Bill Stafford
1960–1967 · bats R / throws R · Kansas City Athletics, New York Yankees
187G
.155AVG
.181OBP
.200SLG
More career statistics
38H
0HR
14RBI
0SB
43–40W–L
785.2IP
449K
3.52ERA
104GS
9SV
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 · Strikeouts | 63 | 64 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 270 | 271 |
| Batting · Walks | 7 | 8 |
| Pitching · p h | 707 | 706 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 2,357 | 2,354 |
| Pitching · p k | 449 | 450 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 187 | 270 | 245 | 15 | 38 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 63 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 49 | .155 | .181 | .200 | .381 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 785.7 | 186 | 104 | 18 | 43 | 40 | 9 | 707 | 337 | 307 | 77 | 270 | 449 | 0 | 0 | 3.52 | 1.244 |
Streaks
4longest hitting streak · 1962-07-27 to 1962-08-08
5longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 52 | 10 scoreless innings | 1965-06-04 | 1 in 1,678 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 50 | 9 walks allowed | 1962-08-04 | 1 in 1,333 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 26 | 10 innings pitched | 1962-09-23 | 1 in 150 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 88 | 127 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 31 | .142 | .165 | .195 |
| Away | 99 | 144 | 22 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 33 | .167 | .174 | .205 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 17 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .091 | .143 | .091 |
| May | 27 | 49 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 17 | .133 | .143 | .156 |
| June | 36 | 67 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 15 | .183 | .224 | .250 |
| July | 30 | 41 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | .222 | .244 | .306 |
| August | 39 | 51 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | .125 | .118 | .146 |
| September | 34 | 46 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | .143 | .130 | .190 |
| October | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| detroit-tigers | 26 | 35 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 11 | .219 | .229 | .312 |
| chicago-white-sox | 23 | 46 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | .119 | .130 | .167 |
| cleveland-guardians | 22 | 33 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | .161 | .152 | .258 |
| minnesota-twins | 22 | 34 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | .182 | .176 | .212 |
| kansas-city-athletics | 21 | 33 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | .138 | .212 | .138 |
| boston-red-sox | 20 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | .130 | .120 | .130 |
| baltimore-orioles | 17 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .188 | .150 | .188 |
| washington-senators-1961-71 | 16 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | .158 | .190 | .263 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 |  New York Yankees | 12 | 22 | 1 | – | 1 | – | .045 | 60 | 36 |
| 1961 | New York Yankees | 36 | 67 | 12 | – | 3 | – | .179 | 195 | 102 |
| 1962 | New York Yankees | 35 | 78 | 17 | – | 5 | – | .218 | 213 | 109 |
| 1963 | New York Yankees | 28 | 24 | 7 | – | 3 | – | .292 | 89 | 52 |
| 1964 | New York Yankees | 31 | 13 | 1 | – | 1 | – | .077 | 59 | 39 |
| 1965 | New York Yankees | 22 | 29 | – | – | 1 | – | .000 | 111 | 71 |
| 1966 |  Kansas City Athletics | 9 | 11 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 39 | 31 |
| 1967 | Kansas City Athletics | 14 | 1 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 16 | 10 |