Bill Mueller

Full Name: William Richard Mueller	Primary Position: 3B
Height/Weight: 5' 11"/175	First Game: April 18, 1996
Birthdate: March 17, 1971	MLB Experience: 11 years
Birthplace: Maryland Heights, Missouri
Bat/Throw: Both/Right

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[edit] Biography

Bill Mueller (William Richard Mueller, pron "Miller") was born on March 17, 1971 in Maryland Heights, Missouri. He made his Major League debut on April 18, 1996 for the San Francisco Giants. In 1996, his rookie year, he hit .330 with 0 home runs and 19 RBI. Mueller played for the San Francisco Giants, Chicago Cubs, Boston Red Sox and Los Angeles Dodgers over the course of his 11 year career.

Most people believe that Bill Mueller's best season was 2003, when he slugged 19 home runs, hit for a .326 average and knocked in 85 runs, winning the American League batting title.

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[edit] Statistics

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1996	SF	N	55	200	31	66	0	19	.330	.401	.415	15	1	24	26	1	1	0	0	1
1997	SF	N	128	390	51	114	7	44	.292	.369	.428	26	3	48	71	3	6	4	1	10
1998	SF	N	145	534	93	157	9	59	.294	.383	.395	27	0	79	83	1	3	3	1	12
1999	SF	N	116	414	61	120	2	36	.290	.388	.362	24	0	65	52	3	8	4	1	11
2000	SF	N	153	560	97	150	10	55	.268	.333	.387	29	4	52	62	6	7	4	0	16
2001	CHI	N	70	210	38	62	6	23	.295	.403	.448	12	1	37	19	3	4	1	3	4
2002	SF	N	8	13	0	2	0	1	.154	.214	.154	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1
2002	CHI	N	103	353	51	94	7	37	.266	.355	.402	19	4	51	41	0	4	0	2	8
2002	TOT	N	111	366	51	96	7	38	.262	.350	.393	19	4	52	42	0	4	0	2	9
2003	BOS	A	146	524	85	171	19	85	.326	.398	.540	45	5	59	77	7	4	1	2	11
2004	BOS	A	110	399	75	113	12	57	.283	.365	.446	27	1	51	56	4	0	2	1	8
2005	BOS	A	150	519	69	153	10	62	.295	.369	.430	34	3	59	74	6	0	0	3	22
2006	LA	N	32	107	12	27	3	15	.252	.357	.402	7	0	17	9	1	0	1	3	1
Total	NL		810	2781	434	792	44	289	.285	.370	.399	159	13	374	364	18	33	17	11	64
Total	AL		406	1442	229	437	41	204	.303	.378	.474	106	9	169	207	17	4	3	6	41
Total			1216	4223	663	1229	85	493	.291	.373	.425	265	22	543	571	35	37	20	17	105

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	AVG
1996	SF	N	2B	8	8	72	17	20	2	8	0	.949
1996	SF	N	3B	45	40	365.2	34	79	4	10	0	.966
1997	SF	N	3B	122	98	916	85	218	14	18	0	.956
1998	SF	N	2B	10	6	58	16	14	1	4	0	.968
1998	SF	N	3B	137	126	1137.1	83	273	18	32	0	.952
1999	SF	N	3B	108	102	924	81	195	12	17	1	.958
1999	SF	N	2B	3	0	6	2	0	0	0	0	1.000
2000	SF	N	3B	145	129	1155.1	98	244	9	24	0	.974
2000	SF	N	2B	2	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	1.000
2001	CHI	N	2B	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.000
2001	CHI	N	3B	64	56	495.2	33	96	8	6	0	.942
2002	SF	N	3B	3	2	18	2	3	0	0	0	1.000
2002	CHI	N	3B	101	88	816.2	60	156	6	19	0	.973
2002	TOT	N	3B	104	90	834.2	62	159	6	19	0	.974
2003	BOS	A	3B	135	124	1118.1	77	236	16	22	0	.951
2003	BOS	A	SS	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.000
2003	BOS	A	2B	10	10	83	22	17	0	7	0	1.000
2003	BOS	A	DH	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2004	BOS	A	3B	96	94	827.2	71	162	14	15	0	.943
2004	BOS	A	2B	14	14	120	22	34	3	6	0	.949
2005	BOS	A	3B	142	140	1209.1	87	264	10	20	0	.972
2005	BOS	A	2B	5	5	43	10	13	1	1	0	.958
2006	LA	N	3B	30	30	256	15	61	8	7	0	.905
Total			2B	53	43	388	90	99	7	26	0	.964
Total			SS	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			3B	1128	1029	9240	726	1987	119	190	1	.958
Total			DH	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

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Selected by San Francisco Giants in the 15th round of the free-agent draft (June 3, 1993 - signed June 4, 1993).
Traded by San Francisco Giants to Chicago Cubs in exchange for Tim Worrell (November 18, 2000).
Traded by Chicago Cubs with cash to San Francisco Giants in exchange for Jeff Verplancke (September 4, 2002).
Granted free agency (October 28, 2002).
Signed by Boston Red Sox (January 10, 2003).
Granted free agency (October 27, 2005).
Signed by Los Angeles Dodgers (December 15, 2005).