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Bill Bonham

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 190lb (190cm, 86kg)

Born: October 1, 1948 in Glendale, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the California Angels in the 31st round of the 1966 MLB June Amateur Draft from John H. Francis Polytechnic HS (Sun Valley, CA), the California Angels in the 4th round of the 1967 MLB January Draft-Secondary Phase from Los Angeles Valley College (Los Angeles, CA) and the Baltimore Orioles in the 31st round of the 1968 MLB June Amateur Draft from Los Angeles Valley College (Los Angeles, CA).

High School: John H. Francis Polytechnic HS (Sun Valley, CA)

Schools: Los Angeles Valley College (Los Angeles, CA), University of California, Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA)

Debut: April 7, 1971 (Age 22-188d, 13,097th in major league history)
vs. STL 0.0 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 3 BB, 1 ER

Last Game: July 26, 1980 (Age 31-299d)
vs. NYM 5.0 IP, 6 H, 3 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER, W

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1971 season

Full Name: William Gordon Bonham

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

18.2

ERA

4.01

300

214

1487.1

985

WHIP

1.444

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Team Record in Appearances: 16-7 / in Starts: 16-7

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1978 Pitching Game Log

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1978 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	245	2	Apr 7	CIN		HOU	W,5-4	GS-9	W(1-0)	99	8.0	9	4	4	2	5	1	0	4.50	3.71	35	13	6	0	1	9	51			0	0	0	33	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.21	-0.125	1.99	-0.12%	-0.80	1t start tie	9t 1-- 0 out a1
2	246	6	Apr 12	CIN		SFG	W,12-3	CG	W(2-0)	4	9.0	5	3	3	1	7	1	0	3.71	3.23	33	13	7	0	2	5	71			0	0	0	32	2	1	0	0	0	0	.65	0.071	1.23	0.08%	1.02	1t start tie	9t 3 out a9
3	247	11	Apr 17	CIN	@	LAD	W,8-2	GS-9	W(3-0)	4	8.0	5	2	2	4	9	1	0	3.24	3.31	33	7	8	1	3	5	69			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	1	.37	0.104	.79	0.13%	-0.28	1b start a 2	9b 123 0 out a6
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
4	248	31	May 12	CIN	@	PHI	W,3-0	GS-7	W(4-0)	24	6.1	6	0	0	1	2	0	1	2.59	3.22	26	13	3	0	0	6	62			0	1	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.26	0.204	2.25	0.22%	1.64	1b start a 1	7b 123 1 out a3
5	249	35	May 17	CIN	@	MON	L,4-5	GS-7		4	6.0	11	4	4	1	3	1	0	3.13	3.39	29	10	4	2	0	11	36			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	.96	-0.160	1.76	-0.18%	-0.74	1b start a 4	7b 1-- 0 out a1
6	250	41	May 22	CIN		ATL	W,10-0	GS-8	W(5-0)	4	8.0	5	0	0	1	3	0	0	2.58	3.18	30	11	10	0	1	5	74			0	0	0	28	1	0	1	0	0	0	.74	0.254	1.50	0.31%	3.57	1t start tie	8t 3 out a6
7	251	45	May 27	CIN	@	SDP	W,5-2	GS-8	W(6-0)	4	7.1	5	1	1	1	6	0	0	2.39	2.93	27	9	7	0	2	4	69			1	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.15	0.398	2.49	0.52%	2.81	1b start tie	8b 1-- 1 out a3
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
8	252	50	Jun 2	CIN		PIT	W,3-2	GS-7		5	7.0	8	2	2	5	4	0	0	2.41	3.00	33	10	6	0	1	8	52			1	1	0	28	4	0	2	0	0	0	1.17	0.031	2.47	0.04%	1.12	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
