Bill Tuttle

Positions: Centerfielder and Third Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 190lb (183cm, 86kg)

Born: July 4, 1929 in Elmwood, IL us

Died: July 27, 1998 in Anoka, MN

Buried: Big Lake Cemetery, Big Lake, MN

School: Bradley University (Peoria, IL)

Debut: September 10, 1952 (Age 23-068d, 10,963rd in major league history)
vs. BOS 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: May 11, 1963 (Age 33-311d)
vs. KCA 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1954 season

Full Name: William Robert Tuttle

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

5.5

4268

1105

.259

578

RBI

443

OBP

.334

SLG

.363

OPS

.697

OPS+

Many detailed statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by Retrosheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1912 to 1968 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary of data completeness) for some players prior to 1969 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Summary of 67 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

5 leading off, 1 walk-off, 6 tying, 22 go ahead

3 Tms
DET	35
KCA	26
MIN	6

Platoon
vs RHP	43
vs LHP	24

Home/Road
Home	38
Away	29

Outs
0	24
1	22
2	21

9 Opps
CLE	12
WSH	11
CHW	11
BOS	9
PHA/KCA	7
NYY	7
BAL	6
DET	3
LAA	1

50 Pitchers
Arnie Portocarrero	5
Pedro Ramos	4
Billy Pierce	3
Ted Bowsfield	2
Ray Moore	2
Ryne Duren	2
Bill Short	2
Jack Harshman	2
Herb Score	2
Barry Latman	2
Dean Stone	2
Phil Regan	1
Whitey Ford	1
Mel Parnell	1
Dave Sisler	1
Rip Coleman	1
George Susce	1
Paul Foytack	1
Don Ferrarese	1
Turk Lown	1
Don Mossi	1
Jerry Casale	1
Dick Brodowski	1
Gary Bell	1
Marion Fricano	1
Mickey McDermott	1
Leo Kiely	1
Bill Fischer	1
Art Houtteman	1
Duane Pillette	1
Fritz Dorish	1
Bud Byerly	1
Johnny Kucks	1
Bob Keegan	1
Frank Baumann	1
Vito Valentinetti	1
Mike Fornieles	1
Tommy Byrne	1
Hal Griggs	1
José Santiago	1
Willard Nixon	1
Bob Porterfield	1
Jim Perry	1
Connie Johnson	1
Camilo Pascual	1
Ike Delock	1
Dick Donovan	1
Art Ceccarelli	1
Morrie Martin	1
Ray Narleski	1

11 Parks
Tiger Stad (DET)	19
Munic. Stad (KAN)	18
ClevelandStd (CLE)	8
Yankee Stad (NYC)	4
GriffithStad (WAS)	4
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	3
Memor. Stad (BAL)	3
Metrop. Stad (MIN)	3
Fenway Pk (BOS)	2
ConnieMackSt (PHI)	2
Wrigley (LA) (LOS)	1

Where Hit
7	47
9	7
8	4
78	4

1 Inside the Park

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	65
2·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	43
1--	12
-2-	5
12-	4
123	2
1-3	1

