Billy Rogell

Positions: Shortstop, Third Baseman and Second Baseman

Bats: Both • Throws: Right

5-10, 163lb (178cm, 73kg)

Born: November 24, 1904 in Springfield, IL us

Died: August 9, 2003 in Sterling Heights, MI

Buried: Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Southfield, MI

High School: Fenger HS (Chicago, IL)

Debut: April 14, 1925 (Age 20-141d, 6,153rd in major league history)
vs. PHA 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: August 25, 1940 (Age 35-275d)
vs. NYG 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1925 season

Full Name: William George Rogell

Nicknames: The Fire Chief

Pronunciation: \roe-GELL\

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1935 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

25.4

5149

1375

.267

757

RBI

610

OBP

.351

SLG

.370

OPS

.722

OPS+

Many detailed statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by Retrosheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1912 to 1968 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary of data completeness) for some players prior to 1969 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Summary of 42 Home Runs

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

1 leading off, 1 walk-off, 3 tying, 13 go ahead

3 Tms
DET	39
BOS	2
CHC	1

Platoon
vs RHP	28
vs LHP	14

Home/Road
Away	27
Home	15

Outs
0	19
2	13
1	10

8 Opps
NYY	10
SLB	9
WSH	6
PHA	6
CLE	4
BOS	3
CHW	3
BRO	1

32 Pitchers
Lefty Gomez	5
Rube Walberg	3
Lefty Stewart	2
John Whitehead	2
Jimmie DeShong	2
Bobo Newsom	2
Sugar Cain	1
Jim Walkup	1
Monte Pearson	1
Fritz Ostermueller	1
Bump Hadley	1
George Pipgras	1
Lloyd Brown	1
Milt Gaston	1
Red Ruffing	1
Vito Tamulis	1
Pete Appleton	1
Tex Carleton	1
Dick Coffman	1
Danny MacFayden	1
Eddie Rommel	1
Ivy Andrews	1
Bobby Burke	1
Johnny Murphy	1
Dutch Leonard	1
Harry Kelley	1
Bob Feller	1
Jing Johnson	1
Carl Doyle	1
Mel Harder	1
Bill Dietrich	1
Vern Kennedy	1

8 Parks
Tiger Stad (DET)	15
Yankee Stad (NYC)	8
ConnieMackSt (PHI)	6
Busch Stad 1 (STL)	5
League Pk II (CLE)	3
Fenway Pk (BOS)	2
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	2
Ebbets Fld (NYC)	1

Where Hit
9	25
7	9
8	2

2 Inside the Park

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	38
2·HR gms	2

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	25
1--	10
12-	2
-23	2
1-3	2
--3	1

