Bill Kirk
William Partlemore Kirk
Born: July 19, 1934
Coatesville, PA US
Deceased: October 26, 2009
Lititz, PA US
Primary Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 165
Career: 1954-1964
Major League Statistics
Bill Kirk compiled a career record of 73 wins and 69 losses and a 3.66 ERA in his 343-game pitching career with the Welch Miners, Lancaster Red Roses, Hot Springs Bathers, Pocatello Bannocks, El Paso Texans, Albany Senators, Shreveport Sports, Chattanooga Lookouts, Portsmouth-Norfolk Tides, Portland Beavers and York White Roses. He began playing during the 1954 season and last took the field during the 1964 campaign.
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Pitching:
| Year | Level | Lg | Team | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1954 | D | APPY1 | Welch Miners | 12 | 9 | .571 | 3.32 | 35 | 22 | 176.0 | 160 | 85 | 65 | 19 | 58 | ||||||||||
| 1955 | C | CSTL | Hot Springs Bathers | 7 | 7 | .500 | 3.23 | 21 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 117.0 | 99 | 51 | 42 | 7 | 54 | 84 | 2 | 2 | 9 | ||||
| 1955 | B | PIED | Lancaster Red Roses | 4 | 2 | .667 | 12 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1956 | B | LONG | El Paso Texans | 6 | 2 | .750 | 2.96 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 76.0 | 62 | 29 | 25 | 5 | 38 | 47 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| 1956 | C | PION | Pocatello Bannocks | 7 | 1 | .875 | 5.44 | 22 | 11 | 86.0 | 107 | 66 | 52 | 6 | 56 | ||||||||||
| 1959 | A | EL | Albany Senators | 2 | 6 | .250 | 2.14 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 59.0 | 47 | 23 | 14 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 52 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |||
| 1959 | AA | SOUA | Shreveport Sports | 1 | 5 | .167 | 4.68 | 33 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 50.0 | 58 | 32 | 26 | 4 | 25 | 5 | 35 | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||
| 1960 | A | EL | Lancaster Red Roses | 8 | 4 | .667 | 2.83 | 16 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 108.0 | 88 | 46 | 34 | 11 | 41 | 2 | 86 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |||
| 1960 | AA | SOUA | Chattanooga Lookouts | 2 | 4 | .333 | 4.90 | 26 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 64.3 | 61 | 41 | 35 | 5 | 49 | 1 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |||
| 1961 | A | SALL2 | Portsmouth-Norfolk Tides | 9 | 3 | .750 | 2.01 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 103.0 | 86 | 30 | 23 | 6 | 29 | 1 | 79 | 2 | 0 | 8 | |||
| 1961 | AA | SOUA | Shreveport Sports | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.05 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 46.3 | 49 | 34 | 26 | 5 | 31 | 2 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||
| 1962 | AAA | PCL | Portland Beavers | 4 | 5 | .444 | 4.24 | 49 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 104.0 | 112 | 62 | 49 | 12 | 50 | 6 | 62 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1963 | AAA | PCL | Portland Beavers | 0 | 2 | .000 | 5.09 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23.0 | 26 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 16 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| 1963 | AA | EL | York White Roses | 6 | 12 | .333 | 4.78 | 21 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 128.0 | 159 | 82 | 68 | 17 | 22 | 1 | 91 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |||
| 1964 | AA | EL | York White Roses | 4 | 7 | .364 | 3.03 | 38 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 119.0 | 115 | 65 | 40 | 6 | 51 | 2 | 87 | 1 | 1 | 8 | |||
| Totals | 73 | 69 | .514 | 3.66 | 343 | 142 | 0 | 44 | 8 | 0 | 1259.7 | 1229 | 660 | 512 | 106 | 543 | 23 | 693 | 14 | 5 | 57 | 0 |
Batting:
| Year | Level | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1954 | D | APPY1 | Welch Miners | 37 | 59 | 59 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .203 | .203 | .271 | .475 | 16 | |||||||||||
| 1955 | B | PIED | Lancaster Red Roses | 12 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .267 | .353 | .333 | .686 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1955 | C | CSTL | Hot Springs Bathers | 38 | 85 | 75 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 20 | .160 | .222 | .200 | .422 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||
| 1956 | B | LONG | El Paso Texans | 17 | 30 | 24 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .208 | .296 | .208 | .505 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| 1956 | C | PION | Pocatello Bannocks | 29 | 37 | 37 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .189 | .189 | .243 | .432 | 9 | |||||||||||
