Bill Renna

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Full Name: William Beneditto Renna	Primary Position: OF
Height/Weight: 6' 3"/218	First Game: April 14, 1953
Birthdate: October 14, 1924	Final Game: May 20, 1959
Birthplace: Hanford, California	MLB Experience: 6 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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1 Biography
2 Statistics
- 2.1 Batting Stats
- 2.2 Fielding Stats
3 Transactions
4 Trivia
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7 See Also
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Bill Renna (William Beneditto Renna) was born on October 14, 1924 in Hanford, California. He made his Major League debut on April 14, 1953 for the New York Yankees. In 1954, his rookie year, he hit .232 with 13 home runs and 53 RBI. Renna played for the New York Yankees, Philadelphia Athletics, Kansas City Athletics and Boston Red Sox over the course of his 6 year career.

Most people believe that Bill Renna's best season was 1954, when he knocked in 53 runs.

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[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1953	NY	A	61	121	19	38	2	13	.314	.385	.463	6	3	13	31	1	2	0	0	2
1954	PHI	A	123	422	52	98	13	53	.232	.302	.379	15	4	41	60	3	4	1	0	7
1955	KC	A	100	249	33	53	7	28	.213	.305	.349	7	3	31	42	2	2	0	0	4
1956	KC	A	33	48	12	13	2	5	.271	.314	.458	3	0	3	10	0	0	1	0	1
1958	BOS	A	39	56	5	15	4	18	.268	.339	.571	5	0	6	14	0	0	0	1	1
1959	BOS	A	14	22	2	2	0	2	.091	.259	.091	0	0	5	9	0	0	0	0	0
Total			370	918	123	219	28	119	.239	.315	.391	36	10	99	166	6	8	2	1	15

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Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1953	NY	A	OF	40	0	0	57	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.983
1954	PHI	A	OF	115	0	0	226	13	7	5	0	0	0	0	0	.972
1955	KC	A	OF	79	0	0	118	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	.992
1956	KC	A	OF	25	0	0	18	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.950
1958	BOS	A	OF	11	9	66.1	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1958	BOS	A	LF	11	9	66.1	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1959	BOS	A	LF	7	5	40	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1959	BOS	A	OF	7	5	40	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			LF	18	14	106.1	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			OF	277	14	106.1	441	19	10	7	0	0	0	0	0	.979

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by New York Yankees (1949).
Traded by New York Yankees with Don Bollweg, Johnny Gray, Jim Robertson, Jim Finigan and Vic Power to Philadelphia Athletics in exchange for Harry Byrd, Eddie Robinson, Tom Hamilton, Carmen Mauro and Loren Babe (December 16, 1953).
Traded by Kansas City Athletics with Moe Burtschy and cash to New York Yankees in exchange for Eddie Robinson and Lou Skizas (June 14, 1956).
Traded by New York Yankees to Boston Red Sox in exchange for Eli Grba and Gordie Windhorn (March 14, 1957).

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