Bill Virdon
William Charles Virdon
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: June 9, 1931 in Hazel Park, MI
High School: West Plains (West Plains, MO)
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1950. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 12, 1955
Final Game: July 31, 1968
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1955 24 STL NL 144 586 534 58 150 18 6 17 68 2 4 36 64 .281 .322 .433 .755 100 231 10 1 6 9 3 *89/7 RoY-1
1956 25 TOT NL 157 627 580 77 185 23 10 10 46 6 7 38 71 .319 .361 .445 .806 118 258 12 2 4 3 9 *8 MVP-18
1956 25 STL NL 24 80 71 10 15 2 0 2 9 0 1 5 8 .211 .269 .324 .593 59 23 0 1 2 1 2 8
1956 25 PIT NL 133 547 509 67 170 21 10 8 37 6 6 33 63 .334 .374 .462 .836 127 235 12 1 2 2 7 *8
1957 26 PIT NL 144 605 561 59 141 28 11 8 50 3 3 33 69 .251 .291 .383 .675 82 215 8 0 8 3 5 *8
1958 27 PIT NL 144 662 604 75 161 24 11 9 46 5 3 52 70 .267 .324 .387 .712 90 234 5 1 2 3 5 *8
1959 28 PIT NL 144 583 519 67 132 24 2 8 41 7 4 55 65 .254 .327 .355 .682 83 184 7 2 5 2 11 *8
1960 29 PIT NL 120 454 409 60 108 16 9 8 40 8 2 40 44 .264 .326 .406 .732 99 166 4 0 0 5 2 *8
1961 30 PIT NL 146 660 599 81 156 22 8 9 58 5 8 49 45 .260 .313 .369 .682 80 221 4 0 5 7 1 *8
1962 31 PIT NL 156 705 663 82 164 27 10 6 47 5 13 36 65 .247 .286 .345 .631 68 229 10 1 2 3 0 *8 GG
1963 32 PIT NL 142 607 554 58 149 22 6 8 53 1 2 43 55 .269 .321 .374 .695 99 207 6 0 9 1 4 *8
1964 33 PIT NL 145 511 473 59 115 11 3 3 27 1 5 30 48 .243 .287 .298 .585 65 141 12 0 5 3 1 *8
1965 34 PIT NL 135 519 481 58 134 22 5 4 24 4 3 30 49 .279 .322 .370 .692 94 178 6 1 7 0 0 *8
1968 37 PIT NL 6 3 3 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 1.333 1.667 387 4 0 0 0 0 0 /97
12 Seasons 1583 6522 5980 735 1596 237 81 91 502 47 54 442 647 .267 .316 .379 .696 89 2268 84 8 53 39 41
162 Game Avg. 162 667 612 75 163 24 8 9 51 5 6 45 66 .267 .316 .379 .696 89 232 9 1 5 4 4
PIT (11 yrs) 1415 5856 5375 667 1431 217 75 72 425 45 49 401 575 .266 .316 .375 .691 88 2014 74 6 45 29 36
STL (2 yrs) 168 666 605 68 165 20 6 19 77 2 5 41 72 .273 .316 .420 .736 95 254 10 2 8 10 5

