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Bill Pleis

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Full Name: William Pleis Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 5' 10"/170 First Game: April 16, 1961
Birthdate: August 5, 1937 Final Game: September 15, 1966
Birthplace: St. Louis, Missouri MLB Experience: 6 years
Bat/Throw: Left/Left
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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 August 5, 1937 in St. Louis, Missouri, Bill Pleis (William Pleis) played for the Minnesota Twins for his entire 6 year career. Pleis broke into the bigs on April 16, 1961 with the Minnesota Twins, and put up a 4.95 ERA in 56.1 innings pitched in 1961, his rookie year.

There is some disagreement on what was Bill Pleis's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1965, when he posted a 2.98 ERA. However, others believe that it was 1964, when he posted a 3.91 ERA.

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[edit] Pitching Stats

Year Team G GS W L ERA K R ER CG SHO SV IP H HR BB IB WP HBP
1961 MIN A 37 0 4 2 4.95 32 35 31 0 0 2 56.1 59 4 34 5 1 4
1962 MIN A 21 4 2 5 4.40 31 27 22 0 0 3 45 46 7 14 2 1 1
1963 MIN A 36 4 6 2 4.37 37 37 33 1 0 0 68 67 10 16 2 3 0
1964 MIN A 47 0 4 1 3.91 42 23 22 0 0 4 50.2 43 6 31 3 4 1
1965 MIN A 41 2 4 4 2.98 33 20 17 0 0 4 51.1 49 3 27 5 2 0
1966 MIN A 8 0 1 2 1.93 9 6 2 0 0 0 9.1 5 1 4 0 0 0
Total 190 10 21 16 4.07 184 148 127 1 0 13 280.2 269 31 126 17 11 6

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1961 MIN A P 37 0 56.1 3 3 1 0 0 0 3 2 0 .857
1962 MIN A P 21 4 45 4 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 .889
1963 MIN A P 36 4 68 3 10 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1.000
1964 MIN A P 46 0 50.2 6 6 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1.000
1965 MIN A P 41 2 51.1 1 7 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1.000
1966 MIN A P 8 0 9.1 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 .500
Total P 189 10 280.2 17 31 3 3 0 4 6 6 0 .941

[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1961 MIN A 37 9 0 1 0 0 .111 .111 .111 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0
1962 MIN A 21 14 1 4 0 1 .286 .333 .286 0 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 0
1963 MIN A 36 16 2 2 0 1 .125 .263 .125 0 0 3 11 0 1 0 0 0
1964 MIN A 47 4 2 1 0 0 .250 .400 .250 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0
1965 MIN A 41 7 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0
1966 MIN A 8 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 190 50 5 8 0 2 .160 .236 .160 0 0 5 26 0 3 0 0 0

[edit] Transactions

  • Traded by Orlando (Florida State) to Washington Senators in exchange for $250 plus 2 players (August 15, 1956).

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