RF Bill Payne #25
Age: 52 | Bats: L | Throws: L | Morale: Very Good
11/01/1974
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RF BILL PAYNE #25 - AGE: 52 - BATS: L - THROWS: L - MORALE: VERY GOOD
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0.0
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
PERSONALITY
Birthday:08/29/1922
Born in:Brooklyn, NY
Nationality:American
Height:6' 0"
Weight:200 lbs
Local Popularity:Unknown
National Pop.:Unknown
STATUS
Contract:RETIRED
Salary:-
Signed Through:-
Major Service:10 Years, 162 Days
Service This Yr:None
40-Man Service:3 Years, 64 Days
Pro Service:18 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Not eligible, free agent after contract expires!
Option Years:3 option years left
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:1940, 1st Pick in Round 3
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
1945 New York - FABL 22 65 220 66 9 1 6 37 30 26 0 3 11 0 1 .300 .369 .432 .801 135 142 2.0
1946 New York - FABL 23 38 46 9 2 0 0 5 6 9 0 1 6 0 0 .196 .321 .239 .561 67 47 -0.1
1947 Chicago - FABL 24 9 10 2 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .500 .700 97 90 0.0
1948 Chicago - FABL 25 5 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .167 .167 .167 .333 -7 -25 -0.1
Total FABL 117 282 78 11 1 7 44 38 35 0 4 18 0 1 .277 .352 .397 .749 119 120 1.9
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
1940 Rock Island - R 17 27 96 33 3 0 2 14 9 3 2 1 9 1 0 .344 .373 .438 .810 117 121 0.6
1940 Fresno - A 17 3 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 71 76 -0.0
1941 Fresno - A 18 110 444 130 31 6 6 50 58 28 0 0 54 0 0 .293 .335 .430 .765 102 102 1.6
1942 Fresno - A 19 139 509 147 29 4 8 78 64 80 3 15 39 1 0 .289 .379 .409 .788 136 140 5.2
1943 Albany - A 20 126 455 133 21 3 11 84 88 74 1 8 34 1 0 .292 .387 .424 .811 117 122 3.1
1944 Albany - A 21 51 188 47 10 2 2 18 18 22 1 2 13 0 0 .250 .329 .356 .685 120 124 1.4
1944 Reading - AA 21 57 165 46 7 1 0 15 22 36 1 2 17 0 0 .279 .407 .333 .740 113 121 1.2
1945 Reading - AA 22 62 250 91 16 2 1 33 27 26 2 4 14 0 1 .364 .422 .456 .878 171 174 3.4
1945 Toledo - AAA 22 8 13 5 0 0 0 1 2 4 0 1 1 0 0 .385 .500 .385 .885 143 157 0.2
1946 Toledo - AAA 23 72 193 60 12 0 6 33 28 34 1 5 7 0 1 .311 .408 .466 .874 137 136 1.8
1947 Milwaukee - AAA 24 113 418 129 22 4 10 60 65 60 4 9 15 0 0 .309 .393 .452 .845 129 132 3.5
1948 Milwaukee - AAA 25 119 472 149 26 1 10 66 62 55 1 7 27 0 1 .316 .383 .439 .822 123 128 3.6
1950 Charleston - AAA 27 124 406 131 17 4 11 62 66 72 1 6 26 0 0 .323 .421 .466 .886 144 149 3.1
1951 Charleston - AAA 28 117 327 91 20 3 14 59 51 66 3 3 18 0 0 .278 .401 .486 .887 146 145 2.4
1952 Charleston - AAA 29 102 90 32 5 3 5 20 19 12 0 0 4 0 0 .356 .431 .644 1.076 174 177 1.2
1953 Charleston - AAA 30 105 106 32 9 1 1 15 14 8 1 2 8 0 1 .302 .350 .434 .784 94 93 0.2
1954 Charleston - AAA 31 100 148 36 5 1 7 24 20 11 0 3 10 0 0 .243 .290 .432 .723 92 82 0.0
1955 Charleston - AAA 32 96 110 29 3 0 7 17 13 12 0 0 12 0 0 .264 .336 .482 .818 120 119 0.6
1956 Charleston - AAA 33 95 140 38 5 0 8 21 16 14 0 0 9 0 1 .271 .338 .479 .816 119 112 0.4
1957 Charleston - AAA 34 99 159 40 11 0 3 14 19 21 0 2 15 0 0 .252 .335 .377 .713 95 92 0.2
1958 Charleston - AAA 35 86 108 31 5 1 1 10 9 13 0 0 22 0 0 .287 .364 .380 .743 116 119 0.7
1959 Charleston - AAA 36 73 101 21 3 0 3 16 8 9 0 0 21 1 0 .208 .273 .327 .599 75 78 0.0
Total EA 119 415 137 23 3 1 48 49 62 3 6 31 0 1 .330 .416 .407 .823 147 152
Total UL 997 1695 481 83 13 60 258 235 238 5 16 145 1 2 .284 .371 .454 .825 125 125
Total MAL 177 643 180 31 5 13 102 106 96 2 10 47 1 0 .280 .370 .404 .775 118 123
Total COW 252 956 278 60 10 14 129 122 108 3 15 94 1 0 .291 .360 .418 .778 121 123
Total UMVA 27 96 33 3 0 2 14 9 3 2 1 9 1 0 .344 .373 .438 .810 117 121
Total CL 312 1096 343 60 5 26 160 157 153 6 22 50 0 2 .313 .393 .448 .841 128 131
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
