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Bill Bonham
William Gordon Bonham

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 3", Weight 195 lb.
School University of California, Los Angeles

Debut April 7, 1971
vs. STL 0.0 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 3 BB, 1 ER
Final Game July 26, 1980
Born October 1, 1948 in Glendale, CA

Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent in 1970. (All Transactions)

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Pitching Glossary / /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1971 22 CHC NL   2   1  33   2   0   0   4  0   60.0   63   38   31   6   36   41   5   5   272   5   1  4.65  3.92   84 1.650
 1972 23 CHC NL   1   1  19   4   0   0   8  4   57.7   56   22   20   4   25   49   1   2   245   2   0  3.12  3.80  122 1.405
 1973 24 CHC NL   7   5  44  15   3   0  14  6  152.0  126   55   51  10   64  121   4   9   627   7   1  3.02  3.93  130 1.250
 1974 25 CHC NL  11  22  44  36  10   2   6  1  242.7  246  133  104  13  109  191   6  13  1079   8   8  3.86  3.81   99 1.463
 1975 26 CHC NL  13  15  38  36   7   2   1  0  229.3  254  133  120  15  109  165   5  12  1035   6   0  4.71  3.85   82 1.583
 1976 27 CHC NL   9  13  32  31   3   0   0  0  196.0  215  102   93  11   96  110   2  10   879   2   2  4.27  3.82   89 1.587
 1977 28 CHC NL  10  13  34  34   1   0   0  0  214.7  207  111  104  15   82  134   3   3   915  16   2  4.36  4.38  101 1.346
 1978 29 CIN NL  11   5  23  23   1   0   0  0  140.3  151   59   55   9   50   83   1   8   610   8   2  3.53  3.58  102 1.432
 1979 30 CIN NL   9   7  29  29   2   0   0  0  175.7  173   80   74  14   60   78   8   6   741   3   3  3.79  3.78  100 1.326
 1980 31 CIN NL   2   1   4   4   0   0   0  0   19.0   21   10   10   1    5   13   0   0    81   0   0  4.74  3.61   76 1.368
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 10 Yr WL% .475  75  83 300 214  27   4  33 11 1487.3 1512  743  662  98  636  985  35  68  6484  57  19  4.01  3.89   97 1.444
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     9  10  39  28   3   0   4  1  196.7  200   98   87  12   84  130   4   8   857   7   2  4.01  3.89   97 1.444
 Career High     13  22  44  36  10   2  14  6  242.7  254  133  120  15  109  191   8  13  1079  16   8  3.02  4.38  130 1.250

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Batting Glossary / /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1971 22 CHC NL  33   12    2    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   4  .167  .167  .167  -10    2   0   0   0   0   0
 1972 23 CHC NL  19   14    3    4   0  0   0    1   0  0   2   3  .286  .375  .286   83    4   3   0   0   0   0
 1973 24 CHC NL  44   43    1    4   0  0   0    1   0  0   0  17  .093  .093  .093  -50    4   6   0   0   0   1
 1974 25 CHC NL  48   84    8   12   2  0   0    4   0  0   2  25  .143  .163  .167   -8   14   5   0   0   0   4
 1975 26 CHC NL  40   82    8   15   1  1   0    6   0  0   1  19  .183  .190  .220   12   18   8   1   0   0   1
 1976 27 CHC NL  32   65    6   13   4  0   0    2   0  0   2  15  .200  .224  .262   34   17   7   0   0   0   1
 1977 28 CHC NL  35   65    3   15   3  0   0    3   0  0   1  14  .231  .242  .277   34   18  11   0   0   0   1
 1978 29 CIN NL  23   43    2    8   3  0   0    5   0  0   4   9  .186  .271  .256   48   11   8   0   0   1   0
 1979 30 CIN NL  29   57    3    8   2  0   0    2   0  0   0  18  .140  .140  .175  -14   10   6   0   0   0   1
 1980 31 CIN NL   4    6    1    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   1  .000  .143  .000  -57    0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 10 Seasons     307  471   37   81  15  1   0   24   0  0  13 125  .172  .195  .208   10   98  54   1   0   1   9
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        249   20   43   8  1   0   13   0  0   7  66  .172  .195  .208   10   52  28   1   0   1   5
 Career High     48   84    8   15   4  1   0    6   0  0   4  25                          18  11   1   0   1   4

Special Batting Glossary

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1971 22 CHC NL   12   10    0   0.0   102| .167  .274| .167  .342| .167  .401| .334  .743| -10  .000  -1.8  -0.2   0%
 1972 23 CHC NL   19   13    2   4.2   100| .286  .268| .375  .337| .286  .395| .661  .733|  83  .511  -0.3   0.0   0%
 1973 24 CHC NL   49   46    0   0.0   102| .093  .271| .093  .341| .093  .402| .186  .743| -50  .000  -9.1  -0.9   0%
 1974 25 CHC NL   91   81    2   0.7    97| .143  .266| .163  .338| .167  .384| .330  .722|  -8  .033 -12.7  -1.3   0%
 1975 26 CHC NL   92   77    4   1.4    99| .183  .270| .190  .342| .220  .390| .410  .732|  12  .113 -10.4  -1.1   0%
 1976 27 CHC NL   74   60    4   1.8    98| .200  .272| .224  .339| .262  .387| .486  .726|  34  .182  -6.0  -0.6   0%
 1977 28 CHC NL   77   62    5   2.2   112| .231  .282| .242  .351| .277  .430| .519  .781|  34  .201  -6.7  -0.7   0%
 1978 29 CIN NL   56   43    4   2.5    95| .186  .262| .271  .330| .256  .385| .527  .715|  48  .279  -2.9  -0.3   0%
 1979 30 CIN NL   63   56    1   0.5   100| .140  .270| .140  .336| .175  .401| .315  .737| -14  .017  -9.2  -0.9   0%
 1980 31 CIN NL    7    6    0   0.0    96| .000  .268| .143  .330| .000  .389| .143  .719| -57  .000  -1.3  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 10 Seasons      540  454   22   1.3   101| .172  .270| .195  .340| .208  .396| .403  .736|  10  .102 -60.3  -6.1   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Fielding Glossary

