3B Billy 'Spitfire' McCullough #19
Hosho Reliables BAN
Age: 26 | Bats: R | Throws: R | Morale: Great
10/06/1975
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3B BILLY 'SPITFIRE' MCCULLOUGH #19 - AGE: 26 - BATS: R - THROWS: R - MORALE: GREAT
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
126 430 112 13 0 14 47 51 63 .260 .342 .388 0 2.9
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
10/05/1975 KOB Win, 12-5 4 2 3 1 1 1 0 0
10/04/1975 KOB Loss, 6-7 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
10/01/1975 @ DNK Win, 5-4 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 0
09/30/1975 @ DNK Loss, 4-8 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
09/30/1975 @ DNK Win, 7-1 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
09/28/1975 KYO Loss, 4-5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/14/1975 DNK Win, 4-3 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 0
09/13/1975 DNK Win, 8-5 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 0
09/11/1975 @ KYO Loss, 0-6 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
09/10/1975 @ KYO Loss, 3-6 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
PERSONALITY
Birthday:05/10/1949
Born in:Cincinnati, OH
Nationality:American
Height:5' 9"
Weight:190 lbs
Local Popularity:Insignificant
National Pop.:Unknown
STATUS
Contract:Major League Contract
Salary:$18,190
Signed Through:1975 Season
Major Service:6 Years, None
Service This Yr:154 Days
40-Man Service:None, None
Pro Service:8 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Not eligible, free agent after contract expires!
Option Years:3 option years left
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:1967, 8th Pick in Round 8
BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON 1975 BATTING STATS
Batting G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS WOBA ISO wRC+
Overall 126 430 112 13 0 14 47 54 51 63 .260 .342 .388 .730 .325 .128 114
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 122 493 3 0 0 11 7 2 167 27 0 2 0.0 57.6 4.58 2.9  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   79 23 3 0 4 10 16 18 16 0 0 1 .291 .429 .481 .910
Versus Right   351 89 10 0 10 37 38 33 47 2 7 2 .254 .320 .368 .687
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Last Week   21 5 0 0 1 1 2 2 6 0 0 0 .238 .304 .381 .685
May   98 27 2 0 3 10 14 13 8 0 1 1 .276 .366 .388 .754
June   86 29 4 0 3 12 13 8 14 1 0 0 .337 .389 .488 .878
July   100 21 1 0 4 9 10 13 15 1 3 1 .210 .304 .340 .644
August   85 23 3 0 4 12 13 12 12 0 2 1 .271 .367 .447 .814
September   58 11 3 0 0 4 4 4 13 0 1 0 .190 .242 .241 .483
October   3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 .333 .500 .333 .833
Postseason   8 4 0 0 1 1 2 1 2 0 0 0 .500 .556 .875 1.431
Last Year   484 114 8 1 25 78 72 54 76 2 1 4 .236 .316 .411 .727
2 Years Ago   458 127 14 5 26 74 76 56 66 4 9 3 .277 .357 .500 .857
Career   2495 656 87 8 125 372 366 308 467 20 26 20 .263 .346 .455 .801
Home   198 51 7 0 5 21 21 23 18 1 4 2 .258 .339 .369 .708
Road   232 61 6 0 9 26 33 28 45 1 3 1 .263 .344 .405 .749