100 RBI
RISP	12
0 on	43
1 on	17
2 on	5
3 on	2
Any on	24

Inning
1	10
2	6
3	9
4	6
5	6
6	7
7	7
8	8
9	5
Extra	3

1-3	25
4-6	19
7-end	23

RelScore
+4..	8
+3	2
+2	4
+1	8
Tied	20
-1	7
-2	7
-3	2
-4..	9

Ahead	22
Tied	20
Behind	25

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
CF	62
3B	4
RF	1

OrderPos
1st	22
2nd	22
7th	10
6th	6
8th	4
4th	3

Leverage
High Lev	10
Medium Lev	30
Low Lev	26

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1954	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1954-04-14	DET		BAL	Duane Pillette	behind 1-3	b 9	1	---	1	7	8	0.064	10%		Home Run (Deep LF)
2	2	2	1	1954-06-13 (2)	DET	@	PHA	Arnie Portocarrero	behind 2-4	t 4	1	---	1	7	8	0.108	34%		Home Run (Deep LF)
3	3	3	1	1954-06-19	DET		PHA	Marion Fricano	ahead 2-0	b 6	2	1--	2	6	8	0.109	95%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Boone Scores
4	4	4	1	1954-06-27	DET		WSH	Bob Porterfield	behind 0-5	b 5	1	---	1	8	8	0.038	9%		Home Run (Deep LF)
5	5	5	1	1954-06-30	DET	@	CHW	Morrie Martin	tied 3-3	t 9	1	---	1	8	8	0.383	82%		Home Run (Deep LF)
6	6	6	1	1954-07-20 (2)	DET	@	PHA	Arnie Portocarrero	behind 1-3	t 8	0	1--	2	2	8	0.307	50%		Home Run (Deep LF); H. Kuenn Scores
7	7	7	1	1954-09-06 (1)	DET	@	CHW	Bob Keegan	ahead 5-0	t 6	1	1--	2	7	8	0.029	99%		Home Run (Deep LF); A. Kaline Scores
1955	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
8	8	1	1	1955-04-28	DET		WSH	Dean Stone	behind 0-1	b 5	0	---	1	2	8	0.157	57%		Home Run (Deep RF)
9	9	2	1	1955-05-25	DET	@	KCA	Art Ceccarelli	ahead 6-1	t 8	1	-2-	2	2	8	0.011	100%		Home Run (Deep LF); F. Lary Scores
10	10	3	1	1955-05-29	DET		CHW	Mike Fornieles	behind 1-9	b 8	2	---	1	2	8	0.001	0%		Home Run (Deep LF)
11	11	4	1	1955-06-11	DET		BOS	Leo Kiely	behind 4-5	b 4	2	---	1	2	8	0.142	51%		Home Run (LF-CF)
12	12	5	1	1955-06-18	DET	@	BAL	Fritz Dorish	ahead 3-0	t 2	2	---	1	2	8	0.070	84%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to LF
13	13	6	1	1955-06-24	DET	@	WSH	Pedro Ramos	ahead 14-1	t 6	1	1-3	3	2	8	0.000	100%		Home Run (Deep LF); F. Hatfield Scores; H. Kuenn Scores
14	14	7	1	1955-07-04 (1)	DET	@	CLE	Art Houtteman	ahead 1-0	t 3	1	-2-	2	2	8	0.151	78%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Hoeft Scores
15	15	8	1	1955-07-23	DET		WSH	Dean Stone	ahead 1-0	b 3	0	---	1	2	8	0.098	77%		Home Run (Deep LF)
16	16	9	1	1955-07-26 (1)	DET	@	BAL	Ray Moore	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---	1	2	8	0.107	59%		Home Run (Deep LF)
17	17	10	1	1955-08-14	DET		CHW	Billy Pierce	ahead 1-0	b 3	2	1--	2	2	8	0.178	83%		Home Run (Deep LF); H. Kuenn Scores
18	18	11	1	1955-08-16	DET		CLE	José Santiago	ahead 6-0	b 8	0	---	1	2	8	0.001	100%		Home Run (Deep LF)
19	19	12	1	1955-08-26	DET		BOS	George Susce	tied 0-0	b 1	1	---	1	2	8	0.104	63%		Home Run (Deep LF)
20	20	13	1	1955-08-27	DET		BOS	Frank Baumann	ahead 1-0	b 3	0	1--	2	2	8	0.142	85%		Home Run (Deep LF); H. Kuenn Scores
21	21	14	1	1955-08-30	DET		WSH	Pedro Ramos	tied 0-0	b 3	2	1--	2	2	8	0.218	74%		Home Run (Deep LF); H. Kuenn Scores
1956	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
