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Bill Greif

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Full Name: William Briley Greif Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 4"/196 First Game: July 19, 1971
Birthdate: April 25, 1950 Final Game: September 24, 1976
Birthplace: Fort Stockton, Texas MLB Experience: 6 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Pitching Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
    • 2.3 Batting Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Born on April 25, 1950 in Fort Stockton, Texas, Bill Greif (William Briley Greif) played for the Houston Astros, San Diego Padres and St. Louis Cardinals over the course of his 6 year career. Greif broke into the bigs on July 19, 1971 with the Houston Astros, and put up a 5.60 ERA in 125.1 innings pitched in 1972, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Bill Greif's best season was 1973, when he posted a 3.21 ERA, won 10 games and struck out 120 batters.

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[edit] Pitching Stats

Year Team G GS W L ERA K R ER CG SHO SV IP H HR BB IB WP HBP
1971 HOU N 7 3 1 1 5.06 14 10 9 0 0 0 16 18 1 8 0 0 2
1972 SD N 34 22 5 16 5.60 91 86 78 2 1 2 125.1 143 18 47 4 2 8
1973 SD N 36 31 10 17 3.21 120 88 71 9 3 1 199.1 181 20 62 12 5 5
1974 SD N 43 35 9 19 4.66 137 126 117 7 1 1 226 244 17 95 11 10 14
1975 SD N 59 1 4 6 3.88 43 44 31 0 0 9 72 74 7 38 17 2 5
1976 STL N 47 0 1 5 4.12 32 28 25 0 0 6 54.2 60 5 26 5 6 2
1976 SD N 5 5 1 3 8.06 5 20 20 0 0 0 22.1 27 2 11 0 1 0
1976 TOT N 52 5 2 8 5.26 37 48 45 0 0 6 77 87 7 37 5 7 2
Total 231 97 31 67 4.41 442 402 351 18 5 19 715.2 747 70 287 49 26 36

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1971 HOU N P 7 3 16 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1.000
1972 SD N P 34 22 125.1 5 12 4 0 0 2 11 2 3 .810
1973 SD N P 36 31 199.1 11 24 1 0 0 2 7 8 6 .972
1974 SD N P 43 35 226 13 33 3 4 0 0 31 12 5 .939
1975 SD N P 59 1 72 0 5 1 0 0 0 10 2 0 .833
1976 STL N P 47 0 54.2 2 6 0 0 0 1 8 5 0 1.000
1976 SD N P 5 5 22.1 4 3 0 0 0 1 3 0 1 1.000
1976 TOT N P 52 5 77 6 9 0 0 0 2 11 5 1 1.000
Total P 231 97 715.2 35 86 9 4 0 6 72 29 15 .931

[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1971 HOU N 7 3 0 1 0 0 .333 .333 .333 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
1972 SD N 34 33 0 1 0 0 .030 .059 .030 0 0 1 15 0 5 0 0 0
1973 SD N 36 61 3 6 0 1 .098 .167 .098 0 0 4 28 1 2 0 0 0
1974 SD N 46 56 3 4 0 0 .071 .212 .071 0 0 10 23 0 9 0 0 1
1975 SD N 59 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
1976 STL N 47 4 0 0 0 0 .000 .333 .000 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
1976 SD N 5 8 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
1976 TOT N 52 12 0 0 0 0 .000 .143 .000 0 0 2 5 0 0 0 0 0
Total 234 166 6 12 0 1 .072 .163 .072 0 0 17 73 1 17 0 0 1

[edit] Transactions

  • Selected by Houston Astros in the 3rd round of the free-agent draft (June 7, 1968).
  • Traded by Houston Astros with Derrel Thomas and Mark Schaeffer to San Diego Padres in exchange for Dave Roberts (December 3, 1971).
  • Traded by San Diego Padres to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Luis Melendez (May 19, 1976).
  • Traded by St. Louis Cardinals with Angel Torres and Sam Mejias to Montreal Expos in exchange for Steve Dunning, Pat Scanlon and Tony Scott (November 6, 1976).
  • Released by Montreal Expos (March 30, 1977).

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