Grass   430 112 13 0 14 47 54 51 63 2 7 3 .260 .342 .388 .730
Day   220 58 9 0 5 26 28 22 30 1 6 1 .264 .332 .373 .705
Night   210 54 4 0 9 21 26 29 33 1 1 2 .257 .351 .405 .756
As Starter   426 111 13 0 14 47 53 51 63 2 7 3 .261 .342 .390 .732
As Reliever / Substitution   4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500
Pinch Hitting   3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667
Close/Late   78 21 3 0 5 15 11 9 11 1 2 0 .269 .341 .500 .841
Inning 1-3   142 33 6 0 2 10 15 19 20 1 3 0 .232 .321 .317 .638
Inning 4-6   161 45 3 0 6 17 20 14 25 0 2 3 .280 .348 .410 .758
Inning 7-9   123 34 4 0 6 19 18 17 18 1 2 0 .276 .362 .455 .817
Extra Innings   4 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .200 .000 .200
0 Outs   156 47 3 0 7 11 29 14 25 0 7 1 .301 .363 .455 .818
1 Outs   158 39 4 0 4 20 13 19 26 2 0 2 .247 .331 .348 .680
2 Outs   116 26 6 0 3 16 12 18 12 0 0 0 .224 .328 .353 .682
Scoring Position   105 23 4 0 5 36 13 17 14 2 7 0 .219 .323 .400 .723
Bases Empty   246 63 8 0 7 7 30 21 34 0 0 2 .256 .320 .374 .694
Runner on 1st   79 26 1 0 2 4 11 13 15 0 0 1 .329 .430 .418 .848
Runner on 2nd   36 11 0 0 3 12 6 5 3 0 4 0 .306 .390 .556 .946
Runner on 3rd   7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 .000 .125 .000 .125
Runner on 1st & 2nd   33 8 3 0 1 10 4 5 5 0 0 0 .242 .342 .424 .766
Runner on 1st & 3rd   11 2 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 .182 .250 .182 .432
Runner on 2nd & 3rd   6 1 1 0 0 4 0 3 2 1 3 0 .167 .400 .333 .733
Bases Loaded   12 1 0 0 1 8 2 2 1 1 0 0 .083 .200 .333 .533
Two Strikes   213 49 2 0 7 22 24 20 63 0 0 2 .230 .302 .338 .640
First Pitch   50 19 3 0 2 7 7 0 0 1 5 0 .380 .373 .560 .933
Count 0-1   36 12 2 0 2 8 3 0 0 0 2 0 .333 .333 .556 .889
Count 0-2   35 5 0 0 1 2 4 0 15 0 0 0 .143 .143 .229 .371
Count 1-0   38 11 2 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 .289 .289 .342 .632
Count 1-1   42 10 3 0 1 4 4 0 0 1 0 0 .238 .233 .381 .614
Count 1-2   75 16 1 0 3 10 6 0 24 0 0 1 .213 .224 .347 .570
Count 2-0   13 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Count 2-1   24 6 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .280 .375 .655
Count 2-2   64 16 1 0 2 7 4 0 20 0 0 0 .250 .250 .359 .609
Count 3-0   1 1 0 0 0 0 3 16 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000
Count 3-1   13 4 1 0 1 2 6 15 0 0 0 0 .308 .679 .615 1.294
Full Count   39 12 0 0 1 3 10 20 4 0 0 1 .308 .550 .385 .935
Behind in Count   146 33 3 0 6 20 13 0 39 0 2 1 .226 .231 .370 .601
Ahead in Count   89 22 3 0 2 6 16 31 0 0 0 1 .247 .446 .348 .795
Batting 3rd   6 4 0 0 1 2 5 4 0 0 0 0 .667 .800 1.167 1.967
Batting 4th   53 12 2 0 0 2 5 5 8 0 0 1 .226 .305 .264 .569
Batting 5th   306 82 11 0 11 37 38 38 46 1 4 2 .268 .352 .412 .763
Batting 6th   37 9 0 0 1 3 3 3 6 0 2 0 .243 .300 .324 .624
Batting 7th   24 4 0 0 1 3 2 1 3 1 1 0 .167 .192 .292 .484
Batting 9th   4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500
Low Leverage   207 50 8 0 8 17 27 26 29 0 0 0 .242 .326 .396 .722
Medium Leverage   161 53 3 0 6 21 22 19 23 1 6 3 .329 .408 .460 .867
High Leverage   62 9 2 0 0 9 5 6 11 1 1 0 .145 .217 .177 .395
