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Sunday, July 29, 2001

Regular-season and World Series stats, highlights and personal notes from the baseball career of Bill Mazeroski.

Regular-season statistics
Year	Club	AVG	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB
1956	Pirates	.243	81	255	30	62	8	1	3	14	18	24	0
1957	Pirates	.283	148	526	59	149	27	7	8	54	27	49	3
1958	Pirates	.275	152	567	69	156	24	6	19	68	25	71	1
1959	Pirates	.241	135	493	50	119	15	6	7	59	29	54	1
1960	Pirates	.273	151	538	58	147	21	5	11	64	40	50	4
1961	Pirates	.265	152	558	71	148	21	2	13	59	26	55	2
1962	Pirates	.271	159	572	55	155	24	9	14	81	37	47	0
1963	Pirates	.245	142	534	43	131	22	3	8	52	32	46	2
1964	Pirates	.268	162	601	66	161	22	8	10	64	29	52	1
1965	Pirates	.271	130	494	52	134	17	1	6	54	18	34	2
1966	Pirates	.262	162	621	56	163	22	7	16	82	31	62	4
1967	Pirates	.261	163	639	62	167	25	3	9	77	30	55	1
1968	Pirates	.251	143	506	36	127	18	2	3	42	38	38	3
1969	Pirates	.229	67	227	13	52	7	1	3	25	22	16	1
1970	Pirates	.229	112	367	29	84	14	0	7	39	27	40	2
1971	Pirates	.254	70	193	17	49	3	1	1	16	15	8	0
1972	Pirates	.188	34	64	3	12	4	0	0	3	3	5	0
Totals	17 seasons	.260	2163	7755	769	2016	294	62	138	853	447	706	27

World Series statistics
Year	Club	AVG	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI
1960	Pirates	.320	7	25	4	8	2	0	2	5
1971	Pirates	.000	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	2 World Series	.308	8	26	4	8	2	0	2	5

Career highlights

Hero of the 1960 World Series for his ninth-inning home run that beat the Yankees in Game 7, 10-9.

A defensive wizard whose 1,706 career double plays is the most by far of any middle infielder in baseball history.

Won eight of the first 10 Gold Glove awards for National League second basemen.

Led the National League nine times in assists, three times in fielding percentage and eight times in double plays.

Named to the National League All-Star team 10 times.

Appeared in the movie "The Odd Couple" and is seen hitting into a triple play against the New York Mets.

Personal notes

Name: William Stanley Mazeroski

Born: Sept. 5, 1936 in Wheeling, W.Va.

Playing height and weight: 5-11 1/2, 183 pounds

Signed by the Pirates in 1954 as a shortstop.