Nickname:
Bats: L
Throws: R
Born: 06-09-1931
Birthplace: Hazel Park, MI, USA
Career Positions Played: OF,CF
Rookie of the Year: 1955
Gold Glove Award: 1962
Height: 6 ft., 0 in. Weight: 175 lbs.
(Bill Virdon at www.retrosheet.org)
NSB Total Offensive Rank: 1941 / 5240
BATTING STATS
YEAR CITY POS AGE G PA AB H 1B 2B 3B HR RBI R AVG LAV OBA SLA BB IBB SO SH SF HP YEAR CITY
1955 STL:N OF 23 144 586 534 150 109 18 6 17 68 58 .281 .259 .327 .433 36 3 64 6 9 1 1955 STL:N
1956 STL:N 8 24 24 80 71 15 11 2 0 2 9 10 .211 .256 .269 .324 5 2 8 2 1 1 1956 STL:N
1956 PIT:N OF 24 133 547 509 170 131 21 10 8 37 67 .334 .256 .376 .462 33 7 63 2 2 1 1956 PIT:N
1957 PIT:N OF 25 144 605 561 141 94 28 11 8 50 59 .251 .260 .293 .383 33 5 69 8 3 0 1957 PIT:N
1958 PIT:N OF 26 144 662 604 161 117 24 11 9 46 75 .267 .262 .326 .387 52 5 70 2 3 1 1958 PIT:N
1959 PIT:N OF 27 144 583 519 132 98 24 2 8 41 67 .254 .260 .328 .355 55 11 65 5 2 2 1959 PIT:N
1960 PIT:N 8 28 120 454 409 108 75 16 9 8 40 60 .264 .255 .326 .406 40 2 44 0 5 0 1960 PIT:N
1961 PIT:N 8 29 146 660 599 156 117 22 8 9 58 81 .260 .262 .313 .369 49 1 45 5 7 0 1961 PIT:N
1962 PIT:N 8 30 156 705 663 164 121 27 10 6 47 82 .247 .261 .286 .345 36 0 65 2 3 1 1962 PIT:N
1963 PIT:N OF 31 142 607 554 149 113 22 6 8 53 58 .269 .245 .322 .374 43 4 55 9 1 0 1963 PIT:N
1964 PIT:N OF 32 145 511 473 115 98 11 3 3 27 59 .243 .254 .288 .298 30 1 48 5 3 0 1964 PIT:N
1965 PIT:N OF 33 135 519 481 134 103 22 5 4 24 58 .279 .249 .322 .370 30 0 49 7 0 1 1965 PIT:N
1968 PIT:N OF 36 6 3 3 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 .333 .243 .333 1.333 0 0 2 0 0 0 1968 PIT:N
BATTING STATS CONT.
YEAR CITY AGE SB CS SB3 CS3 SB4 CS4 AT2 AT3 1>3 2>H GWBI IPHR LOHR GSHR TB OM GB FB LD G/F GDP GDPO YEAR CITY
1955 STL:N 23 2 4 - - - - - - - - - - - - 231 - - - - - 10 - 1955 STL:N
1956 STL:N 24 0 1 0 0 0 1 .00 .00 .17 1.00 1 0 0 0 23 60 28 22 3 1.27 0 19 1956 STL:N
1956 PIT:N 24 6 6 - - - - - - - - - - - - 235 - - - - - 12 - 1956 PIT:N
1957 PIT:N 25 3 3 - - - - - - - - - - - - 215 - - - - - 8 - 1957 PIT:N
1958 PIT:N 26 5 3 - - - - - - - - - - - - 234 - - - - - 5 - 1958 PIT:N
1959 PIT:N 27 7 4 - - - - - - - - - - - - 184 - - - - - 7 - 1959 PIT:N
1960 PIT:N 28 8 3 0 0 1 0 .08 .00 .49 .64 6 0 0 0 166 313 128 124 25 1.03 4 64 1960 PIT:N
1961 PIT:N 29 5 8 0 1 0 0 .07 .01 .32 .86 9 0 1 0 221 469 238 163 45 1.46 6 96 1961 PIT:N
1962 PIT:N 30 5 13 0 0 0 0 .12 .00 .46 .93 4 0 0 0 229 528 261 176 56 1.48 11 83 1962 PIT:N
1963 PIT:N 31 1 2 - - - - - - - - - - - - 207 - - - - - 6 - 1963 PIT:N
1964 PIT:N 32 1 5 - - - - - - - - - 0 0 0 141 383 - - - - 12 - 1964 PIT:N
1965 PIT:N 33 4 3 - - - - - - - - - - - - 178 - - - - - 6 - 1965 PIT:N
1968 PIT:N 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 .00 .00 - - - - - - 4 - - - - - 0 - 1968 PIT:N
YEAR CITY AGE AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO AVG SLA
1955 STL:N 23 9 1 - - - - - - -
1956 STL:N 24 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .000
1956 PIT:N 24 - - - - - - - - -
1957 PIT:N 25 5 1 - - 0 - - .200 -
1958 PIT:N 26 1 0 0 0 0 - - .000 .000
1959 PIT:N 27 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 .000 -
1960 PIT:N 28 9 3 0 1 1 1 1 .333 .889
1961 PIT:N 29 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
1962 PIT:N 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
1963 PIT:N 31 0 0 - - - - - - -
1964 PIT:N 32 10 2 - - 0 - - .200 -
1965 PIT:N 33 11 1 - - 0 - - .091 -
1968 PIT:N 36 2 1 0 0 1 0 - .500 2.000
HOME ROAD
YEAR CITY AGE AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO AVG SLA AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO AVG SLA YEAR CITY
