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Bill Mazeroski
William Stanley Mazeroski (Maz)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Weight 183 lb.

Debut July 7, 1956
Final Game October 4, 1972
Born September 5, 1936 in Wheeling, WV

Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2001.

Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1954. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1956 19 PIT NL  81  255   30   62   8  1   3   14   0  0  18  24  .243  .293  .318   66   81   4   0   1   0   4
 1957 20 PIT NL 148  526   59  149  27  7   8   54   3  3  27  49  .283  .318  .407   96  214  11   3   2   1   6
 1958 21 PIT NL 152  567   69  156  24  6  19   68   1  1  25  71  .275  .308  .439   98  249   9   3   3   3  15 MVP-8,AS
 1959 22 PIT NL 135  493   50  119  15  6   7   59   1  3  29  54  .241  .283  .339   66  167  10   4   1   1  16 AS
 1960 23 PIT NL 151  538   58  147  21  5  11   64   4  0  40  50  .273  .320  .392   94  211   4   8  15   1   9 AS
 1961 24 PIT NL 152  558   71  148  21  2  13   59   2  1  26  55  .265  .298  .380   78  212   2   6  10   3   9
 1962 25 PIT NL 159  572   55  155  24  9  14   81   0  3  37  47  .271  .315  .418   95  239   2   4  16   2  15 AS
 1963 26 PIT NL 142  534   43  131  22  3   8   52   2  0  32  46  .245  .286  .343   80  183   7   3   6   0  15 AS
 1964 27 PIT NL 162  601   66  161  22  8  10   64   1  1  29  52  .268  .300  .381   91  229  10   4  11   0  21 AS
 1965 28 PIT NL 130  494   52  134  17  1   6   54   2  1  18  34  .271  .294  .346   80  171   4   9   5   2  16
 1966 29 PIT NL 162  621   56  163  22  7  16   82   4  3  31  62  .262  .296  .398   91  247   2   5   9   1  16 MVP-23
 1967 30 PIT NL 163  639   62  167  25  3   9   77   1  2  30  55  .261  .292  .352   84  225   5   5   7   0  17 AS
 1968 31 PIT NL 143  506   36  127  18  2   3   42   3  4  38  38  .251  .304  .312   87  158   6   4  10   2  18
 1969 32 PIT NL  67  227   13   52   7  1   3   25   1  1  22  16  .229  .298  .308   72   70   1   4   3   2   6
 1970 33 PIT NL 112  367   29   84  14  0   7   39   2  0  27  40  .229  .283  .324   65  119   5   3   9   2   6
 1971 34 PIT NL  70  193   17   49   3  1   1   16   0  0  15   8  .254  .303  .295   69   57   2   3   1   0   3
 1972 35 PIT NL  34   64    3   12   4  0   0    3   0  0   3   5  .188  .217  .250   33   16   3   2   1   0   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 17 Seasons    2163 7755  769 2016 294 62 138  853  27 23 447 706  .260  .299  .367   84 2848  87  70 110  20 194
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        581   58  151  22  5  10   64   2  2  33  53  .260  .299  .367   84  213   7   5   8   1  15
 Career High    163  639   71  167  27  9  19   82   4  4  40  71  .283  .320  .439   98  249  11   9  16   3  21
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 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 
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1956 19 PIT NL  277  201   24   3.2   101| .243  .261| .293  .328| .318  .413| .611  .741|  66  .350 -12.4  -1.2   0%
 1957 20 PIT NL  568  400   68   4.6   100| .283  .265| .318  .328| .407  .410| .725  .738|  96  .498  -3.6  -0.4  50%
 1958 21 PIT NL  607  439   73   4.5   103| .275  .266| .308  .333| .439  .416| .747  .749|  98  .480  -3.9  -0.4  50%
 1959 22 PIT NL  537  407   44   2.9   104| .241  .269| .283  .335| .339  .416| .622  .751|  66  .298 -25.2  -2.5  25%
