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Bill McGee
William Henry McGee (Fiddler Bill)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 215 lb.

Debut September 29, 1935
Final Game September 22, 1942
Born November 16, 1909 in Batchtown, IL
Died February 11, 1987 in St.Louis, MO

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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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1935 25 STL NL   1   0   1   1   1   0   0  0    9.0    3    1    1   0    1    2   0   0    30       0  1.00  4.10  410 0.444
 1936 26 STL NL   1   1   7   2   0   0   1  0   16.0   23   14   14   3    4    8   0   2    70       0  7.88  3.94   50 1.688
 1937 27 STL NL   1   0   4   1   1   0   0  0   14.0   13    4    4   1    4    9   1   0    57       0  2.57  3.99  155 1.214
 1938 28 STL NL   7  12  47  25  10   1  11  5  216.0  216  100   77   4   78  104   1   2   932       0  3.21  3.93  123 1.361
 1939 29 STL NL  12   5  43  17   5   4   9  0  156.0  155   68   66  14   59   56   0   2   663       0  3.81  4.11  108 1.372
 1940 30 STL NL  16  10  38  31  11   3   1  0  218.0  222  108   92  13   96   78   2   9   955       2  3.80  4.00  105 1.459
 1941 31 TOT NL   2  10  26  17   1   0   4  0  120.0  134   77   66  10   67   43   1   1   546       0  4.95  3.71   75 1.675
         STL NL   0   1   4   3   0   0   1  0   14.0   17    9    8   1   13    2   1   0    71       0  5.14  3.78   73 2.143
         NYG NL   2   9  22  14   1   0   3  0  106.0  117   68   58   9   54   41   0   1   475       0  4.92  3.71   75 1.613
 1942 32 NYG NL   6   3  31   8   2   1  11  1  104.0   95   50   34   8   46   40   1   0   447       0  2.94  3.35  114 1.356
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  8 Yr WL% .529  46  41 197 102  31   9  37  6  853.0  861  422  354  53  355  340   6  16  3700       2  3.74  3.88  104 1.426
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    10   9  44  23   7   2   8  1  193.7  195   95   80  12   80   77   1   3   841   0   0  3.74  3.88  104 1.426
 Career High     16  12  47  31  11   4  11  5  218.0  222  108   92  14   96  104   2   9   955   0   2  2.94  4.11  123 1.356

