Bill Stafford Notable

b. August 13, 1938 · New York Yankees 1960–1965, Kansas City Athletics 1966–1967

Bill Stafford divided eight seasons between two clubs as a pitcher: the New York Yankees from 1960, then the Kansas City Athletics through 1967.

He went 43 and 40 with a 3.52 earned run average, pitching 785.7 innings in 186 games. He struck out 449 and threw 6 shutouts. Across 187 games he batted .155, with 38 hits and 15 runs. He finished with 7 doubles.

He was born in Catskill, NY, USA on August 13, 1938, and died on September 19, 2001. He batted right-handed and threw right-handed.

Batting, season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
1960	NYY	12	22	0	1	0	0	1	0	8	.045
1961	NYY	36	67	5	12	2	1	3	4	11	.179
1962	NYY	35	78	5	17	4	0	5	2	16	.218
1963	NYY	28	24	2	7	0	1	3	1	7	.292
1964	NYY	31	13	1	1	1	0	1	0	6	.077
1965	NYY	22	29	2	0	0	0	1	0	12	.000
1966	KCA	9	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000
1967	KCA	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Career	—	187	245	15	38	7	2	14	7	63	.155

Pitching, season by season

Year	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1960	NYY	3	1	11	8	0	60.0	50	15	18	36	2.25
1961	NYY	14	9	36	25	2	195.0	168	58	59	101	2.68
1962	NYY	14	9	35	33	0	213.1	188	87	77	109	3.67
1963	NYY	4	8	28	14	3	89.2	104	60	42	52	6.02
1964	NYY	5	0	31	1	4	60.2	50	18	22	39	2.67
1965	NYY	3	8	22	15	0	111.1	93	44	31	71	3.56
1966	KCA	0	4	9	8	0	39.2	42	22	12	31	4.99
1967	KCA	0	1	14	0	0	16.0	12	3	9	10	1.69
Career	—	43	40	186	104	9	785.2	707	307	270	449	3.52

On this day & linked events

1938

Born August 13, 1938

Catskill, NY, USA

2001

Died September 19, 2001

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