Bill Stoneman
William Hambly Stoneman
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 170 lb.

Born: April 7, 1944 in Oak Park, IL
High School: West Covina (West Covina, CA)
School: University of Idaho
Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 31st round of the 1966 amateur draft.
Signed June 21, 1966. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 16, 1967
Final Game: June 30, 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
1967 23 CHC NL 2 4 .333 3.29 28 2 12 0 0 4 63.0 51 24 23 7 22 4 52 0 0 0 258 108 1.159 7.3 1.0 3.1 7.4 2.36
1968 24 CHC NL 0 1 .000 5.52 18 0 3 0 0 0 29.1 35 19 18 6 14 1 18 1 0 1 131 57 1.670 10.7 1.8 4.3 5.5 1.29
1969 25 MON NL 11 19 .367 4.39 42 36 3 8 5 0 235.2 233 133 115 26 123 4 185 12 1 11 1046 84 1.511 8.9 1.0 4.7 7.1 1.50
1970 26 MON NL 7 15 .318 4.59 40 30 3 5 3 0 207.2 209 118 106 26 109 8 176 14 0 3 928 89 1.531 9.1 1.1 4.7 7.6 1.61
1971 27 MON NL 17 16 .515 3.15 39 39 0 20 3 0 294.2 243 112 103 20 146 11 251 5 2 10 1243 111 1.320 7.4 0.6 4.5 7.7 1.72 CYA-8
1972 28 MON NL 12 14 .462 2.98 36 35 0 13 4 0 250.2 213 93 83 15 102 12 171 3 0 5 1049 118 1.257 7.6 0.5 3.7 6.1 1.68 AS
1973 29 MON NL 4 8 .333 6.80 29 17 6 0 0 1 96.2 120 77 73 12 55 6 48 6 0 4 462 56 1.810 11.2 1.1 5.1 4.5 0.87
1974 30 CAL AL 1 8 .111 6.14 13 11 0 0 0 0 58.2 78 41 40 8 31 0 33 2 0 2 278 56 1.858 12.0 1.2 4.8 5.1 1.06
8 Seasons 54 85 .388 4.08 245 170 27 46 15 5 1236.1 1182 617 561 120 602 46 934 43 3 36 5395 89 1.443 8.6 0.9 4.4 6.8 1.55
162 Game Avg. 9 14 .388 4.08 40 28 4 8 2 1 203 194 101 92 20 99 8 153 7 0 6 884 89 1.443 8.6 0.9 4.4 6.8 1.55
MON (5 yrs) 51 72 .415 3.98 186 157 12 46 15 1 1085.1 1018 533 480 99 535 41 831 40 3 33 4728 93 1.431 8.4 0.8 4.4 6.9 1.55
CHC (2 yrs) 2 5 .286 4.00 46 2 15 0 0 4 92.1 86 43 41 13 36 5 70 1 0 1 389 86 1.321 8.4 1.3 3.5 6.8 1.94
CAL (1 yr) 1 8 .111 6.14 13 11 0 0 0 0 58.2 78 41 40 8 31 0 33 2 0 2 278 56 1.858 12.0 1.2 4.8 5.1 1.06
NL (7 yrs) 53 77 .408 3.98 232 159 27 46 15 5 1177.2 1104 576 521 112 571 46 901 41 3 34 5117 92 1.422 8.4 0.9 4.4 6.9 1.58
AL (1 yr) 1 8 .111 6.14 13 11 0 0 0 0 58.2 78 41 40 8 31 0 33 2 0 2 278 56 1.858 12.0 1.2 4.8 5.1 1.06

All-Star Pitching

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Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA 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
1972 MON NL 28 0 0 0 9.00 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 2 2 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 8 1.000 9.0 4.5 0.0 9.0