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1955 24 STL NL 586 413 73 4.7 105 .288 .281 .264 .322 .335 .433 .418 .755 .754 100 .505 -1.3 -0.1 .668 .215 .152 3.6
1956 25 TOT NL 627 421 90 5.7 101 .349 .319 .261 .361 .327 .445 .412 .806 .739 118 .610 14.2 1.4 .717 .190 .126 7.5
1956 25 STL NL 80 60 6 2.7 103 .210 .211 .264 .269 .331 .324 .417 .593 .748 59 .280 -4.2 -0.4 .491 .169 .113 .0
1956 25 PIT NL 547 361 84 6.2 100 .368 .334 .260 .374 .327 .462 .411 .836 .738 127 .647 18.3 1.8 .754 .193 .128 6.9
1957 26 PIT NL 605 442 62 3.8 100 .273 .251 .265 .291 .328 .383 .410 .675 .738 82 .411 -15.2 -1.5 .575 .191 .132 4.4
1958 27 PIT NL 662 456 78 4.6 103 .288 .267 .266 .324 .334 .387 .416 .712 .749 90 .493 -8.9 -0.9 .641 .210 .121 6.4
1959 28 PIT NL 583 405 62 4.1 104 .277 .254 .269 .327 .335 .355 .416 .682 .751 83 .444 -11.8 -1.2 .613 .212 .100 7.5
1960 29 PIT NL 454 312 57 4.9 100 .276 .264 .264 .326 .330 .406 .406 .732 .736 99 .554 -1.2 -0.1 .691 .254 .142 8.0
1961 30 PIT NL 660 467 71 4.1 106 .266 .260 .271 .313 .338 .369 .422 .682 .760 80 .437 -17.8 -1.8 .587 .185 .109 6.4
1962 31 PIT NL 705 527 62 3.2 104 .266 .247 .271 .286 .339 .345 .411 .631 .750 68 .337 -31.7 -3.2 .494 .140 .098 5.5
1963 32 PIT NL 607 423 68 4.3 90 .287 .269 .255 .321 .317 .374 .382 .695 .699 99 .547 -1.2 -0.1 .603 .181 .105 1.8
1964 33 PIT NL 511 383 38 2.7 94 .264 .243 .263 .287 .321 .298 .391 .585 .712 65 .313 -22.1 -2.3 .445 .110 .055 1.5
1965 34 PIT NL 519 363 58 4.3 94 .304 .279 .259 .322 .323 .370 .392 .692 .715 94 .519 -4.5 -0.5 .590 .156 .091 4.0
1968 37 PIT NL 3 2 1 13.5 80 .333 .250 .333 .308 1.333 .352 1.667 .660 387 .919 0.9 0.1 2.000 1.000 1.000 .0
12 Seasons 6522 4614 720 4.2 100 .285 .267 .265 .316 .330 .379 .408 .696 .738 89 .472 -100.6 -10.2 .600 .185 .112 62.0
162 Game Avg. 667 472 74 4.2 100 .285 .267 .265 .316 .330 .379 .408 .696 .738 89 .472 -100.6 -10.2 .600 .185 .112 6
PIT (11 yrs) 5856 4141 641 4.2 100 .286 .266 .265 .316 .330 .375 .406 .691 .736 88 .471 -95.1 -9.7 .594 .182 .108 55.4
STL (2 yrs) 666 473 79 4.5 104 .279 .273 .264 .316 .335 .420 .418 .736 .753 95 .481 -5.4 -0.5 .646 .210 .147 3.6

