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Bill Hunnefield
William Fenton Hunnefield (Wild Bill)

Bats Both, Throws Right
Height 5' 10", Weight 165 lb.
School Northeastern University

Debut April 17, 1926
Final Game September 27, 1931
Born January 5, 1899 in Dedham, MA
Died August 28, 1976 in Nantucket, MA

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        "Wild Bill" is my grandfather, and his best piece of advice was "Nick, 80 percent of success goes to those who show up!"

Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1926 27 CHW AL 131  470   81  129  26  4   3   48  24  9  37  28  .274  .329  .366   84  172  31           1    
 1927 28 CHW AL 112  365   45  104  25  1   2   36  15 13  25  24  .285  .332  .375   85  137  15           1    
 1928 29 CHW AL  94  333   42   98   8  3   2   24  16  6  26  24  .294  .351  .354   86  118   6           3    
 1929 30 CHW AL  47  127   13   23   5  0   0    9   5  2   7   3  .181  .224  .220   15   28   1           0    
 1930 31 CHW AL  31   81   11   22   2  0   1    5   1  1   4  10  .272  .314  .333   66   27   7           1    
 1931 32 TOT     96  288   38   76   9  1   1   22   6  1  18  22  .264  .307  .313   66   90   5           0    
         TOT NL  75  217   25   59   5  0   1   18   3      9  18  .272  .301  .309   66   67   3           0    
         CLE AL  21   71   13   17   4  1   0    4   3  1   9   4  .239  .325  .324   67   23   2           0    
         BSN NL  11   21    2    6   0  0   0    1   0      0   2  .286  .286  .286   56    6   2           0    
         NYG NL  64  196   23   53   5  0   1   17   3      9  16  .270  .302  .311   67   61   1           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 6 Seasons      511 1664  230  452  75  9   9  144  67 32 117 111  .272  .322  .344   75  572  65   0   0   6   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        528   73  143  24  3   3   46  21 10  37  35  .272  .322  .344   75  181  21   0   0   2   0
 Career High    131  470   81  129  26  4   3   48  24 13  37  28  .294  .351  .375   86  172  31   0   0   3   0
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1926 27 CHW AL  539  381   57   4.0   106| .274  .285| .329  .356| .366  .399| .695  .755|  84  .427 -11.1  -1.1  72%
 1927 28 CHW AL  406  289   43   4.0   109| .285  .290| .332  .358| .375  .408| .707  .766|  85  .409  -8.0  -0.8  53%
 1928 29 CHW AL  368  247   42   4.5   107| .294  .287| .351  .352| .354  .408| .705  .761|  86  .480  -6.5  -0.6  72%
 1929 30 CHW AL  135  107    6   1.5   111| .181  .290| .224  .357| .220  .420| .444  .777|  15  .101 -16.3  -1.6  71%
 1930 31 CHW AL   93   67    8   3.2   113| .272  .291| .314  .355| .333  .428| .647  .783|  66  .284  -4.1  -0.4  50%
 1931 32 TOT     311  218   28   3.4   104| .264  .285| .307  .347| .313  .404| .620  .751|  66  .360 -14.2  -1.3  85%
         TOT NL  229  161   20   3.3   102| .272  .283| .301  .341| .309  .399| .610  .740|  66  .353 -10.7  -1.0     
         CLE AL   82   57    8   3.8   113| .239  .294| .325  .362| .324  .420| .649  .782|  67  .379  -3.4  -0.3  75%
         BSN NL   23   17    2   3.1   101| .286  .281| .286  .340| .286  .397| .572  .737|  56  .331  -1.4  -0.1     
