Bill Henry

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1952-1969)

Bill Henry was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 1952 to 1969 for 6 teams, including the Boston Red Sox, a span of 18 seasons. Across 527 career appearances, he went 46-50 with a 3.26 ERA, 621 strikeouts, and 90 saves. He also batted .177 with 0 home runs. Bill Henry was an All-Star. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 7778.8.

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

W–L 46–50
ERA 3.26
WHIP 1.25
SO 621
Pitcher PIV 7778.8
Position
Pitcher
Bats / Throws
L / L
Height / Weight
6'2" / 180 lb
Born
10/15/1927 in Alice, TX, USA
Died
4/11/2014 in Round Rock, TX, USA
MLB Debut
1952-04-17
Last Game
1969-06-16
Awards
All-Star

Full name: William Rodman Henry

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Career Pitching Statistics

Bill Henry — Career Pitching Statistics
W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA Pitcher PIV
46 50 527 44 12 2 90 913.0 842 331 89 296 621 3.26 7778.8

Career ERA 3.26 vs. league average 3.68 across their career seasons — 11.2% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Bill Henry (b. 1927) Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year Team Lg W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER BB SO ERA Lg ERA Pitcher PIV
1952 BOS AL 5 4 13 10 5 0 0 76.2 75 33 36 23 3.87 3.70 (-5%) -1460.3
1953 BOS AL 5 5 21 12 4 1 1 85.2 86 31 33 56 3.26 4.14 (+21%) 2074.1
1954 BOS AL 3 7 24 13 3 1 0 95.2 104 48 49 38 4.52 3.90 (-16%) -1189.3
1955 BOS AL 2 4 17 7 0 0 0 59.2 56 22 21 23 3.32 4.00 (+17%) -268.0
1958 CHN NL 5 4 44 0 0 0 6 81.1 63 26 17 58 2.88 3.86 (+25%) 1797.6
1959 CHN NL 9 8 65 0 0 0 12 134.1 111 40 26 115 2.68 3.90 (+31%) 2182.3
1960 CIN NL 1 5 51 0 0 0 17 67.2 62 24 20 58 3.19 3.82 (+16%) 692.5
1961 CIN NL 2 1 47 0 0 0 16 53.1 50 13 15 53 2.19 4.03 (+46%) 871.0
1962 CIN NL 4 2 40 0 0 0 11 37.1 40 19 20 35 4.58 3.96 (-16%) -201.1
1963 CIN NL 1 3 47 0 0 0 14 52.0 55 24 11 45 4.15 3.46 (-20%) 1338.1
1964 CIN NL 2 2 37 0 0 0 6 52.0 31 5 12 28 0.87 3.58 (+76%) 902.8
1965 CIN NL 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 5.0 3 0 1 5 0.00 — 0.0
1965 SFN NL 2 2 35 0 0 0 4 42.0 40 17 8 35 3.64 3.50 (-4%) 1468.3
1966 SFN NL 1 1 35 0 0 0 1 22.0 15 6 10 15 2.45 3.52 (+30%) -518.7
1967 SFN NL 2 0 28 1 0 0 2 21.2 16 5 9 23 2.08 3.30 (+37%) 415.9
1968 SFN NL 0 2 7 1 0 0 0 5.0 4 3 3 0 5.40 — 0.0
1968 PIT NL 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 16.2 29 15 3 9 8.10 2.98 (-172%) -326.3
1969 HOU NL 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 5.0 2 0 2 2 0.00 — 0.0
Career · 18 seasons 46 50 527 44 12 2 90 913.0 842 331 296 621 3.26 — 7,779

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 Henry — Career Batting Statistics
G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS PIV
531 203 13 36 4 2 0 18 0 8 71 .177 .208 .217 .424 0

Career AVG .177 vs. league average .252 across their career seasons — 29.6% below league average.

Career OBP .208 vs. league average .319 across their career seasons — 35.0% below league average.

Career SLG .217 vs. league average .379 across their career seasons — 42.8% below league average.

Career OPS .424 vs. league average .698 across their career seasons — 39.2% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Bill Henry (b. 1927) 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
1952 BOS AL 14 31 2 8 2 1 0 5 0 2 6 .258 — — — — 0.0
1953 BOS AL 21 32 2 6 1 1 0 4 0 0 10 .188 — — — — 0.0
1954 BOS AL 25 34 2 4 0 0 0 3 0 3 7 .118 — — — — 0.0
1955 BOS AL 17 19 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 .105 — — — — 0.0
1958 CHN NL 44 17 2 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 6 .235 — — — — 0.0
1959 CHN NL 65 31 4 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 12 .194 — — — — 0.0
1960 CIN NL 51 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 — — — — 0.0
1961 CIN NL 48 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 — — — — 0.0
1962 CIN NL 40 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 .333 — — — — 0.0
1963 CIN NL 47 6 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 .167 — — — — 0.0
1964 CIN NL 38 6 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 — — — — 0.0
1965 CIN NL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
1965 SFN NL 35 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 .200 — — — — 0.0
1966 SFN NL 35 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
1967 SFN NL 28 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 — — — — 0.0
1968 SFN NL 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
1968 PIT NL 10 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 — — — — 0.0
1969 HOU NL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
Career · 18 seasons 531 203 13 36 4 2 0 18 0 8 71 .177 — — — — 0

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 Henry — Playoff Career Batting
G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Playoff Batting by Year

