Bill Dawley

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-5, 235lb (196cm, 106kg)

Born: February 6, 1958 in Norwich, CT us

Draft: Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 7th round of the 1976 MLB June Amateur Draft from Griswold HS (Lisbon, CT).

High School: Griswold HS (Lisbon, CT)

Debut: April 15, 1983 (Age 25-068d, 14,721st in major league history)
vs. MON 3.0 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER, W

Last Game: July 4, 1989 (Age 31-148d)
vs. KCR 0.2 IP, 3 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 4 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1983 season

Full Name: William Chester Dawley

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1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

6.2

ERA

3.42

275

470.2

292

WHIP

1.245

Hit location and pitches data is shown only for seasons after 1988 (completeness summary of pitch data and hit data).

Summary of 49 Home Runs Allowed

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

0 leading off, 4 walk-off, 3 tying, 12 go ahead

4 Tms
HOU	21
STL	15
CHW	10
PHI	3

Platoon
vs RHB	31
vs LHB	18

Home/Road
Away	30
Home	19

Outs
1	23
2	18
0	8

14 Opps
CHC	9
ATL	5
NYM	4
SDP	4
CIN	4
MON	4
BAL	4
PHI	3
MIN	2
SFG	2
STL	2
LAD	2
CLE	2
CAL	2

41 Batters
Andre Dawson	4
Duane Walker	2
Dale Murphy	2
Gary Carter	2
Tim Wallach	2
Mel Hall	2
Benito Santiago	1
Ryne Sandberg	1
Jim Traber	1
Randy Bush	1
Ozzie Virgil	1
Jeffrey Leonard	1
Brian Downing	1
Bobby Brown	1
Rick Dempsey	1
Brian Giles	1
Andrés Galarraga	1
Keith Moreland	1
Jody Davis	1
Mike Marshall	1
Rob Wilfong	1
Howard Johnson	1
Ken Griffey	1
Darryl Strawberry	1
Ron Gant	1
Von Hayes	1
Mickey Hatcher	1
Pedro Guerrero	1
Buddy Bell	1
Bill Buckner	1
Andy Van Slyke	1
Carmelo Martínez	1
Claudell Washington	1
Luis Aguayo	1
Nick Esasky	1
Graig Nettles	1
Jim Dwyer	1
Steve Garvey	1
Joel Youngblood	1
Tom Herr	1
Lee Lacy	1

15 Parks
Busch Stad (STL)	8
Astrodome (HOU)	7
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	7
VeteransStad (PHI)	5
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	4
Cinergy Fld (CIN)	3
Shea Stad (NYC)	3
Memor. Stad (BAL)	3
Stade Olymp. (MON)	2
3Com Park (SFO)	2
Qualcomm St (SAN)	1
ClevelandStd (CLE)	1
Angel Stad (ANA)	1
Dodger Stad (LOS)	1
Metrodome (MIN)	1

Where Hit
7	15
9	10
8	3
78	2
89	1

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
Unk	46
1	1
7+	1
2	1

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	43
2·HR gms	3

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	26
12-	6
-2-	5
1--	4
--3	3
1-3	3
123	1
-23	1

84 Runs
RISP	19
0 on	26
1 on	12
2 on	10
3 on	1
Any on	23

Inning
3	1
4	3
5	6
6	8
7	8
8	10
9	8
Extra	5

1-3	1
4-6	17
7-end	31

RelScore
+4..	7
+3	4
+2	5
+1	4
Tied	9
-1	4
-2	5
-3	4
-4..	7

Ahead	20
Tied	9
Behind	20

Before event,
for batter

Count
Unk	46
1-0	1
0-0	1
2-2	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
RF	10
LF	8
3B	8
1B	7
2B	5
C	4
PH	3
DH	2
CF	1
SS	1

