Bill Greif

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-4, 196lb (193cm, 88kg)

Born: April 25, 1950 in Fort Stockton, TX us

Draft: Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 3rd round of the 1968 MLB June Amateur Draft from John H. Reagan HS (Austin, TX).

High School: John H. Reagan HS (Austin, TX)

School: Texas Tech University (Lubbock, TX)

Debut: July 19, 1971 (Age 21-085d, 13,151st in major league history)
vs. PHI 6.1 IP, 6 H, 6 SO, 3 BB, 2 ER

Last Game: September 24, 1976 (Age 26-152d)
vs. PIT 0.0 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 3 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1972 season

Full Name: William Briley Greif

Pronunciation: \GRIFE\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-1.7

ERA

4.41

231

715.2

442

WHIP

1.445

Summary of 70 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

2 leading off, 2 walk-off, 8 tying, 27 go ahead

3 Tms
SDP	64
STL	5
HOU	1

Platoon
vs RHB	44
vs LHB	26

Home/Road
Away	42
Home	28

Outs
0	25
1	24
2	21

11 Opps
SFG	10
ATL	10
PHI	9
CHC	8
HOU	8
NYM	6
LAD	5
CIN	5
STL	4
MON	3
PIT	2

53 Batters
Doug Rader	3
Henry Aaron	3
César Cedeño	2
Joe Morgan	2
Rusty Staub	2
Dave Kingman	2
Davey Johnson	2
Mike Jorgensen	2
Davey Lopes	2
Dick Allen	2
Dusty Baker	2
Gary Matthews	2
Ralph Garr	2
Bob Watson	2
Mike Schmidt	2
Jerry Morales	1
Jim Ray Hart	1
Bruce Boisclair	1
Ed Kranepool	1
Ron Hodges	1
Joe Ferguson	1
Rick Monday	1
Willie Crawford	1
Joe Lis	1
Johnny Bench	1
Ken McMullen	1
Billy Williams	1
Ken Reitz	1
Lee May	1
Jim Fregosi	1
Bob Boone	1
Steve Ontiveros	1
George Foster	1
Steve Swisher	1
Joe Torre	1
Duffy Dyer	1
Garry Maddox	1
Matty Alou	1
Oscar Gamble	1
Ed Goodson	1
Tony Pérez	1
Rennie Stennett	1
Ken Brett	1
Randy Hundley	1
Willie McCovey	1
Ken Henderson	1
Elrod Hendricks	1
Del Unser	1
José Cardenal	1
Carmen Fanzone	1
John Milner	1
Ted Simmons	1
Mike Lum	1

12 Parks
Qualcomm St (SAN)	28
Atl-Fulton (ATL)	7
VeteransStad (PHI)	6
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	6
Shea Stad (NYC)	5
3Com Park (SFO)	4
Astrodome (HOU)	3
Cinergy Fld (CIN)	3
Dodger Stad (LOS)	3
Parc Jarry (MON)	3
Busch Stad (STL)	1
3 Rivers Std (PIT)	1

Where Hit
7	34
9	18
8	3
89	2
78	2

1 Inside the Park

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	42
2·HR gms	11
3·HR gms	2

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	35
1--	16
12-	8
-2-	5
1-3	4
--3	2

117 Runs
RISP	19
0 on	35
1 on	23
2 on	12
Any on	35

Inning
1	9
2	10
3	2
4	11
5	9
6	9
7	6
8	6
9	6
Extra	2

1-3	21
4-6	29
7-end	20

RelScore
+4..	3
+3	6
+2	8
+1	9
Tied	23
-1	8
-2	4
-3	2
-4..	7

Ahead	26
Tied	23
Behind	21

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
1B	13
3B	12
LF	10
C	9
RF	7
2B	6
CF	6
PH	5
P	1
SS	1

