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Thurman Munson League
7-31-2254
Bill Wilhelm Third Base
Retired (1981, Age 38)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .258 Total Rating B-   Bats/Throws R/R
OPS .714 Status Deceased (2024) Option Years 0  
H 1980 Age at Death 81 Date of Birth 01-26-1943
HR 192 Drafted Round 3, Pick 47
(1961)
Majors Svc Time 16 years
(77 games)
RBI 909
SB 129
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R B- Contact vs. L B- Endurance B-   Ldrship A+
Power vs. R B- Power vs. L B- Velocity D-   Mentor vR A+
Speed C+ Bunt C- Control   Mentor vL A+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range WS Rings 3
1B A+ (98.3%) LF --- Arm B+ WS Appearances 6
2B --- CF ---   Health LCS Appearances 7
3B A+ (100%) RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 1
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

 
Year Type OS Age Chances   Active GS Injured  Contact vs R   Power vs R   Contact vs L   Power vs L   Speed   Arm   Range   Total 
1961 Minors 18 50.00 11 / 11 3 / 3 7 / 7 9 / 11 5 / 6 5 / 5 7 / 7 47 / 50
1962 Minors 19 41.00 9 / 10 4 / 5 4 / 4 5 / 6 5 / 9 4 / 4 2 / 3 33 / 41
1963 Minors 20 6.00 1 / 2 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 2 0 / 0 1 / 1 4 / 6
1963 Majors 20 44.35 5 / 7 4 / 6 2 / 5 1 / 7 1 / 6 4 / 5 2 / 8 19 / 44
1964 Majors 21 62.88 8 / 10 6 / 9 5 / 12 4 / 6 1 / 4 10 / 13 6 / 8 40 / 62
1965 Minors 22 13.00 0 / 0 2 / 3 0 / 2 0 / 0 1 / 4 0 / 0 2 / 4 5 / 13
1965 Majors 22 32.49 3 / 5 2 / 2 5 / 6 2 / 3 1 / 3 5 / 6 6 / 7 24 / 32
1966 Minors 23 35.00 3 / 6 1 / 4 4 / 8 1 / 6 3 / 4 3 / 6 1 / 1 16 / 35
1967 Minors 24 41.00 3 / 9 5 / 11 4 / 9 1 / 5 1 / 1 0 / 2 2 / 4 16 / 41
1968 Minors 25 15.00 0 / 1 1 / 2 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 2 1 / 3 3 / 6 6 / 15
1968 Majors 25 0.52 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0
1969 Majors 26 21.92 1 / 4 2 / 5 1 / 3 0 / 2 0 / 2 1 / 1 0 / 4 5 / 21
1970 Majors 27 53.36 2 / 8 2 / 8 0 / 9 0 / 5 1 / 6 1 / 11 0 / 6 6 / 53
1971 Majors 28 61.97 2 / 10 1 / 8 0 / 9 2 / 9 3 / 11 0 / 8 0 / 6 8 / 61
1972 Majors 29 63.63 0 / 11 2 / 16 0 / 7 0 / 7 0 / 10 1 / 6 0 / 6 3 / 63
1973 Majors 30 60.39 0 / 16 0 / 9 0 / 10 0 / 6 0 / 6 1 / 8 0 / 5 1 / 60
1974 Majors 31 62.20 0 / 12 0 / 5 0 / 8 0 / 12 0 / 9 1 / 7 0 / 9 1 / 62
1975 Majors 32 61.19 0 / 7 0 / 5 0 / 21 0 / 6 0 / 10 1 / 6 0 / 6 1 / 61
1976 Majors 33 47.88 0 / 7 0 / 7 1 / 9 0 / 6 0 / 4 0 / 6 0 / 8 1 / 47
1977 Majors 34 61.64 51 44 0 0 / 10 1 / 9 0 / 8 0 / 6 0 / 10 0 / 9 0 / 9 1 / 61
1978 Majors 35 62.59 162 142 0 0 / 9 0 / 8 0 / 6 0 / 8 0 / 13 0 / 10 0 / 8 0 / 62
1979 Majors 36 63.72 162 142 0 0 / 8 0 / 5 0 / 7 1 / 9 0 / 10 0 / 13 0 / 11 1 / 63
1980 Majors 37 56.14 162 120 0 0 / 9 0 / 6 0 / 10 0 / 2 1 / 9 0 / 13 0 / 7 1 / 56
1981 Majors 38 60.93 162 139 0 0 / 8 0 / 9 0 / 10 0 / 6 0 / 11 0 / 7 0 / 9 0 / 60
Total 699 587 0 48 / 180 37 / 146 34 / 171 26 / 128 24 / 152 38 / 149 32 / 143 239 / 1069
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1981-11-01Bill Wilhelm has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1981-10-21The Cleveland Grave-diggers have promoted Buz Canavan to the major league team. The Cleveland Grave-diggers have promoted Takashi Koons to the major league team. The Cleveland Grave-diggers have promoted Joe Morgan to the major league team. The Cleveland Grave-diggers have sent Eddie Anderson to the minors. The Cleveland Grave-diggers have designated Bill Wilhelm for assignment. The Cleveland Grave-diggers have designated Cliff Lowe for assignment.
1976-08-18Bill Wilhelm of the Cleveland Grave-diggers is injured and is expected to be out 35 days.
1973-09-06Bill Wilhelm of the Cleveland Grave-diggers is injured and is expected to be out 13 days.
1970-05-08Bill Wilhelm of the Cleveland Grave-diggers is injured and is expected to be out 29 days.
1968-06-28The Cleveland Grave-diggers have promoted Bill Wilhelm to the major league team. The Cleveland Grave-diggers have sent Rawly Lucas to the minors.
1965-07-04The Cleveland Grave-diggers have promoted Doc Siebert to the major league team. The Cleveland Grave-diggers have sent Bill Wilhelm to the minors.
1963-05-22The Cleveland Grave-diggers have promoted Bill Wilhelm to the major league team.