Bill Virdon

Position: Centerfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-0, 175lb (183cm, 79kg)

Born: June 9, 1931 in Hazel Park, MI us

Died: November 23, 2021 in Springfield, MO

Buried: Kingsway United Methodist Church Cemetery Columbarium, Springfield, MO

High School: West Plains HS (West Plains, MO)

School: Drury University (Springfield, MO)

Debut: April 12, 1955 (Age 23-307d, 11,197th in major league history)
vs. CHC 4 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: July 31, 1968 (Age 37-052d)
vs. CIN 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1955 season

Full Name: William Charles Virdon

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Rookie of the Year
1960 World Series
Gold Glove

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

19.6

5980

1596

.267

735

RBI

502

OBP

.316

SLG

.379

OPS

.696

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1965 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1965 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 12	PIT		SFG	W,1-0	CG	34	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
2	2	Apr 13	PIT		SFG	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
3	4 (1)	Apr 17	PIT		HOU	W,3-2	CG	38	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
4	5	Apr 18 (1)	PIT		HOU	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
5	6	Apr 18 (2)	PIT		HOU	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
6	7	Apr 20	PIT	@	SFG	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
7	8	Apr 21	PIT	@	SFG	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
8	9	Apr 23	PIT	@	HOU	L,3-4	GS	34	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
9	10	Apr 24	PIT	@	HOU	L,0-5	CG	34	8.0	4	0	1	5	0	CF
10	11	Apr 25	PIT	@	HOU	L,4-5	CG	46	10.2	1	0	2	3	0	CF
11	12	Apr 26	PIT	@	HOU	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	16 (3)	May 1	PIT	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
13	17	May 2 (1)	PIT	@	STL	L,5-9	CG	41	8.0	2	0	1	3	0	CF
14	18	May 2 (2)	PIT	@	STL	L,4-5	CG	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
15	19	May 4	PIT	@	CHC	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
16	20	May 5	PIT	@	CHC	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
17	21	May 6	PIT	@	CHC	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
18	22	May 7	PIT		CIN	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	4	0	1	5	0	CF
19	23	May 8	PIT		CIN	L,1-10	CG	44	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
20	24	May 9	PIT		CIN	L,3-5	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
21	25	May 11	PIT		MLN	W,4-3	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
22	27 (1)	May 13	PIT		MLN	L,4-5	CG	44	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	CF
23	28	May 14	PIT		STL	L,7-8	GF	10	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
24	29	May 15	PIT		STL	L,1-5	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
25	30	May 16 (1)	PIT		STL	L,3-6	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
26	31	May 16 (2)	PIT		STL	L,1-5	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
27	32	May 19	PIT	@	CIN	L,1-3	CG	28	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
28	33	May 20	PIT	@	CIN	L,3-11	CG	46	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
29	34	May 21	PIT	@	MLN	W,6-1	GF	0	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
30	35	May 22	PIT	@	MLN	W,9-4	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	CF
31	36	May 23	PIT	@	MLN	W,10-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
32	37	May 24	PIT		CHC	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
33	38	May 25	PIT		CHC	W,7-6	CG	52	12.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
34	39	May 26	PIT	@	PHI	W,5-3	GS	28	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
35	41 (1)	May 29	PIT	@	NYM	W,7-4	CG	42	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
36	43 (1)	May 30 (2)	PIT	@	NYM	W,12-0	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
37	44	May 31	PIT		PHI	W,5-2	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	45	Jun 1	PIT		PHI	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
39	46	Jun 3	PIT		NYM	L,6-8	GS	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
40	47	Jun 4	PIT		NYM	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
41	48	Jun 5	PIT		NYM	W,9-0	CG	30	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
42	49	Jun 6 (1)	PIT		NYM	W,5-3	GF	10	2.0	1	0	1	2	0	CF
43	51 (1)	Jun 8	PIT		HOU	W,7-6	CG	44	11.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
44	52	Jun 9	PIT		HOU	W,11-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
45	53	Jun 10	PIT		HOU	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
46	54	Jun 11	PIT		SFG	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
47	55	Jun 12	PIT		SFG	L,0-4	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
48	56	Jun 13	PIT		SFG	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
49	57	Jun 14	PIT	@	STL	L,2-5	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH CF
50	58	Jun 15	PIT	@	STL	W,10-6	GF	10	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR CF
51	59	Jun 16	PIT	@	STL	W,10-9	CG	46	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
52	60	Jun 17	PIT	@	STL	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
53	61	Jun 18	PIT	@	HOU	L,1-5	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
54	62	Jun 19	PIT	@	HOU	W,5-3	CG	42	11.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
55	63	Jun 20 (1)	PIT	@	SFG	L,3-4	CG	60	14.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
56	64	Jun 20 (2)	PIT	@	SFG	L,3-7	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
57	65	Jun 22	PIT	@	SFG	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
58	66	Jun 23	PIT	@	SFG	L,1-6	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
59	67	Jun 24	PIT	@	LAD	W,13-3	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