OrderPos
4th	11
5th	8
3rd	6
2nd	6
7th	5
6th	5
1st	3
9th	3
8th	2

Leverage
High Lev	13
Medium Lev	13
Low Lev	23

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1983	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1983-05-14	Dale Murphy	ATL	@	HOU	tied 3-3	t 10	2	---		1	4	9	43%	83%		Home Run (Deep CF)
2	2	2	1	1983-05-18	Tom Herr	STL		HOU	ahead 6-3	b 7	2	12-		3	7	4	5%	99%		Home Run; G. Hendrick Scores; K. Oberkfell Scores
3	3	3	1	1983-05-30	Bill Buckner	CHC		HOU	behind 6-7	b 6	2	---		1	3	3	20%	52%		Home Run
4	4	4	1	1983-07-08	Brian Giles	NYM		HOU	behind 2-6	b 9	0	---		1	7	4	2%	4%		Home Run (Deep LF)
5	5	5	1	1983-07-10	Darryl Strawberry	NYM		HOU	tied 5-5	b 8	0	1--		2	6	9	28%	95%		Home Run (Deep RF); H. Brooks Scores
6	6	6	1	1983-08-01	Bobby Brown	SDP		HOU	tied 4-4	b 10	2	12-		3	1	7	39%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run; L. Salazar Scores; R. Jones Scores
7	7	7	1	1983-08-06	Jeffrey Leonard	SFG		HOU	behind 1-3	b 6	1	---		1	5	7	13%	33%		Home Run
8	8	8	1	1983-08-18	Andy Van Slyke	STL		HOU	tied 4-4	b 10	1	---		1	3	5	43%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run
9	9	9	1	1983-09-04	Carmelo Martínez	CHC		HOU	behind 6-7	b 8	2	1-3		3	9	3	64%	93%		Home Run; D. Rohn Scores; J. Johnstone Scores
1984	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
10	10	1	1	1984-04-11	Ozzie Virgil	PHI		HOU	behind 4-6	b 9	2	--3		2	2	PH	49%	53%		Home Run; G. Maddox Scores/unER; O. Virgil Scores/Team unER
11	11	2	1	1984-06-09	Joel Youngblood	SFG		HOU	behind 3-5	b 9	2	12-		3	6	5	92%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run; A. Oliver Scores; J. Leonard Scores
12	12	3	1	1984-07-20	Gary Carter	MON	@	HOU	behind 3-8	t 9	2	---		1	4	3	0%	0%		Home Run
13	13	4	1	1984-08-05	Steve Garvey	SDP	@	HOU	ahead 7-3	t 6	1	--3		2	3	3	3%	98%		Home Run; T. Gwynn Scores
14	14	5	1	1984-09-28	Duane Walker	CIN		HOU	behind 2-3	b 9	1	---		1	1	PH	47%	58%		Home Run
1985	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
15	15	1	1	1985-04-11	Mike Marshall	LAD	@	HOU	behind 2-3	t 8	2	-2-		2	3	9	53%	73%		Home Run; K. Landreaux Scores
16	16	2	1	1985-05-04	Luis Aguayo	PHI		HOU	tied 5-5	b 13	1	1--		2	7	5	37%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run; O. Virgil Scores
17	17	3	1	1985-05-11	Duane Walker	CIN		HOU	behind 5-8	b 8	1	1--		2	9	PH	15%	23%		Home Run; R. Oester Scores
18	18	4	1	1985-06-21	Pedro Guerrero	LAD		HOU	ahead 3-2	b 5	1	---		1	4	7	12%	82%		Home Run
19	19	5	1	1985-06-27	Claudell Washington	ATL	@	HOU	ahead 3-1	t 9	0	---		1	1	9	4%	97%		Home Run
20	20	6	1	1985-07-04	Tim Wallach	MON	@	HOU	ahead 6-3	t 12	2	1-3		3	5	5	3%	100%		Home Run; A. Dawson Scores; H. Brooks Scores
21	21	7	1	1985-08-02	Graig Nettles	SDP	@	HOU	behind 6-10	t 7	0	---		1	4	5	4%	9%		Home Run
1986	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
22	22	1	1	1986-04-30	Rick Dempsey	BAL	@	CHW	behind 5-8	t 6	1	---		1	9	2	8%	19%		Home Run (Deep LF)
23	23	2	1	1986-06-11	Brian Downing	CAL	@	CHW	ahead 10-6	t 8	1	-2-		2	2	7	3%	99%		Home Run (Deep CF); D. Schofield Scores
24	24	3	1	1986-06-19	Randy Bush	MIN		CHW	behind 5-9	b 7	1	12-		3	5	7	21%	32%		Home Run (Deep RF); S. Lombardozzi Scores; K. Hrbek Scores