 1960 23 PIT NL  591  412   68   4.4   100| .273  .264| .320  .330| .392  .406| .712  .736|  94  .508  -5.0  -0.5 100%
 1961 24 PIT NL  595  428   62   3.9   106| .265  .271| .298  .338| .380  .422| .678  .760|  78  .416 -18.6  -1.8  66%
 1962 25 PIT NL  617  441   71   4.3   104| .271  .271| .315  .339| .418  .412| .733  .750|  95  .474  -6.2  -0.6   0%
 1963 26 PIT NL  576  428   50   3.1    90| .245  .255| .286  .317| .343  .382| .629  .699|  80  .401 -14.4  -1.6 100%
 1964 27 PIT NL  644  476   63   3.6    94| .268  .263| .300  .321| .381  .391| .681  .712|  91  .436  -9.0  -0.9  50%
 1965 28 PIT NL  527  390   47   3.3    94| .271  .259| .294  .323| .346  .392| .640  .715|  80  .392 -13.8  -1.4  66%
 1966 29 PIT NL  660  484   69   3.8    96| .262  .265| .296  .323| .398  .399| .694  .722|  91  .457  -8.9  -0.9  57%
 1967 30 PIT NL  679  501   62   3.3    90| .261  .258| .292  .320| .352  .379| .644  .699|  84  .422 -14.5  -1.6  33%
 1968 31 PIT NL  556  411   45   3.0    80| .251  .250| .304  .308| .312  .352| .616  .660|  87  .414  -7.3  -0.8  42%
 1969 32 PIT NL  256  187   21   3.0    93| .229  .257| .298  .327| .308  .381| .606  .708|  72  .355  -8.0  -0.8  50%
 1970 33 PIT NL  404  297   34   3.1   101| .229  .263| .283  .336| .324  .402| .607  .738|  65  .320 -18.4  -1.8 100%
 1971 34 PIT NL  213  152   18   3.2    94| .254  .262| .303  .329| .295  .384| .598  .712|  69  .389  -7.8  -0.8   0%
 1972 35 PIT NL   72   59    3   1.4    91| .188  .255| .217  .323| .250  .377| .467  .701|  33  .121  -5.4  -0.6   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 17 Seasons     8379 6113  822   3.6    97| .260  .263| .299  .327| .367  .398| .666  .724|  84  .422 -182.5 -18.6  54%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1956 19 PIT NL 2B 81 163 242 8 56 .981 .980 5.00 4.66 5.43 5.33 81 671.0 1957 20 PIT NL 2B 144 308 443 17 96 .978 .977 5.22 4.97 5.46 5.37 141 1238.3 1958 21 PIT NL 2B 152 344 496 17 118 .980 .975 5.53 4.76 5.62 5.33 152 1344.0 GG,AS 1959 22 PIT NL 2B 133 303 373 13 100 .981 .976 5.08 4.78 5.21 5.27 129 1167.3 AS 1960 23 PIT NL 2B 151 413 449 10 127 .989 .974 5.71 4.48 5.79 5.20 150 1340.7 GG,AS 1961 24 PIT NL 2B 152 410 505 23 144 .975 .976 6.02 4.89 6.18 5.51 151 1333.0 GG 1962 25 PIT NL 2B 159 425 509 14 138 .985 .974 5.87 4.68 5.96 5.30 159 1410.3 AS 1963 26 PIT NL 2B 138 340 506 14 131 .984 .974 6.13 4.59 6.20 5.21 138 1229.0 GG,AS 1964 27 PIT NL 2B 162 346 543 23 122 .975 .973 5.49 4.61 5.56 5.22 162 1438.7 GG,AS 1965 28 PIT NL 2B 127 290 439 9 113 .988 .974 5.74 4.71 5.80 5.28 125 1131.7 GG 1966 29 PIT NL 2B 162 411 538 8 161 .992 .978 5.86 4.68 5.88 5.33 162 1452.3 GG 1967 30 PIT NL 2B 163 417 498 18 131 .981 .976 5.61 4.63 5.73 5.26 160 1437.3 GG,AS 1968 31 PIT NL 2B 142 319 467 15 107 .981 .977 5.54 4.74 5.63 5.21 138 1255.7 1969 32 PIT NL 2B 65 134 192 4 46 .988 .974 5.02 4.65 5.38 5.19 64 545.3 1970 33 PIT NL 2B 102 227 325 7 87 .987 .979 5.41 4.67 5.59 5.32 99 888.3 1971 34 PIT NL 2B 46 95 121 3 22 .986 .978 4.70 4.86 5.63 5.47 37 345.3 3B 7 2 5 0 0 1.000 .946 1.00 2.31 1.24 2.80 6 50.7 1972 35 PIT NL 2B 15 29 39 1 7 .986 .978 4.53 4.88 5.72 5.36 12 107.0 3B 3 0 4 0 0 1.000 .952 1.33 2.53 2.77 2.84 1 13.