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Billy Muffett

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Full Name: Billy Arnold Muffett Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 1"/198 First Game: August 3, 1957
Birthdate: September 21, 1930 Final Game: April 28, 1962
Birthplace: Hammond, Indiana 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 September 21, 1930 in Hammond, Indiana, Billy Muffett (Billy Arnold Muffett) played for the St. Louis Cardinals, San Francisco Giants and Boston Red Sox over the course of his 6 year career. Muffett broke into the bigs on August 3, 1957 with the St. Louis Cardinals, and put up a 4.93 ERA in 84 innings pitched in 1958, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Billy Muffett's best season was 1960, when he posted a 3.24 ERA and struck out 75 batters.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Pitching Stats

Year Team G GS W L ERA K R ER CG SHO SV IP H HR BB IB WP HBP
1957 STL N 23 0 3 2 2.25 21 11 11 0 0 8 44 35 1 13 4 1 0
1958 STL N 35 6 4 6 4.93 41 52 46 1 0 5 84 107 11 42 9 0 5
1959 SF N 5 0 0 0 5.40 3 6 4 0 0 0 6.2 11 2 3 1 0 0
1960 BOS A 23 14 6 4 3.24 75 53 45 4 1 0 125 116 6 36 2 4 5
1961 BOS A 38 11 3 11 5.67 47 87 71 2 0 2 112.2 130 18 36 2 2 2
1962 BOS A 1 1 0 0 9.00 1 4 4 0 0 0 4 8 0 2 0 0 0
Total NL 63 6 7 8 4.08 65 69 61 1 0 13 134.2 153 14 58 14 1 5
Total AL 62 26 9 15 4.47 123 144 120 6 1 2 241.2 254 24 74 4 6 7
Total 125 32 16 23 4.33 188 213 181 7 1 15 376.1 407 38 132 18 7 12

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1957 STL N P 23 0 43.2 2 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 .857
1958 STL N P 35 6 84 3 12 1 1 0 2 5 2 0 .938
1959 SF N P 5 0 6.2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000
1960 BOS A P 23 14 125 11 17 1 1 0 0 1 3 2 .966
1961 BOS A P 38 11 112.2 6 18 0 1 0 1 5 0 1 1.000
1962 BOS A P 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Total P 125 32 376 22 52 3 4 0 4 11 6 3 .961

[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1957 STL N 23 7 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 0
1958 STL N 35 20 2 4 0 2 .200 .238 .250 1 0 1 4 0 1 0 0 1
1959 SF N 5 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 BOS A 23 41 5 11 0 3 .268 .318 .293 1 0 3 15 0 1 0 0 1
1961 BOS A 38 23 4 5 1 2 .217 .308 .348 0 0 3 9 0 1 0 0 1
1962 BOS A 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total NL 63 27 2 4 0 2 .148 .179 .185 1 0 1 8 0 2 0 0 1
Total AL 62 65 9 16 1 5 .246 .310 .308 1 0 6 24 0 2 0 0 2
Total 125 92 11 20 1 7 .217 .273 .272 2 0 7 32 0 4 0 0 3

[edit] Transactions

  • Sold by Shreveport (Texas) to Chicago Cubs with John Andre and Bill Tremel (June 8, 1954).
  • Selected by St. Louis Cardinals from Chicago Cubs in the Rule 5 major league draft (November 27, 1955).
  • Traded by St. Louis Cardinals with Hobie Landrith and Benny Valenzuela to San Francisco Giants in exchange for Marv Grissom and Ernie Broglio (October 8, 1958).
  • Traded by San Francisco Giants with cash to Boston Red Sox in exchange for Bud Byerly (July 26, 1959).

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