Bill Dawley Notable

b. February 6, 1958 · Houston Astros 1983–1985, Chicago White Sox 1986, St. Louis Cardinals 1987, Philadelphia Phillies 1988, Oakland Athletics 1989

Bill Dawley played for five clubs across seven seasons as a pitcher, opening with the Houston Astros in 1983 and closing with the Oakland Athletics in 1989.

He went 27 and 30 with a 3.42 earned run average, pitching 470 innings in 275 games. He struck out 292. Across 275 games he batted .214, with 9 hits and 4 runs.

He was an All-Star in 1983.

He was born in Norwich, CT, USA on February 6, 1958. He batted right-handed and threw right-handed.

Honors

Award	Times	Years
All-Star selection	1	1983

Batting, season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	3B	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
1983	HOU	48	9	0	2	0	1	0	3	.222
1984	HOU	60	9	2	3	1	3	0	3	.333
1985	HOU	49	10	1	2	0	0	1	3	.200
1986	CHW	46	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1987	STL	60	12	1	2	0	1	2	2	.167
1988	PHI	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—
1989	OAK	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—
Career	—	275	42	4	9	1	5	3	11	.214

Pitching, season by season

Year	Team	W	L	G	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1983	HOU	6	6	48	14	79.2	51	25	22	60	2.82
1984	HOU	11	4	60	5	98.0	82	21	35	47	1.93
1985	HOU	5	3	49	2	81.0	76	32	37	48	3.56
1986	CHW	0	7	46	2	97.2	91	36	28	66	3.32
1987	STL	5	8	60	2	96.2	93	48	38	65	4.47
1988	PHI	0	2	8	0	8.2	16	13	4	3	13.50
1989	OAK	0	0	4	0	9.0	11	4	2	3	4.00
Career	—	27	30	275	25	470.2	420	179	166	292	3.42

On this day & linked events

1958

Born February 6, 1958

Norwich, CT, USA

1983

Major-league debut: Bill Dawley

Bill Dawley made a major-league debut on April 15, 1983.

1989

Final major-league game: Bill Dawley

Bill Dawley played a final major-league game on July 4, 1989.

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