Bill Landrum

{{short description|American baseball player (born 1957)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Bill Landrum

|position=Pitcher

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1957|8|17}}

|birth_place=Columbia, South Carolina, U.S.

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=August 31

|debutyear=1986

|debutteam=Cincinnati Reds

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=June 3

|finalyear=1993

|finalteam=Cincinnati Reds

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Win–loss record

|stat1value=18–15

|stat2label=Earned run average

|stat2value=3.39

|stat3label=Strikeouts

|stat3value=218

|stat4label=Saves

|stat4value=58

|teams=

}}

Thomas William Landrum (born August 17, 1957) is a former right-handed Major League Baseball relief pitcher who played eight seasons with four teams, the Cincinnati Reds, Chicago Cubs, the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Montreal Expos from {{mlby|1986}} to {{mlby|1993}}.

File:CHI1988R47LANDRUM.jpg Landrum finished sixth in the National League in saves with 26 in {{mlby|1989}} and had a 1.67 earned run average that season and finished seventh in the NL in saves with 17 in {{mlby|1991}} with the Pirates.

In 361.1 innings pitched over 268 games, Landrum handled 76 total chances (31 putouts, 45 assists) without an error for a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage.

His father Joe Landrum pitched for the Brooklyn Dodgers in the 1950s.

Bill Landrum has retired and lives in Columbia, South Carolina.

See also