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Bill Zepp
William Clinton Zepp

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 185 lb.
School University of Michigan

Debut August 12, 1969
  vs. NYY 1.3 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER
Final Game June 20, 1971
Born July 22, 1946 in Detroit, MI

Signed by the Minnesota Twins as an amateur free agent in 1968. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary /
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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1969 22 MIN AL   0   0   4   0   0   0   1  0    5.3    6    7    4   1    4    2   0   0    27   1   0  6.75  3.70   55 1.875
 1970 23 MIN AL   9   4  43  20   1   1   6  2  151.0  154   63   54   9   51   64   9   4   648   4   0  3.22  3.79  118 1.358
 1971 24 DET AL   1   1  16   4   0   0   4  2   31.7   41   20   18   2   17   15   3   1   150   3   0  5.12  3.64   71 1.832
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  3 Yr WL% .667  10   5  63  24   1   1  11  4  188.0  201   90   76  12   72   81  12   5   825   8   0  3.64  3.76  103 1.452
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     7   3  49  18   0   0   8  3  146.7  157   70   59   9   56   63   9   3   644   6   0  3.64  3.76  103 1.452
 Career High      9   4  43  20   1   1   6  2  151.0  154   63   54   9   51   64   9   4   648   4   0  3.22  3.79  118 1.358

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1969 22 MIN AL   4    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 1970 23 MIN AL  43   44    3    6   0  0   0    0   0  0   1  31  .136  .156  .136  -20    6   2   0   0   0   0
 1971 24 DET AL  16    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   2  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 3 Seasons       63   49    3    6   0  0   0    0   0  0   1  33  .122  .140  .122  -28    6   2   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        126    8   15   0  0   0    0   0  0   3  85  .122  .140  .122  -28   15   5   0   0   0   0
 Career High     43   44    3    6   0  0   0    0   0  0   1  31                           6   2   0   0   0   0
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1969 22 MIN AL    1    1    0   0.0    98| .000  .259| .000  .336| .000  .390| .000  .726|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
 1970 23 MIN AL   47   40    1   0.7   100| .136  .261| .156  .336| .136  .399| .292  .735| -20  .032  -7.4  -0.8   0%
 1971 24 DET AL    4    4    0   0.0    96| .000  .260| .000  .334| .000  .387| .000  .720|-100  .000  -1.1  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 3 Seasons        52   45    1   0.6   100| .122  .261| .140  .336| .122  .398| .262  .734| -28  .027  -8.8  -0.9   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1969 22 MIN AL P 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 .909 0.25 0.70 1.70 1.87 0 5.3 1970 23 MIN AL P 43 8 17 2 1 .926 .951 0.58 0.67 1.49 1.86 20 151.0 1971 24 DET AL P 16 3 6 0 0 1.000 .957 0.56 0.77 2.56 1.99 4 31.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1969 22 MIN AL P 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 .909 0.25 0.70 1.70 1.87 0 5.3 1970 23 MIN AL P 43 8 17 2 1 .926 .951 0.58 0.67 1.49 1.86 20 151.0 1971 24 DET AL P 16 3 6 0 0 1.000 .957 0.56 0.77 2.56 1.99 4 31.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 63 12 23 2 1 .946 .951 0.56 0.70 1.68 1.88 24 188.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 63 12 23 2 1 .946 .951 0.56 0.70 1.68 1.88 24 188
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
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1970   ALCS  MIN BAL     L   2   0   9.00  0  0  0  0   1     2   1   2   2 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
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
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1970   ALCS  MIN BAL     L   2   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.

Hit Batsmen
1970 AL-9-3

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.


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Transactions 

June 8, 1965: Drafted by the Milwaukee Braves in the 33rd round of the 1965 amateur draft, but did not sign.

June 7, 1966: Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 8th round of the 1966 amateur draft (Secondary Phase), but did not sign.

January 28, 1967: Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 7th round of the 1967 amateur draft (Secondary Phase), but did not sign.

Before 1968 Season: Signed by the Minnesota Twins as an amateur free agent.

March 29, 1971: Traded by the Minnesota Twins to the Detroit Tigers for a player to be named later and Mike Adams. The Detroit Tigers sent Art Clifford (minors) (May 16, 1971) to the Minnesota Twins to complete the trade.


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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