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 Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1960 22 NYY AL 3 5 .375 4.79 10 10 0 2 0 0 47.0 49 25 25 5 30 1 14 1 0 1 210 74 1.681 9.4 1.0 5.7 2.7 0.47
1962 24 BAL AL 0 0 15.75 5 0 1 0 0 0 4.0 8 7 7 0 6 0 3 1 0 0 28 23 3.500 18.0 0.0 13.5 6.8 0.50
1966 28 TOT AL 2 3 .400 3.13 14 6 0 1 1 0 46.0 44 21 16 3 12 0 29 0 0 2 191 110 1.217 8.6 0.6 2.3 5.7 2.42
1966 28 BAL AL 2 3 .400 2.87 6 6 0 1 1 0 37.2 34 15 12 2 10 0 27 0 0 2 155 117 1.168 8.1 0.5 2.4 6.5 2.70
1966 28 BOS AL 0 0 4.32 8 0 0 0 0 0 8.1 10 6 4 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 36 89 1.440 10.8 1.1 2.2 2.2 1.00
1967 29 PIT NL 0 0 3.86 6 0 1 0 0 1 2.1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 9 87 0.857 3.9 0.0 3.9 3.9 1.00
1968 30 NYM NL 0 3 .000 4.75 34 0 13 0 0 1 30.1 24 17 16 0 14 1 24 1 0 5 128 64 1.253 7.1 0.0 4.2 7.1 1.71
1969 31 CIN NL 0 0 15.43 4 0 1 0 0 0 2.1 4 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 11 24 2.143 15.4 0.0 3.9 0.0 0.00
6 Seasons 5 11 .313 4.70 73 16 16 3 1 2 132.0 130 75 69 8 64 2 71 3 0 9 577 72 1.470 8.9 0.5 4.4 4.8 1.11
162 Game Avg. 4 8 .313 4.70 56 12 12 2 1 2 101 99 57 53 6 49 2 54 2 0 7 441 72 1.470 8.9 0.5 4.4 4.8 1.11
BAL (2 yrs) 2 3 .400 4.10 11 6 1 1 1 0 41.2 42 22 19 2 16 0 30 1 0 2 183 83 1.392 9.1 0.4 3.5 6.5 1.88
NYM (1 yr) 0 3 .000 4.75 34 0 13 0 0 1 30.1 24 17 16 0 14 1 24 1 0 5 128 64 1.253 7.1 0.0 4.2 7.1 1.71
PIT (1 yr) 0 0 3.86 6 0 1 0 0 1 2.1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 9 87 0.857 3.9 0.0 3.9 3.9 1.00
BOS (1 yr) 0 0 4.32 8 0 0 0 0 0 8.1 10 6 4 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 36 89 1.440 10.8 1.1 2.2 2.2 1.00
CIN (1 yr) 0 0 15.43 4 0 1 0 0 0 2.1 4 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 11 24 2.143 15.4 0.0 3.9 0.0 0.00
NYY (1 yr) 3 5 .375 4.79 10 10 0 2 0 0 47.0 49 25 25 5 30 1 14 1 0 1 210 74 1.681 9.4 1.0 5.7 2.7 0.47
AL (3 yrs) 5 8 .385 4.45 29 16 1 3 1 0 97.0 101 53 48 8 48 1 46 2 0 3 429 79 1.536 9.4 0.7 4.5 4.3 0.96
NL (3 yrs) 0 3 .000 5.40 44 0 15 0 0 2 35.0 29 22 21 0 16 1 25 1 0 6 148 57 1.286 7.5 0.0 4.1 6.4 1.56

