Bill Short
William Ross Short
Born: November 27, 1937
Kingston, NY US
Deceased: February 2, 2022
Primary Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 5'9"
Weight: 170
Career: 1955-1969
Major League Statistics
Bill Short compiled a career record of 120 wins and 83 losses and a 3.23 ERA in his 308-game pitching career with the Bristol Twins, Monroe Sports, Peoria Chiefs, Binghamton Triplets, Richmond Virginians, Rochester Red Wings, Columbus Jets and Indianapolis Indians. He began playing during the 1955 season and last took the field during the 1969 campaign.
 Monroe Sports |
 Peoria Chiefs |
 Richmond Virginians |
 Rochester Red Wings |
 Columbus Jets |
 Indianapolis Indians |
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Pitching:
| Year | Level | Lg | Team | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955 | D | APPY1 | Bristol Twins | 2 | 3 | .400 | 3.92 | 13 | 7 | 62.0 | 58 | 32 | 27 | 2 | 27 | ||||||||||
| 1956 | C | EVAN | Monroe Sports | 9 | 11 | .450 | 3.40 | 26 | 23 | 167.0 | 146 | 88 | 63 | 7 | 117 | ||||||||||
| 1957 | B | IIIL | Peoria Chiefs | 7 | 5 | .583 | 3.22 | 18 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 123.0 | 116 | 54 | 44 | 9 | 62 | 115 | 3 | 1 | 8 | ||||
| 1957 | A | EL | Binghamton Triplets | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1958 | A | EL | Binghamton Triplets | 7 | 6 | .538 | 3.34 | 20 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 124.0 | 103 | 56 | 46 | 5 | 80 | 4 | 110 | 2 | 0 | 9 | |||
| 1959 | AAA | IL | Richmond Virginians | 17 | 6 | .739 | 2.48 | 27 | 26 | 10 | 3 | 178.0 | 142 | 58 | 49 | 12 | 62 | 5 | 133 | 2 | 1 | 10 | |||
| 1960 | AAA | IL | Richmond Virginians | 6 | 2 | .750 | 2.28 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 79.0 | 74 | 27 | 20 | 8 | 21 | 1 | 40 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||
| 1961 | AAA | IL | Richmond Virginians | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3.21 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 42.0 | 37 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1962 | AAA | IL | Rochester Red Wings | 3 | 4 | .429 | 4.29 | 18 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 65.0 | 65 | 37 | 31 | 7 | 45 | 2 | 35 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| 1963 | AAA | IL | Rochester Red Wings | 13 | 8 | .619 | 3.38 | 29 | 27 | 11 | 1 | 189.0 | 180 | 86 | 71 | 15 | 49 | 5 | 113 | 5 | 0 | 6 | |||
| 1964 | AAA | IL | Rochester Red Wings | 8 | 11 | .421 | 3.39 | 27 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 154.0 | 144 | 78 | 58 | 11 | 58 | 1 | 86 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |||
| 1965 | AAA | IL | Rochester Red Wings | 13 | 4 | .765 | 2.92 | 31 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 179.0 | 174 | 67 | 58 | 10 | 44 | 3 | 132 | 6 | 1 | 11 | |||
| 1966 | AAA | IL | Rochester Red Wings | 8 | 5 | .615 | 2.78 | 15 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 94.0 | 73 | 32 | 29 | 5 | 27 | 1 | 77 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |||
| 1967 | AAA | IL | Columbus Jets | 14 | 9 | .609 | 3.28 | 29 | 22 | 7 | 0 | 173.0 | 163 | 74 | 63 | 17 | 44 | 6 | 129 | 8 | 1 | 15 | |||
| 1969 | AAA | AA2 | Indianapolis Indians | 12 | 7 | .632 | 3.86 | 27 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 161.0 | 165 | 80 | 69 | 6 | 51 | 4 | 145 | 4 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Totals | 120 | 83 | .591 | 3.23 | 308 | 253 | 0 | 76 | 15 | 0 | 1790.0 | 1640 | 784 | 643 | 119 | 703 | 32 | 1138 | 40 | 5 | 78 | 0 |
Batting:
| Year | Level | Lg | Team | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955 | D | APPY1 | Bristol Twins | 13 | 18 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .056 | .056 | .056 | .111 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 1956 | C | EVAN | Monroe Sports | 32 | 78 | 78 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .141 | .141 | .154 | .295 | 12 | |||||||||||
| 1957 | A | EL | Binghamton Triplets | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| 1957 | B | IIIL | Peoria Chiefs | 23 | 54 | 42 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 11 | .238 | .365 | .262 | .627 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |||
