Bill Simas

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-3, 200lb (190cm, 90kg)

Born: November 28, 1971 in Hanford, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 35th round of the 1990 MLB June Amateur Draft from St. Joseph HS (Santa Maria, CA) and the California Angels in the 6th round of the 1992 MLB June Amateur Draft from Fresno City College (Fresno, CA).

High School: St. Joseph HS (Santa Maria, CA)

School: Fresno City College (Fresno, CA)

Debut: August 15, 1995 (Age 23-260d, 16,751st in major league history)
vs. CAL 1.0 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: September 30, 2000 (Age 28-307d)
vs. KCR 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1996 season

Full Name: William Anthony Simas

Pronunciation: \SEE-mas\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

5.2

ERA

3.83

308

338.1

265

WHIP

1.422

Summary of 39 Home Runs Allowed

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

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 5 tying, 6 go ahead

1 Tm
CHW	39

Platoon
vs RHB	21
vs LHB	18

Home/Road
Home	22
Away	17

Outs
1	20
0	10
2	9

16 Opps
CLE	6
NYY	5
SEA	5
TEX	4
BOS	4
MIN	3
OAK	2
MIL	2
TBD	1
STL	1
BAL	1
DET	1
KCR	1
PIT	1
HOU	1
TOR	1

36 Batters
Jim Thome	2
Edgar Martínez	2
Bernie Williams	2
Frank Catalanotto	1
Pedro Muñoz	1
Bob Hamelin	1
Raúl Ibañez	1
Joe Oliver	1
Jeromy Burnitz	1
Brent Gates	1
Rusty Greer	1
Juan González	1
Richie Sexson	1
John Valentin	1
Chad Curtis	1
Terry Steinbach	1
Mike Blowers	1
Einar Díaz	1
Manny Ramirez	1
Pat Meares	1
Warren Morris	1
Omar Vizquel	1
José Cruz	1
Mark McGwire	1
Tino Martinez	1
Mike Stanley	1
Chris Hoiles	1
Rob Ducey	1
Dave McCarty	1
Dean Palmer	1
Jeff Bagwell	1
Scott Hatteberg	1
José Canseco	1
Mo Vaughn	1
Jorge Posada	1
Jay Buhner	1

11 Parks
Guaranteed (CHI)	22
Progressive (CLE)	4
Metrodome (MIN)	3
Rangers Bpk (ARL)	2
T-Mobile Pk (SEA)	2
Busch Stad (STL)	1
Fenway Pk (BOS)	1
County Stad (MIL)	1
Camden Yards (BAL)	1
KauffmanStad (KAN)	1
Kingdome (SEA)	1

Where Hit
9	17
8	8
7	6
89	4
78	4

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
5	11
1	6
3	5
2	5
4	5
6	3
7+	3
Unk	1

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	35
2·HR gms	2

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	19
1--	7
12-	4
123	3
-2-	2
1-3	2
--3	1
-23	1

72 Runs
RISP	13
0 on	19
1 on	10
2 on	7
3 on	3
Any on	20

Inning
5	1
6	4
7	7
8	17
9	8
Extra	2

4-6	5
7-end	34

RelScore
+4..	10
+3	3
+2	4
+1	2
Tied	5
-1	2
-2	2
-3	4
-4..	7

Ahead	19
Tied	5
Behind	15

Before event,
for batter

Count
1-2	6
0-0	6
3-1	6
2-1	5
3-2	4
1-1	3
0-1	3
1-0	2
2-2	2
Unk	1
2-0	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
1B	9
C	6
DH	5
RF	4
2B	3
CF	3
LF	3
3B	3
SS	2
PH	1

