Bill
Mueller
 
Bats: Both
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 180
 
Born: March 17, 1971 in Usa, MO, MARYLAND HEIG
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 2005    2006   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2004 33 SFN NL $ 1,470,000   8 8 8 7 4 5 8 7 7 6 7 7 8 8 8
2005 34 CHN NL $ 4,090,000   8 8 8 6 3 4 8 6 7 6 6 6 7 8 8
2006 35 CHN NL $ 4,090,000   7 7 7 6 3 4 7 5 6 5 6 6 7 8 7
2007 36 CHN NL     4 4 4 3 1 1 5 4 4 3 4 3 4 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 3 1 1 5 4 4 3 4 3 4 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,090,000   8 8 8 7 4 5 8 7 7 6 7 7 8 8 8
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won MVP or Rookie of the Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2004 33 SFN NL 157 583 63 153 26 0 7 71 1 1 86 55 .262 .360 .343 .703 74.3 8.5
2005 34 CHN NL 152 562 103 175 30 2 14 85 0 0 93 54 .311 .415 .447 .862 105.3 21.5
2006 35 CHN NL 154 597 94 201 36 3 13 93 2 1 64 71 .337 .402 .472 .874 108.0 22.4
2007 36 CHN NL 162 571 59 131 22 6 6 71 1 1 45 99 .229 .292 .320 .613 54.8 3.5
2008 37 AAA   62 214 28 46 9 1 5 29 1 1 18 67 .215 .276 .336 .612 20.1  
4 Years Sim 625 2313 319 660 114 11 40 320 4 3 288 279 .285 .368 .396 .765 342.5 55.9
1 Years AAA 62 214 28 46 9 1 5 29 1 1 18 67 .215 .282 .336 .618 20.1  
162 Game Average 599 82 171 29 2 10 82 1 0 74 72 .285 .368 .396 .765 88.8  
Career Highs 162 597 103 201 36 6 14 93 2 1 93 99 .337 .415 .472 .874 108.0  
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   1659 222 476 80 11 21 224 3 2 232 185 .287 .377 .386 .764 246.5
vs LH   654 97 184 34 0 19 96 1 1 56 94 .281 .345 .420 .765 91.1
Home 308 1111 139 323 52 5 19 160 3 0 143 130 .291 .376 .398 .774 167.0
Away 317 1202 180 337 62 6 21 160 1 3 145 149 .280 .362 .394 .756 170.6
RISP   645 0 196 32 4 15 277 0 0 79 83 .304 .375 .436 .810 105.1
Pinch Hitting   12 2 4 0 0 2 5 0 0 1 2 .333 .385 .833 1.218 3.5
Close/Late   229 19 68 9 1 3 25 0 0 41 34 .297 .409 .384 .793 37.8
Mar/Apr 96 354 53 115 22 1 9 64 1 0 57 39 .325 .420 .469 .889 68.0
May 109 399 66 117 17 2 7 57 0 0 58 41 .293 .385 .398 .783 62.5
June 104 405 61 112 18 3 9 62 1 1 50 52 .277 .360 .402 .762 58.8
July 99 369 47 95 24 2 7 51 1 1 48 48 .257 .348 .390 .738 50.3
August 110 406 51 119 14 1 4 46 1 1 36 39 .293 .359 .362 .721 51.4
Sep/Oct 107 380 41 102 19 2 4 40 0 0 39 60 .268 .341 .361 .702 46.6
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
2004 33 SFN NL 3B 153 149 1352.7 87 308 18 23 .956 2.63   4.1
    2B 2 0 2.0 0 3 0 0 1.000 13.50   0.0
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
2005 34 CHN NL 3B 151 149 1280.7 78 297 25 34 .938 2.64   6.0
    2B 2 0 7.0 2 2 0 0 1.000 5.14   0.0
2006 35 CHN NL 3B 149 148 1294.0 80 277 24 19 .937 2.48   6.0
    SS 3 2 16.7 5 4 1 2 .900 4.86   0.1
    2B 1 0 2.0 2 2 0 1 1.000 18.00   0.0
2007 36 CHN NL 3B 162 162 1365.0 77 257 30 15 .918 2.20   3.9
  3B 615 608 5292.3 322 1139 97 91 .938 2.48   20.0
  SS 4 2 17.7 5 5 1 2 .909 5.10   0.1
  2B 5 0 11.0 4 7 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.1
Career Totals   624 610 5321.0 331 1151 98 94 .938 2.51   20.3
Career Highs   162 162 1365.0 87 312 30 34 .957 2.65    
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
2005 34 CHN NL 7 30 4 8 0 0 1 4 0 0 4 6 .267 .353 .367 .720
2006 35 CHN NL 6 24 2 6 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 4 .250 .308 .375 .683
Career Post-Season Batting 13 54 6 14 0 0 2 7 0 0 5 10 .259 .333 .370 .704
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
2006-7-.337
Games
2004-9-157
2007-1-162
Hits
2006-3-201
Singles
2006-4-149
   
 
   Black Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 11)
   Gray Ink Test: 9    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 108)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 29    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 61)
 
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  1. Mark Scott (954)
  2. Luis Martin (950)
  3. Mark Derosa (950)
  4. Javier Valdivieso (940)
  5. Jimmy Hauck (934)
  6. Ty Wigginton (933)
  7. Thomas Stewart (933)
  8. James Anderson (932)
  9. Corey Koskie (931)
  10. Tad Slocumb (926)
History
Traded from Boston to San Francisco on 4/5/2004 (Going to SFN: 3B Bill Mueller, P Byung-hyun Kim, SS Hanley Ramirez. Going to BOS: P Jason Schmidt)
Had first career hit on 4/5/2004, off Javier Vazquez (FLO)
Hit first career homerun on 4/24/2004, off Matt Kinney (MIL)
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Los Angeles on 7/2/2004
Traded from San Francisco to Chicago (N) on 2/13/2005 (Going to SFN: CF Corey Patterson. Going to CHN: 3B Bill Mueller, P David Aardsma)
Won Player of the Week award on 5/30/2005, hitting .458 with 2 HR, 7 RBI
Drove in 7 runs against Houston on 6/25/2005
Was selected to the 2005 Allstar game
Had 6 hits with 4 RBI against Pittsburgh on 4/4/2006
Won Player of the Week award on 6/26/2006, hitting .464 with 1 HR, 6 RBI
Was selected to the 2006 Allstar game
Released by Chicago (N) on 10/22/2007
Signed as a free agent by Minnesota on 2/27/2008 to a minor league contract
Released by Minnesota on 6/15/2008