Billy
Chapel
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3''
Weight: 235
 
Born: November 28, 1942 in Usa
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1974   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
  ERA AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1973 30 SLC FL $ 6,980,000   7 6 7 6 4 4 4 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 9 9 9
1974 31 SLC FL $ 6,980,000   7 6 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 9 9 9
1975 32 SLC FL $ 6,980,000   7 6 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 9 9 9
1976 33 SLC FL $ 6,980,000   7 6 6 6 3 4 3 6 6 6 8 8 8 7 7 7 9 9 9
1977 34 BRK FL $ 4,000,000   7 6 6 6 3 3 3 6 6 6 8 8 8 7 7 7 9 9 9
1978 35 BRK FL $ 4,000,000   7 6 7 6 3 3 3 6 6 6 8 8 8 6 6 6 9 9 9
1979 36 VAN JL $ 6,000,000   6 6 6 6 2 3 2 6 6 6 7 7 7 6 6 6 9 8 8
1980 37 PHX JL $ 5,000,000   4 5 5 5 2 2 2 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 7 7 7
OOTP5 Min Ratings $ 4,000,000   4 5 5 5 2 2 2 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 7 7 7
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 6,980,000   7 6 7 6 4 4 4 6 6 6 8 8 8 7 7 7 9 9 9
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1973 30 SLC FL $ 6,980,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
1974 31 SLC FL $ 6,980,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
1975 32 SLC FL $ 6,980,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
1976 33 SLC FL $ 6,980,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
1977 34 BRK FL $ 4,000,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
1978 35 BRK FL $ 4,000,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
1979 36 VAN JL $ 6,000,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
1980 37 PHX JL $ 5,000,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
OOTP5 Min Ratings $ 4,000,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 6,980,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Owner's Choice - Pitcher Award or Owner's Choice - Rookie Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1973 30 SLC FL 13 7 .650 35 35 0 0 0 224.0 195 77 17 58 254 3.09 .234 .288 .377 .665 19.2
1974 31 SLC FL 19 4 .826 29 29 6 0 0 212.3 163 72 21 62 234 3.05 .211 .280 .384 .664 17.2
1975 32 SLC FL 17 10 .630 33 33 8 1 0 256.7 191 84 17 74 278 2.95 .205 .267 .347 .614 19.7
1976 33 SLC FL 10 13 .435 33 33 2 0 0 246.0 246 95 17 88 294 3.48 .259 .325 .402 .727 9.4
1977 34 BRK FL 8 13 .381 27 27 10 1 0 201.3 184 78 7 72 203 3.49 .245 .317 .358 .675 10.3
1978 35 BRK FL 14 15 .483 38 38 9 2 0 279.3 259 102 10 78 287 3.29 .246 .305 .375 .680 16.3
1979 36 VAN JL 7 13 .350 26 26 4 0 0 168.3 168 75 11 55 134 4.01 .257 .316 .401 .717 7.1
1980 37 PHX JL 8 7 .533 42 19 0 0 0 120.7 124 62 11 51 87 4.62 .264 .345 .411 .755 4.8
1981 38 AAA   0 0 .000 5 0 0 0 0 7.7 5 4 2 5 7 4.70 .179 .303 .429 .732  
8 Years Sim 96 82 .539 263 240 39 4 0 1708.6 1530 645 111 538 1771 3.40 .239 .303 .380 .683 103.9
1 Years AAA 0 0 .000 5 0 0 0 0 7.7 5 4 2 5 7 4.70 .179 .303 .429 .732  
Season Average 12 10 .545 32 30 4 0 0 213.6 191 80 13 67 221 3.40 .239 .303 .380 .683  
Career Highs 19 15 .826 42 38 10 2 0 279.3 259 102 21 88 294 4.62 .264 .345 .411 .755  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   748 331 56 267 944   .219 .276 .353 .629
vs LH   782 314 55 271 827   .260 .321 .410 .732
Home 50 40 .556 129 117 12 3 0 834.0 760 326 54 264 889 3.52 .242 .301 .386 .686
