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Name Team Age
Bill French Retired (1978, Age 35) Died (2022, Age 79)
Drafted Position Bats/Throws
Round 3, Pick 37
(1966)		 1B R/R
League Option Years   Majors Service Time
Ralph Kiner League 0 7 years (42 games)
Total Rating   Arm Range
B- C- B 
Contact vs R Contact vs L Speed
B- B+ D 
Power vs R Power vs L Bunting
B- A- C 
Endurance Velocity Control
B- F  D-
Leadership   Mentor vs RHP   Mentor vs LHP  
A  B  A+
Health   Injured Days   Birthday
B  0 10/12/1943
WS Rings WS Appearances LCS Appearances
0 0 0
Alt Pos (---) Alt Pos (---) Alt Pos (---)
F  (0.0 %) F  (0.0 %) F  (0.0 %)

Stats  |   Splits  |   Playoffs  |   Positions  |   Improvements  |   Past Skills  |   Awards   |  Fielding   |  Game Log
Year Vs G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO OPS OBP SLG AVG
1969 LHP 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 .933 .600 .333 .333
1969 RHP 8 27 2 0 0 0 0 1 5 .181 .107 .074 .074
1971 LHP 19 36 12 2 1 1 6 5 2 .933 .405 .528 .333
1971 RHP 20 54 18 2 1 1 9 7 10 .873 .410 .463 .333
1972 LHP 51 96 31 5 0 7 15 8 11 .975 .381 .594 .323
1972 RHP 118 343 90 21 1 7 59 38 59 .729 .339 .391 .262
1973 LHP 38 50 16 2 0 4 7 3 11 .958 .358 .600 .320
1973 RHP 28 78 19 5 0 0 9 7 14 .618 .310 .308 .244
1974 LHP 45 96 24 2 0 5 19 9 16 .735 .308 .427 .250
1974 RHP 30 86 20 2 0 0 4 6 18 .538 .283 .256 .233
1975 AHP 30 93 32 5 0 5 26 11 18 .969 .410 .559 .344
1975 HHP 37 117 32 9 1 3 18 4 17 .742 .298 .444 .274
1975 LHP 38 68 22 7 1 4 14 5 14 1.002 .370 .632 .324
1975 RHP 49 142 42 7 0 4 30 10 21 .769 .340 .430 .296
1976 AHP 12 36 9 0 0 2 5 5 7 .758 .341 .417 .250
1976 HHP 5 16 4 1 0 0 0 0 3 .562 .250 .312 .250
1976 LHP 13 28 7 1 0 1 3 4 6 .737 .344 .393 .250
1976 RHP 10 24 6 0 0 1 2 1 4 .655 .280 .375 .250
1977 AHP 2 10 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 .291 .091 .200 .100
1977 HHP 5 13 4 1 0 1 5 1 3 .973 .357 .615 .308
1977 LHP 9 16 4 2 0 1 6 0 3 .812 .250 .562 .250
1977 RHP 6 7 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 .365 .222 .143 .143
Total AHP 44 139 42 6 0 7 33 16 26 .866 .369 .496 .302
Total HHP 47 146 40 11 1 4 23 5 23 .743 .298 .445 .274
Total LHP 215 393 117 21 2 23 70 36 63 .893 .356 .537 .298
Total RHP 269 761 198 37 2 13 114 71 132 .690 .324 .365 .260
Total 375 1154 315 58 4 36 184 107 195 .759 .335 .424 .273
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1978-11-01Bill French has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1978-04-08The Pittsburgh Maulers have waived Bill French.
1978-04-01The Pittsburgh Maulers have promoted Ed Esser to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Maulers have promoted Don Alexander to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Maulers have designated Bill French for assignment. The Pittsburgh Maulers have designated Freddie Wall for assignment.
1971-03-07The Pittsburgh Maulers have promoted Bill French to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Maulers have promoted Rick Driscoll to the major league team.
1969-05-20The Pittsburgh Maulers have promoted George Leach to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Maulers have sent Bill French to the minors.
1969-04-01The Pittsburgh Maulers have promoted Bill French to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Maulers have sent Freddie Wall to the minors.
1968-04-01A trade has been completed between the Milwaukee Brewers and the Pittsburgh Maulers. The Pittsburgh Maulers receive Bill French, Draft Pick - 1969 Round 4 (MIL), Draft Pick - 1970 Round 3 (MIL) from the Milwaukee Brewers in exchange for Jimmy Ludolph.