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Bill
Nahorodny		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 210
 
Born: August 31, 1953 in Hamtramck, MI, USA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove Award 1984    1985   
All-Star Selections 1982    1983   
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Ted Williams Batting Title or Rookie Of The Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1978 24 CHW AL 23 64 3 14 1 0 0 4 0 0 4 5 .219 .265 .234 .499 3.3 0.0
1979 25 CHW AL 70 206 22 52 3 0 1 20 1 2 13 30 .252 .294 .282 .576 16.9 1.3
1980 26 CHW AL 16 47 5 14 1 0 0 6 0 0 2 6 .298 .320 .319 .639 4.5 0.2
1981 27 CHW AL 97 130 12 42 9 1 1 22 0 0 11 9 .323 .376 .431 .807 16.1 2.8
1982 28 CHW AL 136 487 65 141 34 2 9 72 0 2 44 54 .290 .347 .423 .770 63.4 14.8
1983 29 CHW AL 148 589 77 173 34 3 3 49 1 0 34 78 .294 .331 .377 .708 65.6 9.4
1984 30 CHW AL 154 541 58 143 27 3 9 40 0 1 50 74 .264 .325 .375 .701 57.4 7.6
1985 31 CHW AL 147 569 63 156 32 0 11 77 3 0 39 68 .274 .319 .388 .708 67.1 13.2
1986 32 CHW AL 144 500 47 141 26 0 7 52 1 1 43 64 .282 .338 .376 .714 57.1 7.1
1987 33 CHW AL 144 504 66 135 27 0 7 56 2 3 39 61 .268 .319 .363 .682 52.8 8.0
1988 34 CHW AL 69 247 30 67 20 0 7 39 0 0 15 65 .271 .312 .437 .749 31.4 6.4
1989 35 DET AL 44 149 8 27 5 0 0 8 0 0 3 46 .181 .197 .215 .412 3.2 0.0
12 Years Sim 1192 4033 456 1105 219 9 55 445 8 9 297 560 .274 .322 .374 .696 438.9 70.7
162 Game Average 548 61 150 29 1 7 60 1 1 40 76 .274 .322 .374 .696 59.6  
Career Highs 154 589 77 173 34 3 11 77 3 3 50 78 .323 .376 .437 .807 67.1  
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1978 24 CHW AL C 20 17 150.3 63 4 0 1 1.000 4.01 8 2 .250 0 0.9
1979 25 CHW AL C 68 56 511.0 236 31 1 0 .996 4.70 66 24 .364 9 3.1
    RF 1 0 9.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1980 26 CHW AL C 13 11 102.7 52 9 0 1 1.000 5.35 17 7 .412 0 0.7
1981 27 CHW AL C 69 0 143.0 66 15 0 1 1.000 5.10 17 9 .529 1 1.4
    RF 2 2 17.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.51 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 1 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1982 28 CHW AL C 127 111 1021.3 583 46 3 7 .995 5.54 82 34 .415 8 5.4
    2B 1 0 5.3 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.69 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1983 29 CHW AL C 138 127 1157.3 602 60 9 2 .987 5.15 115 38 .330 4 3.4
    2B 6 6 51.0 13 21 3 4 .919 6.00 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    3B 1 1 9.0 0 3 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1984 30 CHW AL C 146 130 1215.7 754 73 4 5 .995 6.12 99 42 .424 5 11.9
    SS 1 0 4.0 3 3 0 1 1.000 13.50 0 0 .000 0 0.2
1985 31 CHW AL C 141 131 1226.7 848 55 3 8 .997 6.63 104 37 .356 8 8.7
    LF 1 1 9.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1986 32 CHW AL C 138 129 1172.3 852 48 5 1 .994 6.91 88 27 .307 5 6.6
1987 33 CHW AL C 143 140 1266.0 899 54 3 0 .997 6.77 103 33 .320 5 10.4
1988 34 CHW AL C 69 68 609.7 507 31 4 2 .993 7.94 60 21 .350 1 4.6
1989 35 DET AL C 41 37 330.7 205 11 0 1 1.000 5.88 24 5 .208 1 2.0
    RF 1 0 6.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 1113 957 8906.6 5667 437 32 29 .995 6.17 783 279 .356 47 59.1
  2B 7 6 56.3 13 22 3 4 .921 5.59 0 0 .000 0 0.2
  RF 4 2 32.7 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.10 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  LF 2 1 13.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.38 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  3B 1 1 9.0 0 3 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  SS 1 0 4.0 3 3 0 1 1.000 13.50 0 0 .000 0 0.2
  CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
Career Totals   1129 967 9022.6 5689 465 35 34 .994 6.14 783 279 .356 47 59.5
Career Highs   147 140 1266.0 899 84 12 8 1.000 7.94 115 42 .529 9  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1982 28 CHW AL 3 12 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .333 .385 .333 .718
1985 31 CHW AL 11 42 5 13 3 0 1 8 0 0 1 10 .310 .326 .452 .778
1986 32 CHW AL 3 12 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .167 .167 .167 .333
1987 33 CHW AL 12 41 3 6 0 0 3 6 0 0 2 10 .146 .182 .366 .548
Career Post-Season Batting 29 107 10 25 3 0 4 14 0 0 4 24 .234 .259 .374 .633
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Singles
1983-7-133
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 18)
   Gray Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 104)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 26    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 44)
 
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Ray Fosse (952)
  2. John Russell (950)
  3. Bob Boone (946)
  4. John Wathan (939)
  5. Thurman Munson (930)
  6. Mike Scioscia (928)
  7. Jim Vatcher (922)
  8. Keith Moreland (922)
  9. Einar Diaz (915)
  10. Joe Girardi (913)
History
Hit first career homerun on 7/7/1979, off Bill Caudill (TOR)
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Toronto on 5/13/1982
Won Player of the Week award on 5/20/1982, hitting .680 with 3 HR, 8 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/1982, hitting .442 with 4 HR, 26 RBI
Was selected to the 1982 Allstar game
Was selected to the 1983 Allstar game
Won Gold Glove Award at Catcher in 1984
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Detroit on 7/6/1985
Drove in 6 runs against Seattle on 9/29/1985
Won Gold Glove Award at Catcher in 1985
Signed as a free agent by Detroit on 2/15/1989 to a 1-year deal worth $1,500,000 per year
 
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