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1960 29 PIT NL WS NYY W 7 30 29 2 7 3 0 0 5 1 0 1 3 .241 .267 .345 .611 10 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 7 30 29 2 7 3 0 0 5 1 0 1 3 .241 .267 .345 .611 10 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1955 24 STL NL 586 2.9% 10.9% 6.1% 7.0% 27% 1.78 8.3 31.4 7.9 1.21 79%
1956 25 TOT NL 627 1.6% 11.3% 6.1% 6.9% 23% 1.87 8.2 58.0 12.6 1.22 80%
1956 25 STL NL 80 2.5% 10.0% 6.3% 5.0% 27% 1.60 8.9 35.5 7.9 1.04 78%
1956 25 PIT NL 547 1.5% 11.5% 6.0% 7.1% 23% 1.91 8.1 63.6 13.8 1.27 80%
1957 26 PIT NL 605 1.3% 11.4% 5.5% 7.8% 33% 2.09 8.1 70.1 11.2 1.07 81%
1958 27 PIT NL 662 1.4% 10.6% 7.9% 6.7% 27% 1.35 8.6 67.1 13.1 0.84 80%
1959 28 PIT NL 583 1.4% 11.2% 9.4% 5.8% 26% 1.18 8.0 64.9 12.7 1.10 77%
1960 29 PIT NL 454 1.8% 9.7% 8.8% 7.3% 31% 1.10 9.3 51.1 10.2 0.83 80%
1961 30 PIT NL 660 1.4% 6.8% 7.4% 5.9% 25% 0.92 13.3 66.6 10.3 1.15 84%
1962 31 PIT NL 705 0.9% 9.2% 5.1% 6.1% 26% 1.81 10.2 110.5 14.1 1.24 84%
1963 32 PIT NL 607 1.3% 9.1% 7.1% 5.9% 24% 1.28 10.1 69.3 10.5 1.21 81%
1964 33 PIT NL 511 0.6% 9.4% 5.9% 3.3% 15% 1.60 9.9 157.7 17.5 1.50 83%
1965 34 PIT NL 519 0.8% 9.4% 5.8% 6.0% 23% 1.63 9.8 120.3 20.0 1.01 82%
1968 37 PIT NL 3 33.3% 66.7% 0.0% 33.3% 100% 1.5 3.0 1.5 0%
12 Seasons 6522 1.4% 9.9% 6.8% 6.3% 26% 1.46 9.2 65.7 11.9 1.11 81%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1955 24 STL NL 3 0 24% 103 2 4 33% 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 5 59% 14 9 5 5 0 5 8 2 6
1956 25 TOT NL 3 0 31% 159 6 7 46% 1 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 6 11 50% 26 17 9 6 2 4 12 3 9
1956 25 STL NL 2 0 42% 26 0 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 5 40% 6 5 1 2 1 1 2 0 2
1956 25 PIT NL 1 0 30% 133 6 6 50% 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 6 6 53% 20 12 8 4 1 3 10 3 7
1957 26 PIT NL 11 0 31% 182 3 3 50% 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 0 32% 32 26 5 3 1 2 18 7 10
1958 27 PIT NL 11 0 32% 288 5 3 63% 4 3 1 0 0 0 3 0 11 16 41% 31 23 8 9 5 4 16 5 11
1959 28 PIT NL 9 0 33% 248 7 4 64% 6 3 1 0 0 0 2 0 8 11 59% 33 16 16 10 2 8 18 5 12
1960 29 PIT NL 8 0 37% 191 8 2 80% 7 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 9 57% 35 17 18 5 1 4 14 4 9
1961 30 PIT NL 13 0 37% 282 5 8 38% 5 7 0 1 0 0 1 0 8 11 53% 37 24 13 4 2 2 21 3 18
1962 31 PIT NL 7 0 39% 217 5 13 28% 5 13 0 0 0 0 5 1 4 21 66% 37 18 19 12 5 7 25 2 23
1963 32 PIT NL 10 0 27% 226 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 13 51% 20 10 9 10 7 3 17 4 12
1964 33 PIT NL 7 0 39% 195 1 5 17% 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 15 44% 27 19 8 14 9 5 13 2 11
1965 34 PIT NL 3 0 34% 191 4 3 57% 4 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 13 43% 31 19 11 8 6 2 17 5 11
1968 37 PIT NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Seasons 85 0 33% 2282 47 54 47% 36 45 2 1 2 2 20 2 59 125 51% 323 198 121 86 40 46 179 42 132
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1955 24 STL NL 348 61% 150 4 1 0 1 1.63 17 0 8 7 4 8 3 0 3 6 200% 71 10 14% 38 12 32% 227 43 19% 27 16 59% 20 6 30% 237
1956 25 TOT NL 402 76% 185 5 1 0 0 1.39 10 0 4 6 1 1 6 0 5 4 80% 62 12 19% 35 10 29% 214 27 13% 17 8 47% 25 12 48% 225
1956 25 STL NL 80 59% 15 1 0 0 0 1.00 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 2 100% 16 0 0% 14 5 36% 53 7 13% 8 4 50% 8 3 38% 0
1956 25 PIT NL 322 80% 170 4 1 0 0 1.49 8 0 4 4 1 1 4 0 3 2 67% 46 12 26% 21 5 24% 161 20 12% 9 4 44% 17 9 53% 225
1957 26 PIT NL 517 74% 141 5 1 0 1 1.63 8 0 6 7 0 0 7 0 8 8 100% 102 8 8% 37 12 32% 280 37 13% 15 9 60% 24 11 46% 88
1958 27 PIT NL 603 71% 161 0 0 0 0 9 0 9 8 1 4 5 0 3 2 67% 60 5 8% 24 10 42% 245 37 15% 21 14 67% 21 8 38% 59
1959 28 PIT NL 574 80% 132 0 0 0 0 8 0 10 7 1 5 3 1 6 5 83% 76 7 9% 37 9 24% 305 33 11% 22 8 36% 29 13 45% 9
1960 29 PIT NL 440 85% 108 9 3 1 3 1.84 8 0 15 8 0 2 6 0 0 0 55 4 7% 28 7 25% 218 34 16% 17 10 59% 21 8 38% 14
1961 30 PIT NL 655 69% 156 1 0 0 0 4.30 9 0 13 7 2 3 6 0 6 5 83% 94 4 4% 58 24 41% 333 54 16% 31 16 52% 33 17 52% 5
1962 31 PIT NL 675 73% 164 0 0 0 0 6 0 12 5 0 3 2 0 3 2 67% 77 10 13% 45 16 36% 316 40 13% 26 11 42% 27 16 59% 30
1963 32 PIT NL 596 77% 149 0 0 0 0 8 1 19 6 2 5 3 0 10 9 90% 114 6 5% 65 23 35% 366 50 14% 25 9 36% 17 4 24% 11
1964 33 PIT NL 489 83% 115 9 2 0 0 1.19 3 0 8 1 2 1 2 0 5 5 100% 92 12 13% 56 18 32% 265 25 9% 15 6 40% 30 13 43% 22
1965 34 PIT NL 475 92% 134 12 1 0 1 1.32 4 0 6 4 0 1 3 0 7 7 100% 96 6 6% 55 20 36% 219 21 10% 17 4 24% 21 13 62% 44
1968 37 PIT NL 3 67% 1 2 1 1 1 3.96 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 3 1 33% 0 0 0 0 0
12 Seasons 5777 76% 1596 47 10 2 7 1.64 91 1 110 67 13 34 46 1 56 53 95% 900 84 9% 478 161 34% 2991 402 13% 233 111 48% 268 121 45% 744
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1955 24 144 586 534 58 150 18 6 17 68 2 4 36 64 .281 .322 .433 .755 100 231 10 1 6 9 3
1956 25 301 1213 1114 135 335 41 16 27 114 8 11 74 135 .301 .342 .439 .781 109 489 22 3 10 12 12
1957 26 445 1818 1675 194 476 69 27 35 164 11 14 107 204 .284 .326 .420 .746 100 704 30 3 18 15 17
1958 27 589 2480 2279 269 637 93 38 44 210 16 17 159 274 .280 .325 .412 .737 98 938 35 4 20 18 22
1959 28 733 3063 2798 336 769 117 40 52 251 23 21 214 339 .275 .326 .401 .727 95 1122 42 6 25 20 33
1960 29 853 3517 3207 396 877 133 49 60 291 31 23 254 383 .273 .326 .402 .727 95 1288 46 6 25 25 35
1961 30 999 4177 3806 477 1033 155 57 69 349 36 31 303 428 .271 .324 .396 .720 93 1509 50 6 30 32 36
1962 31 1155 4882 4469 559 1197 182 67 75 396 41 44 339 493 .268 .318 .389 .707 89 1738 60 7 32 35 36
1963 32 1297 5489 5023 617 1346 204 73 83 449 42 46 382 548 .268 .318 .387 .706 90 1945 66 7 41 36 40
1964 33 1442 6000 5496 676 1461 215 76 86 476 43 51 412 596 .266 .316 .380 .695 88 2086 78 7 46 39 41
1965 34 1577 6519 5977 734 1595 237 81 90 500 47 54 442 645 .267 .316 .379 .695 89 2264 84 8 53 39 41
1966 35 1577 6519 5977 734 1595 237 81 90 500 47 54 442 645 .267 .316 .379 .695 89 2264 84 8 53 39 41
1967 36 1577 6519 5977 734 1595 237 81 90 500 47 54 442 645 .267 .316 .379 .695 89 2264 84 8 53 39 41
1968 37 1583 6522 5980 735 1596 237 81 91 502 47 54 442 647 .267 .316 .379 .696 89 2268 84 8 53 39 41

