Billy Wynne

Billy Vernon Wynne

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: July 31, 1943 in Williamston, NC
High School: Williamston HS (Williamston, NC)
School: Pfeiffer University (Misenheimer, NC)
Signed by the New York Mets as an amateur free agent in 1965. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 6, 1967
Teams (by GP): WhiteSox/Mets/Angels 1967-1971

Final Game: April 30, 1971
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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
1965	21	NYM-min	A,Rk	1	5	.167	2.12	29	0					68.0	54	26	16	3	26								1.176	7.1	0.4	3.4			AUB,MIO,GRV · NYPL,APPY,WCRS
1966	22	NYM-min	A,AAA	6	1	.857	1.89	37	1		0	0		81.0	58	24	17	2	24	3	22	2	0	1			1.012	6.4	0.2	2.7	2.4	0.92	AUB,JCK · NYPL,IL
1967	23	NYM-min	AAA	7	6	.538	3.34	32	14		6	0		124.0	134	59	46	7	30	3	78	3	0	6			1.323	9.7	0.5	2.2	5.7	2.60	JCK · IL
1967	23	NYM	NL	0	0		3.12	6	1	3	0	0	0	8.2	12	4	3	0	2	0	4	0	0	0	41	114	1.615	12.5	0.0	2.1	4.2	2.00
1968	24	CHW-min	AAA	9	12	.429	3.20	28	24		4	1		152.0	143	63	54	12	52	4	98	3	0	4			1.283	8.5	0.7	3.1	5.8	1.88	HAW · PCL
1968	24	CHW	AL	0	0		4.50	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	2	2	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	10	88	2.000	9.0	0.0	9.0	4.5	0.50
1969	25	CHW-min	AAA	5	4	.556	3.48	11	11		4	1	0	75.0	77	37	29	4	23	0	32	0	0	4			1.333	9.2	0.5	2.8	3.8	1.39	TUC · PCL
1969	25	CHW	AL	7	7	.500	4.06	20	20	0	6	1	0	128.2	143	63	58	14	50	8	67	3	1	3	564	96	1.500	10.0	1.0	3.5	4.7	1.34
1970	26	CHW-min	AAA	11	2	.846	2.69	20	16		8	1	1	117.0	121	55	35	8	33	6	58	1	0	2			1.316	9.3	0.6	2.5	4.5	1.76	TUC · PCL
1970	26	CHW	AL	1	4	.200	5.32	12	9	1	0	0	0	44.0	54	30	26	8	22	2	19	1	2	2	211	72	1.727	11.0	1.6	4.5	3.9	0.86
1971	27	ANA-min	AAA	10	8	.556	5.01	25	23		5	0	2	142.0	155	89	79	15	63	2	79	6	0	5			1.535	9.8	1.0	4.0	5.0	1.25	SLC · PCL
1971	27	CAL	AL	0	0		4.91	3	0	0	0	0	0	3.2	6	2	2	0	2	0	6	0	0	0	18	74	2.182	14.7	0.0	4.9	14.7	3.00
1972	28	WSN-min	AAA	1	2	.333	8.38	22	3		0	0	0	29.0	40	27	27	5	12	2	13	1	0	2			1.793	12.4	1.6	3.7	4.0	1.08	PNS,VCZ · IL,MEX
1973	29	WSN-min	A	7	3	.700	2.20	29	0					45.0	45	19	11	1	11								1.244	9.0	0.2	2.2			WPB · FLOR
5 Yrs				8	11	.421	4.33	42	30	4	6	1	0	187.0	217	101	90	22	78	10	97	4	3	5	844	89	1.578	10.4	1.1	3.8	4.7	1.24
162 Game Avg.				8	10	.421	4.33	40	28	4	6	1	0	177	205	95	85	21	74	9	92	4	3	5	797	89	1.578	10.4	1.1	3.8	4.7	1.24

CHW (3 yrs)				8	11	.421	4.38	33	29	1	6	1	0	174.2	199	95	85	22	74	10	87	4	3	5	785	89	1.563	10.3	1.1	3.8	4.5	1.18
NYM (1 yr)				0	0		3.12	6	1	3	0	0	0	8.2	12	4	3	0	2	0	4	0	0	0	41	114	1.615	12.5	0.0	2.1	4.2	2.00
CAL (1 yr)				0	0		4.91	3	0	0	0	0	0	3.2	6	2	2	0	2	0	6	0	0	0	18	74	2.182	14.7	0.0	4.9	14.7	3.00

