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Bill Short

William Ross Short

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: November 27, 1937 in Kingston, NY
High School: Newburgh HS (Newburgh, NY)
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1955. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 23, 1960
Teams (by GP): Mets/Orioles/Yankees/RedSox/Pirates/... 1960-1969

Final Game: June 13, 1969
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Standard Pitching

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
1955	17	NYY-min	D	2	3	.400	3.92	13	7					62.0	58	32	27	2	27								1.371	8.4	0.3	3.9			BRS · APPY
1956	18	NYY-min	C	9	11	.450	3.40	26	23					167.0	146	88	63	7	117								1.575	7.9	0.4	6.3			MRO · EVAN
1957	19	NYY-min	B,A	7	6	.538	3.26	21	16					127.0	120	56	46	9	66								1.465	8.5	0.6	4.7			PEO,BNG · IIIL,EL
1958	20	NYY-min	A	7	6	.538	3.34	20	18					124.0	103	56	46	5	80								1.476	7.5	0.4	5.8			BNG · EL
1959	21	NYY-min	AAA	17	6	.739	2.48	27	26		10	3		178.0	142	58	49	12	62	5	133	2	1	10			1.146	7.2	0.6	3.1	6.7	2.15	RMD · IL
1960	22	NYY-min	AAA	6	2	.750	2.28	12	12		3	0		79.0	74	27	20	8	21	1	40	2	0	1			1.203	8.4	0.9	2.4	4.6	1.90	RMD · IL
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	76	1.681	9.4	1.0	5.7	2.7	0.47

1961	23	NYY-min	AAA	1	1	.500	3.21	13	8					42.0	37	15	15	5	16								1.262	7.9	1.1	3.4			RMD · IL
1962	24	BAL-min	AAA	3	4	.429	4.29	18	12		1	0		65.0	65	37	31	7	45	2	35	2	1	3			1.692	9.0	1.0	6.2	4.8	0.78	ROC · IL
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	26	3.500	18.0	0.0	13.5	6.8	0.50

1963	25	BAL-min	AAA	13	8	.619	3.38	29	27					189.0	180	86	71	15	49		113						1.212	8.6	0.7	2.3	5.4	2.31	ROC · IL
1964	26	BAL-min	AAA	8	11	.421	3.39	27	22		5	2		154.0	144	78	58	11	58	1	86	2	0	5			1.312	8.4	0.6	3.4	5.0	1.48	ROC · IL
1965	27	BAL-min	AAA	13	4	.765	2.92	31	23		10	3		179.0	174	67	58	10	44	3	132	6	1	11			1.218	8.7	0.5	2.2	6.6	3.00	ROC · IL
1966	28	BAL-min	AAA	8	5	.615	2.78	15	14		7	2		94.0	73	32	29	5	27	1	77	3	0	4			1.064	7.0	0.5	2.6	7.4	2.85	ROC · IL
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	112	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	119	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	93	1.440	10.8	1.1	2.2	2.2	1.00
1967	29	PIT-min	AAA	14	9	.609	3.28	29	22		7	0		173.0	163	74	63	17	44	6	129	8	1	15			1.197	8.5	0.9	2.3	6.7	2.93	CLB · IL
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	104	0.857	3.9	0.0	3.9	3.9	1.00
1968	30	NYM	NL	0	3	.000	4.85	34	0	13	0	0	1	29.2	24	17	16	0	14	1	24	1	0	5	128	63	1.281	7.3	0.0	4.2	7.3	1.71
1969	31	CIN-min	AAA	12	7	.632	3.86	27	23		8	3	0	161.0	165	80	69	6	51	4	145	4	0	6			1.342	9.2	0.3	2.9	8.1	2.84	INA · AA
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	29	2.143	15.4	0.0	3.9	0.0	0.00
6 Yrs				5	11	.313	4.73	73	16	16	3	1	2	131.1	130	75	69	8	64	2	71	3	0	9	577	74	1.477	8.9	0.5	4.4	4.9	1.11
162 Game Avg.				4	8	.313	4.73	56	12	12	2	1	2	100	99	57	53	6	49	2	54	2	0	7	441	74	1.477	8.9	0.5	4.4	4.9	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	85	1.392	9.1	0.4	3.5	6.5	1.88
NYM (1 yr)				0	3	.000	4.85	34	0	13	0	0	1	29.2	24	17	16	0	14	1	24	1	0	5	128	63	1.281	7.3	0.0	4.2	7.3	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	104	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	93	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	29	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	76	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	81	1.536	9.4	0.7	4.5	4.3	0.96
NL (3 yrs)				0	3	.000	5.50	44	0	15	0	0	2	34.1	29	22	21	0	16	1	25	1	0	6	148	59	1.311	7.6	0.0	4.2	6.6	1.56

