Bio
- Debut
- 1952
Bio
- Debut
- 1952
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 527
- W
- 46
- L
- 50
- ERA
- 3.26
- IP
- 913.0
- K
- 621
- BB
- 296
- WHIP
- 1.25
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | BOS | 13 | 5 | 4 | 3.87 | 76.2 | 23 | 36 | 1.45 |
| 1953 | BOS | 21 | 5 | 5 | 3.26 | 85.2 | 56 | 33 | 1.39 |
| 1954 | BOS | 24 | 3 | 7 | 4.52 | 95.2 | 38 | 49 | 1.60 |
| 1955 | BOS | 17 | 2 | 4 | 3.32 | 59.2 | 23 | 21 | 1.29 |
| 1958 | CHC | 44 | 5 | 4 | 2.88 | 81.1 | 58 | 17 | 0.98 |
| 1959 | CHC | 65 | 9 | 8 | 2.68 | 134.1 | 115 | 26 | 1.02 |
| 1960 | CIN | 51 | 1 | 5 | 3.19 | 67.2 | 58 | 20 | 1.21 |
| 1961 | CIN | 47 | 2 | 1 | 2.19 | 53.1 | 53 | 15 | 1.22 |
| 1962 | CIN | 40 | 4 | 2 | 4.58 | 37.1 | 35 | 20 | 1.61 |
| 1963 | CIN | 47 | 1 | 3 | 4.15 | 52.0 | 45 | 11 | 1.27 |
| 1964 | CIN | 37 | 2 | 2 | 0.87 | 52.0 | 28 | 12 | 0.83 |
| 1965 |  CIN/SF | 38 | 4 | 2 | 3.26 | 47.0 | 40 | 9 | 1.11 |
| 1966 | SF | 35 | 1 | 1 | 2.45 | 22.0 | 15 | 10 | 1.14 |
| 1967 | SF | 28 | 2 | 0 | 2.08 | 21.2 | 23 | 9 | 1.15 |
| 1968 |  SF/PIT | 17 | 0 | 2 | 7.48 | 21.2 | 9 | 6 | 1.80 |
| 1969 | HOU | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 5.0 | 2 | 2 | 0.80 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 2
- W
- 0
- L
- 0
- ERA
- 22.50
- IP
- 2.0
- K
- 3
- BB
- 2
- WHIP
- 3.00
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 0
- CG
- 12
- SHO
- 2
- K/9
- 6.1
- GB
- 0
- FB
- 0
- G/F
- 0.00
- WP
- 0
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | BOS | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1953 | BOS | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1954 | BOS | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1955 | BOS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1958 | CHC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1959 | CHC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1960 | CIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1961 | CIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1962 | CIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1963 | CIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1964 | CIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1965 | CIN/SF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1966 | SF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1967 | SF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1968 | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1969 | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What were Bill Henry's career stats?
Bill Henry played 16 seasons for the Red Sox, the Cubs, the Reds, the Giants, the Pirates and the Astros. He had 46 wins and 621 strikeouts with a 3.26 ERA over 913.0 innings. His best season was 1959: 9 wins, a 2.68 ERA and 115 strikeouts.
League leaderboards and awards
16 seasons, 1 postseason, 1952 to 1969
All-time career rank
- 203rd in saves (90)
Among the 8,948 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.
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