AL (4 yrs)				8	11	.421	4.39	36	29	1	6	1	0	178.1	205	97	87	22	76	10	93	4	3	5	803	88	1.576	10.3	1.1	3.8	4.7	1.22
NL (1 yr)				0	0		3.12	6	1	3	0	0	0	8.2	12	4	3	0	2	0	4	0	0	0	41	114	1.615	12.5	0.0	2.1	4.2	2.00

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	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1967	23	NYM	NL	8.2	6	1	4	4.15	4.00	-0.28	-0.13	99.0	4.10	-0	-0.0	.2	-0.0	0.1	1	.497	.500	$7,000
1968	24	CHW	AL	2.0	1	0	2	9.00	3.46	0.23	-0.15	92.0	2.84	-1	-0.1	.7	0.0	-0.1	-1	.353	.499	$8,500
1969	25	CHW	AL	128.2	20	20	63	4.41	4.13	-0.11	0.07	106.7	4.60	4	0.4		-0.1	1.3	14	.521	.503	$
1970	26	CHW	AL	44.0	12	9	30	6.14	4.00	-0.47	0.05	103.3	4.67	-7	-0.7	.1	0.0	-0.3	-3	.440	.496	$10,000
1971	27	CAL	AL	3.2	3	0	2	4.91	4.47	0.10	-0.19	86.0	3.59	-1	-0.1	.2	0.0	0.0	-0	.480	.500	$12,750
5 Seasons				187.0	42	30	101	4.86	4.09	-0.20	0.05	105.0	4.56	-5	-0.5	.2	-0.0	1.0	11	.488	.499	$38,250

CHW (3 yrs)				174.2	33	29	95	4.90	4.09	-0.20	0.06	105.7	4.60	-4	-0.4	.2	-0.0	0.9	10	.487	.499	$18,500
NYM (1 yr)				8.2	6	1	4	4.15	4.00	-0.28	-0.13	99.0	4.10	-0	-0.0	.2	-0.0	0.1	1	.497	.500	$7,000
CAL (1 yr)				3.2	3	0	2	4.91	4.47	0.10	-0.19	86.0	3.59	-1	-0.1	.2	0.0	0.0	-0	.480	.500	$12,750

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
1967	23	NYM	NL	6	41	37	4	12	1	1	0	0	0	2	4	.324	.350	.405	.755	.353	15	0	0	1	1	0	1
1968	24	CHW	AL	1	10	8	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	.250	.400	.250	.650	.286	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
1969	25	CHW	AL	20	564	505	63	143	24	5	14	5	9	50	67	.283	.350	.434	.784	.303	219	10	3	4	2	8	6
1970	26	CHW	AL	12	211	181	30	54	11	1	8	6	1	22	19	.298	.374	.503	.877	.295	91	2	1	5	2	2	7
1971	27	CAL	AL	3	18	16	2	6	1	0	0	1	0	2	6	.375	.444	.438	.882	.600	7	0	0	0	0	0	0
5 Yrs				42	844	747	101	217	37	7	22	13	10	78	97	.290	.359	.447	.806	.308	334	12	4	10	5	10	14
162 Game Avg.				40	797	706	95	205	35	7	21	12	9	74	92	.290	.359	.447	.806	.308	315	11	4	9	5	9	13
MLB Averages																.247	.314	.364	.679	.275

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevLo
1967	23	NYM	NL	0.2	0.0	41	-0.2	0.2	-0.4	.50	-0.2	-0.3	0.1	0.0	0.50	-1.3	5
1968	24	CHW	AL	-0.5	-0.1	11	0.0	0.2	-0.2	.74	-0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.74	-0.4	1
1969	25	CHW	AL	-1.2	-0.1	581	-0.2	10.6	-10.8	1.11	-0.9	0.7	-1.8	-0.2	1.11	-8.8	0
1970	26	CHW	AL	-7.5	-0.8	222	-1.3	3.1	-4.5	.96	-1.5	0.1	-10.5	-1.0	0.96	-13.5	2
1971	27	CAL	AL	-0.4	-0.1	21	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.11	-0.2	-0.3	-2.3	-0.2	0.11	-1.5	3
5 Yrs				-9.4	-1.0	876	-1.8	14.1	-15.9	1.01	-2.8	1.0	-14.4	-1.4	1.01	-25.7	11

Starting Pitching*

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
1967	23	NYM	NL	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.000	0	1	0	0	0	0%	28.0	28	28	1	0	1	0	3.2	4.5	1.3

