Bill
Zzyzzy
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 220
 
Born: April 20, 1941 in Venezuela
 
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 32 BIR FL $ 1,600,000 5 4 5 6 5 6 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 7 7 7
1974 33 BIR FL $ 1,600,000 5 4 5 6 5 6 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 7 7 7
1975 34 CLG FL   5 4 5 6 5 6 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 7 7 7
1976 35 BUF FL $ 1,234,567 5 4 5 6 5 6 2 2 2 4 3 3 4 4 4 7 7 7
1977 36 CHI JL $ 1,234,567 5 4 5 6 5 6 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 7 7 7
1978 37 CHI JL $ 1,234,567 5 4 4 5 4 4 0 0 0 3 2 2 3 3 3 6 6 6
OOTP5 Min Ratings   5 4 4 5 4 4 0 0 0 3 2 2 3 3 3 6 6 6
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 1,600,000 5 4 5 6 5 6 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 7 7 7
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 32 BIR FL 134 365 33 95 17 2 4 36 2 1 27 19 .260 .316 .351 .666 38.2 2.4
1974 33 BIR FL 106 193 13 45 6 1 4 23 1 2 16 14 .233 .297 .337 .634 18.2 1.3
1975 34 CLG FL 44 78 8 13 2 0 1 6 0 0 6 5 .167 .233 .231 .463 3.6 0.0
  BIR FL 10 31 2 11 3 0 0 4 0 0 3 2 .355 .417 .452 .868 5.7 1.3
  TOT   54 109 10 24 5 0 1 10 0 0 9 7 .220 .287 .294 .580 9.3 1.3
1976 35 BUF FL 92 201 26 53 7 0 6 19 2 2 16 22 .264 .321 .388 .709 25.8 4.7
1977 36 BUF FL 45 130 13 28 6 0 2 13 1 1 5 17 .215 .254 .308 .561 9.7 0.3
  CHI JL 36 44 6 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 5 3 .114 .216 .136 .352 1.3 0.0
  TOT   81 174 19 33 7 0 2 15 1 1 10 20 .190 .243 .264 .508 11.0 0.3
1978 37 CHI JL 127 367 45 98 20 1 8 34 0 2 20 39 .267 .308 .392 .701 38.4 5.0
6 Years Sim 594 1409 146 348 62 4 25 137 6 8 98 121 .247 .301 .350 .651 140.9 15.0
162 Game Average 384 39 94 16 1 6 37 1 2 26 33 .247 .301 .350 .651 38.4  
Career Highs 134 367 45 98 20 2 8 36 2 2 27 39 .267 .321 .392 .709 38.4  
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   949 99 246 44 4 16 96 3 6 55 76 .259 .306 .365 .670 99.7
vs LH   460 47 102 18 0 9 41 3 2 43 45 .222 .291 .320 .610 43.6
Home 291 694 67 166 26 2 9 68 2 3 48 65 .239 .291 .321 .612 63.3
Away 303 715 79 182 36 2 16 69 4 5 50 56 .255 .310 .378 .688 80.0
RISP   331 0 84 12 2 5 108 0 0 28 34 .254 .311 .347 .658 36.2
Pinch Hitting   158 21 42 8 0 4 20 0 0 11 13 .266 .312 .392 .704 19.1
Close/Late   228 22 68 9 0 4 21 0 0 13 15 .298 .337 .390 .728 28.8
Mar/Apr 82 146 13 42 10 0 2 17 0 0 5 13 .288 .307 .397 .704 16.8
May 102 222 22 57 7 0 7 32 1 2 13 12 .257 .304 .383 .687 24.7
June 110 246 28 63 19 0 5 22 1 2 16 28 .256 .307 .394 .701 27.8
July 95 258 27 57 6 0 5 22 1 1 24 22 .221 .291 .302 .594 23.2
August 103 267 31 64 8 1 4 26 1 1 23 20 .240 .305 .322 .627 26.3
Sep/Oct 102 270 25 65 12 3 2 18 2 2 17 26 .241 .295 .330 .624 24.5
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 32 BIR FL SS 92 92 765.3 110 235 22 57 .940 4.06   2.9
    2B 9 7 55.0 19 18 0 3 1.000 6.05   0.2
1974 33 BIR FL SS 63 17 246.3 35 76 7 12 .941 4.06   1.1
    2B 31 19 178.0 32 70 2 9 .981 5.16   0.7
1975 34 CLG FL 2B 29 10 102.9 38 45 2 11 .976 7.26   0.6
    SS 10 8 59.0 8 16 1 6 .960 3.66   0.1
  BIR FL 2B 6 2 43.1 16 19 1 5 .972 7.31   0.4
    SS 2 2 24.7 3 7 0 3 1.000 3.64   0.0
  TOT   2B 35 12 146.0 54 64 3 16 .975 7.27   1.0
      SS 12 10 83.7 11 23 1 9 .971 3.66   0.1
1976 35 BUF FL 2B 43 15 195.7 56 74 2 13 .985 5.98   1.3
    SS 26 12 132.7 25 45 3 9 .959 4.75   0.8
    1B 15 15 132.7 127 11 1 10 .993 9.36   0.1
1977 36 BUF FL 2B 28 16 220.0 36 62 2 13 .980 4.01   0.9
  CHI JL 2B 23 13 82.3 13 23 1 5 .973 3.94   0.3
  BUF FL SS 8 4 57.5 9 21 1 2 .968 4.70   0.3
  CHI JL SS 6 4 21.5 3 8 1 1 .917 4.60   0.1
  BUF FL LF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
  CHI JL LF 0 0 0.4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  TOT   2B 51 29 302.3 49 85 3 18 .978 3.99   1.1
      SS 14 8 79.0 12 29 2 3 .953 4.67   0.3
      LF 1 0 1.4 1 0 0 0 1.000 6.43   0.0
1978 37 CHI JL 2B 113 85 774.0 180 300 3 79 .994 5.58   4.6
    SS 6 3 24.0 2 4 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
  2B 282 167 1651.0 390 611 13 138 .987 5.46   9.0
  SS 213 142 1331.0 195 412 35 90 .945 4.10   5.3
  1B 15 15 132.7 127 11 1 10 .993 9.36   0.1
  LF 1 0 1.4 1 0 0 0 1.000 6.43   0.0
Career Totals   511 324 3116.0 713 1034 49 238 .973 5.05   14.4
Career Highs   119 99 820.3 208 304 22 79 .994 6.60    
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 35 BUF FL 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
Career Post-Season Batting 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
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History
Drafted in 22nd round, 519th overall pick, by Birmingham in 1973
Had first career hit on 4/1/1973, off Porter Ford (DM)
Hit first career homerun on 6/12/1973, off Tommy Euller (BUF)
Traded from Birmingham to Calgary on 4/21/1975 (Going to CLG: 2B B. Zzyzzy, 1B X. Consolo. Going to BIR: 1B J. Kelly)
Released by Calgary on 7/11/1975
Traded from Buffalo to Chicago on 7/21/1977 (Going to BUF: 2B P. Madewald. Going to CHI: 2B B. Zzyzzy, P R. Villec, RF P. Quigley)