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Bill Posedel
William John Posedel (Sailor Bill or Barnacle Bill)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 175 lb.

Debut April 23, 1938
Final Game September 13, 1946
Born August 2, 1906 in San Francisco, CA
Died November 28, 1989 in Livermore, CA

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Pitching  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1938 31 BRO NL   8   9  33  17   6   1   8  1  140.0  178   96   88  14   46   49   2   9   629       1  5.66  3.90   69 1.600
 1939 32 BSN NL  15  13  33  29  18   5   3  0  220.7  221  103   96   8   78   73   0   1   927       1  3.92  3.68   94 1.355
 1940 33 BSN NL  12  17  35  32  18   0   2  1  233.0  263  118  107  16   81   86   1   3  1008       0  4.13  3.73   90 1.476
 1941 34 BSN NL   4   4  18   9   3   0   4  0   57.3   61   36   31   6   30   10   0   2   253       0  4.87  3.56   73 1.587
 1946 39 BSN NL   2   0  19   0   0   0  10  4   28.3   34   24   22   4   13    9   0   1   127       0  6.99  3.45   49 1.659
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  5 Yr WL% .488  41  43 138  87  45   6  27  6  679.3  757  377  344  48  248  227   3  16  2944       2  4.56  3.72   82 1.479
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    12  12  41  26  13   1   8  1  205.0  228  113  103  14   74   68   0   4   889   0   0  4.56  3.72   82 1.479
 Career High     15  17  35  32  18   5  10  4  233.0  263  118  107  16   81   86   2   9  1008   0   1  3.92  3.90   94 1.355

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1938 31 BRO NL  33   44    3   10   1  0   0    1   0      2   8  .227  .261  .250   40   11   4           0   1
 1939 32 BSN NL  33   73    3    8   1  0   0    7   0      4  18  .110  .156  .123  -22    9   5           0   2
 1940 33 BSN NL  35   82    6   14   4  0   0   10   0      6  11  .171  .227  .220   26   18   2           0   3
 1941 34 BSN NL  18   25    1    8   2  0   0    3   0      0   1  .320  .320  .400  106   10   1           0   1
 1946 39 BSN NL  19    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 5 Seasons      138  227   13   40   8  0   0   21   0  0  12  38  .176  .218  .211   20   48  12   0   0   0   7
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        266   15   47   9  0   0   25   0  0  14  45  .176  .218  .211   20   56  14   0   0   0   8
 Career High     35   82    6   14   4  0   0   10   0  0   6  18                          18   5   0   0   0   3
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1938 31 BRO NL   50   39    3   2.1   100| .227  .277| .261  .341| .250  .394| .511  .736|  40  .200  -3.7  -0.4     
 1939 32 BSN NL   82   72    1   0.4    97| .110  .272| .156  .336| .123  .388| .279  .724| -22  .010 -12.3  -1.2     
 1940 33 BSN NL   90   73    4   1.5    94| .171  .266| .227  .330| .220  .382| .447  .712|  26  .121  -8.0  -0.8     
 1941 34 BSN NL   26   19    3   4.2    90| .320  .260| .320  .329| .400  .366| .720  .696| 106  .509   0.1   0.0     
 1946 39 BSN NL    3    3    0   0.0    93| .000  .263| .000  .339| .000  .369| .000  .708|-100  .000  -0.8  -0.1     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 5 Seasons       251  206   11   1.4    96| .176  .269| .218  .334| .211  .385| .429  .719|  20  .113 -24.7  -2.5     

* 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 ------+
1938 31 BRO NL P 33 5 23 2 2 .933 .966 0.85 1.13 1.80 2.21 17 140.0 1939 32 BSN NL P 33 10 40 4 1 .926 .960 1.52 1.09 2.04 2.19 29 220.7 1940 33 BSN NL P 35 17 42 3 3 .952 .962 1.69 1.10 2.28 2.22 32 233.0 1941 34 BSN NL P 18 3 11 1 2 .933 .966 0.78 1.09 2.20 2.23 9 57.3 1946 39 BSN NL P 19 1 4 0 0 1.000 .962 0.26 1.01 1.59 2.23 0 28.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1938 31 BRO NL P 33 5 23 2 2 .933 .966 0.85 1.13 1.80 2.21 17 140.0 1939 32 BSN NL P 33 10 40 4 1 .926 .960 1.52 1.09 2.04 2.19 29 220.7 1940 33 BSN NL P 35 17 42 3 3 .952 .962 1.69 1.10 2.28 2.22 32 233.0 1941 34 BSN NL P 18 3 11 1 2 .933 .966 0.78 1.09 2.20 2.23 9 57.3 1946 39 BSN NL P 19 1 4 0 0 1.000 .962 0.26 1.01 1.59 2.23 0 28.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 138 36 120 10 8 .940 .962 1.13 1.09 2.07 2.21 87 679.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 138 36 120 10 8 .940 .962 1.13 1.09 2.07 2.21 87 679
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.

Wins
1939 NL-15-7

Hits Allowed/9IP
1939 NL-9.01-10

Saves
1946 NL-4-6

Innings
1940 NL-233.0-10

Games Started
1939 NL-29-10
1940 NL-32-7

Comp. Games
1939 NL-18-5
1940 NL-18-6

Shutouts
1939 NL-5-2

Home Runs Allow.
1938 NL-14-9

Bases On Balls Allow.
1940 NL-81-10

Hits Allowed
1940 NL-263-3

Losses
1940 NL-17-3

Earned Runs Allow.
1940 NL-107-4

Wild Pitches
1938 NL-9-3

Batters Faced
1940 NL-1008-7

Oldest Player
1946 NL-39-4

     

Gray Ink: Pitching - 19 (1086) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 2.0 (1779) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 2.0 (1611) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

September 5, 1937: Purchased by the Brooklyn Dodgers from the Portland (PCL).

March 31, 1939: Traded by the Brooklyn Dodgers to the Boston Bees for Al Todd.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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