Bill Stafford

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 188lb (185cm, 85kg)

Born: August 13, 1938 in Catskill, NY us

Died: September 19, 2001 in Wayne, MI

Buried: Cremated

Debut: August 17, 1960 (Age 22-004d, 11,761st in major league history)
vs. BOS 6.1 IP, 8 H, 2 SO, 2 BB, 2 ER

Last Game: September 19, 1967 (Age 29-037d)
vs. MIN 0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1960 season

Full Name: William Charles Stafford

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

6.8

ERA

3.52

186

104

785.2

449

WHIP

1.244

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Team Record in Appearances: 24-11 / in Starts: 23-10

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 35, Entered with runners on base: 0

1962 Pitching Game Log

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1962 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	48	2	Apr 13	NYY	@	DET	L,3-5	GS-6		99	6.0	4	2	1	1	6	0	0	1.50	1.12	24	6	8	1	1	3	63			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	1	1	1.38	0.120	3.09	0.16%	1.09	1b start tie	6b 3 out a1
2	49	5	Apr 18	NYY	@	BAL	L,0-1	GS-7	L(0-1)	4	7.0	2	1	1	3	3	1	0	1.38	3.16	26	6	13	2	0	1	69			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	.94	0.184	2.37	0.28%	2.25	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
3	50	8	Apr 22(1)	NYY		CLE	L,5-7	GS-3	L(0-2)	3	2.1	8	6	6	2	1	0	0	4.70	3.33	17	5	3	0	0	6	16			1	0	0	15	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.29	-0.444	3.32	-0.68%	-5.48	1t start tie	3t --3 1 out d5
4	51	12	Apr 27	NYY	@	WSA	W,10-8	GS-6	W(1-2)	4	5.1	7	6	6	3	1	2	0	6.10	4.75	25	11	4	0	0	6	28			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	1	0	0	.69	0.121	1.49	0.16%	-2.21	1b start a 1	6b 1-3 1 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
5	52	16	May 1	NYY	@	CHW	W,6-1	GS-5	W(2-2)	3	5.0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	4.91	4.80	18	7	7	1	0	0	65			0	0	0	14	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.04	0.257	3.44	0.51%	2.47	1b start tie	5b 3 out a4
6	53	24	May 12	NYY	@	CLE	W,9-6	GS-7	W(3-2)	10	6.2	5	6	6	6	4	0	0	5.57	4.66	31	5	12	2	0	4	38			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	1	0	.85	0.010	3.43	0.02%	-0.40	1b start a 3	7b 123 2 out a5
7	54	28	May 16	NYY	@	BOS	W,9-8	GS-5		3	4.1	7	4	4	4	2	2	0	5.89	5.34	24	5	7	1	0	6	31			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.18	-0.271	3.76	-0.52%	-2.38	1b start a 1	5b 12- 1 out tie
8	55	32	May 20(1)	NYY		MIN	W,4-3	GS-8		3	7.1	7	2	2	4	2	1	0	5.32	5.37	32	8	12	4	0	6	54			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.56	-0.086	6.31	-0.21%	0.32	1t start tie	8t 123 1 out a1
9	56	37	May 25	NYY		DET	L,4-5	GS-8	L(3-3)	4	8.0	5	5	1	2	4	2	0	4.67	5.41	32	13	8	1	1	5	62			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	1	1	.80	-0.160	3.42	-0.41%	-1.13	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
10	57	42	May 30(1)	NYY	@	MIN	W,10-1	CG	W(4-3)	4	9.0	7	1	1	0	5	0	0	4.13	4.83	33	9	13	0	1	6	74			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	1	0	0	.67	0.190	2.46	0.42%	3.63	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a9
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
11	58	48	Jun 7	NYY		CLE	W,4-0	SHO	W(5-3)	7	9.0	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	3.60	4.46	29	13	13	3	0	0	86			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	.91	0.585	4.10	1.58%	4.36	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
12	59	54	Jun 12	NYY		DET	W,2-1	CG	W(6-3)	4	9.0	6	1	1	0	4	0	0	3.30	4.15	35	15	13	1	0	3	75			0	0	0	35	0	0	0	0	0	2	1.25	0.545	5.01	1.31%	3.36	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
13	60	57	Jun 17(1)	NYY	@	CLE	L,1-6	GS-5	L(6-4)	4	5.0	7	5	4	1	3	3	0	3.54	4.49	24	9	5	1	0	6	37			0	0	0	22	2	0	1	0	1	1	.58	-0.275	2.78	-0.79%	-2.60	1b start tie	5b 3 out d4
14	61	61	Jun 22	NYY	@	DET	L,5-7	GS-3	L(6-5)	4	2.2	5	4	4	1	1	0	0	3.84	4.44	14	5	2	0	0	5	32			0	0	0	13	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.01	-0.268	3.29	-0.52%	-2.78	1b start tie	3b -2- 2 out d3
15	62	64	Jun 24	NYY	@	DET	W,9-7	4-6	BS(1)	1	2.2	4	1	1	1	3	0	0	3.83	4.35	13	2	3	0	2	4		0	0	1	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.50	0.003	4.33	0.00%	0.31	4b --- 0 out a1	6b 1-- 2 out tie
16	63	68	Jun 28	NYY		MIN	W,4-2	GS-8	W(7-5)	3	7.2	6	2	2	4	2	0	0	3.71	4.30	32	9	12	1	0	5	57			1	0	0	28	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.18	0.236	4.89	0.59%	1.45	1t start tie	8t 12- 2 out a1