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1960 22 NYY AL 10 210 174 25 49 5 1 5 3 0 30 14 .282 .390 .408 .798 .284 71 6 1 5 0 1
1962 24 BAL AL 5 28 21 7 8 1 1 0 0 0 6 3 .381 .536 .524 1.060 .444 11 0 1 0 0 0
1966 28 TOT AL 14 191 176 21 44 7 1 3 4 0 12 29 .250 .295 .352 .647 .281 62 4 0 1 2 0
1966 28 BAL AL 6 155 142 15 34 7 0 2 3 0 10 27 .239 .286 .331 .617 .278 47 3 0 1 2 0
1966 28 BOS AL 8 36 34 6 10 0 1 1 1 0 2 2 .294 .333 .441 .775 .290 15 1 0 0 0 0
1967 29 PIT NL 6 9 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .143 .250 .143 .393 .167 1 0 0 1 0 0
1968 30 NYM NL 34 128 109 17 24 3 2 0 5 0 14 24 .220 .307 .284 .591 .273 31 0 1 1 3 1
1969 31 CIN NL 4 11 10 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .400 .455 .500 .955 .400 5 0 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons 73 577 497 75 130 17 5 8 12 0 64 71 .262 .346 .364 .710 .288 181 10 3 8 5 2
162 Game Avg. 56 441 380 57 99 13 4 6 9 0 49 54 .262 .346 .364 .710 .288 138 8 2 6 4 2
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1960 22 NYY AL 10 10 3 5 2 1 1 3 7 .300 0 2 2 0 4 40% 46 63 20 10 6 0 9 4.2 4.3 4.7
1966 28 TOT AL 14 6 2 3 1 0 1 3 3 .500 0 0 1 1 3 50% 78 33 6 2 0 5 1.9 2.3 6.3
1966 28 BAL AL 6 6 2 3 1 0 1 3 3 .500 0 0 1 1 3 50% 56 78 33 2 0 0 5 1.9 2.3 6.3
2 Seasons 16 16 5 8 3 1 2 6 10 .375 0 2 3 1 7 44% 50 78 20 12 6 0 14 3.4 3.4 5.3
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1962 24 BAL AL 5 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 3 0.296 0 2 3 0 0 5 1 4 1 3 2 0 2.4
1966 28 TOT AL 14 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 11 2 18% 0.930 2 2 4 1 1 6 5 3 2 5 3 1 3.1
1966 28 BOS AL 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 11 2 18% 6 0.680 2 2 4 1 1 6 5 3 2 5 3 1 3.1
1967 29 PIT NL 6 6 1 0 0 2 1 1 50% 3 1 9 1 11% 7 3.030 3 0 3 3 0 3 6 0 0 6 1 1 1.2
1968 30 NYM NL 34 34 13 0 3 1 1 0 100% 9 8 42 3 7% 9 1.207 16 5 13 9 7 18 20 14 7 21 8 5 2.6
1969 31 CIN NL 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 40% 4 0.341 0 1 3 0 0 4 2 2 1 3 2 0 1.8
5 Seasons 57 57 16 0 3 3 2 1 67% 13 10 68 9 13% 1.030 21 10 26 13 8 36 34 23 11 38 16 7 2.5