1940 Rock Island - R C 1 0 2 1 0 3 0 1.000 4.0 6.75 +0.0 .000 0 0 0 0.0
1940 Rock Island - R 1B 26 26 206 18 19 225 1 .996 208.2 9.66 +1.7 1.066
1941 Fresno - A 1B 5 0 17 3 3 20 0 1.000 17.2 10.19 +0.5 1.243
1941 Fresno - A LF 54 52 105 3 0 115 7 .939 444.2 2.19 -5.8 .920
1941 Fresno - A RF 58 58 112 4 0 123 7 .943 493.2 2.11 -7.1 .939
1942 Fresno - A 1B 12 7 75 4 10 80 1 .988 72.0 9.88 -0.4 .954
1942 Fresno - A LF 15 12 32 1 0 33 0 1.000 115.1 2.58 -1.5 .954
1942 Fresno - A RF 118 118 253 10 3 265 2 .992 1025.1 2.31 -6.0 .968
1943 Albany - A 1B 58 55 439 44 23 488 5 .990 473.1 9.18 -2.9 .919
1943 Albany - A LF 58 57 120 9 3 136 7 .949 489.1 2.37 -1.9 .963
1944 Reading - AA 1B 36 36 256 22 25 278 0 1.000 306.1 8.17 +0.5 1.020
1944 Albany - A 1B 49 49 434 23 45 460 3 .993 421.0 9.77 -0.2 .987
1944 Reading - AA LF 5 5 14 0 0 15 1 .933 44.0 2.86 +0.5 1.009
1944 Albany - A LF 1 1 5 0 0 5 0 1.000 9.0 5.00 +0.5 1.036
1945 Toledo - AAA 1B 1 0 3 0 0 4 1 .750 3.0 9.00 -0.3 .000
1945 Reading - AA 1B 60 60 555 32 48 595 8 .987 543.2 9.72 -1.1 .977
1945 New York - MLB SS 1 0 2 1 0 5 2 .600 6.2 4.05 -0.8 .364
1945 New York - MLB LF 3 3 7 0 0 8 1 .875 26.0 2.42 -2.0 .871
1945 Toledo - AAA LF 4 3 4 0 0 4 0 1.000 25.0 1.44 +0.1 1.000
1945 New York - MLB RF 52 52 122 10 1 148 16 .892 442.0 2.69 -10.7 .936
1946 Toledo - AAA 1B 52 51 364 31 45 398 3 .992 402.1 8.84 -1.9 .883
1946 New York - MLB LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1946 Toledo - AAA LF 5 3 4 0 0 6 2 .667 31.0 1.16 -0.8 .800
1946 New York - MLB RF 7 6 17 2 0 19 0 1.000 56.2 3.02 +0.1 .957
1947 Milwaukee - AAA 1B 67 64 528 48 57 578 2 .997 561.1 9.24 +1.0 .970
1947 Chicago - MLB LF 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 3.0 6.00 +0.1 1.001
1947 Milwaukee - AAA LF 43 43 88 2 0 96 6 .938 374.1 2.16 -8.9 .905
1948 Chicago - MLB 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 2.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1948 Milwaukee - AAA 1B 118 117 991 77 97 1075 7 .993 1022.0 9.41 -4.7 .955
1948 Chicago - MLB LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1950 Charleston - AAA 1B 116 112 974 74 144 1057 9 .991 973.1 9.69 -4.4 .969
1951 Charleston - AAA 1B 92 85 730 49 99 791 12 .985 743.1 9.43 -3.7 .977
1951 Charleston - AAA CF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1952 Charleston - AAA 1B 6 0 8 0 1 9 1 .889 8.0 9.00 -0.5 .696
1952 Charleston - AAA SS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1953 Charleston - AAA 1B 14 1 31 2 2 33 0 1.000 33.1 8.91 +0.3 1.038
1953 Charleston - AAA SS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1953 Charleston - AAA CF 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 3.0 3.00 +0.0 1.003
1954 Charleston - AAA 1B 27 16 188 8 26 199 3 .985 168.2 10.46 -0.5 .901
1954 Charleston - AAA SS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1954 Charleston - AAA CF 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 3.0 3.00 +0.0 .998
1955 Charleston - AAA 1B 25 7 95 11 10 106 0 1.000 91.1 10.45 -0.2 .915
1956 Charleston - AAA 1B 28 17 175 16 14 194 3 .985 171.0 10.05 -1.1 .939
1957 Charleston - AAA 1B 33 23 223 10 27 234 1 .996 221.2 9.46 -0.7 .942
1957 Charleston - AAA SS 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 2.0 9.00 -0.1 .000
1957 Charleston - AAA CF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1958 Charleston - AAA 1B 16 11 93 6 11 99 0 1.000 104.1 8.54 +0.7 1.076
1959 Charleston - AAA 1B 17 15 115 4 15 119 0 1.000 129.0 8.30 -0.0 .977
TOTAL C 1 0 2 1 0 3 0 1.000 4.0 6.75 +0.0 .000 0 0 0 0.0
TOTAL 1B 859 752 6500 482 721 7042 60 .991 6677.1 9.41 -17.8 .963
TOTAL SS 3 0 4 1 0 7 2 .714 9.2 4.66 -0.8 .364
TOTAL LF 190 179 381 15 3 420 24 .943 1562.2 2.28 -19.7 .935
TOTAL CF 3 0 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 6.0 3.00 +0.0 1.001
TOTAL RF 235 234 504 26 4 555 25 .955 2017.2 2.36 -23.6 .953
PLAYER HISTORY
01/01/1938 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: - (-); Power: - (-); Eye: - (-).
