Bill Atkinson

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

5-7, 165lb (170cm, 74kg)

Born: October 4, 1954 in Chatham, Canada ca

High School: John McGregor SS (Chatham, ON)

Debut: September 18, 1976 (Age 21-350d, 13,828th in major league history)
vs. STL 3.0 IP, 3 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: September 26, 1979 (Age 24-357d)
vs. PIT 0.0 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 2 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1977 season

Full Name: William Cecil Glenn Atkinson

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.9

ERA

3.42

147.1

WHIP

1.296

Summary of 17 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 1 walk-off, 2 tying, 3 go ahead

1 Tm
MON	17

Platoon
vs RHB	11
vs LHB	6

Home/Road
Away	10
Home	7

Outs
0	8
2	5
1	4

7 Opps
CHC	4
CIN	4
SDP	2
SFG	2
PIT	2
ATL	2
STL	1

15 Batters
Biff Pocoroba	2
Dave Concepción	2
Willie McCovey	1
Bobby Murcer	1
Ted Simmons	1
Gary Alexander	1
Champ Summers	1
Mike Vail	1
Rennie Stennett	1
Jim Fregosi	1
George Mitterwald	1
Gene Tenace	1
Dave Kingman	1
Doug Rader	1
George Foster	1

6 Parks
Stade Olymp. (MON)	7
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	3
Cinergy Fld (CIN)	3
Atl-Fulton (ATL)	2
Busch Stad (STL)	1
3Com Park (SFO)	1

Where Hit
7	9
9	2
8	1
89	1
78	1

1 Inside the Park

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	13
2·HR gms	2

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	10
123	2
1--	2
12-	1
--3	1
-2-	1

29 Runs
RISP	5
0 on	10
1 on	4
2 on	1
3 on	2
Any on	7

Inning
4	2
5	1
7	3
8	2
9	7
Extra	2

4-6	3
7-end	14

RelScore
+4..	2
+3	4
+2	1
Tied	2
-1	2
-2	2
-3	1
-4..	3

Ahead	7
Tied	2
Behind	8

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
PH	4
C	3
LF	3
1B	2
SS	2
2B	1
RF	1
3B	1

OrderPos
6th	5
4th	4
5th	3
9th	2
8th	2
7th	1

Leverage
High Lev	6
Medium Lev	3
Low Lev	8

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1977	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1977-05-17	Biff Pocoroba	ATL		MON	behind 5-6	b 9	2	123	4	6	PH	72%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run; J. Moore Scores; P. Rockett Scores; G. Matthews Scores
2	2	2	1	1977-05-21	Doug Rader	SDP	@	MON	tied 7-7	t 12	1	---	1	6	5	39%	83%		Home Run (Deep LF)
3	3	3	1	1977-06-12 (2)	Champ Summers	CIN		MON	behind 4-8	b 4	0	---	1	9	PH	7%	21%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to RF (CF-RF)
4	4	4	2	1977-06-12 (2)	Dave Concepción	CIN		MON	behind 6-8	b 4	2	--3	2	5	6	22%	51%		Home Run (LF-CF); D. Driessen Scores
5	5	5	1	1977-06-17	George Foster	CIN	@	MON	ahead 8-4	t 9	0	---	1	5	7	1%	99%		Home Run (Deep CF)
6	6	6	1	1977-07-04 (2)	George Mitterwald	CHC		MON	behind 4-7	b 9	0	---	1	8	2	5%	10%		Home Run (Deep LF)
7	7	7	2	1977-07-04 (2)	Bobby Murcer	CHC		MON	behind 5-7	b 9	0	---	1	9	PH	11%	21%		Home Run (Deep LF)
8	8	8	1	1977-07-12	Jim Fregosi	PIT	@	MON	tied 4-4	t 12	0	---	1	6	3	35%	85%		Home Run (Deep LF)
9	9	9	1	1977-07-25	Gary Alexander	SFG		MON	behind 0-4	b 9	0	12-	3	8	PH	11%	19%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Evans Scores; J. LeMaster Scores
10	10	10	1	1977-08-01	Willie McCovey	SFG	@	MON	ahead 7-2	t 7	2	---	1	5	3	2%	98%		Home Run (Deep RF)
11	11	11	1	1977-08-04	Biff Pocoroba	ATL		MON	ahead 4-2	b 8	0	---	1	6	2	4%	97%		Home Run
12	12	12	1	1977-08-09	Gene Tenace	SDP	@	MON	ahead 6-3	t 9	2	-2-	2	6	2	3%	99%		Home Run; D. Winfield Scores
1978	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
13	13	1	1	1978-05-07 (1)	Dave Concepción	CIN		MON	behind 3-14	b 8	1	1--	2	7	6	0%	0%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Werner Scores
14	14	2	1	1978-05-21	Rennie Stennett	PIT	@	MON	ahead 3-0	t 9	2	123	4	4	4	2%	100%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Dyer Scores; F. Taveras Scores; D. Parker Scores
15	15	3	1	1978-06-23	Ted Simmons	STL		MON	ahead 6-3	b 7	1	1--	2	4	7	4%	99%		Home Run (Deep RF); K. Hernandez Scores
16	16	4	1	1978-09-05	Dave Kingman	CHC		MON	behind 3-4	b 5	0	---	1	4	7	16%	57%		Home Run (Deep LF)
17	17	5	1	1978-09-09	Mike Vail	CHC	@	MON	ahead 5-2	t 7	1	---	1	4	9	5%	95%		Home Run (Deep LF)