Bill Sayles Stats

Bill Sayles was born on Friday, July 27, 1917, in Portland, Oregon. Sayles was 21 years old when he broke into the big leagues on July 17, 1939, with the Boston Red Sox. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Bill Sayles baseball stats page.

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Birth Name:	William Nisbeth Sayles
Nickname:	Bill
Born On:	07-27-1917 (Leo)
Born In:	Portland, Oregon
Died On:	11-20-1996 (500 Oldest Living)
Died In:	Lincoln City, Oregon
Cemetery:	Cremated

High School:	Washington High School (Portland, OR)
College:	University of Oregon
Bats:	Right	Throws:	Right
Height:	6-02	Weight:	175
First Game:	07-17-1939 (Age 21)
Last Game:	08-28-1943
Draft:	Not Applicable

Bill Sayles Bill Sayles Pitching Stats
Year	Age	Team	G	GS	GF	W	L	PCT	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	BFP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HB	BK	HLD
1939	22	Red Sox	5	0	3	0	0	.000	7.07	0	0	0	14.0	67	14	11	13	1	13	-	9	2	0	0	-
1943	26	Giants	18	3	7	1	3	.250	4.75	1	0	0	53.0	240	60	28	29	1	23	-	38	3	0	0	-
1943	26	Dodgers	5	0	2	0	0	.000	7.71	0	0	0	11.2	58	13	10	14	0	10	-	5	0	0	0	-
Career			G	GS	GF	W	L	PCT	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	BFP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HB	BK	HLD
2 Years			28	3	12	1	3	.250	5.61	1	0	0	78.2	365	87	49	56	2	46	-	52	5	0	0	-

Bill Sayles Bill Sayles Hitting Stats
Year	Age	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GRSL	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
1939	22	Red Sox	5	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.143
1943	26	Giants	19	13	2	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	.308	.308	.385
1943	26	Dodgers	6	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500
Career			G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GRSL	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
2 Years			30	22	2	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	.273	.273	.318

Bill Sayles Bill Sayles Fielding Stats
Team	POS	G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF
1939 Red Sox	P	5	0	42	3	0.6	3	0	3	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	1.93
1943 Giants	P	18	3	159	14	0.8	12	3	9	2	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.857	2.04
1943 Dodgers	P	5	0	35	1	0.2	1	0	1	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	0.77
Career	POS	G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF
P Totals		28	3	236	18	0.6	16	3	13	2	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.889	1.83
2 Years		28	3	236	18	0.6	16	3	13	2	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.889	1.83

Bill Sayles Bill Sayles Miscellaneous Stats
Baserunning Statistics				Other Positions			Common Hitting Ratios			Common Pitching Ratios
Team	SB	CS	SB%	PH	PR	DH	AB/HR	AB/K	AB/RBI	K/BB	K/9	BB/9
1939 Red Sox	0	0	.000	0	0	n/a	0.0	1.4	0.0	0.69	5.79	8.36
1943 Giants	0	-	-	0	1	n/a	0.0	4.3	0.0	1.65	6.45	3.91
1943 Dodgers	0	-	-	0	1	n/a	0.0	2.0	0.0	0.50	3.86	7.71
Career	SB	CS	SB%	PH	PR	DH	AB/HR	AB/K	AB/RBI	K/BB	K/9	BB/9
2 Years	0	0	.000	0	2	n/a	0.0	2.4	0.0	1.13	5.95	5.26

Bill Sayles Bill Sayles Miscellaneous Items of Interest
Team \| Roster	Uniform Numbers	Salary	All-Star	World Series
1939 Boston Red Sox	17	Undetermined	-	-
1943 New York Giants	20	Undetermined	-	-
1943 Brooklyn Dodgers	27	Undetermined	-	-
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