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1956 19 PIT NL 2B 81 163 242 8 56 .981 .980 5.00 4.66 5.43 5.33 81 671.0 1957 20 PIT NL 2B 144 308 443 17 96 .978 .977 5.22 4.97 5.46 5.37 141 1238.3 1958 21 PIT NL 2B 152 344 496 17 118 .980 .975 5.53 4.76 5.62 5.33 152 1344.0 1959 22 PIT NL 2B 133 303 373 13 100 .981 .976 5.08 4.78 5.21 5.27 129 1167.3 1960 23 PIT NL 2B 151 413 449 10 127 .989 .974 5.71 4.48 5.79 5.20 150 1340.7 1961 24 PIT NL 2B 152 410 505 23 144 .975 .976 6.02 4.89 6.18 5.51 151 1333.0 1962 25 PIT NL 2B 159 425 509 14 138 .985 .974 5.87 4.68 5.96 5.30 159 1410.3 1963 26 PIT NL 2B 138 340 506 14 131 .984 .974 6.13 4.59 6.20 5.21 138 1229.0 1964 27 PIT NL 2B 162 346 543 23 122 .975 .973 5.49 4.61 5.56 5.22 162 1438.7 1965 28 PIT NL 2B 127 290 439 9 113 .988 .974 5.74 4.71 5.80 5.28 125 1131.7 1966 29 PIT NL 2B 162 411 538 8 161 .992 .978 5.86 4.68 5.88 5.33 162 1452.3 1967 30 PIT NL 2B 163 417 498 18 131 .981 .976 5.61 4.63 5.73 5.26 160 1437.3 1968 31 PIT NL 2B 142 319 467 15 107 .981 .977 5.54 4.74 5.63 5.21 138 1255.7 1969 32 PIT NL 2B 65 134 192 4 46 .988 .974 5.02 4.65 5.38 5.19 64 545.3 1970 33 PIT NL 2B 102 227 325 7 87 .987 .979 5.41 4.67 5.59 5.32 99 888.3 1971 34 PIT NL 2B 46 95 121 3 22 .986 .978 4.70 4.86 5.63 5.47 37 345.3 1972 35 PIT NL 2B 15 29 39 1 7 .986 .978 4.53 4.88 5.72 5.36 12 107.0 1971 34 PIT NL 3B 7 2 5 0 0 1.000 .946 1.00 2.31 1.24 2.80 6 50.7 1972 35 PIT NL 3B 3 0 4 0 0 1.000 .952 1.33 2.53 2.77 2.84 1 13.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total 2B*2094 4974 6685 204 1706 .983 .976 5.57 4.71 5.72 5.29 2060 18335.3 3B* 10 2 9 0 0 1.000 .948 1.10 2.38 1.55 2.81 7 63.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 2104 4976 6694 204 1706 .983 .976 5.55 4.70 5.71 5.29 2067 18399
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1960   WS    PIT NYY     W   7  25   4   8  2  0  2   5   0   3  .320  .320  .640   0  0   1   0   0 
 1970   NLCS  PIT CIN     L   1   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   2   0  .000  .500  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
 1971   NLCS  PIT SFG     W   1   1   1   1  0  0  0   0   0   0 1.000 1.000 1.000   0  0   0   0   0 
        WS    PIT BAL     W   1   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
 1972   NLCS  PIT CIN     L   2   2   0   1  0  0  0   0   0   1  .500  .500  .500   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  3 Lg Champ Series     1-2   4   5   1   2  0  0  0   0   2   1  .400  .571  .400   0  0   0   0   0 
  2 World Series        2-0   8  26   4   8  2  0  2   5   0   3  .308  .308  .615   0  0   1   0   0 
  5 Postseason Series   3-2  12  31   5  10  2  0  2   5   2   4  .323  .364  .581   0  0   1   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1958   PIT NL   *   4   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0 Starting 2B 
 1959-1 PIT NL       1   0   1  0  0  0   1   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1959-2 PIT NL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1960-1 PIT NL   *   2   0   1  0  0  0   1   0   0   0  0   0   0   1 Starting 2B 
 1960-2 PIT NL   *   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting 2B 
 1962-1 PIT NL   *   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting 2B 
 1962-2 PIT NL   *   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting 2B 
 1963   PIT NL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1964   PIT NL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1967   PIT NL   *   4   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   1   0   0 Starting 2B 
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 7/10     6  16   0   2  0  0  0   2   0   1   0  0   1   0   1  .125  .176  .125 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
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.

