Bill Trotter

Full Name: William Felix Trotter	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 2"/195	First Game: April 23, 1937
Birthdate: August 10, 1908	Final Game: September 22, 1944
Birthplace: Cisne, Illinois	MLB Experience: 7 years
Died: August 26, 1984
Deathplace: Arlington, Massachusetts
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Born on August 10, 1908 in Cisne, Illinois, Bill Trotter (William Felix Trotter) played for the St. Louis Browns, Washington Senators and St. Louis Cardinals over the course of his 7 year career. Trotter broke into the bigs on April 23, 1937 with the St. Louis Browns, and put up a 5.81 ERA in 122.1 innings pitched in 1937, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Bill Trotter's best season was 1940, when he posted a 3.77 ERA.

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Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	WP	HBP
1937	STL	A	34	12	2	9	5.81	37	88	79	3	1	122.1	150	14	50	0	7
1938	STL	A	1	1	0	1	5.62	1	7	5	1	0	8	8	0	0	0	0
1939	STL	A	41	13	6	13	5.34	61	120	93	4	0	156.2	205	16	54	0	5
1940	STL	A	36	4	7	6	3.77	29	56	41	1	2	98	117	5	31	1	1
1941	STL	A	29	0	4	2	5.98	17	35	33	0	0	49.2	68	2	19	0	2
1942	WAS	A	17	0	3	1	5.75	13	29	26	0	0	40.2	52	4	14	0	0
1942	STL	A	3	0	0	1	18.00	0	5	4	0	0	2	5	0	2	0	0
1942	TOT	A	20	0	3	2	6.33	13	34	30	0	0	42.2	57	4	16	0	0
1944	STL	N	2	1	0	1	13.50	0	14	9	0	0	6	14	5	4	0	0
Total	NL		2	1	0	1	13.50	0	14	9	0	0	6	14	5	4	0	0
Total	AL		161	30	22	33	5.30	158	340	281	9	3	477.1	605	41	170	1	15
Total			163	31	22	34	5.40	158	354	290	9	3	483.1	619	46	174	1	15

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Year	Team		POS	G	PO	A	ERR	DP	AVG
1937	STL	A	P	34	2	18	3	0	.870
1938	STL	A	P	1	0	5	0	0	1.000
1939	STL	A	P	41	9	29	0	3	1.000
1940	STL	A	P	36	2	21	0	3	1.000
1941	STL	A	P	29	0	13	0	1	1.000
1942	WAS	A	P	17	2	11	1	0	.929
1942	STL	A	P	3	0	1	0	0	1.000
1942	TOT	A	P	20	2	12	1	0	.933
1944	STL	N	P	2	0	2	0	0	1.000
Total			P	163	15	100	4	7	.966

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	BB	SO	SH	GDP
1937	STL	A	34	33	2	1	0	.030	.179	.061	1	6	17	2	0
1938	STL	A	1	2	1	0	0	.000	.333	.000	0	1	0	1	0
1939	STL	A	41	37	2	4	1	.108	.250	.108	0	7	21	7	1
1940	STL	A	36	22	1	1	0	.045	.125	.045	0	2	15	2	1
1941	STL	A	29	6	0	0	0	.000	.143	.000	0	1	6	1	0
1942	WAS	A	17	8	0	0	0	.000	.200	.000	0	2	3	1	1
1942	STL	A	3	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
1942	TOT	A	20	8	0	0	0	.000	.200	.000	0	2	3	1	1
1944	STL	N	2	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	0	0
Total	NL		2	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	0	0
Total	AL		161	108	6	6	1	.056	.197	.065	1	19	62	14	3
Total			163	109	6	6	1	.055	.195	.064	1	19	63	14	3

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Signed by St. Louis Browns (April 21, 1937).
Traded by St. Louis Browns with Roy Cullenbine to Washington Senators in exchange for Mike Chartak and Steve Sundra (June 1, 1942).

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