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Bill Sorrell
William Sorrell

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 190 lb.

Debut September 2, 1965
  vs. SFG 1 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game October 1, 1970
Born October 14, 1940 in Morehead, KY

Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in 1959. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary /
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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1965 24 PHI NL  10   13    2    5   0  0   1    2   0  0   2   1  .385  .467  .615  205    8   0   0   0   0   0
 1967 26 SFG NL  18   17    1    3   1  0   0    1   0  0   3   2  .176  .300  .235   56    4   1   0   0   0   0
 1970 29 KCR AL  57  135   12   36   2  0   4   14   1  0  10  13  .267  .317  .370   90   50   0   0   4   0   5
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 3 Seasons       85  165   15   44   3  0   5   17   1  0  15  16  .267  .328  .376   96   62   1   0   4   0   5
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        314   29   84   6  0  10   32   2  0  29  30  .267  .328  .376   96  118   2   0   8   0  10
 Career High     57  135   12   36   2  0   4   14   1  0  10  13                          50   1   0   4   0   5
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1965 24 PHI NL   15    8    4  13.5    92| .385  .256| .467  .319| .615  .387|1.082  .706| 205  .897   1.8   0.2   0%
 1967 26 SFG NL   21   15    2   3.6    90| .176  .258| .300  .320| .235  .379| .535  .699|  56  .455  -0.8  -0.1   0%
 1970 29 KCR AL  145  104   15   3.9    97| .267  .257| .317  .331| .370  .392| .687  .723|  90  .453  -2.3  -0.2 100%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 3 Seasons       181  127   21   4.4    96| .267  .257| .328  .329| .376  .390| .704  .719|  96  .521  -1.3  -0.1 100%

* 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  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1965 24 PHI NL 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.50 0.00 2.84 1 13.0 1967 26 SFG NL LF 5 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.20 1.50 0.47 1.75 2 19.0 1970 29 KCR AL 3B 29 17 45 9 3 .873 .949 2.14 2.67 2.51 3.07 26 222.0 OF 4 5 0 0 0 1.000 .980 1.25 1.85 1.27 2.14 3 35.3 1B 3 15 3 0 0 1.000 .989 6.00 8.13 8.10 9.59 3 20.0 LF 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 1.50 1.50 1.50 1.80 2 18.0 RF 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 .952 1.00 1.60 1.04 1.98 1 17.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1970 29 KCR AL 1B 3 15 3 0 0 1.000 .989 6.00 8.13 8.10 9.59 3 20.0 1965 24 PHI NL 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.50 0.00 2.84 1 13.0 1970 29 KCR AL 3B 29 17 45 9 3 .873 .949 2.14 2.67 2.51 3.07 26 222.0 1967 26 SFG NL LF 5 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.20 1.50 0.47 1.75 2 19.0 1970 29 KCR AL LF 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 1.50 1.50 1.50 1.80 2 18.0 1967 26 SFG NL OF 5 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.20 1.80 0.47 2.04 2 19.0 1970 29 KCR AL OF 4 5 0 0 0 1.000 .980 1.25 1.85 1.27 2.14 3 35.3 1970 29 KCR AL RF 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 .952 1.00 1.60 1.04 1.98 1 17.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total 3B* 30 17 45 9 3 .873 .949 2.07 2.66 2.37 3.06 27 235.0 OF* 9 6 0 0 0 1.000 .984 0.67 1.82 0.99 2.10 5 54.3 7 0 2# LF* 7 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 0.57 1.50 0.97 1.78 4 37.0 1B* 3 15 3 0 0 1.000 .989 6.00 8.13 8.10 9.59 3 20.0 RF* 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 .952 1.00 1.60 1.04 1.98 1 17.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 42 38 48 9 3 .905 .960 2.05 2.87 2.50 3.31 35 309
# indicates breakdown of outfield by position games played is for entire career.
An Important note about our fielding stats


Transactions 

August 18, 1959: Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent.

November 28, 1966: Drafted by the San Francisco Giants from the Philadelphia Phillies in the 1966 rule 5 draft.

June 22, 1967: Returned (earlier draft pick) by the San Francisco Giants to the Philadelphia Phillies.

March, 1968: Purchased by the New York Mets from the Philadelphia Phillies.

August 12, 1969: Purchased by the Kansas City Royals from the New York Mets.


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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