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Bill Virdon

Born: June 9, 1931
First season: 1955
Last season: 1968
Debut: April,12, 1955
bbrefID: virdobi01
MinorsID: virdon001wil
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Years with Cardinals (NL): 2 (1955-1956)
Acquired: Traded from the New York Yankees 4/11/1954 with Emil Tellinger and Mel Wright for Enos Slaughter
Departed: Traded to the Pittsburgh Pirates 5/17/1956 for Bobby Del Greco and Dick Littlefield

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Major League record for Bill Virdon

Batting stats
Year   Team              Pos            Age    G   AB    R    H   2B   3B   HR  RBI   BB    K   SB   CS     AVG    OBP    SLG
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1955   StL-N             OF              24  144  534   58  150   18    6   17   68   36   64    2    4   0.281  0.322  0.433
1956   StL-N                             25   24   71   10   15    2    0    2    9    5    8    0    1   0.211  0.269  0.324
1956   Pit-N                             25  133  509   67  170   21   10    8   37   33   63    6    6   0.334  0.374  0.462
1957   Pit-N             OF              26  144  561   59  141   28   11    8   50   33   69    3    3   0.251  0.291  0.383
1958   Pit-N             OF              27  144  604   75  161   24   11    9   46   52   70    5    3   0.267  0.324  0.387
1959   Pit-N             OF              28  144  519   67  132   24    2    8   41   55   65    7    4   0.254  0.327  0.355
1960   Pit-N             OF              29  120  409   60  108   16    9    8   40   40   44    8    2   0.264  0.326  0.406
1961   Pit-N             OF              30  146  599   81  156   22    8    9   58   49   45    5    8   0.260  0.313  0.369
1962   Pit-N             OF              31  156  663   82  164   27   10    6   47   36   65    5   13   0.247  0.286  0.345
1963   Pit-N             OF              32  142  554   58  149   22    6    8   53   43   55    1    2   0.269  0.321  0.374
1964   Pit-N             OF              33  145  473   59  115   11    3    3   27   30   48    1    5   0.243  0.287  0.298
1965   Pit-N             OF              34  135  481   58  134   22    5    4   24   30   49    4    3   0.279  0.322  0.370
1968   Pit-N             OF              37    6    3    1    1    0    0    1    2    0    2    0    0   0.333  0.333  1.333
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Totals (12 yrs)                             1583 5980  735 1596  237   81   91  502  442  647   47   54   0.267  0.316  0.379
StL-N (2 yrs)                                168  605   68  165   20    6   19   77   41   72    2    5   0.273  0.316  0.420


Record as manager
Year   Team              Pos              G    W    L    T    PCT     Finish    GB
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1972   Pit-N             M              155   96   59    0   0.619      1st     --
1973   Pit-N             M              136   67   69    0   0.493      3rd    2.5
1974   NY-A              M              162   89   73    0   0.549      2nd      2
1975   NY-A              M              104   53   51    0   0.510      3rd     12
1975   Hou-N             M               35   17   17    1   0.500      6th   43.5
1976   Hou-N             M              162   80   82    0   0.494      3rd     22
1977   Hou-N             M              162   81   81    0   0.500      3rd     17
1978   Hou-N             M              162   74   88    0   0.457      5th     21
1979   Hou-N             M              162   89   73    0   0.549      2nd    1.5
1980   Hou-N             M              163   93   70    0   0.571      1st     --
1981   Hou-N             M              110   61   49    0   0.555      3rd      6
1982   Hou-N             M              111   49   62    0   0.441      5th     12
1983   Mon-N             M              163   82   80    1   0.506      3rd      8
1984   Mon-N             M              131   64   67    0   0.489      5th     18
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Totals (13 yrs)                        1918  995  921    2   0.519

Minor league stats in Cardinals system
Played in Cardinals minor league system from 1954 to 1954

Batting stats
Year Team Pos Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K SB CS AVG OBP SLG ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1954 ROC OF 23 139 505 85 168 28 11 22 98 44 37 12 0.333 0.385 0.562