CAREER BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1970 Hosho - BAN 21 108 341 91 13 0 13 48 39 38 2 4 75 5 1 .267 .340 .419 .760 136 135 1.6
1971 Hosho - BAN 22 99 326 79 13 1 14 41 38 35 2 5 94 1 1 .242 .315 .417 .732 101 97 0.9
1972 Hosho - BAN 23 126 456 133 26 1 33 84 87 74 6 3 93 0 3 .292 .395 .570 .965 163 159 5.7
1973 Hosho - BAN 24 129 458 127 14 5 26 74 76 56 3 4 66 2 1 .277 .357 .500 .857 137 135 5.1
1974 Hosho - BAN 25 137 484 114 8 1 25 78 72 54 4 2 76 1 5 .236 .316 .411 .727 103 105 2.0
1975 Hosho - BAN 26 126 430 112 13 0 14 47 54 51 3 2 63 0 2 .260 .342 .388 .730 102 114 2.9
Total BAN 725 2495 656 87 8 125 372 366 308 20 20 467 9 13 .263 .346 .455 .801 125 125 18.3
CAREER MINOR LEAGUE BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1967 Marshalltown - R 18 31 102 23 5 0 1 14 9 12 1 1 33 0 0 .225 .310 .304 .614 61 48 -0.5
1967 Tampa - A 18 39 125 23 2 0 3 13 10 20 0 0 37 0 0 .184 .297 .272 .569 71 64 -0.9
1968 Marshalltown - R 19 21 41 10 1 0 0 2 2 9 0 0 11 0 0 .244 .380 .268 .648 71 78 -0.3
1968 Tampa - A 19 21 58 13 0 0 0 4 7 11 2 1 25 0 0 .224 .361 .224 .585 73 80 -0.4
1968 Springfield - A 19 1 4 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .750 .750 .750 1.500 366 403 0.2
1969 Marshalltown - R 20 16 34 11 1 1 1 5 3 5 1 0 9 0 0 .324 .425 .500 .925 138 142 0.5
1969 Tampa - A 20 14 27 8 1 0 2 4 4 4 0 0 5 0 0 .296 .387 .556 .943 182 174 0.3
1970 Springfield - A 21 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 -127 -0.0
Total HL 2 5 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .600 .600 .600 1.200 273 297
Total SEL 74 210 44 3 0 5 21 21 35 2 1 67 0 0 .210 .327 .295 .622 85 82
Total UMVA 68 177 44 7 1 2 21 14 26 2 1 53 0 0 .249 .350 .333 .683 78 73
CAREER POSTSEASON BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1975 Hosho - BAN 26 2 8 4 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 .500 .556 .875 1.431 290 315 0.9
Total BAN 2 8 4 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 .500 .556 .875 1.431 290 315
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
1967 Tampa - A 3B 30 30 21 57 5 87 9 .897 264.2 2.65 -3.1 .918
1967 Marshalltown - R 3B 28 27 12 47 3 64 5 .922 233.1 2.28 -2.4 .914
1967 Tampa - A SS 6 6 13 13 1 32 6 .812 56.0 4.18 -5.1 .685
1967 Marshalltown - R SS 2 2 1 7 0 8 0 1.000 17.0 4.24 +0.4 1.077
1968 Tampa - A 2B 3 2 1 6 0 9 2 .778 17.0 3.71 -1.8 .689
1968 Marshalltown - R 2B 3 3 6 5 0 12 1 .917 25.0 3.96 -1.4 .624
1968 Springfield - A 3B 1 1 0 3 0 3 0 1.000 8.0 3.38 +0.2 1.072
1968 Tampa - A 3B 13 12 7 14 2 25 4 .840 117.1 1.61 -2.4 .856
1968 Marshalltown - R 3B 7 0 2 1 0 4 1 .750 10.2 2.53 -0.7 .721
1968 Tampa - A SS 3 3 5 6 1 12 1 .917 24.0 4.12 -1.0 .827
1968 Marshalltown - R SS 9 7 9 16 4 26 1 .962 67.0 3.36 -1.5 .908
1969 Tampa - A 2B 4 2 10 3 0 13 0 1.000 20.1 5.75 -0.1 1.085
1969 Tampa - A 3B 6 2 1 6 2 8 1 .875 21.0 3.00 -0.7 .929
1969 Marshalltown - R 3B 10 6 5 17 1 22 0 1.000 58.2 3.38 +1.3 1.098
1969 Tampa - A SS 1 1 3 3 0 6 0 1.000 11.0 4.91 +0.3 1.094
1969 Marshalltown - R SS 1 1 2 4 1 6 0 1.000 9.0 6.00 +0.2 1.144
