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Bill Sarni
William Florine Sarni

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 187 lb.

Debut May 9, 1951
Final Game September 18, 1956
Born September 19, 1927 in Los Angeles, CA
Died April 15, 1983 in Creve Coeur, MO

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
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 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1951 23 STL NL  36   86    7   15   1  0   0    2   1  0   9  13  .174  .253  .186   19   16   2           0   4
 1952 24 STL NL   3    5    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .200  .200  .200   11    1   0           0   0
 1954 26 STL NL 123  380   40  114  18  4   9   70   3  3  25  42  .300  .337  .439  100  167   2   8       0  10
 1955 27 STL NL 107  325   32   83  15  2   3   34   1  1  27  33  .255  .313  .342   74  111   7   2   0   1  13
 1956 28 TOT NL 121  386   28   98  16  5  10   45   1  1  28  46  .254  .305  .399   88  154   4   4   4   2   8
         STL NL  43  148   12   43   7  2   5   22   1  0   8  15  .291  .329  .466  111   69   1   1   2   1   4
         NYG NL  78  238   16   55   9  3   5   23   0  1  20  31  .231  .290  .357   74   85   3   3   2   1   4
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 5 Seasons      390 1182  107  311  50 11  22  151   6  5  89 135  .263  .313  .380   83  449  15  14   4   3  35
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        491   44  129  21  5   9   63   2  2  37  56  .263  .313  .380   83  187   6   6   2   1  15
 Career High    123  386   40  114  18  5  10   70   3  3  28  46  .300  .337  .439  100  167   7   8   4   2  13
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1951 23 STL NL   97   77    4   1.4   104| .174  .269| .253  .343| .186  .407| .439  .750|  19  .105  -9.8  -1.0 100%
 1952 24 STL NL    5    4    0   0.0    97| .200  .262| .200  .334| .200  .389| .400  .724|  11  .000  -0.6  -0.1   0%
 1954 26 STL NL  415  289   57   5.3   110| .300  .275| .337  .347| .439  .426| .776  .772| 100  .544  -0.2   0.0  50%
 1955 27 STL NL  362  265   33   3.3   105| .255  .265| .313  .336| .342  .420| .655  .757|  74  .349 -11.9  -1.2  50%
 1956 28 TOT NL  424  305   47   4.1   102| .254  .263| .305  .330| .399  .416| .704  .746|  88  .463  -7.0  -0.7  50%
         STL NL  159  111   22   5.3   103| .291  .264| .329  .331| .466  .417| .795  .748| 111  .577   1.9   0.2 100%
         NYG NL  265  194   25   3.4   102| .231  .263| .290  .330| .357  .415| .647  .745|  74  .382  -8.9  -0.9   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 5 Seasons      1303  940  141   4.0   106| .263  .268| .313  .338| .380  .419| .693  .758|  83  .435 -29.5  -3.0  54%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn    PB  WP  SB   CS
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1951 23 STL NL C 35 107 13 2 3 .984 .981 3.43 4.43 1 1952 24 STL NL C 3 19 0 0 0 1.000 .984 6.33 4.83 0 1954 26 STL NL C 118 486 41 2 12 .996 .986 4.47 4.57 4 1955 27 STL NL C 99 482 39 7 8 .987 .987 5.26 4.82 5 1956 28 TOT NL C 119 586 61 5 10 .992 .985 5.44 5.01 5.97 5.83 110 975.4 11 17 28 22 STL NL C 41 219 25 2 1 .992 .985 5.95 5.01 6.16 5.83 40 356.7 3 7 18 8 NYG NL C 78 367 36 3 9 .993 .985 5.17 5.01 5.86 5.83 70 618.7 8 10 10 14
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1951 23 STL NL C 35 107 13 2 3 .984 .981 3.43 4.43 1 1952 24 STL NL C 3 19 0 0 0 1.000 .984 6.33 4.83 0 1954 26 STL NL C 118 486 41 2 12 .996 .986 4.47 4.57 4 1955 27 STL NL C 99 482 39 7 8 .987 .987 5.26 4.82 5 1956 28 TOT NL C 119 586 61 5 10 .992 .985 5.44 5.01 5.97 5.83 110 975.4 11 17 28 22 STL NL C 41 219 25 2 1 .992 .985 5.95 5.01 6.16 5.83 40 356.7 3 7 18 8 NYG NL C 78 367 36 3 9 .993 .985 5.17 5.01 5.86 5.83 70 618.7 8 10 10 14
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+ Position Total C* 374 1680 154 16 33 .991 .986 4.90 4.77 110 975.3 21 17 28 22 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+ Overall Total 374 1680 154 16 33 .991 .986 4.90 4.77
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Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Sac. Flies
1954 NL-8-9

HOF Standards: Batting - 4.0 (2750) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 2.5 (1811) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions 

December 5, 1949: Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals from the Shreveport (Texas) in the 1949 minor league draft.

June 14, 1956: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals with a player to be named later, Jackie Brandt, Dick Littlefield, and Red Schoendienst to the New York Giants for Alvin Dark, Ray Katt, Don Liddle, and Whitey Lockman. The St. Louis Cardinals sent Gordon Jones (October 1, 1956) to the New York Giants to complete the trade.

March 27, 1957: Released by the New York Giants.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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