1976 MIL AL 26 DH 7 1
4 Seasons OF 363 279 217 2665.2 818 774 32 12 8 .985 17 8 2.72 2.22 .980 2.38 2.37
4 Seasons CF 159 140 103 1195.2 435 415 15 5 3 .989 13 13 3.24 2.70 .983 2.82 2.82
4 Seasons RF 157 113 94 1084.0 277 259 11 7 2 .975 -2 -2 2.24 1.72 .977 2.18 2.17
4 Seasons LF 90 26 20 386.0 113 107 6 0 3 1.000 6 20 2.63 1.26 .977 2.16 2.14
4 Seasons TOT 363 279 217 2665.2 818 774 32 12 8 .985 17 8 2.72 2.22 .980 2.38 2.37
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/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.
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-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
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
1973 CHW AL 23 CF 1 3 -2 1 -3 3
1973 CHW AL 23 LF -0 -12 -0 -1 0 0
1973 CHW AL 23 RF -0 -60 -0 -0 0 0
1974 CHW AL 24 RF -0 -1 -3 -3 -1 3
1974 CHW AL 24 LF 1 8 1 1 -0 0
1974 CHW AL 24 CF 4 139 3 1 2 1
1975 CHW AL 25 RF -2 -46 -1 -1 -0 -1
1975 CHW AL 25 LF 2 114 1 1 0 1
1975 CHW AL 25 CF -0 -27 -0 -0 0 0
1975 MIL AL 25 CF 6 11 4 -0 4 2
1975 MIL AL 25 LF -0 -1 -1 -3 2 1
1975 MIL AL 25 RF 1 14 0 -0 0 1
1976 MIL AL 26 RF -1 -3 0 0 0 -1
1976 MIL AL 26 CF 2 47 1 0 1 1
1976 MIL AL 26 LF 4 64 4 1 3 1
4 Seasons CF 13 13 6 2 4 7
4 Seasons RF -2 -2 -4 -3 -1 2
4 Seasons LF 6 20 3 -1 5 3
4 Seasons TOT 17 8 5 -3 8 12

Appearances

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 72 1 8 3
1974 CHW AL 24 100 87 100 99 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 7 85 106 0 4 3
1975 MIL AL 25 125 94 125 125 0 0 0 0 0 0 49 82 23 154 0 4 4
1975 CHW AL 25 18 7 18 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 11 15 0 8 0
1976 MIL AL 26 78 38 78 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 11 37 59 7 21 9
4 Seasons 398 280 398 365 0 0 0 0 0 0 90 159 157 406 8 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 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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 27 17 1 22 5 1 8 3 0 5 0 0 10 9 0 72 34 47.2% 36 2 2.8% 8 2034 70% 81% 26% 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% 0 169 74% 79% 31% 33 73%
1975 MIL AL 25 2 0 2 0 0 5 0 2 1 2 24 14 1 17 4 1 1 0 0 16 3 1 27 22 0 85 43 50.6% 39 3 3.5% 2 2803 55% 85% 27% 326 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 37 78% 86% 30% 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 2 2 0 6 5 83.3% 1 0 0.0% 0 175 59% 86% 33% 35 49%
4 Seasons 5 0 5 0 3 15 0 7 2 3 56 36 2 40 10 2 9 3 0 25 4 1 42 36 0 172 89 51.7% 78 5 2.9% 10 5218 62% 83% 27% 677 63%
MLB Averages 45.8% 2.5% 62% 82% 28% 58%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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 55 25 0 34 13 2 5 3 0 15 6 0 19 15 0 128 62 48.4% 64 2 1.6% 1 2922 66% 82% 27% 321 53%
1975 MIL AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 2 5 3 0 3 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 12 4 33.3% 6 2 16.7% 2 482 54% 81% 27% 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% 0 278 54% 77% 22% 17 47%
1976 MIL AL 26 3 0 3 0 1 4 0 1 2 0 19 7 2 7 2 0 2 1 0 5 0 0 4 2 0 37 12 32.4% 23 2 5.4% 2 1011 64% 81% 30% 119 53%
4 Seasons 7 0 6 1 2 11 0 2 2 4 81 35 2 46 15 3 8 4 1 22 6 0 24 18 0 181 78 43.1% 97 6 3.3% 5 4700 64% 81% 27% 495 54%
MLB Averages 41.7% 3.2% 62% 82% 28% 53%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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% 0 126 89% 83% 26% 16 31%
1974 CHW AL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 6 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 12 7 58.3% 5 0 0.0% 0 396 65% 82% 27% 53 43%
1975 MIL AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 7 7 1 3 1 0 3 0 0 6 3 1 4 4 0 23 15 65.2% 7 2 8.7% 1 726 57% 83% 30% 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 83 71% 82% 24% 16 44%
1976 MIL AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 2 5 4 0 3 1 0 2 1 1 2 0 0 5 3 1 17 9 52.9% 6 2 11.8% 1 354 68% 83% 30% 47 68%
4 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 1 0 3 23 21 1 11 3 0 8 3 1 11 5 1 11 9 1 64 41 64.1% 20 4 6.3% 2 1685 64% 83% 28% 201 55%
MLB Averages 59.7% 2.9% 62% 82% 28% 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 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

Assists as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1973 AL  10 (4th)

Range Factor/9Inn as CF (s.1954)† s c a p y
1975 AL  3.31 (2nd)

Range Factor/Game as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1975 AL  2.86 (4th)

Fielding % as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1975 AL  .992 (1st)

Range Factor/9Inn as RF (s.1954)† s c a p y
1974 AL  2.23 (5th)

Fielding % as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1974 AL  .982 (4th)

Range Factor/9Inn as OF† s c a p y
1975 AL  2.93 (4th)

Fielding % as OF s c a p y
1975 AL  .991 (5th)

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