Bill Voss
William Edward Voss
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 160 lb.

Born: October 31, 1943 in Glendale, CA
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1964. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 14, 1965
Final Game: September 23, 1972
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1965 CHW AL 21 OF 10 9 76.0 12 12 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 1.6 0.1 -0.5 0.6 0 1.42 1.20 .975 2.04 1.78
1965 CHW AL 21 RF 10 9 76.0 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 1.6 0.1 -0.5 0.6 0 1.30 1.10 .982 1.85 1.57
1966 CHW AL 22 LF 1 0 4.2 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 1.93 1.00 1.000 1.93 1.40
1966 CHW AL 22 OF 1 0 4.2 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 1.93 1.00 1.000 2.12 1.80
1967 CHW AL 23 OF 11 5 56.2 14 14 0 0 0 1.000 2.1 44.5 2.1 0.3 1.7 0 2.22 1.27 .979 2.05 1.76
1967 CHW AL 23 RF 9 5 50.0 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.6 38.4 1.6 0.0 1.6 0 1.98 1.22 .982 1.82 1.56
1967 CHW AL 23 CF 2 0 5.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.6 144.0 0.6 0.4 0.1 0 5.40 1.50 .967 2.52 2.10
1967 CHW AL 23 LF 1 0 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -72.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.16 1.40
1968 CHW AL 24 OF 55 41 407.2 81 73 5 3 3 .963 3.3 9.7 0.3 1.7 -1.5 3 1.72 1.42 .981 2.08 1.80
1968 CHW AL 24 RF 53 35 374.2 76 67 6 3 3 .961 3.5 11.2 0.5 1.5 -1.1 3 1.75 1.38 .978 1.88 1.57
1968 CHW AL 24 LF 5 4 22.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -5.5 -0.1 0.2 -0.3 0 1.64 0.80 .975 1.84 1.44
1968 CHW AL 24 CF 2 2 11.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -10.9 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0 0.82 0.50 1.000 2.54 2.25
1969 CAL AL 25 OF 111 85 788.1 187 175 11 1 3 .995 5.7 8.7 2.7 -2.4 5.1 3 2.12 1.68 .978 2.13 1.84
1969 CAL AL 25 RF 105 80 733.2 165 154 10 1 3 .994 5.5 9.0 1.5 -2.7 4.2 4 2.01 1.56 .973 1.91 1.60
1969 CAL AL 25 LF 6 3 33.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 -1.2 -43.6 -0.2 -0.5 0.3 -1 2.18 1.33 .975 1.99 1.60
1969 CAL AL 25 CF 4 2 21.2 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.4 77.5 1.4 0.8 0.6 0 4.15 2.50 .980 2.49 2.17
1969 CAL AL 25 1B 2 1 11.0 12 12 0 0 1 1.000 0.5 54.5 0.5 0.0 0.5 0 9.82 6.00 .992 9.65 8.35
1970 CAL AL 26 OF 55 45 408.0 95 86 7 2 1 .979 4.2 12.4 2.2 0.4 1.8 2 2.05 1.69 .980 2.14 1.85
1970 CAL AL 26 RF 54 45 407.0 94 85 7 2 1 .979 3.9 11.5 1.9 0.1 1.8 2 2.03 1.70 .974 1.98 1.59
1970 CAL AL 26 LF 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.3 360.0 0.3 0.3 0.0 0 9.00 1.00 1.000 1.80 1.50
1971 MIL AL 27 OF 79 68 607.0 154 151 1 2 1 .987 -2.5 -4.9 -0.5 1.5 -2.2 -2 2.25 1.92 .982 2.24 1.96
1971 MIL AL 27 RF 66 54 478.2 116 114 0 2 0 .983 -0.8 -2.0 1.2 1.5 -0.4 -2 2.14 1.73 .980 2.05 1.70
1971 MIL AL 27 CF 14 11 100.1 26 25 1 0 1 1.000 -1.8 -21.5 -1.8 -0.9 -1.0 0 2.33 1.86 .985 2.73 2.32
1971 MIL AL 27 LF 5 3 28.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 4.3 0.1 0.9 -0.8 0 2.57 1.60 .975 1.93 1.60
1972 TOT MLB 28 OF 47 31 308.0 80 76 3 1 0 .988 0.9 3.5 -0.1 -0.3 0.2 1 2.31 1.68 .982 2.22 1.91