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1955 24 151 605 558 60 154 18 6 17 70 2 37 67 .276 .317 .421 .739 76 144
1956 25 164 657 611 86 198 25 11 11 52 6 41 74 .324 .367 .455 .822 101 157
1957 26 151 626 588 64 149 30 12 8 54 3 35 72 .253 .294 .386 .680 67 144
1958 27 151 703 642 82 176 26 12 10 50 5 57 74 .274 .333 .399 .732 85 144
1959 28 151 609 546 71 142 26 2 9 44 8 59 68 .260 .333 .364 .698 66 144
1960 29 125 482 433 65 118 17 10 9 43 9 44 46 .273 .336 .420 .756 62 120
1961 30 153 683 625 82 162 23 8 9 59 5 51 47 .259 .312 .365 .677 72 146
1962 31 156 693 655 80 156 26 10 6 46 5 34 65 .238 .276 .336 .611 60 156
1963 32 142 617 569 67 164 24 7 9 61 1 47 55 .288 .342 .402 .744 78 142
1964 33 145 509 475 65 117 11 3 3 30 1 31 48 .246 .291 .301 .592 42 145
1965 34 134 519 486 63 141 23 5 4 26 4 32 49 .290 .335 .383 .718 63 135
1968 37 6 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 2 6
12 Seasons 1629 6706 6191 786 1677 249 86 95 538 49 468 667 .271 .321 .385 .706 774 1583
162 Game Avg. 162 667 616 78 167 25 9 9 54 5 47 66 .271 .321 .385 .706 77 1583