All-Star
1958 (2B)
1959-1 *
1959-2
1960-1 (2B)
1960-2 (2B)
1962-1 (2B)
1962-2 (2B)
1963
1964
1967 (2B)

Awards
1960-NL-Babe Ruth Award
1960-ML-Major League Player of the Year

Gold Gloves
1958-NL--2B
1960-NL--2B
1961-NL--2B
1963-NL--2B
1964-NL--2B
1965-NL--2B
1966-NL--2B
1967-NL--2B
All Multiple Winners

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1958-NL-8-0.18
1966-NL-23-0.01
Car-728-0.19 shares

Games
1958 NL-152-3
1960 NL-151-7
1961 NL-152-9
1964 NL-162-2
1966 NL-162-1
1967 NL-163-1

At Bats
1958 NL-567-9
1966 NL-621-10
1967 NL-639-3

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1967 NL-679-6

Triples
1957 NL-7-10
1962 NL-9-5
1964 NL-8-8

Singles
1961 NL-112-10
1967 NL-130-7

Sac. Hits
1957 NL-11-3
1958 NL-9-6
1959 NL-10-6

Sac. Flies
1960 NL-8-5
1965 NL-9-3

Intentional Walks
1960 NL-15-2
1961 NL-10-9
1962 NL-16-1
1964 NL-11-9
Car-110-91

Grounded into Double Plays
1959 NL-16-8
1964 NL-21-4
1965 NL-16-9
1966 NL-16-8
1967 NL-17-3
1968 NL-18-7
Car-194-97

At Bats per Strikeout
1960 NL-10.8-10
1961 NL-10.1-8
1962 NL-12.2-4
1963 NL-11.6-2
1964 NL-11.6-6
1965 NL-14.5-2
1967 NL-11.6-7
1968 NL-13.3-5

Outs
1958 NL-439-6
1964 NL-476-5
1966 NL-484-6
1967 NL-501-2

Youngest Player
1956 NL-19-5

   

Black Ink: Batting - 2 (587) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 12 (1259) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 14.9 (1029) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 71.0 (252) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

Before 1954 Season: Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent.

October 24, 1972: Released by the Pittsburgh Pirates.


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