1972 TOT MLB 28 CF 15 11 104.0 31 30 1 0 0 1.000 -1.0 -11.5 -1.0 -0.6 -0.4 0 2.68 2.07 .984 2.64 2.30
1972 TOT AL 28 OF 45 29 292.0 76 72 3 1 0 .987 1.8 7.4 0.8 -0.3 1.1 1 2.31 1.67 .983 2.22 1.91
1972 TOT AL 28 RF 30 18 186.0 47 45 2 0 0 1.000 2.5 16.1 1.5 0.8 0.7 1 2.27 1.57 .981 2.12 1.76
1972 TOT AL 28 LF 4 2 18.0 3 2 0 1 0 .667 -0.6 -40.0 -0.6 -0.5 -0.1 0 1.00 0.50 1.000 1.85 1.52
1972 MIL AL 28 OF 11 5 60.0 14 13 0 1 0 .929 0.3 6.0 0.3 0.2 0.1 0 1.95 1.18 .986 2.22 1.91
1972 MIL AL 28 RF 9 4 47.0 12 12 0 0 0 1.000 0.7 17.9 0.7 0.5 0.2 0 2.30 1.33 .983 2.13 1.76
1972 MIL AL 28 LF 3 1 13.0 3 2 0 1 0 .667 -0.4 -36.9 -0.4 -0.3 -0.1 0 1.38 0.67 1.000 1.87 1.53
1972 OAK AL 28 OF 34 24 232.0 62 59 3 0 0 1.000 1.5 7.8 0.5 -0.5 1.0 1 2.41 1.82 .982 2.22 1.91
1972 OAK AL 28 RF 21 14 139.0 35 33 2 0 0 1.000 1.8 15.5 0.8 0.3 0.5 1 2.27 1.67 .980 2.12 1.76
1972 OAK AL 28 CF 13 9 88.0 27 26 1 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -1.4 -0.1 -0.6 0.5 0 2.76 2.08 .985 2.65 2.29
1972 OAK AL 28 LF 1 1 5.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 -48.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.50
1972 STL NL 28 CF 2 2 16.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 -0.9 -67.5 -0.9 0.0 -0.9 0 2.25 2.00 .975 2.59 2.35
1972 STL NL 28 OF 2 2 16.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 -0.9 -67.5 -0.9 0.0 -0.9 0 2.25 2.00 .975 2.19 1.95
8 Seasons OF 369 284 2656.1 624 588 27 9 8 .986 13.8 6.2 6.8 0.7 5.7 7 2.08 1.67 .980 2.15 1.87
7 Seasons RF 327 246 2306.0 520 487 25 8 7 .985 16.3 8.5 8.3 0.7 7.4 8 2.00 1.57 .977 1.96 1.63
5 Seasons CF 37 26 242.0 71 69 2 0 1 1.000 -0.9 -4.5 -0.9 -0.3 -0.8 0 2.64 1.92 .983 2.66 2.28
7 Seasons LF 23 12 108.1 25 24 0 1 0 .960 -1.6 -17.7 -0.6 0.3 -0.9 -1 1.99 1.04 .980 1.92 1.53
1 Season 1B 2 1 11.0 12 12 0 0 1 1.000 0.5 54.5 0.5 0.0 0.5 0 9.82 6.00 .992 9.65 8.35
8 Seasons TOT 371 285 2667.1 636 600 27 9 9 .986 14.3 6.4 7.3 0.7 6.2 7 0 2.12 1.69 .966 2.19 1.90
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

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
1965 CHW AL 21 11 9 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 0 1
1966 CHW AL 22 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1
1967 CHW AL 23 13 5 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 9 11 0 5
1968 CHW AL 24 61 41 61 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 53 55 7 3
1969 CAL AL 25 133 86 133 133 0 0 2 0 0 0 6 4 105 111 25 5
1970 CAL AL 26 80 45 80 80 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 54 55 30 0
1971 MIL AL 27 97 68 97 97 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 14 66 79 26 0
1972 OAK AL 28 40 24 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13 21 34 10 1
1972 MIL AL 28 27 5 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 9 11 17 0
1972 STL NL 28 11 2 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 9 0
8 Seasons 475 285 475 475 0 0 2 0 0 0 23 37 327 369 125 16
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 -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1965 CHW AL 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 301 68% 75% 19% 16 69%
1967 CHW AL 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 40.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 201 55% 77% 21% 20 55%