9	253	55	Jun 7	CIN	@	CHC	W,9-6	GS-6	W(7-0)	4	6.0	8	3	3	4	4	1	0	2.60	3.22	29	8	11	5	1	2	44			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	1	0	0	.59	0.071	1.31	0.10%	-0.03	1b start a 4	6b 3 out a6
10	254	60	Jun 12	CIN		CHC	L,2-3	GS-8	L(7-1)	4	8.0	6	3	3	4	3	0	0	2.69	3.24	35	14	13	4	1	1	57			1	0	0	30	1	0	1	1	1	1	.84	-0.029	1.93	-0.04%	0.57	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
11	255	64	Jun 17	CIN		STL	W,6-5	GS-2		4	1.1	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	2.76	3.27	7	1	3	0	1	2	45			0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.97	-0.100	2.04	-0.13%	-0.96	1t start tie	2t 12- 1 out a1
12	256	68	Jun 22	CIN	@	SFG	W,5-0	GS-7	W(8-1)	4	6.1	2	0	0	3	2	0	0	2.55	3.27	23	15	1	1	0	2	68			0	0	0	19	0	0	0	1	0	0	.77	0.228	3.06	0.55%	1.52	1b start a 2	7b 123 1 out a5
13	257	73	Jun 27	CIN	@	HOU	L,4-7	GS-4	L(8-2)	4	4.0	7	6	6	3	3	0	0	3.06	3.28	22	6	3	2	1	7	24			3	0	0	19	1	1	0	0	0	0	.66	-0.351	1.61	-0.51%	-4.36	1b start tie	4b 3 out d5
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
14	258	79	Jul 2	CIN		LAD	W,7-6	GS-5		4	4.0	9	4	4	2	2	0	0	3.32	3.27	22	4	5	2	1	9	28			0	0	0	20	6	0	0	0	0	0	1.48	-0.232	3.47	-0.33%	-1.82	1t start tie	5t -2- 0 out tie
15	259	84	Jul 7(2)	CIN		SFG	W,2-1	GS-7	W(9-2)	4	6.2	9	1	1	2	7	0	0	3.19	3.14	31	8	5	2	0	9	57			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.40	0.152	4.40	0.29%	1.39	1t start tie	7t 123 2 out a1
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
16	260	110	Aug 6	CIN		SDP	W,3-1	GS-5		29	5.0	4	1	1	2	1	0	0	3.12	3.15	20	8	5	0	2	4	54			0	0	0	16	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.15	0.112	3.70	0.22%	1.23	1t start tie	5t 3 out d1
17	261	115	Aug 11	CIN	@	SDP	W,2-0	GS-7		4	7.0	4	0	0	2	3	0	0	2.92	3.11	26	13	4	1	1	4	70			1	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.23	0.404	3.71	0.73%	2.85	1b start tie	7b 3 out tie
18	262	120	Aug 16	CIN	@	PIT	L,2-13	GS-6	L(9-3)	4	6.0	11	7	7	4	2	2	0	3.32	3.38	33	12	4	0	0	11	20			1	0	0	27	1	0	3	0	1	0	.70	-0.418	2.11	-0.76%	-4.19	1b start tie	6b 3 out d5
19	263	125	Aug 21	CIN		STL	L,9-14	GS-3	L(9-4)	4	3.0	9	5	5	1	3	0	0	3.62	3.34	19	5	3	0	0	7	23			2	0	0	18	1	0	0	0	0	0	.81	-0.330	1.95	-0.48%	-3.66	1t start tie	3t 3 out d5
20	264	129	Aug 26	CIN		CHC	L,6-8	GS-5		4	5.0	5	2	1	0	4	0	0	3.54	3.24	20	7	9	6	0	0	55			0	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	.99	-0.032	1.27	-0.02%	0.23	1t start tie	5t 3 out d2
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
21	265	137	Sep 4	CIN	@	HOU	W,6-3	GS-7	W(10-4)	8	6.0	8	2	2	2	3	1	0	3.52	3.31	23	6	4	1	0	8	49			0	1	0	21	2	0	0	2	0	0	1.12	0.156	.55	0.05%	0.47	1b start tie	7b --- 0 out a4
22	266	141	Sep 9	CIN		SFG	W,6-3	GS-7	W(11-4)	4	7.0	5	3	1	1	2	1	0	3.40	3.36	28	14	6	1	0	5	60			0	0	0	26	2	0	0	0	0	1	.90	-0.075	.35	-0.02%	0.12	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
23	267	146	Sep 14	CIN	@	SDP	L,1-8	GS-6	L(11-5)	4	5.1	8	5	4	3	5	0	0	3.53	3.33	26	5	5	1	0	8	36			1	1	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.05	-0.260	.29	-0.04%	-3.87	1b start a 1	6b -23 1 out d4
							16-7		W-L:11-5	4.3	140.1	151	59	55	50	83	9	1	3.53	3.33	610	1.61		8%	5%	132	51		---%	11	4	0	548	28	2	8	6	3	3	.95	0.073	1.97	0.59%	-2.16

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