Away 46 42 .523 134 123 27 1 0 874.6 770 319 57 274 882 3.28 .235 .294 .373 .668
Mar/Apr 21 16 .568 47 47 16 3 0 343.7 278 97 22 100 314 2.54 .220 .278 .356 .634
May 14 17 .452 45 45 7 1 0 307.6 262 94 15 95 335 2.75 .230 .289 .348 .637
June 8 14 .364 36 31 5 0 0 227.6 229 106 22 89 222 4.19 .266 .335 .435 .770
July 19 12 .613 45 40 2 0 0 278.3 244 125 20 89 305 4.04 .231 .291 .387 .678
August 17 15 .531 48 43 6 0 0 307.3 281 132 17 97 327 3.87 .242 .300 .373 .673
Sep/Oct 17 8 .680 42 34 7 0 0 244.0 236 91 15 68 268 3.36 .252 .302 .399 .702
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Owner's Choice - Hitter Award or Owner's Choice - Rookie Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1973 30 SLC FL 35 67 4 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 29 .090 .176 .090 .265 -0.3 0.0
1974 31 SLC FL 29 69 4 8 2 0 1 6 0 0 3 28 .116 .149 .188 .337 0.7 0.0
1975 32 SLC FL 33 85 2 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 40 .047 .080 .047 .127 -4.4 0.0
1976 33 SLC FL 33 77 4 6 0 1 0 3 2 0 8 36 .078 .163 .104 .267 0.6 0.0
1977 34 BRK FL 27 71 5 5 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 29 .070 .108 .070 .179 -2.9 0.0
1978 35 BRK FL 38 90 3 6 0 2 0 4 0 0 6 51 .067 .124 .111 .235 -1.0 0.0
1979 36 VAN JL 26 54 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 27 .056 .055 .056 .110 -3.1 0.0
1980 37 PHX JL 42 30 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 13 .133 .188 .167 .354 0.2 0.0
8 Years Sim 263 543 23 42 3 3 1 21 2 0 32 253 .077 .128 .099 .227 -10.1 0.0
162 Game Average 334 14 25 1 1 0 12 1 0 19 155 .077 .128 .099 .227 -6.2  
Career Highs 42 90 5 8 2 2 1 6 2 0 8 51 .133 .188 .188 .354 0.7  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   369 17 32 1 2 0 17 0 0 23 172 .087 .139 .100 .239 -7.2
vs LH   174 6 10 2 1 1 4 2 0 9 81 .057 .103 .098 .201 -5.4
Home 129 247 12 16 1 2 1 11 1 0 19 116 .065 .130 .097 .227 -5.3
Away 134 296 11 26 2 1 0 10 1 0 13 137 .088 .126 .101 .227 -7.3
RISP   151 0 10 0 0 0 19 0 0 8 74 .066 .110 .066 .176 -5.8
Close/Late   44 2 6 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 19 .136 .133 .182 .315 -0.1
Mar/Apr 47 112 6 6 0 0 0 5 0 0 11 50 .054 .138 .054 .192 -3.4
May 45 102 4 10 1 1 1 4 0 0 1 44 .098 .107 .157 .264 -1.8
June 36 61 2 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 4 24 .049 .106 .082 .188 -2.2
July 45 89 3 4 0 0 0 3 1 0 7 42 .045 .113 .045 .158 -3.6
August 48 99 5 12 2 0 0 4 0 0 4 53 .121 .152 .141 .294 -0.6
Sep/Oct 34 80 3 7 0 1 0 4 1 0 5 40 .088 .140 .113 .252 -1.1
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Slick Fielder Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1973 30 SLC FL P 35 35 224.0 15 23 2 1 .950 1.53    
1974 31 SLC FL P 29 29 212.3 7 21 2 5 .933 1.19    
1975 32 SLC FL P 33 33 256.7 17 31 3 3 .941 1.68    
1976 33 SLC FL P 33 33 246.0 8 32 5 3 .889 1.46    
1977 34 BRK FL P 27 27 201.3 12 39 2 4 .962 2.28    
1978 35 BRK FL P 38 38 279.3 19 37 2 2 .966 1.80    
1979 36 VAN JL P 26 26 168.3 7 27 3 3 .919 1.82    
1980 37 PHX JL P 42 19 120.7 11 22 2 2 .943 2.46    
Career Totals   263 240 1708.6 96 232 21 23 .940 1.73    
Career Highs   42 38 279.3 19 39 5 5 .966 2.46    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1973 30 SLC FL 0 1 .000 1 1 0 0 0 7.0 4 1 0 6 8 1.29 .160 .323 .160 .483
1974 31 SLC FL 1 2 .333 3 3 3 0 0 26.0 18 9 1 7 24 3.12 .189 .245 .284 .529
1975 32 SLC FL 3 0 1.000 4 4 1 0 0 34.0 25 7 3 8 33 1.85 .210 .260 .303 .562