1968 CHW AL 24 3 0 2 1 0 6 0 1 0 1 8 5 1 8 2 0 4 4 0 2 1 1 8 7 1 30 19 63.3% 8 3 10.0% 3 1574 60% 79% 26% 113 61%
1969 CAL AL 25 1 0 1 0 1 10 0 2 2 4 32 15 1 26 6 1 19 13 1 11 2 2 10 8 0 98 44 44.9% 49 5 5.1% 5 3225 60% 77% 26% 318 51%
1970 CAL AL 26 2 0 1 1 1 7 0 1 4 1 23 9 3 16 2 1 5 3 0 1 0 0 5 3 0 50 17 34.0% 29 4 8.0% 3 1755 67% 74% 24% 175 52%
1971 MIL AL 27 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 7 0 15 4 0 7 5 0 7 3 0 15 10 0 66 29 43.9% 37 0 0.0% 0 2105 59% 77% 27% 207 55%
1972 OAK AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 3 2 0 5 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 10 5 50.0% 4 1 10.0% 1 598 66% 77% 27% 51 69%
1972 MIL AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 6 3 50.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 203 61% 79% 25% 19 63%
7 Seasons 8 0 6 2 2 25 0 5 6 7 92 41 5 73 16 3 37 26 1 22 7 3 42 29 1 266 119 44.7% 134 13 4.9% 12 9962 62% 77% 26% 919 55%
MLB Averages 42.0% 3.3% 62% 77% 25% 54%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1967 CHW AL 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 86% 81% 33% 4 75%
1968 CHW AL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 38 55% 89% 24% 1 100%
1969 CAL AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33.3% 2 0 0.0% 0 98 55% 81% 35% 15 67%
1971 MIL AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 1 0 12 5 41.7% 7 0 0.0% 1 431 54% 75% 27% 45 56%
1972 OAK AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 2 0 1 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 3 3 0 12 6 50.0% 6 0 0.0% 1 354 68% 80% 33% 45 60%
1972 STL NL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 73 44% 75% 12% 9 44%
5 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 13 6 0 3 1 0 3 1 0 5 0 0 5 4 0 29 12 41.4% 17 0 0.0% 2 1015 59% 78% 29% 119 59%
MLB Averages 41.1% 2.1% 62% 77% 25% 56%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1966 CHW AL 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 21 62% 76% 24% 3 33%
1967 CHW AL 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 57% 57% 14% 0
1968 CHW AL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 89 63% 81% 25% 7 57%
1969 CAL AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 28.6% 5 0 0.0% 0 155 63% 81% 26% 19 42%
1970 CAL AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0% 100% 67% 1 100%
1971 MIL AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 115 50% 82% 37% 11 73%
1972 MIL AL 28 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 63 59% 73% 21% 9 22%
1972 OAK AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 78% 78% 33% 0
7 Seasons 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 5 1 0 4 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 13 5 38.5% 8 0 0.0% 0 471 59% 80% 28% 50 48%
MLB Averages 57.4% 2.7% 62% 77% 25% 47%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1969 CAL AL 25 40 85% 70% 28% 3 100% 0 12 1 11 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 40 85% 70% 28% 3 100% 0 12 1 11 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 62% 77% 27% 94% 88%

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