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Bill Slayback

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-4, 200lb (193cm, 90kg)

Born: February 21, 1948 in Hollywood, CA us

Died: March 25, 2015 in Los Angeles, CA

Draft: Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 7th round of the 1968 MLB January Draft-Regular Phase from Glendale Community College (Glendale, CA).

Schools: Glendale Community College (Glendale, CA), California State University, Northridge (Los Angeles, CA)

Debut: June 26, 1972 (Age 24-126d, 13,239th in major league history)
vs. NYY 8.1 IP, 4 H, 5 SO, 3 BB, 2 ER, W

Last Game: October 2, 1974 (Age 26-223d)
vs. BAL 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1972 season

Full Name: William Grover Slayback

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-0.1

ERA

3.84

138.1

WHIP

1.352

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Team Record in Appearances: 8-15 / in Starts: 6-7

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 17, Entered with runners on base: 5

1972 Pitching Game Log

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1972 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	1	60	Jun 26	DET		NYY	W,4-3	GS-9	W(1-0)	99	8.1	4	3	2	3	5	0	0	2.16	2.28	31	16	4	0	0	3	67			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	1	0	0	.90	0.296	2.48	0.49%	0.71	1t start tie	9t --3 1 out a2
2	2	64	Jun 30	DET		BAL	L,2-3	GS-8	L(1-1)	3	8.0	6	3	2	2	6	0	0	2.20	1.97	31	14	3	1	0	6	64			0	0	0	29	2	0	0	2	0	0	.68	-0.071	2.83	-0.18%	0.18	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
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
3	3	68	Jul 4	DET	@	KCR	L,0-1	GS-7	L(1-2)	3	7.0	7	1	1	4	4	0	0	1.93	2.27	31	7	9	0	0	7	59			1	0	0	26	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.08	0.135	2.71	0.20%	1.68	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
4	4	72	Jul 8	DET	@	CHW	L,2-5	GS-3	L(1-3)	3	3.0	3	3	2	1	2	0	0	2.39	2.25	14	5	3	0	0	3	44			0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	1	1	1.02	-0.222	2.53	-0.33%	-1.81	1b start tie	3b 3 out d3
5	5	77	Jul 12	DET		TEX	W,3-1	CG	W(2-3)	3	9.0	8	1	1	2	9	0	0	2.04	1.95	37	11	7	1	0	8	74			1	0	0	35	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.17	0.344	3.23	0.57%	2.58	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
6	6	81	Jul 16	DET		KCR	W,2-0	SHO	W(3-3)	3	9.0	5	0	0	1	7	0	0	1.62	1.79	33	10	10	1	0	5	83			1	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	0.513	3.12	0.89%	3.58	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
7	7	85	Jul 20	DET	@	TEX	W,5-1	CG	W(4-3)	3	9.0	5	1	1	2	13	0	0	1.52	1.52	32	6	7	2	0	4	84			2	1	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.03	0.380	2.96	0.65%	2.34	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
8	8	88	Jul 23	DET	@	TEX	L,1-3	1-5		2	4.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.40	1.55	13	7	4	0	0	1		1	0	0	1	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	.27	0.071	.81	0.13%	1.66	1b 1-- 2 out d3	5b 3 out d3
9	9	92	Jul 29	DET	@	MIL	L,3-8	GS-3	L(4-4)	5	3.0	5	5	3	2	1	2	0	1.78	2.09	16	7	1	0	0	5	32			1	0	0	14	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.04	-0.505	3.13	-0.92%	-3.87	1b start a 1	3b 3 out d2
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
10	10	96	Aug 1	DET		MIL	L,0-9	GS-1	L(4-5)	2	0.1	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	2.07	2.09	4	1	0	0	0	3	37			1	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.25	-0.218	3.92	-0.41%	-2.04	1t start tie	1t 1-- 1 out d2
11	11	100	Aug 5	DET	@	CLE	W,4-3	GS-1		3	0.2	2	2	2	3	1	0	0	2.34	2.20	7	1	0	0	0	2	38			0	0	0	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	.95	-0.229	3.27	-0.47%	-2.31	1b start tie	1b 123 2 out d2
12	12	108	Aug 12	DET		CLE	L,1-6	8-GF		6	2.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	2.26	2.19	8	2	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	.04	0.003	.12	0.01%	0.80	8t --- 0 out d5	9t end d 5
13	13	113	Aug 17(2)	DET		MIN	L,6-7	GS-2		4	1.2	5	4	3	1	2	0	0	2.62	2.18	11	3	0	0	0	5	32			0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.14	-0.262	3.82	-0.53%	-2.49	1t start tie	2t -2- 2 out d3
14	14	116	Aug 20	DET		CAL	W,11-9	GS-4		2	3.0	5	4	4	0	3	1	0	3.03	2.30	14	3	3	0	0	5	36			0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	-0.366	4.00	-0.82%	-2.76	1t start tie	4t 12- 0 out d1
15	15	117	Aug 21	DET		OAK	L,1-5	9-GF		0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.99	2.27	3	1	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.08	0.006	.30	0.01%	1.35	9t 12- 0 out d4	9t end d 4
16	16	118	Aug 22	DET		OAK	L,3-6	6-7		0	1.2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.92	2.31	7	4	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.17	0.010	.64	0.02%	0.48	6t --- 0 out d4	7t --3 2 out d4
17	17	120	Aug 26	DET	@	MIN	W,5-3	10-11	W(5-5)	3	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.90	2.31	2	1	0	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.19	0.041	12.23	0.10%	0.08	10b 1-3 2 out tie	11b 1-- 0 out a2
18	18	124	Aug 30	DET	@	CAL	L,1-4	8-GF(8)		3	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.86	2.29	3	0	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.03	0.003	.13	0.01%	0.36	8b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 3
Sep/Oct				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
19	19	128	Sep 3	DET	@	OAK	L,1-3	GS-5	L(5-6)	3	4.2	5	3	3	1	4	1	0	3.04	2.40	20	6	5	2	0	4	45			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	0	.91	-0.237	3.28	-0.51%	-1.52	1b start tie	5b 12- 2 out d2
20	20	132	Sep 7	DET	@	BAL	L,0-9	1-2		3	1.2	4	4	3	1	2	0	0	3.32	2.39	11	1	3	1	0	4		1	1	0	0	0	10	0	1	0	0	0	1	.62	-0.137	3.66	-0.49%	-2.91	1b -2- 0 out d2	2b --3 2 out d6
21	21	148	Sep 24	DET	@	BOS	L,2-7	7-GF(8)		16	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.24	2.36	6	2	3	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.02	0.003	.26	0.02%	0.82	7b --- 0 out d5	8b end d 5
22	22	149	Sep 27	DET		NYY	W,6-5	3-3		2	0.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.24	2.40	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.40	-0.004	3.40	-0.02%	-0.27	3t 1-3 2 out d5	3t 123 2 out d5
23	23	156	Oct 4	DET		BOS	L,1-4	9-GF		6	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.20	2.40	5	2	3	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	.08	0.005	.00	0.00%	0.40	9t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
							8-15		W-L:5-6	3.0	81.2	74	36	29	25	65	4	1	3.20	2.40	340	1.59		5%	1%	70	53	8	13%	7	2	0	310	12	1	1	5	1	5	.89	-0.441	2.76	-1.58%	-2.95

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