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Bill Virdon CFPirates

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Career Summary
Years PA AVG OBP SLG DRC+ WARP
12 6522 .267 .316 .379 85 10.7
Birth Date6-9-1931
Height6' 0"
Weight175 lbs
Age92 years, 10 months, 17 days
BatsL
ThrowsR
WARP Summary

MLB Statistics

YEAR TEAM AGE G PA H 2B 3B HR BB SO HBP SB CS AVG OBP SLG DRC+ DRAA BRR FRAA BWARP
1955 SLN 24 144 586 150 18 6 17 36 64 1 2 4 .281 .322 .433 84 -8.0 -2.7 0.2 0.4
1956 PIT 25 133 547 170 21 10 8 33 63 1 6 6 .334 .374 .462 103 4.0 -2.7 -4.9 0.9
1956 SLN 25 24 80 15 2 0 2 5 8 1 0 1 .211 .269 .324 102 0.7 1.0 0.2 0.4
1957 PIT 26 144 605 141 28 11 8 33 69 0 3 3 .251 .291 .383 71 -16.4 -0.1 3.2 0.3
1958 PIT 27 144 662 161 24 11 9 52 70 1 5 3 .267 .324 .387 92 -2.9 -0.5 -3.3 1.3
1959 PIT 28 144 583 132 24 2 8 55 65 2 7 4 .254 .327 .355 87 -3.3 3.2 6.1 2.4
1960 PIT 29 120 454 108 16 9 8 40 44 0 8 2 .264 .326 .406 97 1.7 6.7 7.2 3.1
1961 PIT 30 146 660 156 22 8 9 49 45 0 5 8 .260 .313 .369 81 -10.8 4.2 -10.1 0.4
1962 PIT 31 156 705 164 27 10 6 36 65 1 5 13 .247 .286 .345 68 -22.2 1.6 -13.5 -1.3
1963 PIT 32 142 607 149 22 6 8 43 55 0 1 2 .269 .321 .374 95 1.2 0.8 -4.0 1.6
1964 PIT 33 145 511 115 11 3 3 30 48 0 1 5 .243 .287 .298 73 -12.4 1.2 -3.6 -0.1
1965 PIT 34 135 519 134 22 5 4 30 49 1 4 3 .279 .322 .370 91 -2.1 2.4 -3.2 1.2
1968 PIT 37 6 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 .333 .333 1.333 69 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0.0
Career158365221596237819144264784754.267.316.37985-70.715.2-26.010.7

Statistics for All Levels

'opp' stats - Quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.
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YEAR Team Lg LG G PA oppAVG oppOBP oppSLG BABIP BPF BRAA repLVL POS_ADJ DRC+ DRC+ SD FRAA BRR DRAA BWARP
1955 SLN MLB NL 144 586 .260 .325 .416 .288 102 3.8 14.5 -0.1 84 13 0.2 -2.7 -8.0 0.4
1956 PIT MLB NL 133 547 .251 .312 .395 .368 81 28.4 11.6 1 103 11 -4.9 -2.7 4.0 0.9
1956 SLN MLB NL 24 80 .262 .323 .410 .210 88 -1.9 2.2 0.2 102 11 0.2 1.0 0.7 0.4
1957 PIT MLB NL 144 605 .258 .317 .396 .273 101 -13.9 15.1 1.4 71 12 3.2 -0.1 -16.4 0.3
1958 PIT MLB NL 144 662 .261 .325 .409 .288 110 -2 17.6 1.6 92 6 -3.3 -0.5 -2.9 1.3
1959 PIT MLB NL 144 583 .262 .324 .402 .277 103 -4.1 15.8 1.4 87 10 6.1 3.2 -3.3 2.4
1960 PIT MLB NL 120 454 .256 .318 .395 .276 89 12.3 12.3 1.1 97 11 7.2 6.7 1.7 3.1
1961 PIT MLB NL 146 660 .262 .324 .408 .266 99 -5 18.7 1.7 81 5 -10.1 4.2 -10.8 0.4
1962 PIT MLB NL 156 705 .264 .326 .399 .266 98 -24.8 19.5 1.8 68 10 -13.5 1.6 -22.2 -1.3
1963 PIT MLB NL 142 607 .244 .301 .363 .287 96 3.4 15.0 1.4 95 8 -4.0 0.8 1.2 1.6
1964 PIT MLB NL 145 511 .253 .308 .376 .264 100 -15.7 12.8 1.1 73 10 -3.6 1.2 -12.4 -0.1
1965 PIT MLB NL 135 519 .251 .308 .382 .304 100 -0.5 12.2 1.1 91 8 -3.2 2.4 -2.1 1.2
1968 PIT MLB NL 6 3 .231 .294 .328 .000 92 1 0.1 0 69 14 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0.0

