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Kaiser Wilhelm
Irvin Key Wilhelm

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 162 lb.

Debut April 18, 1903
Final Game August 26, 1921
Born January 26, 1874 in Wooster, OH
Died May 22, 1936 in Rochester, NY

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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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1903 29 PIT NL   5   3  12   9   7   1   3  0   86.0   88   61   31   0   25   20   3   0   361       0  3.24  3.23  100 1.314
 1904 30 BSN NL  14  20  39  36  30   3   3  0  288.0  316  150  118   8   74   73   7   7  1191       1  3.69  2.75   75 1.354
 1905 31 BSN NL   3  23  34  27  23   0   6  0  242.3  287  168  122   7   75   76   5   9  1052       1  4.53  3.08   68 1.494
 1908 34 BRO NL  16  22  42  36  33   6   3  0  332.0  266  110   69   3   83   99   6   5  1360       0  1.87  2.32  124 1.051
 1909 35 BRO NL   3  13  22  17  14   1   5  0  163.0  176   92   59   3   59   45   2   3   671       1  3.26  2.59   79 1.442
 1910 36 BRO NL   3   7  15   5   0   0   5  0   68.3   88   45   36   3   18   17   1   4   299       0  4.74  3.02   64 1.551
 1914 40 BAL FL  12  17  47  27  11   1  18  5  243.7  263  141  109  10   81  113   0   6   985       0  4.03  3.37   84 1.412
 1915 41 BAL FL   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  0    1.0    0    0    0   0    0    0   0   0     0       0  0.00  3.19  inf 0.000
 1921 47 PHI NL   0   0   4   0   0   0   2  0    8.0   11    3    3   0    3    1   0   0    35       0  3.38  4.20  124 1.750
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  9 Yr WL% .348  56 105 216 157 118  12  45  5 1432.3 1495  770  547  34  418  444  24  34  5954       3  3.44  2.84   83 1.336
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    10  19  39  28  21   2   8  0  261.0  272  140   99   6   76   80   4   6  1085   0   0  3.44  2.84   83 1.336
 Career High     16  23  47  36  33   6  18  5  332.0  316  168  122  10   83  113   7   9  1360   0   1  1.87  3.37  124 1.051

* 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1903 29 PIT NL  13   34    2    3   0  0   0    0   0      2      .088  .162  .088  -29    3   0           1    
 1904 30 BSN NL  39  100    3    7   2  0   0    3   0      3      .070  .097  .090  -41    9   5           0    
 1905 31 BSN NL  38  100    3   16   2  0   0    4   0      1      .160  .168  .180    5   18   3           0    
 1908 34 BRO NL  42  111    4   12   0  0   0    3   0      6      .108  .154  .108  -15   12   5           0    
 1909 35 BRO NL  22   57    1   13   1  2   0    4   0      1      .228  .241  .316   76   18   2           0    
 1910 36 BRO NL  15   19    2    6   2  0   0    2   0      2   1  .316  .381  .421  137    8   2           0    
 1914 40 BAL FL  49   84    8   21   3  1   0    8   0      2  14  .250  .267  .310   62   26   4           0    
 1921 47 PHI NL   4    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 9 Seasons      223  507   23   78  10  3   0   24   0  0  17  16  .154  .183  .185   12   94  21   0   0   1   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        368   17   57   7  2   0   17   0  0  12  12  .154  .183  .185   12   68  15   0   0   1   0
 Career High     49  111    8   21   3  2   0    8   0  0   6  14                          26   5   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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1903 29 PIT NL   37   31    0   0.0    94| .088  .281| .162  .345| .088  .366| .250  .711| -29  .000  -5.9  -0.6     
 1904 30 BSN NL  108   98    1   0.3    74| .070  .253| .097  .311| .090  .327| .187  .638| -41  .010 -16.3  -1.9     
 1905 31 BSN NL  104   87    3   0.9    82| .160  .262| .168  .324| .180  .342| .348  .666|   5  .079 -11.8  -1.4     
 1908 34 BRO NL  122  104    2   0.5    69| .108  .242| .154  .303| .108  .312| .262  .615| -15  .039 -14.1  -1.8     
 1909 35 BRO NL   60   46    4   2.4    74| .228  .248| .241  .315| .316  .319| .557  .634|  76  .357  -2.2  -0.3     
 1910 36 BRO NL   23   15    3   5.4    85| .316  .259| .381  .333| .421  .344| .802  .677| 137  .668   1.0   0.1     
 1914 40 BAL FL   90   67    7   2.8    95| .250  .275| .267  .341| .310  .372| .577  .713|  62  .351  -4.0  -0.4     
 1921 47 PHI NL    2    2    0   0.0   112| .000  .306| .000  .358| .000  .422| .000  .780|-100  .000  -0.6  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 9 Seasons       546  450   20   1.2    80| .154  .258| .183  .320| .185  .337| .368  .657|  12  .124 -54.0  -6.4     

