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Bill Scherrer
William Joseph Scherrer

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 4", Weight 180 lb.

Debut September 7, 1982
  vs. LAD 2.0 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER
Final Game July 28, 1988
Born January 20, 1958 in Tonawanda, NY

Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 1977 amateur draft (Secondary Phase). (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1982 24 CIN NL   0   1   5   2   0   0   2  0   17.3   17    7    5   0    0    7   0   0    69   0   0  2.60  3.68  142 0.981
 1983 25 CIN NL   2   3  73   0   0   0  32 10   92.0   73   31   28   6   33   57   0   0   371   4   0  2.74  3.78  138 1.152
 1984 26 TOT      2   1  54   0   0   0  14  1   71.3   78   35   33   7   23   51   0   0   309   4   0  4.16  3.81   92 1.416
         CIN NL   1   1  36   0   0   0  12  1   52.3   64   31   29   6   15   35   0   0   232   3   0  4.99  3.77   76 1.510
         DET AL   1   0  18   0   0   0   2  0   19.0   14    4    4   1    8   16   0   0    77   1   0  1.89  3.92  207 1.158
 1985 27 DET AL   3   2  48   0   0   0  14  0   66.0   62   35   32  10   41   46   1   5   299  13   0  4.36  4.07   93 1.561
 1986 28 DET AL   0   1  13   0   0   0   8  0   21.0   19   19   17   3   22   16   1   1   103   4   0  7.29  4.14   57 1.952
 1987 29 CIN NL   1   1  23   0   0   0  10  0   33.0   43   17   16   3   16   24   0   2   151   4   0  4.36  4.21   96 1.788
 1988 30 TOT      0   1  12   0   0   0   1  0   10.7   15   10   10   2    5    6   0   0    51   0   2  8.44  3.68   44 1.875
         BAL AL   0   1   4   0   0   0   0  0    4.0    8    6    6   2    3    3   0   0    23   0   2 13.50  3.90   29 2.750
         PHI NL   0   0   8   0   0   0   1  0    6.7    7    4    4   0    2    3   0   0    28   0   0  5.40  3.56   66 1.350
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  7 Yr WL% .444   8  10 228   2   0   0  81 11  311.3  307  154  141  31  140  207   2   8  1353  29   2  4.08  3.91   96 1.436
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     2   2  67   0   0   0  23  3   92.0   90   45   41   9   41   61   0   2   400   8   0  4.08  3.91   96 1.436
 Career High      3   3  73   2   0   0  32 10   92.0   78   35   33  10   41   57   1   5   371  13   2  2.74  4.07  138 1.152

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1982 24 CIN NL   6    2    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   0  .500  .667  .500  230    1   1   0   0   0   0
 1983 25 CIN NL  73   11    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   3  .091  .167  .091  -27    1   1   0   0   0   0
 1984 26 TOT     54    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   2  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   1   0   0   0   0
         CIN NL  36    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   2  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   1   0   0   0   0
 1987 29 CIN NL  23    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 7 Seasons      229   17    0    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   2   5  .118  .211  .118   -7    2   3   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg         12    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   4  .118  .211  .118   -7    1   2   0   0   0   0
 Career High     73   11    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   3                           1   1   0   0   0   0
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1982 24 CIN NL    4    2    1  13.5    96| .500  .268| .667  .331| .500  .389|1.167  .720| 230  .894   0.5   0.1   0%
 1983 25 CIN NL   13   11    0   0.0    99| .091  .267| .167  .336| .091  .395| .258  .731| -27  .000  -2.0  -0.2   0%
 1984 26 TOT       4    4    0   0.0    97| .000  .268| .000  .334| .000  .389| .000  .723|-100  .000  -0.8  -0.1   0%
         CIN NL    4    4    0   0.0    97| .000  .268| .000  .334| .000  .389| .000  .723|-100  .000  -0.8  -0.1   0%
 1987 29 CIN NL    1    1    0   0.0   109| .000  .274| .000  .344| .000  .426| .000  .770|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 7 Seasons        22   18    1   1.5    99| .118  .268| .211  .335| .118  .395| .329  .730|  -7  .129  -2.6  -0.2   0%

