Bill Sharp
1973–1976 · bats L / throws L · Chicago White Sox, Milwaukee Brewers
398G
.255AVG
.303OBP
.341SLG
More career statistics
281H
9HR
95RBI
3SB
1Rare feat
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Plate appearances | 1,220 | 1,221 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 398 | 1,220 | 1,104 | 122 | 281 | 52 | 8 | 9 | 95 | 74 | 109 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 376 | .255 | .303 | .341 | .644 |
Streaks
13longest hitting streak · 1976-05-16 to 1976-05-31
14longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41 | Steal of Home | 1973-08-28 | 1 in 107 games | box score ↗ |
| 12 | 4 hits | 1973-09-27 | 1 in 138 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 10 | 2 doubles | 1974-06-08 | 1 in 99 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 201 | 599 | 142 | 3 | 45 | 35 | 56 | .263 | .295 | .348 |
| Away | 197 | 622 | 139 | 6 | 50 | 39 | 53 | .246 | .286 | .333 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 21 | 53 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | .167 | .208 | .167 |
| May | 48 | 177 | 47 | 0 | 10 | 11 | 12 | .296 | .328 | .377 |
| June | 84 | 282 | 66 | 2 | 21 | 15 | 25 | .258 | .287 | .348 |
| July | 76 | 161 | 32 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 16 | .213 | .248 | .260 |
| August | 86 | 265 | 57 | 4 | 29 | 18 | 26 | .241 | .283 | .354 |
| September | 81 | 274 | 68 | 2 | 17 | 18 | 26 | .275 | .314 | .377 |
| October | 2 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .429 | .444 | .429 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| minnesota-twins | 46 | 166 | 44 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 18 | .288 | .307 | .405 |
| cleveland-guardians | 43 | 146 | 39 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 8 | .298 | .342 | .397 |
| texas-rangers | 42 | 133 | 31 | 0 | 17 | 8 | 10 | .256 | .293 | .355 |
| kansas-city-royals | 42 | 122 | 28 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 4 | .250 | .279 | .304 |
| california-angels | 40 | 114 | 19 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 17 | .200 | .254 | .295 |
| athletics | 35 | 84 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 | .133 | .179 | .173 |
| boston-red-sox | 33 | 85 | 30 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | .390 | .424 | .597 |
| baltimore-orioles | 31 | 89 | 20 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 11 | .244 | .303 | .280 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 |  Chicago White Sox | 77 | 196 | 54 | 4 | 22 | 2 | .276 | – | – |
| 1974 | Chicago White Sox | 100 | 320 | 81 | 4 | 24 | – | .253 | – | – |
| 1975 | Chicago White Sox, Milwaukee Brewers | 143 | 408 | 102 | 1 | 38 | – | .250 | – | – |
| 1976 |  Milwaukee Brewers | 78 | 180 | 44 | – | 11 | 1 | .244 | – | – |