1955 STL:N 23 247 68 7 3 13 18 34 .275 .486 287 82 11 3 4 18 30 .286 .387 1955 STL:N
1956 STL:N 24 43 9 1 0 0 3 7 .209 .233 28 6 1 0 2 2 1 .214 .464 1956 STL:N
1956 PIT:N 24 258 87 14 5 2 18 27 .337 .453 251 83 7 5 6 15 36 .331 .470 1956 PIT:N
1957 PIT:N 25 279 77 15 8 0 20 35 .276 .387 282 64 13 3 8 13 34 .227 .379 1957 PIT:N
1958 PIT:N 26 299 78 7 11 4 35 32 .261 .398 305 83 17 0 5 17 39 .272 .377 1958 PIT:N
1959 PIT:N 27 263 70 14 0 5 37 34 .266 .376 256 62 10 2 3 18 30 .242 .332 1959 PIT:N
1960 PIT:N 28 209 52 5 6 2 24 25 .249 .359 200 56 11 3 6 16 19 .280 .455 1960 PIT:N
1961 PIT:N 29 276 70 9 7 3 28 26 .254 .370 323 86 13 1 6 21 19 .266 .368 1961 PIT:N
1962 PIT:N 30 334 79 9 7 4 16 29 .237 .341 329 85 18 3 2 20 36 .258 .350 1962 PIT:N
1963 PIT:N 31 278 81 12 4 5 23 23 .291 .417 276 68 10 2 3 20 32 .246 .330 1963 PIT:N
1964 PIT:N 32 226 52 6 1 1 15 24 .230 .279 247 63 5 2 2 15 24 .255 .316 1964 PIT:N
1965 PIT:N 33 232 67 8 4 1 15 23 .289 .371 249 67 14 1 3 15 26 .269 .369 1965 PIT:N
1968 PIT:N 36 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 .333 1.333 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 1968 PIT:N
Bats: L AGAINST LHP AGAINST RHP
YEAR CITY AGE AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO AVG SLA AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO AVG SLA YEAR CITY
1955 STL:N 23 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1955 STL:N
1956 STL:N 24 30 5 0 0 0 1 2 .167 .167 41 10 2 0 2 4 6 .244 .439 1956 STL:N
1956 PIT:N 24 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1956 PIT:N
1957 PIT:N 25 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1957 PIT:N
1958 PIT:N 26 179 46 8 1 1 15 30 .257 .330 425 115 16 10 8 37 41 .271 .412 1958 PIT:N
1959 PIT:N 27 107 25 4 0 1 7 20 .234 .299 412 107 20 2 7 48 44 .260 .369 1959 PIT:N
1960 PIT:N 28 61 10 0 0 0 3 14 .164 .164 348 98 16 9 8 37 30 .282 .448 1960 PIT:N
1961 PIT:N 29 186 45 4 3 2 15 23 .242 .328 413 111 18 5 7 34 22 .269 .387 1961 PIT:N
1962 PIT:N 30 182 49 11 5 0 7 27 .269 .385 481 115 16 5 6 29 38 .239 .331 1962 PIT:N
1963 PIT:N 31 134 30 1 3 2 5 23 .224 .321 420 119 21 3 6 38 32 .283 .390 1963 PIT:N
1964 PIT:N 32 - - - - 2 - - - - - - - - 1 - - - - 1964 PIT:N
1965 PIT:N 33 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1965 PIT:N
1968 PIT:N 36 - - 0 0 - 0 - - - - - 0 0 - 0 - - - 1968 PIT:N
FIELDING STATS - CENTER FIELD
YEAR CITY AGE FA LFA G GS INN PO A E TE DP
1956 STL:N 24 .982 .977 24 22 183.7 54 2 1 0 0
1960 PIT:N 28 .982 .978 109 98 887.7 269 10 5 0 0
1961 PIT:N 29 .985 .977 145 144 1269.0 379 7 6 1 4
1962 PIT:N 30 .976 .974 156 156 1375.3 348 11 9 0 0
FIELDING STATS - OUTFIELD POSITIONS COMBINED (BREAKOUTS UNAVAILABLE)
YEAR CITY AGE FA LFA G GS INN PO A E TE DP
1955 STL:N 23 .966 .977 142 - - 339 7 12 - 1
1956 PIT:N 24 .989 .977 130 - - 334 10 4 - 2
1957 PIT:N 25 .986 .980 141 - - 403 13 6 - 2
1958 PIT:N 26 .993 .980 143 - - 401 11 3 - 0
1959 PIT:N 27 .979 .977 144 - - 404 16 9 - 5
1963 PIT:N 31 .988 .977 142 - - 323 6 4 - 2
1964 PIT:N 32 .976 .973 134 - - 243 5 6 - 1
1965 PIT:N 33 .970 .975 128 - - 260 3 8 - 1
1968 PIT:N 36 1.000 .975 4 - - 1 0 0 0 0
AVG OBA SLA DB TP HR BB SO SB
RANK: 1,533 2,681 2,575 3,502 788 3,162 3,595 1,339 3,229
ERA OAV WPct SO BB HRA GF SVP WHIP
RANK: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bill Virdon - Historical Batting Stastistics
Bill Virdon - Batting - Home / Road Splits
Bill Virdon - Batting - Left / Right Splits
Fielding Statistics - Center Field
Bill Virdon - Fielding Statistics - Outfield Combined
Itemized Sim Rankings - Offense
Itemized Sim Rankings - Pitching