Bill Stafford

William Charles Stafford

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 188 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
Teams (by GP): Yankees/Athletics 1960-1967
Final Game: September 19, 1967
Died: September 19, 2001 in Wayne, MI
Cremated
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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
1960 20 NYY AL 3 1 .750 2.25 11 8 0 2 1 0 60.0 50 17 15 3 18 0 36 1 0 0 246 158 1.133 7.5 0.5 2.7 5.4 2.00
1961 21 NYY AL 14 9 .609 2.68 36 25 6 8 3 2 195.0 168 65 58 13 59 4 101 5 0 1 796 140 1.164 7.8 0.6 2.7 4.7 1.71
1962 22 NYY AL 14 9 .609 3.67 35 33 1 7 2 0 213.1 188 95 87 23 77 6 109 4 0 2 899 103 1.242 7.9 1.0 3.2 4.6 1.42
1963 23 NYY AL 4 8 .333 6.02 28 14 7 0 0 3 89.2 104 64 60 16 42 3 52 3 0 2 413 58 1.628 10.4 1.6 4.2 5.2 1.24
1964 24 NYY AL 5 0 1.000 2.67 31 1 12 0 0 4 60.2 50 19 18 4 22 7 39 2 0 1 246 136 1.187 7.4 0.6 3.3 5.8 1.77
1965 25 NYY AL 3 8 .273 3.56 22 15 4 1 0 0 111.1 93 45 44 16 31 4 71 2 0 2 449 95 1.114 7.5 1.3 2.5 5.7 2.29
1966 26 KCA AL 0 4 .000 4.99 9 8 0 0 0 0 39.2 42 28 22 2 12 1 31 2 0 1 174 68 1.361 9.5 0.5 2.7 7.0 2.58
1967 27 KCA AL 0 1 .000 1.69 14 0 5 0 0 0 16.0 12 4 3 0 9 2 10 0 0 0 67 190 1.313 6.8 0.0 5.1 5.6 1.11
8 Seasons 43 40 .518 3.52 186 104 35 18 6 9 785.2 707 337 307 77 270 27 449 19 0 9 3290 103 1.244 8.1 0.9 3.1 5.1 1.66
162 Game Avg. 10 9 .518 3.52 44 24 8 4 1 2 184 166 79 72 18 63 6 105 4 0 2 771 103 1.244 8.1 0.9 3.1 5.1 1.66
NYY (6 yrs) 43 35 .551 3.48 163 96 30 18 6 9 730.0 653 305 282 75 249 24 408 17 0 8 3049 105 1.236 8.1 0.9 3.1 5.0 1.64
KCA (2 yrs) 0 5 .000 4.04 23 8 5 0 0 0 55.2 54 32 25 2 21 3 41 2 0 1 241 83 1.347 8.7 0.3 3.4 6.6 1.95

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
1960 20 NYY AL WS L PIT 0 0 1.50 2 0 0 0 0 0 6.0 5 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 22 1.000 7.5 0.0 1.5 3.0 2.00
1961 21 NYY AL WS W CIN 0 0 2.70 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.2 7 2 2 0 2 1 5 0 0 0 29 1.350 9.5 0.0 2.7 6.8 2.50
1962 22 NYY AL WS W SFG 1 0 1.000 2.00 1 1 0 1 0 0 9.0 4 2 2 1 2 0 5 0 0 0 34 0.667 4.0 1.0 2.0 5.0 2.50
3 Seasons (3 Series) 1 0 1.000 2.08 4 2 0 1 0 0 21.2 16 5 5 1 5 1 12 0 0 0 85 0.969 6.6 0.4 2.1 5.0 2.40
3 WS 1 0 1.000 2.08 4 2 0 1 0 0 21.2 16 5 5 1 5 1 12 0 0 0 85 0.969 6.6 0.4 2.1 5.0 2.40

