Bill Renna
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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.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Batting Stats
| 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
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 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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