What years did Bill Hallahan play?

Bill Hallahan played in Major League Baseball from 1925 to 1938.

Was Bill Hallahan a pitcher?

Yes. Bill Hallahan pitched in the major leagues, recording 102 wins and 856 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Bill Hallahan hit?

Bill Hallahan hit 2 career home runs with 90 hits.

What teams did Bill Hallahan play for?

Bill Hallahan played for 3 teams: the St. Louis Cardinals (1925–1926, 1929–1936), the Cincinnati Reds (1936–1937), and the Philadelphia Phillies (1938).

What awards did Bill Hallahan win?

Bill Hallahan was selected to 1 All-Star Game.

What were Bill Hallahan's career stats?

In 324 games, Bill Hallahan went 102-94 with a 4.03 ERA, 856 strikeouts, 1,740.1 innings pitched, and 8 saves. At the plate he had 90 hits and 2 home runs.

What position did Bill Hallahan play?

Bill Hallahan played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.

How tall was Bill Hallahan and how much did he weigh?

Bill Hallahan was listed at 5 feet 10 inches and 170 pounds.

What was Bill Hallahan's career ERA?

Bill Hallahan finished with a 4.03 career ERA, going 102-94 with 856 strikeouts.

How many strikeouts did Bill Hallahan have?

Bill Hallahan recorded 856 career strikeouts.

Is Bill Hallahan in the Hall of Fame?

No. Bill Hallahan has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

How many All-Star Games did Bill Hallahan make?

Bill Hallahan was selected to 1 All-Star Game.

Bill Hallahan

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1925-1938)

Bill Hallahan was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 1925 to 1938 for the St. Louis Cardinals, the Cincinnati Reds, and the Philadelphia Phillies, a span of 14 seasons. Across 324 career appearances, he went 102-94 with a 4.03 ERA and 856 strikeouts. He also batted .162 with 2 home runs. Bill Hallahan was an All-Star. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 8663.1.

W (Wins):: Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):: For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):: Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated October 17, 2026

W–L 102–94

ERA 4.03

WHIP 1.50

SO 856

Pitcher PIV 8663.1

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / L
Height / Weight: 5'10" / 170 lb
Born: 8/4/1902 in Binghamton, NY, USA
Died: 7/8/1981 in Binghamton, NY, USA
MLB Debut: 1925-04-16
Last Game: 1938-09-14
Awards: All-Star

Full name: William Anthony Hallahan

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Career Pitching Statistics

Bill Hallahan — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
102	94	324	224	90	14	8	1740.1	1,838	779	71	779	856	4.03	8663.1

Career ERA 4.03 vs. league average 4.34 across their career seasons — 7.3% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Bill Hallahan Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1925	SLN	NL	1	0	6	0	0	0	0	15.1	14	6	11	8	3.52	4.55 (+23%)	-60.9
1926	SLN	NL	1	4	19	3	0	0	0	56.2	45	23	32	28	3.65	4.11 (+11%)	70.9
1929	SLN	NL	4	4	20	12	5	0	0	93.2	94	46	60	52	4.42	4.60 (+4%)	-908.6
1930	SLN	NL	15	9	35	32	13	2	2	237.1	233	123	126	177	4.66	4.80 (+3%)	1683.7
1931	SLN	NL	19	9	37	30	16	3	4	248.2	242	91	112	159	3.29	4.10 (+20%)	2316.6
1932	SLN	NL	12	7	25	22	13	1	1	176.1	169	61	69	108	3.11	4.13 (+25%)	1434.4
1933	SLN	NL	16	13	36	32	16	2	0	244.1	245	95	98	93	3.50	3.86 (+9%)	1181.4
1934	SLN	NL	8	12	32	26	10	2	0	162.2	195	77	66	70	4.26	4.29 (+1%)	2334.2
1935	SLN	NL	15	8	40	23	8	2	1	181.1	196	69	57	73	3.42	4.35 (+21%)	2358.3
1936	SLN	NL	2	2	9	6	1	0	0	37.0	58	26	17	16	6.32	4.59 (-38%)	-638.1
1936	CIN	NL	5	9	23	19	5	2	0	135.0	150	65	57	32	4.33	4.59 (+6%)	435.6
1937	CIN	NL	3	9	21	9	2	0	0	63.0	90	43	29	18	6.14	4.34 (-42%)	-611.0
1938	PHI	NL	1	8	21	10	1	0	0	89.0	107	54	45	22	5.46	4.35 (-26%)	-933.4
Career · 13 seasons			102	94	324	224	90	14	8	1,740.1	1,838	779	779	856	4.03	—	8,663

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

Bill Hallahan — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
328	557	43	90	14	1	2	32	1	36	199	.162	.214	.201	.415	-3,179

Career AVG .162 vs. league average .281 across their career seasons — 42.4% below league average.

