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Bill Gimlicker	Bats: Left Throws: Left Height: 6' 2'' Weight: 220   Born: May 17, 1945 in Usa

Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections	1977

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	28	JAX	JL	$ 2,000,000	3	5	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	6	6	6	3	4	3	4	3	4
1974	29	JAX	JL	$ 2,000,000	3	5	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	6	7	6	3	4	3	4	3	4
1975	30	JAX	JL	$ 2,000,000	5	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	6	7	6	3	4	3	5	4	5
1976	31	PHX	JL	$ 5,200,000	5	7	6	4	5	5	4	4	4	6	7	6	3	4	4	7	7	7
1977	32	PHX	JL	$ 5,200,000	5	7	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	6	7	7	3	4	3	8	8	8
1978	33	BIR	FL	$ 5,200,000	5	7	6	5	6	6	4	4	4	6	7	7	3	3	3	8	8	8
1979	34	BIR	FL	$ 5,200,000	5	7	6	5	6	6	4	4	4	6	6	6	3	3	3	8	8	8
1980	35	VAN	JL		5	7	6	6	6	6	4	4	4	6	6	6	3	3	3	8	8	8
OOTP5 Min Ratings					3	5	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	6	6	6	3	3	3	4	3	4
OOTP5 Max Ratings				$ 5,200,000	5	7	6	6	6	6	4	4	4	6	7	7	3	4	4	8	8	8
								Contact			Power			Gap			Eye			Ks
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Salary				vL	vR	OA	vL	vR	OA	vL	vR	OA	vL	vR	OA	vL	vR	OA
1981	36	BRK	FL	$ 3,000,000				15	15	14	13	14	14	12	13	12	5	6	6	18	17	17
1982	37	BRK	FL	$ 3,000,000				14	14	13	13	14	14	9	10	9	5	6	6	17	16	16
1983	38	BRK	FL	$ 3,000,000				13	13	12	11	12	12	7	9	8	5	6	6	17	15	16
OOTP6 Min Ratings				$ 3,000,000				13	13	12	11	12	12	7	9	8	5	6	6	17	15	16
OOTP6 Max Ratings				$ 3,000,000				15	15	14	13	14	14	12	13	12	5	6	6	18	17	17

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	28	JAX	JL	142	341	53	84	16	4	14	43	0	1	27	84	.246	.306	.440	.746	44.6	6.9
1974	29	JAX	JL	84	101	10	23	3	0	5	17	0	1	6	32	.228	.279	.406	.685	12.7	1.7
		AAA		10	34	11	15	3	1	3	7	0	0	5	7	.441	.513	.853	1.366	11.4
1975	30	JAX	JL	84	117	11	31	3	2	6	17	0	0	5	30	.265	.293	.479	.771	14.9	2.5
		AAA		54	212	32	55	8	2	7	29	2	2	15	52	.259	.308	.415	.723	26.7
1976	31	PHX	JL	150	570	87	179	24	5	32	93	4	1	35	81	.314	.355	.542	.897	100.2	22.1
1977	32	PHX	JL	154	619	107	186	35	7	20	83	4	0	39	40	.300	.344	.477	.820	96.1	16.7
1978	33	PHX	JL	103	375	52	107	21	5	13	66	1	1	26	17	.285	.327	.472	.799	57.4	9.6
		BIR	FL	53	189	15	48	3	2	5	23	1	0	11	17	.254	.293	.370	.663	21.6	2.2
		TOT		156	564	67	155	24	7	18	89	2	1	37	34	.275	.315	.438	.753	79.0	11.8
1979	34	BIR	FL	161	587	69	161	31	1	15	86	4	0	30	32	.274	.311	.407	.718	69.6	11.3
1980	35	VAN	JL	123	395	43	101	21	1	9	60	0	0	28	39	.256	.307	.382	.689	44.2	5.5
1981	36	BRK	FL	149	468	60	128	28	2	16	66	2	1	27	46	.274	.312	.444	.756	60.2	9.8
1982	37	BRK	FL	140	378	50	108	23	2	16	68	1	0	25	28	.286	.328	.484	.812	58.4	11.9
1983	38	BRK	FL	146	326	39	84	14	3	9	43	0	0	14	42	.258	.287	.402	.689	35.9	4.9
11 Years Sim				1489	4466	596	1240	222	34	160	665	17	5	273	488	.278	.319	.450	.770	615.7	105.4
2 Years AAA				64	246	43	70	11	3	10	36	2	2	20	59	.285	.342	.476	.818	38.1
162 Game Average					485	64	134	24	3	17	72	1	0	29	53	.278	.319	.450	.770	67.0
Career Highs				161	619	107	186	35	7	32	93	4	1	39	84	.314	.355	.542	.897	100.2

Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	XR
vs RH		3248	420	936	164	21	119	487	11	2	204	396	.288	.331	.462	.792	476.0
vs LH		1218	176	304	58	13	41	178	6	3	69	92	.250	.289	.420	.709	146.2
Home	741	2200	299	620	107	16	74	314	8	3	133	239	.282	.322	.446	.768	305.8
Away	748	2266	297	620	115	18	86	351	9	2	140	249	.274	.317	.454	.771	316.4
RISP		1185	0	328	49	10	41	479	0	0	110	125	.277	.329	.439	.767	173.8
Pinch Hitting		422	47	98	17	3	16	72	2	0	28	70	.232	.285	.400	.685	48.2
Close/Late		633	72	175	31	4	32	102	0	0	59	69	.276	.342	.490	.832	102.7
Mar/Apr	254	858	102	243	47	4	22	105	2	1	51	104	.283	.323	.424	.747	113.0
May	231	720	84	190	33	4	24	109	6	1	38	75	.264	.301	.421	.721	89.8
June	233	719	98	194	43	5	19	95	0	1	50	63	.270	.318	.423	.741	93.3
July	260	760	108	211	28	7	35	128	6	1	46	75	.278	.319	.471	.791	112.0
August	270	749	110	210	40	5	35	116	2	0	50	80	.280	.325	.487	.812	115.0
Sep/Oct	241	660	94	192	31	9	25	112	1	1	38	91	.291	.331	.479	.809	99.0