* 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1935 25 STL NL   1    3    0    1   0  0   0    0   0      0   0  .333  .333  .333   77    1   0           0   0
 1936 26 STL NL   7    4    1    1   0  0   0    0   0      0   0  .250  .250  .250   35    1   0           0   0
 1937 27 STL NL   4    5    0    1   0  0   0    0   0      0   1  .200  .200  .200    8    1   0           0   0
 1938 28 STL NL  47   67    4   14   2  0   0    2   0      3   7  .209  .254  .239   33   16   4           1   1
 1939 29 STL NL  43   55    2    8   1  0   0    2   0      1  13  .145  .161  .164  -15    9   2           0   0
 1940 30 STL NL  38   73    5   13   3  0   0   11   0      1  17  .178  .189  .219   10   16  10           0   3
 1941 31 TOT NL  26   35    0    5   0  0   0    3   0      0   7  .143  .143  .143  -20    5   2           0   2
         STL NL   4    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      0   2  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   1           0   0
         NYG NL  22   31    0    5   0  0   0    3   0      0   5  .161  .161  .161  -10    5   1           0   2
 1942 32 NYG NL  31   29    1    3   0  0   0    2   0      0  11  .103  .103  .103  -40    3   2           0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 8 Seasons      197  271   13   46   6  0   0   20   0  0   5  56  .170  .188  .192    3   52  20   0   0   1   7
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        223   11   38   5  0   0   16   0  0   4  46  .170  .188  .192    3   43  16   0   0   1   6
 Career High     47   73    5   14   3  0   0   11   0  0   3  17                          16  10   0   0   1   3
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1935 25 STL NL    3    2    0   0.0   107| .333  .290| .333  .346| .333  .414| .666  .760|  77  .000  -0.1   0.0     
 1936 26 STL NL    4    3    0   0.0   103| .250  .286| .250  .345| .250  .400| .500  .745|  35  .000  -0.4   0.0     
 1937 27 STL NL    5    4    0   0.0   103| .200  .282| .200  .344| .200  .400| .400  .745|   8  .000  -0.7  -0.1     
 1938 28 STL NL   75   58    4   1.8   104| .209  .282| .254  .346| .239  .401| .493  .747|  33  .170  -6.4  -0.7     
 1939 29 STL NL   58   49    1   0.5   108| .145  .287| .161  .354| .164  .411| .325  .765| -15  .020  -9.3  -0.9     
 1940 30 STL NL   84   73    3   1.1   103| .178  .279| .189  .344| .219  .401| .408  .745|  10  .075  -9.4  -1.0     
 1941 31 TOT NL   37   34    1   0.8    96| .143  .269| .143  .340| .143  .379| .286  .718| -20  .046  -5.8  -0.6     
         STL NL    5    5    0   0.0   100| .000  .274| .000  .346| .000  .386| .000  .731|-100  .000  -1.1  -0.1     
         NYG NL   32   29    1   0.9    96| .161  .268| .161  .339| .161  .378| .322  .717| -10  .060  -4.7  -0.5     
 1942 32 NYG NL   31   29    0   0.0    88| .103  .257| .103  .329| .103  .357| .206  .686| -40  .000  -5.2  -0.6     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 8 Seasons       297  252    9   1.0   102| .170  .278| .188  .345| .192  .396| .380  .740|   3  .059 -37.3  -3.9     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1935 25 STL NL P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.20 0.00 2.30 1 9.0 1936 26 STL NL P 7 0 5 0 0 1.000 .943 0.71 1.16 2.81 2.31 2 16.0 1937 27 STL NL P 4 0 4 0 0 1.000 .952 1.00 1.20 2.57 2.38 1 14.0 1938 28 STL NL P 47 11 39 3 2 .943 .963 1.06 1.13 2.08 2.21 25 216.0 1939 29 STL NL P 43 3 33 0 3 1.000 .960 0.84 1.09 2.08 2.19 17 156.0 1940 30 STL NL P 38 8 33 2 1 .953 .962 1.08 1.10 1.69 2.22 31 218.0 1941 31 TOT NL P 26 3 17 0 0 1.000 .966 0.77 1.09 1.50 2.23 17 120.0 STL NL P 4 0 3 0 0 1.000 .968 0.75 1.10 1.93 2.25 3 14.0 NYG NL P 22 3 14 0 0 1.000 .966 0.77 1.09 1.44 2.23 14 106.0 1942 32 NYG NL P 31 6 16 1 1 .957 .969 0.71 1.17 1.90 2.35 8 104.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1935 25 STL NL P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.20 0.00 2.30 1 9.0 1936 26 STL NL P 7 0 5 0 0 1.000 .943 0.71 1.16 2.81 2.31 2 16.0 1937 27 STL NL P 4 0 4 0 0 1.000 .952 1.00 1.20 2.57 2.38 1 14.0 1938 28 STL NL P 47 11 39 3 2 .943 .963 1.06 1.13 2.08 2.21 25 216.0 1939 29 STL NL P 43 3 33 0 3 1.000 .960 0.84 1.09 2.08 2.19 17 156.0 1940 30 STL NL P 38 8 33 2 1 .953 .962 1.08 1.10 1.69 2.22 31 218.0 1941 31 TOT NL P 26 3 17 0 0 1.000 .966 0.77 1.09 1.50 2.23 17 120.0 STL NL P 4 0 3 0 0 1.000 .968 0.75 1.10 1.93 2.25 3 14.0 NYG NL P 22 3 14 0 0 1.000 .966 0.77 1.09 1.44 2.23 14 106.0 1942 32 NYG NL P 31 6 16 1 1 .957 .969 0.71 1.17 1.90 2.35 8 104.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 197 31 147 6 7 .967 .963 0.90 1.12 1.88 2.24 102 853.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 197 31 147 6 7 .967 .963 0.90 1.12 1.88 2.24 102 853
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.

Wins
1940 NL-16-4

Won-Loss %
1939 NL-.706-5
1940 NL-.615-8

Hits Allowed/9IP
1939 NL-8.94-9

Strikeouts/9IP
1938 NL-4.33-5

Games
1938 NL-47-3
1939 NL-43-7

Saves
1938 NL-5-5

Strikeouts
1938 NL-104-7

Games Started
1940 NL-31-8

Shutouts
1939 NL-4-4
1940 NL-3-7

Bases On Balls Allow.
1938 NL-78-10
1940 NL-96-2

Earned Runs Allow.
1940 NL-92-9

Wild Pitches
1940 NL-9-1

Adjusted ERA+
1938 NL-123-9

         

Gray Ink: Pitching - 24 (930) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 6.0 (1195) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 4.0 (1326) (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 

May 14, 1941: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals to the New York Giants for Harry Gumbert, Paul Dean, and cash.


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