Bill Atkinson

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Full Name: William Cecil Glenn Atkinson	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 5' 7"/165	First Game: September 18, 1976
Birthdate: October 4, 1954	Final Game: September 26, 1979
Birthplace: Chatham, Ontario (Canada)	MLB Experience: 4 years
Bat/Throw: Left/Right

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1 Biography
2 Statistics
3 Transactions
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[edit] Biography

Born on October 4, 1954 in Chatham, Ontario (Canada), Bill Atkinson (William Cecil Glenn Atkinson) played for the Montreal Expos for his entire 4 year career. Atkinson broke into the bigs on September 18, 1976 with the Montreal Expos, and put up a 3.35 ERA in 83.1 innings pitched in 1977, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Bill Atkinson's best season was 1977, when he posted a 3.35 ERA and struck out 56 batters.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1976	MON	N	4	0	0	0	.00	4	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	0	1	1	2	0
1977	MON	N	55	0	7	2	3.35	56	33	31	0	0	7	83.1	72	12	29	11	5	0
1978	MON	N	29	0	2	2	4.37	32	23	22	0	0	3	45.1	45	5	28	4	0	1
1979	MON	N	10	0	2	0	1.98	7	4	3	0	0	1	13.2	9	0	4	1	0	0
Total			98	0	11	4	3.42	99	60	56	0	0	11	147.1	129	17	62	17	7	1

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1976	MON	N	P	4	0	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1977	MON	N	P	55	0	83.1	6	18	1	0	0	0	5	4	0	.960
1978	MON	N	P	29	0	45.1	2	9	2	1	0	1	12	2	1	.846
1979	MON	N	P	10	0	13.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			P	98	0	147.1	9	28	3	1	0	1	17	6	1	.925

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1976	MON	N	4	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1977	MON	N	56	5	0	1	0	0	.200	.200	.200	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
1978	MON	N	29	4	0	2	0	1	.500	.500	.500	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1979	MON	N	10	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total			99	10	0	3	0	1	.300	.300	.300	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0

[edit] Transactions

Signed as a non-drafted free agent by Montreal Expos (October 4, 1971).
Sold by Montreal Expos to Chicago White Sox (December 12, 1979).

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