Bill Scherrer

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-4, 170lb (193cm, 77kg)

Born: January 20, 1958 in Tonawanda, NY us

Draft: Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 6th round of the 1976 MLB June Amateur Draft from Bishop O'Hara HS (Tonawanda, NY) and the Cincinnati Reds in the 1st round (1st) of the 1977 MLB January Draft-Secondary Phase.

High School: Bishop O'Hara HS (Tonawanda, NY)

Debut: September 7, 1982 (Age 24-230d, 12,280th in MLB history)
vs. LAD 2.0 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: July 28, 1988 (Age 30-190d)
vs. CHC 1.0 IP, 1 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1983 season

Full Name: William Joseph Scherrer

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1984 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

1.7

W

L

ERA

4.08

G

228

GS

SV

IP

311.1

SO

207

WHIP

1.436

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
1977	19	CIN-min	A	9	9	.500	3.53	27	26		5	0	0	158.0	132	87	62	4	105	2	122	2	1	11				1.500	7.5	0.2	6.0	6.9	1.16	SHL WCRS
1978	20	CIN-min	A-,A	6	6	.500	3.68	23	18		4	2	0	115.0	88	62	47	5	68	2	105	2	1	9				1.357	6.9	0.4	5.3	8.2	1.54	EUG,SHL NORW,WCRS
1979	21	CIN-min	A	12	3	.800	1.81	25	24		10	4	0	159.0	126	43	32	0	65	2	140	2	0	9				1.201	7.1	0.0	3.7	7.9	2.15	TAM FLOR
1980	22	CIN-min	AA	7	8	.467	3.34	25	25		4	3	0	151.0	139	58	56	10	58	2	84	0	0	2				1.305	8.3	0.6	3.5	5.0	1.45	WBY EL
1981	23	CIN-min	AA	5	9	.357	4.31	50	10	24	1	0	1	119.0	121	70	57	10	62	5	89	2	0	6				1.538	9.2	0.8	4.7	6.7	1.44	WBY EL
1982	24	CIN-min	AAA,A,AA	10	9	.526	3.50	31	23	3	9	3	0	167.0	135	71	65	12	65	1	144	2	0	4				1.198	7.3	0.6	3.5	7.8	2.22	INA,TAM,WBY AA,FLOR,EL
1982	24	CIN	NL	0	1	.000	2.60	5	2	2	0	0	0	17.1	17	7	5	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	69	145	1.91	0.981	8.8	0.0	0.0	3.6
1983	25	CIN	NL	2	3	.400	2.74	73	0	32	0	0	10	92.0	73	31	28	6	33	4	57	0	0	0	371	139	3.44	1.152	7.1	0.6	3.2	5.6	1.73
1984	26	CIN-min	AAA	2	3	.400	3.24	10	0	8	0	0	1	16.2	16	6	6	1	11	0	14	0	1	1				1.620	8.6	0.5	5.9	7.6	1.27	WCH AA
1984	26	TOT	MLB	2	1	.667	4.16	54	0	14	0	0	1	71.1	78	35	33	7	23	4	51	0	0	0	309	93	3.58	1.416	9.8	0.9	2.9	6.4	2.22
1984	26	CIN	NL	1	1	.500	4.99	36	0	12	0	0	1	52.1	64	31	29	6	15	3	35	0	0	0	232	76	3.78	1.510	11.0	1.0	2.6	6.0	2.33
1984	26	DET	AL	1	0	1.000	1.89	18	0	2	0	0	0	19.0	14	4	4	1	8	1	16	0	0	0	77	211	3.03	1.158	6.6	0.5	3.8	7.6	2.00
1985	27	DET	AL	3	2	.600	4.36	48	0	14	0	0	0	66.0	62	35	32	10	41	13	46	1	0	5	299	94	5.17	1.561	8.5	1.4	5.6	6.3	1.12
1986	28	DET-min	AAA	5	2	.714	5.06	31	1	18	0	0	4	58.2	60	36	33	7	28	2	49	1	0	2				1.500	9.2	1.1	4.3	7.5	1.75	NVL AA
1986	28	DET	AL	0	1	.000	7.29	13	0	8	0	0	0	21.0	19	19	17	3	22	4	16	1	0	1	103	58	6.39	1.952	8.1	1.3	9.4	6.9	0.73
1987	29	CIN-min	AAA	4	1	.800	1.86	33	0	20	0	0	11	29.0	25	6	6	1	10	0	24	1	0	4				1.207	7.8	0.3	3.1	7.4	2.40	NVL AA
1987	29	CIN	NL	1	1	.500	4.36	23	0	10	0	0	0	33.0	43	17	16	3	16	4	24	0	0	2	151	98	4.05	1.788	11.7	0.8	4.4	6.5	1.50
1988	30	SFG-CHC-PHI-BAL-min	AAA	1	0	1.000	5.23	32	0	6	0	0	1	31.0	40	22	18	1	15	1	23	0	3	2				1.774	11.6	0.3	4.4	6.7	1.53	PHX,IWA,MAI,ROC PCL,AA,IL
1988	30	TOT	MLB	0	1	.000	8.44	12	0	1	0	0	0	10.2	15	10	10	2	5	0	6	0	2	0	51	47	5.49	1.875	12.7	1.7	4.2	5.1	1.20
1988	30	BAL	AL	0	1	.000	13.50	4	0	0	0	0	0	4.0	8	6	6	2	3	0	3	0	2	0	23	32	10.02	2.750	18.0	4.5	6.8	6.8	1.00
1988	30	PHI	NL	0	0		5.40	8	0	1	0	0	0	6.2	7	4	4	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	28	70	2.77	1.350	9.5	0.0	2.7	4.1	1.50
1989	31	NYM-TEX-min	AAA	2	0	1.000	3.86	25	0	10	0	0	0	35.0	31	16	15	4	26	1	21	3	2	0				1.629	8.0	1.0	6.7	5.4	0.81	TID,OKC IL,AA
7 Yrs				8	10	.444	4.08	228	2	81	0	0	11	311.1	307	154	141	31	140	29	207	2	2	8	1353	97	4.09	1.436	8.9	0.9	4.0	6.0	1.48
162 Game Avg.				2	3	.444	4.08	67	1	24	0	0	3	92	91	46	42	9	41	9	61	1	1	2	400	97	4.09	1.436	8.9	0.9	4.0	6.0	1.48

CIN (4 yrs)				4	6	.400	3.61	137	2	56	0	0	11	194.2	197	86	78	15	64	11	123	0	0	2	823	107	3.50	1.341	9.1	0.7	3.0	5.7	1.92
DET (3 yrs)				4	3	.571	4.50	79	0	24	0	0	0	106.0	95	58	53	14	71	18	78	2	0	6	479	91	5.03	1.566	8.1	1.2	6.0	6.6	1.10
PHI (1 yr)				0	0		5.40	8	0	1	0	0	0	6.2	7	4	4	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	28	70	2.77	1.350	9.5	0.0	2.7	4.1	1.50
BAL (1 yr)				0	1	.000	13.50	4	0	0	0	0	0	4.0	8	6	6	2	3	0	3	0	2	0	23	32	10.02	2.750	18.0	4.5	6.8	6.8	1.00

NL (5 yrs)				4	6	.400	3.67	145	2	57	0	0	11	201.1	204	90	82	15	66	11	126	0	0	2	851	106	3.47	1.341	9.1	0.7	3.0	5.6	1.91
AL (4 yrs)				4	4	.500	4.83	83	0	24	0	0	0	110.0	103	64	59	16	74	18	81	2	2	6	502	85	5.21	1.609	8.4	1.3	6.1	6.6	1.09