Billy Loes
[edit] Biography
Born on December 13, 1929 in Long Island City, New York, Billy Loes (William Loes) played for the Brooklyn Dodgers, Baltimore Orioles and San Francisco Giants over the course of his 11 year career. Loes broke into the bigs on May 18, 1950 with the Brooklyn Dodgers, and put up a 2.69 ERA in 187.1 innings pitched in 1952, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Billy Loes's best season was 1952, when he posted a 2.69 ERA, won 13 games and struck out 115 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1950
| BRO
| N
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 7.82
| 2
| 11
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 12.2
| 16
| 5
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1952
| BRO
| N
| 39
| 21
| 13
| 8
| 2.69
| 115
| 62
| 56
| 8
| 4
| 1
| 187.1
| 154
| 12
| 71
| 0
| 3
| 3
|
| 1953
| BRO
| N
| 32
| 25
| 14
| 8
| 4.54
| 75
| 92
| 82
| 9
| 1
| 0
| 162.2
| 165
| 21
| 53
| 0
| 2
| 3
|
| 1954
| BRO
| N
| 28
| 21
| 13
| 5
| 4.14
| 97
| 73
| 68
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 147.2
| 154
| 14
| 60
| 3
| 4
| 1
|
| 1955
| BRO
| N
| 22
| 19
| 10
| 4
| 3.59
| 85
| 59
| 51
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 128
| 116
| 16
| 46
| 1
| 1
| 2
|
| 1956
| BRO
| N
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 4.50
| 2
| 6
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.1
| 5
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1956
| BAL
| A
| 21
| 6
| 2
| 7
| 4.76
| 22
| 33
| 30
| 1
| 0
| 3
| 56.2
| 65
| 4
| 23
| 1
| 3
| 2
|
| 1956
| Total
|
| 22
| 7
| 2
| 8
| 5.59
| 24
| 39
| 36
| 1
| 0
| 3
| 58
| 70
| 5
| 24
| 1
| 3
| 2
|
| 1957
| BAL
| A
| 31
| 18
| 12
| 7
| 3.24
| 86
| 59
| 56
| 8
| 3
| 4
| 155.1
| 142
| 8
| 37
| 4
| 3
| 4
|
| 1958
| BAL
| A
| 32
| 10
| 3
| 9
| 3.63
| 44
| 51
| 46
| 1
| 0
| 5
| 114
| 106
| 10
| 44
| 5
| 4
| 8
|
| 1959
| BAL
| A
| 37
| 0
| 4
| 7
| 4.06
| 34
| 31
| 29
| 0
| 0
| 14
| 64.1
| 58
| 5
| 25
| 3
| 0
| 3
|
| 1960
| SF
| N
| 37
| 0
| 3
| 2
| 4.93
| 28
| 26
| 25
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 45.2
| 40
| 9
| 17
| 2
| 1
| 4
|
| 1961
| SF
| N
| 26
| 18
| 6
| 5
| 4.24
| 55
| 62
| 54
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 114.2
| 114
| 13
| 39
| 4
| 0
| 5
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 195
| 105
| 59
| 33
| 3.97
| 459
| 391
| 353
| 32
| 6
| 6
| 800
| 764
| 91
| 292
| 10
| 11
| 18
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 121
| 34
| 21
| 30
| 3.71
| 186
| 174
| 161
| 10
| 3
| 26
| 390.1
| 371
| 27
| 129
| 13
| 10
| 17
|
| Total
|
|
| 316
| 139
| 80
| 63
| 3.89
| 645
| 565
| 514
| 42
| 9
| 32
| 1190.1
| 1135
| 118
| 421
| 23
| 21
| 35
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1950
| BRO
| N
| P
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .667
|
| 1952
| BRO
| N
| P
| 39
| 0
| 0
| 14
| 27
| 1
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .976
|
| 1953
| BRO
| N
| P
| 32
| 0
| 0
| 14
| 37
| 1
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .981
|
| 1954
| BRO
| N
| P
| 28
| 21
| 147.2
| 9
| 21
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 2
| 1
| .968
|
| 1955
| BRO
| N
| P
| 22
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 20
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .963
|
| 1956
| BRO
| N
| P
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1956
| BAL
| A
| P
| 21
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1956
| Total
|
| P
| 22
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1957
| BAL
| A
| P
| 31
| 18
| 155.2
| 7
| 33
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 2
| 4
| 6
| 0
| .976
|
| 1958
| BAL
| A
| P
| 32
| 10
| 114
| 9
| 21
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 0
| .882
|
| 1959
| BAL
| A
| P
| 37
| 0
| 64.1
| 3
| 15
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1960
| SF
| N
| P
| 37
| 0
| 45.2
| 2
| 12
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| .933
|
| 1961
| SF
| N
| P
| 26
| 18
| 114.2
| 9
| 23
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 2
| 0
| .941
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 316
| 67
| 642
| 80
| 223
| 13
| 22
| 0
| 2
| 17
| 14
| 1
| .959
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1950
| BRO
| N
| 10
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .500
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1952
| BRO
| N
| 39
| 54
| 3
| 5
| 0
| 1
| .093
| .125
| .093
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 13
| 0
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1953
| BRO
| N
| 32
| 56
| 2
| 7
| 0
| 4
| .125
| .140
| .179
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 13
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| 1954
| BRO
| N
| 28
| 51
| 1
| 6
| 0
| 5
| .118
| .151
| .118
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 20
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1955
| BRO
| N
| 22
| 44
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 0
| .091
| .149
| .091
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 15
| 0
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 1
|
| 1956
| BRO
| N
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1956
| BAL
| A
| 21
| 17
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| .176
| .176
| .176
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1956
| Total
|
| 22
| 17
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| .176
| .176
| .176
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1957
| BAL
| A
| 31
| 50
| 3
| 4
| 0
| 0
| .080
| .132
| .100
| 1
| 0
| 3
| 13
| 0
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| 1958
| BAL
| A
| 32
| 30
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 1
| .067
| .094
| .067
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 10
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1959
| BAL
| A
| 37
| 8
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .125
| .125
| .125
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1960
| SF
| N
| 37
| 4
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .250
| .250
| .250
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1961
| SF
| N
| 26
| 32
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| .156
| .206
| .156
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 195
| 242
| 10
| 28
| 0
| 10
| .116
| .154
| .128
| 1
| 1
| 11
| 65
| 0
| 24
| 1
| 0
| 5
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 121
| 105
| 4
| 10
| 0
| 1
| .095
| .127
| .105
| 1
| 0
| 4
| 31
| 0
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| Total
|
|
| 316
| 347
| 14
| 38
| 0
| 11
| .110
| .146
| .121
| 2
| 1
| 15
| 96
| 0
| 35
| 1
| 0
| 7
|
[edit] Transactions
- Signed as an amateur free agent by Brooklyn Dodgers (1948).
- Sold by Brooklyn Dodgers to Baltimore Orioles for $20000 (May 14, 1956).
- Traded by Baltimore Orioles to Washington Senators in exchange for Vito Valentinetti (April 1, 1959); trade voided (April 8, 1959).
- Traded by Baltimore Orioles with Billy O'Dell to San Francisco Giants in exchange for Jackie Brandt, Gordon Jones and Roger McCardell (November 30, 1959).
- Sold by San Francisco Giants to New York Mets (October 16, 1961).
- Returned to San Francisco Giants (March 2, 1962).
- Released by San Francisco Giants (March 2, 1962).
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