Bill Serena
HandednessBats Right · Throws Right
Listed at5 ft 9 in · 175 lb
BornOctober 2, 1924 · Alameda, CA, USA
MLB debutSeptember 16, 1949
Final gameAugust 7, 1954
Seasons6 (1949–1954)
Chicago Cubs 1949–1954
Percentile snapshot
1950 season — qualified batters
of 84 qualified 1950 batters (min 477 PA)
Career, era-adjusted
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 | 12 | 44 | 37 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 0 | .216 | .341 | .378 | .719 | 97.3 | 94.4 | .337 | 0.1 |
| 1950 | 127 | 503 | 435 | 56 | 104 | 20 | 4 | 17 | 61 | 65 | 75 | 1 | 0 | .239 | .339 | .421 | .760 | 98.8 | 98.5 | .345 | 1.8 |
| 1951 | 13 | 51 | 39 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 2 | .333 | .490 | .538 | 1.029 | 183.0 | 173.7 | .467 | 0.7 |
| 1952 | 122 | 435 | 390 | 49 | 107 | 21 | 5 | 15 | 61 | 39 | 83 | 1 | 0 | .274 | .345 | .469 | .814 | 121.4 | 121.7 | .368 | 2.8 |
| 1953 | 93 | 319 | 275 | 30 | 69 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 52 | 41 | 46 | 0 | 0 | .251 | .350 | .433 | .783 | 101.0 | 99.9 | .351 | 1.2 |
| 1954 | 41 | 79 | 63 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 18 | 0 | 0 | .159 | .316 | .381 | .697 | 81.1 | 79.7 | .321 | 0.1 |
Career totals
G
408
PA
1,431
AB
1,239
R
154
H
311
2B
57
3B
16
HR
48
RBI
198
BB
177
SO
235
SB
2
BA
.2510
OBP
.3476
SLG
.4391
OPS
.7867
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 | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950-06-06 | LAD @ CHC Gameday | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
| 1952-05-27 | STL @ CHC Gameday | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| 1950-07-18 | PHI @ CHC Gameday | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| 1953-04-26 | STL @ CHC Gameday | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 1954-05-31 | STL @ CHC Gameday | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
Pitching
| Date | Game | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1949-04-19 | PIT @ CHC Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1949-04-20 | PIT @ CHC Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1949-04-21 | PIT @ CHC Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1949-04-22 | CHC @ STL Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1949-04-23 | CHC @ STL 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.