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1960	22	NYY	AL	47.0	10	10	25	4.79	4.21	0.53	0.07	92.4	3.47	-7	-0.7		-0.0	-0.3	-3	.434	.496	$

1962	24	BAL	AL	4.0	5	0	7	15.75	4.86	0.26	-0.20	100.6	4.43	-5	-0.5	.3	0.2	-0.3	-5	.404	.497	$

1966	28	BAL	AL	37.2	6	6	15	3.58	3.80	0.12	0.07	96.7	3.63	1	0.1		-0.0	0.4	3	.515	.501	$
1966	28	BOS	AL	8.1	8	0	6	6.48	3.91	0.18	-0.16	111.1	3.97	-2	-0.2	1.6	-0.1	-0.3	-2	.469	.498	$9,000
1967	29	PIT	NL	2.1	6	0	1	3.86	4.12	-0.02	-0.17	99.3	3.94	-0	-0.0	2.4	-0.0	0.0	0	.500	.500	$
1968	30	NYM	NL	29.2	34	0	17	5.16	3.69	0.04	-0.16	100.6	3.50	-6	-0.7	1.9	-0.4	-0.8	-3	.479	.495	$
1969	31	CIN	NL	2.1	4	0	4	15.43	4.46	-0.11	-0.19	113.5	4.97	-3	-0.3	.3	0.1	-0.2	-2	.428	.498	$
6 Seasons				131.1	73	16	75	5.14	3.98	0.25	-0.01	97.4	3.62	-22	-2.3	1.7	-0.3	-1.5	-11	.468	.498	$9,000

BAL (2 yrs)				41.2	11	6	22	4.75	3.90	0.13	0.04	97.1	3.70	-4	-0.4	.3	0.1	0.1	-1	.465	.499	$
NYM (1 yr)				29.2	34	0	17	5.16	3.69	0.04	-0.16	100.6	3.50	-6	-0.7	1.9	-0.4	-0.8	-3	.479	.495	$
PIT (1 yr)				2.1	6	0	1	3.86	4.12	-0.02	-0.17	99.3	3.94	-0	-0.0	2.4	-0.0	0.0	0	.500	.500	$
BOS (1 yr)				8.1	8	0	6	6.48	3.91	0.18	-0.16	111.1	3.97	-2	-0.2	1.6	-0.1	-0.3	-2	.469	.498	$9,000
CIN (1 yr)				2.1	4	0	4	15.43	4.46	-0.11	-0.19	113.5	4.97	-3	-0.3	.3	0.1	-0.2	-2	.428	.498	$
NYY (1 yr)				47.0	10	10	25	4.79	4.21	0.53	0.07	92.4	3.47	-7	-0.7		-0.0	-0.3	-3	.434	.496	$

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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	ROE
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	0

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	1

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	3
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	2
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	5
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	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	2
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	0
6 Yrs				73	577	497	75	130	17	5	8	12	0	64	71	.262	.346	.364	.710	.288	181	10	3	8	5	2	8
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	6
MLB Averages																.249	.314	.374	.688	.276

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1960	22	NYY	AL	-5.2	-0.5	215	0.0	3.6	-3.6	1.02	-0.3	0.4	-0.7	-0.1	1.02	-3.9	0	0	0

1962	24	BAL	AL	-5.2	-0.5	28	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	.26	-0.4	-0.4	-6.0	-0.6	0.26	-4.6	0	1	4

1966	28	TOT	AL	0.9	0.1	197	0.5	2.9	-2.4	.88	0.2	0.4	0.2	0.0	0.88	1.4	2	2	4
1966	28	BAL	AL	1.7	0.2	159	0.4	2.5	-2.1	.95	0.4	0.0	0.8	0.1	0.95	3.3	0	0	0
1966	28	BOS	AL	-0.8	-0.1	38	0.1	0.5	-0.4	.60	-0.2	0.4	-0.6	-0.1	0.60	-1.9	2	2	4
1967	29	PIT	NL	0.1	0.0	9	0.0	0.3	-0.3	3.06	0.1	-0.1	1.0	0.1	3.06	0.6	3	0	2
1968	30	NYM	NL	-5.3	-0.6	139	0.4	2.3	-1.9	1.12	0.1	0.3	3.8	0.4	1.12	1.1	15	5	13
1969	31	CIN	NL	-2.5	-0.2	12	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	.31	-0.1	-0.4	-2.5	-0.2	0.31	-1.2	0	0	3
6 Yrs				-17.1	-1.8	600	0.6	9.2	-8.6	.98	-0.5	1.1	-4.2	-0.3	0.98	-6.7	20	8	26

