Bill Slayback

William Grover Slayback

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: February 21, 1948 in Hollywood, CA
School: California State University Northridge (Los Angeles, CA)
Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 7th round of the 1968 amateur draft (January). (All Transactions)
Debut: June 26, 1972
Team: Tigers 1972-1974

Final Game: October 2, 1974
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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
1968	20	DET-min	A-,Rk	0	3	.000	5.59	9	6					29.0	21	19	18	1	29								1.724	6.5	0.3	9.0			BAT,TIG · NYPL,GULF
1969	21	DET-min	A,A-	7	5	.583	2.02	14	13					98.0	65	31	22	0	55								1.224	6.0	0.0	5.1			LAK,BAT · FLOR,NYPL
1970	22	DET-min	A	5	5	.500	2.64	17	15				1	99.0	69	45	29	4	60		11						1.303	6.3	0.4	5.5	1.0	0.18	RKM,LAK · CARL,FLOR
1971	23	DET-min	AA	5	7	.417	2.95	20	20		2	0	0	125.0	113	56	41	11	51	2	131	3	1	5			1.312	8.1	0.8	3.7	9.4	2.57	MTG · SOUL
1972	24	DET-min	AAA	7	4	.636	2.43	13	13		6	2	0	89.0	69	29	24	6	26	2	95	9	0	3			1.067	7.0	0.6	2.6	9.6	3.65	TOL · IL
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	100	1.212	8.2	0.4	2.8	7.2	2.60
1973	25	DET-min	AAA	2	6	.250	5.03	15	12		1	0	1	68.0	73	43	38	6	26	0	51	1	1	2			1.456	9.7	0.8	3.4	6.8	1.96	TOL · IL
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	107	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	80	1.518	9.4	0.2	4.3	3.8	0.88
1975	27	DET-min	AAA	9	11	.450	3.35	27	26		9	1	0	188.0	179	79	70	9	66	6	114	2	0	5			1.303	8.6	0.4	3.2	5.5	1.73	EVN · AA
1976	28	DET-min	AAA	3	13	.188	5.58	30	18		2	0	2	113.0	119	81	70	11	58	7	81	6	0	4			1.566	9.5	0.9	4.6	6.5	1.40	EVN · AA
3 Yrs				6	9	.400	3.84	42	17	15	3	1	0	138.1	136	74	59	5	51	3	89	5	0	6	599	90	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	90	1.352	8.8	0.3	3.3	5.8	1.75

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
1972	24	DET	AL	81.2	23	13	36	3.97	3.49	0.05	0.02	102.0	3.53	-3	-0.4	.7	-0.1	0.3	3	.482	.497	$
1973	25	DET	AL	2.0	3	0	4	18.00	5.36	-0.23	-0.44	101.5	5.23	-3	-0.3	1.2	-0.0	-0.3	-3	.406	.498	$
1974	26	DET	AL	54.2	16	4	34	5.60	4.15	-0.18	-0.23	104.7	4.29	-8	-0.8	.2	0.1	-0.2	-2	.447	.495	$
3 Seasons				138.1	42	17	74	4.81	3.78	-0.05	-0.09	103.0	3.85	-14	-1.5	.5	0.1	-0.2	-2	.463	.497	$

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
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	5
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	1
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	5
3 Yrs				42	599	531	74	136	22	3	5	16	5	51	89	.256	.323	.337	.660	.294	179	9	5	4	8	3	11
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	13
MLB Averages																.253	.320	.367	.688	.279

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1972	24	DET	AL	-1.5	-0.2	351	-0.4	4.9	-5.4	.89	0.2	-0.7	-2.9	-0.3	0.89	2.2	1	1	7
1973	25	DET	AL	-1.1	-0.1	15	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	.35	-0.2	-0.4	-4.1	-0.4	0.35	-3.1	1	0	2
1974	26	DET	AL	-6.2	-0.6	260	-1.0	1.8	-2.7	.53	-0.4	-1.4	-9.1	-0.9	0.53	-5.3	0	1	10
3 Yrs				-8.8	-0.9	626	-1.6	6.7	-8.3	.73	-0.4	-1.8	-16.2	-1.6	0.73	-6.1	2	2	19

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
1972	24	DET	AL	23	13	4	6	3	0	2	6	7	.462	0	3	3	1	6	46%	53.5	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%	32.2	53	17	9	4	0	3	2.5	3.9	3.3
2 Yrs				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													.500						56%	53	106	-3					4.0	4.0	6.6

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1972	24	DET	AL	23	10	5	1	8	1	13%	1	.890	1	1	7	1	9	5	5	5	2	6	2	4.5
1973	25	DET	AL	3	3	1	0	3	1	33%	6	.355	1	0	2	1	2	2	1	0	1	1	0	2.0
1974	26	DET	AL	16	12	9	0	13	3	23%	1	.530	0	1	10	0	12	7	5	9	2	9	0	10.3
3 Yrs				42	25	15	1	24	5	21%		.731	2	2	19	2	23	14	11	14	5	16	2	7.0

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1972	24	DET	AL	340	53%	1.2%	19.1%	7.4%	5.0%	23%	1.53	71%	55	5	9%
1973	25	DET	AL	13	69%	0.0%	7.7%	0.0%	7.7%	20%	0.67	85%	6	0	0%
1974	26	DET	AL	246	72%	0.4%	9.4%	10.6%	4.9%	21%	1.04	78%	46	4	9%
3 Yrs				599	61%	0.8%	14.9%	8.5%	5.0%	22%	1.28	74%	107	9	8%
MLB Averages					45%	1.9%	13.9%	8.6%	5.9%	26%	1.09	74%			11%

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
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 Yrs				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																		50%							63%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	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	81.2	74	36	29	4	25	1	65	1	2	340	100	1.212	8.2	0.4	2.8	7.2	2.60	100
1973	25	5	6	.455	3.23	26	13	6	3	1	83.2	79	40	30	4	25	1	66	2	3	353	100	1.243	8.5	0.4	2.7	7.1	2.64	100
1974	26	6	9	.400	3.84	42	17	15	3	1	138.1	136	74	59	5	51	3	89	5	6	599	90	1.352	8.8	0.3	3.3	5.8	1.75	90

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1972	24	4	4	.500	4.28	80.0	86	42	38	5	29	63	1	1.438	9.7	3.3	7.1	2.17	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	60	36	32	1	27	22	3	1.673	10.4	4.7	3.8	0.81	0.2	16
3 Yrs		6	7	.462	4.70	136.0	146	79	71	6	56	87	5	1.485	9.7		5.8	1.55	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 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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