1976 33 SLC FL 1 1 .500 2 2 0 0 0 11.7 15 8 1 4 15 6.17 .306 .358 .551 .910
Career Post-Season Pitching 5 4 .556 10 10 4 0 0 78.7 62 25 5 25 80 2.86 .215 .278 .326 .604
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1973 30 SLC FL 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
1974 31 SLC FL 3 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .000 .000 .000 .000
1975 32 SLC FL 4 12 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .083 .083 .083 .167
1976 33 SLC FL 2 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500
Career Post-Season Batting 10 28 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 .071 .071 .071 .143
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1973-5-3.09
1974-10-3.05
1975-9-2.95
CAR-35-3.40
Wins
1974-2-19
1975-7-17
Losses
1978-10-15
Winning Pct
1973-10-.650
1974-2-.826
1975-10-.630
Games Started
1973-9-35
1978-4-38
Complete Games
1977-7-10
CAR-40-39
Shutouts
1978-9-2
Innings Pitched
1973-9-224.0
1978-8-279.3
Hits Allowed
1976-9-246
1978-7-259
Strikeouts
1973-2-254
1974-7-234
1975-5-278
1976-4-294
1978-7-287
Walks per 9IP
1973-9-2.3
Hits per 9IP
1973-8-7.8
1974-3-6.9
1975-4-6.7
CAR-50-8.1
Strikeouts per 9IP
1973-4-10.2
1974-3-9.9
1975-10-9.7
1976-4-10.8
1978-9-9.2
CAR-18-9.3
WHiP
1973-9-1.13
1974-5-1.06
1975-8-1.03
OAVG
1973-10-.234
1974-3-.211
1975-4-.205
CAR-50-.239
OOBP
1973-8-.288
1974-8-.280
1975-7-.267
OSLG
1975-9-.347
OOPS
1975-7-.614
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 38)
   Gray Ink Test: 78    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 149)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 30    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 50)
 
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  1. Brock Rutherford (958)
  2. Bobby Carey (950)
  3. Jacob Butler (947)
  4. Denny Estrada (937)
  5. Nate Hollins (936)
  6. Shelby Palubiak (931)
  7. Todd Terry (927)
  8. Narciso Jarilla (925)
  9. Joaquin Contraveras (924)
  10. Terrence Williams (917)
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Aaron Alfonso (994)
  2. Bill Swaggerty (993)
  3. Samuel Smith (992)
  4. John Fillion (992)
  5. Williamson Prushnok (990)
  6. Hank Davidson (990)
  7. Gustavo Aranda (990)
  8. Damon Rutherford (989)
  9. Blaine Kinman (988)
  10. Adam Abramowitz (988)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 17th overall pick, by Salt Lake City in 1973
Earned first career win on 4/6/1973
Had first career hit on 4/12/1973, off Scott Finister (LV)
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 5/1/1973, going 3-1, 1.08
Hit first career homerun on 5/1/1974, off Mack LeBlanc (MON)
Was selected to the 1974 Allstar game
Signed as a free agent by Brooklyn on 2/7/1977 to a 2-year deal worth $4,000,000 per year
Injured on 7/13/1977 with a Pulled Bicep Muscle, out for 5 weeks
Signed as a free agent by Vancouver on 2/4/1979 to a 1-year deal worth $6,000,000 per year
Injured on 5/20/1979 with a Inflamed Bicep Tendon, out for 3 weeks
Injured on 9/4/1979 with a Strained Back, out for 3 weeks
Signed as a free agent by Phoenix on 2/4/1980 to a 1-year deal worth $5,000,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by Vancouver on 2/16/1981 to a 1-year deal worth $450,000 per year
Injured on 4/7/1981 with a Ruptured Tricep Tendon, out for 4 weeks
Released by Vancouver on 4/16/1981
Signed as a free agent by Vancouver on 4/21/1981 to a minor league deal
Released by Vancouver on 5/11/1981