Bill Gray

William Tolan Gray
also known as Bill Grey

Positions: Third Baseman, Second Baseman and Catcher
Bats: Unknown, Throws: Unknown
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: April 5, 1871 in Philadelphia, PA (All Transactions)
Debut: May 14, 1890
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Reds/Phillies 1890-1898

Final Game: October 13, 1898
Died: December 8, 1932 in Philadelphia, PA
Buried: Ivy Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
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Standard Fielding

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO	Awards
1890	PHI	NL	19	OF	10				15	13	2	0	0	1.000		1.50	.914		1.91	6-3-1
1890	PHI	NL	19	2B	8				40	11	23	6	2	.850		4.25	.925		5.48
1890	PHI	NL	19	3B	8				27	15	8	4	1	.852		2.88	.884		3.51
1890	PHI	NL	19	C	7				43	28	9	6	1	.860		5.29	.926		6.10		4		13	9	41%	37%
1890	PHI	NL	19	1B	1				4	2	0	2	0	.500		2.00	.975		10.40
1891	PHI	NL	20	C	11				46	30	7	9	1	.804		3.36	.926		5.79		6		17	6	26%	37%
1891	PHI	NL	20	OF	10				17	13	2	2	0	.882		1.50	.912		1.92	0-4-6
1891	PHI	NL	20	SS	3				8	3	4	1	0	.875		2.33	.889		5.27
1891	PHI	NL	20	3B	1				3	1	0	2	0	.333		1.00	.880		3.70
1895	CIN	NL	24	3B	27				117	47	59	11	7	.906		3.93	.872		3.46
1895	CIN	NL	24	2B	16				67	27	33	7	5	.896		3.75	.933		5.70
1895	CIN	NL	24	C	5				14	10	2	2	0	.857		2.40	.938		4.64		0		5	2	29%	37%
1895	CIN	NL	24	SS	5				23	5	14	4	1	.826		3.80	.899		5.64
1895	CIN	NL	24	OF	1				0	0	0	0	0			0.00			2.20	1-0-0
1896	CIN	NL	25	2B	12				82	25	51	6	6	.927		6.33	.940		5.53
1896	CIN	NL	25	C	11				38	26	9	3	1	.921		3.18	.943		4.59		3		13	10	43%	37%
1896	CIN	NL	25	SS	8				34	9	21	4	1	.882		3.75	.903		5.58
1896	CIN	NL	25	OF	3				0	0	0	0	0			0.00			2.17	1-0-2
1896	CIN	NL	25	1B	2				23	20	1	2	1	.913		10.50	.980		10.50
1896	CIN	NL	25	3B	1				3	1	1	1	0	.667		2.00	.893		3.50
1898	PIT	NL	27	3B	137				489	172	258	59	16	.879		3.14	.902		3.48
	5 Seasons			3B	174				639	236	326	77	24	.879		3.23	.896		3.48
	3 Seasons			2B	36				189	63	107	19	13	.899		4.72	.934		5.59
	4 Seasons			C	34				141	94	27	20	3	.858		3.56	.932		5.30		13		48	27	36%	37%
	4 Seasons			OF	24				32	26	4	2	0	.938		1.25	.913		1.96	8-7-9
	3 Seasons			SS	16				65	17	39	9	2	.862		3.50	.900		5.54
	2 Seasons			1B	3				27	22	1	4	1	.852		7.67	.979		10.47
	5 Seasons			TOT	287				1093	458	504	131	43	.880		3.35	.910		4.02	8-7-9	13		48	27	36%	37%
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO	Awards

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Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
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Appearances

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	Batting	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF
1890	PHI	NL	19	34	34	7	1	8	8	0	6	3	1	10
1891	PHI	NL	20	23	23	11	0	0	1	3	0	4	6	10
1895	CIN	NL	24	52	52	5	0	16	27	5	1	0	0	1
1896	CIN	NL	25	46	46	11	2	12	1	8	1	0	2	3
1898	PIT	NL	27	137	137	0	0	0	137	0	0	0	0	0
	5 Seasons			292	292	34	3	36	174	16	8	7	9	24

Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Def. Games as 3B s c a p y 1898 NL 137 (4th)	Putouts as 3B s c a p y 1898 NL 172 (5th)	Errors Committed as 3B s c a p y 1898 NL 59 (2nd)	Youngest s c a p y 1890 NL born 1871-04-05 (7th) 1891 NL born 1871-04-05 (7th)

Def. Games as 3B s c a p y
1898 NL 137 (4th)

Putouts as 3B s c a p y
1898 NL 172 (5th)

Errors Committed as 3B s c a p y
1898 NL 59 (2nd)

Youngest s c a p y
1890 NL born 1871-04-05 (7th)
1891 NL born 1871-04-05 (7th)

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