Bill Stafford

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 188lb (185cm, 85kg)

Born: August 13, 1938 in Catskill, NY us

Died: September 19, 2001 in Wayne, MI

Buried: Cremated

Debut: August 17, 1960 (Age 22-004d, 11,761st in major league history)
vs. BOS 6.1 IP, 8 H, 2 SO, 2 BB, 2 ER

Last Game: September 19, 1967 (Age 29-037d)
vs. MIN 0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1960 season

Full Name: William Charles Stafford

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

6.8

ERA

3.52

186

104

785.2

449

WHIP

1.244

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Team Record in Appearances: 23-12 / in Starts: 18-7

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 34, Entered with runners on base: 5

1961 Pitching Game Log

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1961 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	12	2	Apr 15	NYY		KCA	W,5-3	8-GF	S(1)	99	1.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.57	4	2	1	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.96	0.113	3.64	0.13%	0.80	8t -2- 2 out a2	9t end a 2
2	13	4	Apr 20(1)	NYY		LAA	W,7-5	8-GF	S(2)	4	1.2	1	1	1	2	3	0	1	3.00	3.57	9	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.87	0.096	3.94	0.12%	-0.26	8t --- 1 out a1	9t end a 2
3	14	7	Apr 22(1)	NYY	@	BAL	L,3-5	5-6		1	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.08	3.27	3	2	1	0	1	0		1	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.66	0.068	1.70	0.11%	0.71	5b 1-- 2 out d1	6b 3 out d1
4	15	8	Apr 22(2)	NYY	@	BAL	T,5-5	6-GF(7)	BS(1)	-1	1.2	2	2	2	0	1	1	0	4.50	4.91	7	4	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.39	-0.237	3.46	-0.35%	-1.12	6b --- 0 out a2	7b end tie
5	16	10	Apr 24	NYY	@	DET	L,3-4	7-GF(8)		1	2.0	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	3.38	3.95	7	2	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	1	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.59	0.078	1.51	0.12%	1.05	7b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
6	17	11	Apr 26	NYY	@	DET	W,13-11	7-7		1	0.2	2	1	1	1	0	0	1	4.15	4.54	5	0	1	0	0	2		2	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.91	-0.281	4.76	-0.42%	-2.06	7b 12- 1 out tie	7b 3 out d3
7	18	14	Apr 30(1)	NYY	@	WSA	W,4-3	7-8	H(1)	3	1.0	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	4.66	4.95	5	1	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.12	-0.094	6.29	-0.17%	-0.50	7b --- 0 out a1	8b 12- 0 out a2
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
8	19	28	May 16	NYY		WSA	L,2-3	GS-3	L(0-1)	15	3.0	7	3	3	0	2	0	0	5.68	4.07	16	1	6	2	0	7	35			0	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.38	-0.178	4.28	-0.33%	-1.55	1t start tie	3t 3 out d3
9	20	31	May 20	NYY	@	CLE	L,3-4	7-GF(8)	L(0-2)	3	2.0	3	1	1	2	2	0	0	5.52	4.01	11	1	3	0	1	3		0	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.06	-0.211	2.84	-0.34%	-0.01	7b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 1
