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Bill Greif
William Briley Greif

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 5", Weight 205 lb.

Debut July 19, 1971
  vs. PHI 6.3 IP, 6 H, 6 SO, 3 BB, 2 ER
Final Game September 24, 1976
Born April 25, 1950 in Fort Stockton, TX

Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 3rd round of the 1968 amateur draft. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
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 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1971 21 HOU NL   1   1   7   3   0   0   1  0   16.0   18   10    9   1    8   14   2   0    76   0   0  5.06  3.37   66 1.625
 1972 22 SDP NL   5  16  34  22   2   1   6  2  125.3  143   86   78  18   47   91   8   2   568   4   2  5.60  3.28   59 1.516
 1973 23 SDP NL  10  17  36  31   9   3   2  1  199.3  181   88   71  20   62  120   5   5   823  12   1  3.21  3.45  108 1.219
 1974 24 SDP NL   9  19  43  35   7   1   4  1  226.0  244  126  117  17   95  137  14  10  1007  11   2  4.66  3.56   76 1.500
 1975 25 SDP NL   4   6  59   1   0   0  33  9   72.0   74   44   31   7   38   43   5   2   331  17   0  3.88  3.49   90 1.556
 1976 26 TOT NL   2   8  52   5   0   0  21  6   77.0   87   48   45   7   37   37   2   7   348   5   0  5.26  3.47   66 1.610
         SDP NL   1   3   5   5   0   0   0  0   22.3   27   20   20   2   11    5   0   1   104   0   0  8.06  3.30   41 1.701
         STL NL   1   5  47   0   0   0  21  6   54.7   60   28   25   5   26   32   2   6   244   5   0  4.12  3.54   86 1.573
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  6 Yr WL% .316  31  67 231  97  18   5  67 19  715.7  747  402  351  70  287  442  36  26  3153  49   5  4.41  3.46   78 1.445
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     6  13  47  20   3   1  13  3  148.3  154   83   72  14   59   91   7   5   653  10   1  4.41  3.46   78 1.445
 Career High     10  19  59  35   9   3  33  9  226.0  244  126  117  20   95  137  14  10  1007  17   2  3.21  3.56  108 1.219