         NYG NL  206  144   18   3.3   102| .270  .283| .302  .341| .311  .399| .613  .740|  67  .356  -9.4  -0.9     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 6 Seasons      1852 1309  184   3.8   107| .272  .287| .322  .354| .344  .407| .666  .761|  75  .391 -60.1  -5.8     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1926 27 CHW AL SS 98 185 257 33 44 .931 .944 4.51 4.64 3B 17 25 37 2 2 .969 .951 3.65 3.14 2B 15 40 41 2 8 .976 .967 5.40 5.33 1927 28 CHW AL SS 79 153 211 26 38 .933 .945 4.61 4.86 2B 17 32 32 3 3 .955 .961 3.76 5.33 3B 1 3 1 0 0 1.000 .952 4.00 3.10 1928 29 CHW AL 2B 82 167 249 14 48 .967 .963 5.07 5.31 SS 3 8 10 0 1 1.000 .938 6.00 4.73 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.00 1929 30 CHW AL 2B 29 65 90 5 18 .969 .968 5.34 5.48 3B 4 2 5 0 0 1.000 .946 1.75 2.90 SS 2 1 1 1 0 .667 .952 1.00 4.65 1930 31 CHW AL SS 22 31 37 5 9 .932 .941 3.09 4.56 1B 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 9.50 1931 32 TOT 2B 61 113 142 13 27 .951 .964 4.18 5.22 TOT SS 26 42 53 15 10 .864 .939 3.65 4.83 TOT NL 2B 60 113 142 13 27 .951 .964 4.25 5.22 CLE AL SS 21 36 45 14 8 .853 .936 3.86 4.77 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.50 BSN NL 3B 5 6 13 3 0 .864 .945 3.80 2.72 2B 4 1 2 0 0 1.000 .968 0.75 5.22 NYG NL 2B 56 112 140 13 27 .951 .964 4.50 5.22 SS 5 6 8 1 2 .933 .952 2.80 5.06
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1930 31 CHW AL 1B 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 9.50 1926 27 CHW AL 2B 15 40 41 2 8 .976 .967 5.40 5.33 1927 28 CHW AL 2B 17 32 32 3 3 .955 .961 3.76 5.33 1928 29 CHW AL 2B 82 167 249 14 48 .967 .963 5.07 5.31 1929 30 CHW AL 2B 29 65 90 5 18 .969 .968 5.34 5.48 1931 32 TOT 2B 61 113 142 13 27 .951 .964 4.18 5.22 TOT NL 2B 60 113 142 13 27 .951 .964 4.25 5.22 CLE AL 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.50 BSN NL 2B 4 1 2 0 0 1.000 .968 0.75 5.22 NYG NL 2B 56 112 140 13 27 .951 .964 4.50 5.22 1926 27 CHW AL 3B 17 25 37 2 2 .969 .951 3.65 3.14 1927 28 CHW AL 3B 1 3 1 0 0 1.000 .952 4.00 3.10 1928 29 CHW AL 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.00 1929 30 CHW AL 3B 4 2 5 0 0 1.000 .946 1.75 2.90 1931 32 BSN NL 3B 5 6 13 3 0 .864 .945 3.80 2.72 1926 27 CHW AL SS 98 185 257 33 44 .931 .944 4.51 4.64 1927 28 CHW AL SS 79 153 211 26 38 .933 .945 4.61 4.86 1928 29 CHW AL SS 3 8 10 0 1 1.000 .938 6.00 4.73 1929 30 CHW AL SS 2 1 1 1 0 .667 .952 1.00 4.65 1930 31 CHW AL SS 22 31 37 5 9 .932 .941 3.09 4.56 1931 32 TOT SS 26 42 53 15 10 .864 .939 3.65 4.83 CLE AL SS 21 36 45 14 8 .853 .936 3.86 4.77 NYG NL SS 5 6 8 1 2 .933 .952 2.80 5.06
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Position Total SS 230 420 569 80 102 .925 .944 4.30 4.73 2B 204 417 554 37 104 .963 .964 4.76 5.31 3B 28 36 56 5 2 .948 .949 3.29 3.02 1B 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 9.50 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Overall Total 463 875 1179 122 208 .944 .954 4.44 4.89
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.

Stolen Bases
1926 AL-24-2
1928 AL-16-8

Sac. Hits
1926 AL-31-2

Caught Stealing
1927 AL-13-5

Gray Ink: Batting - 4 (1790) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 2.0 (3488) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

June 28, 1930: Traded by the Chicago White Sox with Bob Weiland to the Toledo (American Association) for Greg Mulleavy.

September 30, 1930: Drafted by the Cleveland Indians from the Toledo (American Association) in the 1930 rule 5 draft.

May 28, 1931: Selected off waivers by the Boston Braves from the Cleveland Indians.

June 30, 1931: Selected off waivers by the New York Giants from the Boston Braves.


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