Bill Slayback
William Grover Slayback
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: February 21, 1948 in Hollywood, CA
School: California State University, Northridge
Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 7th round of the 1968 amateur draft (January). (All Transactions)
Debut: June 26, 1972
Final Game: October 2, 1974
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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
1972 24 DET AL 5 6 .455 3.20 23 13 5 3 1 0 81.2 74 36 29 4 25 1 65 1 0 2 340 99 1.212 8.2 0.4 2.8 7.2 2.60
1973 25 DET AL 0 0 4.50 3 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 5 4 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 13 91 2.500 22.5 0.0 0.0 4.5
1974 26 DET AL 1 3 .250 4.77 16 4 9 0 0 0 54.2 57 34 29 1 26 2 23 3 0 3 246 79 1.518 9.4 0.2 4.3 3.8 0.88
3 Seasons 6 9 .400 3.84 42 17 15 3 1 0 138.1 136 74 59 5 51 3 89 5 0 6 599 89 1.352 8.8 0.3 3.3 5.8 1.75
162 Game Avg. 7 10 .400 3.84 48 20 17 3 1 0 159 157 85 68 6 59 3 103 6 0 7 690 89 1.352 8.8 0.3 3.3 5.8 1.75

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
1972 24 DET AL 23 340 310 36 74 12 1 4 7 2 25 65 .239 .297 .323 .619 .289 100 5 1 3 1 1
1973 25 DET AL 3 13 12 4 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 .417 .462 .500 .962 .455 6 0 1 0 0 0
1974 26 DET AL 16 246 209 34 57 9 2 1 8 3 26 23 .273 .351 .349 .700 .292 73 4 3 1 7 2
3 Seasons 42 599 531 74 136 22 3 5 16 5 51 89 .256 .323 .337 .660 .294 179 9 5 4 8 3
162 Game Avg. 48 690 612 85 157 25 3 6 18 6 59 103 .256 .323 .337 .660 .294 206 10 6 5 9 3
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
1972 24 DET AL 23 13 4 6 3 0 2 6 7 .462 0 3 3 1 6 46% 53 84 32 14 4 10 2 3.4 3.1 5.1
1974 26 DET AL 16 4 1 3 0 0 0 1 3 .250 0 0 0 0 1 25% 32 53 17 9 4 0 3 2.5 3.9 3.3
2 Seasons 39 17 5 9 3 0 2 7 10 .412 0 3 3 1 7 41% 48 84 17 23 8 10 5 3.2 3.3 4.7
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
1972 24 DET AL 23 10 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1 13% 1 0.922 1 1 8 0 1 9 5 5 5 2 6 2 4.5
1973 25 DET AL 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33% 6 0.359 1 0 2 0 1 2 2 1 0 1 1 0 2.0
1974 26 DET AL 16 12 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 3 23% 1 0.551 0 1 10 0 0 12 7 5 9 2 9 0 10.3
3 Seasons 42 25 15 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 5 21% 0.757 2 2 20 0 2 23 14 11 14 5 16 2 7.0

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%
1972 24 DET AL 340 47% 1.2% 19.1% 7.4% 5.0% 23% 1.53 71% 55 5 9%
1973 25 DET AL 13 31% 0.0% 7.7% 0.0% 7.7% 20% 0.67 85% 6 0 0%
1974 26 DET AL 246 28% 0.4% 9.4% 10.6% 4.9% 21% 1.04 78% 46 4 9%
3 Seasons 599 39% 0.8% 14.9% 8.5% 5.0% 22% 1.28 74% 107 9 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
1972 24 DET AL 340 74 4 0 4 1 3 1 3 16 10 3 63% 5 2 1 112 7 2 78% 7 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0
1973 25 DET AL 13 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 1 0 10 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1974 26 DET AL 246 57 1 0 9 0 1 0 1 19 16 0 84% 5 3 0 103 8 3 73% 7 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 12 0
3 Seasons 599 136 5 0 13 1 4 1 4 36 27 3 75% 11 6 1 225 16 5 76% 15 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 16 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+
1972 24 5 6 .455 3.20 23 13 5 3 1 0 81.2 74 36 29 4 25 1 65 1 0 2 340 99 1.212 8.2 0.4 2.8 7.2 2.60 99
1973 25 5 6 .455 3.23 26 13 6 3 1 0 83.2 79 40 30 4 25 1 66 2 0 3 353 99 1.243 8.5 0.4 2.7 7.1 2.64 99
1974 26 6 9 .400 3.84 42 17 15 3 1 0 138.1 136 74 59 5 51 3 89 5 0 6 599 89 1.352 8.8 0.3 3.3 5.8 1.75 89

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
1972 24 4 4 .500 4.28 80.0 86 42 38 5 29 64 1 1.438 9.7 3.3 7.2 2.21 0.6 23
1973 25 0 0 2.25 4.0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 0.000 0.0 0.0 4.5 0.0 3
1974 26 2 3 .400 5.54 52.0 59 36 32 1 27 22 3 1.654 10.2 4.7 3.8 0.81 0.2 16
3 Seasons 6 7 .462 4.70 136.0 145 79 71 6 56 88 5 1.478 9.6 5.8 1.57 0.4 42

* 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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