Bill Sarni
[edit] Biography
Bill Sarni (William Florine Sarni) was born on September 19, 1927 in Los Angeles, California. He made his Major League debut on May 9, 1951 for the St. Louis Cardinals. In 1954, his rookie year, he hit .300 with 9 home runs and 70 RBI. Sarni played for the St. Louis Cardinals and New York Giants over the course of his 5 year career.
Most people believe that Bill Sarni's best season was 1954, when he hit for a .300 average and knocked in 70 runs.
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[edit] Batting Stats
| 1951
| STL
| N
| 36
| 86
| 7
| 15
| 0
| 2
| .174
| .253
| .186
| 1
| 0
| 9
| 13
| 0
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 4
|
| 1952
| STL
| N
| 3
| 5
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .200
| .200
| .200
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1954
| STL
| N
| 123
| 380
| 40
| 114
| 9
| 70
| .300
| .337
| .439
| 18
| 4
| 25
| 42
| 0
| 2
| 3
| 2
| 10
|
| 1955
| STL
| N
| 107
| 325
| 32
| 83
| 3
| 34
| .255
| .313
| .342
| 15
| 2
| 27
| 33
| 1
| 7
| 1
| 0
| 13
|
| 1956
| STL
| N
| 43
| 148
| 12
| 43
| 5
| 22
| .291
| .329
| .466
| 7
| 2
| 8
| 15
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 2
| 4
|
| 1956
| NY
| N
| 78
| 238
| 16
| 55
| 5
| 23
| .231
| .290
| .357
| 9
| 3
| 20
| 31
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 2
| 4
|
| 1956
| TOT
| N
| 121
| 386
| 28
| 98
| 10
| 45
| .254
| .305
| .399
| 16
| 5
| 28
| 46
| 2
| 4
| 1
| 4
| 8
|
| Total
|
|
| 390
| 1182
| 107
| 311
| 22
| 151
| .263
| .313
| .380
| 50
| 11
| 89
| 135
| 3
| 15
| 6
| 6
| 35
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1951
| STL
| N
| C
| 35
| 0
| 0
| 107
| 13
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .984
|
| 1952
| STL
| N
| C
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 19
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1954
| STL
| N
| C
| 118
| 96
| 902
| 486
| 41
| 2
| 12
| 0
| 4
| 9
| 15
| 0
| .996
|
| 1955
| STL
| N
| C
| 99
| 0
| 0
| 482
| 39
| 7
| 8
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .987
|
| 1956
| STL
| N
| C
| 41
| 0
| 0
| 219
| 25
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .992
|
| 1956
| NY
| N
| C
| 78
| 0
| 0
| 367
| 36
| 3
| 9
| 0
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .993
|
| 1956
| TOT
| N
| C
| 119
| 0
| 0
| 586
| 61
| 5
| 10
| 0
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .992
|
| Total
|
|
| C
| 374
| 96
| 902
| 1680
| 154
| 16
| 33
| 0
| 21
| 9
| 15
| 0
| .991
|
[edit] Transactions
- Selected by St. Louis Cardinals from Shreveport (Texas) in the minor league draft (December 5, 1949).
- Traded by St. Louis Cardinals with Dick Littlefield, Jackie Brandt, Red Schoendienst and a player to be named later to New York Giants in exchange for Al Dark, Ray Katt, Don Liddle and Whitey Lockman (June 14, 1956); New York Giants received Gordon Jones (October 1, 1956).
- Released by New York Giants (March 27, 1957).
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