Starting Pitching*

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
1960	22	NYY	AL	10	10	3	5	2	1	1	3	7	.300	0	2	2	0	4	40%	45.5	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%	56.0	78	33	2	0	0	5	1.9	2.3	6.3
2 Yrs				16	16	5	8	3	1	2	6	10	.375	0	2	3	1	7	44%	49	78	20	12	6	0	14	3.4	3.4	5.3
MLB Averages													.500						55%	53	116	-14					4.1	4.0	6.4

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1962	24	BAL	AL	5	5	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	1	100%	3	.256	0	1	4	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%		.884	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	.604	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	3.062	3	0	2	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	1.123	15	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	.313	0	0	3	0	0	4	2	2	1	3	2	0	1.8
5 Yrs				57	57	16	0	3	3	2	1	67%	13	10	68	9	13%		.961	20	8	26	13	8	36	34	23	11	38	16	7	2.5

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1960	22	NYY	AL	210	21%	2.4%	6.7%	14.3%	5.2%	22%	1.23	74%	39	6	15%

1962	24	BAL	AL	28	39%	0.0%	10.7%	21.4%	7.1%	25%	1.25	64%	7	0	0%

1966	28	TOT	AL	191	30%	1.6%	15.2%	6.3%	5.8%	25%	1.94	76%	35	4	11%
1966	28	BAL	AL	155	25%	1.3%	17.4%	6.5%	5.8%	27%	2.11	74%	26	3	12%
1966	28	BOS	AL	36	53%	2.8%	5.6%	5.6%	5.6%	20%	1.44	86%	9	1	11%
1967	29	PIT	NL	9	67%	0.0%	11.1%	11.1%	0.0%	0%		67%	3	0	0%
1968	30	NYM	NL	128	41%	0.0%	18.8%	10.9%	3.9%	21%	1.25	69%	32	0	0%
1969	31	CIN	NL	11	27%	0.0%	0.0%	9.1%	9.1%	25%	2.50	91%	2	0	0%
6 Yrs				577	30%	1.4%	12.3%	11.1%	5.2%	23%	1.51	73%	118	10	8%
MLB Averages					48%	2.2%	15.2%	8.3%	6.2%	28%	1.08	73%			10%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					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	0	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 Yrs				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	2	0	20	0
MLB Averages																		50%							62%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	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	1	210	76	1.681	9.4	1.0	5.7	2.7	0.47	76
1961	23	3	5	.375	4.79	10	10	0	2	0	0	47.0	49	25	25	5	30	1	14	1	1	210	76	1.681	9.4	1.0	5.7	2.7	0.47	76
1962	24	3	5	.375	5.65	15	10	1	2	0	0	51.0	57	32	32	5	36	1	17	2	1	238	65	1.824	10.1	0.9	6.4	3.0	0.47	65
1963	25	3	5	.375	5.65	15	10	1	2	0	0	51.0	57	32	32	5	36	1	17	2	1	238	65	1.824	10.1	0.9	6.4	3.0	0.47	65
1964	26	3	5	.375	5.65	15	10	1	2	0	0	51.0	57	32	32	5	36	1	17	2	1	238	65	1.824	10.1	0.9	6.4	3.0	0.47	65
1965	27	3	5	.375	5.65	15	10	1	2	0	0	51.0	57	32	32	5	36	1	17	2	1	238	65	1.824	10.1	0.9	6.4	3.0	0.47	65
1966	28	5	8	.385	4.45	29	16	1	3	1	0	97.0	101	53	48	8	48	1	46	2	3	429	81	1.536	9.4	0.7	4.5	4.3	0.96	81
1967	29	5	8	.385	4.44	35	16	2	3	1	1	99.1	102	54	49	8	49	1	47	2	3	438	81	1.520	9.2	0.7	4.4	4.3	0.96	81
1968	30	5	11	.313	4.53	69	16	15	3	1	2	129.0	126	71	65	8	63	2	71	3	8	566	77	1.465	8.8	0.6	4.4	5.0	1.13	77
1969	31	5	11	.313	4.73	73	16	16	3	1	2	131.1	130	75	69	8	64	2	71	3	9	577	74	1.477	8.9	0.5	4.4	4.9	1.11	74

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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	1	3	.250	5.93	44.0	54	32	29	6	33	13	1	1.977	11.0	6.8	2.7	0.39	1.2	10

1962	24	0	0		18.00	4.0	8	9	8	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	6.75	28.0	27	23	21	0	16	22	1	1.536	8.7	5.1	7.1	1.38	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 Yrs		4	7	.364	5.76	125.0	140	88	80	9	70	67	3	1.680	10.1		4.8	0.96	0.6	73

* 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.

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