OrderPos
5th	16
4th	13
6th	13
3rd	7
1st	5
2nd	5
7th	4
8th	4
9th	3

Leverage
High Lev	17
Medium Lev	24
Low Lev	29

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1971	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1971-07-30 (2)	Rusty Staub	MON		HOU	tied 0-0	b 1	1	-2-	2	3	9	17%	74%		Home Run; R. Hunt Scores
1972	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
2	2	1	1	1972-04-26	Jim Fregosi	NYM	@	SDP	tied 0-0	t 6	1	1-3	3	6	5	27%	89%		Home Run (Deep LF); T. Agee Scores; J. Milner Scores
3	3	2	1	1972-05-06	Ed Kranepool	NYM		SDP	tied 0-0	b 2	0	1--	2	7	3	18%	77%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Fregosi Scores
4	4	3	1	1972-05-12	Mike Jorgensen	MON		SDP	behind 1-5	b 5	2	1--	2	2	3	13%	21%		Home Run (Deep RF); R. Woods Scores
5	5	4	1	1972-05-23 (2)	Bob Watson	HOU	@	SDP	behind 0-1	t 2	0	---	1	5	7	12%	50%		Home Run (Deep LF)
6	6	5	1	1972-06-04	Randy Hundley	CHC	@	SDP	tied 1-1	t 5	0	---	1	8	2	16%	66%		Home Run (Deep LF)
7	7	6	1	1972-06-09	Matty Alou	STL	@	SDP	behind 1-2	t 6	1	---	1	3	3	19%	47%		Home Run (Deep RF)
8	8	7	2	1972-06-09	Joe Torre	STL	@	SDP	tied 2-2	t 9	0	---	1	4	5	36%	86%		Home Run (Deep LF)
9	9	8	1	1972-06-15	Billy Williams	CHC		SDP	tied 0-0	b 4	0	1--	2	3	7	19%	79%		Home Run (Deep RF); G. Beckert Scores
10	10	9	1	1972-06-26	Doug Rader	HOU	@	SDP	behind 6-7	t 6	2	---	1	6	5	19%	45%		Home Run
11	11	10	1	1972-07-02	Tony Pérez	CIN	@	SDP	ahead 5-1	t 8	1	12-	3	5	3	2%	100%		Home Run (Deep RF); P. Rose Scores; B. Tolan Scores
12	12	11	1	1972-07-09	Joe Lis	PHI		SDP	behind 0-4	b 6	2	1--	2	6	9	12%	18%		Home Run; W. Montañez Scores/unER; J. Lis Scores/unER
13	13	12	2	1972-07-09	Oscar Gamble	PHI		SDP	behind 2-5	b 7	1	---	1	9	PH	8%	16%		Home Run
14	14	13	1	1972-08-08 (2)	Ken Henderson	SFG		SDP	behind 1-2	b 4	0	---	1	5	7	15%	56%		Home Run (Deep RF)
15	15	14	2	1972-08-08 (2)	Ed Goodson	SFG		SDP	ahead 3-2	b 5	1	12-	3	4	3	19%	94%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Howarth Scores; C. Speier Scores
16	16	15	1	1972-09-01	Elrod Hendricks	CHC		SDP	ahead 2-0	b 4	0	---	1	5	2	7%	87%		Home Run (Deep RF)
17	17	16	2	1972-09-01	Carmen Fanzone	CHC		SDP	ahead 3-0	b 4	0	---	1	6	3	5%	92%		Home Run (Deep LF)
18	18	17	1	1972-09-06	Jim Ray Hart	SFG	@	SDP	tied 0-0	t 1	2	12-	3	5	5	28%	78%		Home Run (Deep LF); G. Maddox Scores; K. Henderson Scores
19	19	18	2	1972-09-06	Garry Maddox	SFG	@	SDP	ahead 4-0	t 2	1	1--	2	2	8	7%	95%		Home Run (Deep CF); G. Matthews Scores
1973	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
20	20	1	1	1973-04-23	Doug Rader	HOU		SDP	tied 0-0	b 2	1	1--	2	6	5	19%	74%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Wynn Scores
21	21	2	1	1973-05-07	José Cardenal	CHC	@	SDP	behind 0-4	t 8	0	---	1	5	9	3%	6%		Home Run (Deep LF)
22	22	3	1	1973-05-13 (1)	Henry Aaron	ATL		SDP	behind 2-6	b 9	1	-2-	2	8	PH	2%	4%		Home Run (Deep LF); S. Jackson Scores
23	23	4	1	1973-05-18	Joe Morgan	CIN		SDP	ahead 2-1	b 5	2	1--	2	2	4	19%	89%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to RF; P. Rose Scores
