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Bill Schuster
William Charles Schuster (Broadway Bill)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 9", Weight 164 lb.
School State University of New York at Buffalo

Debut September 29, 1937
Final Game September 29, 1945
Born August 4, 1912 in Buffalo, NY
Died June 28, 1987 in ElMonte, CA

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Batting  Glossary / 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1937 24 PIT NL   3    6    2    3   0  0   0    1   0      1   0  .500  .571  .500  193    3   0           0   0
 1939 26 BSN NL   2    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0   0
 1943 30 CHC NL  13   51    3   15   2  1   0    0   0      3   2  .294  .333  .373  105   19   0           0   2
 1944 31 CHC NL  60  154   14   34   7  1   1   14   4     12  16  .221  .277  .299   62   46   1           0   6
 1945 32 CHC NL  45   47    8    9   2  1   0    2   2      7   4  .191  .296  .277   61   13   2           0   3
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 5 Seasons      123  261   27   61  11  3   1   17   6  0  23  23  .234  .296  .310   71   81   3   0   0   0  11
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        344   36   80  14  4   1   22   8  0  30  30  .234  .296  .310   71  107   4   0   0   0  14
 Career High     60  154   14   34   7  1   1   14   4  0  12  16                          46   2   0   0   0   6
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1937 24 PIT NL    7    3    2  17.8   101| .500  .280| .571  .342| .500  .397|1.071  .739| 193  .925   0.9   0.1     
 1939 26 BSN NL    3    3    0   0.0    97| .000  .271| .000  .336| .000  .388| .000  .724|-100  .000  -0.8  -0.1     
 1943 30 CHC NL   54   38    6   4.3    89| .294  .264| .333  .332| .373  .358| .706  .690| 105  .535   0.1   0.0     
 1944 31 CHC NL  167  127   13   2.8    94| .221  .268| .277  .335| .299  .376| .576  .712|  62  .315  -8.0  -0.8     
 1945 32 CHC NL   56   43    4   2.5    95| .191  .271| .296  .340| .277  .374| .573  .714|  61  .271  -2.4  -0.2     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 5 Seasons       287  214   25   3.1    93| .234  .268| .296  .336| .310  .373| .606  .709|  71  .372 -10.1  -1.0     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1937 24 PIT NL SS 2 3 6 0 2 1.000 .947 4.50 4.85 1939 26 BSN NL SS 1 2 3 1 0 .833 .962 5.00 5.10 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.80 1943 30 CHC NL SS 13 34 52 2 14 .977 .954 6.62 4.97 1944 31 CHC NL SS 38 57 100 9 18 .946 .954 4.13 4.85 2B 6 14 9 0 3 1.000 .962 3.83 5.03 1945 32 CHC NL SS 22 38 37 4 8 .949 .947 3.41 4.75 2B 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 .968 1.00 5.07 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.00
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1944 31 CHC NL 2B 6 14 9 0 3 1.000 .962 3.83 5.03 1945 32 CHC NL 2B 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 .968 1.00 5.07 1939 26 BSN NL 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.80 1945 32 CHC NL 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.00 1937 24 PIT NL SS 2 3 6 0 2 1.000 .947 4.50 4.85 1939 26 BSN NL SS 1 2 3 1 0 .833 .962 5.00 5.10 1943 30 CHC NL SS 13 34 52 2 14 .977 .954 6.62 4.97 1944 31 CHC NL SS 38 57 100 9 18 .946 .954 4.13 4.85 1945 32 CHC NL SS 22 38 37 4 8 .949 .947 3.41 4.75
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Position Total SS 76 134 198 16 42 .954 .952 4.37 4.84 2B 9 14 12 0 3 1.000 .963 2.89 5.04 3B 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.90 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Overall Total 87 148 210 16 45 .957 .953 4.11 4.82
An Important note about our fielding stats

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
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1945   WS    CHC DET     L   2   1   1   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

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


Transactions 

June 15, 1939: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates with cash to the Boston Bees for Elbie Fletcher.

March 28, 1940: Purchased by the Seattle (PCL) from the Boston Bees.


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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