Bill Posedel

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 175lb (180cm, 79kg)

Born: August 2, 1906 in San Francisco, CA us

Died: November 28, 1989 in Livermore, CA

Buried: Cremated

High School: St. Vincent's HS (Vallejo, CA)

Debut: April 23, 1938 (Age 31-264d, 8,465th in major league history)
vs. NYG 5.1 IP, 3 H, 2 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER, L

Last Game: September 13, 1946 (Age 40-042d)
vs. PIT 4.0 IP, 3 H, 2 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1938 season

Full Name: William John Posedel

Nicknames: Sailor Bill or Barnacle Bill

Pronunciation: \poze-DELL\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-0.4

ERA

4.56

138

679.1

227

WHIP

1.479

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	15-20 / in Starts: 13-19
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	3 games
Most Games w/o HR	30 games
Most Games w/o RBI	10 games
Grand Slams	0 in 2 bases loaded PA and 0 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 89 PAs	10
Actual Runners on Base	59 (31-15-13) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 89 PAs	10
Avg. Runners on Base	58 (29-18-9)

Most Driven In
E Miller	3
A Lopez	3
C Ross	2
B Hassett	1
R Berres	0

Most Driven In By
B Rowell	1
J Cooney	1
B Hassett	1
M West	1
R Warstler	1
S Sisti	0

1940 Batting Game Log

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1940 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	67	1	Apr 16	BSN		BRO	L,0-5	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.14	-0.056	2.87	-0.08%	-0.36	P
2	68	6 (4)	Apr 27	BSN		PHI	L,4-5	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.70	-0.053	1.06	-0.05%	-0.88	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
3	69	9 (2)	May 3	BSN	@	STL	W,4-2	CG	4	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.125	.222	.250	.472	9	1.07	0.069	1.31	0.05%	0.44	P
4	70	14 (4)	May 8	BSN	@	CIN	W,10-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.167	.231	.250	.481	9	.42	-0.013	.87	-0.02%	0.63	P
5	71	17 (2)	May 12	BSN		NYG	L,2-3	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.143	.250	.214	.464	9	1.05	-0.032	1.77	-0.03%	-0.29	P
6	72	21 (3)	May 18	BSN		PIT	W,15-5	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.125	.222	.188	.410	9	.82	-0.042	.61	-0.02%	-0.43	P
7	73	24 (2)	May 24	BSN	@	NYG	L,1-8	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.125	.222	.188	.410	9						P
8	74	26 (1)	May 27	BSN		NYG	W,7-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.100	.182	.150	.332	9	.29	-0.031	.20	-0.01%	-1.10	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
9	75	30 (3)	Jun 1	BSN	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.087	.160	.130	.290	9	1.29	-0.101	1.10	-0.05%	-0.68	P
10	76	35 (4)	Jun 6	BSN	@	PIT	L,6-7	GS-3	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.125	.192	.208	.401	9	.79	0.051	.24	0.01%	1.14	P
11	77	38 (2)	Jun 9 (1)	BSN	@	CHC	L,1-7	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.120	.185	.200	.385	9	1.77	-0.040	.23	0.00%	-0.35	P
12	78	42 (3)	Jun 15	BSN		CHC	L,5-11	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.120	.185	.200	.385	9						P
13	79	43	Jun 16 (1)	BSN		CHC	W,5-4	0-GF(11)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.120	.185	.200	.385	6						P
14	80	45 (1)	Jun 17 (1)	BSN		PIT	W,5-3	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	1	.143	.226	.214	.440	9	.88	-0.042	.05	0.00%	-0.75	P
15	81	49 (3)	Jun 22	BSN		STL	L,2-9	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.133	.212	.200	.412	9	1.29	-0.061	.10	0.00%	-0.49	P
16	82	53 (3)	Jun 29	BSN	@	BRO	L,4-10	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.121	.194	.182	.376	9	.87	-0.094	.06	0.00%	-0.99	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
17	83	60 (6)	Jul 4 (2)	BSN	@	PHI	W,5-4	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.121	.194	.182	.376	9						P
18	84	64 (3)	Jul 7 (2)	BSN		BRO	W,2-1	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.114	.184	.171	.356	9	.75	-0.060	.01	0.00%	-0.96	P
19	85	67 (2)	Jul 12	BSN	@	CHC	L,0-2	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.132	.195	.184	.379	9	1.17	-0.021	.02	0.00%	0.00	P
20	86	72 (4)	Jul 16	BSN	@	STL	L,3-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0			0	0	0	.143	.200	.190	.390	9						P
21	87	77 (4)	Jul 21 (2)	BSN	@	PIT	L,2-16	GS-5	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.159	.213	.227	.440	9	1.09	0.039	.00	0.00%	0.39	P
22	88	81 (3)	Jul 26	BSN		PIT	L,0-9	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.156	.208	.222	.431	9	1.04	-0.026	.00	0.00%	-0.22	P
23	89	86 (4)	Jul 30	BSN		STL	L,5-13	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.149	.200	.213	.413	9	.93	-0.046	.00	0.00%	-0.43	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
24	90	91 (4)	Aug 3 (1)	BSN		CIN	L,1-3	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.160	.208	.220	.428	9	1.78	-0.085	.00	0.00%	-0.67	P
25	91	97 (5)	Aug 7	BSN	@	PHI	W,6-3	CG	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.148	.193	.204	.397	9						P
26	92	101 (3)	Aug 11 (1)	BSN		BRO	W,3-2	GS-8	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.161	.217	.214	.431	9	2.08	0.133	.00	0.00%	1.07	P
27	93	106 (4)	Aug 15	BSN		NYG	W,12-1	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.161	.217	.214	.431	9						P
28	94	109 (2)	Aug 18 (2)	BSN	@	BRO	L,1-3	CG	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.169	.222	.237	.460	9	1.67	-0.075	.00	0.00%	-0.41	P
29	95	116 (6)	Aug 25 (1)	BSN	@	STL	W,4-1	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.177	.227	.242	.469	9	.90	-0.073	.00	0.00%	-0.86	P
30	96	121 (4)	Aug 29	BSN	@	CHC	W,3-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	1	0	0	.167	.214	.227	.442	9	1.01	-0.136	.00	0.00%	-1.42	P
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
31	97	126 (4)	Sep 2 (2)	BSN		BRO	L,2-6	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.159	.205	.217	.423	9	1.02	-0.081	.00	0.00%	-0.65	P
32	98	130 (3)	Sep 7 (1)	BSN	@	PHI	W,3-2	CG(10)	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.164	.218	.219	.437	9	2.24	-0.058	.00	0.00%	0.27	P
33	99	137 (6)	Sep 12 (2)	BSN		STL	W,6-1	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.171	.232	.224	.455	9	.57	-0.006	.00	0.00%	0.54	P
34	100	141 (3)	Sep 15 (2)	BSN		CHC	L,4-7	0-0	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.179	.238	.231	.469	9						P
35	101	144 (2)	Sep 21	BSN		NYG	L,1-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.173	.230	.222	.452	9	.99	-0.074	.00	0.00%	-0.40	P
							15-20		89	81	6	14	4	0	0	10	6	0	11	0	2		0	3	0	1	.173	.230	.222	.452		1.09	-1.014	.38	-0.22%	-7.83

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