Bill Virdon

William Charles Virdon
Born: June 9, 1931
Hazel Park, MI USA
Deceased: 2021
Springfield, MO USA
Primary Position: CF
All Position(s) Played: RF, CF, LF, OF, PH, PR
Bats: L
Throws: R
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 175
Career: 1955-1968
Minor League Statistics

Bill Virdon compiled a career batting average of .267 with 91 home runs and 502 RBI in his 1583-game career with the St. Louis Cardinals and Pittsburgh Pirates. He began playing during the 1955 season and last took the field during the 1968 campaign.

St. Louis Cardinals

Pittsburgh Pirates

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Batting:

Year	Lg	Team	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1955	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	144	586	534	58	150	18	6	17	68	2	4	36	64	.281	.322	.433	.755	231	10	1	6	9	3
1956	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	24	80	71	10	15	2	0	2	9	0	1	5	8	.211	.269	.324	.593	23	0	1	2	1	2
1956	NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	133	547	509	67	170	21	10	8	37	6	6	33	63	.334	.374	.462	.836	235	12	1	2	2	7
1957	NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	144	605	561	59	141	28	11	8	50	3	3	33	69	.251	.291	.383	.675	215	8	0	8	3	5
1958	NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	144	662	604	75	161	24	11	9	46	5	3	52	70	.267	.324	.387	.712	234	5	1	2	3	5
1959	NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	144	583	519	67	132	24	2	8	41	7	4	55	65	.254	.327	.355	.682	184	7	2	5	2	11
1960	NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	120	454	409	60	108	16	9	8	40	8	2	40	44	.264	.326	.406	.732	166	4	0	0	5	2
1961	NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	146	660	599	81	156	22	8	9	58	5	8	49	45	.260	.313	.369	.682	221	4	0	5	7	1
1962	NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	156	705	663	82	164	27	10	6	47	5	13	36	65	.247	.286	.345	.631	229	10	1	2	3	0
1963	NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	142	607	554	58	149	22	6	8	53	1	2	43	55	.269	.321	.374	.695	207	6	0	9	1	4
1964	NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	145	511	473	59	115	11	3	3	27	1	5	30	48	.243	.287	.298	.585	141	12	0	5	3	1
1965	NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	135	519	481	58	134	22	5	4	24	4	3	30	49	.279	.322	.370	.692	178	6	1	7	0	0
1968	NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	6	3	3	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	2	.333	.333	1.333	1.667	4	0	0	0	0	0
Totals			1583	6522	5980	735	1596	237	81	91	502	47	54	442	647	.267	.316	.379	.696	2268	84	8	53	39	41

Fielding:

Year	Lg	Team	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G
1955	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	OF	142	133	1186.0	339	7	12	1	.966	2.626	2.437
1956	NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	OF	130	126	1113.0	334	10	4	2	.989	2.782	2.646
1956	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	OF	24	22	183.7	53	2	1	0	.982	2.695	2.292
1957	NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	OF	141	138	1242.0	403	13	6	2	.986	3.014	2.950
1958	NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	OF	143	143	1267.3	401	11	3	0	.993	2.926	2.881
1959	NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	OF	144	139	1248.0	404	16	9	5	.979	3.029	2.917
1960	NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	OF	109	98	887.7	272	10	5	0	.983	2.859	2.587
1961	NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	OF	145	144	1269.0	384	6	6	4	.985	2.766	2.690
1962	NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	OF	156	156	1375.3	360	11	9	0	.976	2.428	2.378
1963	NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	OF	142	142	1255.3	323	6	4	2	.988	2.359	2.317
1964	NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	OF	134	112	1038.3	243	5	6	1	.976	2.150	1.851
1965	NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	OF	128	110	1026.0	260	3	8	1	.970	2.307	2.055
1968	NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	OF	4	0	6.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.500	.250
Totals				1542	1463	13097.7	3777	100	73	18	.982	2.664	2.514

Postseason - Batting:

Year	Lg	Team	Rnd	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1960	NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	WS	7	30	29	2	7	3	0	0	5	1	0	1	3	.241	.267	.345	.611	10	0	0	0	0	0
Totals				7	30	29	2	7	3	0	0	5	1	0	1	3	.241	.267	.345	.611	10	0	0	0	0	0

Postseason - Fielding:

Year	Lg	Team	Rnd	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G
1960	NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	WS	CF	7	7	62.0	18	0	1	0	.947	2.613	2.571
Totals					7	7	62.0	18	0	1	0	.947	2.613	2.571

Awards

1955 - NL Rookie of the Year
1962 - NL Gold Glove OF

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