Bill Short
William Ross Short
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 5' 9" , Weight: 170 lb.

Born: November 27, 1937 in Kingston, NY
High School: Newburgh (Newburgh, NY)
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1955. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 23, 1960
Final Game: June 13, 1969
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1960 NYY AL 22 P 10 10 47.0 12 7 4 1 1 .917 2.11 1.10 .967 1.95 0.78
1962 BAL AL 24 P 5 0 4.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25 0.20 1.000 2.02 0.80
1966 TOT AL 28 P 14 6 46.0 15 4 11 0 0 1.000 2.93 1.07 .947 1.98 0.75
1966 BAL AL 28 P 6 6 37.2 11 3 8 0 0 1.000 2.63 1.83 .945 1.98 0.75
1966 BOS AL 28 P 8 0 8.1 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 4.32 0.50 .950 1.94 0.75
1967 PIT NL 29 P 6 0 2.1 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 11.57 0.50 .967 1.93 0.78
1968 NYM NL 30 P 34 0 29.2 11 2 9 0 0 1.000 3.34 0.32 .955 2.00 0.85
1969 CIN NL 31 P 4 0 2.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.93 0.78
6 Seasons P 73 16 131.1 42 15 26 1 1 .976 2.81 0.56 .957 1.97 0.81
6 Seasons TOT 73 16 131.1 42 15 26 1 1 .976 2.81 0.56 .933 1.97 0.81

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
1960 NYY AL 22 10 10 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1962 BAL AL 24 5 0 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 BOS AL 28 8 0 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 BAL AL 28 6 6 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1967 PIT NL 29 6 0 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1968 NYM NL 30 34 0 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 CIN NL 31 4 0 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons 73 16 73 73 73 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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 -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1960 NYY AL 22 215 79% 29% 9 100% 0 7 3 3 6 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 100%
1962 BAL AL 24 28 64% 21% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 BOS AL 28 39 87% 36% 2 100% 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 BAL AL 28 159 77% 38% 8 100% 0 3 0 2 8 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1967 PIT NL 29 9 78% 56% 1 100% 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1968 NYM NL 30 139 72% 28% 8 100% 0 2 0 2 9 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1969 CIN NL 31 12 92% 25% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons 601 77% 32% 29 100% 0 14 3 8 27 21 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 4 100%
MLB Averages 77% 27% 90% 83%

* 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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