Bill Posedel

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 175lb (180cm, 79kg)

Born: August 2, 1906 in San Francisco, CA us

Died: November 28, 1989 in Livermore, CA

Buried: Cremated

High School: St. Vincent's HS (Vallejo, CA)

Debut: April 23, 1938 (Age 31-264d, 8,465th in major league history)
vs. NYG 5.1 IP, 3 H, 2 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER, L

Last Game: September 13, 1946 (Age 40-042d)
vs. PIT 4.0 IP, 3 H, 2 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1938 season

Full Name: William John Posedel

Nicknames: Sailor Bill or Barnacle Bill

Pronunciation: \poze-DELL\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-0.4

ERA

4.56

138

679.1

227

WHIP

1.479

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Team Record in Appearances: 15-18 / in Starts: 14-15

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 27, Entered with runners on base: 0

1939 Pitching Game Log

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1939 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	34	1	Apr 19	BSN		PHI	W,7-6	10-GF(12)	W(1-0)	99	3.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	1.93	9	3	5	1	2	0		0	0	0	1	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.80	0.388	4.40	0.57%	1.38	10t --- 0 out tie	12t end tie
2	35	4	Apr 22	BSN	@	NYG	L,5-6	8-GF(8)		2	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.00	2.84	3	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	.55	0.031	1.77	0.06%	0.51	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
3	36	11	May 1	BSN		NYG	W,7-2	CG	W(2-0)	8	9.0	4	2	1	2	2	0	0	0.69	2.82	33	16	9	1	1	4	73			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	1	.28	0.169	.97	0.36%	2.14	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
4	37	15	May 7	BSN		PIT	L,2-9	GS-8	L(2-1)	5	8.0	8	4	3	1	0	0	0	1.71	2.88	32	15	10	0	2	6	51			0	0	0	30	1	0	1	1	0	1	1.16	-0.175	3.55	-0.32%	-0.32	1t start tie	8t 3 out d3
5	38	19	May 12	BSN		BRO	W,7-5	CG	W(3-1)	4	9.0	12	5	5	2	3	0	0	2.70	2.79	38	9	13	1	4	11	44			0	0	0	36	2	1	0	3	0	0	.72	0.179	1.79	0.27%	-0.86	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
6	39	23	May 17	BSN	@	CIN	L,1-6	GS-6	L(3-2)	4	5.2	8	4	4	4	2	1	0	3.28	3.35	29	6	9	2	0	8	35			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	.75	-0.143	2.33	-0.27%	-1.38	1b start tie	6b 12- 2 out d4
7	40	29	May 23	BSN	@	CHC	L,8-15	6-6		5	0.1	1	5	5	4	0	0	0	4.50	3.68	6	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.41	-0.201	3.33	-0.29%	-3.08	6b --- 0 out d1	6b 123 1 out d3
8	41	31	May 25	BSN	@	STL	L,1-7	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	4.38	3.76	5	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	.02	0.001	.05	0.00%	0.53	8b --- 0 out d6	8b end d 6
9	42	36	May 30(2)	BSN	@	PHI	L,3-5	CG(8)	L(3-3)	4	8.0	8	5	5	5	3	0	0	4.60	3.75	36	9	11	0	0	8	44			0	0	0	26	5	0	0	1	3	0	.78	-0.158	.76	-0.09%	-1.24	1b start tie	8b 3 out d3
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
10	43	40	Jun 5	BSN		STL	W,10-4	GS-7	W(4-3)	5	6.2	10	4	4	1	2	0	0	4.70	3.58	31	7	11	3	4	10	39			0	0	0	30	2	2	0	0	0	0	.84	0.017	.66	0.01%	-1.26	1t start tie	7t 1-3 2 out a2
11	44	44	Jun 9	BSN		PIT	W,4-1	CG	W(5-3)	3	9.0	3	1	1	2	3	0	0	4.15	3.43	33	12	13	0	2	3	78			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	1	.96	0.358	.59	0.13%	3.14	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
12	45	49	Jun 16	BSN	@	PIT	L,2-4	GS-6	L(5-4)	6	6.0	5	4	4	4	0	0	0	4.32	3.54	26	13	4	0	1	5	42			3	0	0	20	0	1	0	1	1	0	.89	-0.205	.57	-0.08%	-1.06	1b start a 1	6b 3 out d2
13	46	54	Jun 21	BSN	@	CHC	L,0-3	CG(8)	L(5-5)	4	8.0	5	3	3	4	4	0	0	4.22	3.49	31	16	2	0	0	5	60			0	0	0	26	1	1	0	2	1	0	.55	-0.072	.17	-0.01%	1.08	1b start tie	8b 3 out d3
14	47	58	Jun 25(2)	BSN	@	STL	W,2-0	SHO	W(6-5)	3	9.0	8	0	0	1	7	0	0	3.76	3.26	33						77						31	1	0			0
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
