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Billy North
William Alex North

Bats Both, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 185 lb.
School Central Washington

MLB Debut September 3, 1971
Final Game June 11, 1981
Born May 15, 1948 in Seattle, WA (age 75)

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 Year Ag Tm  Lg   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   OPS   OPS+   TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1972 24 CHN NL   47   92   19   21   3   5   0    4   3   3    8   22  .228  .294  .370  .664    95    34   2   1   0   1   0  
 1973 25 OAA AL  153  608   95  162  22   3   5   50  26   6   92  101  .266  .363  .337  .700    93   205   1   3  10   2   6  
 1974 26 OAA AL  159  577   94  172  31   2   5   72  43   9   79   72  .298  .383  .385  .768   102   222   0   5   3   4  12  
 1975 27 OAA AL  162  590   75  144  23   5   1   49  20   3   63   95  .244  .322  .305  .627    90   180   7   3   0   6  14  
 1976 28 OAA AL  161  651   76  175  26   7   5   51  25   8   77  111  .269  .346  .353  .699   102   230   7   1   0   0   8  
 1977 29 OAA AL   72  201   41   51   5   1   3   16   1   2   36   18  .254  .365  .333  .698    91    67   2   3   0   1   0  
 1978 30 ATN NL  121  331   58   85  20   0   0   19  26   9   62   42  .257  .373  .317  .690    94   105   1   1   0   0   4  
 1979 31 SFN NL  140  480   83  101  15   3  11   39  54  25  102  100  .210  .349  .323  .672    96   155   2   0   3   0   3  
 1980 32 SFN NL  131  434   58  107  17   2   0   28  46  12   78   66  .247  .361  .295  .656    92   128   0   2   0   1   3  
 1981 33 SFN NL   86  190   44   54  14   0   0   16  45  12   35   40  .284  .396  .358  .753   110    68   2   0   0   0   1  
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 10 Seasons     1232 4154  643 1072 176  28  30  344 289  89  632  667  .258  .357  .336  .692        1394  24  19  16  15  51
 Per 600 PA           515   80  133  22   3   4   43  36  11   78   83                                 173   3   2   2   2   6
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
   With OAA      707 2627  381  704 107  18  19  238 115  28  347  397  .268  .354  .344  .699         904  17  15  13  13  40
   With SFN      357 1104  185  262  46   5  11   83 145  49  215  206  .237  .362  .318  .680         351   4   2   3   1   7
   With ATN      121  331   58   85  20   0   0   19  26   9   62   42  .257  .373  .317  .690         105   1   1   0   0   4
   With CHN       47   92   19   21   3   5   0    4   3   3    8   22  .228  .294  .370  .664          34   2   1   0   1   0
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 MLB Totals     1169 3900  640 1016 120  31  20  230 395 162  627  665  .261  .365  .323  .688        1258  55  14  28  25  50
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

Miscellaneous Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27  AB  PH PHR  PAvg  E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  Pos  Defense  Diff Star
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 1972 24 CHN NL  31   10   3.6   5   1   0  .200   1    7    4  .571    0    0  .000  OF   3(0)e13   157   
 1973 25 OAA AL  36   83   4.9   0   0   0  .000  13   85   73  .859    0    0  .000  OF   2(-2)e11  -24   
 1974 26 OAA AL  32   94   5.9   0   0   0  .000   6   74   63  .851    0    0  .000  OF   2(-2)e5    84   
 1975 27 OAA AL  32   62   3.6   0   0   0  .000  12   63   49  .778    0    0  .000  OF   2(-2)e13  -76   
 1976 28 OAA AL  22   85   4.6   0   0   0  .000  17   82   65  .793    0    0  .000  OF   2(-2)e10    6   
 1977 29 OAA AL  52   28   4.9  13   3   0  .231   2   25   15  .600    0    0  .000  OF   3(-2)e7    -4   
 1978 30 ATN NL  47   46   4.8  24   6   0  .250   3   38   32  .842    0    0  .000  OF   2(0)e11    54   
 1979 31 SFN NL  27   62   4.2  11   0   0  .000   9   56   42  .750    0    0  .000  OF   2(0)e6    -55   
 1980 32 SFN NL  27   57   4.5   6   3   0  .500   2   50   33  .660    0    0  .000  OF   3(0)e9     -9   
 1981 33 SFN NL   9   33   6.1  33   8   0  .242   4   18   16  .889    1    1  .500  OF   3(0)e13   101   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 10 Seasons          565   4.7  92  21   0  .228  69  498  392  .787    1    1  .500                   3   0
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+

HOF Standards: Batting - 19.6 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 7.0 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)

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Traditional Fielding   (completed seasons only)

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO     A     E   DP    FP    GS    Inn     RF  
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
 1972 24 CHN NL  LF    12    17     0    1    0   .944    11    96.0   1.59
                 RF    13    15     0    0    0  1.000    10    87.1   1.55
                 CF     4     1     0    0    0  1.000     0     5.2   1.59
 1973 25 OAA AL  CF   153   413     9   13    0   .970   148  1314.2   2.89
 1974 26 OAA AL  CF   159   411    23    6    2   .986   159  1428.1   2.73
 1975 27 OAA AL  CF   162   335    19   12    2   .967   162  1406.0   2.27
 1976 28 OAA AL  CF   161   414    23   17    4   .963   160  1420.2   2.77
                 RF     2     1     0    0    0  1.000     0     4.0   2.25
 1977 29 OAA AL  CF    56   134     8    2    0   .986    49   421.1   3.03
                 RF     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     1.0   0.00
                 2B     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     1.0   0.00
 1978 30 ATN NL  CF    80   142     7    3    2   .980    63   590.2   2.27
                 LF    12    17     0    0    0  1.000     9    75.0   2.04
                 RF     3     6     0    0    0  1.000     2    19.0   2.84
 1979 31 SFN NL  CF   128   341    14    9    1   .975   125  1114.2   2.87
 1980 32 SFN NL  CF   118   290    12    2    2   .993   114  1003.0   2.71
 1981 33 SFN NL  LF    28    64     3    2    0   .971    28   249.0   2.42
                 CF    19    41     1    2    0   .955    14   128.2   2.94
                 C      1     5     1    0    0  1.000     0     4.0  13.50
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
                               CAREER TOTALS BY POSITION
                 CF  1040  2522   116   66   13   .976   994  8833.2   2.69
                 LF    52    98     3    3    0   .971    48   420.0   2.16
                 RF    19    22     0    0    0  1.000    12   111.1   1.78
                 C      1     5     1    0    0  1.000     0     4.0  13.50
                 2B     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     1.0   0.00
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+

Postseason Stats   Postseason Register
 Year Round Tm  Opp  W/L   G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA   OBP   SLG  SB 
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+
 1973 ALCS  OAA BAA   W    3  17  1  4  1  0  0   1  0  3  .235  .235  .294  0
      WS    OAA LAN   L    5  19  1  3  0  0  0   0  2  2  .158  .238  .158  2
 1974 ALCS  OAA BOA   L    4  12  4  1  0  0  0   1  4  1  .083  .312  .083  1
 1975 ALCS  OAA BOA   W    5  22  1  4  1  0  0   1  2  5  .182  .250  .227  0
      WS    OAA LAN   L    5  17  3  4  0  0  0   3  4  3  .235  .364  .235  0
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+


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Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1972  CHN   67-95   Alan Bosslet
 1973  OAA   90-73   Drew Kennedy
 1974  OAA  101-61   Drew Kennedy
 1975  OAA   99-63   Drew Kennedy
 1976  OAA   91-71   Drew Kennedy
 1977  OAA   47-115  Drew Kennedy
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