| 1958 | A | EL | Binghamton Triplets | 23 | 54 | 44 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 10 | .182 | .302 | .205 | .506 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1959 | AAA | IL | Richmond Virginians | 27 | 67 | 59 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 29 | .169 | .210 | .186 | .396 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1960 | AAA | IL | Richmond Virginians | 12 | 29 | 26 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | .077 | .143 | .077 | .220 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1961 | AAA | IL | Richmond Virginians | 13 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | .100 | .357 | .100 | .457 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1962 | AAA | IL | Rochester Red Wings | 24 | 23 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | .053 | .143 | .053 | .195 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 1963 | AAA | IL | Rochester Red Wings | 38 | 70 | 55 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 29 | .073 | .203 | .073 | .276 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| 1964 | AAA | IL | Rochester Red Wings | 28 | 60 | 49 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 27 | .061 | .148 | .061 | .209 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| 1965 | AAA | IL | Rochester Red Wings | 32 | 70 | 54 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 28 | .074 | .180 | .111 | .291 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| 1966 | AAA | IL | Rochester Red Wings | 19 | 34 | 31 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | .097 | .125 | .097 | .222 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 1967 | AAA | IL | Columbus Jets | 29 | 62 | 50 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 27 | .080 | .193 | .080 | .273 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 317 | 635 | 537 | 41 | 62 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 55 | 203 | .115 | .200 | .127 | .326 | 68 | 0 | 2 | 39 | 2 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Year | Level | Lg | Team | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955 | D | APPY1 | Bristol Twins | P | 13 | .000 | |||||
| 1956 | C | EVAN | Monroe Sports | P | 26 | .000 | |||||
| 1957 | A | EL | Binghamton Triplets | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| 1957 | B | IIIL | Peoria Chiefs | P | 18 | 9 | 29 | 4 | 2 | .905 | 2.111 |
| 1958 | A | EL | Binghamton Triplets | P | 20 | 6 | 22 | 1 | 0 | .966 | 1.400 |
| 1959 | AAA | IL | Richmond Virginians | P | 27 | 13 | 29 | 3 | 2 | .933 | 1.556 |
| 1960 | AAA | IL | Richmond Virginians | P | 12 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 2 | .952 | 1.667 |
| 1961 | AAA | IL | Richmond Virginians | P | 13 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.308 |
| 1962 | AAA | IL | Rochester Red Wings | P | 18 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | .833 |
| 1963 | AAA | IL | Rochester Red Wings | P | 29 | 16 | 43 | 3 | 0 | .952 | 2.034 |
| 1964 | AAA | IL | Rochester Red Wings | P | 27 | 6 | 27 | 1 | 1 | .971 | 1.222 |
| 1965 | AAA | IL | Rochester Red Wings | P | 31 | 10 | 46 | 3 | 2 | .949 | 1.806 |
| 1966 | AAA | IL | Rochester Red Wings | P | 15 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 2 | .900 | 1.200 |
| 1967 | AAA | IL | Columbus Jets | P | 29 | 11 | 37 | 3 | 1 | .941 | 1.655 |
| 1969 | AAA | AA2 | Indianapolis Indians | P | 27 | 4 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.074 |
| Totals | 308 | 97 | 306 | 21 | 17 | .950 | 1.308 |
Minor League Service:
| Year | Level | League | Team | Affiliation | First Appearance | Final Appearance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955 | D | Appalachian League | Bristol Twins | NYA | ||
| 1956 | C | Evangeline League | Monroe Sports | NYA | ||
| 1957 | B | Illinois-Indiana-Iowa League | Peoria Chiefs | NYA | ||
| 1957 | A | Eastern League | Binghamton Triplets | NYA | ||
| 1958 | A | Eastern League | Binghamton Triplets | NYA | ||
| 1959 | AAA | International League | Richmond Virginians | NYA | ||
| 1960 | AAA | International League | Richmond Virginians | NYA | ||
| 1961 | AAA | International League | Richmond Virginians | NYA | ||
| 1962 | AAA | International League | Rochester Red Wings | BAL | ||
| 1963 | AAA | International League | Rochester Red Wings | BAL | ||
| 1964 | AAA | International League | Rochester Red Wings | BAL | ||
| 1965 | AAA | International League | Rochester Red Wings | BAL | ||
| 1966 | AAA | International League | Rochester Red Wings | BAL | ||
| 1967 | AAA | International League | Columbus Jets | PIT | ||
| 1969 | AAA | American Association 2 | Indianapolis Indians | CIN |
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