Bio
- Height
- 6' 0"
- Debut
- 1987
- College
- Loyola Marymount
Bio
- Height
- 6' 0"
- Debut
- 1987
- College
- Loyola Marymount
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 272
- AB
- 478
- R
- 42
- H
- 108
- HR
- 5
- RBI
- 53
- SB
- 3
- AVG
- .226
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately. | AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | DET | 26 | 66 | 6 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 1 | .258 |
| 1988 | DET | 10 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .182 |
| 1989 |  DET/LAD | 60 | 82 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .171 |
| 1993 | SD | 88 | 177 | 19 | 46 | 5 | 32 | 2 | .260 |
| 1994 | SD | 84 | 135 | 7 | 29 | 0 | 14 | 0 | .215 |
| 1995 | SD | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
Expanded
Career regular season
- PA
- 519
- TB
- 147
- XBH
- 27
- HBP
- 4
- IBB
- 2
- GIDP
- 9
- P/PA
- 0.00
| PA: Plate appearances — every trip to the plate, walks and sacrifices included. | TB: Total bases — one for a single, four for a home run. | XBH: Extra-base hits: doubles, triples and home runs. | HBP: Times the batter was hit by a pitch and took first base. | IBB: Walks the other team issued on purpose. | GIDP: Times the batter grounded into a double play — lower is better. | P/PA: Pitches the batter saw per trip to the plate. Above 4.0 is a patient hitter. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | DET | 71 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1988 | DET | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | DET/LAD | 90 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | SD | 192 | 70 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 1994 | SD | 146 | 36 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 1995 | SD | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA
Advanced
Career regular season
- WAR
- -2.2
- RC
- 35.0
- RC/27
- 2.40
- ISOP
- .082
- SECA
- .123
- BB/K
- 0.30
- AB/HR
- 95.6
- GO/FO
- 0.00
| WAR: Wins above replacement — wins the player added over a freely available fill-in. | RC: Runs created — an estimate of how many runs the batter's hitting produced. | RC/27: Runs a lineup of this batter would score in a full game of 27 outs. | ISOP: Isolated power: slugging minus batting average, so only extra bases count. | SECA: Secondary average: bases from walks, steals and extra-base hits, per at-bat. | BB/K: Walks for every strikeout, a measure of plate discipline. | AB/HR: At-bats per home run — lower means more power. | GO/FO: Ground-ball outs for every fly-ball out. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | DET | 0.6 | 5.7 | 3 | .030 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | DET | 0.0 | 0.7 | 2 | .182 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | DET/LAD | -0.6 | 3.4 | 1.3 | .049 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | SD | -0.5 | 18.5 | 3.4 | .136 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 35.4 | 0 |
| 1994 | SD | -1.4 | 7.1 | 1.7 | .052 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | SD | -0.3 | -0.4 | -1.6 | .000 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR
What were Billy Bean's career stats?
Billy Bean played 6 seasons for the Tigers and the Padres. He was a career .226 hitter with 108 hits, 5 home runs and 53 RBI. His best season was 1993: a .260 batting average, 5 home runs and 32 RBI.
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