Bill Hands

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 185lb (188cm, 83kg)

Born: May 6, 1940 in Hackensack, NJ us

Died: March 9, 2017 in Orlando, FL

High School: Rutherford HS (Rutherford, NJ)

Schools: Fairleigh Dickinson University, Metropolitan Campus (Teaneck, NJ), Ohio Wesleyan University (Delaware, OH)

Debut: June 3, 1965 (Age 25-028d, 9,978th in MLB history)
vs. MLN 2.0 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: August 10, 1975 (Age 35-096d)
vs. MIL 2.0 IP, 6 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 5 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1966 season

Full Name: William Alfred Hands

Nicknames: Froggy

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

27.5

W

111

L

110

ERA

3.35

G

374

GS

260

SV

IP

1951.0

SO

1128

WHIP

1.223

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Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1959	19	SFG-min	D-	1	4	.200	4.64	13	10		1	0		64.0	55	44	33	1	40		53	5	1	8				1.484	7.7	0.1	5.6	7.5	1.33	HAS NESL
1960	20	SFG-min	C	10	13	.435	5.14	35	28		9	0		175.0	189	140	100	14	93		146	15	0	27				1.611	9.7	0.7	4.8	7.5	1.57	FRE CALL
1961	21	SFG-min	B	6	7	.462	4.64	18	16		3	1		95.0	106	62	49	6	51		87	6	1	12				1.653	10.0	0.6	4.8	8.2	1.71	EUG NORW
1962	22	SFG-min	A	14	12	.538	2.91	30	29		16	4		210.0	175	88	68	10	81	9	177	6	0	11				1.219	7.5	0.4	3.5	7.6	2.19	SPF EL
1963	23	SFG-min	AAA,AA	3	6	.333	4.83	15	8		2	1		54.0	64	35	29	5	22	1	34	0	1	1				1.593	10.7	0.8	3.7	5.7	1.55	TAC,SPF PCL,EL
1964	24	SFG-min	AAA	7	7	.500	3.42	68	5		0	0		121.0	111	53	46	17	54	12	126	0	0	10				1.364	8.3	1.3	4.0	9.4	2.33	TAC PCL
1965	25	SFG-min	AAA	17	6	.739	2.19	26	25		10	6		197.0	167	65	48	9	54	5	155	5	0	9				1.122	7.6	0.4	2.5	7.1	2.87	TAC PCL
1965	25	SFG	NL	0	2	.000	16.50	4	2	0	0	0	0	6.0	13	11	11	0	6	2	5	0	0	0	36	23	3.85	3.167	19.5	0.0	9.0	7.5	0.83
1966	26	CHC	NL	8	13	.381	4.58	41	26	10	0	0	2	159.0	168	91	81	17	59	6	93	5	2	4	698	80	3.98	1.428	9.5	1.0	3.3	5.3	1.58
1967	27	CHC	NL	7	8	.467	2.46	49	11	21	3	1	6	150.0	134	46	41	9	48	15	84	2	0	4	617	145	3.20	1.213	8.0	0.5	2.9	5.0	1.75
1968	28	CHC	NL	16	10	.615	2.89	38	34	0	11	4	0	258.2	221	91	83	26	36	0	148	6	0	4	1013	110	3.03	0.994	7.7	0.9	1.3	5.1	4.11
1969	29	CHC	NL	20	14	.588	2.49	41	41	0	18	3	0	300.0	268	102	83	21	73	8	181	6	0	5	1220	162	3.00	1.137	8.0	0.6	2.2	5.4	2.48
1970	30	CHC	NL	18	15	.545	3.70	39	38	1	12	2	1	265.0	278	121	109	20	76	8	170	4	1	9	1127	121	3.24	1.336	9.4	0.7	2.6	5.8	2.24
1971	31	CHC	NL	12	18	.400	3.42	36	35	1	14	1	0	242.1	248	112	92	27	50	6	128	2	0	5	1019	114	3.49	1.230	9.2	1.0	1.9	4.8	2.56
1972	32	CHC	NL	11	8	.579	3.00	32	28	3	6	3	0	189.0	168	73	63	12	47	7	96	2	1	1	770	126	2.99	1.138	8.0	0.6	2.2	4.6	2.04
1973	33	MIN	AL	7	10	.412	3.49	39	15	17	3	1	2	142.0	138	69	55	14	41	2	78	2	0	5	599	113	3.66	1.261	8.7	0.9	2.6	4.9	1.90
1974	34	TOT	AL	6	5	.545	4.18	37	12	16	1	1	3	129.1	141	60	60	9	28	0	78	4	1	2	548	90	3.02	1.307	9.8	0.6	1.9	5.4	2.79
1974	34	MIN	AL	4	5	.444	4.45	35	10	16	0	0	3	115.1	130	57	57	9	25	0	74	4	1	2	492	85	3.06	1.344	10.1	0.7	2.0	5.8	2.96
1974	34	TEX	AL	2	0	1.000	1.93	2	2	0	1	1	0	14.0	11	3	3	0	3	0	4	0	0	0	56	190	2.65	1.000	7.1	0.0	1.9	2.6	1.33
1975	35	TEX	AL	6	7	.462	4.02	18	18	0	4	1	0	109.2	118	58	49	12	28	1	67	3	0	7	469	94	3.64	1.331	9.7	1.0	2.3	5.5	2.39
11 Yrs				111	110	.502	3.35	374	260	69	72	17	14	1951.0	1895	834	727	167	492	55	1128	36	5	46	8116	114	3.28	1.223	8.7	0.8	2.3	5.2	2.29
162 Game Avg.				12	12	.502	3.35	40	28	7	8	2	2	209	203	89	78	18	53	6	121	4	1	5	870	114	3.28	1.223	8.7	0.8	2.3	5.2	2.29

CHC (7 yrs)				92	86	.517	3.18	276	213	36	64	14	9	1564.0	1485	636	552	132	389	50	900	27	4	32	6464	121	3.24	1.198	8.5	0.8	2.2	5.2	2.31
MIN (2 yrs)				11	15	.423	3.92	74	25	33	3	1	5	257.1	268	126	112	23	66	2	152	6	1	7	1091	99	3.39	1.298	9.4	0.8	2.3	5.3	2.30
TEX (2 yrs)				8	7	.533	3.78	20	20	0	5	2	0	123.2	129	61	52	12	31	1	71	3	0	7	525	99	3.52	1.294	9.4	0.9	2.3	5.2	2.29
SFG (1 yr)				0	2	.000	16.50	4	2	0	0	0	0	6.0	13	11	11	0	6	2	5	0	0	0	36	23	3.85	3.167	19.5	0.0	9.0	7.5	0.83

NL (8 yrs)				92	88	.511	3.23	280	215	36	64	14	9	1570.0	1498	647	563	132	395	52	905	27	4	32	6500	119	3.24	1.206	8.6	0.8	2.3	5.2	2.29
AL (3 yrs)				19	22	.463	3.87	94	45	33	8	3	5	381.0	397	187	164	35	97	3	223	9	1	14	1616	99	3.43	1.297	9.4	0.8	2.3	5.3	2.30

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