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Bill Dinneen
William Henry Dinneen (Big Bill)
commonly misspelled Dineen

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 190 lb.

Debut April 22, 1898
Final Game August 26, 1909
Born April 5, 1876 in Syracuse, NY
Died January 13, 1955 in Syracuse, NY

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Pitching  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / 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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1898 22 WHS NL   9  16  29  27  22   0   2  0  218.3  238  140   97   6   88   83  17  11     0       0  4.00  3.64   91 1.493
 1899 23 WHS NL  14  20  37  35  30   0   2  0  291.0  350  191  127   6  106   91  11   8     0       1  3.93  3.89   99 1.567
 1900 24 BSN NL  20  14  40  37  33   1   3  0  320.7  304  161  111  11  105  107   9  11     0       2  3.12  4.10  132 1.275
 1901 25 BSN NL  15  18  37  34  31   0   3  0  309.3  295  136  101   8   77  141   6  10  1302       1  2.94  3.62  123 1.203
 1902 26 BOS AL  21  21  42  42  39   2   0  0  371.3  348  155  121   9   99  136   8   3  1524       0  2.93  3.57  122 1.204
 1903 27 BOS AL  21  13  37  34  32   6   3  2  299.0  255   98   75   6   66  148   4   5  1174       0  2.26  3.02  134 1.074
 1904 28 BOS AL  23  14  37  37  37   5   0  0  335.7  283  115   82   8   63  153   2   6  1328       0  2.20  2.67  122 1.031
 1905 29 BOS AL  12  14  31  29  23   2   2  1  243.7  235  117  101   7   50   97   7   5     0       0  3.73  2.70   72 1.170
 1906 30 BOS AL   8  19  28  27  22   1   0  0  218.7  209  101   71   4   52   60   1   2     0       0  2.92  2.74   94 1.194
 1907 31 TOT AL   7  14  29  21  18   2   7  4  188.0  195   92   61   8   41   46   7   4   796       0  2.92  2.52   86 1.255
         BOS AL   0   4   5   5   3   0   0  0   32.7   42   25   19   5    8    8   2   1   141       0  5.23  2.57   49 1.531
         SLB AL   7  10  24  16  15   2   7  4  155.3  153   67   42   3   33   38   5   3   655       0  2.43  2.51  103 1.197
 1908 32 SLB AL  14   7  27  16  11   1  10  0  167.0  133   52   39   2   53   39   4   1   633       0  2.10  2.39  114 1.114
 1909 33 SLB AL   6   7  17  13   8   3   3  0  112.0  112   53   43   3   29   26   1   2   440       1  3.46  2.42   70 1.259
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 12 Yr WL% .490 170 177 391 352 306  23  35  7 3074.7 2957 1411 1029  78  829 1127  77  68  7197       5  3.01  3.22  107 1.231
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    15  16  35  32  28   2   3  0  281.3  270  129   94   7   75  103   7   6   658   0   0  3.01  3.22  107 1.231
 Career High     23  21  42  42  39   6  10  4  371.3  350  191  127  11  106  153  17  11  1524   0   2  2.10  4.10  134 1.031