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

Leverage
High Lev	10
Medium Lev	6
Low Lev	23

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1995	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1995-08-19	Juan González	TEX	@	CHW	ahead 6-3	t 7	1	1--	5,(3-1) BBBFX	2	4	DH	7%	96%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); W. Clark Scores
1996	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
2	2	1	1	1996-04-13	Pedro Muñoz	OAK	@	CHW	tied 2-2	t 7	1	12-	2,(1-0) BX	3	3	9	31%	87%		Home Run (Fly Ball); A. Battle Scores; B. Gates Scores
3	3	2	1	1996-05-01	Omar Vizquel	CLE		CHW	ahead 8-5	b 8	1	---		1	9	6	2%	98%		Home Run (Deep RF)
4	4	3	1	1996-06-11	Mike Stanley	BOS	@	CHW	ahead 5-0	t 7	2	12-	4,(2-1) BCBX	3	6	2	3%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); M. Vaughn Scores; J. Canseco Scores
5	5	4	1	1996-07-26	Dean Palmer	TEX	@	CHW	behind 1-6	t 9	1	---	5,(1-2) FCBFX	1	5	5	0%	1%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line); D. Palmer Scores
6	6	5	1	1996-09-15	John Valentin	BOS		CHW	behind 6-8	b 7	2	1--	1,(0-0) .X	2	6	5	32%	52%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); M. Vaughn Scores
1997	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
7	7	1	1	1997-05-27	Jim Thome	CLE	@	CHW	behind 1-8	t 8	1	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	3	3	0%	1%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF); J. Thome Scores
8	8	2	1	1997-05-31	Jeromy Burnitz	MIL		CHW	ahead 3-2	b 8	1	---	4,(2-1) BSBX	1	3	8	8%	93%		Home Run (Fly Ball)
9	9	3	1	1997-06-04	Jim Thome	CLE		CHW	behind 0-9	b 8	2	1--	5,(1-2) CCFBX	2	3	3	0%	0%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF); O. Vizquel Scores; J. Thome Scores
10	10	4	1	1997-06-28	Pat Meares	MIN		CHW	ahead 9-2	b 5	0	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	9	6	1%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
11	11	5	2	1997-06-28	Terry Steinbach	MIN		CHW	ahead 10-2	b 6	0	---	2,(0-1) .FX	1	4	2	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
12	12	6	1	1997-07-19	Chris Hoiles	BAL		CHW	tied 3-3	b 6	2	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	8	2	28%	82%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); C. Ripken Scores/unER; C. Hoiles Scores/unER
1998	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
13	13	1	1	1998-05-17	Mike Blowers	OAK	@	CHW	behind 3-7	t 8	1	123	1,(0-0) X	4	4	5	33%	45%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); R. Henderson Scores; J. Voigt Scores; B. Grieve Scores
14	14	2	1	1998-05-22	Joe Oliver	DET	@	CHW	ahead 8-5	t 9	0	---	4,(2-1) BBFX	1	8	2	2%	98%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
15	15	3	1	1998-06-26	Bob Hamelin	MIL	@	CHW	behind 0-1	t 9	1	1--	3,(1-1) FB1X	2	6	3	63%	81%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); M. Grissom Scores
16	16	4	1	1998-08-02	Rusty Greer	TEX		CHW	ahead 9-3	b 8	0	---	5,(3-1) BCBBX	1	3	7	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
17	17	5	1	1998-08-22	Rob Ducey	SEA		CHW	behind 3-4	b 9	0	---	5,(3-1) BBBCX	1	8	7	43%	65%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
18	18	6	1	1998-09-04	Bernie Williams	NYY	@	CHW	tied 4-4	t 8	1	--3	5,(3-1) B.FBBX	2	4	DH	23%	84%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); D. Jeter Scores
19	19	7	2	1998-09-04	Tino Martinez	NYY	@	CHW	ahead 6-4	t 8	1	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	5	3	7%	92%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
