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Bill Renna

Positions: Outfielder and Pinch Hitter

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 218lb (190cm, 98kg)

Born: October 14, 1924 in Hanford, CA us

Died: July 19, 2014 in San Jose, CA

Buried: Oak Hill Memorial Park, San Jose, CA

High School: Hanford HS (Hanford, CA)

Schools: Menlo College (Atherton, CA), University of San Francisco (San Francisco, CA), Santa Clara University (Santa Clara, CA)

Debut: April 14, 1953 (Age 28-182d, 10,978th in major league history)
vs. PHA 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: May 20, 1959 (Age 34-218d)
vs. KCA 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1953 season

Full Name: William Beneditto Renna

Nicknames: Big Bill

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1953 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.3

918

219

.239

123

RBI

119

OBP

.316

SLG

.391

OPS

.707

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1955 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1955 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 12	KCA		DET	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
2	2	Apr 13	KCA		DET	L,2-10	CG	45	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
3	3	Apr 14	KCA	@	CHW	L,1-7	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
4	6 (2)	Apr 18	KCA		CLE	L,9-11	CG	50	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
5	7	Apr 19	KCA		CLE	W,8-7	CG	45	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
6	8	Apr 22	KCA		CHW	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
7	9	Apr 23	KCA		CHW	L,6-29	CG	63	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
8	12 (2)	Apr 27	KCA		BOS	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
9	15 (2)	May 1	KCA		WSH	W,16-10	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
10	16	May 2	KCA		WSH	L,1-12	CG	47	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
11	17	May 3	KCA		BAL	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
12	18	May 4	KCA		BAL	W,6-5	GF	11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
13	19	May 6	KCA	@	CLE	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
14	20	May 7	KCA	@	CLE	L,3-9	CG	40	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
15	21	May 8 (1)	KCA	@	CLE	L,6-9	CG	42	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
16	22	May 8 (2)	KCA	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	39	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
17	24 (1)	May 11	KCA	@	BAL	W,2-0	GF	12	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
18	25	May 12	KCA	@	BOS	L,7-12	CG	44	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
19	26	May 13	KCA	@	BOS	L,3-4	GS	23	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
20	27	May 14	KCA	@	BOS	L,1-3	GS	26	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
21	28	May 15 (1)	KCA	@	NYY	W,4-3	GS	28	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
22	29	May 15 (2)	KCA	@	NYY	L,4-8	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
23	30	May 17	KCA	@	WSH	W,1-0	GS	27	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
24	31	May 18	KCA	@	WSH	L,2-7	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
25	38 (6)	May 28	KCA		CLE	L,2-7	CG	44	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
26	39	May 29	KCA		CLE	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
27	42 (2)	Jun 1 (1)	KCA		NYY	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
28	43	Jun 1 (2)	KCA		NYY	L,1-6	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
29	50 (6)	Jun 7 (2)	KCA		WSH	L,3-7	CG	43	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	RF
30	52 (1)	Jun 9	KCA		WSH	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
31	57 (4)	Jun 14	KCA	@	BOS	L,4-12	GF	14	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	PR RF
32	58	Jun 15	KCA	@	BOS	L,6-9	CG	41	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
33	62 (3)	Jun 21	KCA	@	NYY	L,2-6	CG	38	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	RF
34	63	Jun 22	KCA	@	NYY	L,1-6	CG	38	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	RF
35	67 (3)	Jun 26 (1)	KCA	@	BAL	W,1-0	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
36	68	Jun 26 (2)	KCA	@	BAL	W,5-2	GF	11	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
37	70 (1)	Jun 29	KCA	@	CLE	W,12-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	72 (1)	Jul 1 (2)	KCA		DET	W,7-5	GF	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
39	74 (1)	Jul 3	KCA		DET	W,9-8	GF	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF LF
40	76 (1)	Jul 4 (2)	KCA		CHW	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
41	77	Jul 5	KCA		CLE	W,4-3	GS	24	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
42	78	Jul 6	KCA		CLE	L,4-8	GS	40	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
43	80 (1)	Jul 8	KCA	@	DET	L,8-11	GF	4	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	LF
44	83 (2)	Jul 10 (2)	KCA	@	DET	L,1-10	GF	15	4.0	2	1	0	3	0	RF
45	86 (2)	Jul 15	KCA		BAL	L,5-8	CG	44	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
46	87	Jul 16	KCA		WSH	L,7-8	GS	31	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
47	92 (4)	Jul 21	KCA		BOS	L,3-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
48	94 (1)	Jul 23	KCA		NYY	W,8-7	GS	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
49	95	Jul 24 (1)	KCA		NYY	L,3-7	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
50	99 (3)	Jul 27 (1)	KCA	@	WSH	W,6-4	GS	21	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
51	100	Jul 27 (2)	KCA	@	WSH	W,4-1	GS	28	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
52	101	Jul 29	KCA	@	NYY	L,2-3	GS	28	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
53	102	Jul 30	KCA	@	NYY	W,12-2	GF	8	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	PR RF
54	104 (1)	Jul 31 (2)	KCA	@	NYY	W,7-1	GS	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
55	105	Aug 2	KCA	@	BAL	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	RF
56	107 (1)	Aug 3 (2)	KCA	@	BAL	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
57	108	Aug 4	KCA	@	BAL	L,1-8	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
58	111 (2)	Aug 7	KCA	@	BOS	L,12-16	GF	10	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
59	112	Aug 9	KCA		CHW	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
60	114 (1)	Aug 11	KCA		CHW	L,1-14	GF	19	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
61	116 (1)	Aug 12 (2)	KCA		CLE	L,5-6	CG	40	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	RF
62	117	Aug 13	KCA		CLE	L,3-5	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
63	121 (3)	Aug 18 (2)	KCA	@	CHW	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
64	123 (1)	Aug 20	KCA	@	CLE	L,5-7	CG	40	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
65	125 (1)	Aug 23	KCA		WSH	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
66	129 (3)	Aug 28	KCA		BOS	L,2-14	GF	18	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
67	130	Aug 30	KCA		NYY	W,4-3	GS	11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
68	131	Aug 31	KCA		NYY	L,6-11	CG	46	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
69	136 (4)	Sep 5 (2)	KCA	@	CLE	L,2-9	CG	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
70	137	Sep 7	KCA	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	33	8.1	1	0	0	1	0	RF
71	139 (1)	Sep 9 (1)	KCA	@	WSH	L,5-6	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
72	140	Sep 9 (2)	KCA	@	WSH	W,7-6	GS	21	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
73	141	Sep 10	KCA	@	WSH	W,8-6	GS	36	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
74	144 (2)	Sep 13 (1)	KCA	@	BOS	W,6-5	GS	16	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
75	145	Sep 13 (2)	KCA	@	BOS	L,6-7	CG	37	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
76	146	Sep 14	KCA	@	BOS	W,7-3	GS	26	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
77	153 (6)	Sep 23	KCA	@	CHW	L,4-12	GF	11	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
78	154	Sep 24	KCA	@	CHW	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
79	155	Sep 25	KCA	@	CHW	L,0-5	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
							80gm		540.2	122	5	1	128	2