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
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 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1971 21 HOU NL   7    3    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   2  .333  .333  .333   92    1   0   0   0   0   0
 1972 22 SDP NL  34   33    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   1  15  .030  .059  .030  -73    1   5   0   0   0   0
 1973 23 SDP NL  36   61    3    6   0  0   0    1   0  0   4  28  .098  .167  .098  -22    6   2   0   0   1   0
 1974 24 SDP NL  46   56    3    4   0  0   0    0   0  0  10  23  .071  .212  .071  -16    4   9   0   0   0   1
 1975 25 SDP NL  59    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   1   0   0   0   0
 1976 26 TOT NL  52   12    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   2   5  .000  .143  .000  -56    0   0   0   0   0   0
         SDP NL   5    8    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   3  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
         STL NL  47    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   2   2  .000  .333  .000    1    0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 6 Seasons      234  166    6   12   0  0   0    1   0  0  17  73  .072  .163  .072  -30   12  17   0   0   1   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        115    4    8   0  0   0    1   0  0  12  51  .072  .163  .072  -30    8  12   0   0   1   1
 Career High     59   61    3    6   0  0   0    1   0  0  10  28                           6   9   0   0   1   1
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1971 21 HOU NL    3    2    0   0.0    91| .333  .257| .333  .323| .333  .377| .666  .700|  92  .000  -0.0   0.0   0%
 1972 22 SDP NL   39   37    0   0.0    85| .030  .247| .059  .314| .030  .365| .089  .679| -73  .000  -7.2  -0.8   0%
 1973 23 SDP NL   68   57    1   0.5    89| .098  .252| .167  .319| .098  .374| .265  .694| -22  .017  -9.7  -1.0   0%
 1974 24 SDP NL   75   62    2   0.9    90| .071  .256| .212  .327| .071  .371| .283  .698| -16  .052  -8.4  -0.9   0%
 1975 25 SDP NL    2    2    0   0.0    91| .000  .258| .000  .328| .000  .373| .000  .701|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
 1976 26 TOT NL   14   12    0   0.0    88| .000  .257| .143  .323| .000  .366| .143  .689| -56  .000  -2.4  -0.2   0%
         SDP NL    8    8    0   0.0    85| .000  .253| .000  .318| .000  .361| .000  .679|-100  .000  -2.0  -0.2   0%
         STL NL    6    4    0   0.0    93| .000  .264| .333  .330| .000  .376| .333  .706|   1  .000  -0.4   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 6 Seasons       201  172    3   0.5    89| .072  .253| .163  .322| .072  .371| .235  .692| -30  .018 -28.1  -2.9   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1971 21 HOU NL P 7 0 3 0 0 1.000 .968 0.43 0.79 1.69 1.91 3 16.0 1972 22 SDP NL P 34 5 12 4 0 .810 .950 0.50 0.73 1.22 1.78 22 125.3 1973 23 SDP NL P 36 11 24 1 0 .972 .951 0.97 0.73 1.58 1.88 31 199.3 1974 24 SDP NL P 43 13 33 3 4 .939 .945 1.07 0.71 1.83 1.88 35 226.0 1975 25 SDP NL P 59 0 5 1 0 .833 .943 0.08 0.72 0.62 1.86 1 72.0 1976 26 TOT NL P 52 6 9 0 0 1.000 .949 0.29 0.72 1.75 1.88 5 77.0 SDP NL P 5 4 3 0 0 1.000 .946 1.40 0.72 2.83 1.90 5 22.3 STL NL P 47 2 6 0 0 1.000 .952 0.17 0.72 1.32 1.88 0 54.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1971 21 HOU NL P 7 0 3 0 0 1.000 .968 0.43 0.79 1.69 1.91 3 16.0 1972 22 SDP NL P 34 5 12 4 0 .810 .950 0.50 0.73 1.22 1.78 22 125.3 1973 23 SDP NL P 36 11 24 1 0 .972 .951 0.97 0.73 1.58 1.88 31 199.3 1974 24 SDP NL P 43 13 33 3 4 .939 .945 1.07 0.71 1.83 1.88 35 226.0 1975 25 SDP NL P 59 0 5 1 0 .833 .943 0.08 0.72 0.62 1.86 1 72.0 1976 26 TOT NL P 52 6 9 0 0 1.000 .949 0.29 0.72 1.75 1.88 5 77.0 SDP NL P 5 4 3 0 0 1.000 .946 1.40 0.72 2.83 1.90 5 22.3 STL NL P 47 2 6 0 0 1.000 .952 0.17 0.72 1.32 1.88 0 54.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 231 35 86 9 4 .931 .948 0.52 0.72 1.52 1.86 97 715.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 231 35 86 9 4 .931 .948 0.52 0.72 1.52 1.86 97 716
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Shutouts
1973 NL-3-7

Home Runs Allow.
1972 NL-18-10

Bases On Balls Allow.
1974 NL-95-10

Hits Allowed
1974 NL-244-10

Losses
1972 NL-16-2
1973 NL-17-3
1974 NL-19-4

Earned Runs Allow.
1974 NL-117-2

Wild Pitches
1974 NL-10-8

Hit Batsmen
1972 NL-8-4
1974 NL-14-1

       

Gray Ink: Pitching - 1 (2542) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 3.0 (1637) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

June 7, 1968: Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 3rd round of the 1968 amateur draft.

December 3, 1971: Traded by the Houston Astros with Mark Schaeffer and Derrel Thomas to the San Diego Padres for Dave Roberts.

May 19, 1976: Traded by the San Diego Padres to the St. Louis Cardinals for Luis Melendez.

November 6, 1976: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals with Sam Mejias and Angel Torres to the Montreal Expos for Steve Dunning, Pat Scanlon, and Tony Scott.

March 30, 1977: Released by the Montreal Expos.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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