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Bill George
William M. George

Bats Right, Throws Left
Height 5' 8", Weight 165 lb.

Debut May 11, 1887
Final Game July 9, 1889
Born January 27, 1865 in Bellaire, OH
Died August 23, 1916 in Wheeling, WV

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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 22 NYG NL   3   9  13  13  11   0   0  0  108.0  126  112   63   1   89   49  14  22   535       0  5.25  3.76   72 1.991
 1888 23 NYG NL   2   1   4   3   3   1   1  0   33.7   18    9    5   0   11   26   1   3   133       0  1.34  2.72  203 0.861
 1889 24 COL AA   0   0   2   0   0   0   2  0    8.0   11   13    7   1    3    3   0   0     0       0  7.88  3.61   46 1.750
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  3 Yr WL% .333   5  10  19  16  14   1   3  0  149.7  155  134   75   2  103   78  15  25   668       0  4.51  3.52   78 1.724
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     9  19  36  31  27   1   5  0  290.7  301  260  145   3  200  151  29  48  1297   0   0  4.51  3.52   78 1.724
 Career High      3   9  13  13  11   1   2  0  108.0  126  112   63   1   89   49  14  22   535   0   0  5.25  3.76   72 1.991

* 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1887 22 NYG NL  13   53    6    9   0  0   0    5   2      1   6  .170  .185  .170    1    9               0    
 1888 23 NYG NL   9   39    7    9   1  0   1    6   1      0   2  .231  .231  .333   78   13               0    
 1889 24 TOT      8   32    2    8   0  0   0    3   2      1   4  .250  .273  .250   48    8               0    
         NYG NL   3   15    1    4   0  0   0    0   1      0   3  .267  .267  .267   47    4               0    
         COL AA   5   17    1    4   0  0   0    3   1      1   1  .235  .278  .235   50    4               0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 3 Seasons       30  124   15   26   1  0   1   14   5  0   2  12  .210  .222  .242   36   30   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        670   81  140   5  0   5   76  27  0  11  65  .210  .222  .242   36  162   0   0   0   0   0
 Career High     13   53    7    9   1  0   1    6   2  0   1   6                          13   0   0   0   0   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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1887 22 NYG NL   54   44    2   1.2    94| .170  .270| .185  .327| .170  .384| .355  .711|   1  .082  -7.0  -0.7     
 1888 23 NYG NL   39   30    3   2.6    71| .231  .245| .231  .292| .333  .335| .564  .627|  78  .404  -1.1  -0.1     
 1889 24 TOT      33   24    2   2.2    93| .250  .269| .273  .340| .250  .366| .523  .707|  48  .231  -2.3  -0.2     
         NYG NL   15   11    1   2.4    99| .267  .277| .267  .349| .267  .379| .534  .728|  47  .254  -1.2  -0.1     
         COL AA   18   13    1   2.0    88| .235  .262| .278  .333| .235  .355| .513  .688|  50  .210  -1.1  -0.1     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 3 Seasons       126   98    7   1.9    87| .210  .262| .222  .320| .242  .364| .464  .684|  36  .198 -10.4  -1.0     

* 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 ------+
1887 22 NYG NL P 13 8 27 6 0 .854 .902 2.69 1.86 2.92 2.02 13 108.0 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.90 0 0 1 1888 23 NYG NL OF 6 3 1 0 0 1.000 .909 0.67 1.90 0 0 6 P 4 1 5 1 0 .857 .896 1.50 2.23 1.60 2.35 3 33.7 1889 24 TOT OF 7 11 0 3 0 .786 .909 1.57 1.96 0 1 6 NYG NL OF 3 7 0 1 0 .875 .909 2.33 1.97 0 1 2 COL AA OF 4 4 0 2 0 .667 .909 1.00 1.95 0 0 4 P 2 1 1 0 1 1.000 .909 1.00 1.85 2.25 2.14 0 8.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1887 22 NYG NL OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.90 0 0 1 1888 23 NYG NL OF 6 3 1 0 0 1.000 .909 0.67 1.90 0 0 6 1889 24 TOT OF 7 11 0 3 0 .786 .909 1.57 1.96 0 1 6 NYG NL OF 3 7 0 1 0 .875 .909 2.33 1.97 0 1 2 COL AA OF 4 4 0 2 0 .667 .909 1.00 1.95 0 0 4 1887 22 NYG NL P 13 8 27 6 0 .854 .902 2.69 1.86 2.92 2.02 13 108.0 1888 23 NYG NL P 4 1 5 1 0 .857 .896 1.50 2.23 1.60 2.35 3 33.7 1889 24 COL AA P 2 1 1 0 1 1.000 .909 1.00 1.85 2.25 2.14 0 8.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Position Total P* 19 10 33 7 1 .860 .901 2.26 1.94 16 149.7 OF 14 14 1 3 0 .833 .909 1.07 1.93 0 1 13 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Overall Total 33 24 34 10 1 .853 .903 1.76 1.93
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
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1888   WS    NYG STL     W   1   1   7.20  0  1  0  1  10    15   8   3   4 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
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
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1888   WS    NYG STL     W   2   9   2   3  1  0  1   4   0   2  .333  .333  .778   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.

Wild Pitches
1887 NL-22-7

Hit Batsmen
1887 NL-14-6

Games Finished
1888 NL-1-10

HOF Monitor: Pitching - 2.0 (1587) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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

June, 1889: Released by the New York Giants.

June 25, 1889: Signed as a Free Agent with the Columbus Solons.


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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