Bill Tremel

William Leonard Tremel (Mumbles)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: July 4, 1929 in Lilly, PA
High School: Lilly HS (Lilly, PA) (All Transactions)
Debut: June 12, 1954
Team: Cubs 1954-1956

Final Game: April 27, 1956
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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
1949	19	CKD	C	7	5	.583	4.28	16						103.0	82	54	49		78								1.553	7.2		6.8			CKD · CSTL
1950	20	MRO	C	8	10	.444	3.49	28						165.0	181	96	64		78								1.570	9.9		4.3			MRO · CSTL
1951	21	TEM,SHV	B,AA	8	14	.364	4.39	41	9					205.0	225	123	100		72								1.449	9.9		3.2			TEM,SHV · BSTL,TL
1952	22	SHV	AA	10	2	.833	3.97	40	9					118.0	124	64	52		63								1.585	9.5		4.8			SHV · TL
1953	23	SHV	AA	7	4	.636	3.80	60	1		0	0		116.0	120	54	49	9	55		31	1	0	0			1.509	9.3	0.7	4.3	2.4	0.56	SHV · TL
1954	24	SHV	AA	4	1	.800		22																									SHV · TL
1954	24	CHC	NL	1	2	.333	4.21	33	0	22	0	0	4	51.1	45	27	24	3	28		21	0	0	2	220	100	1.422	7.9	0.5	4.9	3.7	0.75
1955	25	CHC-min	AA,Opn	7	3	.700	3.58	27	12		5	1		115.2	138	66	46	8	37	9	50	1	1	2			1.513	10.7	0.6	2.9	3.9	1.35	SHV,LOS · TL,PCL
1955	25	CHC	NL	3	0	1.000	3.72	23	0	12	0	0	2	38.2	33	18	16	2	18	2	13	0	0	1	163	112	1.319	7.7	0.5	4.2	3.0	0.72
1956	26	CHC-min	AA	11	6	.647	4.23	63	2		0	0		134.0	154	76	63	11	39	6	45	3	0	2			1.440	10.3	0.7	2.6	3.0	1.15	TUL · TL
1956	26	CHC	NL	0	0		9.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	59	3.000	27.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1957	27	CHC-min	AA,Opn	4	10	.286	5.22	69	1		0	0		120.2	158	89	70	11	49	13	53	3	0	4			1.715	11.8	0.8	3.7	4.0	1.08	SHV,POR · TL,PCL
1958	28	LAD-min	AA	5	5	.500	4.08	49	0		0	0		108.0	117	55	49	12	38	7	31	2	0	4			1.435	9.8	1.0	3.2	2.6	0.82	VCT · TL
1959	29	OAK-min	AA	1	0	1.000		15																									SHV · SOUA
3 Yrs				4	2	.667	4.05	57	0	34	0	0	6	91.0	81	46	41	5	46	2	34	0	0	3	388	104	1.396	8.0	0.5	4.5	3.4	0.74
162 Game Avg.				5	2	.667	4.05	68	0	41	0	0	7	109	97	55	49	6	55		41	0	0	4	463	104	1.396	8.0	0.5	4.5	3.4	0.74

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	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1954	24	CHC	NL	51.1	33	27	4.73	4.66	-0.12	103.0	4.92	1	0.1	1.2	-0.1	0.5	7	.504	.501	$
1955	25	CHC	NL	38.2	23	18	4.19	4.55	0.28	101.5	4.34	1	0.1	1.4	-0.0	0.5	5	.506	.501	$
1956	26	CHC	NL	0.2	1	1	13.50	4.82	0.58	108.0	4.58	-1	-0.1	.4	0.0	0.0	-1	.434	.500	$
3 Seasons				90.2	57	46	4.57	4.61	0.06	102.4	4.67	2	0.2	1.3	-0.1	1.0	11	.504	.500	$

