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Bill Parsons
William Raymond Parsons
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 6" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: August 17, 1948 in Riverside, CA
School: University of Utah
Drafted by the Seattle Pilots in the 7th round of the 1968 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 13, 1971
Final Game: September 28, 1974
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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+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1971 22 MIL AL 13 17 .433 3.20 36 35 0 12 4 0 244.2 219 95 87 19 93 10 139 4 0 5 1022 108 1.275 8.1 0.7 3.4 5.1 1.49 RoY-2
1972 23 MIL AL 13 13 .500 3.91 33 30 0 10 2 0 214.0 194 102 93 27 68 8 111 3 1 5 892 77 1.224 8.2 1.1 2.9 4.7 1.63
1973 24 MIL AL 3 6 .333 6.79 20 17 0 0 0 0 59.2 59 50 45 6 67 1 30 0 2 9 300 55 2.112 8.9 0.9 10.1 4.5 0.45
1974 25 OAK AL 0 0 0.00 4 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 10 2.000 4.5 0.0 13.5 9.0 0.67
4 Seasons 29 36 .446 3.89 93 82 1 22 6 0 520.1 473 247 225 52 231 19 282 7 3 19 2224 85 1.353 8.2 0.9 4.0 4.9 1.22
162 Game Avg. 11 14 .446 3.89 36 32 0 9 2 0 202 184 96 87 20 90 7 110 3 1 7 864 85 1.353 8.2 0.9 4.0 4.9 1.22
MIL (3 yrs) 29 36 .446 3.91 89 82 0 22 6 0 518.1 472 247 225 52 228 19 280 7 3 19 2214 85 1.350 8.2 0.9 4.0 4.9 1.23
OAK (1 yr) 0 0 0.00 4 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 10 2.000 4.5 0.0 13.5 9.0 0.67

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1971 22 MIL AL 36 88 72 4 12 3 0 1 8 0 0 8 31 .167 .250 .250 .500 44 18 1 0 8 0 0 1 RoY-2
1972 23 MIL AL 33 78 67 4 11 1 0 0 7 0 0 3 30 .164 .194 .179 .374 13 12 1 0 6 2 0 1
4 Seasons 69 166 139 8 23 4 0 1 15 0 0 11 61 .165 .224 .216 .440 30 30 2 0 14 2 0
162 Game Avg. 162 390 326 19 54 9 0 2 35 0 0 26 143 .165 .224 .216 .440 30 70 5 0 33 5 0

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1971 MIL AL 22 P 36 35 244.2 56 22 34 0 4 1.000 2.06 1.56 .955 1.98 0.77 RoY-2
1972 MIL AL 23 P 33 30 214.0 30 8 22 0 1 1.000 1.26 0.91 .947 1.86 0.75
1973 MIL AL 24 P 20 17 59.2 12 2 9 1 0 .917 1.66 0.55 .950 1.86 0.86
1974 OAK AL 25 P 4 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 0.82
4 Seasons P 93 82 520.1 98 32 65 1 5 .990 1.68 1.04 .952 1.91 0.78
4 Seasons TOT 93 82 520.1 98 32 65 1 5 .990 1.68 1.04 .942 1.91 0.78

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Shutouts s c a p y
1971 AL--4--7th

Home Runs s c a p y
1972 AL--27--3rd

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1971 AL--93--8th

Losses s c a p y
1971 AL--17--2nd

Earned Runs s c a p y
1972 AL--93--3rd

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 1 (2515), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 6 (1212), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

June 7, 1968: Drafted by the Seattle Pilots in the 7th round of the 1968 amateur draft.

June 24, 1974: Traded by the Milwaukee Brewers with cash to the Oakland Athletics for Deron Johnson.

December 2, 1974: Purchased by the St. Louis Cardinals from the Oakland Athletics.

July 7, 1975: Sent by the St. Louis Cardinals to the Chicago White Sox to complete an earlier deal made on June 30, 1975. The St. Louis Cardinals sent a player to be named later and cash to the Chicago White Sox for Buddy Bradford.

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