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Billy Campbell

William James Campbell

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: November 5, 1873 in Pittsburgh, PA (All Transactions)
Debut: April 17, 1905
Teams (by GP): Reds/Cardinals 1905-1909

Final Game: August 23, 1909
Died: October 6, 1957 in Cincinnati, OH
Buried: Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, OH
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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 IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1905 31 STL NL 1 1 .500 7.41 2 2 0 2 0 0 17.0 27 17 14 0 7 2 0 0 0 81 41 2.000 14.3 0.0 3.7 1.1 0.29
1907 33 CIN NL 3 0 1.000 2.14 3 3 0 3 0 0 21.0 19 5 5 0 3 4 0 0 0 81 124 1.048 8.1 0.0 1.3 1.7 1.33
1908 34 CIN NL 12 13 .480 2.60 35 24 10 19 2 2 221.1 203 99 64 3 44 73 10 1 3 859 89 1.116 8.3 0.1 1.8 3.0 1.66
1909 35 CIN NL 7 11 .389 2.67 30 15 14 7 0 2 148.1 162 65 44 0 39 37 9 0 2 611 97 1.355 9.8 0.0 2.4 2.2 0.95
4 Yrs 23 25 .479 2.80 70 44 24 31 2 4 407.2 411 186 127 3 93 116 19 1 5 1632 88 1.236 9.1 0.1 2.1 2.6 1.25
162 Game Avg. 14 15 .479 2.80 42 26 14 18 1 2 243 245 111 76 2 55 69 11 1 3 973 88 1.236 9.1 0.1 2.1 2.6 1.25
CIN (3 yrs) 22 24 .478 2.60 68 42 24 29 2 4 390.2 384 169 113 3 86 114 19 1 5 1551 94 1.203 8.8 0.1 2.0 2.6 1.33
STL (1 yr) 1 1 .500 7.41 2 2 0 2 0 0 17.0 27 17 14 0 7 2 0 0 0 81 41 2.000 14.3 0.0 3.7 1.1 0.29

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 Awards
1905 31 STL NL 17.0 2 2 17 9.00 4.20 -0.40 0.00 99.0 4.55 -8 -0.6 -0.0 -0.5 -7 .192 .496 $1,800
1907 33 CIN NL 21.0 3 3 5 2.14 3.40 0.11 0.00 105.0 3.46 3 0.5 -0.0 0.6 5 .655 .503 $
1908 34 CIN NL 221.1 35 24 99 4.03 3.35 -0.10 0.00 98.0 3.39 -15 -1.9 1.0 -0.2 -0.3 -0 .447 .488 $
1909 35 CIN NL 148.1 30 15 65 3.94 3.63 0.01 0.00 100.0 3.61 -6 -0.8 1.0 -0.2 0.3 6 .475 .495 $
4 Seasons 407.2 70 44 186 4.11 3.49 -0.06 0.00 99.1 3.52 -27 -2.8 1.0 -0.4 0.1 4 .460 .496 $1,800
CIN (3 yrs) 390.2 68 42 169 3.89 3.46 -0.05 0.00 99.1 3.48 -18 -2.2 1.0 -0.3 0.6 10 .468 .496 $
STL (1 yr) 17.0 2 2 17 9.00 4.20 -0.40 0.00 99.0 4.55 -8 -0.6 -0.0 -0.5 -7 .192 .496 $1,800

Cumulative Pitching

Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1905 31 1 1 .500 7.41 2 2 0 2 0 0 17.0 27 17 14 0 7 2 0 0 0 81 41 2.000 14.3 0.0 3.7 1.1 0.29 41
1906 32 1 1 .500 7.41 2 2 0 2 0 0 17.0 27 17 14 0 7 2 0 0 0 81 41 2.000 14.3 0.0 3.7 1.1 0.29 41
1907 33 4 1 .800 4.50 5 5 0 5 0 0 38.0 46 22 19 0 10 6 0 0 0 162 63 1.474 10.9 0.0 2.4 1.4 0.60 63
1908 34 16 14 .533 2.88 40 29 10 24 2 2 259.1 249 121 83 3 54 79 10 1 3 1021 83 1.168 8.6 0.1 1.9 2.7 1.46 83
1909 35 23 25 .479 2.80 70 44 24 31 2 4 407.2 411 186 127 3 93 116 19 1 5 1632 88 1.236 9.1 0.1 2.1 2.6 1.25 88

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
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
1905 31 0 1 .000 8.44 16.0 29 17 15 0 8 2 0 2.313 16.3 4.5 1.1 0.25 0.0 2
1907 33 1 1 .500 3.15 20.0 22 8 7 0 3 4 0 1.250 9.9 1.4 1.8 1.33 0.0 3
1908 34 10 11 .476 4.18 194.0 245 100 90 4 53 64 12 1.536 11.4 2.5 3.0 1.21 0.2 35
1909 35 7 7 .500 3.72 133.0 186 61 55 0 45 33 10 1.737 12.6 3.0 2.2 0.73 0.0 30
4 Yrs 18 20 .474 4.14 363.0 482 186 167 4 109 103 22 1.628 12.0 2.6 0.95 0.1 70

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1908 NL  1.789 (5th)

Saves s c a p y
1908 NL  2 (6th)
1909 NL  2 (9th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1908 NL  1.659 (8th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1908 NL  10 (10th)
1909 NL  9 (7th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1908 NL  10 (8th)
1909 NL  14 (5th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 8 (1621), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 1 (1951), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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