| 1959 | AA | SOUA | Shreveport Sports | 37 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .100 | .100 | .300 | .400 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1959 | A | EL | Albany Senators | 8 | 22 | 22 | 6 | .273 | .273 | .273 | .545 | 6 | ||||||||||||||
| 1960 | AA | SOUA | Chattanooga Lookouts | 34 | 19 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .235 | .278 | .353 | .631 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1960 | A | EL | Lancaster Red Roses | 16 | 44 | 39 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 | .154 | .214 | .179 | .394 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1961 | AA | SOUA | Shreveport Sports | 24 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .111 | .200 | .111 | .311 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1961 | A | SALL2 | Portsmouth-Norfolk Tides | 37 | 68 | 60 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 14 | .183 | .279 | .333 | .613 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1962 | AAA | PCL | Portland Beavers | 52 | 30 | 27 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .111 | .172 | .185 | .358 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1963 | AAA | PCL | Portland Beavers | 12 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1963 | AA | EL | York White Roses | 21 | 48 | 38 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 14 | .105 | .190 | .105 | .296 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| 1964 | AA | EL | York White Roses | 38 | 33 | 30 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | .167 | .219 | .200 | .419 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 412 | 517 | 466 | 34 | 82 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 96 | .176 | .229 | .234 | .463 | 109 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Year | Level | Lg | Team | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1954 | D | APPY1 | Welch Miners | P | 35 | .000 | |||||
| 1955 | C | CSTL | Hot Springs Bathers | P | 21 | 8 | 22 | 2 | 0 | .938 | 1.429 |
| 1955 | B | PIED | Lancaster Red Roses | P | 12 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 2 | .909 | .833 |
| 1956 | C | PION | Pocatello Bannocks | P | 22 | .000 | |||||
| 1956 | B | LONG | El Paso Texans | P | 15 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 1.267 |
| 1959 | A | EL | Albany Senators | P | 8 | .000 | |||||
| 1959 | AA | SOUA | Shreveport Sports | P | 33 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .909 | .303 |
| 1960 | AA | SOUA | Chattanooga Lookouts | P | 26 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | .917 | .423 |
| 1960 | A | EL | Lancaster Red Roses | P | 16 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.312 |
| 1961 | AA | SOUA | Shreveport Sports | P | 18 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .938 | .833 |
| 1961 | A | SALL2 | Portsmouth-Norfolk Tides | P | 17 | 9 | 14 | 1 | 0 | .958 | 1.353 |
| 1962 | AAA | PCL | Portland Beavers | P | 49 | 6 | 16 | 3 | 0 | .880 | .449 |
| 1963 | AA | EL | York White Roses | P | 21 | 8 | 17 | 1 | 0 | .962 | 1.190 |
| 1963 | AAA | PCL | Portland Beavers | P | 12 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .875 | .583 |
| 1964 | AA | EL | York White Roses | P | 38 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .941 | .421 |
| Totals | 343 | 74 | 135 | 13 | 8 | .941 | .609 |
Minor League Service:
| Year | Level | League | Team | Affiliation | First Appearance | Final Appearance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1954 | D | Appalachian League | Welch Miners | PHA | ||
| 1955 | B | Piedmont League | Lancaster Red Roses | KC1 | ||
| 1955 | C | Cotton States League | Hot Springs Bathers | KC1 | ||
| 1956 | C | Pioneer League | Pocatello Bannocks | KC1 | ||
| 1956 | B | Southwestern League | El Paso Texans | |||
| 1959 | A | Eastern League | Albany Senators | KC1 | ||
| 1959 | AA | Southern Association | Shreveport Sports | KC1 | ||
| 1960 | A | Eastern League | Lancaster Red Roses | CHN | ||
| 1960 | AA | Southern Association | Chattanooga Lookouts | PHI | ||
| 1961 | AA | Southern Association | Shreveport Sports | KC1 | ||
| 1961 | A | South Atlantic League | Portsmouth-Norfolk Tides | KC1 | ||
| 1962 | AAA | Pacific Coast League | Portland Beavers | KC1 | ||
| 1963 | AA | Eastern League | York White Roses | WS2 | ||
| 1963 | AAA | Pacific Coast League | Portland Beavers | KC1 | ||
| 1964 | AA | Eastern League | York White Roses | WS2 |
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