Career OBP .214 vs. league average .344 across their career seasons — 37.8% below league average.

Career SLG .201 vs. league average .399 across their career seasons — 49.7% below league average.

Career OPS .415 vs. league average .743 across their career seasons — 44.2% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

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Bill Hallahan Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1925	SLN	NL	6	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	—	—	—	—	0.0
1926	SLN	NL	19	16	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	7	.250	—	—	—	—	0.0
1929	SLN	NL	20	26	2	4	0	0	0	3	0	2	13	.154	—	—	—	—	0.0
1930	SLN	NL	35	81	8	10	1	0	0	4	0	5	41	.123	.293 (-58%)	.354 (-51%)	.429 (-68%)	.784 (-60%)	-839.1
1931	SLN	NL	37	81	5	8	2	0	0	5	0	7	34	.099	.276 (-64%)	.338 (-50%)	.388 (-68%)	.726 (-60%)	-775.2
1932	SLN	NL	28	56	3	12	2	1	0	2	1	5	12	.214	.275 (-22%)	.335 (-17%)	.391 (-27%)	.726 (-22%)	-202.1
1933	SLN	NL	37	80	6	12	1	0	0	4	0	9	28	.150	.270 (-44%)	.329 (-26%)	.377 (-57%)	.707 (-42%)	-508.0
1934	SLN	NL	32	55	3	10	1	0	0	6	0	2	16	.182	.278 (-35%)	.340 (-38%)	.392 (-49%)	.733 (-44%)	-391.4
1935	SLN	NL	40	56	8	8	0	0	1	3	0	2	13	.143	.279 (-49%)	.342 (-50%)	.399 (-51%)	.742 (-50%)	-463.6
1936	SLN	NL	9	9	2	5	3	0	0	1	0	0	2	.556	—	—	—	—	0.0
1936	CIN	NL	23	47	3	9	1	0	1	2	0	2	15	.191	—	—	—	—	0.0
1937	CIN	NL	21	21	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	1	8	.095	—	—	—	—	0.0
1938	PHI	NL	21	26	3	5	1	0	0	0	0	1	9	.192	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 13 seasons			328	557	43	90	14	1	2	32	1	36	199	.162	—	—	—	—	-3,179

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Bill Hallahan — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
7	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Bill Hallahan — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	BB	SO	AVG
1934	WS	SLN	1	3	0	1	.000
1931	WS	SLN	3	6	0	3	.000
1930	WS	SLN	2	2	1	1	.000
1926	WS	SLN	1	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Bill Hallahan — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
3	1	7	5	1	39.2	29	6	23	27	1.36

Playoff Pitching by Year

Bill Hallahan — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1934	WS	SLN	0	0	1	1	0	8.1	6	2	4	6	2.16
1931	WS	SLN	2	0	3	2	1	18.1	12	1	8	12	0.49
1930	WS	SLN	1	1	2	2	0	11.0	9	2	8	8	1.64
1926	WS	SLN	0	0	1	0	0	2.0	2	1	3	1	4.50

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Bill Hallahan — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	176	272	24	45	0	16	.165
Away	152	286	19	45	2	17	.157

Pitching — Home / Away

Bill Hallahan — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	173	937.2	991	421	376	487	4.04
Away	151	802.0	848	362	403	369	4.06

