Bill Yancey
Hilldale Club 1927; Philadelphia Tigers 1928; New York Lincoln Giants 1929–1930; Hilldale Club 1931; New York Black Yankees 1932–1934; Brooklyn Eagles 1935; New York Cubans 1935–1936; Philadelphia Stars 1936
Percentile snapshot
1934 season — qualified batters
of 135 qualified 1934 batters (min 80 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1927 | 31 | 91 | 80 | 11 | 24 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .300 | .371 | .400 | .771 | 102.7 | 102.1 | .364 | 0.4 |
| 1928 | 8 | 33 | 29 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .379 | .438 | .552 | .989 | 146.9 | 153.7 | .447 | 0.3 |
| 1929 | 66 | 276 | 240 | 34 | 60 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 30 | 26 | 0 | 5 | 1 | .250 | .323 | .329 | .652 | 65.5 | 59.7 | .311 | -0.1 |
| 1930 | 51 | 203 | 178 | 35 | 49 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .275 | .325 | .416 | .740 | 70.3 | 68.4 | .331 | 0.1 |
| 1931 | 49 | 181 | 163 | 20 | 40 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .245 | .289 | .344 | .633 | 74.4 | 72.7 | .292 | 0.3 |
| 1932 | 28 | 117 | 108 | 13 | 29 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .269 | .319 | .352 | .671 | 77.2 | 74.1 | .314 | 0.2 |
| 1933 | 15 | 67 | 62 | 7 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .226 | .262 | .258 | .520 | 44.9 | 39.0 | .248 | -0.2 |
| 1934 | 22 | 80 | 67 | 8 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .239 | .329 | .373 | .702 | 101.5 | 99.3 | .324 | 0.4 |
| 1935 | 36 | 129 | 112 | 11 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .214 | .290 | .259 | .549 | 49.7 | 39.6 | .265 | -0.3 |
| 1936 | 40 | 135 | 118 | 13 | 33 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 21 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .280 | .341 | .441 | .782 | 96.6 | 98.1 | .357 | 0.5 |
Career totals
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1936-05-24 | PHS @ NYC Gameday | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 1936-05-30 | TIC @ PHS Gameday | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 1936-05-31 | TIC @ PHS Gameday | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 1936-07-19 | PHS @ NYC Gameday | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 1936-08-31 | PHS @ HOM Gameday | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
Pitching
| Date | Game | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1935-05-05 | NE @ ND Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1935-05-05 | NYC @ CAG Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1935-05-05 | NE @ ND Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1935-05-11 | NYC @ TIC Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1935-05-11 | NE @ PHS 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.