Bill Sherdel
1918–1932 · bats L / throws L · ASB, Boston Braves, St. Louis Cardinals
549G
.223AVG
.271OBP
.298SLG
More career statistics
214H
9HR
86RBI
2SB
165–146W–L
2,709.1IP
839K
3.72ERA
273GS
26SV
10Rare feats
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 · At bats | 960 | 962 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 96 | 97 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 1,068 | 1,070 |
| Batting · RBI | 86 | 87 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 11,604 | 11,603 |
| Pitching · p cg | 159 | 160 |
| Pitching · p er | 1,120 | 1,133 |
| Pitching · p h | 3,018 | 3,021 |
| Pitching · p hr | 149 | 151 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 8,128 | 8,130 |
| Pitching · p k | 839 | 844 |
| Pitching · p r | 1,326 | 1,329 |
| Pitching · p w | 661 | 666 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 549 | 1,068 | 960 | 96 | 214 | 35 | 5 | 9 | 86 | 63 | 96 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 286 | .223 | .271 | .298 | .569 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,709.3 | 514 | 273 | 159 | 165 | 146 | 26 | 3,018 | 1,326 | 1,120 | 149 | 661 | 839 | 0 | 0 | 3.72 | 1.358 |
Streaks
7longest hitting streak · 1931-06-23 to 1931-08-20
11longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 62 | Three Sacrifice Bunts | 1929-08-25 | 1 in 730 games | box score ↗ |
| 60 | 11 scoreless innings | 1924-05-24 | 1 in 3,313 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 51 | Twelve Runs Allowed | 1918-06-25 | 1 in 264 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 289 | 538 | 115 | 5 | 50 | 40 | 45 | .241 | .288 | .323 |
| Away | 260 | 532 | 99 | 4 | 37 | 23 | 52 | .204 | .229 | .272 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 46 | 82 | 22 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 7 | .301 | .341 | .452 |
| May | 103 | 183 | 31 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 25 | .191 | .213 | .253 |
| June | 92 | 187 | 38 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 15 | .222 | .267 | .257 |
| July | 107 | 199 | 38 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 12 | .216 | .251 | .318 |
| August | 99 | 219 | 43 | 3 | 24 | 14 | 20 | .218 | .260 | .325 |
| September | 98 | 195 | 40 | 0 | 11 | 10 | 18 | .223 | .256 | .257 |
| October | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .600 | .500 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| new-york-giants | 85 | 154 | 23 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 15 | .167 | .227 | .181 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 82 | 155 | 34 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 9 | .241 | .252 | .298 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 82 | 168 | 38 | 4 | 22 | 11 | 20 | .252 | .292 | .417 |
| chicago-cubs | 77 | 149 | 30 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 20 | .227 | .289 | .318 |
| boston-braves | 77 | 154 | 32 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 14 | .232 | .260 | .268 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 77 | 163 | 36 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 9 | .248 | .276 | .366 |
| cincinnati-reds | 62 | 119 | 19 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 10 | .173 | .202 | .200 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 7 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .286 | .250 | .286 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1918 |  St. Louis Cardinals | 35 | 62 | 15 | 1 | 7 | – | .242 | 182 | 41 |
| 1919 | St. Louis Cardinals | 40 | 48 | 13 | – | 5 | – | .271 | 137 | 54 |
| 1920 | St. Louis Cardinals | 49 | 65 | 14 | 1 | 2 | – | .215 | 169 | 74 |
| 1921 | St. Louis Cardinals | 39 | 44 | 5 | – | 4 | – | .114 | 144 | 57 |
| 1922 | St. Louis Cardinals | 48 | 88 | 17 | 1 | 11 | – | .193 | 242 | 79 |
| 1923 | St. Louis Cardinals | 45 | 83 | 28 | 1 | 9 | – | .337 | 226 | 79 |
| 1924 | St. Louis Cardinals | 49 | 75 | 15 | – | 8 | – | .200 | 169 | 57 |
| 1925 | St. Louis Cardinals | 33 | 73 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 1 | .205 | 200 | 53 |
| 1926 | St. Louis Cardinals | 36 | 90 | 22 | 1 | 8 | – | .244 | 233 | 60 |
| 1927 | St. Louis Cardinals | 39 | 72 | 14 | 1 | 5 | – | .194 | 232 | 59 |
| 1928 | St. Louis Cardinals | 38 | 84 | 19 | 1 | 8 | 1 | .226 | 248 | 72 |
| 1929 | St. Louis Cardinals | 33 | 70 | 16 | 1 | 9 | – | .229 | 196 | 69 |
| 1930 | Boston Braves, St. Louis Cardinals | 34 | 61 | 6 | – | 3 | – | .098 | 183 | 55 |
| 1931 |  Boston Braves | 27 | 46 | 14 | – | 3 | – | .304 | 137 | 34 |
| 1932 | Boston Braves, St. Louis Cardinals | 4 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | 1.000 | 7 | 1 |