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Bill Bonham

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Full Name: William Gordon Bonham Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 3"/190 First Game: April 7, 1971
Birthdate: October 1, 1948 Final Game: July 26, 1980
Birthplace: Glendale, California MLB Experience: 10 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Pitching Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
    • 2.3 Batting Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Born on October 1, 1948 in Glendale, California, Bill Bonham (William Gordon Bonham) played for the Chicago Cubs and Cincinnati Reds over the course of his 10 year career. Bonham broke into the bigs on April 7, 1971 with the Chicago Cubs, and put up a 4.65 ERA in 60 innings pitched in 1971, his rookie year.

There is some disagreement on what was Bill Bonham's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1974, when he posted a 3.86 ERA, won 11 games and struck out 191 batters. However, others believe that it was 1973, when he posted a 3.02 ERA and struck out 121 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
1971 CHI N 33 2 2 1 4.65 41 38 31 0 0 0 60 63 6 36 5 5 5
1972 CHI N 19 4 1 1 3.12 49 22 20 0 0 4 57.2 56 4 25 2 2 1
1973 CHI N 44 15 7 5 3.02 121 55 51 3 0 6 152 126 10 64 7 9 4
1974 CHI N 44 36 11 22 3.86 191 133 104 10 2 1 242.2 246 13 109 8 13 6
1975 CHI N 38 36 13 15 4.71 165 133 120 7 2 0 229.1 254 15 109 6 12 5
1976 CHI N 32 31 9 13 4.27 110 102 93 3 0 0 196 215 11 96 2 10 2
1977 CHI N 34 34 10 13 4.36 134 111 104 1 0 0 214.2 207 15 82 16 3 3
1978 CIN N 23 23 11 5 3.53 83 59 55 1 0 0 140.1 151 9 50 8 8 1
1979 CIN N 29 29 9 7 3.79 78 80 74 2 0 0 175.2 173 14 60 3 6 8
1980 CIN N 4 4 2 1 4.74 13 10 10 0 0 0 19 21 1 5 0 0 0
Total 300 214 75 83 4.01 985 743 662 27 4 11 1487.1 1512 98 636 57 68 35

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1971 CHI N P 33 2 60 5 13 0 1 0 3 7 6 0 1.000
1972 CHI N P 19 4 57.2 3 9 0 0 0 0 5 4 1 1.000
1973 CHI N P 44 15 152 10 40 2 2 0 0 4 7 3 .962
1974 CHI N P 44 36 242.2 20 54 6 4 0 3 26 10 2 .925
1975 CHI N P 38 36 229.1 15 37 4 3 0 2 22 5 0 .929
1976 CHI N P 32 31 196 8 32 3 2 0 2 19 6 0 .930
1977 CHI N P 34 34 214.2 20 43 3 4 0 0 23 14 1 .955
1978 CIN N P 23 23 140.1 13 35 3 2 0 2 11 4 0 .941
1979 CIN N P 29 29 175.2 9 31 4 0 0 0 9 5 0 .909
1980 CIN N P 4 4 19 0 3 1 0 0 0 3 1 0 .750
Total P 300 214 1487.1 103 297 26 18 0 12 129 62 7 .939

[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1971 CHI N 33 12 2 2 0 0 .167 .167 .167 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0
1972 CHI N 19 14 3 4 0 1 .286 .375 .286 0 0 2 3 0 3 0 0 0
1973 CHI N 44 43 1 4 0 1 .093 .093 .093 0 0 0 17 0 6 0 0 1
1974 CHI N 48 84 8 12 0 4 .143 .163 .167 2 0 2 25 0 5 0 0 4
1975 CHI N 40 82 8 15 0 6 .183 .190 .220 1 1 1 19 0 8 0 0 1
1976 CHI N 32 65 6 13 0 2 .200 .224 .262 4 0 2 15 0 7 0 0 1
1977 CHI N 35 65 3 15 0 3 .231 .242 .277 3 0 1 14 0 11 0 0 1
1978 CIN N 23 43 2 8 0 5 .186 .271 .256 3 0 4 9 1 8 0 0 0
1979 CIN N 29 57 3 8 0 2 .140 .140 .175 2 0 0 18 0 6 0 0 1
1980 CIN N 4 6 1 0 0 0 .000 .143 .000 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Total 307 471 37 81 0 24 .172 .195 .208 15 1 13 125 1 54 0 0 9

[edit] Transactions

  • Selected by California Angels in the 31st round of the free-agent draft - did not sign (June 7, 1966).
  • Selected by California Angels in the 4th round of the secondary phase of free-agent draft - did not sign (January 28, 1967).
  • Selected by Baltimore Orioles in the 31st round of the free-agent draft - did not sign (June 7, 1968).
  • Signed as a non-drafted free agent by Chicago Cubs (June 10, 1970).
  • Traded by Chicago Cubs to Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Woodie Fryman and Bill Caudill (October 31, 1977).
  • Released by Cincinnati Reds (August 27, 1981).

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