Bill Zepp
William Clinton Zepp
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: July 22, 1946 in Detroit, MI
High School: Redford (Detroit, MI)
School: University of Michigan
Signed by the Minnesota Twins as an amateur free agent in 1968. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 12, 1969
Final Game: June 20, 1971
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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
1969 22 MIN AL 0 0 6.75 4 0 1 0 0 0 5.1 6 7 4 1 4 1 2 0 0 0 27 55 1.875 10.1 1.7 6.8 3.4 0.50
1970 23 MIN AL 9 4 .692 3.22 43 20 6 1 1 2 151.0 154 63 54 9 51 4 64 9 0 4 648 118 1.358 9.2 0.5 3.0 3.8 1.25
1971 24 DET AL 1 1 .500 5.12 16 4 4 0 0 2 31.2 41 20 18 2 17 3 15 3 0 1 150 71 1.832 11.7 0.6 4.8 4.3 0.88
3 Seasons 10 5 .667 3.64 63 24 11 1 1 4 188.0 201 90 76 12 72 8 81 12 0 5 825 103 1.452 9.6 0.6 3.4 3.9 1.13
162 Game Avg. 8 4 .667 3.64 49 19 9 1 1 3 147 157 70 59 9 56 6 63 9 0 4 645 103 1.452 9.6 0.6 3.4 3.9 1.13
MIN (2 yrs) 9 4 .692 3.34 47 20 7 1 1 2 156.1 160 70 58 10 55 5 66 9 0 4 675 113 1.375 9.2 0.6 3.2 3.8 1.20
DET (1 yr) 1 1 .500 5.12 16 4 4 0 0 2 31.2 41 20 18 2 17 3 15 3 0 1 150 71 1.832 11.7 0.6 4.8 4.3 0.88

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G 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
1970 23 MIN AL ALCS L BAL 0 0 6.75 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 2 1 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 7 3.000 13.5 6.8 13.5 13.5 1.00
1 ALCS 0 0 6.75 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 2 1 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 7 3.000 13.5 6.8 13.5 13.5 1.00

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
1969 22 MIN AL 4 27 21 7 6 0 1 1 0 0 4 2 .286 .385 .524 .908 .263 11 0 0 1 1 1
1970 23 MIN AL 43 649 579 63 154 25 5 9 5 5 51 64 .266 .333 .373 .706 .285 216 23 9 7 3 4
1971 24 DET AL 16 150 125 20 41 11 2 2 1 1 17 15 .328 .412 .496 .908 .351 62 4 3 2 3 3
3 Seasons 63 826 725 90 201 36 8 12 6 6 72 81 .277 .349 .399 .748 .296 289 27 12 10 7 8
162 Game Avg. 49 646 567 70 157 28 6 9 5 5 56 63 .277 .349 .399 .748 .296 226 21 9 8 5 6
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
1970 23 MIN AL 43 20 6 4 10 0 1 12 8 .600 2 5 1 1 9 45% 48 76 26 24 10 13 3 4.3 4.1 5.8
1971 24 DET AL 16 4 1 0 3 0 0 1 3 .250 0 3 0 0 1 25% 42 55 21 13 4 2 1 3.9 2.1 4.3
2 Seasons 59 24 7 4 13 0 1 13 11 .542 2 8 1 1 10 42% 47 76 21 37 14 15 4 4.2 3.8 5.5
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
1969 22 MIN AL 4 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 3 0 0% 4 0.735 0 2 2 1 0 3 2 2 2 0 3 0 4.0
1970 23 MIN AL 43 23 6 3 0 4 2 2 50% 4 0 26 8 31% 5 1.086 5 10 8 4 3 16 14 9 13 6 14 3 4.7
1971 24 DET AL 16 12 4 0 1 3 2 1 67% 5 1 12 4 33% 7 1.156 5 4 2 5 2 5 6 6 6 3 6 1 3.7
3 Seasons 63 39 11 3 1 8 4 4 50% 10 1 41 12 29% 1.087 10 16 12 10 5 24 22 17 21 9 23 4 4.3

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%
1969 22 MIN AL 27 37% 3.7% 7.4% 14.8% 7.4% 33% 2.50 70% 9 0 0%
1970 23 MIN AL 649 43% 1.4% 9.9% 7.9% 6.0% 25% 1.78 78% 142 23 16%
1971 24 DET AL 150 45% 1.3% 10.0% 11.3% 10.0% 37% 1.36 74% 35 4 11%
3 Seasons 826 43% 1.5% 9.8% 8.7% 6.8% 28% 1.72 77% 186 27 15%
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
1969 22 MIN AL 27 6 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 50% 1 0 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
1970 23 MIN AL 649 154 9 0 19 5 4 3 6 40 21 6 53% 11 4 0 258 5 5 50% 5 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 0
1971 24 DET AL 150 41 2 0 6 2 0 0 2 13 10 0 77% 1 1 0 71 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
3 Seasons 826 201 12 0 26 8 4 3 9 55 32 6 58% 13 5 0 342 6 6 50% 6 6 0 0 0 0 2 0 13 0
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+
1969 22 0 0 6.75 4 0 1 0 0 0 5.1 6 7 4 1 4 1 2 0 0 0 27 55 1.875 10.1 1.7 6.8 3.4 0.50 55
1970 23 9 4 .692 3.34 47 20 7 1 1 2 156.1 160 70 58 10 55 5 66 9 0 4 675 113 1.375 9.2 0.6 3.2 3.8 1.20 113
1971 24 10 5 .667 3.64 63 24 11 1 1 4 188.0 201 90 76 12 72 8 81 12 0 5 825 103 1.452 9.6 0.6 3.4 3.9 1.13 103

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
1969 22 0 0 7.20 5.0 7 4 4 1 5 2 0 2.400 12.6 9.0 3.6 0.40 1.8 4
1970 23 8 7 .533 3.50 144.0 156 62 56 9 52 61 9 1.444 9.8 3.3 3.8 1.17 0.6 43
1971 24 1 2 .333 6.21 29.0 43 22 20 2 18 14 3 2.103 13.3 5.6 4.3 0.78 0.6 16
3 Seasons 9 9 .500 4.04 178.0 206 88 80 12 75 77 12 1.579 10.4 3.9 1.03 0.6 63

* 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

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1970 AL--9--3rd

                                         

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