Bill Simas
William Anthony Simas
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 220 lb.

Born: November 28, 1971 in Hanford, CA
High School: St. Joseph (Santa Maria, CA)
Drafted by the California Angels in the 6th round of the 1992 amateur draft.
Signed June 22, 1992. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 15, 1995
Final Game: September 30, 2000
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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
1995 23 CHW AL 1 1 .500 2.57 14 0 4 0 0 0 14.0 15 5 4 1 10 2 16 1 0 1 66 174 1.786 9.6 0.6 6.4 10.3 1.60
1996 24 CHW AL 2 8 .200 4.58 64 0 16 0 0 2 72.2 75 39 37 5 39 6 65 3 0 0 328 104 1.569 9.3 0.6 4.8 8.1 1.67
1997 25 CHW AL 3 1 .750 4.14 40 0 11 0 0 1 41.1 46 23 19 6 24 3 38 2 0 2 193 106 1.694 10.0 1.3 5.2 8.3 1.58
1998 26 CHW AL 4 3 .571 3.57 60 0 41 0 0 18 70.2 54 29 28 12 22 4 56 1 0 1 287 128 1.075 6.9 1.5 2.8 7.1 2.55
1999 27 CHW AL 6 3 .667 3.75 70 0 21 0 0 2 72.0 73 36 30 6 32 6 41 6 1 4 324 131 1.458 9.1 0.8 4.0 5.1 1.28
2000 28 CHW AL 2 3 .400 3.46 60 0 9 0 0 0 67.2 69 27 26 9 22 6 49 1 0 1 283 145 1.345 9.2 1.2 2.9 6.5 2.23
6 Seasons 18 19 .486 3.83 308 0 102 0 0 23 338.1 332 159 144 39 149 27 265 14 1 9 1481 124 1.422 8.8 1.0 4.0 7.0 1.78
162 Game Avg. 4 4 .486 3.83 68 0 23 0 0 5 75 73 35 32 9 33 6 59 3 0 2 327 124 1.422 8.8 1.0 4.0 7.0 1.78

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
2000 28 CHW AL ALDS L SEA 0 0 9.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 4 1.000 0.0 0.0 9.0 18.0 2.00
1 ALDS 0 0 9.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 4 1.000 0.0 0.0 9.0 18.0 2.00

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
1995 23 CHW AL 14 66 55 5 15 2 0 1 1 0 10 16 .273 .394 .364 .758 .368 20 1 1 0 0 2
1996 24 CHW AL 64 328 283 39 75 19 3 5 1 2 39 65 .265 .358 .406 .764 .326 115 3 3 1 2 6
1997 25 CHW AL 40 193 165 23 46 6 1 6 4 1 24 38 .279 .375 .436 .811 .328 72 5 2 1 1 3
1998 26 CHW AL 60 287 262 29 54 8 2 12 6 0 22 56 .206 .270 .389 .659 .216 102 5 1 2 0 4
1999 27 CHW AL 70 324 278 36 73 17 3 6 4 1 32 41 .263 .347 .410 .757 .285 114 6 6 4 4 6
2000 28 CHW AL 60 283 250 27 69 15 1 9 0 1 22 49 .276 .332 .452 .784 .306 113 11 1 6 4 6
6 Seasons 308 1481 1293 159 332 67 10 39 16 5 149 265 .257 .337 .415 .752 .293 536 31 14 14 11 27
162 Game Avg. 68 327 285 35 73 15 2 9 4 1 33 59 .257 .337 .415 .752 .293 118 7 3 3 2 6
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
1995 23 CHW AL 14 14 4 1 1 0 0 0 4 3 6 0 0% 9 1.208 4 5 5 6 3 5 4 10 4 6 6 1 3.0 21
1996 24 CHW AL 64 64 16 2 8 8 2 6 25% 24 15 49 17 35% 7 1.418 31 12 21 30 15 19 29 35 25 22 29 14 3.4 19
1997 25 CHW AL 40 40 11 3 1 2 1 1 50% 5 3 30 11 37% 8 0.696 9 8 22 12 7 21 21 19 13 14 14 7 3.1 20
1998 26 CHW AL 60 60 41 4 3 24 18 6 75% 30 6 32 9 28% 8 1.365 26 16 17 38 7 15 20 40 22 10 24 7 3.5 18
1999 27 CHW AL 70 70 21 6 3 5 2 3 40% 18 12 57 25 44% 8 1.112 26 12 29 25 14 31 28 42 18 21 22 16 3.1 17
2000 28 CHW AL 60 60 9 2 3 5 0 5 0% 19 13 43 16 37% 8 1.008 22 15 21 29 8 23 21 39 19 13 25 11 3.4 18
6 Seasons 308 308 102 18 19 44 23 21 52% 100 52 217 78 36% 1.159 118 68 115 140 54 114 123 185 101 86 120 56 3.3 18

