Bill Connelly

William Wirt Connelly (Wild Bill)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: June 29, 1925 in Alberta, VA
High School: Alberta HS (Alberta, VA)
Signed by the Philadelphia Athletics as an amateur free agent in 1945. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 22, 1945
Teams (by GP): Giants/WhiteSox/Tigers/Athletics 1945-1953

Final Game: June 16, 1953
Died: November 27, 1980 in Richmond, VA
Buried: Crestview Memorial Park, La Crosse, VA
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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
1945	20	PHA	AL	1	1	.500	4.50	2	1	1	0	0	0	8.0	7	4	4	0	8		0	0	0	0	35	79	1.875	7.9	0.0	9.0	0.0	0.00

1946	21	OAK-min	A,AAA	7	11	.389	4.77	24						134.0	115	82	71		123		0						1.776	7.7		8.3	0.0	0.00	SAV,TTO · SALL,IL
1947	22	OAK-min	A	10	7	.588	4.05	23						149.0	126	100	67		147								1.832	7.6		8.9			SAV · SALL
1948	23	DET-min	AAA	4	5	.444	6.52	18	10		0	0		58.0	69	51	42		60		22	0	1	10			2.224	10.7		9.3	3.4	0.37	BFL · IL
1949	24	DET-min	AAA	8	11	.421	6.17	34			10	2		172.0	172	133	118		142		134	1	3	12			1.826	9.0		7.4	7.0	0.94	TOL · AA
1950	25	DET-min	AAA	3	5	.375	4.78	20	7		4	1		64.0	58	40	34		48		49	2	1	3			1.656	8.2		6.8	6.9	1.02	TOL · AA
1950	25	TOT	AL	0	0		8.53	4	0	2	0	0	0	6.1	9	6	6	2	3		1	0	0	0	31	60	1.895	12.8	2.8	4.3	1.4	0.33
1950	25	CHW	AL	0	0		11.57	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.1	5	3	3	1	1		0	0	0	0	13	44	2.571	19.3	3.9	3.9	0.0	0.00
1950	25	DET	AL	0	0		6.75	2	0	2	0	0	0	4.0	4	3	3	1	2		1	0	0	0	18	75	1.500	9.0	2.3	4.5	2.3	0.50

1951	26	DET-min	AAA,AA	6	6	.500	5.65	23	12		0	0		113.0	126	80	71		83		50	0	2	0			1.850	10.0		6.6	4.0	0.60	TOL,LRK · AA,SOUA
1952	27	CHW-min	AAA	10	10	.500	3.38	32	23		10	2		168.0	147	77	63		87		117	2	1	9			1.393	7.9		4.7	6.3	1.34	TOL · AA
1952	27	NYG	NL	5	0	1.000	4.55	11	4	2	0	0	0	31.2	22	18	16	4	25		22	0	0	2	134	82	1.484	6.3	1.1	7.1	6.3	0.88
1953	28	SFG-min	AAA	4	4	.500	5.18	14	13		4	1		80.0	89	48	46	9	55		63	0	0	5			1.800	10.0	1.0	6.2	7.1	1.15	MNE · AA
1953	28	NYG	NL	0	1	.000	11.07	8	2	4	0	0	0	20.1	33	26	25	4	17		11	0	0	1	106	40	2.459	14.6	1.8	7.5	4.9	0.65
1954	29	SFG-STL-min	AAA	10	5	.667	5.14	33	15		4	0		140.0	136	88	80	16	82		109	2	0	5			1.557	8.7	1.0	5.3	7.0	1.33	MNE,ROC · AA,IL
1955	30	RMD	AAA	6	11	.353	4.21	31	23		3	1		169.0	166	100	79	9	101		99	4	1	9			1.580	8.8	0.5	5.4	5.3	0.98	RMD · IL
1956	31	ATL-NYY-min	AA,AAA	9	8	.529	3.06	30	22		3	0		144.0	140	66	49	7	97	6	94	6	0	5			1.646	8.8	0.4	6.1	5.9	0.97	AUS,RMD · TL,IL
1957	32	ATL-min	AA	2	9	.182	3.79	27	5		4	1		95.0	84	44	40	8	63	8	71	2	0	5			1.547	8.0	0.8	6.0	6.7	1.13	AUS · TL
4 Yrs				6	2	.750	6.92	25	7	9	0	0	0	66.1	71	54	51	10	53		34	0	0	3	306	59	1.869	9.6	1.4	7.2	4.6	0.64
162 Game Avg.				13	4	.750	6.92	53	15	19	0	0	0	141	151	115	108	21	113		72	0	0	6	650	59	1.869	9.6	1.4	7.2	4.6	0.64

