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Billy Williams League
5-24-2070
Bill Katz Relief Pitcher
Retired (1975, Age 36)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
ERA 6.14 Total Rating B-   Bats/Throws R/R
W-L 39-45 Status Deceased (2018) Option Years 0  
SV 34 Age at Death 79 Date of Birth 01-30-1939
K 727 Drafted Round 4, Pick 50
(1960)		 Majors Svc Time 12 years
(132 games)
IP 928.0
WHIP 1.66
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R D- Contact vs. L D  Endurance C-   Ldrship D-
Power vs. R D+ Power vs. L C- Velocity A-   Mentor Val C-
Speed C  Bunt C  Control C 
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range C+ WS Rings 0
1B --- LF --- Arm B  WS Appearances 0
2B --- CF ---   Health C+ LCS Appearances 3
3B --- RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year   Team W L G GS CG SHO SV BS IP H R ER HBP BB SO WHIP ERA Awards
1960 BAL
2
 2
44
0
0
0
2
 1
73.0
 90 65 63 0 30
43
1.64
7.77
1961 BAL
1
 6
48
7
0
0
2
 1
74.1
 93 55 55 3 38
50
1.76
6.66
1962 BAL
1
 3
30
0
0
0
4
 2
37.0
 55 33 32 2 20
23
2.03
7.78
1963 BAL
7
 6
51
4
0
0
1
 4
76.0
 108 68 67 3 45
61
2.01
7.93
1964 BAL
3
 3
49
0
0
0
6
 4
65.2
 78 41 41 1 36
47
1.74
5.62
1965 BAL
2
 3
28
1
0
0
1
 3
36.1
 41 29 29 0 19
23
1.65
7.18
1966 PIT
3
 3
51
0
0
0
1
 1
61.2
 87 63 63 2 37
48
2.01
9.19
1967 PIT
4
 2
65
0
0
0
1
 2
84.1
 107 71 65 0 44
67
1.79
6.94
1968 PIT
2
 2
48
0
0
0
0
 1
84.0
 88 50 49 2 33
63
1.44
5.25
1969 PIT
5
 0
46
0
0
0
0
 0
86.2
 75 41 39 0 50
63
1.44
4.05
1970 PIT-WAS
1
 2
21
0
0
0
1
 1
25.1
 28 14 14 0 8
25
1.42
4.97
1971 WAS
3
 2
66
0
0
0
2
 1
79.1
 90 55 54 2 40
76
1.64
6.13
1972 WAS-CHA
1
 3
28
0
0
0
9
 2
28.1
 26 15 15 1 16
23
1.48
4.76
1973 CHA-CLE
2
 8
62
0
0
0
4
 5
87.0
 97 43 36 5 33
78
1.49
3.72
1974 CLE
2
 0
16
0
0
0
0
 0
29.0
 19 11 11 1 9
37
0.97
3.41
2070
0
 0
0
0
0
0
0
 0
0.0
 0 0 0 0 0
0
0.00
0.00
Total
39
 45
653
12
0
0
34
 28
928.0
 1082 654 633 22 458
727
1.66
6.14
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1975-11-01Bill Katz has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1975-04-14The Cleveland Rockers have waived Bill Katz.
1975-03-03The Cleveland Rockers have promoted Rico Moore to the major league team. The Cleveland Rockers have promoted Ray Rodin to the major league team. The Cleveland Rockers have designated Bill McAndrew for assignment. The Cleveland Rockers have designated Bill Katz for assignment.
1974-07-11The Cleveland Rockers have promoted Bill Katz to the major league team.
1974-05-03The Cleveland Rockers have designated Bill Katz for assignment.
1973-07-03A trade has been completed between the Chicago Swingers and the Cleveland Rockers. The Cleveland Rockers receive Dick Conley, Bill Katz from the Chicago Swingers in exchange for Earl Rooney (Optioned) , Mel Capri (Optioned) , Bill Bianco.
1972-06-16Bill Katz of the Chicago Swingers is injured and is expected to be out 4 days.
1972-04-09The Chicago Swingers have acquired Bill Katz from the waiver wire.
1972-04-05The Washington BeerDrinkers have designated Bill Katz for assignment.
1970-08-19The Washington BeerDrinkers have promoted Bill Katz to the major league team. The Washington BeerDrinkers have sent Jim Manning to the minors.
1970-04-18The Washington BeerDrinkers have acquired Bill Katz from the waiver wire. The Washington BeerDrinkers have waived Jimmy Martin.
1970-04-14The Pittsburgh Punishers have waived Bill Katz.
1970-04-03The Pittsburgh Punishers have promoted Tom Jakucki to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Punishers have designated Bill Katz for assignment.
1970-04-01The Pittsburgh Punishers have re-claimed Bill Katz from the waiver wire.
1970-03-01The Pittsburgh Punishers have promoted Jeff Maggert to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Punishers have designated Bill Katz for assignment.
1968-05-09Bill Katz of the Pittsburgh Punishers is injured and is expected to be out 21 days.
1966-04-05The Pittsburgh Punishers have acquired Bill Katz from the waiver wire.
1966-04-05The Pittsburgh Punishers have demoted Phil Cole to the minor leagues.
1966-04-01A trade has been completed between the Baltimore Wildcatters and the Detroit Ligers. The Detroit Ligers receive Bill Katz (Optioned), Fred Greer from the Baltimore Wildcatters in exchange for Tofurku Schmidt.
1965-09-29The Baltimore Wildcatters have promoted Bill Katz to the major league team.
1965-09-20The Baltimore Wildcatters have sent Bill Katz to the minors.
1962-06-08The Baltimore Wildcatters have promoted Bill Katz to the major league team. The Baltimore Wildcatters have sent Harvey McCullough to the minors.
1962-05-05The Baltimore Wildcatters have sent Bill Katz to the minors. The Baltimore Wildcatters have designated George Lee for assignment.
1960-04-01The Baltimore Wildcatters have promoted Percy Perez to the major league team. The Baltimore Wildcatters have promoted Bill Katz to the major league team. The Baltimore Wildcatters have promoted Al Veras to the major league team. The Baltimore Wildcatters have designated Wonderdog Mutt Davis for assignment. The Baltimore Wildcatters have designated Randy Helling for assignment. The Baltimore Wildcatters have sent Henri Dean to the minors.