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%
1995 23 CHW AL 66 29% 1.5% 24.2% 15.2% 4.6% 20% 0.85 1.27 58% 23% 7.1% 30% 18 1 6%
1996 24 CHW AL 328 44% 1.5% 19.8% 11.9% 8.2% 36% 0.58 0.81 66% 25% 4.4% 17% 80 3 4%
1997 25 CHW AL 193 33% 3.1% 19.7% 12.4% 6.7% 28% 0.87 0.87 63% 23% 10.9% 19% 48 5 10%
1998 26 CHW AL 287 50% 4.2% 19.5% 7.7% 7.7% 41% 0.65 0.81 68% 15% 12.0% 19% 50 5 10%
1999 27 CHW AL 324 45% 1.9% 12.7% 9.9% 8.0% 36% 0.64 0.79 73% 20% 4.8% 16% 73 6 8%
2000 28 CHW AL 283 38% 3.2% 17.3% 7.8% 8.8% 36% 0.50 0.93 69% 26% 8.1% 13% 62 11 18%
6 Seasons 1481 42% 2.6% 17.9% 10.1% 7.8% 35% 0.63 0.85 68% 22% 7.5% 17% 331 31 9%
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
1995 23 CHW AL 62 268 4.32 157 59% 26% 16% 35% 23% 74% 6% 43% 78% 39% 8% 5 4 18% 11 7 1 27% 1 0 4 0 0
1996 24 CHW AL 259 1023 3.95 624 61% 22% 15% 33% 28% 77% 5% 47% 79% 54% 7% 19 10 26% 67 42 0 30% 9 4 69 0 7
1997 25 CHW AL 191 762 3.99 469 62% 29% 14% 29% 27% 71% 3% 43% 80% 61% 7% 13 7 25% 47 27 2 32% 4 4 2 0 0
1998 26 CHW AL 287 1101 3.84 696 63% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 3% 45% 79% 61% 5% 15 8 22% 64 32 3 38% 13 4 0 0 0
1999 27 CHW AL 324 1251 3.86 761 61% 23% 12% 33% 32% 77% 4% 47% 85% 57% 8% 26 10 23% 76 39 4 34% 5 10 0 0 0
2000 28 CHW AL 283 1062 3.75 676 64% 29% 12% 28% 31% 71% 6% 45% 84% 64% 6% 16 6 20% 58 33 1 47% 10 4 0 0 0
6 Seasons 1406 5467 3.89 3383 62% 26% 14% 30% 30% 74% 5% 46% 81% 58% 7% 94 45 23% 323 180 11 36% 42 26 75 0 7
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
1995 23 CHW AL 66 15 1 1 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 4 0 1 0% 1 1 0 27 1 0 100% 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
1996 24 CHW AL 328 75 5 1 5 0 20 4 1 3 2 29 11 10 38% 1 0 0 141 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0
1997 25 CHW AL 193 46 6 0 6 0 7 3 3 1 5 15 8 1 53% 3 2 0 96 4 1 80% 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1998 26 CHW AL 287 54 11 0 12 1 10 4 8 7 5 11 5 3 45% 2 1 0 96 6 0 100% 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1999 27 CHW AL 324 73 6 0 6 1 17 5 1 5 1 29 19 2 66% 5 4 0 145 4 1 80% 2 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 13 0
2000 28 CHW AL 283 69 6 2 9 1 12 4 5 5 4 22 12 5 55% 1 1 0 103 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
6 Seasons 1481 332 35 4 39 3 68 21 18 22 17 110 55 22 50% 13 9 0 608 16 5 76% 12 5 4 0 0 0 4 0 28 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+
1995 23 1 1 .500 2.57 14 0 4 0 0 0 14.0 15 5 4 1 10 2 16 1 0 1 66 174 1.786 9.6 0.6 6.4 10.3 1.60 174
1996 24 3 9 .250 4.26 78 0 20 0 0 2 86.2 90 44 41 6 49 8 81 4 0 1 394 111 1.604 9.3 0.6 5.1 8.4 1.65 111
1997 25 6 10 .375 4.22 118 0 31 0 0 3 128.0 136 67 60 12 73 11 119 6 0 3 587 109 1.633 9.6 0.8 5.1 8.4 1.63 109
1998 26 10 13 .435 3.99 178 0 72 0 0 21 198.2 190 96 88 24 95 15 175 7 0 4 874 115 1.435 8.6 1.1 4.3 7.9 1.84 115
1999 27 16 16 .500 3.92 248 0 93 0 0 23 270.2 263 132 118 30 127 21 216 13 1 8 1198 119 1.441 8.7 1.0 4.2 7.2 1.70 119
2000 28 18 19 .486 3.83 308 0 102 0 0 23 338.1 332 159 144 39 149 27 265 14 1 9 1481 124 1.422 8.8 1.0 4.0 7.0 1.78 124

Neutralized Pitching

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
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
1995 23 1 0 1.000 2.40 15.0 16 4 4 1 11 17 1 1.800 9.6 6.6 10.2 1.55 0.6 14
1996 24 3 4 .429 4.44 71.0 73 39 35 5 38 63 3 1.563 9.3 4.8 8.0 1.66 0.6 64
1997 25 2 2 .500 4.28 40.0 46 21 19 6 24 37 2 1.750 10.4 5.4 8.3 1.54 1.4 40
1998 26 4 3 .571 3.47 70.0 54 30 27 12 22 55 1 1.086 6.9 2.8 7.1 2.50 1.5 60
1999 27 5 3 .625 3.38 72.0 70 30 27 6 31 41 6 1.403 8.8 3.9 5.1 1.32 0.8 70
2000 28 4 3 .571 3.14 66.0 64 26 23 8 20 48 1 1.273 8.7 2.7 6.5 2.40 1.1 60
6 Seasons 19 15 .559 3.64 334.0 323 150 135 38 146 261 14 1.404 8.7 7.0 1.79 1.0 308

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Games Played s c a p y
1999 AL  70 (10th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 1 (2515), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

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