Bill Scherrer
[edit] Biography
Born on January 20, 1958 in Tonawanda, New York, Bill Scherrer (William Joseph Scherrer) played for the Cincinnati Reds, Detroit Tigers, Philadelphia Phillies and Baltimore Orioles over the course of his 7 year career. Scherrer broke into the bigs on September 7, 1982 with the Cincinnati Reds, and put up a 2.74 ERA in 92 innings pitched in 1983, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Bill Scherrer's best season was 1983, when he posted a 2.74 ERA, notched 10 saves and struck out 57 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1982
| CIN
| N
| 5
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 2.60
| 7
| 7
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 17.1
| 17
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1983
| CIN
| N
| 73
| 0
| 2
| 3
| 2.74
| 57
| 31
| 28
| 0
| 0
| 10
| 92
| 73
| 6
| 33
| 4
| 0
| 0
|
| 1984
| DET
| A
| 18
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1.89
| 16
| 4
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 19
| 14
| 1
| 8
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1984
| CIN
| N
| 36
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 4.99
| 35
| 31
| 29
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 52.1
| 64
| 6
| 15
| 3
| 0
| 0
|
| 1984
| Total
|
| 54
| 0
| 2
| 1
| 4.16
| 51
| 35
| 33
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 71.1
| 78
| 7
| 23
| 4
| 0
| 0
|
| 1985
| DET
| A
| 48
| 0
| 3
| 2
| 4.36
| 46
| 35
| 32
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 66
| 62
| 10
| 41
| 13
| 5
| 1
|
| 1986
| DET
| A
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 7.29
| 16
| 19
| 17
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 21
| 19
| 3
| 22
| 4
| 1
| 1
|
| 1987
| CIN
| N
| 23
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 4.36
| 24
| 17
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 33
| 43
| 3
| 16
| 4
| 2
| 0
|
| 1988
| PHI
| N
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 5.40
| 3
| 4
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 6.2
| 7
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1988
| BAL
| A
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 13.50
| 3
| 6
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 8
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1988
| Total
|
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 8.44
| 6
| 10
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 10.2
| 15
| 2
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 145
| 2
| 4
| 6
| 3.67
| 126
| 90
| 82
| 0
| 0
| 11
| 201.1
| 204
| 15
| 66
| 11
| 2
| 0
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 83
| 0
| 4
| 4
| 4.83
| 81
| 64
| 59
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 110
| 103
| 16
| 74
| 18
| 6
| 2
|
| Total
|
|
| 228
| 2
| 8
| 10
| 4.08
| 207
| 154
| 141
| 0
| 0
| 11
| 311.1
| 307
| 31
| 140
| 29
| 8
| 2
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1982
| CIN
| N
| P
| 5
| 2
| 17.1
| 0
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| .750
|
| 1983
| CIN
| N
| P
| 73
| 0
| 92
| 2
| 18
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 4
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1984
| DET
| A
| P
| 18
| 0
| 19
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1984
| CIN
| N
| P
| 36
| 0
| 52.1
| 1
| 11
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 4
| 2
| .923
|
| 1984
| Total
|
| P
| 54
| 0
| 71.1
| 1
| 12
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 4
| 2
| .929
|
| 1985
| DET
| A
| P
| 48
| 0
| 66
| 7
| 11
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 5
| 1
| 0
| .900
|
| 1986
| DET
| A
| P
| 13
| 0
| 21
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1987
| CIN
| N
| P
| 23
| 0
| 33
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1988
| PHI
| N
| P
| 8
| 0
| 6.2
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1988
| BAL
| A
| P
| 4
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1988
| Total
|
| P
| 12
| 0
| 10.2
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 228
| 2
| 311.1
| 14
| 51
| 4
| 4
| 0
| 3
| 31
| 9
| 2
| .942
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1982
| CIN
| N
| 6
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .500
| .667
| .500
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1983
| CIN
| N
| 73
| 11
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .091
| .167
| .091
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1984
| DET
| A
| 18
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1984
| CIN
| N
| 36
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1984
| Total
|
| 54
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1985
| DET
| A
| 48
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1986
| DET
| A
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1987
| CIN
| N
| 23
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1988
| PHI
| N
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1988
| BAL
| A
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1988
| Total
|
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 146
| 17
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| .118
| .211
| .118
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 5
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 83
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 229
| 17
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| .118
| .211
| .118
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 5
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Transactions
- Selected by Cleveland Indians in the 6th round of the free-agent draft - did not sign (June 8, 1976).
- Selected by Cincinnati Reds in the 1st round (1st pick overall) of the secondary phase of free-agent draft (January 11, 1977).
- Traded by Cincinnati Reds to Detroit Tigers in exchange for cash and a player to be named later (August 27, 1984); Cincinnati Reds received Carl Willis (September 1, 1984).
- Granted free agency (October 15, 1986).
- Signed by Cincinnati Reds (1987).
- Released by Cincinnati Reds (October 27, 1987).
- Signed by Baltimore Orioles (January 27, 1988).
- Released by Baltimore Orioles (May 2, 1988).
- Signed by Philadelphia Phillies (June 25, 1988).
- Released by Philadelphia Phillies (August 1, 1988).
- Signed by Chicago Cubs (August 8, 1988).
- Granted free agency (October 15, 1988).
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