Bill Stafford

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 188lb (185cm, 85kg)

Born: August 13, 1938 in Catskill, NY us

Died: September 19, 2001 in Wayne, MI

Buried: Cremated

Debut: August 17, 1960 (Age 22-004d, 11,761st in major league history)
vs. BOS 6.1 IP, 8 H, 2 SO, 2 BB, 2 ER

Last Game: September 19, 1967 (Age 29-037d)
vs. MIN 0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1960 season

Full Name: William Charles Stafford

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

6.8

ERA

3.52

186

104

785.2

449

WHIP

1.244

Many detailed statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by Retrosheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1912 to 1968 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary of data completeness) for some players prior to 1969 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Summary of 77 Home Runs Allowed

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

2 leading off, 0 walk-off, 7 tying, 33 go ahead

2 Tms
NYY	75
KCA	2

Platoon
vs RHB	43
vs LHB	34

Home/Road
Away	42
Home	35

Outs
0	35
1	24
2	18

9 Opps
CLE	11
BOS	10
WSA	10
DET	10
BAL	10
CAL/LAA	8
CHW	8
MIN/WSH	6
KCA	4

66 Batters
Harmon Killebrew	3
Lee Thomas	3
Carl Yastrzemski	3
Gary Geiger	2
Norm Cash	2
Leon Wagner	2
Al Kaline	2
Fred Whitfield	2
Jerry Adair	1
Jerry Kindall	1
Joe Adcock	1
Albie Pearson	1
Andy Etchebarren	1
Bill Freehan	1
Charley Lau	1
Brian McCall	1
Marty Keough	1
Gus Triandos	1
Earl Battey	1
Harry Bright	1
Russ Snyder	1
Leo Burke	1
Ed Charles	1
Jake Wood	1
Ken McMullen	1
Wes Covington	1
Chico Fernández	1
Curt Blefary	1
Joe Azcue	1
Tito Francona	1
Rocky Colavito	1
Bobo Osborne	1
Joe Cunningham	1
Frank Baumann	1
Nellie Fox	1
Whitey Herzog	1
Rich Rollins	1
Lenny Green	1
Max Alvis	1
Jim Mahoney	1
Bob Allison	1
Frank Malzone	1
Hank Foiles	1
Jim King	1
Floyd Robinson	1
Marv Breeding	1
Jack Lamabe	1
Sherm Lollar	1
Lou Clinton	1
Chico Salmon	1
Gene Green	1
Dick McAuliffe	1
George Alusik	1
Bob Johnson	1
Tommy John	1
Al Luplow	1
Jim Gentile	1
Nelson Mathews	1
Johnny Schaive	1
Bobby Knoop	1
Pete Runnels	1
Gino Cimoli	1
Jackie Brandt	1
Bubba Phillips	1
Milt Pappas	1
Woodie Held	1

12 Parks
Yankee Stad (NYC)	35
ClevelandStd (CLE)	8
Fenway Pk (BOS)	7
RFK Stad (WAS)	5
Tiger Stad (DET)	5
Memor. Stad (BAL)	4
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	3
Dodger Stad (LOS)	3
Metrop. Stad (MIN)	3
Wrigley (LA) (LOS)	2
Munic. Stad (KAN)	1
GriffithStad (WAS)	1

Where Hit
7	39
9	28
8	3
78	3
89	2

2 Inside the Park

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	40
2·HR gms	17
3·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	43
1--	16
-2-	6
12-	5
--3	3
1-3	3
123	1

121 Runs
RISP	18
0 on	43
1 on	25
2 on	8
3 on	1
Any on	34

Inning
1	14
2	9
3	7
4	12
5	8
6	11
7	8
8	6
Extra	2

1-3	30
4-6	31
7-end	16

RelScore
+4..	2
+3	3
+2	4
+1	13
Tied	28
-1	8
-2	4
-3	4
-4..	11

Ahead	22
Tied	28
Behind	27

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
LF	14
1B	12
RF	10
C	9
3B	9
2B	7
CF	6
P	4
SS	4
PH	2

