George Bechtel

George A. Bechtel

Positions: Rightfielder and Pitcher
Bats: Unknown, Throws: Unknown
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: September 2, 1848 in Philadelphia, PA(All Transactions)
Debut: May 20, 1871
Teams (by GP): Whites/Athletics/Mutuals/Grays/Centennials 1871-1876

Final Game: August 19, 1876
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1871	22	ATH	NA	1	2	.333	7.96	3	3	0	2	0	0	26.0	43	42	23	0	11	1	0	7	146	54	2.077	14.9	0.0	3.8	0.3	0.09

1873	24	PHI	NA	0	2	.000	4.50	3	2	1	1	0	0	16.0	27	24	8	0	2	0	0	0	87	78	1.813	15.2	0.0	1.1	0.0	0.00
1874	25	PHI	NA	1	3	.250	1.62	6	4	1	4	0	0	39.0	57	42	7	0	1	0		0	193	138	1.487	13.2	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.00
1875	26	TOT	NA	5	13	.278	2.67	18	18	0	18	0	0	162.0	210	157	48	0	8	9	0	10	771	84	1.346	11.7	*0.0*	0.4	0.5	1.13
1875	26	CEN	NA	2	12	.143	2.71	14	14	0	14	0	0	126.0	169	138	38	0	5	6	0	9	621	81	1.381	12.1	0.0	0.4	0.4	1.20
1875	26	ATH	NA	3	1	.750	2.50	4	4	0	4	0	0	36.0	41	19	10	0	3	3	0	1	150	97	1.222	10.3	0.0	0.8	0.8	1.00
4 Yrs				7	20	.259	3.19	30	27	2	25	0	0	243.0	337	265	86	0	22	10	0	17	1197	80	1.477	12.5	0.0	0.8	0.4	0.45
162 Game Avg.				8	24	.259	3.19	36	32	2	30	0	0	290	402	316	103	0	26	12	0	20	1428	80	1.477	12.5	0.0	0.8	0.4	0.45

PHI (2 yrs)				1	5	.167	2.45	9	6	2	5	0	0	55.0	84	66	15	0	3	0	0	0	280	106	1.582	13.7	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.00
ATH (2 yrs)				4	3	.571	4.79	7	7	0	6	0	0	62.0	84	61	33	0	14	4	0	8	296	67	1.581	12.2	0.0	2.0	0.6	0.29
CEN (1 yr)				2	12	.143	2.71	14	14	0	14	0	0	126.0	169	138	38	0	5	6	0	9	621	81	1.381	12.1	0.0	0.4	0.4	1.20

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1871	22	ATH	NA	26.0	3	3	42	14.54	10.10	-0.16	0.00	100.0	10.26	-12	-0.6		-0.0	-0.3	-11	.309	.496	$

1873	24	PHI	NA	16.0	3	2	24	13.50	8.85	0.44	0.00	101.0	8.50	-9	-0.5	1.0	-0.0	-0.3	-8	.337	.497	$
1874	25	PHI	NA	39.0	6	4	42	9.69	7.37	-0.45	0.00	100.0	7.83	-8	-0.5	1.0	-0.0	-0.2	-5	.410	.497	$
1875	26	CEN	NA	126.0	14	14	138	9.86	6.16	-1.43	0.00	98.0	7.44	-32	-2.4		-0.2	-1.0	-25	.329	.485	$
1875	26	ATH	NA	36.0	4	4	19	4.75	5.77	0.30	0.00	107.0	5.84	5	0.4		-0.1	0.9	7	.612	.503	$
4 Seasons				243.0	30	27	265	9.81	6.90	-0.76	0.00	100.1	7.64	-56	-3.5	1.0	-0.4	-0.9	-42	.382	.496	$

PHI (2 yrs)				55.0	9	6	66	10.80	7.80	-0.19	0.00	100.3	8.02	-17	-1.0	1.0	-0.1	-0.5	-13	.386	.497	$
ATH (2 yrs)				62.0	7	7	61	8.85	7.58	0.11	0.00	104.1	7.70	-7	-0.1		-0.1	0.6	-4	.482	.500	$
CEN (1 yr)				126.0	14	14	138	9.86	6.16	-1.43	0.00	98.0	7.44	-32	-2.4		-0.2	-1.0	-25	.329	.485	$

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1871	22	1	2	.333	7.96	3	3	0	2	26.0	43	42	23	11	1	7	146	54	2.077	14.9	3.8	0.3	0.09	54
1872	23	1	2	.333	7.96	3	3	0	2	26.0	43	42	23	11	1	7	146	54	2.077	14.9	3.8	0.3	0.09	54
1873	24	1	4	.200	6.64	6	5	1	3	42.0	70	66	31	13	1	7	233	60	1.976	15.0	2.8	0.2	0.08	60
1874	25	2	7	.222	4.22	12	9	2	7	81.0	127	108	38	14	1	7	426	74	1.741	14.1	1.6	0.1	0.07	74
1875	26	7	20	.259	3.19	30	27	2	25	243.0	337	265	86	22	10	17	1197	80	1.477	12.5	0.8	0.4	0.45	80

Neutralized Pitching

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1871	22	18	5	.783	2.21	216.0	158	59	53	0	40	8	0	0.917	6.6	1.7	0.3	0.20	0.0	3

1873	24	8	1	.889	1.41	83.0	66	14	13	0	5	0	0	0.855	7.2	0.5	0.0	0.00	0.0	3
1874	25	14	1	.933	0.78	138.0	124	13	12	0	2	0	0	0.913	8.1	0.1	0.0	0.00	0.0	6
1875	26	57	9	.864	1.62	596.0	547	119	107	0	21	33	0	0.953	8.3	0.3	0.5	1.57	0.0	18
4 Yrs		97	16	.858	1.61	1033.0	895	205	185	0	68	41	0	0.932	7.8		0.4	0.60	0.0	30

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Win-Loss % s c a p y 1871 NA .333 (9th)	Strikeouts s c a p y 1871 NA 1 (10th)	Games Started s c a p y 1871 NA 3 (10th)	Complete Games s c a p y 1871 NA 2 (10th)
Bases on Balls s c a p y 1871 NA 11 (10th)	Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y 1875 NA 0.000 (1st)	Losses s c a p y 1871 NA 2 (10th)	Earned Runs s c a p y 1871 NA 23 (10th)
Wild Pitches s c a p y 1871 NA 7 (8th)	Games Finished s c a p y 1873 NA 1 (8th) 1874 NA 1 (7th)	Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y 1874 NA 0 (8th)	Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y 1874 NA 0.0 (8th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 10 (1481), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 1 (1951), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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