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
1954	24	CHC	NL	33	163	184	27	45	4	2	3	4	4	28	21	.245	.338	.337	.675	.256	62	3	0	4	4		3
1955	25	CHC	NL	23	97	138	18	33	5	0	2	2	1	18	13	.239	.323	.319	.642	.248	44	3	0	5	2	2	3
1956	26	CHC	NL	1	5	5	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.600	.600	.600	1.200	.600	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
3 Yrs				57	265	327	46	81	9	2	5	6	5	46	34	.248	.335	.333	.668	.259	109	6	0	9	6	2	6
162 Game Avg.				68	316	390	55	97	11	2	6	7	6	55	41	.248	.335	.333	.668	.259	130	7	0	11	7		7
MLB Averages																.259	.332	.391	.723	.274

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1954	24	CHC	NL	0.1	0.0	175	-0.3	2.6	-2.9	1.07	0.1	-0.4	-2.8	-0.3	1.06	-1.9	7	5	13
1955	25	CHC	NL	1.9	0.2	105	0.3	1.8	-1.5	.94	0.4	-0.0	-1.6	-0.2	0.91	3.3	6	0	8
1956	26	CHC	NL	-0.3	-0.0	5	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.61	-0.1	-0.0	-0.9	-0.1	0.61	-0.8	0	0	1
3 Yrs				1.7	0.2	285	-0.0	4.4	-4.4	1.01	0.4	-0.4	-5.3	-0.5	0.99	0.5	13	5	22

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1954	24	CHC	NL	33	33	22	1	2	3	4	0	133%	5	1	24	9	38%	8	1.068	7	5	13	6	2	19	13	14	18	11	14	10	4.7
1955	25	CHC	NL	23	23	12	3	0	4	2	2	50%	5	1	14	6	43%		.942	6	0	8	5	1	10	8	8	12	5	9	6	5.0
1956	26	CHC	NL	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		7	.606	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	2.0
3 Yrs				57	57	34	4	2	7	6	2	86%	10	2	38	15	39%		1.013	13	5	22	11	3	30	21	23	30	17	23	16	4.8

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1954	24	CHC	NL	220	63%	1.8%	12.9%	17.2%	5.5%	20%	1.76	101%	39	3	8%
1955	25	CHC	NL	163	68%	2.1%	13.4%	18.6%	7.2%	21%	1.40	129%	21	3	14%
1956	26	CHC	NL	5	80%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		100%	4	0	0%
3 Yrs				388	65%	1.9%	12.8%	17.4%	6.0%	20%	1.64	111%	64	6	9%
MLB Averages					51%	2.4%	12.0%	10.0%	6.7%	28%	0.95	79%			10%

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
1954	24	CHC	NL	163	45			3	0	8	1	2	1	2	16	10	3	63%	3	2	0	76	4	4	50%	4	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	8	57
1955	25	CHC	NL	97	33			2	1	3	1	0	1	0	3	3	0	100%	3	1	0	40	2	1	67%	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	66
1956	26	CHC	NL	5	3			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0%	0	0	0	4	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3 Yrs				265	81			5	1	11	2	2	2	2	20	13	3	65%	6	3	0	120	6	5	55%	6	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	11	123
MLB Averages																		51%							55%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1954	24	1	2	.333	4.21	33	22	4	51.1	45	27	24	3	28		21	2	220	100	1.422	7.9	0.5	4.9	3.7	0.75	100
1955	25	4	2	.667	4.00	56	34	6	90.0	78	45	40	5	46	2	34	3	383	105	1.378	7.8	0.5	4.6	3.4	0.74	105
1956	26	4	2	.667	4.05	57	34	6	91.0	81	46	41	5	46	2	34	3	388	104	1.396	8.0	0.5	4.5	3.4	0.74	104

Neutralized Pitching

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Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1954	24	2	3	.400	4.15	52.0	46	27	24	3	29	21	1.442	8.0	5.0	3.6	0.72	0.5	33
1955	25	2	2	.500	3.69	39.0	34	18	16	2	19	13	1.359	7.8	4.4	3.0	0.68	0.5	23
1956	26	0	0		4.50	2.0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	1
3 Yrs		4	5	.444	3.97	93.0	80	46	41	5	48	34	1.376	7.7		3.3	0.71	0.5	57

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Pitching - 3 (2136), Average HOFer ≈ 185

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