60	69 (1)	Jun 26	PIT	@	LAD	W,6-1	GF	6	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH CF
61	70	Jun 27	PIT	@	LAD	W,10-2	GF	17	4.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH CF
62	72 (1)	Jun 29 (1)	PIT		CIN	W,2-1	CG	59	16.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
63	74 (1)	Jun 30	PIT		STL	L,1-7	GS	30	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
64	75	Jul 1	PIT		STL	L,6-7	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR CF
65	76	Jul 2	PIT		MLN	W,8-3	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
66	77	Jul 3	PIT		MLN	W,9-5	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
67	78	Jul 4	PIT		MLN	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
68	79	Jul 5 (1)	PIT	@	PHI	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
69	80	Jul 5 (2)	PIT	@	PHI	L,2-6	CG	34	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	CF
70	81	Jul 6	PIT	@	PHI	W,8-4	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
71	83 (1)	Jul 8	PIT		LAD	L,4-9	GF	30	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH CF
72	84	Jul 9	PIT		LAD	W,4-1	GF	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR CF
73	85	Jul 10	PIT		LAD	L,4-8	GS	29	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
74	88 (2)	Jul 15	PIT	@	MLN	L,6-9	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
75	90 (1)	Jul 17	PIT	@	MLN	L,5-6	GS	29	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
76	91	Jul 18 (1)	PIT	@	CIN	W,6-5	GS	32	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
77	92	Jul 18 (2)	PIT	@	CIN	L,4-8	CG	40	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
78	94 (1)	Jul 20	PIT	@	CIN	W,8-6	CG	46	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
79	97 (2)	Jul 24	PIT	@	CHC	W,8-5	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
80	98	Jul 25 (1)	PIT	@	CHC	W,3-2	CG	53	13.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
81	101 (2)	Jul 27 (2)	PIT		PHI	W,3-2	CG	36	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
82	102	Jul 28	PIT		PHI	L,0-1	CG	60	14.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
83	103	Jul 29	PIT		PHI	L,0-5	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
84	104	Jul 30	PIT		CHC	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
85	105	Jul 31	PIT		CHC	L,6-7	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
86	106	Aug 1 (1)	PIT		CHC	W,8-2	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH CF
87	107	Aug 1 (2)	PIT		CHC	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
88	108	Aug 3	PIT	@	NYM	W,7-0	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
89	109	Aug 4	PIT	@	NYM	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
90	111 (1)	Aug 6	PIT	@	PHI	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
91	112	Aug 7	PIT	@	PHI	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
92	113	Aug 8 (1)	PIT	@	PHI	W,7-1	GF	14	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
93	114	Aug 8 (2)	PIT	@	PHI	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
94	115	Aug 10	PIT	@	SFG	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
95	116	Aug 12 (1)	PIT	@	SFG	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
96	120 (3)	Aug 15	PIT	@	LAD	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
97	121	Aug 16	PIT	@	HOU	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
98	122	Aug 17	PIT	@	HOU	W,8-6	CG	45	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
99	123	Aug 18	PIT	@	HOU	W,8-7	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
100	125 (1)	Aug 21	PIT		MLN	W,3-0	GF	9	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH CF
101	126	Aug 22	PIT		MLN	W,5-4	CG	48	11.0	3	0	1	4	0	CF
102	128 (1)	Aug 24	PIT		SFG	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
103	129	Aug 25	PIT		SFG	T,3-3	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
104	130	Aug 26 (1)	PIT		SFG	W,8-0	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
105	131	Aug 26 (2)	PIT		SFG	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
106	132	Aug 27	PIT		HOU	W,10-9	GS	30	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
107	136 (3)	Sep 1 (2)	PIT		LAD	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
108	138 (1)	Sep 3	PIT	@	MLN	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
109	139	Sep 4	PIT	@	MLN	L,3-8	GS	25	6.0	2	0	0	2	0
110	140	Sep 5	PIT	@	MLN	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
111	141	Sep 6 (1)	PIT	@	CIN	W,3-1	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
112	143 (1)	Sep 7	PIT	@	CIN	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
113	145 (1)	Sep 10	PIT		CIN	W,7-0	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
114	146	Sep 11	PIT		CIN	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
115	147	Sep 13	PIT		CIN	W,8-4	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
116	148	Sep 14	PIT		STL	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
117	149	Sep 15	PIT		STL	L,3-7	GF	12	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
118	150	Sep 16	PIT		STL	L,1-2	GS	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
119	151	Sep 17	PIT		PHI	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
120	152	Sep 18	PIT		PHI	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
121	154 (1)	Sep 20	PIT		NYM	W,10-0	CG	29	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	CF
122	155	Sep 21	PIT		NYM	W,6-5	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH CF
123	157 (1)	Sep 25	PIT	@	CHC	L,3-6	GF	14	2.2	0	0	0	0	0	CF
124	158	Sep 26	PIT	@	CHC	W,5-3	CG	36	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
125	159	Sep 28	PIT	@	NYM	L,0-1	CG	46	11.2	1	0	0	1	0	CF
126	160	Sep 29	PIT	@	NYM	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
127	162 (1)	Oct 2	PIT		CHC	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
128	163	Oct 3	PIT		CHC	W,6-3	GS	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
							128gm		1026.0	260	3	8	271	1