Bill Greif
[edit] Biography
Born on April 25, 1950 in Fort Stockton, Texas, Bill Greif (William Briley Greif) played for the Houston Astros, San Diego Padres and St. Louis Cardinals over the course of his 6 year career. Greif broke into the bigs on July 19, 1971 with the Houston Astros, and put up a 5.60 ERA in 125.1 innings pitched in 1972, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Bill Greif's best season was 1973, when he posted a 3.21 ERA, won 10 games and struck out 120 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1971
| HOU
| N
| 7
| 3
| 1
| 1
| 5.06
| 14
| 10
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 16
| 18
| 1
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| 1972
| SD
| N
| 34
| 22
| 5
| 16
| 5.60
| 91
| 86
| 78
| 2
| 1
| 2
| 125.1
| 143
| 18
| 47
| 4
| 2
| 8
|
| 1973
| SD
| N
| 36
| 31
| 10
| 17
| 3.21
| 120
| 88
| 71
| 9
| 3
| 1
| 199.1
| 181
| 20
| 62
| 12
| 5
| 5
|
| 1974
| SD
| N
| 43
| 35
| 9
| 19
| 4.66
| 137
| 126
| 117
| 7
| 1
| 1
| 226
| 244
| 17
| 95
| 11
| 10
| 14
|
| 1975
| SD
| N
| 59
| 1
| 4
| 6
| 3.88
| 43
| 44
| 31
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 72
| 74
| 7
| 38
| 17
| 2
| 5
|
| 1976
| STL
| N
| 47
| 0
| 1
| 5
| 4.12
| 32
| 28
| 25
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 54.2
| 60
| 5
| 26
| 5
| 6
| 2
|
| 1976
| SD
| N
| 5
| 5
| 1
| 3
| 8.06
| 5
| 20
| 20
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 22.1
| 27
| 2
| 11
| 0
| 1
| 0
|
| 1976
| TOT
| N
| 52
| 5
| 2
| 8
| 5.26
| 37
| 48
| 45
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 77
| 87
| 7
| 37
| 5
| 7
| 2
|
| Total
|
|
| 231
| 97
| 31
| 67
| 4.41
| 442
| 402
| 351
| 18
| 5
| 19
| 715.2
| 747
| 70
| 287
| 49
| 26
| 36
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1971
| HOU
| N
| P
| 7
| 3
| 16
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1972
| SD
| N
| P
| 34
| 22
| 125.1
| 5
| 12
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 11
| 2
| 3
| .810
|
| 1973
| SD
| N
| P
| 36
| 31
| 199.1
| 11
| 24
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 7
| 8
| 6
| .972
|
| 1974
| SD
| N
| P
| 43
| 35
| 226
| 13
| 33
| 3
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 31
| 12
| 5
| .939
|
| 1975
| SD
| N
| P
| 59
| 1
| 72
| 0
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 10
| 2
| 0
| .833
|
| 1976
| STL
| N
| P
| 47
| 0
| 54.2
| 2
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 8
| 5
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1976
| SD
| N
| P
| 5
| 5
| 22.1
| 4
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 1.000
|
| 1976
| TOT
| N
| P
| 52
| 5
| 77
| 6
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 11
| 5
| 1
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 231
| 97
| 715.2
| 35
| 86
| 9
| 4
| 0
| 6
| 72
| 29
| 15
| .931
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1971
| HOU
| N
| 7
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .333
| .333
| .333
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1972
| SD
| N
| 34
| 33
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .030
| .059
| .030
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 15
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1973
| SD
| N
| 36
| 61
| 3
| 6
| 0
| 1
| .098
| .167
| .098
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 28
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1974
| SD
| N
| 46
| 56
| 3
| 4
| 0
| 0
| .071
| .212
| .071
| 0
| 0
| 10
| 23
| 0
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1975
| SD
| N
| 59
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1976
| STL
| N
| 47
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .333
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1976
| SD
| N
| 5
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1976
| TOT
| N
| 52
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .143
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 234
| 166
| 6
| 12
| 0
| 1
| .072
| .163
| .072
| 0
| 0
| 17
| 73
| 1
| 17
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
[edit] Transactions
- Selected by Houston Astros in the 3rd round of the free-agent draft (June 7, 1968).
- Traded by Houston Astros with Derrel Thomas and Mark Schaeffer to San Diego Padres in exchange for Dave Roberts (December 3, 1971).
- Traded by San Diego Padres to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Luis Melendez (May 19, 1976).
- Traded by St. Louis Cardinals with Angel Torres and Sam Mejias to Montreal Expos in exchange for Steve Dunning, Pat Scanlon and Tony Scott (November 6, 1976).
- Released by Montreal Expos (March 30, 1977).
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