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
1967 23 CHC NL 28 258 229 24 51 3 1 7 2 1 22 52 .223 .289 .336 .625 .256 77 2 0 5 2 4
1968 24 CHC NL 18 132 114 19 35 6 0 6 2 3 14 18 .307 .385 .518 .902 .319 59 3 1 2 1 1
1969 25 MON NL 42 1046 892 133 233 30 9 26 13 15 123 185 .261 .356 .402 .759 .301 359 26 12 13 6 4
1970 26 MON NL 40 928 796 118 209 31 5 26 18 10 109 176 .263 .360 .412 .772 .307 328 21 14 6 3 8
1971 27 MON NL 39 1243 1078 112 243 34 8 20 26 9 146 251 .225 .320 .327 .647 .275 353 22 5 11 3 11
1972 28 MON NL 36 1049 929 93 213 27 5 15 13 7 102 171 .229 .305 .318 .622 .263 295 14 3 6 9 12
1973 29 MON NL 29 462 387 77 120 21 2 12 9 6 55 48 .310 .400 .468 .867 .325 181 8 6 9 5 6
1974 30 CAL AL 13 278 242 41 78 11 1 8 9 3 31 33 .322 .401 .475 .876 .345 115 4 2 1 2 0
8 Seasons 245 5396 4667 617 1182 163 31 120 92 54 602 934 .253 .342 .379 .721 .291 1767 100 43 53 31 46
162 Game Avg. 40 884 765 101 194 27 5 20 15 9 99 153 .253 .342 .379 .721 .291 290 16 7 9 5 8
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
1967 23 CHC NL 28 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 53 55 50 9 2 0 1 3.5 2.7 4.8
1969 25 MON NL 42 36 10 18 8 0 5 13 23 .361 3 5 8 5 17 47% 49 90 14 31 7 18 5 3.9 4.1 6.3
1970 26 MON NL 40 30 6 14 10 2 6 12 18 .400 1 4 5 3 12 40% 49 85 21 21 11 20 4 3.6 2.9 6.2
1971 27 MON NL 39 39 16 16 7 1 4 19 19 .500 0 3 20 3 24 62% 58 98 21 10 5 22 5 3.6 3.9 7.5
1972 28 MON NL 36 35 12 14 9 0 4 18 17 .514 3 2 13 4 20 57% 57 89 19 18 9 11 7 3.1 3.3 7.1
1973 29 MON NL 29 17 3 8 6 1 1 6 11 .353 3 3 0 0 3 18% 38 54 17 17 5 6 8 4.8 4.6 4.5
1974 30 CAL AL 13 11 1 8 2 0 1 3 8 .273 0 2 0 0 2 18% 40 66 24 19 7 3 5 3.0 1.9 5.0
7 Seasons 227 170 48 78 44 4 21 73 96 .432 10 19 46 15 78 46% 51 98 14 125 46 80 35 3.6 3.5 6.4
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
1967 23 CHC NL 28 26 12 2 4 6 4 2 67% 6 0 24 11 46% 9 1.340 15 2 9 8 7 11 14 12 16 6 16 7 6.2
1968 24 CHC NL 18 18 3 0 1 2 0 2 0% 2 0 22 11 50% 6 0.795 4 4 10 2 1 15 11 7 12 4 12 2 4.9
1969 25 MON NL 42 6 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 8 1.141 2 2 2 0 2 4 2 4 2 3 2 0 4.0
1970 26 MON NL 40 10 3 1 1 1 0 1 0% 2 1 4 2 50% 7 1.121 1 4 5 2 1 7 3 7 8 0 8 3 6.9
1971 27 MON NL 39 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.165 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 27.0
1972 28 MON NL 36 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1.164 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 6.0
1973 29 MON NL 29 12 6 1 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 2 2 100% 7 1.105 2 2 5 2 1 8 1 10 6 0 7 2 5.3
1974 30 CAL AL 13 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 4 1.045 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 1 0 5.5
8 Seasons 245 75 27 6 7 10 5 5 50% 11 1 57 26 46% 1.140 25 16 32 15 13 47 33 42 47 14 48 14 5.9

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%
1967 23 CHC NL 258 39% 2.7% 20.2% 8.5% 4.3% 22% 0.88 67% 52 2 4%
1968 24 CHC NL 132 33% 4.6% 13.6% 10.6% 9.1% 34% 0.97 69% 29 3 10%
1969 25 MON NL 1046 44% 2.5% 17.7% 11.8% 6.2% 28% 1.21 66% 221 26 12%
1970 26 MON NL 928 45% 2.8% 19.0% 11.8% 6.7% 30% 1.15 64% 205 21 10%
1971 27 MON NL 1243 46% 1.6% 20.2% 11.8% 5.0% 26% 1.07 65% 234 22 9%
1972 28 MON NL 1049 45% 1.4% 16.3% 9.7% 4.5% 22% 1.39 72% 164 14 9%
1973 29 MON NL 462 49% 2.6% 10.4% 11.9% 7.6% 29% 1.10 72% 98 8 8%
1974 30 CAL AL 278 39% 2.9% 11.9% 11.2% 7.2% 26% 1.17 73% 54 4 7%
8 Seasons 5396 44% 2.2% 17.3% 11.2% 5.8% 27% 1.16 68% 1057 100 9%
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
1967 23 CHC NL 258 51 7 0 5 2 5 4 3 13 8 0 62% 2 0 0 98 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0
1968 24 CHC NL 132 35 6 1 5 4 2 3 3 8 4 0 50% 2 1 0 59 2 3 40% 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1969 25 MON NL 1046 233 26 0 23 14 12 14 12 58 30 10 52% 20 11 3 408 13 15 46% 12 11 1 4 0 0 1 0 28 0
1970 26 MON NL 928 209 26 1 31 11 15 16 10 45 24 7 53% 8 3 1 369 18 10 64% 15 9 3 1 0 0 2 1 8 0
1971 27 MON NL 1243 243 20 0 19 11 9 12 8 55 19 9 35% 11 10 0 488 26 9 74% 26 8 0 0 0 1 1 0 17 0
1972 28 MON NL 1000 213 15 0 22 5 10 10 5 43 21 6 49% 13 5 0 337 13 7 65% 12 7 1 0 0 0 2 0 16 49
1973 29 MON NL 451 120 12 0 10 6 6 9 3 27 16 0 59% 9 4 2 193 9 6 60% 9 4 0 2 0 0 1 0 15 11
1974 30 CAL AL 278 78 8 0 1 6 2 3 5 17 6 4 35% 0 2 1 114 9 3 75% 7 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 7 0
8 Seasons 5336 1182 120 2 116 59 61 71 49 266 128 36 48% 65 36 7 2066 92 54 63% 85 45 7 8 0 1 8 1 97 60
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+
1967 23 2 4 .333 3.29 28 2 12 0 0 4 63.0 51 24 23 7 22 4 52 0 0 0 258 108 1.159 7.3 1.0 3.1 7.4 2.36 108
1968 24 2 5 .286 4.00 46 2 15 0 0 4 92.1 86 43 41 13 36 5 70 1 0 1 389 86 1.321 8.4 1.3 3.5 6.8 1.94 86
1969 25 13 24 .351 4.28 88 38 18 8 5 4 328.0 319 176 156 39 159 9 255 13 1 12 1435 84 1.457 8.8 1.1 4.4 7.0 1.60 84
1970 26 20 39 .339 4.40 128 68 21 13 8 4 535.2 528 294 262 65 268 17 431 27 1 15 2363 86 1.486 8.9 1.1 4.5 7.2 1.61 86
1971 27 37 55 .402 3.96 167 107 21 33 11 4 830.1 771 406 365 85 414 28 682 32 3 25 3606 93 1.427 8.4 0.9 4.5 7.4 1.65 93
1972 28 49 69 .415 3.73 203 142 21 46 15 4 1081.0 984 499 448 100 516 40 853 35 3 30 4655 98 1.388 8.2 0.8 4.3 7.1 1.65 98
1973 29 53 77 .408 3.98 232 159 27 46 15 5 1177.2 1104 576 521 112 571 46 901 41 3 34 5117 92 1.422 8.4 0.9 4.4 6.9 1.58 92
1974 30 54 85 .388 4.08 245 170 27 46 15 5 1236.1 1182 617 561 120 602 46 934 43 3 36 5395 89 1.443 8.6 0.9 4.4 6.8 1.55 89

