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Bill Simas

William Anthony Simas

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: November 28, 1971 in Hanford, CA
High School: St. Joseph HS (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
Team: WhiteSox 1995-2000

Final Game: September 30, 2000
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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
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 66 179 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 2 193 107 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 1 287 129 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 4 324 132 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 1 283 146 1.345 9.2 1.2 2.9 6.5 2.23
2001 Did not play in major leagues (Injured)
6 Yrs 18 19 .486 3.83 308 0 102 0 0 23 338.1 332 159 144 39 149 27 265 14 1 9 1481 125 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 2 327 125 1.422 8.8 1.0 4.0 7.0 1.78

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 Awards
1995 23 CHW AL 14.0 14 0 5 3.21 4.92 -0.11 -0.37 94.5 4.41 2 0.2 1.0 -0.0 0.3 3 .513 .501 $109,000
1996 24 CHW AL 72.2 64 0 39 4.83 5.41 -0.09 -0.40 94.8 4.84 -1 -0.1 1.6 -0.2 0.4 10 .498 .499 $130,000
1997 25 CHW AL 41.1 40 0 23 5.01 5.08 -0.16 -0.38 96.3 4.68 -2 -0.2 .9 -0.1 0.1 4 .496 .499 $200,000
1998 26 CHW AL 70.2 60 0 29 3.69 5.01 0.03 -0.38 98.8 4.55 7 0.6 1.4 -0.0 1.3 16 .511 .504 $250,000
1999 27 CHW AL 72.0 70 0 36 4.50 5.38 -0.12 -0.40 100.7 5.14 5 0.5 1.3 -0.1 1.1 15 .507 .503 $1,150,000
2000 28 CHW AL 67.2 60 0 27 3.59 5.41 0.03 -0.40 101.2 5.04 10 1.0 1.3 -0.0 1.6 20 .516 .506 $1,350,000
6 Seasons 338.1 308 0 159 4.23 5.26 -0.06 -0.39 98.3 4.84 22 2.0 1.3 -0.5 4.8 68 .507 .502 $3,189,000

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
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*

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
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 1
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 1
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 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 2
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 5
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 1
6 Yrs 308 1481 1293 159 332 67 10 39 16 5 149 265 .257 .337 .415 .752 .293 536 31 14 14 11 27 13
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 3
MLB Averages .269 .340 .426 .766 .300

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1995 23 CHW AL 3.0 0.3 68 0.4 1.3 -0.9 1.21 0.0 0.3 2.2 0.2 1.21 -0.2 4 5 5
1996 24 CHW AL 2.1 0.2 335 -0.2 8.2 -8.4 1.42 0.2 -0.3 3.8 0.4 1.42 2.9 31 12 21
1997 25 CHW AL 0.3 0.0 199 -0.1 2.4 -2.5 .69 -0.7 0.6 -2.0 -0.2 0.69 -6.8 9 7 24
1998 26 CHW AL 8.8 0.8 295 -0.5 7.0 -7.5 1.37 0.8 -1.2 9.6 0.9 1.37 13.6 26 16 17
1999 27 CHW AL 8.0 0.7 334 0.1 6.1 -5.9 1.13 0.0 0.1 -2.2 -0.2 1.13 -0.4 26 12 29
2000 28 CHW AL 12.2 1.1 285 0.3 5.1 -4.8 1.03 0.3 0.0 7.6 0.7 1.03 8.8 22 16 19
6 Yrs 34.4 3.2 1516 0.1 30.1 -30.1 1.17 0.7 -0.6 19.0 1.8 1.17 17.8 118 68 115

Reliever Pitching*

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 1.209 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 1.423 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 .690 9 7 24 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 1.366 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 1.127 26 12 29 25 14 31 28 42 18 21 22 16 3.1 18
2000 28 CHW AL 60 60 9 2 3 5 0 5 0% 19 13 43 16 37% 8 1.029 22 16 19 29 8 23 21 39 19 13 25 11 3.4 18
6 Yrs 308 308 102 18 19 44 23 21 52% 100 52 217 78 36% 1.167 118 68 115 140 54 114 123 185 101 86 120 56 3.3 18

Ratio Pitching*

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 71% 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 56% 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 67% 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 55% 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 62% 3.2% 17.3% 7.8% 8.8% 36% 0.50 0.93 69% 26% 8.1% 13% 62 11 18%
6 Yrs 1481 58% 2.6% 17.9% 10.1% 7.8% 35% 0.63 0.85 68% 22% 7.5% 17% 331 31 9%
MLB Averages 45% 2.8% 16.6% 9.2% 7.9% 33% 0.80 1.09 70% 22% 8.3% 15% 10%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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 Yrs 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 3.72 61% 26% 15% 27% 32% 74% 2% 45% 80% 56% 6% 19% 28%

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
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 0 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 1 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 Yrs 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 2 0 28 0
MLB Averages 54% 69%

Cumulative Pitching

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 66 179 1.786 9.6 0.6 6.4 10.3 1.60 179
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 3 587 110 1.633 9.6 0.8 5.1 8.4 1.63 110
1998 26 10 13 .435 3.99 178 0 72 0 0 21 198.2 190 96 88 24 95 15 175 7 0 4 874 116 1.435 8.6 1.1 4.3 7.9 1.84 116
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 120 1.441 8.7 1.0 4.2 7.2 1.70 120
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 125 1.422 8.8 1.0 4.0 7.0 1.78 125

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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 18 1 1.800 9.6 6.6 10.8 1.64 0.6 14
1996 24 4 4 .500 4.25 72.0 72 38 34 5 37 64 3 1.514 9.0 4.6 8.0 1.73 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 53 30 27 12 22 56 1 1.071 6.8 2.8 7.2 2.55 1.5 60
1999 27 5 3 .625 3.33 73.0 69 30 27 6 30 42 6 1.356 8.5 3.7 5.2 1.40 0.7 70
2000 28 4 3 .571 3.18 65.0 65 26 23 8 21 47 1 1.323 9.0 2.9 6.5 2.24 1.1 60
6 Yrs 20 15 .571 3.60 335.0 321 149 134 38 145 264 14 1.391 8.6 7.1 1.82 1.0 308

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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 (2619), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

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