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Billy McCool

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Full Name: William John McCool Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 2"/195 First Game: April 24, 1964
Birthdate: July 14, 1944 Final Game: July 8, 1970
Birthplace: Batesville, Indiana MLB Experience: 7 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Left
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Pitching Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
    • 2.3 Batting Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Born on July 14, 1944 in Batesville, Indiana, Billy McCool (William John McCool) played for the Cincinnati Reds, San Diego Padres and St. Louis Cardinals over the course of his 7 year career. McCool broke into the bigs on April 24, 1964 with the Cincinnati Reds, and put up a 2.42 ERA in 89.1 innings pitched in 1964, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Billy McCool's best season was 1966, when he posted a 2.48 ERA, notched 18 saves and struck out 104 batters.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Pitching Stats

Year Team G GS W L ERA K R ER CG SHO SV IP H HR BB IB WP HBP
1964 CIN N 40 3 6 5 2.42 87 27 24 0 0 7 89.1 66 3 29 5 2 1
1965 CIN N 62 2 9 10 4.27 120 53 50 0 0 21 105.1 93 9 47 7 8 4
1966 CIN N 57 0 8 8 2.48 104 32 29 0 0 18 105.1 76 5 41 7 4 3
1967 CIN N 31 11 3 7 3.42 83 45 37 0 0 2 97.1 92 8 56 7 7 5
1968 CIN N 30 4 3 4 4.97 30 35 28 0 0 2 50.2 59 4 41 4 8 0
1969 SD N 54 0 3 5 4.30 35 32 28 0 0 7 58.2 59 2 42 8 5 6
1970 STL N 18 0 0 3 6.23 12 15 15 0 0 1 21.2 20 0 16 0 3 0
Total 292 20 32 42 3.59 471 239 211 0 0 58 528.1 465 31 272 38 37 19

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1964 CIN N P 40 3 89.1 1 8 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 1.000
1965 CIN N P 62 2 105.1 2 15 0 0 0 3 3 3 0 1.000
1966 CIN N P 57 0 105.1 3 25 0 3 0 1 4 6 1 1.000
1967 CIN N P 31 11 97.1 1 14 2 0 0 1 8 6 0 .882
1968 CIN N P 30 4 50.2 3 6 2 0 0 0 2 2 0 .818
1969 SD N P 54 0 58.2 0 10 1 0 0 2 6 0 0 .909
1970 STL N P 18 0 21.2 0 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1.000
Total P 292 20 528.1 10 83 5 3 0 8 26 19 1 .949

[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1964 CIN N 40 17 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 10 0 1 0 0 2
1965 CIN N 62 27 0 1 0 0 .037 .071 .037 0 0 1 15 0 0 0 0 0
1966 CIN N 57 18 1 3 0 0 .167 .211 .167 0 0 1 7 0 0 0 0 0
1967 CIN N 31 26 1 2 0 1 .077 .143 .077 0 0 2 16 0 1 0 0 0
1968 CIN N 30 8 0 1 0 0 .125 .125 .125 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 0
1969 SD N 54 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1970 STL N 18 4 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
Total 292 101 2 7 0 1 .069 .105 .069 0 0 4 53 0 4 0 0 2

[edit] Transactions

  • Signed as an amateur free agent by Cincinnati Reds (1963).
  • Selected by San Diego Padres from Cincinnati Reds (46th pick overall) in the expansion draft (October 14, 1968).
  • Traded by San Diego Padres to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Steve Huntz (April 2, 1970).
  • Traded by St. Louis Cardinals to Boston Red Sox in exchange for Bill Landis (@October 6, 1970).
  • Traded by Boston Red Sox to Kansas City Royals in exchange for Hawk Taylor (February 19, 1971).

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