24	24	5	1	1973-05-22	Willie Crawford	LAD		SDP	tied 0-0	b 2	2	---	1	6	9	12%	63%		Home Run (Deep RF)
25	25	6	1	1973-05-27 (1)	Del Unser	PHI	@	SDP	ahead 3-1	t 5	1	---	1	2	8	9%	85%		Home Run
26	26	7	1	1973-06-09	Ken Brett	PHI		SDP	tied 1-1	b 5	0	---	1	9	1	15%	72%		Home Run
27	27	8	1	1973-06-13	Mike Jorgensen	MON		SDP	tied 0-0	b 1	2	12-	3	5	3	25%	80%		Home Run (Deep RF); R. Fairly Scores; K. Singleton Scores
28	28	9	1	1973-06-17	Ron Hodges	NYM		SDP	tied 1-1	b 7	1	---	1	8	2	24%	78%		Home Run
29	29	10	1	1973-06-21	César Cedeño	HOU	@	SDP	tied 0-0	t 1	2	---	1	3	8	11%	58%		Home Run (LF-CF)
30	30	11	2	1973-06-21	Lee May	HOU	@	SDP	ahead 1-0	t 2	0	---	1	5	3	10%	72%		Home Run (Deep LF)
31	31	12	1	1973-06-25	Ken McMullen	LAD	@	SDP	tied 1-1	t 2	0	---	1	6	5	12%	62%		Home Run (Deep LF)
32	32	13	1	1973-07-01	Bob Watson	HOU		SDP	ahead 4-1	b 5	1	-2-	2	4	7	6%	96%		Home Run; C. Cedeño Scores
33	33	14	1	1973-07-27	Willie McCovey	SFG		SDP	behind 1-6	b 9	0	---	1	4	3	1%	2%		Home Run
34	34	15	1	1973-08-03	Mike Lum	ATL		SDP	tied 0-0	b 4	0	---	1	2	7	13%	69%		Home Run (Deep RF)
35	35	16	2	1973-08-03	Dusty Baker	ATL		SDP	ahead 1-0	b 4	1	---	1	4	8	11%	77%		Home Run (Deep LF)
36	36	17	3	1973-08-03	Davey Johnson	ATL		SDP	ahead 2-0	b 4	1	---	1	5	4	8%	85%		Home Run (Deep LF)
37	37	18	1	1973-09-05	Ralph Garr	ATL	@	SDP	ahead 1-0	t 5	2	---	1	1	9	13%	75%		Home Run (Deep RF)
38	38	19	1	1973-09-16	Dave Kingman	SFG	@	SDP	behind 0-2	t 2	1	1--	2	6	5	20%	48%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); G. Thomasson Scores
39	39	20	2	1973-09-16	Dave Kingman	SFG	@	SDP	ahead 5-2	t 6	0	1--	2	6	5	6%	97%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); G. Thomasson Scores
1974	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
40	40	1	1	1974-04-10	César Cedeño	HOU	@	SDP	behind 0-1	t 4	1	---	1	3	8	14%	47%		Home Run (CF-RF)
41	41	2	1	1974-04-14	Gary Matthews	SFG	@	SDP	ahead 2-1	t 7	2	12-	3	4	7	24%	95%		Home Run (Deep LF); C. Speier Scores; G. Maddox Scores
42	42	3	1	1974-05-05 (1)	Rusty Staub	NYM		SDP	ahead 1-0	b 1	2	---	1	4	9	10%	72%		Home Run (CF-RF)
43	43	4	2	1974-05-05 (1)	John Milner	NYM		SDP	ahead 2-0	b 3	2	1--	2	5	3	13%	90%		Home Run (Deep RF); F. Millán Scores
44	44	5	1	1974-06-09	Ted Simmons	STL	@	SDP	behind 0-2	t 4	1	1--	2	4	2	22%	47%		Home Run (Deep RF); R. Smith Scores/unER
45	45	6	1	1974-07-05	Bob Boone	PHI		SDP	ahead 2-0	b 1	2	1-3	3	7	2	16%	90%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Unser Scores; T. Hutton Scores
46	46	7	1	1974-07-18	Mike Schmidt	PHI	@	SDP	tied 5-5	t 8	2	1-3	3	3	5	43%	93%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Cash Scores; L. Bowa Scores
47	47	8	1	1974-08-06	Henry Aaron	ATL	@	SDP	tied 0-0	t 3	2	12-	3	4	7	30%	80%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Garr Scores; D. Evans Scores
48	48	9	2	1974-08-06	Henry Aaron	ATL	@	SDP	ahead 3-0	t 6	0	---	1	4	7	5%	93%		Home Run (Deep CF)
