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Bill Yancey

Positions: Shortstop, Second Baseman and Rightfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-9, 165lb (175cm, 74kg)

Born: April 2, 1902 in Philadelphia, PA us

Died: April 13, 1971 in Marlton, NJ

Buried: Sunset Memorial Park, Pennsauken, NC

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1928 season

Full Name: William James Yancey

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.3

579

152

.263

RBI

OBP

.334

SLG

.359

OPS

.693

OPS+

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1927	25	-4.2	HIL	ECL	Maj	HIL	31	91	80	11	24	2	3	0	6	4		9		.300	.371	.400	.771	32		0	2
1928	26		2 Teams	BLK	Non		4	15	13	1	3	1	0	0	2	0		2		.231	.333	.308	.641	4		0	0
1928	26	-3.6	Eastern All-stars	BLK	Non		2	7	6	1	3	1	0	0	2	0		1		.500	.571	.667	1.238	4		0	0
1928	26	-3.6	Colored All-stars	BLK	Non		2	8	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		.000	.125	.000	.125	0		0	0
1928	26	-4.1	PTG	ECL	Maj	PTG	8	33	29	4	11	0	1	1	5	0		3		.379	.438	.552	.989	16		0	1
1929	27	-2.9	NLG	ANL	Maj	NLG	66	276	240	34	60	12	2	1	29	5		27		.250	.326	.329	.655	79		0	9
1930	28	-2.6	New York	BLK	Non		51	203	178	35	49	8	4	3	22	1		13		.275	.325	.416	.740	74		0	12
1931	29	-1.2	Hilldale	BLK	Non		49	181	163	20	40	4	3	2	21	0		10		.245	.289	.344	.633	56		0	8
1932	30	0.1	New York	BLK	Non		28	117	108	13	29	7	1	0	18	4		8		.269	.319	.352	.671	38		0	1
1933	31	-0.9	New York	BLK	Non		15	67	62	7	14	2	0	0	6	1		3		.226	.262	.258	.520	16		0	2
1934	32	2.0	New York	BLK	Non		22	80	67	8	16	3	0	2	15	1		9		.239	.329	.373	.702	25		0	4
1935	33		2 Teams	NN2	Maj	BE-NYC	36	129	112	11	24	5	0	0	11	1		12		.214	.290	.259	.549	29		0	5
1935	33	3.6	BE	NN2	Maj	BE	35	128	111	11	23	5	0	0	11	1		12		.207	.285	.252	.537	28		0	5
1935	33	3.6	NYC	NN2	Maj	NYC	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1		0	0
1936	34		2 Teams	NN2	Maj	NYC-PS	40	135	118	13	33	4	0	5	21	0		11		.280	.341	.441	.782	52		0	6
1936	34	4.6	PS	NN2	Maj	PS	39	130	114	11	30	4	0	5	19	0		11		.263	.328	.430	.758	49		0	5
1936	34	4.6	NYC	NN2	Maj	NYC	1	5	4	2	3	0	0	0	2	0		0		.750	.750	.750	1.500	3		0	1
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Majors (5 seasons)					Majors		181	664	579	73	152	23	6	7	72	10		62		.263	.334	.359	.693	208		0	23
Black Baseball (6 seasons)					Black Baseball		169	663	591	84	151	25	8	7	84	7		45		.255	.308	.360	.669	213		0	27
All Levels (10 Seasons)							350	1327	1170	157	303	48	14	14	156	17		107		.259	.321	.360	.681	421		0	50