Bill Serena

Positions: Third Baseman and Second Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-9, 175lb (175cm, 79kg)

Born: October 2, 1924 in Alameda, CA us

Died: April 17, 1996 in Hayward, CA

Buried: Cremated

High School: Alameda HS (Alameda, CA)

Debut: September 16, 1949 (Age 24-349d, 10,645th in major league history)
vs. NYG 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: August 7, 1954 (Age 29-309d)
vs. PHI 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1950 season

Full Name: William Robert Serena

Pronunciation: \suh-REE-nuh\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

5.7

1239

311

.251

154

RBI

198

OBP

.348

SLG

.439

OPS

.787

OPS+

108

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 48 Home Runs

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

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 7 tying, 13 go ahead

1 Tm
CHC	48

Platoon
vs RHP	38
vs LHP	10

Home/Road
Home	28
Away	20

Outs
0	17
2	16
1	15

7 Opps
STL	9
PIT	8
PHI	8
CIN	7
BRO	6
NYG	6
BSN/MLN	4

45 Pitchers
Gerry Staley	2
Dan Bankhead	2
Robin Roberts	2
Bill Macdonald	1
Jim Waugh	1
Erv Palica	1
Clyde King	1
Russ Meyer	1
Larry Jansen	1
Dave Jolly	1
Ron Necciai	1
Mel Queen	1
Stu Miller	1
Vern Bickford	1
Jim Konstanty	1
Cot Deal	1
Jim Hearn	1
Rubén Gómez	1
Blix Donnelly	1
Bubba Church	1
Joe Presko	1
Cloyd Boyer	1
Sheldon Jones	1
Vinegar Bend Mizell	1
Laurin Pepper	1
Jim Wilson	1
Al Brazle	1
Herm Wehmeier	1
Billy Loes	1
Howie Pollet	1
Joe Nuxhall	1
Frank Smith	1
Steve Ridzik	1
Vern Law	1
Ewell Blackwell	1
Mario Picone	1
Preacher Roe	1
Warren Spahn	1
Bud Podbielan	1
Harry Brecheen	1
Don Newcombe	1
Max Lanier	1
Harry Perkowski	1
Curt Simmons	1
Johnny Lindell	1

9 Parks
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	28
Forbes Fld (PIT)	5
Crosley Fld (CIN)	4
Busch Stad 1 (STL)	3
Polo Grounds (NYC)	2
Braves Fld (BOS)	2
Ebbets Fld (NYC)	2
ConnieMackSt (PHI)	1
County Stad (MIL)	1

Where Hit
7	28
8	2
9	2
78	2

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	42
2·HR gms	3

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	25
1--	9
-2-	6
12-	4
123	1
--3	1
-23	1
1-3	1