65 RBI
RISP	7
0 on	25
1 on	11
2 on	6
Any on	17

Inning
1	2
2	6
3	3
4	3
5	7
6	2
7	5
8	5
9	7
Extra	2

1-3	11
4-6	12
7-end	19

RelScore
+4..	7
+2	3
+1	5
Tied	9
-1	5
-2	3
-3	4
-4..	6

Ahead	15
Tied	9
Behind	18

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
SS	39
3B	2
PH	1

OrderPos
2nd	13
6th	11
8th	6
7th	5
1st	5
5th	2

Leverage
High Lev	7
Medium Lev	14
Low Lev	17

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1927	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1927-07-13	BOS	@	SLB	Milt Gaston	behind 2-14	t 9	1	---	1	7	5	0.000	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
2	2	2	1	1927-10-01 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	Jing Johnson	behind 0-1	t 4	0	--3	2	2	5	0.122	61%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Rothrock Scores
1931	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
3	3	1	1	1931-08-15	DET		NYY	Lefty Gomez	behind 4-5	b 15	2	---	1	6	6
4	4	2	1	1931-08-23	DET		WSH	Bobby Burke	behind 0-2	b 2	2	---	1	6	6			IPHR
1932	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
5	5	1	1	1932-05-01	DET	@	SLB	Bump Hadley	behind 2-4	t 9	2	---	1	2	6
6	6	2	1	1932-05-16	DET	@	PHA	Rube Walberg	ahead 5-4	t 7	1	---	1	2	6	0.130	77%		Home Run (Deep LF)
7	7	3	1	1932-05-23	DET		SLB	Lefty Stewart	behind 0-1	b 3	2	1-3	3	2	6	0.269	72%		Home Run; R. Hayworth Scores; H. Davis Scores
8	8	4	2	1932-05-23	DET		SLB	Lefty Stewart	ahead 3-2	b 5	2	---	1	2	6	0.111	77%		Home Run (Deep LF)
9	9	5	1	1932-06-08	DET		NYY	Lefty Gomez	behind 0-3	b 5	1	12-	3	2	6	0.273	54%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Hayworth Scores; H. Davis Scores
10	10	6	1	1932-08-16 (1)	DET	@	NYY	Danny MacFayden	behind 5-10	t 8	0	1--	2	6	6	0.044	8%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. White Scores
11	11	7	1	1932-08-17	DET	@	NYY	George Pipgras	ahead 1-0	t 2	0	---	1	6	6	0.091	69%		Home Run (Deep RF)
12	12	8	1	1932-08-19 (2)	DET	@	NYY	Lefty Gomez	tied 1-1	t 2	0	---	1	6	6	0.098	60%		Home Run (Deep LF)
13	13	9	1	1932-08-29 (2)	DET	@	PHA	Eddie Rommel	ahead 6-2	t 5	0	---	1	6	6	0.044	92%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1934	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
14	14	1	1	1934-05-06	DET	@	BOS	Rube Walberg	behind 3-14	t 9	0	---	1	7	6	0.000	0%		Home Run (Deep CF)
15	15	2	1	1934-05-12	DET	@	PHA	Bill Dietrich	behind 1-2	t 6	1	1--	2	5	6	0.274	63%		Home Run (Deep CF); C. Gehringer Scores
16	16	3	1	1934-08-30	DET	@	CLE	Monte Pearson	ahead 2-1	t 8	1	1--	2	5	6	0.181	91%		Home Run (Deep RF); G. Goslin Scores
1935	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
17	17	1	1	1935-04-24	DET	@	CHW	John Whitehead	behind 0-1	t 2	0	1--	2	6	6	0.153	60%		Home Run (Deep RF); H. Greenberg Scores
18	18	2	1	1935-05-28	DET	@	NYY	Lefty Gomez	tied 2-2	t 5	2	-23	3	6	6	0.296	81%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to LF; C. Gehringer Scores; H. Greenberg Scores
19	19	3	2	1935-05-28	DET	@	NYY	Lefty Gomez	ahead 5-3	t 8	1	---	1	6	6	0.074	92%		Home Run (Deep RF)
20	20	4	1	1935-06-28 (1)	DET	@	SLB	Sugar Cain	tied 0-0	t 2	1	1--	2	6	6	0.163	66%		Home Run (Deep RF); G. Goslin Scores
21	21	5	1	1935-08-29	DET	@	SLB	Dick Coffman	ahead 10-3	t 9	1	---	1	8	6	0.001	100%		Home Run
22	22	6	1	1935-09-15	DET	@	NYY	Vito Tamulis	tied 3-3	t 3	2	-23	3	6	6	0.253	76%		Home Run (Deep RF); C. Gehringer Scores; G. Goslin Scores
1936	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
23	23	1	1	1936-06-12	DET	@	NYY	Red Ruffing	behind 1-7	t 5	0	1--	2	1	6	0.059	13%		Home Run (Deep RF); C. Kimsey Scores
24	24	2	1	1936-06-16	DET		WSH	Bobo Newsom	behind 6-9	b 10	0	---	1	1	6	0.064	12%		Home Run (Deep RF)
25	25	3	1	1936-07-05	DET	@	SLB	Ivy Andrews	ahead 14-2	t 6	2	---	1	2	6	0.000	100%		Home Run (Deep RF)
26	26	4	1	1936-07-12	DET	@	PHA	Carl Doyle	ahead 4-2	t 7	0	---	1	2	6	0.082	87%		Home Run (Deep RF)
27	27	5	1	1936-07-18	DET	@	BOS	Fritz Ostermueller	tied 0-0	t 3	0	1-3	3	2	6	0.139	76%		Home Run (Deep LF); E. Auker Scores; J. Burns Scores
28	28	6	1	1936-08-04	DET		CLE	Lloyd Brown	ahead 6-0	b 7	2	12-	3	7	6	0.009	100%		Home Run (Deep LF); G. Goslin Scores; A. Simmons Scores
1937	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
29	29	1	1	1937-04-23	DET	@	CHW	John Whitehead	ahead 8-0	t 9	2	1--	2	8	6	0.001	100%		Home Run (Deep RF); G. Goslin Scores
30	30	2	1	1937-05-07	DET		WSH	Pete Appleton	ahead 3-2	b 7	0	---	1	7	6	0.098	87%		Home Run (Deep RF)
31	31	3	1	1937-05-29	DET		SLB	Jim Walkup	behind 7-13	b 9	0	---	1	2	6	0.006	1%		Home Run
32	32	4	1	1937-06-12 (1)	DET		BOS	Rube Walberg	tied 0-0	b 1	1	---	1	2	6	0.090	62%		Home Run (Deep LF)
33	33	5	1	1937-06-27	DET	@	NYY	Johnny Murphy	behind 4-7	t 5	0	---	1	2	6	0.084	27%		Home Run
34	34	6	1	1937-07-05 (1)	DET		CHW	Vern Kennedy	ahead 4-0	b 2	2	1--	2	2	6	0.078	93%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. White Scores/unER; B. Rogell Scores/unER
35	35	7	1	1937-08-04	DET	@	PHA	Harry Kelley	ahead 7-1	t 5	2	---	1	8	6	0.021	97%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Rogell Scores/unER
36	36	8	1	1937-09-02	DET		WSH	Jimmie DeShong	behind 4-8	b 7	0	---	1	8	6	0.063	15%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1938	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
37	37	1	1	1938-06-18	DET		WSH	Jimmie DeShong	tied 3-3	b 9	0	1--	2	1	6			Walk-Off
38	38	2	1	1938-06-29	DET	@	CLE	Mel Harder	behind 0-3	t 8	0	---	1	1	6	0.071	16%		Home Run (Deep RF)
39	39	3	1	1938-06-30	DET	@	CLE	Bob Feller	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	1	1	6	0.088	59%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep RF)
1939	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
40	40	1	1	1939-04-26	DET		SLB	Bobo Newsom	tied 2-2	b 4	2	---	1	7	6	0.118	63%		Home Run (Deep RF)
41	41	2	1	1939-08-24	DET		WSH	Dutch Leonard	ahead 3-1	b 4	1	---	1	8	6	0.078	83%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1940	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
42	42	1	1	1940-06-27	CHC	@	BRO	Tex Carleton	behind 1-3	t 8	0	1--	2	8	PH	0.294	50%		Home Run; A. Todd Scores

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1 leading off, 1 walk-off, 3 tying, 13 go ahead

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