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1898 22 WHS NL  32   80   10    8   0  1   0    3   1      9      .100  .226  .125    1   10   1           4    
 1899 23 WHS NL  37  119    9   36   2  0   0    4   0      8      .303  .346  .319   84   38   2           0    
 1900 24 BSN NL  44  125   14   35   1  0   0    9   6      9      .280  .333  .288   64   36   6           1    
 1901 25 BSN NL  54  147   13   31   5  0   1    6   8      8      .211  .256  .265   46   39   4           1    
 1902 26 BOS AL  44  141   13   18   3  0   0    9   2      9      .128  .196  .149   -5   21   2           3    
 1903 27 BOS AL  37  106    6   17   2  1   0    8   1     11      .160  .239  .198   30   21   5           0    
 1904 28 BOS AL  37  120    9   25   0  1   0    9   5      3      .208  .240  .225   44   27   4           2    
 1905 29 BOS AL  31   88    6   13   2  0   0    4   4      2      .148  .167  .170    6   15   4           0    
 1906 30 BOS AL  28   63    5    7   0  1   0    2   2      8      .111  .222  .143   15    9   3           1    
 1907 31 TOT AL  29   59    4   10   1  1   0    3   0      6      .169  .246  .220   49   13   3           0    
         BOS AL   5   10    0    0   0  0   0    1   0      1      .000  .091  .000  -71    0   0           0    
         SLB AL  24   49    4   10   1  1   0    2   0      5      .204  .278  .265   73   13   3           0    
 1908 32 SLB AL  27   59    4   12   1  0   0    1   0      2      .203  .230  .220   46   13   1           0    
 1909 33 SLB AL  17   36    6    7   1  0   0    2   0      5      .194  .293  .222   68    8   1           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 12 Seasons     417 1143   99  219  18  5   1   60  29  0  80   0  .192  .252  .219   37  250  36   0   0  12   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        444   38   85   7  2   0   23  11  0  31   0  .192  .252  .219   37   97  14   0   0   5   0
 Career High     54  147   14   36   5  1   1    9   8  0  11   0                          39   6   0   0   4   0
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1898 22 WHS NL   94   73    2   0.7    91| .100  .278| .226  .342| .125  .356| .351  .699|   1  .042 -10.2  -1.1     
 1899 23 WHS NL  129   85   13   4.0    99| .303  .289| .346  .351| .319  .376| .665  .727|  84  .461  -2.5  -0.3     
 1900 24 BSN NL  141   96   12   3.3   108| .280  .301| .333  .364| .288  .397| .621  .761|  64  .380  -6.3  -0.6     
 1901 25 BSN NL  160  120   10   2.2    95| .211  .286| .256  .342| .265  .373| .521  .715|  46  .257 -10.6  -1.1     
 1902 26 BOS AL  155  125    4   0.8   100| .128  .287| .196  .345| .149  .388| .345  .733|  -5  .049 -20.4  -2.1     
 1903 27 BOS AL  122   94    5   1.4    86| .160  .269| .239  .319| .198  .363| .437  .682|  30  .154  -9.1  -1.0     
 1904 28 BOS AL  129   99    6   1.6    77| .208  .258| .240  .310| .225  .339| .465  .649|  44  .224  -8.1  -1.0     
 1905 29 BOS AL   94   79    3   1.0    73| .148  .249| .167  .308| .170  .325| .337  .634|   6  .113  -9.5  -1.2     
 1906 30 BOS AL   75   59    2   0.9    75| .111  .256| .222  .312| .143  .328| .365  .639|  15  .088  -6.0  -0.7     
 1907 31 TOT AL   68   52    4   2.1    72| .169  .254| .246  .309| .220  .317| .466  .627|  49  .319  -3.4  -0.4     
         BOS AL   11   10    0   0.0    71| .000  .253| .091  .308| .000  .316| .091  .624| -71  .000  -1.9  -0.2     
