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Bill Serena
William Robert Serena

Bats Right, Throws Right
Weight 175 lb.

Debut September 16, 1949
Final Game August 7, 1954
Born October 2, 1924 in Alameda, CA
Died April 17, 1996 in Hayward, CA

Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1946. (All Transactions)

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Batting Glossary /

 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1949 24 CHC NL  12   37    3    8   3  0   1    7   0      7   9  .216  .341  .378   95   14   0           0   1
 1950 25 CHC NL 127  435   56  104  20  4  17   61   1     65  75  .239  .339  .421   99  183   2           1  10 RoY-5
 1951 26 CHC NL  13   39    8   13   3  1   1    4   0  2  11   4  .333  .490  .538  174   21   0           1   0
 1952 27 CHC NL 122  390   49  107  21  5  15   61   1  0  39  83  .274  .345  .469  123  183   3           3  14
 1953 28 CHC NL  93  275   30   69  10  5  10   52   0  0  41  46  .251  .350  .433  101  119   2           1   9
 1954 29 CHC NL  41   63    8   10   0  1   4   13   0  0  14  18  .159  .316  .381   81   24   0   1       1   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 6 Seasons      408 1239  154  311  57 16  48  198   2  2 177 235  .251  .348  .439  108  544   7   1   0   7  36
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        492   61  123  23  6  19   79   1  1  70  93  .251  .348  .439  108  216   3   0   0   3  14
 Career High    127  435   56  107  21  5  17   61   1  2  65  83  .274  .350  .469  123  183   3   1   0   3  14

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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1949 24 CHC NL   44   30    5   4.5   101| .216  .267| .341  .340| .378  .399| .719  .739|  95  .488   0.0   0.0     
 1950 25 CHC NL  503  343   62   4.8   107| .239  .268| .339  .345| .421  .416| .760  .761|  99  .510  -0.2   0.0     
 1951 26 CHC NL   51   28    9   8.6   105| .333  .270| .490  .344| .538  .409|1.028  .753| 174  .766   5.2   0.5   0%
 1952 27 CHC NL  435  300   62   5.5    98| .274  .263| .345  .336| .469  .391| .814  .727| 123  .628  11.4   1.2 100%
 1953 28 CHC NL  319  217   41   5.0   112| .251  .277| .350  .348| .433  .431| .783  .779| 101  .516   0.4   0.0   0%
 1954 29 CHC NL   79   56    7   3.4   110| .159  .275| .316  .347| .381  .425| .697  .772|  81  .341  -1.9  -0.2   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 6 Seasons      1431  974  186   5.1   105| .251  .269| .348  .343| .439  .411| .787  .754| 108  .550  15.0   1.5     

* 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 ------+
 1949 24 CHC NL  3B   11      9   15    2    0  .923  .952  2.18  2.98            
 1950 25 CHC NL  3B  125    122  274   23   24  .945  .948  3.17  3.01            
 1951 26 CHC NL  3B   12     15   17    2    1  .941  .952  2.67  3.10            
 1952 27 CHC NL  3B   58     70  100    5    5  .971  .954  2.93  2.92            
                 2B   49    128  134    3   25  .989  .975  5.35  4.96            
 1953 28 CHC NL  2B   49    106  120    4   24  .983  .972  4.61  4.83            
                 3B   28     29   40    3    7  .958  .950  2.46  2.72            
 1954 29 CHC NL  3B   12      3   25    2    0  .933  .952  2.33  2.82            
                 2B    2      2    1    0    0 1.000  .968  1.50  5.30            
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1952 27 CHC NL  2B   49    128  134    3   25  .989  .975  5.35  4.96            
 1953 28 CHC NL  2B   49    106  120    4   24  .983  .972  4.61  4.83            
 1954 29 CHC NL  2B    2      2    1    0    0 1.000  .968  1.50  5.30            

 1949 24 CHC NL  3B   11      9   15    2    0  .923  .952  2.18  2.98            
 1950 25 CHC NL  3B  125    122  274   23   24  .945  .948  3.17  3.01            
 1951 26 CHC NL  3B   12     15   17    2    1  .941  .952  2.67  3.10            
 1952 27 CHC NL  3B   58     70  100    5    5  .971  .954  2.93  2.92            
 1953 28 CHC NL  3B   28     29   40    3    7  .958  .950  2.46  2.72            
 1954 29 CHC NL  3B   12      3   25    2    0  .933  .952  2.33  2.82            
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
 Position Total  3B  246    248  471   37   37  .951  .950  2.92  2.95            
                 2B  100    236  255    7   49  .986  .974  4.91  4.90            
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
 Overall Total       346    484  726   44   86  .965  .960  3.50  3.51

An Important note about our fielding stats

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.

Strikeouts
1950 NL-75-6
1952 NL-83-5

At Bats per Home Run
1952 NL-**26.0-10

A ** by the stat's value indicates the player had fewer than the required number of at bats or plate appearances for the BA, OBP, SLG or OPS title that year. In order to rank the player, the necessary number of hitless at bats were added to the player's season total. The value printed here is their actual value and not the value used to rank them, therefore some numbers may appear out of order. Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

HOF Standards: Batting - 10.0 (1617) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.

Transactions
Before 1946 Season: Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent.
October 27, 1948: Granted Free Agency.
August 10, 1949: Purchased by the Chicago Cubs from the Dallas (Texas).
September 30, 1954: Purchased by the Chicago White Sox from the Chicago Cubs.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

Uniforms
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