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
17	64	73	Jul 2	NYY		KCA	W,8-4	GS-7		3	6.0	6	4	4	1	7	1	0	3.84	4.22	25	8	5	1	0	4	50			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.06	-0.102	4.37	-0.25%	-0.93	1t start tie	7t 123 0 out a2
18	65	78	Jul 7	NYY	@	MIN	W,6-3	GS-8	W(8-5)	4	7.0	3	3	3	3	5	0	0	3.85	4.11	27	8	8	1	0	3	61			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	.74	0.241	3.82	0.74%	1.76	1b start a 1	8b 123 0 out a6
19	66	82	Jul 14	NYY	@	LAA	W,9-8	GS-5		6	5.0	6	2	2	2	1	0	0	3.83	4.08	22	8	7	2	0	4	46			0	1	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	.96	0.125	5.85	0.46%	0.40	1b start tie	5b 3 out a3
20	67	91	Jul 22(1)	NYY		WSA	L,2-3	GS-8	L(8-6)	7	8.0	5	3	3	1	3	1	0	3.80	4.06	28	10	10	1	0	4	62			0	1	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	.82	0.106	4.76	0.37%	0.87	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
21	68	97	Jul 27	NYY		CHW	W,4-3	GS-8		4	7.1	5	3	3	2	4	1	0	3.80	4.07	29	9	9	0	0	5	58			0	0	0	27	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.18	-0.086	7.60	-0.33%	-0.02	1t start tie	8t 12- 1 out tie
22	69	101	Jul 31	NYY	@	WSA	W,9-5	GS-8	W(9-6)	3	7.0	6	3	3	3	3	0	0	3.80	4.02	30	8	11	2	0	5	53			0	0	0	27	2	0	0	0	0	1	.33	0.129	1.89	0.45%	0.84	1b start a 4	8b -2- 0 out a7
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
23	70	105	Aug 4	NYY	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	L(9-7)	3	8.0	9	2	2	9	1	0	1	3.72	4.13	42	13	11	2	0	7	48			0	0	0	32	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.70	0.061	8.42	0.18%	0.12	1b start tie	9b 123 0 out d1
24	71	109	Aug 8(1)	NYY		BAL	W,3-2	GS-9		3	8.1	6	2	2	1	5	1	0	3.63	4.09	32	9	11	2	0	6	67			0	1	0	30	3	0	1	0	1	1	1.27	0.022	7.55	0.08%	1.46	1t start tie	9t 12- 1 out tie
25	72	114	Aug 12	NYY		DET	W,2-0	SHO	W(10-7)	3	9.0	5	0	0	3	3	0	0	3.43	4.02	34	15	12	1	0	1	77			0	0	0	29	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.54	0.613	8.85	2.12%	4.36	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
26	73	118	Aug 16	NYY	@	MIN	L,8-9	GS-4		3	4.0	7	5	4	1	1	1	0	3.56	4.08	20	4	8	3	0	6	30			0	0	0	18	2	0	0	1	1	1	.97	-0.293	5.79	-1.05%	-2.94	1b start a 1	4b 3 out d4
27	74	124	Aug 21	NYY	@	LAA	W,11-4	GS-5		4	4.2	9	3	3	1	0	2	0	3.62	4.20	23	9	6	0	0	7	33			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	1	0	0	.97	-0.170	9.12	-0.96%	-1.09	1b start a 1	5b 1-3 2 out d2
28	75	126	Aug 23	NYY	@	LAA	L,4-5	12-GF(13)	L(10-8)	1	1.1	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	3.65	4.21	8	3	1	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.76	-0.234	17.77	-0.90%	-1.42	12b --- 0 out tie	13b end d 1
29	76	133	Aug 28	NYY		CLE	W,2-1	CG(5)	W(11-8)	4	5.0	3	1	1	2	7	1	0	3.60	4.19	20	3	6	1	0	2	62			0	0	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.24	0.142	8.99	0.62%	1.42	1t start tie	5t 3 out a1
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
30	77	139	Sep 3(1)	NYY		LAA	W,8-2	GS-7	W(12-8)	5	7.0	5	2	2	3	6	2	0	3.56	4.26	29	8	8	1	0	4	62			1	0	0	26	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.11	0.183	10.82	1.07%	1.39	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
31	78	143	Sep 7	NYY		BOS	W,5-4	GS-7	W(13-8)	3	7.0	8	3	3	1	6	1	0	3.57	4.22	29	8	7	3	0	7	54			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	-0.003	9.34	-0.01%	0.39	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
32	79	151	Sep 15	NYY	@	BOS	W,9-6	GS-7		7	7.0	1	1	0	3	5	0	1	3.44	4.17	27	11	6	1	0	1	75			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	2	1.03	0.325	4.99	0.95%	2.56	1b start tie	7b 3 out a2
33	80	154	Sep 19	NYY	@	WSA	W,8-5	GS-3		3	2.1	7	4	4	0	1	0	0	3.58	4.14	13	4	2	0	0	6	28			0	1	0	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	.85	-0.167	2.10	-0.25%	-1.70	1b start tie	3b 1-3 1 out d2
34	81	157	Sep 23	NYY	@	CHW	W,5-1	CG(10)	W(14-8)	3	10.0	5	1	1	4	6	0	0	3.45	4.07	37	13	11	2	0	3	80			1	0	0	33	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.80	0.355	.62	0.07%	3.94	1b start a 1	10b 3 out a4
35	82	162	Sep 30	NYY		CHW	L,4-8	GS-3	L(14-9)	6	2.1	7	6	6	2	1	1	0	3.67	4.14	15	7	2	0	0	3	18			0	0	0	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.05	-0.494	.00	0.00%	-5.06	1t start tie	3t 1-- 1 out d4
							24-11		W-L:14-9,BSv:1	3.8	213.1	188	95	87	77	109	23	4	3.67	4.14	899	1.04		7%	1%	147	53	0	---%	5	4	0	805	30	1	6	8	7	11	1.11	1.500	5.07	5.22%	8.63

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