Billy McCool
[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
| 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
| 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
| 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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