         SLB AL   57   42    4   2.6    72| .204  .254| .278  .310| .265  .318| .543  .627|  73  .409  -1.5  -0.2     
 1908 32 SLB AL   62   48    3   1.7    69| .203  .247| .230  .304| .220  .314| .450  .618|  46  .264  -3.6  -0.5     
 1909 33 SLB AL   42   30    2   1.8    68| .194  .245| .293  .304| .222  .310| .515  .614|  68  .271  -1.0  -0.1     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 12 Seasons     1271  960   66   1.8    88| .192  .273| .252  .331| .219  .358| .471  .689|  37  .213 -90.8 -10.1     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn    LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1898 22 WHS NL P 29 6 50 5 1 .918 .918 1.93 2.25 2.31 2.65 27 218.3 OF 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.05 1 1 0 1899 23 WHS NL P 37 16 85 10 1 .910 .909 2.73 2.24 3.12 2.68 35 291.0 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.10 0 0 1 1900 24 BSN NL P 40 25 80 6 0 .946 .921 2.62 2.17 2.95 2.67 37 320.7 1901 25 BSN NL P 37 14 72 7 2 .925 .934 2.32 2.39 2.50 2.75 34 309.3 OF 3 5 0 1 0 .833 .943 1.67 2.03 1 1 1 1B 2 20 0 1 0 .952 .980 10.00 10.05 1902 26 BOS AL P 42 7 77 4 1 .955 .928 2.00 2.65 2.04 3.10 42 371.3 OF 2 2 0 2 0 .500 .952 1.00 2.05 0 2 0 1903 27 BOS AL P 37 11 79 2 4 .978 .948 2.43 2.73 2.71 3.19 34 299.0 1904 28 BOS AL P 37 19 98 4 3 .967 .952 3.16 3.01 3.14 3.45 37 335.7 1905 29 BOS AL P 31 11 77 6 3 .936 .943 2.84 2.61 3.25 3.24 29 243.7 1906 30 BOS AL P 28 10 58 7 1 .907 .948 2.43 2.52 2.80 3.22 27 218.7 1907 31 TOT AL P 29 5 46 3 1 .944 .944 1.76 2.43 2.44 3.28 21 188.0 BOS AL P 5 0 8 1 0 .889 .941 1.60 2.44 2.20 3.28 5 32.7 SLB AL P 24 5 38 2 1 .956 .945 1.79 2.43 2.49 3.28 16 155.3 1908 32 SLB AL P 27 3 44 1 1 .979 .946 1.74 2.28 2.53 3.20 16 167.0 1909 33 SLB AL P 17 6 34 1 1 .976 .941 2.35 2.25 3.21 3.19 13 112.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1901 25 BSN NL 1B 2 20 0 1 0 .952 .980 10.00 10.05 1898 22 WHS NL OF 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.05 1 1 0 1899 23 WHS NL OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.10 0 0 1 1901 25 BSN NL OF 3 5 0 1 0 .833 .943 1.67 2.03 1 1 1 1902 26 BOS AL OF 2 2 0 2 0 .500 .952 1.00 2.05 0 2 0 1898 22 WHS NL P 29 6 50 5 1 .918 .918 1.93 2.25 2.31 2.65 27 218.3 1899 23 WHS NL P 37 16 85 10 1 .910 .909 2.73 2.24 3.12 2.68 35 291.0 1900 24 BSN NL P 40 25 80 6 0 .946 .921 2.62 2.17 2.95 2.67 37 320.7 1901 25 BSN NL P 37 14 72 7 2 .925 .934 2.32 2.39 2.50 2.75 34 309.3 1902 26 BOS AL P 42 7 77 4 1 .955 .928 2.00 2.65 2.04 3.10 42 371.3 1903 27 BOS AL P 37 11 79 2 4 .978 .948 2.43 2.73 2.71 3.19 34 299.0 1904 28 BOS AL P 37 19 98 4 3 .967 .952 3.16 3.01 3.14 3.45 37 335.7 1905 29 BOS AL P 31 11 77 6 3 .936 .943 2.84 2.61 3.25 3.24 29 243.7 1906 30 BOS AL P 28 10 58 7 1 .907 .948 2.43 2.52 2.80 3.22 27 218.7 1907 31 TOT AL P 29 5 46 3 1 .944 .944 1.76 2.43 2.44 3.28 21 188.0 BOS AL P 5 0 8 1 0 .889 .941 1.60 2.44 2.20 3.28 5 32.7 SLB AL P 24 5 38 2 1 .956 .945 1.79 2.43 2.49 3.28 16 155.3 1908 32 SLB AL P 27 3 44 1 1 .979 .946 1.74 2.28 2.53 3.20 16 167.0 1909 33 SLB AL P 17 6 34 1 1 .976 .941 2.35 2.25 3.21 3.19 13 112.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Position Total P* 391 133 800 56 19 .943 .935 2.39 2.48 352 3074.7 OF 8 7 0 3 0 .700 .946 0.88 2.05 2 4 2 1B 2 20 0 1 0 .952 .980 10.00 10.05 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Overall Total 401 160 800 60 19 .941 .936 2.39 2.51
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Batter

