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Wild Bill Widner
William Waterfield Widner

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 180 lb.

Debut June 8, 1887
Final Game July 23, 1891
Born June 3, 1867 in Cincinnati, OH
Died December 10, 1908 in Cincinnati, 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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1887 20 CIN AA   1   0   1   1   1   0   0  0    9.0   11    8    5   2    2    0   1   1    43       0  5.00  4.33   87 1.444
 1888 21 WHS NL   5   7  13  13  13   0   0  0  115.0  111   69   36   7   22   33   6   4   478       0  2.82  2.77   98 1.157
 1889 22 COL AA  12  20  41  34  25   2   7  1  294.0  368  241  170  11   85   63   0  10  1304       0  5.20  3.61   69 1.541
 1890 23 COL AA   4   8  13  10   8   1   3  0   96.0  103   52   35   3   24   14   3   5   450       0  3.28  3.59  110 1.323
 1891 24 CKK AA   0   1   1   1   1   0   0  0    8.0   13    7    7   0    4    0   2   0    41       0  7.88  4.09   52 2.125
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  5 Yr WL% .379  22  36  69  59  48   3  10  1  522.0  606  377  253  23  137  110  12  20  2316       0  4.36  3.44   79 1.423
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    11  19  36  31  25   1   5  0  277.0  321  200  134  12   72   58   6  10  1230   0   0  4.36  3.44   79 1.423
 Career High     12  20  41  34  25   2   7  1  294.0  368  241  170  11   85   63   6  10  1304   0   0  2.82  3.61  110 1.157

* 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1887 20 CIN AA   1    4    0    1   0  0   0    1   0      0      .250  .250  .250   38    1               0    
 1888 21 WHS NL  15   60    4   12   0  0   0    6   1      0   8  .200  .200  .200   31   12               0    
 1889 22 COL AA  41  133   16   28   3  0   2   10   5      2  31  .211  .228  .278   47   37               1    
 1890 23 COL AA  13   41    3    8   0  0   0    2   2      2      .195  .233  .195   30    8               0    
 1891 24 CKK AA   1    4    0    1   0  0   0    0   0      0   1  .250  .250  .250   38    1               0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 5 Seasons       71  242   23   50   3  0   2   19   8  0   4  40  .207  .223  .244   40   59   0   0   0   1   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        552   52  114   7  0   5   43  18  0   9  91  .207  .223  .244   40  135   0   0   0   2   0
 Career High     41  133   16   28   3  0   2   10   5  0   2  31                          37   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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1887 20 CIN AA    4    3    0   0.0    99| .250  .282| .250  .347| .250  .381| .500  .728|  38  .000  -0.4   0.0     
 1888 21 WHS NL   60   48    2   1.1    67| .200  .239| .200  .286| .200  .327| .400  .614|  31  .121  -4.7  -0.6     
 1889 22 COL AA  136  105    8   2.0    88| .211  .262| .228  .333| .278  .355| .506  .688|  47  .208  -9.8  -1.0     
 1890 23 COL AA   43   33    2   1.6    81| .195  .252| .233  .329| .195  .331| .428  .660|  30  .166  -3.6  -0.4     
 1891 24 CKK AA    4    3    0   0.0    98| .250  .272| .250  .357| .250  .366| .500  .723|  38  .000  -0.4   0.0     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 5 Seasons       247  192   12   1.6    82| .207  .255| .223  .321| .244  .345| .467  .666|  40  .171 -18.8  -2.0     

* 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 ------+
1887 20 CIN AA P 1 0 3 0 0 1.000 .882 3.00 2.10 3.00 2.30 1 9.0 1888 21 WHS NL P 13 13 21 5 0 .872 .895 2.62 2.23 2.66 2.36 13 115.0 OF 2 3 0 3 0 .500 .909 1.50 1.90 1889 22 COL AA P 41 13 61 9 3 .892 .905 1.80 1.84 2.27 2.13 34 294.0 1B 1 5 0 0 0 1.000 .980 5.00 9.80 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.00 1890 23 COL AA P 13 7 30 3 2 .925 .907 2.85 1.94 3.47 2.23 10 96.0 1891 24 CKK AA P 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 .909 2.00 2.10 2.25 2.59 1 8.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1889 22 COL AA 1B 1 5 0 0 0 1.000 .980 5.00 9.80 1888 21 WHS NL OF 2 3 0 3 0 .500 .909 1.50 1.90 1889 22 COL AA OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.00 1887 20 CIN AA P 1 0 3 0 0 1.000 .882 3.00 2.10 3.00 2.30 1 9.0 1888 21 WHS NL P 13 13 21 5 0 .872 .895 2.62 2.23 2.66 2.36 13 115.0 1889 22 COL AA P 41 13 61 9 3 .892 .905 1.80 1.84 2.27 2.13 34 294.0 1890 23 COL AA P 13 7 30 3 2 .925 .907 2.85 1.94 3.47 2.23 10 96.0 1891 24 CKK AA P 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 .909 2.00 2.10 2.25 2.59 1 8.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 69 33 117 17 5 .898 .903 2.17 1.94 59 522.0 OF 3 3 0 3 0 .500 .909 1.00 1.93 0 0 0 1B 1 5 0 0 0 1.000 .980 5.00 9.80 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 73 41 117 20 5 .888 .905 2.16 2.05
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.

Bases on Balls/9IP
1889 AA-2.60-6

Saves
1889 AA-1-2

Shutouts
1889 AA-2-8

Home Runs Allow.
1889 AA-11-7

Losses
1889 AA-20-8

Earned Runs Allow.
1889 AA-170-5

Wild Pitches
1887 AA-1-4

Hit Batsmen
1891 AA-2-1

Games Finished
1889 AA-7-2
1890 AA-3-9

     

Gray Ink: Pitching - 6 (1725) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 5.0 (1327) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
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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Transactions 

January 11, 1889: Purchased by the Columbus Solons from the Washington Nationals.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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