20	20	8	1	1998-09-06	Bernie Williams	NYY	@	CHW	behind 3-6	t 8	1	1--	4,(2-1) BFBX	2	4	8	13%	21%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); T. Raines Scores
21	21	9	1	1998-09-12	Manny Ramirez	CLE		CHW	behind 3-6	b 8	2	---	9,(3-2) SBFBBFFFX	1	4	9	6%	11%		Home Run (Fly Ball)
22	22	10	1	1998-09-13	Richie Sexson	CLE		CHW	tied 3-3	b 8	2	1-3	6,(3-2) BBCFBX	3	5	3	35%	96%		Home Run (Fly Ball); J. Cora Scores; M. Ramirez Scores
23	23	11	1	1998-09-18	Mo Vaughn	BOS	@	CHW	behind 8-11	t 9	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	3	3	4%	8%		Home Run (Fly Ball)
24	24	12	1	1998-09-23	Brent Gates	MIN		CHW	behind 3-6	b 9	2	12-	5,(1-2) BCFFX	3	2	4	49%	54%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); T. Steinbach Scores; A. Ochoa Scores
1999	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
25	25	1	1	1999-05-23	Chad Curtis	NYY	@	CHW	tied 7-7	t 10	1	---	5,(3-2) CBBBX	1	8	7	36%	80%		Home Run (Fly Ball)
26	26	2	1	1999-06-04	Warren Morris	PIT	@	CHW	ahead 3-1	t 11	1	12-	3,(2-1) BBX	3	6	4	7%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); K. Young Scores; J. Kendall Scores
27	27	3	1	1999-06-09	Jeff Bagwell	HOU	@	CHW	ahead 9-2	t 8	0	---	11,(3-2) BCBCFBFFFFX	1	3	3	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
28	28	4	1	1999-06-14	José Canseco	TBD	@	CHW	behind 4-9	t 9	1	-23	2,(1-0) BX	3	3	DH	2%	4%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); M. Difelice Scores; R. Winn Scores
29	29	5	1	1999-07-16	Mark McGwire	STL		CHW	behind 4-8	b 7	0	1-3	7,(2-2) BBFSFF11X	3	3	3	18%	38%		Home Run (Fly Ball); J. Drew Scores; É. Rentería Scores/unER
30	30	6	1	1999-08-30 (2)	Edgar Martínez	SEA	@	CHW	ahead 10-5	t 8	1	123	3,(2-0) BBX	4	5	DH	1%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); R. Ibañez Scores/unER; K. Griffey Scores/unER; A. Rodriguez Scores/unER; E. Martínez Scores/Team unER
2000	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
31	31	1	1	2000-04-04	Frank Catalanotto	TEX		CHW	behind 4-6	b 6	0	-2-	1,(0-0) X	2	8	4	20%	58%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); G. Kapler Scores
32	32	2	1	2000-05-02	José Cruz	TOR	@	CHW	ahead 3-1	t 8	2	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	1	8	8%	90%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
33	33	3	1	2000-05-24	Jorge Posada	NYY	@	CHW	ahead 6-2	t 7	1	-2-	6,(1-2) BCFFFX	2	5	2	4%	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); P. O'Neill Scores
34	34	4	1	2000-05-28	Einar Díaz	CLE	@	CHW	ahead 10-3	t 9	1	1--	5,(1-2) CFFBX	2	9	2	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); T. Fryman Scores
35	35	5	1	2000-05-29	Jay Buhner	SEA		CHW	ahead 4-3	b 6	0	---	6,(2-2) CFBFBX	1	6	9	10%	84%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
36	36	6	1	2000-06-30	Scott Hatteberg	BOS	@	CHW	behind 3-8	t 8	2	---	5,(3-1) CBBBX	1	9	PH	1%	2%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
37	37	7	1	2000-07-04	Dave McCarty	KCR		CHW	ahead 9-7	b 7	1	---	5,(3-1) BBSBX	1	7	3	6%	92%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
38	38	8	1	2000-08-08 (1)	Edgar Martínez	SEA	@	CHW	ahead 8-2	t 8	1	123	1,(0-0) X	4	4	DH	1%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); A. Martin Scores; C. Guillén Scores; A. Rodriguez Scores
39	39	9	1	2000-08-26	Raúl Ibañez	SEA		CHW	ahead 10-5	b 8	1	---	4,(1-2) SSBX	1	2	9	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)