10	21	37	May 28(1)	NYY		CHW	L,9-14	3-6		7	3.2	2	1	0	0	3	0	0	4.42	3.39	13	4	4	0	1	2		1	0	0	0	0	13	1	0	0	1	0	1	.18	0.013	.45	0.02%	0.96	3t 1-- 1 out d5	6t 3 out d6
11	22	40	May 30	NYY	@	BOS	W,12-3	3-6	W(1-2)	1	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.63	3.25	12	6	6	0	3	0		2	1	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	1	0	.93	0.273	2.46	0.43%	2.55	3b -23 0 out a2	6b 3 out a5
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
12	23	45	Jun 4	NYY	@	CHW	W,10-1	CG	W(2-2)	4	9.0	7	1	1	4	3	1	0	2.87	3.66	38	15	16	6	1	0	68			0	0	0	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	.35	0.119	.85	0.18%	3.49	1b start a 4	9b 3 out a9
13	24	50	Jun 8(1)	NYY		KCA	W,6-1	CG	W(3-2)	3	9.0	5	1	1	1	3	0	0	2.45	3.34	33	14	10	0	2	5	75			1	0	0	32	0	1	0	1	0	1	.78	0.311	2.64	0.63%	3.35	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
14	25	56	Jun 12	NYY		LAA	W,3-1	CG	W(4-2)	3	9.0	4	1	1	2	7	0	0	2.19	3.04	31	11	7	1	3	4	80			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.00	0.383	3.91	0.90%	3.35	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
15	26	60	Jun 16	NYY	@	DET	L,2-4	GS-6	L(4-3)	3	6.0	7	4	3	1	3	0	0	2.44	2.94	27	11	5	1	1	7	46			0	0	0	26	1	0	1	1	0	2	.68	-0.173	4.32	-0.65%	-0.85	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
16	27	64	Jun 20	NYY	@	KCA	W,6-2	GS-8	W(5-3)	3	7.0	8	2	2	4	3	0	0	2.45	2.99	31	6	10	1	1	8	52			0	0	0	27	3	1	0	2	0	0	1.05	0.067	4.52	0.18%	0.94	1b start tie	8b -2- 0 out a4
17	28	69	Jun 25	NYY	@	MIN	W,8-4	GS-9	W(6-3)	4	8.1	10	4	3	3	3	1	1	2.55	3.21	37	10	10	0	0	10	49			0	1	0	33	1	1	0	2	0	1	.82	0.027	3.88	0.08%	0.10	1b start tie	9b -2- 1 out a4
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
18	29	74	Jul 1	NYY		WSA	W,7-6	GS-3		5	2.2	3	5	5	3	0	2	0	3.07	3.66	14	5	3	0	1	3	29			0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	.81	-0.348	4.16	-1.07%	-3.77	1t start tie	3t 1-- 2 out d4
19	30	77	Jul 4(2)	NYY		DET	L,3-4	10-GF(10)	L(6-4)	2	1.0	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	3.15	3.66	6	2	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.89	-0.306	25.05	-1.59%	-0.52	10t --- 0 out tie	10t end d 1
20	31	79	Jul 6	NYY		CLE	W,4-0	SHO	W(7-4)	1	9.0	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	2.81	3.47	28	12	11	1	0	2	86			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	0	.65	0.385	3.94	1.40%	4.35	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
21	32	84	Jul 13	NYY	@	CHW	W,6-2	GS-6	W(8-4)	6	6.0	5	2	2	3	2	2	0	2.82	3.76	25	9	6	0	2	5	53			0	0	0	22	0	1	0	0	0	0	.95	0.129	5.19	0.42%	0.99	1b start a 4	6b 3 out a2
22	33	96	Jul 25(2)	NYY		CHW	W,12-0	SHO	W(9-4)	11	9.0	6	0	0	3	2	0	1	2.56	3.73	37	14	11	0	2	6	74			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	.47	0.181	2.73	0.63%	4.35	1t start tie	9t 3 out a12
23	34	101	Jul 30(1)	NYY		BAL	L,0-4	GS-7	L(9-5)	4	7.0	9	2	2	0	5	1	0	2.56	3.68	28	6	8	0	1	9	56			0	1	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	0	.94	0.057	5.29	0.19%	1.38	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