* 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  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1982 24 CIN NL P 5 0 3 1 0 .750 .938 0.60 0.70 1.56 1.98 2 17.3 1983 25 CIN NL P 73 2 18 0 1 1.000 .952 0.27 0.68 1.96 1.92 0 92.0 1984 26 TOT P 54 1 12 1 0 .929 .956 0.24 0.68 1.64 1.86 0 71.3 CIN NL P 36 1 11 1 0 .923 .952 0.33 0.67 2.07 1.88 0 52.3 DET AL P 18 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.06 0.70 0.47 1.80 0 19.0 1985 27 DET AL P 48 7 11 2 2 .900 .952 0.38 0.70 2.45 1.85 0 66.0 1986 28 DET AL P 13 1 3 0 0 1.000 .952 0.31 0.68 1.71 1.84 0 21.0 1987 29 CIN NL P 23 3 3 0 0 1.000 .952 0.26 0.62 1.64 1.91 0 33.0 1988 30 TOT P 12 0 1 0 1 1.000 1.000 0.08 0.68 0.84 1.93 0 10.7 BAL AL P 4 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.68 0.00 1.80 0 4.0 PHI NL P 8 0 1 0 1 1.000 1.000 0.12 0.69 1.34 2.01 0 6.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1982 24 CIN NL P 5 0 3 1 0 .750 .938 0.60 0.70 1.56 1.98 2 17.3 1983 25 CIN NL P 73 2 18 0 1 1.000 .952 0.27 0.68 1.96 1.92 0 92.0 1984 26 TOT P 54 1 12 1 0 .929 .956 0.24 0.68 1.64 1.86 0 71.3 CIN NL P 36 1 11 1 0 .923 .952 0.33 0.67 2.07 1.88 0 52.3 DET AL P 18 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.06 0.70 0.47 1.80 0 19.0 1985 27 DET AL P 48 7 11 2 2 .900 .952 0.38 0.70 2.45 1.85 0 66.0 1986 28 DET AL P 13 1 3 0 0 1.000 .952 0.31 0.68 1.71 1.84 0 21.0 1987 29 CIN NL P 23 3 3 0 0 1.000 .952 0.26 0.62 1.64 1.91 0 33.0 1988 30 TOT P 12 0 1 0 1 1.000 1.000 0.08 0.68 0.84 1.93 0 10.7 BAL AL P 4 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.68 0.00 1.80 0 4.0 PHI NL P 8 0 1 0 1 1.000 1.000 0.12 0.69 1.34 2.01 0 6.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 228 14 51 4 4 .942 .953 0.29 0.68 1.88 1.89 2 311.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 228 14 51 4 4 .942 .953 0.29 0.68 1.88 1.89 2 311
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Batter

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1984   WS    DET SDP     W   3   0   3.00  0  0  0  0   3     5   1   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1984   WS    DET SDP     W   3   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
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.

Games
1983 NL-73-4

Gray Ink: Pitching - 1 (2544) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 4.0 (1311) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

June 8, 1976: Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 6th round of the 1976 amateur draft, but did not sign.

January 11, 1977: Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 1977 amateur draft (Secondary Phase).

August 27, 1984: Traded by the Cincinnati Reds to the Detroit Tigers for a player to be named later and cash. The Detroit Tigers sent Carl Willis (September 1, 1984) to the Cincinnati Reds to complete the trade.

October 15, 1986: Granted Free Agency.

Before 1987 Season: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cincinnati Reds.

October 27, 1987: Released by the Cincinnati Reds.

January 27, 1988: Signed as a Free Agent with the Baltimore Orioles.

May 2, 1988: Released by the Baltimore Orioles.

June 25, 1988: Signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Phillies.

August 1, 1988: Released by the Philadelphia Phillies.

August 8, 1988: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago Cubs.

October 15, 1988: Granted Free Agency.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1985Detroit Tigers$100,000
Career (may be incomplete)$100,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
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