Bill Cristall

William Arthur Cristall (Lefty)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 7", Weight: 145 lb.

Born: September 12, 1875 in Odessa, Russia (All Transactions)
Debut: September 3, 1901
Team: Blues 1901

Final Game: September 28, 1901
Died: January 28, 1939 in Buffalo, NY
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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	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1898	22	CHM	N/A	0	1	.000	5.14	1	1		1	0		7.0	6	7	4		4	6	5		1			1.429	7.7		5.1	7.7	1.50	CHM · CANL
1899	23	HAM,WDS	D	8	12	.400		21						183.0	184	153			64	60						1.355	9.0		3.1	3.0	0.94	HAM,WDS · CANL
1900	24	WCS	A	1	1	.500		3	3		2	0		14.0	20	12			8	8						2.000	12.9		5.1	5.1	1.00	WCS · EL
1901	25	ALB	C					34																								ALB · NYSL
1901	25	CLE	AL	1	5	.167	4.84	6	6	0	5	1	0	48.1	54	42	26	1	30	12	4	0	3	227	74	1.738	10.1	0.2	5.6	2.2	0.40
1903	27	TOL	A	16	18	.471		57							315	210			134	102											0.76	TOL · AA
1904	28	TOL	A	9	12	.429		23						181.0	214	104			53							1.475	10.6		2.6			TOL · AA
1905	29	TTO	A	7	17	.292		32						212.0	224	122			76							1.415	9.5		3.2			TTO · EL
1906	30	SCR	B					44																								SCR · NYSL
1907	31	MEM,NOR	A	13	11	.542		25																								MEM,NOR · SOUA
1908	32	SYR,TRY,MTG	B,A	8	16	.333		26	12					107.0	112	45		2	46							1.477	9.4	0.2	3.9			SYR,TRY,MTG · NYSL,SOUA
1909	33	EVN	B	10	19	.345		34						252.0	224	112			81							1.210	8.0		2.9			EVN · CENL
1910	34	EVN	B	11	16	.407		29						246.0	185	93			82							1.085	6.8		3.0			EVN · CENL
1913	37	APP	C	12	16	.429		30						232.0	223	129			74							1.280	8.7		2.9			APP · WIIL
1917	41	ATN	B	6	8	.429	3.19	17						110.0	94	54	39		68							1.473	7.7		5.6			ATN · IIIL
1 Yr				1	5	.167	4.84	6	6	0	5	1	0	48.1	54	42	26	1	30	12	4	0	3	227	74	1.738	10.1	0.2	5.6	2.2	0.40
162 Game Avg.				6	28	.167	4.84	34	34	0	28	6	0	274	306	238	147	6	170	68	23	0	17	1286	74	1.738	10.1	0.2	5.6	2.2	0.40

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
1901	25	CLE	AL	48.1	6	6	42	7.82	5.42	-0.17	0.00	97.0	5.42	-12	-0.9		-0.0	-0.5	-7	.343	.494	$
1 Season				48.1	6	6	42	7.82	5.42	-0.17	0.00	97.0	5.42	-12	-0.9		-0.0	-0.5	-7	.343	.494	$

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+
1901	25	1	5	.167	4.84	6	6	0	5	1	0	48.1	54	42	26	1	30		12	4	0	3	227	74	1.738	10.1	0.2	5.6	2.2	0.40	74

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1901	25	3	3	.500	4.11	57.0	59	29	26	1	33	14	4	1.614	9.3	5.2	2.2	0.42	0.2	6
1 Yr		3	3	.500	4.11	57.0	59	29	26	1	33	14	4	1.614	9.3		2.2	0.42	0.2	6

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