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1967 23 3 3 .500 3.90 60.0 55 29 26 8 24 50 0 1.317 8.3 3.6 7.5 2.08 1.2 28
1968 24 0 2 .000 7.92 25.0 38 24 22 7 15 15 1 2.120 13.7 5.4 5.4 1.00 2.5 18
1969 25 9 15 .375 5.01 221.0 242 137 123 27 128 173 12 1.674 9.9 5.2 7.0 1.35 1.1 42
1970 26 9 13 .409 4.64 200.0 207 114 103 26 108 169 14 1.575 9.3 4.9 7.6 1.56 1.2 40
1971 27 16 14 .533 3.80 275.0 258 129 116 21 155 234 5 1.502 8.4 5.1 7.7 1.51 0.7 39
1972 28 15 12 .556 3.52 248.0 235 108 97 17 113 169 3 1.403 8.5 4.1 6.1 1.50 0.6 36
1973 29 2 8 .200 7.16 93.0 122 82 74 12 56 46 6 1.914 11.8 5.4 4.5 0.82 1.2 29
1974 30 1 4 .200 8.48 52.0 86 54 49 9 34 29 2 2.308 14.9 5.9 5.0 0.85 1.6 13
8 Seasons 55 71 .437 4.68 1174.0 1243 677 610 127 633 885 43 1.598 9.5 6.8 1.40 1.0 245

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1972 *

Cy Young (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1971-NL--8--1%
0.01 Career Shares (264th)

Wins s c a p y
1971 NL--17--7th

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1971 NL--7.422--5th
1972 NL--7.648--9th

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1969 NL--7.065--10th
1970 NL--7.628--5th
1971 NL--7.666--3rd
Career--6.799--105th

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1971 NL--294.7--2nd
1972 NL--250.7--9th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1971 NL--251--3rd
1972 NL--171--9th

Games Started s c a p y
1969 NL--36--10th
1971 NL--39--1st
1972 NL--35--5th

Complete Games s c a p y
1971 NL--20--3rd
1972 NL--13--8th

Shutouts s c a p y
1969 NL--5--6th
1970 NL--3--6th
1972 NL--4--6th

Home Runs s c a p y
1969 NL--26--3rd

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1969 NL--123--1st
1970 NL--109--3rd
1971 NL--146--1st
1972 NL--102--4th

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1972 NL--.539--10th

Losses s c a p y
1969 NL--19--2nd
1970 NL--15--7th
1971 NL--16--6th
1972 NL--14--10th

Earned Runs s c a p y
1969 NL--115--2nd
1971 NL--103--5th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1969 NL--11--9th
1971 NL--10--7th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1969 NL--12--1st
1970 NL--14--1st
1973 NL--6--8th

Batters Faced s c a p y
1971 NL--1243--2nd
1972 NL--1049--9th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 1 (816), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 32 (742), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 9 (981), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 4 (1498), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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