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Bill Renna

Positions: Outfielder and Pinch Hitter

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 218lb (190cm, 98kg)

Born: October 14, 1924 in Hanford, CA us

Died: July 19, 2014 in San Jose, CA

Buried: Oak Hill Memorial Park, San Jose, CA

High School: Hanford HS (Hanford, CA)

Schools: Menlo College (Atherton, CA), University of San Francisco (San Francisco, CA), Santa Clara University (Santa Clara, CA)

Debut: April 14, 1953 (Age 28-182d, 10,978th in major league history)
vs. PHA 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: May 20, 1959 (Age 34-218d)
vs. KCA 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1953 season

Full Name: William Beneditto Renna

Nicknames: Big Bill

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1953 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.3

918

219

.239

123

RBI

119

OBP

.316

SLG

.391

OPS

.707

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1953 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1953 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	5 (4)	Apr 19 (1)	NYY	@	PHA	W,5-2	GF	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
2	14 (8)	Apr 30	NYY	@	CHW	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
3	15	May 1	NYY	@	CHW	L,5-6	CG	41	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
4	26 (10)	May 16	NYY		CHW	L,3-5	GS	26	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
5	28 (1)	May 19	NYY		DET	W,4-2	CG	41	11.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
6	38 (9)	May 31	NYY		PHA	W,7-1	GS	21	6.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
7	41 (2)	Jun 4	NYY	@	CHW	W,9-5	CG	44	10.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
8	44 (2)	Jun 7 (1)	NYY	@	SLB	W,9-2	GS	25	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
9	45	Jun 7 (2)	NYY	@	SLB	W,7-2	GS	0	5.0	1	0	0	1	0
10	47 (1)	Jun 10	NYY	@	DET	W,11-4	GS	22	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	68 (20)	Jul 1	NYY	@	BOS	L,0-4	CG	33	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
12	69	Jul 2	NYY	@	BOS	W,5-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR RF
13	70	Jul 3	NYY		PHA	W,4-0	GF	14	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
14	75 (4)	Jul 6 (1)	NYY	@	PHA	W,10-5	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
15	77 (1)	Jul 7	NYY	@	PHA	L,4-5	GS	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
16	78	Jul 8	NYY		BOS	W,4-2	GS	11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
17	79	Jul 9	NYY		BOS	L,0-4	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
18	81 (1)	Jul 11	NYY		WSH	W,3-2	GF	10	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
19	82	Jul 12	NYY		WSH	W,6-5	GS	14	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
20	84 (1)	Jul 16 (2)	NYY	@	SLB	W,7-3	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
21	85	Jul 17	NYY	@	SLB	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
22	86	Jul 18	NYY	@	SLB	W,13-2	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
23	88 (1)	Jul 19 (2)	NYY	@	CHW	W,3-0	CG	28	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
24	92 (3)	Jul 24	NYY	@	DET	L,1-5	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
25	94 (1)	Jul 26 (1)	NYY	@	DET	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	0	0	1	1	0	LF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
26	108 (13)	Aug 9	NYY		CHW	L,0-5	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
27	110 (1)	Aug 12	NYY	@	WSH	W,22-1	GF	15	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
28	115 (4)	Aug 17 (1)	NYY	@	PHA	W,10-3	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
29	116	Aug 17 (2)	NYY	@	PHA	W,9-0	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
30	117	Aug 18	NYY		WSH	L,8-10	GS	19	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
31	118	Aug 19	NYY		WSH	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
32	119	Aug 20	NYY		WSH	W,7-0	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
33	120	Aug 21	NYY		PHA	W,5-4	CG	45	11.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
34	123 (2)	Aug 25	NYY	@	DET	W,6-3	GS	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
35	124	Aug 26	NYY	@	DET	W,5-4	GS	33	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
36	125	Aug 27	NYY	@	CLE	L,2-4	GF	11	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	RF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
37	147 (21)	Sep 22	NYY		PHA	W,7-2	GF	26	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
38	148	Sep 23	NYY		PHA	W,3-1	GF	11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
39	149	Sep 25	NYY		BOS	L,0-5	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
40	150	Sep 26	NYY		BOS	L,1-2	GS	21	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
							40gm		259.1	56	0	1	57	0