01/01/1939 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: - (-); Power: - (-); Eye: - (-).
01/01/1940 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: - (-); Power: - (-); Eye: - (-).
06/24/1940 Drafted in the 1940 first-year player draft (Round 3, Pick 1, 33rd overall pick) by the New York Gothams, out of high school Noblesville (Noblesville; Noblesville, IN).
07/02/1940 Signed a minor league contract with the New York Gothams organization with a signing bonus of $2,150.
07/29/1940 Injured (bruised calf),day-to-day for 5 days.
01/01/1941 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: - (-); Power: - (-); Eye: - (-).
06/10/1941 Injured (shoulder inflammation),out for 6 weeks.
08/09/1941 Injured (hamstring soreness),day-to-day for one week.
01/01/1942 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: - (-); Power: - (-); Eye: - (-).
04/27/1942 Injured (back spasms),day-to-day for 2 days.
06/24/1942 Injured (back spasms),day-to-day for 3 days.
06/30/1942 Injured (bruised knee),day-to-day for 2 days.
08/10/1942 Wins the COW Player of the Week Award.
09/01/1942 Wins the COW Batter of the Month Award.
01/01/1943 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: - (-); Power: - (-); Eye: - (-).
01/01/1944 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: - (-); Power: - (-); Eye: - (-).
08/11/1944 Injured (strained groin),day-to-day for 4 weeks.
01/01/1945 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: - (-); Power: - (-); Eye: - (-).
07/01/1945 Wins the EA Batter of the Month Award.
08/28/1945 Injured (back spasms),day-to-day for 5 days.
01/01/1946 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: - (-); Power: - (-); Eye: - (-).
04/13/1946 Injured (flu),day-to-day for 1 day.
06/06/1946 Injured (mild hip strain),day-to-day for 4 days.
12/22/1946 Was claimed off waivers by Chicago while with New York.
01/01/1947 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: - (-); Power: - (-); Eye: - (-).
07/14/1947 Wins the CL Player of the Week Award.
01/01/1948 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: - (-); Power: - (-); Eye: - (-).
06/21/1948 Goes 0-4 against the Columbus Titans, ending his hitting streak at 25 games.
06/23/1948 Injured (flu),day-to-day for 4 days.
07/12/1948 Wins the CL Player of the Week Award.
01/01/1949 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: - (-); Power: - (-); Eye: - (-).
04/17/1949 Released by the Chicago organization.
01/01/1950 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: - (-); Power: - (-); Eye: - (-).
03/20/1950 Signed a 1-year minor league contract with the Charleston Blue Legs organization.
07/24/1950 Wins the UL Player of the Week Award.
08/31/1950 Injured (flu),day-to-day for 4 days.
09/02/1950 Goes 0-2 against the Syracuse Excelsiors, ending his hitting streak at 23 games.
11/26/1950 Outstandingly completed training to improve his baserunning fundamentals at the Charleston Blue Legs development complex.
12/16/1950 Outstandingly completed training to improve his defense at first base at the Charleston Blue Legs development complex.
09/03/1951 Wins the UL Player of the Week Award.
12/14/1951 Outstandingly completed training to improve his baserunning fundamentals at the Charleston Blue Legs development complex.
03/03/1953 Successfully completed training to improve his baserunning fundamentals at the Charleston Blue Legs development complex.
12/19/1953 Unsuccessfully completed training to improve his defense at first base at the Charleston Blue Legs development complex.
01/15/1955 Successfully completed training to improve his defense at first base at the Charleston Blue Legs development complex.
04/13/1957 Detrimentally completed training to improve his defense at first base at the Charleston Blue Legs development complex.
09/22/1959 Retired from professional baseball.
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