79 RBI
RISP	14
0 on	25
1 on	16
2 on	6
3 on	1
Any on	23

Inning
1	2
2	5
3	1
4	9
5	7
6	10
7	6
8	4
9	4

1-3	8
4-6	26
7-end	14

RelScore
+4..	5
+3	2
+2	6
+1	2
Tied	11
-1	6
-2	5
-3	2
-4..	9

Ahead	15
Tied	11
Behind	22

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
3B	31
2B	15
PH	2

OrderPos
6th	18
7th	15
3rd	7
5th	4
9th	2
8th	2

Leverage
High Lev	10
Medium Lev	15
Low Lev	16

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1949	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1949-09-25	CHC	@	STL	Harry Brecheen	behind 0-5	t 4	2	---	1	6	5
1950	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
2	2	1	1	1950-05-09	CHC		NYG	Larry Jansen	ahead 2-0	b 2	1	---	1	7	5	0.078	81%		Home Run (Deep LF)
3	3	2	1	1950-06-06	CHC		BRO	Dan Bankhead	behind 0-4	b 4	1	1-3	3	7	5	0.198	40%		Home Run (Deep LF); H. Sauer Scores; A. Pafko Scores
4	4	3	2	1950-06-06	CHC		BRO	Dan Bankhead	tied 5-5	b 8	1	---	1	7	5	0.290	85%		Home Run (Deep LF)
5	5	4	1	1950-06-21	CHC	@	BSN	Vern Bickford	tied 0-0	t 5	1	-2-	2	7	5	0.214	74%		Home Run (Deep LF); A. Pafko Scores
6	6	5	1	1950-06-23	CHC	@	PHI	Curt Simmons	behind 2-3	t 6	0	---	1	7	5	0.160	50%		Home Run (LF-CF)
7	7	6	1	1950-07-02	CHC	@	CIN	Herm Wehmeier	ahead 3-0	t 1	2	12-	3	8	5	0.147	90%		Home Run (Deep LF); H. Edwards Scores/unER; R. Smalley Scores/unER; B. Serena Scores/unER
8	8	7	1	1950-07-15	CHC		BRO	Don Newcombe	behind 2-6	b 6	2	-23	3	6	5	0.221	33%		Home Run (Deep LF); H. Sauer Scores; A. Pafko Scores
9	9	8	1	1950-07-16 (2)	CHC		PHI	Blix Donnelly	ahead 6-1	b 5	2	-2-	2	6	5	0.028	99%		Home Run; A. Pafko Scores
10	10	9	1	1950-07-18 (1)	CHC		PHI	Robin Roberts	tied 0-0	b 2	0	---	1	6	5	0.104	66%		Home Run (Deep LF)
11	11	10	2	1950-07-18 (1)	CHC		PHI	Robin Roberts	tied 2-2	b 6	0	---	1	6	5	0.164	74%		Home Run (Deep LF)
12	12	11	1	1950-07-29 (1)	CHC	@	BRO	Preacher Roe	behind 1-2	t 4	2	---	1	6	5	0.121	45%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
13	13	12	1	1950-08-20 (2)	CHC		PIT	Bill Macdonald	behind 0-2	b 2	1	-2-	2	6	5
14	14	13	1	1950-08-22	CHC		NYG	Jim Hearn	behind 3-6	b 7	1	---	1	6	5	0.081	18%		Home Run (Deep RF)
15	15	14	1	1950-08-23	CHC		NYG	Sheldon Jones	behind 1-5	b 8	0	12-	3	6	5	0.181	31%		Home Run; H. Sauer Scores; A. Pafko Scores
16	16	15	1	1950-08-27 (1)	CHC		PHI	Bubba Church	behind 0-2	b 2	1	---	1	6	5	0.101	42%		Home Run
17	17	16	1	1950-08-28 (2)	CHC		PHI	Russ Meyer	behind 0-5	b 5	0	1--	2	6	5	0.092	19%		Home Run; A. Pafko Scores/unER
18	18	17	1	1950-09-07	CHC	@	STL	Cloyd Boyer	ahead 2-0	t 6	0	---	1	3	5
1951	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
19	19	1	1	1951-04-23	CHC		PIT	Mel Queen	behind 0-1	b 5	0	---	1	6	5	0.153	57%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1952	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
20	20	1	1	1952-05-26	CHC		STL	Vinegar Bend Mizell	tied 0-0	b 5	0	---	1	5	5	0.150	71%		Home Run (Deep LF)
21	21	2	1	1952-05-27	CHC		STL	Gerry Staley	behind 1-3	b 4	2	1--	2	7	5	0.248	51%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Fondy Scores
22	22	3	2	1952-05-27	CHC		STL	Gerry Staley	behind 4-6	b 6	2	---	1	7	5	0.129	32%		Home Run