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 ROE
1960 20 NYY AL 11 246 221 17 50 7 1 3 2 2 18 36 .226 .286 .308 .594 .257 68 4 1 5 1 0 5
1961 21 NYY AL 36 796 724 65 168 19 6 13 4 6 59 101 .232 .294 .329 .622 .253 238 22 5 6 2 4 9
1962 22 NYY AL 35 899 805 95 188 30 1 23 5 4 77 109 .234 .301 .359 .660 .243 289 8 4 6 7 6 11
1963 23 NYY AL 28 413 362 64 104 16 5 16 6 0 42 52 .287 .363 .492 .855 .296 178 7 3 3 3 3 3
1964 24 NYY AL 31 246 216 19 50 6 5 4 2 0 22 39 .231 .308 .361 .669 .266 78 10 2 6 0 7 4
1965 25 NYY AL 22 449 407 45 93 14 1 16 8 2 31 71 .229 .284 .386 .670 .238 157 8 2 6 3 4 3
1966 26 KCA AL 9 174 154 28 42 5 4 2 5 3 12 31 .273 .327 .396 .724 .323 61 2 2 3 3 1 4
1967 27 KCA AL 14 67 56 4 12 1 0 0 0 0 9 10 .214 .323 .232 .555 .261 13 1 0 2 0 2 0
8 Seasons 186 3290 2945 337 707 98 23 77 32 17 270 449 .240 .306 .367 .674 .258 1082 62 19 37 19 27 39
162 Game Avg. 44 771 691 79 166 23 5 18 8 4 63 105 .240 .306 .367 .674 .258 254 15 4 9 4 6 9
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
1960 20 NYY AL 11 8 3 1 4 0 0 7 1 .875 1 1 2 1 6 75% 62 85 44 12 5 3 3 3.2 2.7 7.0
1961 21 NYY AL 36 25 13 7 5 0 2 18 7 .720 3 2 8 3 18 72% 58 86 29 17 8 12 6 5.1 5.4 7.0
1962 22 NYY AL 35 33 14 8 11 4 4 23 10 .697 5 4 7 2 19 58% 53 86 16 31 13 14 8 5.6 4.8 6.3
1963 23 NYY AL 28 14 2 7 5 0 1 7 7 .500 1 2 0 0 5 36% 42 69 13 14 9 3 9 4.6 2.9 4.8
1964 24 NYY AL 31 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 38 38 38 15 2 0 1 12.4 13.5 4.7
1965 25 NYY AL 22 15 3 7 5 1 4 6 9 .400 1 3 1 0 9 60% 57 82 43 11 3 6 7 3.3 3.2 6.8
1966 26 KCA AL 9 8 0 4 4 0 1 1 7 .125 0 0 0 0 2 25% 46 69 31 9 6 2 4 2.6 3.9 4.7
7 Seasons 172 104 35 34 35 5 12 63 41 .606 11 12 18 6 59 57% 53 86 13 109 46 40 38 4.7 4.3 6.3
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
1960 20 NYY AL 11 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1.065 0 1 2 0 1 2 0 3 2 1 2 0 4.3
1961 21 NYY AL 36 11 6 1 2 3 2 1 67% 4 1 7 3 43% 7 .923 5 4 2 5 2 4 5 6 8 1 9 1 5.5
1962 22 NYY AL 35 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 0% 1 0 0 0 4 1.109 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 6.0
1963 23 NYY AL 28 14 7 2 1 4 3 1 75% 5 1 15 5 33% 8 1.049 8 2 3 5 3 6 9 5 8 5 8 2 4.7
1964 24 NYY AL 31 30 12 5 0 3 4 1 133% 6 3 23 8 35% 6 1.282 15 4 10 8 7 15 10 20 18 5 18 5 5.5
1965 25 NYY AL 22 7 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 8 .953 0 1 5 0 1 6 1 6 3 0 3 0 4.1
1966 26 KCA AL 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1.091 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 6.0
1967 27 KCA AL 14 14 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 17 7 41% 8 .868 2 2 10 1 2 11 8 6 4 5 5 5 3.4
8 Seasons 186 82 35 8 6 11 9 4 82% 17 6 64 23 36% 1.039 31 15 33 20 17 45 33 49 46 17 48 13 4.9

