Bill Stafford
[edit] Biography
Born on August 13, 1939 in Catskill, New York, Bill Stafford (William Charles Stafford) played for the New York Yankees and Kansas City Athletics over the course of his 8 year career. Stafford broke into the bigs on August 17, 1960 with the New York Yankees, and put up a 2.25 ERA in 60 innings pitched in 1960, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Bill Stafford's best season was 1961, when he posted a 2.68 ERA, won 14 games and struck out 101 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1960
| NY
| A
| 11
| 8
| 3
| 1
| 2.25
| 36
| 17
| 15
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 60
| 50
| 3
| 18
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1961
| NY
| A
| 36
| 25
| 14
| 9
| 2.68
| 101
| 65
| 58
| 8
| 3
| 2
| 195
| 168
| 13
| 59
| 4
| 1
| 5
|
| 1962
| NY
| A
| 35
| 33
| 14
| 9
| 3.67
| 109
| 95
| 87
| 7
| 2
| 0
| 213.1
| 188
| 23
| 77
| 6
| 2
| 4
|
| 1963
| NY
| A
| 28
| 14
| 4
| 8
| 6.02
| 52
| 64
| 60
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 89.2
| 104
| 16
| 42
| 3
| 2
| 3
|
| 1964
| NY
| A
| 31
| 1
| 5
| 0
| 2.67
| 39
| 19
| 18
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 60.2
| 50
| 4
| 22
| 7
| 1
| 2
|
| 1965
| NY
| A
| 22
| 15
| 3
| 8
| 3.56
| 71
| 45
| 44
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 111.1
| 93
| 16
| 31
| 4
| 2
| 2
|
| 1966
| KC
| A
| 9
| 8
| 0
| 4
| 4.99
| 31
| 28
| 22
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 39.2
| 42
| 2
| 12
| 1
| 1
| 2
|
| 1967
| KC
| A
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1.69
| 10
| 4
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 16
| 12
| 0
| 9
| 2
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 186
| 104
| 43
| 40
| 3.52
| 449
| 337
| 307
| 18
| 6
| 9
| 785.2
| 707
| 77
| 270
| 27
| 9
| 19
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1960
| NY
| A
| P
| 11
| 8
| 60
| 7
| 10
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1961
| NY
| A
| P
| 36
| 25
| 195
| 7
| 29
| 1
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 6
| 0
| .973
|
| 1962
| NY
| A
| P
| 35
| 33
| 213.1
| 12
| 33
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 4
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1963
| NY
| A
| P
| 28
| 14
| 89.2
| 5
| 12
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1964
| NY
| A
| P
| 31
| 1
| 59.2
| 3
| 10
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1965
| NY
| A
| P
| 22
| 15
| 111.1
| 10
| 16
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 2
| 0
| .963
|
| 1966
| KC
| A
| P
| 9
| 8
| 39.2
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 3
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1967
| KC
| A
| P
| 14
| 0
| 16
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 186
| 104
| 784.2
| 45
| 117
| 2
| 13
| 0
| 1
| 32
| 17
| 0
| .988
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1960
| NY
| A
| 12
| 22
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| .045
| .045
| .045
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1961
| NY
| A
| 36
| 67
| 5
| 12
| 0
| 3
| .179
| .225
| .239
| 2
| 1
| 4
| 11
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1962
| NY
| A
| 35
| 78
| 5
| 17
| 0
| 5
| .218
| .237
| .269
| 4
| 0
| 2
| 16
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1963
| NY
| A
| 28
| 24
| 2
| 7
| 0
| 3
| .292
| .346
| .375
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 7
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1964
| NY
| A
| 31
| 13
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1
| .077
| .077
| .154
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1965
| NY
| A
| 22
| 29
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 12
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1966
| KC
| A
| 9
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1967
| KC
| A
| 14
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 187
| 245
| 15
| 38
| 0
| 14
| .155
| .181
| .200
| 7
| 2
| 7
| 63
| 1
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
[edit] Transactions
- Signed as an amateur free agent by New York Yankees (1957).
- Traded by New York Yankees with Gil Blanco and Roger Repoz to Kansas City Athletics in exchange for Fred Talbot and Billy Bryan (June 10, 1966).
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