Bill Henry — Playoff Batting by Year
Year Round Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
1961 WS CIN 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Playoff Career Pitching

Bill Henry — Playoff Career Pitching
W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
0 0 2 0 0 2.1 4 5 2 3 19.29

Playoff Pitching by Year

Bill Henry — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year Round Team W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
1961 WS CIN 0 0 2 0 0 2.1 4 5 2 3 19.29

Game Log & Splits

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

Batting — Home / Away

Bill Henry — Batting — Home / Away
SplitGABRHHRRBIAVG
Home255103620012.194
Away27610071606.160

Pitching — Home / Away

Bill Henry — Pitching — Home / Away
SplitGIPHERBBSOERA
Home253460.14351761423103.44
Away274452.14081541543133.06

Last 10 Games — Batting

Bill Henry — Last 10 Games — Batting
DateTmOppResABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSO
1969-06-16 HOUATLL 000000000
1969-06-16 HOUATLL 000000000
1969-06-01 HOUPITL 000000000
1968-08-10 PITHOUL 100000001
1968-08-07 PITLADL 000000000
1968-08-03 PITSFGL 000000000
1968-07-31 PITCINL 100000000
1968-07-26 PITSTLL 000000000
1968-07-23 PITCINL 000000000
1968-07-18 PITNYNL 000000000

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Bill Henry — Last 10 Games — Pitching
DateTmOppDecIPHRERBBSOHR
1969-06-16 HOUATL — 2.0100020
1969-06-16 HOUATL — 2.1100000
1969-06-01 HOUPIT — 0.2010200
1968-08-10 PITHOU — 3.01188010
1968-08-07 PITLAD — 0.1000010
1968-08-03 PITSFG — 1.0320110
1968-07-31 PITCIN — 4.0632011
1968-07-26 PITSTL — 1.0333110
1968-07-23 PITCIN — 0.2000100
1968-07-18 PITNYN — 1.1000000

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Bill Henry — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position G GS PO A E DP
P 527 22 48 115 5 9

Season-by-Season Fielding

Bill Henry — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year Team Pos G GS PO A E DP
1952 BOS P 13 0 5 7 0 1
1953 BOS P 21 0 4 11 1 0
1954 BOS P 24 13 4 13 0 0
1955 BOS P 17 7 4 11 0 1
1958 CHN P 44 0 2 8 0 1
1959 CHN P 65 0 2 18 1 2
1960 CIN P 51 0 5 13 1 2
1961 CIN P 47 0 4 7 0 0
1962 CIN P 40 0 2 2 0 0
1963 CIN P 47 0 2 9 2 1
1964 CIN P 37 0 6 7 0 0
1965 CIN P 3 0 0 0 0 0
1965 SFN P 35 0 4 4 0 0
1966 SFN P 35 0 1 3 0 0
1967 SFN P 28 1 1 1 0 1
1968 SFN P 7 1 2 1 0 0
1968 PIT P 10 0 0 0 0 0
1969 HOU P 3 0 0 0 0 0

Career Games by Position

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Bill Henry (b. 1927) Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position Games
Pitcher 527

Most Similar Players

Career comps based on counting + rate stats and primary position. Score is relative — closest peer anchors at ~98%.

Career Spans

Bill Henry (highlighted) compared to peers across the same era.

  1. 98
    Tom Niedenfuer
    36-46, 3.29 ERA
  2. 94
    Alejandro Peña
    56-52, 3.11 ERA
  3. 92
    Mark Eichhorn
    48-43, 3.00 ERA
  4. 91
    Jay Howell
    58-53, 3.34 ERA
  5. 91
    Elias Sosa
    59-51, 3.32 ERA
  6. 89
    Larry Andersen
    40-39, 3.15 ERA

Bill Henry: the record in brief

Bill Henry played a first major league game on April 17, 1952 and a last one on June 16, 1969. The season rows list, in order, the Boston Red Sox (1952 to 1955), the Chicago Cubs (1958 through 1959), the Cincinnati Reds (1960 through 1965), the San Francisco Giants (1965 to 1968), the Pittsburgh Pirates (1968), and the Houston Astros (1969). The bio lists Henry as a pitcher who batted and threw left-handed. Height and weight on file: 180 pounds on a 6-foot-2 frame. Henry was born on October 15, 1927, in Alice, TX, USA. Henry died on April 11, 2014, in Round Rock, TX, USA. Henry's full given name, per the bio, is William Rodman Henry.

Across 527 games (44 starts), Henry recorded 46 wins against 50 losses with a 3.26 ERA. The totals include 621 strikeouts, 12 complete games, and 90 saves. Against a 3.68 league ERA for the same years, Henry was 11.2% better. 1959 brought Henry a season-high 9 wins.

Frequently Asked Questions about Bill Henry

What years did Bill Henry play?
Bill Henry played in Major League Baseball from 1952 to 1969.
Was Bill Henry a pitcher?
Yes. Bill Henry pitched in the major leagues, recording 46 wins and 621 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Bill Henry hit?
Bill Henry hit 0 career home runs with 36 hits.
What was Bill Henry's career batting average?
Bill Henry batted .177 over his career, with 36 hits in 203 at bats.
How many RBI did Bill Henry have?
Bill Henry drove in 18 runs in his career.
What was Bill Henry's career ERA?
Bill Henry finished with a 3.26 career ERA, going 46-50 with 621 strikeouts.