15	48	62	Jul 1	BSN	@	PHI	W,6-0	SHO	W(7-5)	5	9.0	6	0	0	2	2	0	0	3.40	3.22	34	18	9	2	3	3	75			0	0	0	32	2	1	0	0	0	0	.64	0.341	.16	0.05%	4.23	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a6
16	49	68	Jul 7	BSN		PHI	W,7-3	CG	W(8-5)	5	9.0	7	3	3	1	3	0	0	3.36	3.13	33	7	15	0	0	7	63			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	0	.90	0.066	.39	0.02%	1.14	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
17	50	72	Jul 13(1)	BSN		STL	L,3-5	GS-6	L(8-6)	5	6.0	10	5	5	2	6	0	0	3.59	3.05	30	7	6	0	0	9	36			0	0	0	27	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.31	-0.309	.62	-0.09%	-2.24	1t start tie	6t 3 out d3
18	51	76	Jul 16(1)	BSN		CIN	W,3-0	SHO	W(9-6)	2	9.0	6	0	0	2	5	0	0	3.32	2.98	34	6	15	0	0	6	78			1	0	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.13	0.432	.72	0.17%	4.14	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
19	52	81	Jul 20	BSN		CHC	W,2-1	CG	W(10-6)	3	9.0	6	1	1	1	1	0	0	3.15	2.96	33	10	15	4	4	6	71			0	0	1	29	2	0	1	0	1	1	1.65	0.557	.73	0.15%	3.14	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
20	53	86	Jul 25	BSN	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG(8)	L(10-7)	4	8.0	7	2	2	0	3	1	0	3.10	2.99	29	10	9	0	2	7	63			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.15	0.007	.28	0.00%	2.08	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
21	54	91	Jul 30	BSN	@	PIT	W,7-5	GS-7	W(11-7)	4	6.0	8	3	3	6	0	0	0	3.16	3.10	29	11	4	0	0	8	38			0	0	0	23	2	0	1	3	0	0	1.81	0.116	.03	0.00%	-0.05	1b start a 2	7b 12- 0 out a5
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
22	55	93	Aug 3(1)	BSN	@	STL	L,1-5	CG(8)	L(11-8)	3	8.0	14	5	4	3	4	2	0	3.23	3.26	41	9	12	2	3	13	37			0	0	0	37	3	0	0	0	0	1	.65	-0.216	.01	0.00%	-0.76	1b start tie	8b 3 out d4
23	56	98	Aug 7	BSN	@	BRO	L,6-7	GS-8		3	7.0	8	6	6	4	3	1	0	3.43	3.35	33	17	1	1	0	8	36			0	0	0	29	2	1	1	0	0	0	1.25	-0.408	.00	0.00%	-2.24	1b start tie	8b --3 0 out d1
24	57	102	Aug 12	BSN	@	BRO	L,3-10	GS-3	L(11-9)	4	2.2	7	7	7	2	0	1	0	3.78	3.46	16	4	3	0	0	7	14			1	0	0	13	2	0	0	2	1	1	1.08	-0.402	.00	0.00%	-5.76	1b start a 1	3b -2- 2 out d6
25	58	106	Aug 16(1)	BSN		PHI	W,9-2	CG	W(12-9)	3	9.0	6	2	2	4	4	0	0	3.68	3.43	36	13	9	0	5	6	67			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	1	0	0	.59	0.169	.00	0.00%	2.14	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
26	59	111	Aug 23(1)	BSN		PIT	W,1-0	SHO	W(13-9)	6	9.0	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	3.49	3.41	31	16	12	1	6	0	84			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	2	1.08	0.682	.00	0.00%	4.14	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
27	60	116	Aug 27(1)	BSN		STL	W,10-4	CG	W(14-9)	3	9.0	10	4	4	2	3	0	0	3.52	3.37	39						52						37	3	0			0
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
28	61	120	Sep 1	BSN	@	PHI	W,6-0	SHO	W(15-9)	4	9.0	8	0	0	1	3	0	0	3.35	3.32	34	13	10	1	0	7	73			1	1	0	33	0	0	0	1	0	0	.83	0.364	.00	0.00%	4.23	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
29	62	127	Sep 6	BSN		NYG	L,4-10	GS-6	L(15-10)	4	6.0	13	9	6	1	1	0	0	3.52	3.31	31	12	5	0	0	12	16			0	0	0	28	2	0	0	1	2	1	1.00	-0.623	.00	0.00%	-6.24	1t start tie	6t 3 out d6
30	63	130	Sep 12	BSN	@	CHC	L,3-8	GS-1	L(15-11)	5	0.0	3	4	4	1	0	1	0	3.70	3.39	4	1	0	0	0	2	27			0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.45	-0.316	.00	0.00%	-4.00	1b start tie	1b --- 0 out d4
31	64	135	Sep 17(1)	BSN	@	CIN	L,5-6	GS-5		4	4.1	7	5	5	3	2	0	0	3.84	3.39	22	9	2	0	0	6	28			0	0	0	19	0	2	0	1	0	0	1.21	-0.430	.00	0.00%	-3.40	1b start tie	5b --3 1 out tie
32	65	141	Sep 21(2)	BSN	@	PIT	L,0-7	CG(8)	L(15-12)	3	8.0	10	7	6	6	0	1	0	3.95	3.51	37	17	9	1	0	5	30			0	2	0	28	2	1	1	0	1	0	.50	-0.132	.00	0.00%	-3.08	1b start tie	8b 3 out d7
33	66	148	Sep 28(2)	BSN		BRO	L,0-3	CG	L(15-13)	6	9.0	11	3	3	2	4	0	0	3.92	3.46	36	17	2	1	0	11	55			0	1	0	34	2	1	0	2	0	0	1.10	0.009	.00	0.00%	1.14	1t start tie	9t 3 out d3
							15-18		W-L:15-13	4.1	220.2	221	103	96	78	73	8	0	3.92	3.46	927	1.36		4%	7%	185	51	0	---%	6	5	1	826	39	12	6	27	10	10	.94	0.096	.62	0.63%	-1.84

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