Bill Brandt

William George Brandt

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 8", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: March 21, 1915 in Aurora, IN (All Transactions)
Debut: September 20, 1941
Team: Pirates 1941-1943

Final Game: October 3, 1943
Died: May 16, 1968 in Fort Wayne, IN
Buried: Concordia Cemetery, Fort Wayne, IN
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All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

Standard Pitching

More Stats

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1938	23	PIT-min	C	13	13	.500	3.78	40						207.0	241	138	87		89							1.594	10.5		3.9			HUT · WA
1939	24	PIT-min	C	13	12	.520		33						216.0	231	126			74							1.412	9.6		3.1			HUT · WA
1940	25	PIT-min	B	17	11	.607	3.66	35						229.0	243	109	93		59							1.319	9.6		2.3			GAD · SEAL
1941	26	PIT-min	B	15	8	.652	3.00	34						231.0	204	88	77		85							1.251	7.9		3.3			HRB · ISLG
1941	26	PIT	NL	0	1	.000	3.86	2	1	1	0	0	0	7.0	5	3	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	28	100	1.143	6.4	0.0	3.9	0.0	0.00
1942	27	-min	AA	15	11	.577	3.08	35	27		13	2		216.0	225	96	74		56	98	1	0	7			1.301	9.4		2.3	4.1	1.75	TTO · IL
1942	27	PIT	NL	1	1	.500	4.96	3	3	0	1	0	0	16.1	23	10	9	1	5	4	0	0	0	73	70	1.714	12.7	0.6	2.8	2.2	0.80
1943	28	PIT	NL	4	1	.800	3.14	29	3	12	0	0	0	57.1	57	25	20	3	19	17	1	1	2	254	111	1.326	8.9	0.5	3.0	2.7	0.89
1946	31	MIN-STL-PIT-min	AA,AAA	4	6	.400	3.80	29	5		0	0		83.0	104	47	35		22	10	0	0	0			1.518	11.3		2.4	1.1	0.45	CNG,CLB,HOL · SOUA,AA,PCL
3 Seasons				5	3	.625	3.57	34	7	13	1	0	0	80.2	85	38	32	4	27	21	1	1	2	355	99	1.388	9.5	0.4	3.0	2.3	0.78
162 Game Avg.				8	5	.625	3.57	56	12	22	2	0	0	134	141	63	53	7	45	35	2	2	3	589	99	1.388	9.5	0.4	3.0	2.3	0.78

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	GS	R	Rrep	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary
1941	26	PIT	NL	7.0	1	3	4	1.0	1	0.1	$
1942	27	PIT	NL	16.1	3	10	8	1.0	-2	-0.2	$
1943	28	PIT	NL	57.1	3	25	27	1.0	2	0.3	$
3 Seasons				80.2	7	38	39	1.0	1	0.2	$

Standard Batting

More Stats

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	Pos
1938	23	PIT-min	C	41	81	81		19	3	0						.235	.235	.272	.506		22				HUT · WA
1939	24	PIT-min	C	37	90	90		24	4	1						.267	.267	.333	.600		30				HUT · WA
1940	25	PIT-min	B	35	87	87		15	3	0						.172	.172	.207	.379		18				GAD · SEAL
1941	26	PIT-min	B	34	89	89		19	3	0						.213	.213	.247	.461		22				HRB · ISLG
1941	26	PIT	NL	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	/1
1942	27	-min	AA	36	88	84	7	17	1	0	6	0	0	1	5	.202	.212	.214	.426		18	0	0	3	TTO · IL
1942	27	PIT	NL	3	7	7	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	1	.143	.143	.143	.286	-17	1	0	0	0	/1
1943	28	PIT	NL	29	8	7	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	-19	1	0	0	1	1
1946	31	MIN-STL-PIT-min	AA,AAA	29	28	27	0	6	0	0	0	0		0	0	.222	.222	.222	.444		6	0	0	1	CNG,CLB,HOL · SOUA,AA,PCL
3 Seasons				34	16	15	1	2	0	0	0	0		0	2	.133	.133	.133	.267	-24	2	0	0	1
162 Game Avg.				162	76	71	5	10	0	0	0	0		0	10	.133	.133	.133	.267	-24	10	0	0	5

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	Salary	Pos
1941	26	PIT	NL	1	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	$	/1
1942	27	PIT	NL	7	-1	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	$	/1
1943	28	PIT	NL	8	-1	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	$	1
3 Seasons				16	-2	-2	-0.2	-2	-0.2	$

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG
1941	PIT	NL	26	P	2	1	0	7.0	1	0	1	1.000	1.29	0.50	.960	2.19	2.20
1942	PIT	NL	27	P	3	3	1	16.1	2	0	2	1.000	1.10	0.67	.970	2.37	2.33
1943	PIT	NL	28	P	29	3	0	57.1	13	1	12	1.000	2.04	0.45	.961	2.24	2.25
	3 Seasons			P	34	7	1	80.2	16	1	15	1.000	1.79	0.47	.962	2.26	2.25
	3 Seasons			TOT	34	7	1	80.2	16	1	15	1.000	1.79	0.47	.962	2.26	2.25

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Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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Fielding % as P s c a p y 1943 NL 1.000 (1st)

Fielding % as P s c a p y
1943 NL 1.000 (1st)

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