22	22	1	1	1956-04-24	DET	@	KCA	Arnie Portocarrero	ahead 3-1	t 4	2	-2-	2	1	8	0.144	86%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Bertoia Scores
23	23	2	1	1956-04-29 (1)	DET		CLE	Herb Score	tied 0-0	b 10	2	---	1	1	8	0.463	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep LF)
24	24	3	1	1956-05-04	DET	@	BOS	Mel Parnell	behind 2-6	t 9	0	---	1	1	8	0.022	4%		Home Run (Deep LF)
25	25	4	1	1956-05-15	DET		BOS	Willard Nixon	tied 1-1	b 3	2	-2-	2	4	8	0.197	73%		Home Run (Deep LF); W. Belardi Scores
26	26	5	1	1956-05-20 (2)	DET		WSH	Hal Griggs	tied 0-0	b 1	0	123	4	4	8	0.156	86%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); H. Kuenn Scores; E. Torgeson Scores; A. Kaline Scores
27	27	6	1	1956-06-01	DET	@	NYY	Tommy Byrne	tied 0-0	t 4	0	---	1	4	8	0.124	62%		Home Run (Deep LF)
28	28	7	1	1956-07-14	DET	@	WSH	Camilo Pascual	behind 0-1	t 5	0	---	1	6	8	0.141	50%		Home Run (Deep CF)
29	29	8	1	1956-08-24	DET	@	BAL	Connie Johnson	tied 1-1	t 9	0	---	1	6	8	0.344	84%		Home Run (Deep LF)
30	30	9	1	1956-09-26	DET		CHW	Jack Harshman	tied 0-0	b 2	1	1--	2	6	8	0.175	73%		Home Run (Deep RF); R. Boone Scores
1957	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
31	31	1	1	1957-04-22	DET		KCA	Mickey McDermott	behind 1-5	b 3	2	12-	3	6	8	0.235	38%		Home Run (LF-CF); A. Kaline Scores; R. Boone Scores
32	32	2	1	1957-04-23	DET		KCA	Rip Coleman	tied 0-0	b 2	0	---	1	6	8	0.109	66%		Home Run (LF-CF)
33	33	3	1	1957-05-17	DET	@	NYY	Johnny Kucks	ahead 1-0	t 2	1	1--	2	7	8	0.167	78%		Home Run (Deep RF); A. Kaline Scores
34	34	4	1	1957-05-28	DET		CLE	Don Mossi	behind 1-2	b 7	2	1--	2	7	8	0.465	76%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Wilson Scores
35	35	5	1	1957-08-04	DET	@	WSH	Pedro Ramos	behind 1-7	t 5	0	---	1	7	8	0.023	5%		Home Run (Deep CF)
1958	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
36	36	1	1	1958-04-20	KCA		CHW	Bill Fischer	tied 0-0	b 3	2	12-	3	2	9	0.283	83%		Home Run (Deep RF); H. Chiti Scores; J. Urban Scores
37	37	2	1	1958-06-21	KCA		BOS	Dave Sisler	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---	1	1	8			Lead-Off
38	38	3	1	1958-06-23	KCA		WSH	Bud Byerly	ahead 5-1	b 7	0	---	1	1	8	0.014	99%		Home Run (Deep LF)
39	39	4	1	1958-07-04 (2)	KCA	@	CHW	Ray Moore	ahead 1-0	t 6	1	1--	2	2	8	0.193	87%		Home Run (Deep LF); M. Baxes Scores
40	40	5	1	1958-07-06	KCA	@	CLE	Gary Bell	behind 0-8	t 6	1	12-	3	2	8	0.021	3%		Home Run (Deep LF); W. Herzog Scores; C. Carrasquel Scores
41	41	6	1	1958-07-19	KCA	@	NYY	Ryne Duren	tied 3-3	t 12	1	12-	3	2	8	0.387	97%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Daley Scores; M. Baxes Scores
42	42	7	1	1958-07-25	KCA		BAL	Arnie Portocarrero	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---	1	1	8	0.103	65%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep LF)
43	43	8	1	1958-09-09	KCA		BAL	Arnie Portocarrero	ahead 1-0	b 2	1	-2-	2	1	8	0.142	82%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. DeMaestri Scores
44	44	9	1	1958-09-13	KCA		WSH	Vito Valentinetti	behind 0-3	b 1	0	---	1	1	8	0.087	34%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep LF)