NYG (2 yrs)				5	1	.833	7.10	19	6	6	0	0	0	52.0	55	44	41	8	42		33	0	0	3	240	56	1.865	9.5	1.4	7.3	5.7	0.79
PHA (1 yr)				1	1	.500	4.50	2	1	1	0	0	0	8.0	7	4	4	0	8		0	0	0	0	35	79	1.875	7.9	0.0	9.0	0.0	0.00
DET (1 yr)				0	0		6.75	2	0	2	0	0	0	4.0	4	3	3	1	2		1	0	0	0	18	75	1.500	9.0	2.3	4.5	2.3	0.50
CHW (1 yr)				0	0		11.57	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.1	5	3	3	1	1		0	0	0	0	13	44	2.571	19.3	3.9	3.9	0.0	0.00

AL (2 yrs)				1	1	.500	6.28	6	1	3	0	0	0	14.1	16	10	10	2	11		1	0	0	0	66	67	1.884	10.0	1.3	6.9	0.6	0.09
NL (2 yrs)				5	1	.833	7.10	19	6	6	0	0	0	52.0	55	44	41	8	42		33	0	0	3	240	56	1.865	9.5	1.4	7.3	5.7	0.79

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
1945	20	PHA	AL	8.0	2	1	4	4.50	4.11	0.02	0.00	102.0	4.16	-0	-0.0	1.0	-0.0	0.0	0	.484	.500	$

1950	25	CHW	AL	2.1	2	0	3	11.57	4.35	0.19	0.00	96.0	4.00	-2	-0.2	.4	0.1	-0.1	-2	.413	.499	$
1950	25	DET	AL	4.0	2	0	3	6.75	5.77	0.21	0.00	91.0	5.06	-1	-0.1	.5	0.0	0.0	-0	.464	.500	$

1952	27	NYG	NL	31.2	11	4	18	5.12	3.90	0.09	0.00	101.5	3.87	-4	-0.5	1.5	-0.1	-0.2	-1	.458	.497	$
1953	28	NYG	NL	20.1	8	2	26	11.51	4.75	-0.03	0.00	99.4	4.75	-15	-1.3	.4	0.2	-0.8	-13	.340	.492	$
4 Seasons				66.1	25	7	54	7.33	4.32	0.06	0.00	100.1	4.25	-22	-2.0	.9	0.2	-1.1	-16	.419	.498	$

NYG (2 yrs)				52.0	19	6	44	7.62	4.24	0.04	0.00	100.6	4.21	-19	-1.7	1.0	0.2	-1.0	-14	.409	.495	$
PHA (1 yr)				8.0	2	1	4	4.50	4.11	0.02	0.00	102.0	4.16	-0	-0.0	1.0	-0.0	0.0	0	.484	.500	$
DET (1 yr)				4.0	2	0	3	6.75	5.77	0.21	0.00	91.0	5.06	-1	-0.1	.5	0.0	0.0	-0	.464	.500	$
CHW (1 yr)				2.1	2	0	3	11.57	4.35	0.19	0.00	96.0	4.00	-2	-0.2	.4	0.1	-0.1	-2	.413	.499	$

