Bio
- Debut
- 1965
Bio
- Debut
- 1965
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 374
- W
- 111
- L
- 110
- ERA
- 3.35
- IP
- 1951.0
- K
- 1,128
- BB
- 492
- WHIP
- 1.22
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (W, IP, K: 10+ games; ERA, WHIP: 100+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | SF | 4 | 0 | 2 | 16.50 | 6.0 | 5 | 6 | 3.17 |
| 1966 | CHC | 41 | 8 | 13 | 4.58 | 159.0 | 93 | 59 | 1.43 |
| 1967 | CHC | 49 | 7 | 8 | 2.46 | 150.0 | 84 | 48 | 1.21 |
| 1968 | CHC | 38 | 16 | 10 | 2.89 | 258.2 | 148 | 36 | 0.99 |
| 1969 | CHC | 41 | 20 | 14 | 2.49 | 300.0 | 181 | 73 | 1.14 |
| 1970 | CHC | 39 | 18 | 15 | 3.70 | 265.0 | 170 | 76 | 1.34 |
| 1971 | CHC | 36 | 12 | 18 | 3.42 | 242.1 | 128 | 50 | 1.23 |
| 1972 | CHC | 32 | 11 | 8 | 3.00 | 189.0 | 96 | 47 | 1.14 |
| 1973 | MIN | 39 | 7 | 10 | 3.49 | 142.0 | 78 | 41 | 1.26 |
| 1974 |  MIN/TEX | 37 | 6 | 5 | 4.18 | 129.1 | 78 | 28 | 1.31 |
| 1975 | TEX | 18 | 6 | 7 | 4.02 | 109.2 | 67 | 28 | 1.33 |
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 0
- CG
- 72
- SHO
- 17
- K/9
- 5.2
- GB
- 0
- FB
- 0
- G/F
- 0.00
- WP
- 0
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (QS, CG, SHO: 10+ GS; K/9: 100+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs. | CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last. | SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed. | K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched. | GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher. | FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher. | G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher. | WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | SF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1966 | CHC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1967 | CHC | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1968 | CHC | 0 | 11 | 4 | 5.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1969 | CHC | 0 | 18 | 3 | 5.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1970 | CHC | 0 | 12 | 2 | 5.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1971 | CHC | 0 | 14 | 1 | 4.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1972 | CHC | 0 | 6 | 3 | 4.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1973 | MIN | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1974 | MIN/TEX | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1975 | TEX | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What were Bill Hands's career stats?
Bill Hands played 11 seasons for the Giants, the Cubs, the Twins and the Rangers. He had 111 wins and 1,128 strikeouts with a 3.35 ERA over 1,951.0 innings. His best season was 1969: 20 wins, a 2.49 ERA and 181 strikeouts.
League leaderboards and awards
11 seasons, 1965 to 1975
Bill Hands finished top 10 in a stat 2 times.
Season top 10 finishes
Among qualified MLB players each season, as the glossary defines each stat. All-time places are among players on file.
More on Bill Hands
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