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Awards (yr-lg-award)
1955-NL-Rookie of the Year

Gold Gloves
1962-NL-OF

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1956-NL-18-4%
0.04 Career Shares (1148th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1956 NL--.319--2nd

Games Played s c a p y
1956 NL--157--1st

At Bats s c a p y
1958 NL--604--3rd
1961 NL--599--4th
1962 NL--663--4th

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1958 NL--662--5th
1961 NL--660--6th
1962 NL--705--6th

Hits s c a p y
1956 NL--185--3rd
1958 NL--161--10th

Triples s c a p y
1956 NL--10--5th
1957 NL--11--2nd
1958 NL--11--2nd
1960 NL--9--8th
1961 NL--8--9th
1962 NL--10--1st

Singles s c a p y
1956 NL--142--3rd
1958 NL--117--10th
1961 NL--117--7th

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1957 NL--8--6th

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1955 NL--9--2nd
1961 NL--7--6th

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1959 NL--11--6th

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1956 NL--7--7th
1961 NL--8--6th
1962 NL--13--1st

AB per SO s c a p y
1961 NL--13.311--3rd
1963 NL--10.073--8th
1965 NL--9.816--10th

Outs Made s c a p y
1957 NL--442--7th
1958 NL--456--1st
1961 NL--467--4th
1962 NL--527--2nd

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 2 (556), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 16 (996), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 10 (1113), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 8 (1961), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  9. Al Cowens (933)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Jim Piersall (943)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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