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
 1971 22 CHC NL   P   33      5   13    0    1 1.000  .952  0.55  0.78  2.70  1.91    2   60.0
 1972 23 CHC NL   P   19      3    9    0    0 1.000  .952  0.63  0.73  1.87  1.78    4   57.7
 1973 24 CHC NL   P   44     10   40    2    2  .962  .951  1.14  0.73  2.96  1.88   15  152.0
 1974 25 CHC NL   P   44     20   54    6    4  .925  .944  1.68  0.71  2.74  1.88   36  242.7
 1975 26 CHC NL   P   38     15   37    4    3  .929  .945  1.37  0.72  2.04  1.86   36  229.3
 1976 27 CHC NL   P   32      8   32    3    2  .930  .950  1.25  0.72  1.84  1.88   31  196.0
 1977 28 CHC NL   P   34     20   43    3    4  .955  .950  1.85  0.67  2.64  1.85   34  214.7
 1978 29 CIN NL   P   23     13   35    3    2  .941  .950  2.09  0.72  3.08  1.91   23  140.3
 1979 30 CIN NL   P   29      9   31    4    0  .909  .950  1.38  0.66  2.05  1.80   29  175.7
 1980 31 CIN NL   P    4      0    3    1    0  .750  .938  0.75  0.70  1.42  1.89    4   19.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1971 22 CHC NL   P   33      5   13    0    1 1.000  .952  0.55  0.78  2.70  1.91    2   60.0
 1972 23 CHC NL   P   19      3    9    0    0 1.000  .952  0.63  0.73  1.87  1.78    4   57.7
 1973 24 CHC NL   P   44     10   40    2    2  .962  .951  1.14  0.73  2.96  1.88   15  152.0
 1974 25 CHC NL   P   44     20   54    6    4  .925  .944  1.68  0.71  2.74  1.88   36  242.7
 1975 26 CHC NL   P   38     15   37    4    3  .929  .945  1.37  0.72  2.04  1.86   36  229.3
 1976 27 CHC NL   P   32      8   32    3    2  .930  .950  1.25  0.72  1.84  1.88   31  196.0
 1977 28 CHC NL   P   34     20   43    3    4  .955  .950  1.85  0.67  2.64  1.85   34  214.7
 1978 29 CIN NL   P   23     13   35    3    2  .941  .950  2.09  0.72  3.08  1.91   23  140.3
 1979 30 CIN NL   P   29      9   31    4    0  .909  .950  1.38  0.66  2.05  1.80   29  175.7
 1980 31 CIN NL   P    4      0    3    1    0  .750  .938  0.75  0.70  1.42  1.89    4   19.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Position Total   P* 300    103  297   26   18  .939  .949  1.33  0.72  2.42  1.86  214 1487.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Overall Total       300    103  297   26   18  .939  .949  1.33  0.72  2.42  1.86  214   1487

An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Sac. Hits
1977 NL-11-10

Won-Loss %
1978 NL-.688-3

Strikeouts/9IP
1974 NL-7.08-3
1975 NL-6.48-7

Strikeouts
1974 NL-191-6
1975 NL-165-8

Games Started
1974 NL-36-9
1975 NL-36-7

Bases On Balls Allow.
1974 NL-109-5
1975 NL-109-3
1976 NL-96-4
1977 NL-82-8

Hits Allowed
1974 NL-246-9
1975 NL-254-5

Losses
1974 NL-22-1
1975 NL-15-4

Earned Runs Allow.
1974 NL-104-4
1975 NL-120-1
1976 NL-93-5
1977 NL-104-5

Wild Pitches
1974 NL-13-3
1975 NL-12-5
1976 NL-10-8

Hit Batsmen
1974 NL-6-9
1979 NL-8-3

Batters Faced
1974 NL-1079-9
1975 NL-1035-10

Gray Ink: Pitching - 13 (1298) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 2.0 (1779) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions
June 7, 1966: Drafted by the California Angels in the 31st round of the 1966 amateur draft, but did not sign.
January 28, 1967: Drafted by the California Angels in the 4th round of the 1967 amateur draft (Secondary Phase), but did not sign.
June 7, 1968: Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 31st round of the 1968 amateur draft, but did not sign.
June 10, 1970: Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent.
October 31, 1977: Traded by the Chicago Cubs to the Cincinnati Reds for Woodie Fryman and Bill Caudill.
August 27, 1981: Released by the Cincinnati Reds.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

Uniforms
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Sac. Hits 1977 NL-11-10	Won-Loss % 1978 NL-.688-3	Strikeouts/9IP 1974 NL-7.08-3 1975 NL-6.48-7	Strikeouts 1974 NL-191-6 1975 NL-165-8	Games Started 1974 NL-36-9 1975 NL-36-7	Bases On Balls Allow. 1974 NL-109-5 1975 NL-109-3 1976 NL-96-4 1977 NL-82-8
Hits Allowed 1974 NL-246-9 1975 NL-254-5	Losses 1974 NL-22-1 1975 NL-15-4	Earned Runs Allow. 1974 NL-104-4 1975 NL-120-1 1976 NL-93-5 1977 NL-104-5	Wild Pitches 1974 NL-13-3 1975 NL-12-5 1976 NL-10-8	Hit Batsmen 1974 NL-6-9 1979 NL-8-3	Batters Faced 1974 NL-1079-9 1975 NL-1035-10