Bill Mazeroski

Full Name: William Stanley Mazeroski	Primary Position: 2B
Height/Weight: 5' 11.5"/183	First Game: July 7, 1956
Birthdate: September 5, 1936	Final Game: October 4, 1972
Birthplace: Wheeling, West Virginia	MLB Experience: 17 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2001

Biography

Bill Mazeroski (William Stanley Mazeroski) was born on September 5, 1936 in Wheeling, West Virginia. He made his Major League debut on July 7, 1956 for the Pittsburgh Pirates. In 1956, his rookie year, he hit .243 with 3 home runs and 14 RBI. Mazeroski played for the Pittsburgh Pirates for his entire 17 year career.

Most people believe that Bill Mazeroski's best season was 1966, when he slugged 16 home runs and knocked in 82 runs.

Statistics

Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1956	PIT	N	81	255	30	62	3	14	.243	.293	.318	8	1	18	24	0	4	0	1	4
1957	PIT	N	148	526	59	149	8	54	.283	.318	.407	27	7	27	49	1	11	3	2	6
1958	PIT	N	152	567	69	156	19	68	.275	.308	.439	24	6	25	71	3	9	1	3	15
1959	PIT	N	135	493	50	119	7	59	.241	.283	.339	15	6	29	54	1	10	1	1	16
1960	PIT	N	151	538	58	147	11	64	.273	.320	.392	21	5	40	50	1	4	4	15	9
1961	PIT	N	152	558	71	148	13	59	.265	.298	.380	21	2	26	55	3	2	2	10	9
1962	PIT	N	159	572	55	155	14	81	.271	.315	.418	24	9	37	47	2	2	0	16	15
1963	PIT	N	142	534	43	131	8	52	.245	.286	.343	22	3	32	46	0	7	2	6	15
1964	PIT	N	162	601	66	161	10	64	.268	.300	.381	22	8	29	52	0	10	1	11	21
1965	PIT	N	130	494	52	134	6	54	.271	.294	.346	17	1	18	34	2	4	2	5	16
1966	PIT	N	162	621	56	163	16	82	.262	.296	.398	22	7	31	62	1	2	4	9	16
1967	PIT	N	163	639	62	167	9	77	.261	.292	.352	25	3	30	55	0	5	1	7	17
1968	PIT	N	143	506	36	127	3	42	.251	.304	.312	18	2	38	38	2	6	3	10	18
1969	PIT	N	67	227	13	52	3	25	.229	.298	.308	7	1	22	16	2	1	1	3	6
1970	PIT	N	112	367	29	84	7	39	.229	.283	.324	14	0	27	40	2	5	2	9	6
1971	PIT	N	70	193	17	49	1	16	.254	.303	.295	3	1	15	8	0	2	0	1	3
1972	PIT	N	34	64	3	12	0	3	.188	.217	.250	4	0	3	5	0	3	0	1	2
Total			2163	7755	769	2016	138	853	.260	.299	.367	294	62	447	706	20	87	27	110	194

Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	AVG
1956	PIT	N	2B	81	0	0	163	242	8	56	0	.981
1957	PIT	N	2B	144	141	1238.1	308	443	17	96	0	.978
1958	PIT	N	2B	152	152	1344	344	496	17	118	0	.980
1959	PIT	N	2B	133	129	1167.1	303	373	13	100	0	.981
1960	PIT	N	2B	151	150	1340.2	413	449	10	127	0	.989
1961	PIT	N	2B	152	151	1333	410	505	23	144	0	.975
1962	PIT	N	2B	159	159	1410.1	425	509	14	138	0	.985
1963	PIT	N	2B	138	138	1229	340	506	14	131	0	.984
1964	PIT	N	2B	162	162	1438.2	346	543	23	122	0	.975
1965	PIT	N	2B	127	125	1131.2	290	439	9	113	0	.988
1966	PIT	N	2B	162	162	1452.1	411	538	8	161	1	.992
1967	PIT	N	2B	163	160	1437.1	417	498	18	131	0	.981
1968	PIT	N	2B	142	138	1255.2	319	467	15	107	1	.981
1969	PIT	N	2B	65	64	545.1	134	192	4	46	0	.988
1970	PIT	N	2B	102	99	888.1	227	325	7	87	0	.987
1971	PIT	N	3B	7	6	50.2	2	5	0	0	0	1.000
1971	PIT	N	2B	46	37	345.1	95	121	3	22	0	.986
1972	PIT	N	2B	15	12	107	29	39	1	7	0	.986
1972	PIT	N	3B	3	1	13	0	4	0	0	0	1.000
Total			2B	2094	1979	17664.1	4974	6685	204	1706	2	.983
Total			3B	10	7	63.2	2	9	0	0	0	1.000

Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by Pittsburgh Pirates (1954).
Released by Pittsburgh Pirates (October 24, 1972).

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