Bill Posedel

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Full Name: William John Posedel	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 5' 11"/175	First Game: April 23, 1938
Birthdate: August 2, 1906	Final Game: September 13, 1946
Birthplace: San Francisco, California	MLB Experience: 5 years
Died: November 28, 1989
Deathplace: Livermore, California
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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1 Biography
2 Statistics
3 Transactions
4 Trivia
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[edit] Biography

Born on August 2, 1906 in San Francisco, California, Bill Posedel (William John Posedel) played for the Brooklyn Dodgers and Boston Braves over the course of his 5 year career. Posedel broke into the bigs on April 23, 1938 with the Brooklyn Dodgers, and put up a 5.66 ERA in 140 innings pitched in 1938, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Bill Posedel's best season was 1939, when he posted a 3.92 ERA, won 15 games and struck out 73 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
1938	BRO	N	33	17	8	9	5.66	49	96	88	6	1	1	140	178	14	46	0	9	2
1939	BOS	N	33	29	15	13	3.92	73	103	96	18	5	0	220.2	221	8	78	0	1	0
1940	BOS	N	35	32	12	17	4.13	86	118	107	18	0	1	233	263	16	81	0	3	1
1941	BOS	N	18	9	4	4	4.87	10	36	31	3	0	0	57.1	61	6	30	0	2	0
1946	BOS	N	19	0	2	0	6.99	9	24	22	0	0	4	28.1	34	4	13	0	1	0
Total			138	87	41	43	4.56	227	377	344	45	6	6	679.1	757	48	248	0	16	3

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1938	BRO	N	P	33	0	0	5	23	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	.933
1939	BOS	N	P	33	0	0	10	40	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.926
1940	BOS	N	P	35	0	0	17	42	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	.952
1941	BOS	N	P	18	0	0	3	11	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	.933
1946	BOS	N	P	19	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			P	138	0	0	36	120	10	8	0	0	0	0	0	.940

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1938	BRO	N	33	44	3	10	0	1	.227	.261	.250	1	0	2	8	0	4	0	0	1
1939	BOS	N	33	73	3	8	0	7	.110	.156	.123	1	0	4	18	0	5	0	0	2
1940	BOS	N	35	82	6	14	0	10	.171	.227	.220	4	0	6	11	0	2	0	0	3
1941	BOS	N	18	25	1	8	0	3	.320	.320	.400	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1
1946	BOS	N	19	3	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total			138	227	13	40	0	21	.176	.218	.211	8	0	12	38	0	12	0	0	7

[edit] Transactions

Sold by Portland (PCL) to Brooklyn Dodgers (September 5, 1937).
Traded by Brooklyn Dodgers to Boston Bees in exchange for Al Todd (March 31, 1939).

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