25	25	4	1	1986-07-09	Mel Hall	CLE	@	CHW	ahead 4-3	t 5	1	-2-		2	4	7	16%	82%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Carter Scores
26	26	5	1	1986-07-21	Mel Hall	CLE		CHW	ahead 4-2	b 5	1	---		1	4	7	8%	88%		Home Run (Deep RF)
27	27	6	1	1986-07-24	Lee Lacy	BAL		CHW	ahead 8-0	b 3	1	1-3		3	2	9	1%	100%		Home Run (Deep RF); T. O'Malley Scores; J. Bonilla Scores
28	28	7	2	1986-07-24	Jim Dwyer	BAL		CHW	ahead 11-4	b 4	1	---		1	6	DH	1%	99%		Home Run (Deep LF)
29	29	8	1	1986-07-27	Jim Traber	BAL		CHW	ahead 5-0	b 4	2	123		4	5	3	4%	99%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Bonilla Scores; L. Lacy Scores; J. Beníquez Scores
30	30	9	1	1986-09-20	Rob Wilfong	CAL		CHW	behind 4-6	b 7	1	---		1	8	4	13%	31%		Home Run (Deep RF)
31	31	10	1	1986-09-28	Mickey Hatcher	MIN	@	CHW	ahead 4-1	t 9	1	--3		2	2	DH	2%	99%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Smalley Scores
1987	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
32	32	1	1	1987-04-09	Andre Dawson	CHC		STL	behind 1-4	b 8	1	---		1	3	9	6%	12%		Home Run (Deep LF)
33	33	2	1	1987-04-21	Jody Davis	CHC	@	STL	tied 4-4	t 9	1	---		1	6	2	38%	82%		Home Run (Deep LF)
34	34	3	1	1987-04-30	Benito Santiago	SDP	@	STL	behind 2-5	t 8	2	1--		2	7	2	11%	16%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF); K. Mitchell Scores
35	35	4	1	1987-05-26	Ken Griffey	ATL	@	STL	tied 4-4	t 6	0	---		1	5	7	16%	66%		Home Run (Deep RF)
36	36	5	1	1987-05-28	Dale Murphy	ATL	@	STL	behind 4-11	t 7	1	---		1	4	9	1%	1%		Home Run (Deep RF)
37	37	6	1	1987-06-03	Nick Esasky	CIN		STL	ahead 3-1	b 5	2	12-		3	5	3	15%	95%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Larkin Scores; E. Davis Scores
38	38	7	1	1987-06-07	Andre Dawson	CHC		STL	behind 4-9	b 4	1	-23		3	3	9	13%	28%		Home Run (Deep LF); G. Matthews Scores; D. Martinez Scores
39	39	8	2	1987-06-07	Ryne Sandberg	CHC		STL	behind 7-12	b 6	0	---		1	2	4	4%	10%		Home Run (Deep LF)
40	40	9	1	1987-07-01	Gary Carter	NYM		STL	behind 3-5	b 6	0	---		1	4	2	14%	39%		Home Run (Deep LF)
41	41	10	1	1987-07-30	Howard Johnson	NYM	@	STL	ahead 4-3	t 8	1	---		1	7	6	13%	85%		Home Run (Deep RF)
42	42	11	1	1987-08-04	Tim Wallach	MON		STL	ahead 9-5	b 8	2	---		1	4	5	1%	99%		Home Run (CF-RF)
43	43	12	1	1987-08-09	Von Hayes	PHI		STL	tied 5-5	b 7	1	---		1	2	8	22%	77%		Home Run (Deep CF)
44	44	13	1	1987-09-01	Buddy Bell	CIN	@	STL	ahead 4-3	t 7	2	12-		3	5	5	25%	93%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Concepción Scores; D. Parker Scores
45	45	14	1	1987-09-27	Keith Moreland	CHC		STL	ahead 5-3	b 7	1	---		1	6	5	6%	94%		Home Run (Deep LF)
46	46	15	2	1987-09-27	Andre Dawson	CHC		STL	ahead 6-3	b 8	2	---		1	4	9	2%	99%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1988	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
47	47	1	1	1988-04-17	Andrés Galarraga	MON		PHI	tied 2-2	b 5	2	-2-	1,(0-0) X	2	5	3	26%	81%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); H. Winningham Scores
48	48	2	1	1988-05-01	Ron Gant	ATL	@	PHI	ahead 5-3	t 6	2	-2-	2,(1-0) BX	2	8	4	13%	93%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); O. Virgil Scores
49	49	3	1	1988-09-13	Andre Dawson	CHC	@	PHI	ahead 4-0	t 5	0	---	7,(2-2) FFFFBBX	1	4	9	4%	95%		Home Run (Deep LF)