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
24	35	106	Aug 4	NYY		MIN	W,8-5	GS-7		4	7.0	6	2	1	0	4	0	0	2.48	3.54	26	11	5	0	1	6	63			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	2	0	1	1.11	0.198	6.54	0.70%	1.38	1t start tie	7t 3 out a3
25	36	111	Aug 8	NYY		LAA	W,5-4	GS-6		3	5.1	9	4	3	0	4	0	0	2.60	3.43	25	7	5	1	1	9	40			0	0	0	25	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.36	-0.339	7.38	-1.11%	-2.49	1t start tie	6t -23 1 out d1
26	37	115	Aug 12	NYY	@	WSA	L,1-5	GS-7	L(9-6)	3	6.1	7	4	4	1	4	0	0	2.76	3.35	25	9	11	6	2	0	46			0	1	0	23	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.16	0.071	5.74	0.21%	0.80	1b start tie	7b 123 1 out tie
27	38	120	Aug 17	NYY		CHW	W,5-3	GS-9	W(10-6)	4	8.0	7	3	3	4	1	0	0	2.80	3.38	36	11	14	1	5	6	53			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	1	.70	0.242	4.17	0.86%	2.03	1t start tie	9t 123 0 out a5
28	39	125	Aug 22	NYY	@	LAA	L,3-4	GS-4	L(10-7)	4	3.2	5	3	3	4	3	2	0	2.92	3.59	20	2	6	0	2	5	38			0	0	0	16	1	1	0	0	0	0	.55	-0.167	3.09	-0.56%	-1.57	1b start tie	4b 123 2 out d3
29	40	129	Aug 26	NYY	@	KCA	W,5-1	CG	W(11-7)	3	9.0	3	1	1	1	8	0	0	2.80	3.44	31	9	10	1	0	3	84			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	.51	0.330	3.28	1.28%	3.58	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
30	41	132	Aug 30	NYY	@	MIN	W,4-0	SHO	W(12-7)	3	9.0	4	0	0	2	5	0	0	2.64	3.36	32	11	10	0	5	4	82			0	1	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.14	0.553	7.94	2.32%	4.81	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
Sep/Oct				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
31	42	136	Sep 3	NYY		DET	W,8-5	GS-7		3	7.0	6	2	2	2	1	1	0	2.63	3.43	28	14	11	4	3	0	56			1	0	0	26	1	0	0	1	0	0	.99	0.205	10.56	1.31%	1.38	1t start tie	7t 3 out a2
32	43	142	Sep 8	NYY		CLE	W,9-1	CG	W(13-7)	4	9.0	7	1	0	2	6	0	1	2.49	3.37	37	11	11	1	1	6	75			0	0	0	34	0	0	0	2	0	1	.87	0.217	.35	0.05%	3.35	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
33	44	152	Sep 17	NYY	@	DET	W,6-4	GS-8		8	7.1	10	4	3	5	2	0	0	2.54	3.40	35	9	19	6	6	0	41			0	0	0	30	1	0	1	2	0	0	1.42	0.101	.02	0.00%	0.65	1b start tie	8b 1-- 1 out a1
34	45	156	Sep 21	NYY	@	BAL	L,3-5	GS-7	L(13-8)	3	7.0	8	5	5	3	6	1	0	2.69	3.42	31	12	3	0	0	7	44			1	0	0	26	0	0	0	1	0	0	.93	-0.194	.00	0.00%	-1.58	1b start tie	7b 3 out d4
35	46	160	Sep 27	NYY		BAL	L,2-3	GS-5	L(13-9)	5	5.0	5	3	3	1	2	1	0	2.76	3.46	21	4	9	1	2	5	46			0	0	0	20	2	0	0	0	0	0	.74	-0.110	.00	0.00%	-0.58	1t start tie	5t 3 out d2
36	47	163	Oct 1	NYY		BOS	W,1-0	GS-6	W(14-9)	3	6.0	3	0	0	1	7	0	0	2.68	3.38	22	5	9	3	2	0	72			1	0	0	20	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.21	0.359	.00	0.00%	2.90	1t start tie	6t 3 out a1
							23-12		W-L:14-9,Sv:2,BSv:1,Hld:1	3.3	195.0	168	65	58	59	102	13	5	2.68	3.38	796	1.05		7%	10%	130	58	7	43%	4	6	0	724	19	6	4	22	2	9	.92	1.938	3.76	5.68%	32.39

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