Bill Hands Notable

b. May 6, 1940 · San Francisco Giants 1965, Chicago Cubs 1966–1972, Minnesota Twins 1973–1974, Texas Rangers 1974–1975

Bill Hands played for four clubs across 11 seasons as a pitcher, opening with the San Francisco Giants in 1965 and closing with the Texas Rangers in 1975. His longest stay was with the Chicago Cubs, from 1966 to 1972.

He went 111 and 110 with a 3.35 earned run average, pitching 1,951 innings in 374 games. He struck out 1,128, completed 72 of his 260 starts and threw 17 shutouts. Across 374 games he batted .078, with 37 hits and 19 runs. He finished with 6 doubles.

He was born in Hackensack, NJ, USA on May 6, 1940, and died on March 9, 2017. He batted right-handed and threw right-handed.

Batting, season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
1965	SFG	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1966	CHC	41	49	2	2	1	1	3	23	.041
1967	CHC	49	38	0	4	0	3	3	26	.105
1968	CHC	38	82	2	5	0	0	3	50	.061
1969	CHC	41	98	5	9	0	3	4	45	.092
1970	CHC	39	75	6	10	2	6	15	33	.133
1971	CHC	36	72	3	6	3	6	6	42	.083
1972	CHC	32	57	1	1	0	0	5	30	.018
1973	MIN	39	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—
1974	MIN/TEX	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—
1975	TEX	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—
Career	—	374	472	19	37	6	19	39	249	.078

Pitching, season by season

Year	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1965	SFG	0	2	4	2	0	6.0	13	11	6	5	16.50
1966	CHC	8	13	41	26	2	159.0	168	81	59	93	4.58
1967	CHC	7	8	49	11	6	150.0	134	41	48	84	2.46
1968	CHC	16	10	38	34	0	258.2	221	83	36	148	2.89
1969	CHC	20	14	41	41	0	300.0	268	83	73	181	2.49
1970	CHC	18	15	39	38	1	265.0	278	109	76	170	3.70
1971	CHC	12	18	36	35	0	242.1	248	92	50	128	3.42
1972	CHC	11	8	32	28	0	189.0	168	63	47	96	3.00
1973	MIN	7	10	39	15	2	142.0	138	55	41	78	3.49
1974	MIN/TEX	6	5	37	12	3	129.1	141	60	28	78	4.18
1975	TEX	6	7	18	18	0	109.2	118	49	28	67	4.02
Career	—	111	110	374	260	14	1951.0	1895	727	492	1128	3.35

On this day & linked events

1940

Born May 6, 1940

Hackensack, NJ, USA

2017

Died March 9, 2017

1965

Major-league debut: Bill Hands

Bill Hands made a major-league debut on June 3, 1965.

1975

Final major-league game: Bill Hands

Bill Hands played a final major-league game on August 10, 1975.

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