Billy Muffett
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[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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