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Bill Stemmeyer
William Stemmeyer (Cannon Ball)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 190 lb.

Debut October 3, 1885
Final Game June 15, 1888
Born May 6, 1865 in Cleveland, OH
Died May 3, 1945 in Cleveland, OH

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Pitching  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1885 20 BSN NL   1   1   2   2   2   1   0  0   11.0    7    7    0   0   11    8   0   2    47       0  0.00  2.68  inf 1.636
 1886 21 BSN NL  22  18  41  41  41   0   0  0  348.7  300  218  117  11  144  239   0  63  1520       0  3.02  3.19  106 1.273
 1887 22 BSN NL   6   8  15  14  14   0   1  1  119.3  138  107   69   4   41   41   2  12   547       0  5.20  3.93   75 1.500
 1888 23 CLE AA   0   2   2   2   2   0   0  0   16.0   37   42   16   0    9    7   5   2   114       0  9.00  3.09   34 2.875
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  4 Yr WL% .500  29  29  60  59  59   1   1  1  495.0  482  374  202  15  205  295   7  79  2228       0  3.67  3.35   91 1.388
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    16  16  34  33  33   0   0  0  282.7  275  213  115   8  117  168   4  45  1273   0   0  3.67  3.35   91 1.388
 Career High     22  18  41  41  41   1   1  1  348.7  300  218  117  11  144  239   5  63  1520   0   0  3.02  3.93  106 1.273

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1885 20 BSN NL   2    7    1    3   1  0   0    2          0   0  .429  .429  .571  226    4                    
 1886 21 BSN NL  41  148   24   41   3  2   0   20   3     12  17  .277  .331  .324  102   48                    
 1887 22 BSN NL  15   47    5   12   0  2   1    9   0      3   9  .255  .314  .404   99   19               1    
 1888 23 CLE AA   3   10    2    4   1  0   0    1   0      1      .400  .500  .500  224    5               1    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 4 Seasons       61  212   32   60   5  4   1   32   3  0  16  26  .283  .339  .358  111   76   0   0   0   2   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        563   85  159  13 11   3   85   8  0  42  69  .283  .339  .358  111  202   0   0   0   5   0
 Career High     41  148   24   41   3  2   1   20   3  0  12  17                          48   0   0   0   1   0
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1885 20 BSN NL    7    4    2  13.2    66| .429  .242| .429  .285| .571  .324|1.000  .610| 226  .924   1.0   0.1     
 1886 21 BSN NL  160  107   16   3.9    78| .277  .254| .331  .303| .324  .348| .655  .651| 102  .521   0.6   0.1     
 1887 22 BSN NL   51   35    6   4.5    95| .255  .272| .314  .330| .404  .387| .718  .718|  99  .505  -0.3   0.0     
 1888 23 CLE AA   12    6    2   8.8    69| .400  .241| .500  .298| .500  .318|1.000  .617| 224  .863   1.6   0.2     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 4 Seasons       230  152   26   4.4    81| .283  .257| .339  .308| .358  .355| .697  .663| 111  .568   2.9   0.4     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1885 20 BSN NL P 2 0 4 0 0 1.000 .909 2.00 2.30 3.27 2.45 2 11.0 1886 21 BSN NL P 41 6 61 17 0 .798 .915 1.63 2.07 1.73 2.26 41 348.7 1887 22 BSN NL P 15 1 16 3 0 .850 .904 1.13 1.86 1.28 2.02 14 119.3 1888 23 CLE AA P 2 0 3 2 0 .600 .882 1.50 2.30 1.69 2.48 2 16.0 1B 1 6 2 1 1 .889 .976 8.00 10.50
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1888 23 CLE AA 1B 1 6 2 1 1 .889 .976 8.00 10.50 1885 20 BSN NL P 2 0 4 0 0 1.000 .909 2.00 2.30 3.27 2.45 2 11.0 1886 21 BSN NL P 41 6 61 17 0 .798 .915 1.63 2.07 1.73 2.26 41 348.7 1887 22 BSN NL P 15 1 16 3 0 .850 .904 1.13 1.86 1.28 2.02 14 119.3 1888 23 CLE AA P 2 0 3 2 0 .600 .882 1.50 2.30 1.69 2.48 2 16.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 60 7 84 22 0 .805 .912 1.52 2.03 59 495.0 1B 1 6 2 1 1 .889 .976 8.00 10.50 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 61 13 86 23 1 .811 .917 1.62 2.17
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Hits Allowed/9IP
1886 NL-7.74-4

Strikeouts/9IP
1886 NL-6.17-1

Saves
1887 NL-1-1

Strikeouts
1886 NL-239-5

Home Runs Allow.
1886 NL-11-6

Bases On Balls Allow.
1886 NL-144-2

Losses
1886 NL-18-10

Wild Pitches
1886 NL-63-1
1888 AA-2-6

Hit Batsmen
1888 AA-5-2

Games Finished
1887 NL-1-10

   

Black Ink: Pitching - 3 (545) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 9 (1500) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Batting - 8.0 (1920) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 9.0 (965) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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