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					DWS
1973	28	JAX	JL	RF	118	68	703.3	152	4	2	1	.987	2.00					1.0
1974	29	JAX	JL	RF	14	6	61.7	18	0	2	0	.900	2.63					0.3
				CF	3	3	27.0	6	0	0	0	1.000	2.00
				SS	1	0	4.0	1	1	0	0	1.000	4.50					0.0
				LF	1	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	4.50
1975	30	JAX	JL	RF	22	14	127.7	40	1	1	0	.976	2.89					0.4
				LF	2	0	12.0	6	0	0	0	1.000	4.50
1976	31	PHX	JL	RF	147	140	1239.3	272	1	8	0	.972	1.98					3.6
1977	32	PHX	JL	RF	150	148	1322.3	290	13	12	2	.962	2.06					4.0
				LF	1	0	4.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	2.25
1978	33	PHX	JL	RF	101	94	848.7	190	1	4	0	.979	2.03					2.1
		BIR	FL	RF	52	48	424.3	95	1	2	0	.980	2.04					1.3
		TOT		RF	153	142	1273.0	285	2	6	0	.980	2.03					3.4
1979	34	BIR	FL	RF	159	139	1287.0	264	4	8	2	.971	1.87					3.7
1980	35	VAN	JL	RF	113	94	850.0	177	5	8	2	.958	1.93					0.7
				3B	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00					0.0
1981	36	BRK	FL	LF	97	97	840.3	173	4	7	1	.962	1.90					1.2
				RF	22	13	134.0	32	0	0	0	1.000	2.15
1982	37	BRK	FL	RF	94	66	639.0	134	5	3	4	.979	1.96					1.4
				LF	13	13	112.0	31	1	1	0	.970	2.57
1983	38	BRK	FL	RF	47	33	315.3	66	2	1	0	.986	1.94					0.5
				LF	27	22	201.7	45	2	2	1	.959	2.10
				CF	7	6	52.0	7	2	1	0	.900	1.56
				RF	1039	863	7952.6	1730	37	51	11	.972	2.00					19.0
				LF	141	132	1172.0	257	7	10	2	.964	2.03					1.2
				CF	10	9	79.0	13	2	1	0	.938	1.71
				SS	1	0	4.0	1	1	0	0	1.000	4.50					0.0
				3B	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00					0.0
Career Totals					1192	1004	9208.6	2001	47	62	13	.971	2.00					20.2
Career Highs					159	148	1326.3	291	13	12	4	.987	3.03

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
1976	31	PHX	JL	12	46	2	14	1	0	0	6	0	0	6	4	.304	.385	.326	.711
Career Post-Season Batting				12	46	2	14	1	0	0	6	0	0	6	4	.304	.385	.326	.711

Batting Leaderboards     Help

Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold. (*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances. Season Rankings are League Based.

Batting Average 1976-5-.314 1977-8-.300 Slugging Pct 1976-2-.542 OPS 1976-4-.897 XR 1976-3-100.2 1977-9-96.1 Games 1979-1-161 At-Bats 1977-2-619 Runs 1976-9-87 1977-3-107 Hits 1976-5-179 1977-3-186 Total Bases 1976-2-309 1977-3-295 Doubles 1977-7-35 Homeruns 1976-5-32

Black Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 13)    Gray Ink Test: 31    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 95)

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History

Drafted in 15th round, 348th overall pick, by Jacksonville in 1973

Had first career hit on 4/1/1973, off Steve Nebraska (WAS)

Hit first career homerun on 4/14/1973, off David Feingold (OMA)

Hit for the cycle against Omaha on 4/14/1973

Signed as a free agent by Phoenix on 2/4/1976 to a 4-year deal worth $5,200,000 per year

Won Player of the Week award on 8/13/1976, hitting .458 with 2 HR, 4 RBI

Won Player of the Week award on 9/3/1976, hitting .500 with 1 HR, 7 RBI

Hit 3 homeruns against Chicago, driving in 4 runs on 9/18/1976

Won Player of the Week award on 9/24/1976, hitting .393 with 5 HR, 9 RBI

Was selected to the 1977 Allstar game

Was selected to the 1977 Allstar game

Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Omaha on 6/23/1978

Traded from Phoenix to Birmingham on 7/31/1978 (Going to BIR: RF B. Gimlicker. Going to PHX: 1B B. Slughausen, P F. Sutera, 1B P. Lacock)

Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1978, hitting .358 with 7 HR, 23 RBI

Signed as a free agent by Vancouver on 2/1/1980 to a 2-year deal worth $5,000,000 per year

Released by Vancouver on 9/1/1980

Signed as a free agent by Brooklyn on 2/22/1981 to a 3-year deal worth $3,000,000 per year

Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against New Orleans on 4/17/1981

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