* 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 ------+
1903 29 PIT NL P 12 1 33 2 2 .944 .924 2.83 2.43 3.56 2.87 9 86.0 OF 1 1 2 0 0 1.000 .938 3.00 1.90 1904 30 BSN NL P 39 10 90 7 3 .935 .940 2.56 2.62 3.12 3.03 36 288.0 1905 31 BSN NL P 34 16 77 5 2 .949 .943 2.74 2.42 3.45 2.97 27 242.3 OF 4 7 0 1 0 .875 .959 1.75 1.93 1908 34 BRO NL P 42 17 109 6 3 .955 .953 3.00 2.13 3.42 2.99 36 332.0 1909 35 BRO NL P 22 3 56 6 0 .908 .939 2.68 1.95 3.26 2.84 17 163.0 1910 36 BRO NL P 15 2 24 1 0 .963 .945 1.73 1.77 3.43 2.82 5 68.3 1914 40 BAL FL P 47 14 82 4 1 .960 .947 2.04 1.95 3.55 3.04 27 243.7 1915 41 BAL FL P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.00 0.00 2.70 0 1.0 1921 47 PHI NL P 4 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 0.50 1.52 2.25 2.70 0 8.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1903 29 PIT NL OF 1 1 2 0 0 1.000 .938 3.00 1.90 1905 31 BSN NL OF 4 7 0 1 0 .875 .959 1.75 1.93 1903 29 PIT NL P 12 1 33 2 2 .944 .924 2.83 2.43 3.56 2.87 9 86.0 1904 30 BSN NL P 39 10 90 7 3 .935 .940 2.56 2.62 3.12 3.03 36 288.0 1905 31 BSN NL P 34 16 77 5 2 .949 .943 2.74 2.42 3.45 2.97 27 242.3 1908 34 BRO NL P 42 17 109 6 3 .955 .953 3.00 2.13 3.42 2.99 36 332.0 1909 35 BRO NL P 22 3 56 6 0 .908 .939 2.68 1.95 3.26 2.84 17 163.0 1910 36 BRO NL P 15 2 24 1 0 .963 .945 1.73 1.77 3.43 2.82 5 68.3 1914 40 BAL FL P 47 14 82 4 1 .960 .947 2.04 1.95 3.55 3.04 27 243.7 1915 41 BAL FL P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.00 0.00 2.70 0 1.0 1921 47 PHI NL P 4 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 0.50 1.52 2.25 2.70 0 8.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 216 64 472 31 11 .945 .944 2.48 2.19 157 1432.3 OF 5 8 2 1 0 .909 .952 2.00 1.92 0 0 0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 221 72 474 32 11 .945 .944 2.47 2.18
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.

ERA
1908 NL-1.87-7

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1908 NL-1.051-8

Games
1904 NL-39-8
1908 NL-42-8
1914 FL-47-3

Saves
1914 FL-5-2

Innings
1908 NL-332.0-4

Games Started
1904 NL-36-8
1908 NL-36-6

Comp. Games
1908 NL-33-2

Shutouts
1908 NL-6-7

Home Runs Allow.
1904 NL-8-2
1905 NL-7-4
1914 FL-10-2

Bases On Balls Allow.
1908 NL-83-10

Hits Allowed
1904 NL-316-3
1905 NL-287-10
1908 NL-266-2
1914 FL-263-9

Losses
1904 NL-20-6
1905 NL-23-3
1908 NL-22-2
1909 NL-13-10
1914 FL-17-7

Earned Runs Allow.
1904 NL-118-1
1905 NL-122-2
1914 FL-109-3

Wild Pitches
1905 NL-9-5

Batters Faced
1908 NL-1360-3

Games Finished
1905 NL-6-10
1914 FL-18-1

Adjusted ERA+
1908 NL-124-7

Oldest Player
1910 NL-36-10
1914 FL-40-2
1915 FL-41-2
1921 NL-47-1

Gray Ink: Pitching - 18 (1113) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 8.0 (981) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 6.0 (1138) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

January, 1904: Purchased by the Boston Beaneaters from the Pittsburgh Pirates.

December, 1905: Purchased by the Rochester (Eastern) from the Boston Beaneaters.


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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