OrderPos
3rd	15
5th	11
4th	10
2nd	9
7th	8
8th	7
6th	7
1st	5
9th	5

Leverage
High Lev	17
Medium Lev	32
Low Lev	28

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1960	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1960-08-27 (1)	Tito Francona	CLE	@	NYY	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	1	5	7	11%	61%		Home Run (Deep RF)
2	2	2	1	1960-09-09	Norm Cash	DET		NYY	behind 0-4	b 8	0	---	1	3	3	4%	9%		Home Run (Deep RF)
3	3	3	1	1960-09-26	Harmon Killebrew	WSH		NYY	behind 0-2	b 7	0	1--	2	3	3	31%	59%		Home Run (Deep LF); L. Green Scores
1961	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
4	4	1	1	1961-04-22 (2)	Jackie Brandt	BAL		NYY	behind 3-5	b 7	0	1--	2	1	8	31%	59%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Philley Scores
5	5	2	1	1961-06-04	Wes Covington	CHW		NYY	behind 0-9	b 8	0	---	1	3	9	0%	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
6	6	3	1	1961-06-25	Harmon Killebrew	MIN		NYY	tied 1-1	b 3	2	1--	2	3	5	21%	73%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Martin Scores
7	7	4	1	1961-07-01	Marty Keough	WSA	@	NYY	tied 0-0	t 2	1	1-3	3	7	7	20%	77%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to CF (Deep LF-CF); G. Green Scores; D. Long Scores
8	8	5	2	1961-07-01	Gene Green	WSA	@	NYY	ahead 3-1	t 3	2	-2-	2	4	2	14%	85%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Klaus Scores
9	9	6	1	1961-07-13	Sherm Lollar	CHW		NYY	behind 0-4	b 5	0	---	1	8	2	7%	19%		Home Run (Deep LF)
10	10	7	2	1961-07-13	Frank Baumann	CHW		NYY	behind 1-4	b 5	0	---	1	9	1	10%	28%		Home Run (Deep CF)
11	11	8	1	1961-07-30 (1)	Hank Foiles	BAL	@	NYY	tied 0-0	t 5	0	---	1	6	2	14%	64%		Home Run (Deep LF)
12	12	9	1	1961-08-22	Lee Thomas	LAA		NYY	tied 0-0	b 1	1	--3	2	3	3	12%	71%		Home Run (Deep RF); A. Pearson Scores
13	13	10	2	1961-08-22	Leon Wagner	LAA		NYY	ahead 2-0	b 1	1	---	1	4	7	7%	78%		Home Run (Deep RF)
14	14	11	1	1961-09-03	Norm Cash	DET	@	NYY	behind 1-4	t 6	2	---	1	5	3	7%	16%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
15	15	12	1	1961-09-21	Russ Snyder	BAL		NYY	tied 1-1	b 7	0	1--	2	7	9	25%	89%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Williams Scores
16	16	13	1	1961-09-27	Jim Gentile	BAL	@	NYY	tied 0-0	t 1	2	-2-	2	4	3	18%	66%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Snyder Scores
1962	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
17	17	1	1	1962-04-18	Milt Pappas	BAL		NYY	tied 0-0	b 5	2	---	1	9	1	17%	68%		Home Run (Deep LF)
18	18	2	1	1962-04-27	Johnny Schaive	WSA		NYY	behind 0-9	b 4	1	-2-	2	6	5	1%	3%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Long Scores
19	19	3	2	1962-04-27	Bob Johnson	WSA		NYY	behind 2-10	b 6	0	---	1	3	6	1%	2%		Home Run (Deep LF)
20	20	4	1	1962-05-16	Carl Yastrzemski	BOS		NYY	behind 0-1	b 1	1	1--	2	3	7	18%	63%		Home Run (Deep RF); E. Bressoud Scores
21	21	5	2	1962-05-16	Frank Malzone	BOS		NYY	tied 3-3	b 3	0	---	1	5	5	11%	67%		Home Run (Deep LF)
22	22	6	1	1962-05-20 (1)	Harmon Killebrew	MIN	@	NYY	tied 1-1	t 6	2	---	1	4	7	18%	62%		Home Run (Deep LF)
23	23	7	1	1962-05-25	Dick McAuliffe	DET	@	NYY	ahead 1-0	t 1	2	12-	3	6	5	22%	82%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Bruton Scores/unER; N. Cash Scores/unER; D. McAuliffe Scores/unER
24	24	8	2	1962-05-25	Chico Fernández	DET	@	NYY	ahead 4-3	t 7	0	---	1	7	6	12%	82%		Home Run (Deep LF)