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1960 22 NYY AL 210 79% 2.4% 6.7% 14.3% 5.2% 22% 1.23 74% 39 6 15%
1962 24 BAL AL 28 61% 0.0% 10.7% 21.4% 7.1% 25% 1.25 64% 7 0 0%
1966 28 TOT AL 191 70% 1.6% 15.2% 6.3% 5.8% 25% 1.94 76% 35 4 11%
1966 28 BAL AL 155 75% 1.3% 17.4% 6.5% 5.8% 27% 2.11 74% 26 3 12%
1966 28 BOS AL 36 47% 2.8% 5.6% 5.6% 5.6% 20% 1.44 86% 9 1 11%
1967 29 PIT NL 9 33% 0.0% 11.1% 11.1% 0.0% 0% 67% 3 0 0%
1968 30 NYM NL 128 59% 0.0% 18.8% 10.9% 3.9% 21% 1.25 69% 32 0 0%
1969 31 CIN NL 11 73% 0.0% 0.0% 9.1% 9.1% 25% 2.50 91% 2 0 0%
6 Seasons 577 70% 1.4% 12.3% 11.1% 5.2% 23% 1.51 73% 118 10 8%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1960 22 NYY AL 210 49 5 0 4 4 1 3 2 5 2 0 40% 0 1 1 84 3 0 100% 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
1962 24 BAL AL 28 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 33% 1 0 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 28 TOT AL 191 44 3 0 4 2 1 2 1 10 6 0 60% 5 2 0 67 4 0 100% 1 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 5 0
1966 28 BAL AL 155 34 2 0 2 2 0 1 1 9 6 0 67% 3 2 0 52 3 0 100% 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1966 28 BOS AL 36 10 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0% 2 0 0 15 1 0 100% 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
1967 29 PIT NL 9 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 100% 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1968 30 NYM NL 128 24 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 20 9 5 45% 2 5 1 51 5 0 100% 2 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 12 0
1969 31 CIN NL 11 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 50% 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
6 Seasons 577 130 8 0 18 6 2 5 3 41 20 5 49% 8 9 2 226 12 0 100% 5 0 7 0 0 0 3 0 20 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1960 22 3 5 .375 4.79 10 10 0 2 0 0 47.0 49 25 25 5 30 1 14 1 0 1 210 74 1.681 9.4 1.0 5.7 2.7 0.47 74
1961 23 3 5 .375 4.79 10 10 0 2 0 0 47.0 49 25 25 5 30 1 14 1 0 1 210 74 1.681 9.4 1.0 5.7 2.7 0.47 74
1962 24 3 5 .375 5.65 15 10 1 2 0 0 51.0 57 32 32 5 36 1 17 2 0 1 238 63 1.824 10.1 0.9 6.4 3.0 0.47 63
1963 25 3 5 .375 5.65 15 10 1 2 0 0 51.0 57 32 32 5 36 1 17 2 0 1 238 63 1.824 10.1 0.9 6.4 3.0 0.47 63
1964 26 3 5 .375 5.65 15 10 1 2 0 0 51.0 57 32 32 5 36 1 17 2 0 1 238 63 1.824 10.1 0.9 6.4 3.0 0.47 63
1965 27 3 5 .375 5.65 15 10 1 2 0 0 51.0 57 32 32 5 36 1 17 2 0 1 238 63 1.824 10.1 0.9 6.4 3.0 0.47 63
1966 28 5 8 .385 4.45 29 16 1 3 1 0 97.0 101 53 48 8 48 1 46 2 0 3 429 79 1.536 9.4 0.7 4.5 4.3 0.96 79
1967 29 5 8 .385 4.44 35 16 2 3 1 1 99.1 102 54 49 8 49 1 47 2 0 3 438 79 1.520 9.2 0.7 4.4 4.3 0.96 79
1968 30 5 11 .313 4.51 69 16 15 3 1 2 129.2 126 71 65 8 63 2 71 3 0 8 566 75 1.458 8.7 0.6 4.4 4.9 1.13 75
1969 31 5 11 .313 4.70 73 16 16 3 1 2 132.0 130 75 69 8 64 2 71 3 0 9 577 72 1.470 8.9 0.5 4.4 4.8 1.11 72

Neutralized Pitching

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1960 22 2 3 .400 5.60 45.0 53 31 28 5 32 13 1 1.889 10.6 6.4 2.6 0.41 1.0 10
1962 24 0 0 15.75 4.0 8 8 7 0 6 3 1 3.500 18.0 13.5 6.8 0.50 0.0 5
1966 28 2 2 .500 3.68 44.0 47 20 18 3 13 28 0 1.364 9.6 2.7 5.7 2.15 0.6 14
1967 29 0 0 0.00 3.0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.333 0.0 3.0 3.0 1.00 0.0 6
1968 30 1 2 .333 6.43 28.0 26 22 20 0 15 22 1 1.464 8.4 4.8 7.1 1.47 0.0 34
1969 31 0 0 18.00 2.0 4 4 4 0 1 0 0 2.500 18.0 4.5 0.0 0.00 0.0 4
6 Seasons 5 7 .417 5.50 126.0 138 85 77 8 68 67 3 1.635 9.9 4.8 0.99 0.6 73

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