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1903   WS    BOS PIT     W   4   4   2.06  3  1  0  4  35    29   8   8  28 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1903   WS    BOS PIT     W   4  11   1   2  0  0  0   0   2   2  .182  .308  .182   0  0   1   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
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
1902 AL-2.93-9
1903 AL-2.26-7

Wins
1900 NL-20-2
1902 AL-21-5
1903 AL-21-3
1904 AL-23-5

Won-Loss %
1900 NL-.588-10
1903 AL-.618-5
1904 AL-.622-5
1908 AL-.667-4

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1900 NL-1.275-10
1901 NL-1.203-9
1902 AL-1.204-7
1903 AL-1.074-5
1904 AL-1.031-6

Hits Allowed/9IP
1900 NL-8.53-4
1902 AL-8.43-7
1903 AL-7.68-5
1904 AL-7.59-10
1908 AL-7.17-9

Bases on Balls/9IP
1904 AL-1.69-10
1905 AL-1.85-9

Strikeouts/9IP
1898 NL-3.42-7
1899 NL-2.81-10
1900 NL-3.00-7
1902 AL-3.30-7
1903 AL-4.45-8

Games
1900 NL-40-7
1902 AL-42-2
1903 AL-37-9

Saves
1903 AL-2-1
1905 AL-1-2
1907 AL-4-1

Innings
1900 NL-320.7-5
1901 NL-309.3-7
1902 AL-371.3-2
1903 AL-299.0-10
1904 AL-335.7-8

Strikeouts
1900 NL-107-4
1901 NL-141-7
1902 AL-136-4
1903 AL-148-7
1904 AL-153-8

Games Started
1900 NL-37-3
1901 NL-34-10
1902 AL-42-2
1903 AL-34-8
1904 AL-37-8

Comp. Games
1900 NL-33-2
1901 NL-31-10
1902 AL-39-2
1903 AL-32-7
1904 AL-37-6
Car-306-37

Shutouts
1902 AL-2-10
1903 AL-6-2
1904 AL-5-10

Home Runs Allow.
1900 NL-11-2
1901 NL-8-7
1902 AL-9-8
1903 AL-6-8
1904 AL-8-2
1905 AL-7-4
1906 AL-4-10
1907 AL-8-1
1909 AL-3-5

Bases On Balls Allow.
1899 NL-106-9
1900 NL-105-4
1902 AL-99-2
1903 AL-66-10

Hits Allowed
1902 AL-348-4

SO to Walk
1902 AL-1.37-9

Losses
1899 NL-20-7
1901 NL-18-6
1902 AL-21-1
1906 AL-19-4
Car-177-78

Earned Runs Allow.
1902 AL-121-5
1905 AL-101-2

Wild Pitches
1898 NL-11-8
1899 NL-8-10
1900 NL-11-1
1901 NL-10-5

Batters Faced
1901 NL-1302-7
1902 AL-1524-2
1904 AL-1328-10

Games Finished
1908 AL-10-9

Adjusted ERA+
1900 NL-132-6
1901 NL-123-8
1902 AL-122-10
1903 AL-134-4
1904 AL-122-9

Black Ink: Pitching - 6 (365) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 115 (165) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 24.0 (210) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 56.0 (216) (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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Transactions 

September 22, 1897: Purchased by the Washington Senators from the Toronto (Eastern).

February 11, 1900: Purchased by the Boston Beaneaters from the Washington Senators.

Before 1902 Season: Jumped from the Boston Beaneaters to the Boston Americans.

June 22, 1907: Traded by the Boston Americans to the St. Louis Browns for Beany Jacobson and $1,000.


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