Bill Posedel
[edit] Biography
Born on August 2, 1906 in San Francisco, California, Bill Posedel (William John Posedel) played for the Brooklyn Dodgers and Boston Braves over the course of his 5 year career. Posedel broke into the bigs on April 23, 1938 with the Brooklyn Dodgers, and put up a 5.66 ERA in 140 innings pitched in 1938, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Bill Posedel's best season was 1939, when he posted a 3.92 ERA, won 15 games and struck out 73 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1938
| BRO
| N
| 33
| 17
| 8
| 9
| 5.66
| 49
| 96
| 88
| 6
| 1
| 1
| 140
| 178
| 14
| 46
| 0
| 9
| 2
|
| 1939
| BOS
| N
| 33
| 29
| 15
| 13
| 3.92
| 73
| 103
| 96
| 18
| 5
| 0
| 220.2
| 221
| 8
| 78
| 0
| 1
| 0
|
| 1940
| BOS
| N
| 35
| 32
| 12
| 17
| 4.13
| 86
| 118
| 107
| 18
| 0
| 1
| 233
| 263
| 16
| 81
| 0
| 3
| 1
|
| 1941
| BOS
| N
| 18
| 9
| 4
| 4
| 4.87
| 10
| 36
| 31
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 57.1
| 61
| 6
| 30
| 0
| 2
| 0
|
| 1946
| BOS
| N
| 19
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 6.99
| 9
| 24
| 22
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 28.1
| 34
| 4
| 13
| 0
| 1
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 138
| 87
| 41
| 43
| 4.56
| 227
| 377
| 344
| 45
| 6
| 6
| 679.1
| 757
| 48
| 248
| 0
| 16
| 3
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1938
| BRO
| N
| P
| 33
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 23
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .933
|
| 1939
| BOS
| N
| P
| 33
| 0
| 0
| 10
| 40
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .926
|
| 1940
| BOS
| N
| P
| 35
| 0
| 0
| 17
| 42
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .952
|
| 1941
| BOS
| N
| P
| 18
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 11
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .933
|
| 1946
| BOS
| N
| P
| 19
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 138
| 0
| 0
| 36
| 120
| 10
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .940
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1938
| BRO
| N
| 33
| 44
| 3
| 10
| 0
| 1
| .227
| .261
| .250
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 8
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1939
| BOS
| N
| 33
| 73
| 3
| 8
| 0
| 7
| .110
| .156
| .123
| 1
| 0
| 4
| 18
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| 1940
| BOS
| N
| 35
| 82
| 6
| 14
| 0
| 10
| .171
| .227
| .220
| 4
| 0
| 6
| 11
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 3
|
| 1941
| BOS
| N
| 18
| 25
| 1
| 8
| 0
| 3
| .320
| .320
| .400
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1946
| BOS
| N
| 19
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 138
| 227
| 13
| 40
| 0
| 21
| .176
| .218
| .211
| 8
| 0
| 12
| 38
| 0
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 7
|
[edit] Transactions
- Sold by Portland (PCL) to Brooklyn Dodgers (September 5, 1937).
- Traded by Brooklyn Dodgers to Boston Bees in exchange for Al Todd (March 31, 1939).
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