1969	25	CHW	AL	20	20	7	7	6	1	2	9	11	.450	3	3	6	1	12	60%	49.0	76	15	16	7	6	9	3.6	3.8	6.4
1970	26	CHW	AL	12	9	1	4	4	0	2	4	5	.444	0	2	0	0	3	33%	42.6	57	27	8	2	2	7	4.6	2.3	4.4
3 Yrs				38	30	8	11	11	1	4	13	17	.433	3	6	6	1	15	50%	46	76	15	25	9	9	16	3.9	3.5	5.7
MLB Averages													.500						57%	54	112	0					3.9	3.9	6.5

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1967	23	NYM	NL	6	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0%	8	.500	0	0	5	0	0	5	1	4	3	0	3	1	4.4
1968	24	CHW	AL	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0%	1	.743	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	6.0

1970	26	CHW	AL	12	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		6	.956	0	0	2	0	0	3	0	3	1	0	1	0	4.0
1971	27	CAL	AL	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	8	.111	0	0	3	0	0	3	1	2	2	0	2	0	3.7
4 Yrs				22	12	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	2	29%		.827	0	0	11	0	0	12	3	9	7	0	7	1	4.3

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1967	23	NYM	NL	41	59%	0.0%	9.8%	4.9%	4.9%	17%	1.09	83%	7	0	0%
1968	24	CHW	AL	10	60%	0.0%	10.0%	20.0%	0.0%	0%	0.67	70%	4	0	0%
1969	25	CHW	AL	564	50%	2.5%	11.9%	8.9%	7.6%	30%	1.25	76%	100	10	10%
1970	26	CHW	AL	211	55%	3.8%	9.0%	10.4%	9.5%	37%	0.90	74%	43	2	5%
1971	27	CAL	AL	18	61%	0.0%	33.3%	11.1%	5.6%	17%	0.25	56%	4	0	0%
5 Yrs				844	52%	2.6%	11.5%	9.2%	7.8%	30%	1.12	75%	158	12	8%
MLB Averages					47%	2.0%	15.3%	8.6%	6.0%	27%	1.11	73%			11%

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
1967	23	NYM	NL	41	12			0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	100%	1	0	0	20	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
1968	24	CHW	AL	10	2			0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0%	0	0	0	6	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1969	25	CHW	AL	564	143			14	0	8	7	7	8	6	22	15	2	68%	6	3	1	216	5	9	36%	5	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	8	0
1970	26	CHW	AL	211	54			8	0	8	5	3	6	2	15	8	1	53%	7	2	0	85	6	1	86%	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	6	0
1971	27	CAL	AL	18	6			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	2	9	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
5 Yrs				844	217			22	0	19	12	10	14	8	41	25	4	61%	14	5	3	336	13	10	57%	12	9	1	1	0	0	1	0	19	0
MLB Averages																		49%							62%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	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	0	0		3.12	6	1	3	0	0	8.2	12	4	3	0	2	0	4	0	0	0	41	114	1.615	12.5	0.0	2.1	4.2	2.00	114
1968	24	0	0		3.38	7	1	3	0	0	10.2	14	6	4	0	4	0	5	0	0	0	51	107	1.688	11.8	0.0	3.4	4.2	1.25	107
1969	25	7	7	.500	4.00	27	21	3	6	1	139.1	157	69	62	14	54	8	72	3	1	3	615	97	1.514	10.1	0.9	3.5	4.7	1.33	97
1970	26	8	11	.421	4.32	39	30	4	6	1	183.1	211	99	88	22	76	10	91	4	3	5	826	89	1.565	10.4	1.1	3.7	4.5	1.20	89
1971	27	8	11	.421	4.33	42	30	4	6	1	187.0	217	101	90	22	78	10	97	4	3	5	844	89	1.578	10.4	1.1	3.8	4.7	1.24	89

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
1967	23	0	0		4.00	9.0	13	4	4	0	2	4	0	1.667	13.0	2.0	4.0	2.00	0.0	6
1968	24	0	0		4.50	2.0	2	1	1	0	2	1	0	2.000	9.0	9.0	4.5	0.50	0.0	1
1969	25	6	7	.462	4.24	123.0	143	64	58	14	50	64	3	1.569	10.5	3.7	4.7	1.28	1.0	20
1970	26	1	3	.250	5.52	44.0	55	30	27	8	22	19	1	1.750	11.3	4.5	3.9	0.86	1.6	12
1971	27	0	0		6.00	3.0	7	2	2	0	2	5	0	3.000	21.0	6.0	15.0	2.50	0.0	3
5 Yrs		7	10	.412	4.57	181.0	220	101	92	22	78	93	4	1.646	10.9		4.6	1.19	1.1	42

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