23	23	4	1	1952-05-30 (1)	CHC		CIN	Ewell Blackwell	tied 2-2	b 4	0	1--	2	7	5	0.194	80%		Home Run; D. Fondy Scores
24	24	5	1	1952-06-02	CHC		BRO	Billy Loes	ahead 3-1	b 4	1	---	1	7	5	0.079	86%		Home Run (Deep LF)
25	25	6	1	1952-06-14	CHC	@	BSN	Warren Spahn	behind 0-1	t 9	0	---	1	3	5	0.349	50%		Home Run (Deep LF)
26	26	7	1	1952-07-13 (2)	CHC		PHI	Steve Ridzik	behind 0-5	b 4	1	---	1	7	5	0.043	11%		Home Run (Deep CF)
27	27	8	1	1952-07-29	CHC	@	NYG	Max Lanier	ahead 2-0	t 6	0	1--	2	5	5	0.111	93%		Home Run (Deep LF); H. Sauer Scores
28	28	9	1	1952-08-09	CHC	@	PIT	Jim Waugh	behind 1-3	t 8	2	-2-	2	6	4	0.322	42%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Fondy Scores
29	29	10	1	1952-08-10 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	Ron Necciai	ahead 6-0	t 3	1	---	1	7	4
30	30	11	1	1952-08-16	CHC		PIT	Howie Pollet	tied 0-0	b 1	2	---	1	3	4	0.108	62%		Home Run (Deep LF)
31	31	12	1	1952-08-31 (2)	CHC	@	CIN	Frank Smith	behind 3-4	t 6	0	1--	2	5	4	0.282	67%		Home Run (Deep LF); H. Sauer Scores
32	32	13	1	1952-09-16	CHC	@	NYG	Mario Picone	ahead 7-0	t 9	2	-2-	2	3	4	0.001	100%		Home Run (Deep LF); F. Baumholtz Scores
33	33	14	1	1952-09-21	CHC		STL	Joe Presko	behind 1-2	b 7	1	-2-	2	3	4	0.385	78%		Home Run; T. Brown Scores
34	34	15	1	1952-09-27	CHC	@	STL	Stu Miller	ahead 1-0	t 4	1	1--	2	5	4	0.182	82%		Home Run (Deep LF); H. Sauer Scores
1953	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
35	35	1	1	1953-04-26	CHC		STL	Al Brazle	tied 5-5	b 7	2	1--	2	6	4
36	36	2	1	1953-06-02	CHC	@	PIT	Johnny Lindell	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	1	6	5
37	37	3	1	1953-06-26	CHC		NYG	Rubén Gómez	behind 1-7	b 7	2	12-	3	3	4	0.068	9%		Home Run (Deep CF); F. Baumholtz Scores; G. Metkovich Scores
38	38	4	1	1953-07-05 (2)	CHC		CIN	Clyde King	behind 3-8	b 7	0	---	1	8	4	0.036	8%		Home Run
39	39	5	1	1953-07-06	CHC		CIN	Bud Podbielan	behind 0-3	b 5	1	---	1	7	4	0.092	27%		Home Run
40	40	6	1	1953-07-08	CHC	@	MLN	Jim Wilson	tied 3-3	t 6	1	---	1	6	4	0.170	64%		Home Run
41	41	7	1	1953-07-11	CHC	@	CIN	Joe Nuxhall	ahead 4-2	t 9	0	---	1	6	4	0.043	96%		Home Run
42	42	8	1	1953-08-14	CHC		MLN	Dave Jolly	tied 4-4	b 6	0	123	4	9	PH	0.160	95%		Home Run (LF-CF); C. McCullough Scores; G. Metkovich Scores; B. Ramazzotti Scores
43	43	9	1	1953-08-26	CHC	@	BRO	Erv Palica	ahead 11-3	t 8	2	--3	2	6	4	0.002	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); R. Jackson Scores
44	44	10	1	1953-09-22 (2)	CHC	@	CIN	Harry Perkowski	ahead 1-0	t 5	2	12-	3	3	5	0.250	88%		Home Run; B. Talbot Scores/unER; D. Fondy Scores/unER; B. Serena Scores/unER
1954	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
45	45	1	1	1954-05-31	CHC		STL	Cot Deal	ahead 10-4	b 4	2	1--	2	7	4	0.023	99%		Home Run; E. Banks Scores
46	46	2	1	1954-06-09 (2)	CHC		PHI	Jim Konstanty	behind 5-14	b 9	0	---	1	9	PH	0.000	0%		Home Run (Deep LF)
47	47	3	1	1954-07-30 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	Vern Law	ahead 6-4	t 7	2	1--	2	7	5
48	48	4	1	1954-08-01 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	Laurin Pepper	ahead 3-0	t 6	1	---	1	7	5	0.059	91%		Home Run (Deep LF)

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