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%
1960 20 NYY AL 246 34% 1.2% 14.6% 7.3% 4.5% 22% 1.06 74% 40 4 10%
1961 21 NYY AL 796 37% 1.6% 12.7% 7.4% 4.8% 23% 1.15 77% 157 22 14%
1962 22 NYY AL 899 41% 2.6% 12.1% 8.6% 6.0% 29% 0.88 76% 172 8 5%
1963 23 NYY AL 413 40% 3.9% 12.6% 10.2% 9.0% 36% 0.69 72% 91 7 8%
1964 24 NYY AL 246 41% 1.6% 15.9% 8.9% 6.1% 30% 1.26 70% 46 10 22%
1965 25 NYY AL 449 41% 3.6% 15.8% 6.9% 6.9% 33% 1.06 72% 70 8 11%
1966 26 KCA AL 174 39% 1.2% 17.8% 6.9% 6.3% 26% 1.02 71% 33 2 6%
1967 27 KCA AL 67 37% 0.0% 14.9% 13.4% 1.5% 8% 1.64 69% 10 1 10%
8 Seasons 3290 39% 2.3% 13.7% 8.2% 6.0% 28% 1.00 74% 619 62 10%
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
1960 20 NYY AL 246 50 3 0 1 1 2 1 2 7 3 2 43% 5 0 1 91 2 2 50% 1 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 0
1961 21 NYY AL 796 168 13 0 13 5 8 5 8 28 14 3 50% 9 1 0 293 4 6 40% 4 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1962 22 NYY AL 899 188 23 0 14 13 10 12 11 33 20 3 61% 11 2 0 317 5 4 56% 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
1963 23 NYY AL 413 104 16 0 15 12 4 5 11 28 11 5 39% 3 2 0 172 6 0 100% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1964 24 NYY AL 246 50 4 1 7 3 1 3 1 15 7 1 47% 4 1 0 86 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1965 25 NYY AL 449 93 16 0 5 7 9 9 7 19 10 4 53% 3 2 0 147 8 2 80% 7 1 0 1 1 0 3 1 4 0
1966 26 KCA AL 174 42 2 0 7 2 0 0 2 14 6 2 43% 4 1 0 57 5 3 63% 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1967 27 KCA AL 67 12 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 33% 0 0 0 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Seasons 3290 707 77 1 68 43 34 35 42 147 72 21 49% 39 9 1 1190 32 17 65% 29 16 2 1 1 0 5 1 36 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+
1960 20 3 1 .750 2.25 11 8 0 2 1 0 60.0 50 17 15 3 18 0 36 1 0 0 246 158 1.133 7.5 0.5 2.7 5.4 2.00 158
1961 21 17 10 .630 2.58 47 33 6 10 4 2 255.0 218 82 73 16 77 4 137 6 0 1 1042 144 1.157 7.7 0.6 2.7 4.8 1.78 144
1962 22 31 19 .620 3.07 82 66 7 17 6 2 468.1 406 177 160 39 154 10 246 10 0 3 1941 121 1.196 7.8 0.7 3.0 4.7 1.60 121
1963 23 35 27 .565 3.55 110 80 14 17 6 5 558.0 510 241 220 55 196 13 298 13 0 5 2354 104 1.265 8.2 0.9 3.2 4.8 1.52 104
1964 24 40 27 .597 3.46 141 81 26 17 6 9 618.2 560 260 238 59 218 20 337 15 0 6 2600 107 1.258 8.1 0.9 3.2 4.9 1.55 107
1965 25 43 35 .551 3.48 163 96 30 18 6 9 730.0 653 305 282 75 249 24 408 17 0 8 3049 105 1.236 8.1 0.9 3.1 5.0 1.64 105
1966 26 43 39 .524 3.55 172 104 30 18 6 9 769.2 695 333 304 77 261 25 439 19 0 9 3223 102 1.242 8.1 0.9 3.1 5.1 1.68 102
1967 27 43 40 .518 3.52 186 104 35 18 6 9 785.2 707 337 307 77 270 27 449 19 0 9 3290 103 1.244 8.1 0.9 3.1 5.1 1.66 103

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
1960 20 4 2 .667 2.66 61.0 56 20 18 3 20 37 1 1.246 8.3 3.0 5.5 1.85 0.4 11
1961 21 13 7 .650 2.95 186.0 172 68 61 13 60 96 5 1.247 8.3 2.9 4.6 1.60 0.6 36
1962 22 11 11 .500 3.96 207.0 195 101 91 24 80 106 4 1.329 8.5 3.5 4.6 1.33 1.0 35
1963 23 2 7 .222 7.18 84.0 112 74 67 17 45 49 3 1.869 12.0 4.8 5.3 1.09 1.8 28
1964 24 4 2 .667 3.05 56.0 51 21 19 4 22 36 2 1.304 8.2 3.5 5.8 1.64 0.6 31
1965 25 5 6 .455 4.33 104.0 101 56 50 17 34 66 2 1.298 8.7 2.9 5.7 1.94 1.5 22
1966 26 1 3 .250 5.92 38.0 45 28 25 2 13 30 2 1.526 10.7 3.1 7.1 2.31 0.5 9
1967 27 1 0 1.000 2.40 15.0 13 4 4 0 10 9 0 1.533 7.8 6.0 5.4 0.90 0.0 14
8 Seasons 41 38 .519 4.01 751.0 745 372 335 80 284 429 19 1.370 8.9 5.1 1.51 1.0 186

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1961 AL  2.68 (2nd)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1962 AL  .609 (9th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1961 AL  1.164 (6th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1961 AL  7.754 (10th)
1962 AL  7.931 (7th)

Games Started s c a p y
1962 AL  33 (10th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1961 AL  3 (6th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1961 AL  .600 (7th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1961 AL  140 (2nd)

Youngest s c a p y
1960 AL  born 1939-08-13 (6th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 13 (1297), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 9 (981), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 12 (661), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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