49	49	10	1	1974-08-18	Steve Swisher	CHC		SDP	tied 1-1	b 2	1	1--	2	7	2	19%	74%		Home Run (Deep LF); C. Fanzone Scores
50	50	11	1	1974-08-23	Rennie Stennett	PIT	@	SDP	ahead 2-0	t 5	0	---	1	1	4	8%	86%		Home Run (Deep LF)
51	51	12	1	1974-09-02 (2)	Ralph Garr	ATL		SDP	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---	1	1	7	10%	65%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep LF)
52	52	13	2	1974-09-02 (2)	Dusty Baker	ATL		SDP	ahead 1-0	b 4	1	1--	2	4	8	17%	86%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Evans Scores
53	53	14	3	1974-09-02 (2)	Davey Johnson	ATL		SDP	ahead 3-0	b 7	0	---	1	6	3	3%	97%		Home Run (Deep LF)
54	54	15	1	1974-09-22	Davey Lopes	LAD		SDP	behind 1-3	b 2	1	12-	3	1	4	28%	65%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Cey Scores; B. Russell Scores
55	55	16	2	1974-09-22	Joe Ferguson	LAD		SDP	ahead 4-3	b 6	0	1--	2	6	2	14%	92%		Home Run (Deep LF); W. Crawford Scores
56	56	17	1	1974-09-28	Davey Lopes	LAD	@	SDP	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	1	1	4	11%	61%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep LF)
1975	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
57	57	1	1	1975-04-14	Gary Matthews	SFG		SDP	behind 0-3	b 9	0	---	1	4	7	5%	9%		Home Run (Deep LF)
58	58	2	1	1975-06-28	George Foster	CIN		SDP	tied 4-4	b 10	2	-2-	2	5	PH	40%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep LF); J. Morgan Scores
59	59	3	1	1975-07-30	Doug Rader	HOU		SDP	tied 3-3	b 6	1	1--	2	5	5	28%	85%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF); C. Johnson Scores
60	60	4	1	1975-08-10	Ken Reitz	STL		SDP	behind 1-2	b 10	1	---	1	7	5	47%	58%		Home Run (Deep LF)
61	61	5	1	1975-08-22	Mike Schmidt	PHI	@	SDP	behind 4-5	t 9	1	-2-	2	6	6	63%	84%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Allen Scores
62	62	6	1	1975-09-08	Johnny Bench	CIN	@	SDP	behind 1-2	t 8	0	1--	2	5	2	45%	77%		Home Run (LF-CF); T. Pérez Scores/unER
63	63	7	1	1975-09-25	Steve Ontiveros	SFG	@	SDP	ahead 2-0	t 4	0	---	1	6	5	9%	84%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1976	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
64	64	1	1	1976-05-16	Jerry Morales	CHC		SDP	behind 0-4	b 1	2	--3	2	4	9	13%	30%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Cardenal Scores
65	65	2	2	1976-05-16	Rick Monday	CHC		SDP	behind 3-5	b 6	2	12-	3	9	PH	47%	71%		Home Run (Deep LF); S. Swisher Scores; D. Rosello Scores
66	66	3	1	1976-06-25	Dick Allen	PHI		STL	ahead 9-3	b 8	2	1-3	3	5	3	0%	100%		Home Run; T. Harmon Scores; G. Luzinski Scores
67	67	4	1	1976-08-03 (1)	Duffy Dyer	PIT		STL	tied 1-1	b 9	2	---	1	8	2	47%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep LF)
68	68	5	1	1976-08-23	Joe Morgan	CIN		STL	behind 2-6	b 7	2	--3	2	3	4	9%	14%		Home Run (Deep RF); K. Griffey Scores
69	69	6	1	1976-09-16	Bruce Boisclair	NYM		STL	ahead 2-0	b 7	1	---	1	5	PH	5%	95%		Home Run (Deep RF)
70	70	7	1	1976-09-21	Dick Allen	PHI		STL	ahead 4-1	b 8	0	---	1	5	3	1%	99%		Home Run (Deep RF)