1970 Hosho - INT 2B 6 4 3 5 0 10 2 .800 22.1 3.22 -0.6 .774
1970 Hosho - INT 3B 14 11 5 19 1 25 1 .960 102.1 2.11 +0.9 1.020
1970 Hosho - INT SS 91 76 124 204 36 352 24 .932 703.0 4.20 -17.5 .909
1971 Hosho - INT 2B 2 1 6 5 2 11 0 1.000 10.2 9.28 +0.3 1.040
1971 Hosho - INT 3B 82 81 48 153 14 214 13 .939 642.1 2.82 -2.6 .963
1971 Hosho - INT SS 22 15 24 47 3 74 3 .959 143.2 4.45 -1.8 .938
1972 Hosho - INT 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1972 Hosho - INT 3B 123 123 69 257 25 347 21 .939 1044.1 2.81 -2.0 .991
1972 Hosho - INT SS 7 0 0 7 2 7 0 1.000 15.1 4.11 +0.0 1.047
1973 Hosho - INT 3B 123 122 71 258 18 344 15 .956 1048.0 2.83 +6.3 1.037
1973 Hosho - INT SS 2 2 5 4 2 9 0 1.000 15.0 5.40 +0.3 1.559
1974 Hosho - INT 3B 132 130 76 259 20 357 22 .938 1109.1 2.72 +0.4 1.003
1974 Hosho - INT SS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1975 Hosho - INT 3B 124 122 72 247 15 342 23 .933 1048.0 2.74 +4.1 1.010
TOTAL 2B 19 12 26 24 2 55 5 .909 96.1 4.67 -3.7 .790
TOTAL 3B 693 667 389 1338 106 1842 115 .938 5708.0 2.72 -0.6 .995
TOTAL SS 144 113 186 311 50 532 35 .934 1061.0 4.22 -25.8 .911
PLAYER HISTORY
06/18/1967 Drafted in the 1967 first-year player draft out of high school (Marshall; Los Angeles, CA) by the Kansas City Kings. (Round 8, Pick 8, 148th overall pick).
07/21/1969 Injured (hamstring strain),out for 3 weeks.
08/07/1969 Suffered setback in recovery from injury, will miss another one week.
07/01/1970 Wins the BAN EL Rookie of the Month Award.
08/17/1970 Wins the BAN EL Player of the Week Award.
05/03/1971 Injured (back tightness),day-to-day for one week.
08/14/1971 Goes 5-5 against the Yokohama Kingfishers, with 2 HR, 4 RBI and 2 R.
08/16/1971 Wins the BAN EL Player of the Week Award.
08/27/1971 Injured (hamstring strain),out for 6 weeks.
05/29/1972 Wins the BAN EL Player of the Week Award.
06/01/1972 Wins the BAN EL Batter of the Month Award.
07/31/1972 Was selected to the 1972 Baseball Association of Nippon All-Star Game.
08/21/1972 Wins the BAN EL Player of the Week Award.
07/31/1973 Was selected to the 1973 Baseball Association of Nippon All-Star Game.
09/24/1973 Injured (concussion),day-to-day for 2 weeks.
07/01/1974 Wins the BAN EL Player of the Week Award.
09/28/1974 Injured (quadriceps soreness),day-to-day for 1 day.
09/14/1975 Injured (sprained ankle),day-to-day for 2 weeks.
LEADERBOARD APPEARANCES
Year AB Rank
1974 484 10
Year H Rank
1972 133 6
Year K Rank
1972 93 10
Year TB Rank
1972 260 4
1973 229 8
Year 2B Rank
1972 26 2
Year 3B Rank
1973 5 3
Year HR Rank
1972 33 5
1973 26 7
Year RBI Rank
1972 84 7
1973 74 8
1974 78 9
Year R Rank
1972 87 6
1973 76 9
Year SF Rank
1970 4 4
1971 5 4
1973 4 9
Year EBH Rank
1972 60 3
1973 45 9
Year AVG Rank
1972 .292 4
1973 .277 9
Year OBP Rank
1972 .395 8
Year SLG Rank
1972 .570 6
1973 .500 8
Year RC Rank
1972 103.20 5
1973 84.68 7
Year RC/27 Rank
1972 8.08 5
1973 6.50 8
Year ISO Rank
1972 .279 5
1973 .223 7
Year wOBA Rank
1972 .430 6
1973 .370 8
Year OPS Rank
1972 .965 6
1973 .857 7
Year WAR Rank
1972 5.7 6
1973 5.1 7
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