Statistics For All Levels

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Year Team lvl LG PA AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO SB CS AVG OBP SLG ISO SF SH
1955 SLN MLB NL 586 534 58 150 18 6 17 231 68 36 64 2 4 .281 .322 .433 .152 9 6
1956 PIT MLB NL 547 509 67 170 21 10 8 235 37 33 63 6 6 .334 .374 .462 .128 2 2
1956 SLN MLB NL 80 71 10 15 2 0 2 23 9 5 8 0 1 .211 .269 .324 .113 1 2
1957 PIT MLB NL 605 561 59 141 28 11 8 215 50 33 69 3 3 .251 .291 .383 .132 3 8
1958 PIT MLB NL 662 604 75 161 24 11 9 234 46 52 70 5 3 .267 .324 .387 .121 3 2
1959 PIT MLB NL 583 519 67 132 24 2 8 184 41 55 65 7 4 .254 .327 .355 .100 2 5
1960 PIT MLB NL 454 409 60 108 16 9 8 166 40 40 44 8 2 .264 .326 .406 .142 5 0
1961 PIT MLB NL 660 599 81 156 22 8 9 221 58 49 45 5 8 .260 .313 .369 .109 7 5
1962 PIT MLB NL 705 663 82 164 27 10 6 229 47 36 65 5 13 .247 .286 .345 .098 3 2
1963 PIT MLB NL 607 554 58 149 22 6 8 207 53 43 55 1 2 .269 .321 .374 .105 1 9
1964 PIT MLB NL 511 473 59 115 11 3 3 141 27 30 48 1 5 .243 .287 .298 .055 3 5
1965 PIT MLB NL 519 481 58 134 22 5 4 178 24 30 49 4 3 .279 .322 .370 .091 0 7
1968 PIT MLB NL 3 3 1 1 0 0 1 4 2 0 2 0 0 .333 .333 1.333 1.000 0 0

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr% CSAA

Injury History  —  No longer being updated

Last Update: 12/31/2014 23:59 ET

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2019 Preseason Forecast

Last Update: 1/27/2017 12:35 ET

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BP Chats

DateQuestionAnswer
2009-02-06 13:00:00 (link to chat)Steven, Taken in context with the era he was playing in, where would you rank Bobby Murcer’s 1971 offensive season (.331/.427/.543) with those of other Yankee stars of the past 40 years? The numbers are gaudy enough by today’s standards, but given the norms of the early 70’s (1971 A.L. average .247/.317/364), that has to be considered a bona fide monster season. Ironically, Murcer finished 7th in the MVP voting that year, while he finished 5th the following season after a somewhat inferior, if still impressive, performance (.292/.361/.537). It’s been 34 years, but aside from rumored personality clashes with Gabe Paul and Bill Virdon, I still can’t figure out what the Yanks were thinking when they sent Murcer packing to S.F. in October, 1974. His disappointing showing at Shea that season (though he caught fire in September and carried the offense during the team’s ill-fated pennant drive) seemed to be insufficient reason to jettison the team’s best player; especially when they’d shortly be returning to Yankee Stadium’s short porch after one last season at Shea.
(Rich from NJ)		I know I've written about Murcer's 1971-72 before. He was crazy good in those years, a 10-win player in context. If you ranked all the big seasons by the Yankees, these would rank somewhere after all the big Ruth/Gehrig/DiMaggio/Mantle seasons, but still quite high up the list. I don't know what went wrong between Murcer and George Steinbrenner and I got the sense that neither did he, though it might just be that George's hair-trigger impatience got the better of him after Murcer's rough showing at Shea. You're right that those years deserve to be better remembered. Unfortunately, no one was thinking about offensive context in the early 70s. (Steven Goldman)


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