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	ROE
1950	25	CHW	AL	2	13	11	3	5	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	.455	.500	1.000	1.500	.400	11	0	0	1	0	0
1950	25	DET	AL	2	13	14	3	4	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	.286	.375	.500	.875	.250	7	2	0	0	0	0
1950	25	TOT	AL	4	26	25	6	9	1	1	2	0	0	3	1	.360	.429	.720	1.149	.318	18	2	0	1	0	0

1952	27	NYG	NL	11	126	108	18	22	4	0	4	1	2	25	22	.204	.353	.352	.705	.220	38	4	0	2	0	2
1953	28	NYG	NL	8	106	89	26	33	6	3	4	0	2	17	11	.371	.472	.640	1.112	.392	57	2	0	0	0	0
3 Yrs				23	258	222	50	64	11	4	10	1	4	45	34	.288	.408	.509	.917	.303	113	8	0	3	0	2
162 Game Avg.				54	605	521	117	150	26	9	23	2	9	106	80	.288	.408	.509	.917	.303	265	19	0	7	0	5
MLB Averages																.261	.336	.358	.693	.277

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1950	25	TOT	AL	-2.1	-0.2	26	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	.18	-0.4	-0.1	-2.9	-0.3	0.18	-3.5	0	0	3
1950	25	CHW	AL	-1.5	-0.1	13	-0.1	0.1	-0.1	.33	-0.3	0.0	-1.9	-0.2	0.33	-2.9	0	0	2
1950	25	DET	AL	-0.6	-0.1	13	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.02	-0.2	-0.1	-0.9	-0.1	0.02	-0.7	0	0	1

1952	27	NYG	NL	-2.8	-0.3	134	0.5	2.0	-1.5	.83	-0.4	1.0	-2.4	-0.2	0.83	-3.0	3	1	1
1953	28	NYG	NL	-13.9	-1.2	110	-0.5	0.7	-1.2	.46	-1.1	-0.0	-12.9	-1.1	0.46	-12.2	0	1	5
4 Yrs				-19.4	-1.8	270	-0.1	2.7	-2.9	.61	-2.0	1.8	-18.1	-1.6	0.62	-18.7	3	2	9

Starting Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GS	Wgs	Lgs	ND	Wchp	Ltuf	Wtm	Ltm	tmW-L%	Wlst	Lsv	CG	SHO	QS	QS%	GmScA	Best	Wrst	BQR	BQS	sDR	lDR	RS/GS	RS/IP	IP/GS
1945	20	PHA	AL	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	34.0	34	34			0	1	1.0		1.0

1952	27	NYG	NL	11	4	3	0	1	2	0	4	0	1.000	0	0	0	0	1	25%	50.2	65	39	9	6	4	0	6.8	9.0	5.1
1953	28	NYG	NL	8	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	.500	0	0	0	0	0	0%	27.0	31	23	6	5	1	1	3.7	7.5	3.0
3 Yrs				21	7	3	2	2	2	0	5	2	.714	0	0	0	0	1	14%	41	65	23	15	11	5	2	5.0	8.7	3.9
MLB Averages													.500						51%	50	115	-11					4.5	4.6	6.7

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1945	20	PHA	AL	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0														1	0		0	21.0

1950	25	TOT	AL	4	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%		.176	0	0	3	0	0	3	1	2	2	1	2	0	4.8
1950	25	CHW	AL	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		6	.332	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	2	1	1	1	0	3.5
1950	25	DET	AL	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%		.019	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	6.0

1952	27	NYG	NL	11	7	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	9	4	44%		.827	3	1	1	1	1	3	3	2	4	1	3	2	4.9
1953	28	NYG	NL	8	6	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	60%	9	.459	0	1	5	0	0	6	3	3	3	1	3	1	7.2
4 Yrs				25	18	9	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	15	7	47%		.610	3	2	9	1	1	12	7	7	10	3	8	3	6.5

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1945	20	PHA	AL	35		0.0%	0.0%	22.9%				77%

