Bill Serena Stats

Bill Serena was born on Thursday, October 2, 1924, in Alameda, California. Serena was 24 years old when he broke into the big leagues on September 16, 1949, with the Chicago Cubs. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Bill Serena baseball stats page.

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Bill Serena

Bill Serena Autograph on a 1952 Topps Reprint Series (#325)

Bill Serena Autograph on a 1952 Topps Reprint Series (#325)

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Birth Name:   William Robert Serena
Nickname:   Bill
Born On:   10-02-1924  (Libra)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Alameda, California
Year of Death Data Died On:   04-17-1996 (500 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Hayward, California
Cemetery:   Cremated
High School:   Alameda High School (Alameda, CA)
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   5-09½   Player Weight Chart Weight:   175
First Game:   09-16-1949 (Age 24)
Last Game:   08-07-1954
Draft:   Not Applicable

Bill Serena

Bill Serena Pitching Stats

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Bill Serena Hitting Stats

1949 25 Cubs 12 37 3 8 3 0 1 0 7 7 0 9 0 - 0 1 .216 .341 .378
1950 26 Cubs 127 435 56 104 20 4 17 0 61 65 2 75 2 - 1 10 .239 .339 .421
1951 27 Cubs 13 39 8 13 3 1 1 0 4 11 0 4 0 - 1 0 .333 .490 .538
1952 28 Cubs 122 390 49 107 21 5 15 0 61 39 6 83 3 - 3 14 .274 .345 .469
1953 29 Cubs 93 275 30 69 10 5 10 1 52 41 0 46 2 - 1 9 .251 .350 .433
1954 30 Cubs 41 63 8 10 0 1 4 0 13 14 0 18 0 1 1 2 .159 .316 .381
6 Years 408 1,239 154 311 57 16 48 1 198 177 8 235 7 1 7 36 .251 .348 .439

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Bill Serena Fielding Stats

1949 Cubs 3B 11 11 288 26 2.4 24 9 15 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .923 2.25
1950 Cubs 3B 125 125 3,306 419 3.4 396 122 274 23 24 n/a n/a n/a .945 3.23
1951 Cubs 3B 12 12 309 34 2.8 32 15 17 2 1 n/a n/a n/a .941 2.80
1952 Cubs 2B 49 46 1,236 265 5.4 262 128 134 3 25 n/a n/a n/a .989 5.72
1952 Cubs 3B 58 57 1,524 175 3.0 170 70 100 5 5 n/a n/a n/a .971 3.01
1953 Cubs 2B 49 46 1,197 230 4.7 226 106 120 4 24 n/a n/a n/a .983 5.10
1953 Cubs 3B 28 27 654 72 2.6 69 29 40 3 7 n/a n/a n/a .958 2.85
1954 Cubs 2B 2 1 33 3 1.5 3 2 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.45
1954 Cubs 3B 12 11 270 30 2.5 28 3 25 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .933 2.80
3B Totals 246 243 6,351 756 3.1 719 248 471 37 37 n/a n/a n/a .951 3.06
2B Totals 100 93 2,466 498 5.0 491 236 255 7 49 n/a n/a n/a .986 5.38
6 Years 346 336 8,817 1,254 3.6 1,210 484 726 44 86 n/a n/a n/a .965 3.71

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Bill Serena Miscellaneous Stats

1949 Cubs 0 1 .000 1 0 n/a 37.0 4.1 5.3 - - -
1950 Cubs 1 2 .333 2 0 n/a 25.6 5.8 7.1 - - -
1951 Cubs 0 2 .000 1 0 n/a 39.0 9.8 9.8 - - -
1952 Cubs 1 0 1.000 16 1 n/a 26.0 4.7 6.4 - - -
1953 Cubs 0 0 .000 19 0 n/a 27.5 6.0 5.3 - - -
1954 Cubs 0 0 .000 27 0 n/a 15.8 3.5 4.8 - - -
6 Years 2 5 .286 66 1 n/a 25.8 5.3 6.3 - - -

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Bill Serena Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1949 Chicago Cubs 6 $5,000.00 - -
1950 Chicago Cubs 6 $6,000.00 - -
1951 Chicago Cubs 6 $8,000.00 - -
1952 Chicago Cubs 6 $8,000.00 - -
1953 Chicago Cubs 6 $10,500.00 - -
1954 Chicago Cubs 1 $11,000.00 - -

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