MLB / Players

Bill Mazeroski

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right

Listed at5 ft 11 in · 183 lb

BornSeptember 5, 1936 · Wheeling, WV, USA

MLB debutJuly 7, 1956

Final gameOctober 4, 1972

Seasons17 (1956–1972)

Pittsburgh Pirates 1956–1972

Percentile snapshot

1968 season — qualified batters

143

18.2

556

30.7

506

30.7

1.1

127

23.9

28.4

15.9

14.8

RBI

27.3

31.8

95.5

19.3

59.1

.251

38.6

OBP

.304

23.9

SLG

.312

14.8

OPS

.616

12.5

wRC+

83.1

10.2

OPS+

86.8

11.4

wOBA

.287

10.2

sWAR

1.1

11.4

of 89 qualified 1968 batters (min 505 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

wRC+

80.5

10.6

OPS+

84.6

15.5

sWAR

11.7

88.6

wRC+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; OPS+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1956	81	277	255	30	62	8	1	3	14	18	24	0	0	.243	.293	.318	.611	65.7	66.2	.279	-0.1
1957	148	568	526	59	149	27	7	8	54	27	49	3	3	.283	.318	.407	.725	96.2	96.8	.322	1.8
1958	152	607	567	69	156	24	6	19	68	25	71	1	1	.275	.308	.439	.747	96.2	98.3	.328	2.0
1959	135	537	493	50	119	15	6	7	59	29	54	1	3	.241	.283	.339	.621	65.0	66.9	.281	-0.3
1960	151	591	538	58	147	21	5	11	64	40	50	4	0	.273	.320	.392	.712	88.4	95.0	.311	1.4
1961	152	595	558	71	148	21	2	13	59	26	55	2	1	.265	.298	.380	.678	74.3	80.0	.296	0.3
1962	159	617	572	55	155	24	9	14	81	37	47	0	3	.271	.315	.418	.733	88.8	96.3	.319	1.4
1963	142	576	534	43	131	22	3	8	52	32	46	2	0	.245	.286	.343	.629	77.0	81.1	.284	0.6
1964	162	644	601	66	161	22	8	10	64	29	52	1	1	.268	.300	.381	.681	86.4	91.6	.300	1.4
1965	130	527	494	52	134	17	1	6	54	18	34	2	1	.271	.294	.346	.641	75.6	80.6	.287	0.4
1966	162	660	621	56	163	22	7	16	82	31	62	4	3	.262	.296	.398	.694	87.5	91.6	.305	1.5
1967	163	679	639	62	167	25	3	9	77	30	55	1	2	.261	.292	.352	.644	80.6	83.7	.294	1.0
1968	143	556	506	36	127	18	2	3	42	38	38	3	4	.251	.304	.312	.616	83.1	86.8	.287	1.1
1969	67	256	227	13	52	7	1	3	25	22	16	1	1	.229	.298	.308	.606	70.9	73.1	.284	0.1
1970	112	404	367	29	84	14	0	7	39	27	40	2	0	.229	.283	.324	.607	59.0	65.5	.272	-0.5
1971	70	213	193	17	49	3	1	1	16	15	8	0	0	.254	.303	.295	.599	71.0	72.2	.283	0.1
1972	34	72	64	3	12	4	0	0	3	3	5	0	0	.188	.217	.250	.467	20.4	34.8	.210	-0.4

Career totals

2,163

167th-most career G

8,379

221st-most career PA

7,755

182nd-most career AB

769

2,016

288th-most career H

294

138

RBI

853

458th-most career RBI

447

706

.2600

OBP

.2994

SLG

.3672

OPS

.6666

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

Date	Game	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	TB
1961-09-13	PIT @ LAD Gameday	5	2	4	0	2	3	0	10
1958-05-10	PHI @ PIT Gameday	5	3	3	0	2	4	0	9
1961-07-16	PIT @ LAD Gameday	5	3	3	0	2	4	1	9
1960-04-30	PIT @ CIN Gameday	5	2	4	1	1	3	0	8
1966-04-28	PIT @ CHC Gameday	5	2	3	2	1	2	0	8

Pitching

Date	Game	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1956-04-18	PIT @ SF Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1956-04-19	PIT @ SF Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1956-05-17	CHC @ PIT Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1956-05-19	CHC @ PIT Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1956-05-20	ATL @ PIT Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.

Honors

Hall of Fame, 2001 (Veterans)

8× Gold Glove7× All-Star

Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.