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Bill Serena
William Robert Serena

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 9", Weight 175 lb.

MLB Debut September 16, 1949
Final Game August 7, 1954
Born October 2, 1924 in Alameda, CA
Died April 17, 1996 (age 71)

Batting   Glossary     Home Run Log       Vs. All Pitchers
 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 
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1949 24 CHN NL   42   40    2    6   2   0   0    4   0   0    7   12  .150  .277  .200  .477    63     8   0   0   0   0   0  
 1950 25 CHN NL  135  472   61  116  15   4  20   79   1   0   64   84  .246  .332  .422  .754    97   199   0   6   1   0  20  
 1951 26 CHN NL   38   36    5   13   5   0   0    9   0   0   11    6  .361  .511  .500 1.011   136    18   0   0   0   0   2  
 1952 27 CHN NL  127  404   46  113  16   7  19   61   0   1   44   97  .280  .350  .495  .845   114   200   0   0   4   0  11  
 1953 28 CHN NL  110  296   48   69  15   7  13   48   0   0   51   47  .233  .353  .463  .816   101   137   1   2   7   5  12  
 1954 29 CHN NL   69   66    5    9   1   0   2    6   0   0   10   17  .136  .269  .242  .512    70    16   0   0   0   2   2  
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
  6 Seasons      521 1314  167  326  54  18  54  207   1   1  187  263  .248  .343  .440  .783         578   1   8  12   7  47
 Per 600 PA           520   66  129  21   7  21   82   0   0   74  104                                 229   0   3   5   3  19
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
   With CHN      521 1314  167  326  54  18  54  207   1   1  187  263  .248  .343  .440  .783         578   1   8  12   7  47
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 MLB Totals      408 1239  154  311  57  16  48  198   2   2  177  235  .251  .348  .439  .787         544   7   1       7  36
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 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
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 1949 24 CHN NL  49    2   2.2  31   5   0  .161   1    2    1  .500    0    0  .000  3B   3e27     -243   
 1950 25 CHN NL  31   64   4.6   6   2   0  .333  21   59   34  .576    0    0  .000  3B   3e30       -6   
 1951 26 CHN NL  36    9  10.5  30  11   0  .367   0    1    1 1.000    0    0  .000  PH             -18   
 1952 27 CHN NL  15   68   6.1  19   7   0  .368  18  105   59  .562    0    0  .000  2B   4e21       31   
 1953 28 CHN NL  19   48   5.4  23   6   1  .261  12   81   57  .704    0    0  .000  2B   4e23       33   
 1954 29 CHN NL  38    4   2.1  58   9   2  .155   0    4    4 1.000    0    0  .000  PH            -186   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
  6 Seasons          198   5.1 167  40   3  .240  52  252  156  .619    0    0  .000                  -2   1
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+

HOF Standards: Batting - 10.9 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 3.0 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)


Traditional Fielding   (completed seasons only)

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO     A     E   DP    FP    GS    Inn     RF  
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
 1949 24 CHN NL  3B     7     1    14    1    1   .938     3    30.0   4.50
                 SS     1     0     1    0    0  1.000     0     1.0   9.00
 1950 25 CHN NL  3B   129   103   217   21   30   .938   126  1115.2   2.58
 1951 26 CHN NL  3B     4     3     3    0    1  1.000     1    19.1   2.79
 1952 27 CHN NL  2B   105   247   250   17   70   .967   101   868.0   5.15
                 3B     6     3    14    1    1   .944     4    37.0   4.14
 1953 28 CHN NL  2B    80   194   237   11   56   .975    70   642.0   6.04
                 3B     5     9    13    1    2   .957     5    41.0   4.83
 1954 29 CHN NL  2B     6     6     6    0    2  1.000     1    20.0   5.40
                 3B     2     0     4    0    1  1.000     1     9.0   4.00
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
                               CAREER TOTALS BY POSITION
                 2B   191   447   493   28  128   .971   172  1530.0   5.53
                 3B   153   119   265   24   36   .941   140  1252.0   2.76
                 SS     1     0     1    0    0  1.000     0     1.0   9.00
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+


Draft History


Transaction History


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Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1949  CHN   57-97   Alan Boodman
 1950  CHN   76-78   Alan Boodman
 1951  CHN   79-75   Alan Boodman
 1952  CHN   71-83   Alan Boodman
 1953  CHN   60-94   Alan Boodman
 1954  CHN   64-90   Alan Boodman

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