Last 10 Games — Batting

Bill Hallahan — Last 10 Games — Batting
Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	R	H	2B	BB	SO
1938-09-14	PHI	STL	L	1	0	0	0	0	1
1938-09-06	PHI	BRO	L	0	0	0	0	0	0
1938-09-01	PHI	STL	L	2	1	1	0	0	0
1938-08-25	PHI	PIT	W	4	0	0	0	0	1
1938-08-19	PHI	NY1	L	0	0	0	0	0	0
1938-08-14	PHI	NY1	L	1	0	0	0	0	0
1938-08-07	PHI	STL	L	1	1	1	1	0	0
1938-08-02	PHI	CIN	L	1	0	0	0	1	1
1938-07-27	PHI	PIT	L	2	0	0	0	0	1
1938-07-23	PHI	CIN	L	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Bill Hallahan — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1938-09-14	PHI	STL	—	2.2	5	4	0	1	1	0
1938-09-06	PHI	BRO	L	1.1	5	5	5	4	0	0
1938-09-01	PHI	STL	—	6.0	8	4	4	0	3	0
1938-08-25	PHI	PIT	W	11.0	5	1	1	4	1	0
1938-08-19	PHI	NY1	L	2.2	4	2	2	1	2	1
1938-08-14	PHI	NY1	—	5.0	10	7	7	2	0	0
1938-08-07	PHI	STL	L	3.2	4	3	3	4	1	0
1938-08-02	PHI	CIN	—	8.0	4	1	1	0	1	0
1938-07-27	PHI	PIT	L	8.0	6	3	3	2	1	1
1938-07-23	PHI	CIN	L	0.0	0	1	1	1	0	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Bill Hallahan — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	324	0	67	330	32	19

Season-by-Season Fielding

Bill Hallahan — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	PO	A	E	DP
1925	SLN	P	6	1	5	1	0
1926	SLN	P	19	1	12	4	1
1929	SLN	P	20	2	25	1	0
1930	SLN	P	35	8	41	3	2
1931	SLN	P	37	10	34	1	3
1932	SLN	P	25	7	27	2	1
1933	SLN	P	36	11	39	6	2
1934	SLN	P	32	5	34	4	2
1935	SLN	P	40	9	34	4	4
1936	SLN	P	9	1	9	1	0
1936	CIN	P	23	9	33	1	2
1937	CIN	P	21	1	18	3	1
1938	PHI	P	21	2	19	1	1

Career Games by Position

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Bill Hallahan Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	324

Awards & Honors

Bill Hallahan — Awards & Honors
Year	Award	Notes
1931	Baseball Magazine All-Star	P3
1930	Baseball Magazine All-Star	P4

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Career Spans

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Bill Hallahan: the record in brief

Bill Hallahan's major league career runs from a debut on April 16, 1925 to a final game on September 14, 1938. By club, Hallahan's seasons break down as the St. Louis Cardinals (1925 to 1936), the Cincinnati Reds (1936 to 1937), and the Philadelphia Phillies (1938). Listed as a pitcher, Hallahan batted right-handed and threw left-handed. Hallahan is listed at 5 feet, 10 inches and 170 pounds. Hallahan was born on August 4, 1902, in Binghamton, NY, USA. Hallahan's death is recorded on July 8, 1981, in Binghamton, NY, USA. On the record, Bill Hallahan was born William Anthony Hallahan.

Across 324 games (224 starts), Hallahan recorded 102 wins against 94 losses with a 4.03 ERA. Also on Hallahan's record: 856 strikeouts, 90 complete games, and 14 shutouts. The leagues Hallahan pitched in allowed 4.34 earned runs per nine over those seasons, so the career ERA was 7.3% better than average. 1931 brought Hallahan a season-high 19 wins. 1930 produced Hallahan's most strikeouts, 177.

Frequently Asked Questions about Bill Hallahan

What years did Bill Hallahan play?: Bill Hallahan played in Major League Baseball from 1925 to 1938.
Was Bill Hallahan a pitcher?: Yes. Bill Hallahan pitched in the major leagues, recording 102 wins and 856 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Bill Hallahan hit?: Bill Hallahan hit 2 career home runs with 90 hits.
What teams did Bill Hallahan play for?: Bill Hallahan played for 3 teams: the St. Louis Cardinals (1925–1926, 1929–1936), the Cincinnati Reds (1936–1937), and the Philadelphia Phillies (1938).
What awards did Bill Hallahan win?: Bill Hallahan was selected to 1 All-Star Game.
What were Bill Hallahan's career stats?: In 324 games, Bill Hallahan went 102-94 with a 4.03 ERA, 856 strikeouts, 1,740.1 innings pitched, and 8 saves. At the plate he had 90 hits and 2 home runs.
What position did Bill Hallahan play?: Bill Hallahan played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.
How tall was Bill Hallahan and how much did he weigh?: Bill Hallahan was listed at 5 feet 10 inches and 170 pounds.
What was Bill Hallahan's career ERA?: Bill Hallahan finished with a 4.03 career ERA, going 102-94 with 856 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did Bill Hallahan have?: Bill Hallahan recorded 856 career strikeouts.
Is Bill Hallahan in the Hall of Fame?: No. Bill Hallahan has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
How many All-Star Games did Bill Hallahan make?: Bill Hallahan was selected to 1 All-Star Game.