25	25	9	1	1962-06-17 (1)	Jerry Kindall	CLE		NYY	tied 0-0	b 2	0	1--	2	6	4	17%	75%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Romano Scores/unER
26	26	10	2	1962-06-17 (1)	Bubba Phillips	CLE		NYY	ahead 2-0	b 2	0	---	1	7	5	8%	83%		Home Run (Deep LF)
27	27	11	3	1962-06-17 (1)	Jim Mahoney	CLE		NYY	ahead 3-0	b 2	0	---	1	8	6	6%	89%		Home Run (Deep LF)
28	28	12	1	1962-07-02	George Alusik	KCA	@	NYY	behind 0-4	t 7	0	---	1	3	7	5%	10%		Home Run (Deep LF)
29	29	13	1	1962-07-22 (1)	Harry Bright	WSA	@	NYY	tied 0-0	t 1	1	12-	3	4	3	22%	76%		Home Run (Deep LF); C. Cottier Scores; B. Johnson Scores
30	30	14	1	1962-07-27	Joe Cunningham	CHW	@	NYY	tied 0-0	t 1	2	---	1	3	3	10%	57%		Home Run (Deep RF)
31	31	15	1	1962-08-08 (1)	Whitey Herzog	BAL	@	NYY	behind 1-2	t 8	1	---	1	8	PH	26%	45%		Home Run (CF-RF)
32	32	16	1	1962-08-16	Bob Allison	MIN		NYY	tied 1-1	b 4	1	1--	2	5	9	21%	77%		Home Run (Deep LF); H. Killebrew Scores
33	33	17	1	1962-08-21	Lee Thomas	LAA		NYY	behind 0-1	b 4	0	---	1	3	3	14%	56%		Home Run (Deep RF)
34	34	18	2	1962-08-21	Lee Thomas	LAA		NYY	ahead 2-1	b 5	2	---	1	3	3	12%	80%		Home Run (Deep RF)
35	35	19	1	1962-08-28	Al Luplow	CLE	@	NYY	tied 0-0	t 4	1	---	1	2	9	13%	61%		Home Run (Deep RF)
36	36	20	1	1962-09-03 (1)	Leo Burke	LAA	@	NYY	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	1	7	7	11%	61%		Home Run (Deep LF)
37	37	21	2	1962-09-03 (1)	Leon Wagner	LAA	@	NYY	ahead 1-0	t 3	1	---	1	4	9	11%	70%		Home Run (CF-RF)
38	38	22	1	1962-09-07	Pete Runnels	BOS	@	NYY	behind 0-1	t 2	1	---	1	5	3	11%	48%		Home Run (Deep RF)
39	39	23	1	1962-09-30	Brian McCall	CHW	@	NYY	behind 1-2	t 3	0	1--	2	1	8	19%	62%		Home Run (Deep CF); R. Herbert Scores
1963	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
40	40	1	1	1963-04-20	Marv Breeding	WSA		NYY	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---	1	1	4	11%	65%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep LF)
41	41	2	2	1963-04-20	Bobo Osborne	WSA		NYY	ahead 1-0	b 1	1	--3	2	4	5	11%	81%		Home Run (Deep RF); C. Hinton Scores
42	42	3	1	1963-05-03	Earl Battey	MIN		NYY	behind 1-3	b 6	1	1--	2	6	2	29%	54%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Hall Scores
43	43	4	1	1963-05-07	Bill Freehan	DET		NYY	ahead 1-0	b 4	2	-2-	2	6	2	18%	85%		Home Run (Deep LF); N. Cash Scores
44	44	5	1	1963-05-22	Gino Cimoli	KCA	@	NYY	behind 0-7	t 8	0	1--	2	2	7	1%	1%		Home Run (Deep LF); W. Causey Scores
45	45	6	1	1963-05-28	Gary Geiger	BOS		NYY	ahead 2-1	b 2	2	--3	2	2	8	16%	81%		Home Run (Deep RF); E. Bressoud Scores
46	46	7	2	1963-05-28	Lou Clinton	BOS		NYY	ahead 4-1	b 3	0	1--	2	5	9	7%	94%		Home Run (Deep LF); F. Malzone Scores
47	47	8	1	1963-06-02 (1)	Joe Adcock	CLE		NYY	tied 0-0	b 6	1	1-3	3	4	3	24%	92%		Home Run (Deep CF); A. Luplow Scores; V. Davalillo Scores
48	48	9	2	1963-06-02 (1)	Joe Azcue	CLE		NYY	ahead 3-0	b 7	0	---	1	8	2	3%	98%		Home Run (Deep LF)
49	49	10	1	1963-06-07	Al Kaline	DET		NYY	tied 0-0	b 1	0	12-	3	3	9	18%	82%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Wood Scores; B. Bruton Scores
50	50	11	2	1963-06-07	Gus Triandos	DET		NYY	ahead 4-0	b 4	1	---	1	7	2	3%	95%		Home Run (Deep LF)
51	51	12	1	1963-06-16 (2)	Rocky Colavito	DET	@	NYY	tied 0-0	t 2	1	---	1	5	7	12%	59%		Home Run (Deep LF)
52	52	13	2	1963-06-16 (2)	Jake Wood	DET	@	NYY	behind 2-6	t 7	2	---	1	1	4	3%	6%		Home Run (Deep LF)