45	45	10	1	1958-09-18	KCA		BOS	Ted Bowsfield	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---	1	1	8	0.103	65%	Lead-Off	Home Run
46	46	11	1	1958-09-20	KCA		CHW	Billy Pierce	behind 1-2	b 7	2	---	1	1	8	0.251	52%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1959	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
47	47	1	1	1959-04-11	KCA		CLE	Don Ferrarese	behind 1-3	b 8	1	---	1	1	8	0.121	24%		Home Run (Deep LF-CF)
48	48	2	1	1959-04-19	KCA	@	CLE	Herb Score	behind 0-2	t 9	0	---	1	1	8	0.087	16%		Home Run (Deep LF)
49	49	3	1	1959-05-28	KCA	@	CLE	Dick Brodowski	ahead 4-2	t 8	2	1--	2	1	8	0.104	96%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Daley Scores
50	50	4	1	1959-07-09 (2)	KCA		DET	Ray Narleski	ahead 1-0	b 6	0	---	1	1	8	0.106	85%		Home Run (Deep LF)
51	51	5	1	1959-07-18	KCA	@	WSH	Pedro Ramos	ahead 4-1	t 2	2	---	1	1	8	0.070	83%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Tuttle Scores/unER
52	52	6	1	1959-08-06	KCA	@	BOS	Jerry Casale	behind 2-4	t 8	2	---	1	1	8	0.085	16%		Home Run
53	53	7	1	1959-08-22	KCA		NYY	Ryne Duren	behind 4-5	b 7	0	---	1	1	8	0.228	59%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1960	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
54	54	1	1	1960-04-30	KCA	@	CLE	Barry Latman	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	1	1	8	0.102	60%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep LF)
55	55	2	1	1960-05-28	KCA		CHW	Dick Donovan	behind 2-3	b 7	2	1--	2	1	8	0.458	76%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Snyder Scores
56	56	3	1	1960-06-23	KCA		BOS	Ike Delock	behind 1-5	b 6	0	---	1	1	8	0.063	16%		Home Run
57	57	4	1	1960-08-06	KCA		NYY	Bill Short	behind 1-3	b 3	1	---	1	1	8	0.110	41%		Home Run (Deep LF)
58	58	5	2	1960-08-06	KCA		NYY	Bill Short	behind 2-14	b 5	0	---	1	1	8	0.000	0%		Home Run (Deep LF)
59	59	6	1	1960-08-21	KCA		CHW	Turk Lown	ahead 7-1	b 7	2	---	1	7	8	0.004	100%		Home Run (Deep CF)
60	60	7	1	1960-09-16	KCA	@	CLE	Jim Perry	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---	1	2	8	0.104	58%		Home Run (Deep LF)
61	61	8	1	1960-09-17	KCA	@	CLE	Jack Harshman	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---	1	2	8	0.104	58%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1961	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
62	62	1	1	1961-07-04 (1)	MIN		CHW	Billy Pierce	behind 0-3	b 5	1	---	1	8	5	0.092	26%		Home Run (Deep RF)
63	63	2	1	1961-08-06 (1)	MIN	@	NYY	Whitey Ford	tied 5-5	t 10	1	---	1	8	8	0.384	83%		Home Run (Deep LF)
64	64	3	1	1961-08-13	MIN		DET	Phil Regan	ahead 7-2	b 4	2	123	4	7	5	0.045	99%		Home Run (Deep LF); H. Killebrew Scores; B. Allison Scores; E. Battey Scores
65	65	4	1	1961-08-19	MIN	@	LAA	Ted Bowsfield	ahead 4-0	t 8	2	---	1	7	5	0.024	98%		Home Run (Deep CF)
66	66	5	1	1961-10-01	MIN		DET	Paul Foytack	behind 1-5	b 4	2	---	1	7	5	0.063	18%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1962	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
67	67	1	1	1962-04-29 (2)	MIN	@	CLE	Barry Latman	ahead 5-3	t 7	0	---	1	2	8	0.077	90%		Home Run (Deep LF)

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