Bill Stafford
William Charles Stafford
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 193 lb.

Born: August 13, 1939 in Catskill, NY
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1957. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 17, 1960
Final Game: September 19, 1967
Died: September 19, 2001 in Canton Township, MI
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1960 NYY AL 20 P 11 8 60.0 17 7 10 0 2 1.000 2.55 1.55 .965 1.96 0.78
1961 NYY AL 21 P 36 25 195.0 37 7 29 1 5 .973 1.66 1.00 .954 2.05 0.83
1962 NYY AL 22 P 35 33 213.1 45 12 33 0 1 1.000 1.90 1.29 .956 2.08 0.79
1963 NYY AL 23 P 28 14 89.2 17 5 12 0 1 1.000 1.71 0.61 .953 1.99 0.79
1964 NYY AL 24 P 31 1 59.2 13 3 10 0 2 1.000 1.96 0.42 .954 1.90 0.72
1965 NYY AL 25 P 22 15 111.1 27 10 16 1 2 .963 2.10 1.18 .952 2.04 0.75
1966 KCA AL 26 P 9 8 39.2 4 0 4 0 0 1.000 0.91 0.44 .950 2.00 0.76
1967 KCA AL 27 P 14 0 16.0 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 2.25 0.29 .950 1.97 0.74
8 Seasons P 186 104 784.2 164 45 117 2 13 .988 1.86 0.87 .955 2.03 0.78
8 Seasons TOT 186 104 784.2 164 45 117 2 13 .988 1.86 0.87 .943 2.03 0.78

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1960 NYY AL 20 12 8 12 12 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1961 NYY AL 21 36 25 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1962 NYY AL 22 35 33 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1963 NYY AL 23 28 14 28 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1964 NYY AL 24 31 1 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1965 NYY AL 25 22 15 22 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 KCA AL 26 9 8 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1967 KCA AL 27 14 0 14 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Seasons 187 104 187 187 186 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1960 NYY AL 20 252 78% 30% 14 79% 1 7 1 6 10 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 2 0%
1961 NYY AL 21 805 79% 29% 35 86% 1 9 0 8 29 21 5 1 0 1 0 1 5 5 5 0 4 75%
1962 NYY AL 22 912 79% 30% 35 94% 2 12 1 8 32 24 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 6 83%
1963 NYY AL 23 421 77% 23% 15 80% 0 3 0 2 12 8 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 50%
1964 NYY AL 24 249 75% 32% 11 100% 0 3 0 2 11 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 1 100%
1965 NYY AL 25 462 77% 26% 19 95% 0 9 1 5 16 11 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 1 5 80%
1966 KCA AL 26 182 75% 24% 4 100% 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1967 KCA AL 27 67 72% 30% 2 100% 0 1 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Seasons 3350 78% 28% 135 90% 4 44 3 32 116 85 16 2 0 1 1 1 13 10 11 2 21 71%
MLB Averages 77% 27% 90% 82%

* 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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