53	53	14	1	1963-06-30 (2)	Gary Geiger	BOS	@	NYY	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---	1	2	8	11%	59%		Home Run (Deep RF)
54	54	15	1	1963-07-04 (2)	Nellie Fox	CHW	@	NYY	ahead 1-0	t 6	1	-2-	2	7	4	17%	87%		Home Run (Deep RF); T. McCraw Scores
55	55	16	1	1963-08-14 (1)	Jack Lamabe	BOS		NYY	ahead 11-5	b 7	2	12-	3	9	1	1%	100%		Home Run (Deep LF); L. Clinton Scores; B. Tillman Scores
1964	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
56	56	1	1	1964-05-23	Bobby Knoop	LAA	@	NYY	behind 4-5	t 6	1	123	4	2	4	37%	87%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Simpson Scores; W. Smith Scores; A. Pearson Scores
57	57	2	1	1964-07-18	Fred Whitfield	CLE	@	NYY	tied 2-2	t 12	0	1--	2	9	PH	35%	93%		Home Run (Deep RF); W. Held Scores
58	58	3	1	1964-08-07	Jerry Adair	BAL	@	NYY	ahead 1-0	t 8	0	---	1	8	4	12%	88%		Home Run (Deep LF)
59	59	4	1	1964-09-04	Nelson Mathews	KCA		NYY	behind 5-9	b 10	0	1--	2	7	8	5%	8%		Home Run (Deep LF); E. Charles Scores
1965	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
60	60	1	1	1965-05-10	Carl Yastrzemski	BOS		NYY	tied 1-1	b 4	1	---	1	3	7	14%	67%		Home Run (LF-CF)
61	61	2	2	1965-05-10	Carl Yastrzemski	BOS		NYY	tied 2-2	b 8	2	---	1	3	7	33%	85%		Home Run (Deep RF)
62	62	3	1	1965-05-14	Charley Lau	BAL		NYY	behind 1-4	b 6	2	-2-	2	5	2	19%	31%		Home Run (Deep RF); C. Blefary Scores
63	63	4	1	1965-05-18	Lenny Green	BOS	@	NYY	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	1	1	7	11%	61%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep RF)
64	64	5	1	1965-05-23 (1)	Jim King	WSA	@	NYY	ahead 2-0	t 4	1	---	1	5	9	9%	83%		Home Run (Deep RF)
65	65	6	2	1965-05-23 (1)	Ken McMullen	WSA	@	NYY	ahead 3-2	t 6	0	---	1	2	5	12%	80%		Home Run (Deep LF)
66	66	7	1	1965-06-14	Max Alvis	CLE		NYY	behind 1-4	b 4	0	---	1	3	5	10%	29%		Home Run (Deep LF)
67	67	8	1	1965-06-18	Rich Rollins	MIN	@	NYY	behind 1-7	t 4	2	---	1	8	4	2%	5%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to CF
68	68	9	1	1965-06-28 (2)	Woodie Held	WSA		NYY	behind 0-4	b 5	0	---	1	4	7	6%	16%		Home Run (Deep LF)
69	69	10	1	1965-08-15 (2)	Ed Charles	KCA	@	NYY	behind 1-2	t 4	1	1--	2	6	5	25%	62%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Bryan Scores
70	70	11	1	1965-08-31	Albie Pearson	CAL		NYY	tied 0-0	b 1	1	---	1	2	9	11%	64%		Home Run (Deep RF)
71	71	12	1	1965-09-06 (2)	Andy Etchebarren	BAL	@	NYY	behind 0-2	t 5	0	1-3	3	8	2	26%	66%		Inside-the-park Home Run (LF-CF); J. Adair Scores; P. Blair Scores
72	72	13	2	1965-09-06 (2)	Curt Blefary	BAL	@	NYY	ahead 3-2	t 6	1	1--	2	5	9	19%	88%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Powell Scores
73	73	14	1	1965-09-25 (1)	Floyd Robinson	CHW	@	NYY	behind 0-1	t 4	0	---	1	2	7	14%	50%		Home Run (Deep RF)
74	74	15	2	1965-09-25 (1)	Tommy John	CHW	@	NYY	tied 1-1	t 6	0	---	1	9	1	18%	68%		Home Run (Deep LF)
75	75	16	1	1965-09-29	Fred Whitfield	CLE		NYY	ahead 1-0	b 3	2	12-	3	5	3	23%	90%		Home Run (Deep RF); M. Alvis Scores; R. Colavito Scores
1966	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
76	76	1	1	1966-06-26 (2)	Chico Salmon	CLE		KCA	tied 0-0	b 1	0	1--	2	2	6	17%	75%		Home Run; V. Davalillo Scores
77	77	2	1	1966-07-01 (1)	Al Kaline	DET		KCA	ahead 4-3	b 5	2	---	1	4	8	12%	81%		Home Run (Deep LF)

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