Wheezer Dell

William George Dell

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: June 11, 1886 in Tuscarora, NV (All Transactions)
Debut: April 22, 1912
Teams (by GP): Robins/Cardinals 1912-1917

Final Game: July 4, 1917
Died: August 24, 1966 in Lone Pine, CA
Buried: Inglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood, CA
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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
1909	23	BTE	D	5	4	.556		11						65.0	69	49			29							1.508	9.6		4.0			BTE · IMTL
1910	24	EDM	D	16	10	.615		32						225.0					119										4.8			EDM · WCAN
1912	26	BTE	D	20	12	.625		48																								BTE · UA
1912	26	STL	NL	0	0		11.57	3	0	2	0	0	0	2.1	3	3	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	19	35	2.571	11.6	0.0	11.6	0.0	0.00

1913	27	SLE	B	20	19	.513		43						313.0	258	144			116							1.195	7.4		3.3			SLE · NWES
1914	28	SLE	B	21	13	.618		43						335.0	235	93			116							1.048	6.3		3.1			SLE · NWES
1915	29	BRO	NL	11	10	.524	2.34	40	24	12	12	4	1	215.0	166	80	56	5	100	94	8	0	4	894	119	1.237	6.9	0.2	4.2	3.9	0.94
1916	30	BRO	NL	8	9	.471	2.26	32	16	9	9	2	1	155.0	143	52	39	2	43	76	4	0	2	623	118	1.200	8.3	0.1	2.5	4.4	1.77
1917	31	BRO	NL	0	4	.000	3.72	17	4	6	0	0	1	58.0	55	35	24	3	25	28	2	0	2	246	75	1.379	8.5	0.5	3.9	4.3	1.12
1918	32	VER	AA	14	7	.667	1.69	27	24					207.2	170	54	39		74							1.175	7.4		3.2			VER · PCL
1919	33	VER	AA	25	16	.610	2.38	50						351.0	303	109	93		99							1.145	7.8		2.5			VER · PCL
1920	34	VER	AA	27	15	.643	2.99	54						370.0	368	145	123		126							1.335	9.0		3.1			VER · PCL
1921	35	VER	AA	28	14	.667	2.95	49						336.0	311	142	110		112							1.259	8.3		3.0			VER · PCL
1922	36	VER	AA	23	17	.575	3.17	49						369.0	328	149	130		104							1.171	8.0		2.5			VER · PCL
1923	37	SLE,VER	AA	12	11	.522	4.04	39						236.0	276	146	106		72							1.475	10.5		2.7			SLE,VER · PCL
1924	38	SLE	AA	9	14	.391	5.56	38						183.0	215	141	113		86							1.645	10.6		4.2			SLE · PCL
1925	39	ATA	A	10	10	.500	4.01	28						148.0	179	83	66		38							1.466	10.9		2.3			ATA · SOUA
1926	40	BMT	A	1	2	.333	6.95	4						22.0	30	20	17		10							1.818	12.3		4.1			BMT · TL
4 Yrs				19	23	.452	2.55	92	44	29	21	6	3	430.1	367	170	122	10	171	198	14	0	8	1782	108	1.250	7.7	0.2	3.6	4.1	1.16
162 Game Avg.				10	12	.452	2.55	46	22	15	11	3	2	215	184	85	61	5	86	99	7	0	4	891	108	1.250	7.7	0.2	3.6	4.1	1.16

BRO (3 yrs)				19	23	.452	2.50	89	44	27	21	6	3	428.0	364	167	119	10	168	198	14	0	8	1763	110	1.243	7.7	0.2	3.5	4.2	1.18
STL (1 yr)				0	0		11.57	3	0	2	0	0	0	2.1	3	3	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	19	35	2.571	11.6	0.0	11.6	0.0	0.00

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
1912	26	STL	NL	2.1	3	0	3	11.57	4.66	-0.17	0.00	101.0	4.88	-2	-0.2	1.0	-0.0	-0.2	-2	.444	.499	$

1915	29	BRO	NL	215.0	40	24	80	3.35	3.64	0.02	0.00	101.0	3.66	9	1.1	1.0	-0.1	2.6	23	.527	.507	$
1916	30	BRO	NL	155.0	32	16	52	3.02	3.41	0.11	0.00	102.0	3.37	6	0.7	1.0	-0.1	1.8	17	.523	.504	$
1917	31	BRO	NL	58.0	17	4	35	5.43	3.56	-0.02	0.00	102.0	3.66	-12	-1.3	1.0	-0.0	-0.9	-7	.422	.492	$
4 Seasons				430.1	92	44	170	3.56	3.55	0.05	0.00	101.5	3.56	1	0.3	1.0	-0.3	3.3	31	.504	.501	$

BRO (3 yrs)				428.0	89	44	167	3.51	3.55	0.05	0.00	101.5	3.55	3	0.5	1.0	-0.3	3.5	32	.506	.501	$
STL (1 yr)				2.1	3	0	3	11.57	4.66	-0.17	0.00	101.0	4.88	-2	-0.2	1.0	-0.0	-0.2	-2	.444	.499	$

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Rslt	Opp	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1916	30	BRO	NL	WS	L	BOS	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1.000	9.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1 WS							0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1.000	9.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1912	26	0	0		11.57	3	0	2	0	0	0	2.1	3	3	3	0	3	0	0	0	19	35	2.571	11.6	0.0	11.6	0.0	0.00	35
1913	27	0	0		11.57	3	0	2	0	0	0	2.1	3	3	3	0	3	0	0	0	19	35	2.571	11.6	0.0	11.6	0.0	0.00	35
1914	28	0	0		11.57	3	0	2	0	0	0	2.1	3	3	3	0	3	0	0	0	19	35	2.571	11.6	0.0	11.6	0.0	0.00	35
1915	29	11	10	.524	2.44	43	24	14	12	4	1	217.1	169	83	59	5	103	94	8	4	913	114	1.252	7.0	0.2	4.3	3.9	0.91	114
1916	30	19	19	.500	2.37	75	40	23	21	6	2	372.1	312	135	98	7	146	170	12	6	1536	116	1.230	7.5	0.2	3.5	4.1	1.16	116
1917	31	19	23	.452	2.55	92	44	29	21	6	3	430.1	367	170	122	10	171	198	14	8	1782	108	1.250	7.7	0.2	3.6	4.1	1.16	108

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
1912	26	0	0		5.40	5.0	3	3	3	0	3	0	0	1.200	5.4	5.4	0.0	0.00	0.0	3

1915	29	14	8	.636	3.07	205.0	189	78	70	6	114	90	9	1.478	8.3	5.0	4.0	0.79	0.3	40
1916	30	9	6	.600	3.23	142.0	167	57	51	2	50	69	5	1.528	10.6	3.2	4.4	1.38	0.1	32
1917	31	2	3	.400	5.26	53.0	64	34	31	3	29	26	2	1.755	10.9	4.9	4.4	0.90	0.5	17
4 Yrs		25	17	.595	3.44	405.0	423	172	155	11	196	185	16	1.528	9.4		4.1	0.94	0.2	92

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Earned Run Average s c a p y 1915 NL 2.34 (10th)	Hits per 9 IP s c a p y 1915 NL 6.949 (7th)	Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y 1916 NL 4.413 (9th)	Shutouts s c a p y 1915 NL 4 (8th)
Bases on Balls s c a p y 1915 NL 100 (3rd)	Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y 1916 NL 0.116 (7th)	Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y 1915 NL 119 (8th) 1916 NL 118 (10th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 7 (1687), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 3 (1555), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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