1906
Born August 2, 1906
San Francisco, CA, USA
Bill Posedel Notable
Bill Posedel played for three clubs across nine seasons as a pitcher, opening with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1938 and closing with the Boston Braves in 1946.
He went 41 and 43 with a 4.56 earned run average, pitching 679.3 innings in 138 games. He struck out 227, completed 45 of his 87 starts and threw 6 shutouts. Across 138 games he batted .176, with 40 hits and 13 runs. He finished with 8 doubles.
He was born in San Francisco, CA, USA on August 2, 1906, and died on November 28, 1989. He batted right-handed and threw right-handed.
Batting, season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1938 | BRO | 33 | 44 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 0 | .227 |
| 1939 | BSN | 33 | 73 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 18 | 0 | .110 |
| 1940 | BSN | 35 | 82 | 6 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 0 | .171 |
| 1941 | BSN | 18 | 25 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .320 |
| 1946 | BSN | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Career | — | 138 | 227 | 13 | 40 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 12 | 38 | 0 | .176 |
Pitching, season by season
| Year | Team | W | L | G | GS | SV | IP | H | ER | BB | SO | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1938 | BRO | 8 | 9 | 33 | 17 | 1 | 140.0 | 178 | 88 | 46 | 49 | 5.66 |
| 1939 | BSN | 15 | 13 | 33 | 29 | 0 | 220.2 | 221 | 96 | 78 | 73 | 3.92 |
| 1940 | BSN | 12 | 17 | 35 | 32 | 1 | 233.0 | 263 | 107 | 81 | 86 | 4.13 |
| 1941 | BSN | 4 | 4 | 18 | 9 | 0 | 57.1 | 61 | 31 | 30 | 10 | 4.87 |
| 1946 | BSN | 2 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 28.1 | 34 | 22 | 13 | 9 | 6.99 |
| Career | — | 41 | 43 | 138 | 87 | 6 | 679.1 | 757 | 344 | 248 | 227 | 4.56 |
On this day & linked events
1989
Died November 28, 1989
Image: Play Ball cards, published by Bowman Gum, public domain