1950	25	TOT	AL	29	62%	7.7%	3.9%	11.5%	15.4%	44%	2.00	85%	5	2	40%
1950	25	CHW	AL	13	77%	7.7%	0.0%	7.7%	23.1%	60%	1.33	77%	2	0	0%
1950	25	DET	AL	16	46%	7.7%	7.7%	15.4%	7.7%	25%	3.00	92%	3	2	67%

1952	27	NYG	NL	135	67%	3.2%	17.5%	19.8%	6.4%	36%	1.30	65%	21	4	19%
1953	28	NYG	NL	106	58%	3.8%	10.4%	16.0%	12.3%	39%	0.74	70%	28	2	7%
4 Yrs				305	63%	3.4%	11.6%	18.1%	8.5%	35%	1.10	70%	54	8	15%
MLB Averages					49%	2.0%	11.4%	11.2%	5.4%	20%	0.95	89%			11%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					Hits			Home Runs							Advances				Baserunning
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	H	Inf	Bnt	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	<2,3B	Scr	SO	%	ROE	WP	PB	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	BT	PAu
1945	20	PHA	AL		7			0												0

1950	25	TOT	AL	26	9			2	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	100%	0	0	0	13	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
1950	25	CHW	AL	13	5			1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	100%	0	0	0	6	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1950	25	DET	AL	13	4			1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	7	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3

1952	27	NYG	NL	126	22			4	0	7	3	1	3	1	9	5	1	56%	2	2	1	36	1	2	33%	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	9
1953	28	NYG	NL	106	33			4	0	10	1	3	4	0	11	4	2	36%	0	1	0	44	0	2	0%	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
4 Yrs				258	71			10	0	17	5	5	8	2	21	10	3	48%	2	3	1	93	1	4	20%	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	12
MLB Averages																		53%							55%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1945	20	1	1	.500	4.50	2	1	1	8.0	7	4	4	0	8	0	0	35	79	1.875	7.9	0.0	9.0	0.0	0.00	79
1946	21	1	1	.500	4.50	2	1	1	8.0	7	4	4	0	8	0	0	35	79	1.875	7.9	0.0	9.0	0.0	0.00	79
1947	22	1	1	.500	4.50	2	1	1	8.0	7	4	4	0	8	0	0	35	79	1.875	7.9	0.0	9.0	0.0	0.00	79
1948	23	1	1	.500	4.50	2	1	1	8.0	7	4	4	0	8	0	0	35	79	1.875	7.9	0.0	9.0	0.0	0.00	79
1949	24	1	1	.500	4.50	2	1	1	8.0	7	4	4	0	8	0	0	35	79	1.875	7.9	0.0	9.0	0.0	0.00	79
1950	25	1	1	.500	6.28	6	1	3	14.1	16	10	10	2	11	1	0	66	67	1.884	10.0	1.3	6.9	0.6	0.09	67
1951	26	1	1	.500	6.28	6	1	3	14.1	16	10	10	2	11	1	0	66	67	1.884	10.0	1.3	6.9	0.6	0.09	67
1952	27	6	1	.857	5.09	17	5	5	46.0	38	28	26	6	36	23	2	200	77	1.609	7.4	1.2	7.0	4.5	0.64	77
1953	28	6	2	.750	6.92	25	7	9	66.1	71	54	51	10	53	34	3	306	59	1.869	9.6	1.4	7.2	4.6	0.64	59

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1945	20	0	0		6.43	7.0	8	6	5	0	9	0	0	2.429	10.3	11.6	0.0	0.00	0.0	2

1950	25	0	0		7.71	7.0	9	7	6	2	3	1	0	1.714	11.6	3.9	1.3	0.33	2.6	4

1952	27	1	2	.333	5.10	30.0	23	19	17	4	26	21	0	1.633	6.9	7.8	6.3	0.81	1.2	11
1953	28	0	2	.000	10.80	20.0	33	27	24	4	17	11	0	2.500	14.9	7.7	5.0	0.65	1.8	8
4 Yrs		1	4	.200	7.31	64.0	73	59	52	10	55	33	0	2.000	10.3		4.6	0.60	1.4	25

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