Bill Wight

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-1, 180lb (185cm, 81kg)

Born: April 12, 1922 in Rio Vista, CA us

Died: May 17, 2007 in Mount Shasta, CA

Buried: East Lawn Sierra Hills Memorial Park, Sacramento, CA

High School: McClymonds HS (Oakland, CA)

Debut: April 17, 1946 (Age 24-005d, 10,113th in major league history)
vs. PHA 0.1 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: September 21, 1958 (Age 36-162d)
vs. SFG 2.2 IP, 4 H, 0 SO, 3 BB, 3 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1947 season

Full Name: William Robert Wight

Nicknames: Lefty

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

10.7

ERA

3.95

347

198

1563.0

574

WHIP

1.516

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Team Record in Appearances: 6-26 / in Starts: 1-3

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 17, Entered with runners on base: 19

1953 Pitching Game Log

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1953 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	182	3	Apr 17	DET		CLE	W,6-5	GS-3		99	2.1	3	4	4	4	1	0	0	15.43	6.88	14	3	3	0	0	3	32			0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.23	-0.341	2.74	-0.45%	-3.05	1t start tie	3t 1-- 1 out d2
2	183	6	Apr 19	DET		SLB	L,3-6	11-GF(11)		1	0.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	12.00	5.26	3	1	0	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.52	-0.096	.99	-0.11%	-1.10	11t 12- 1 out d1	11t end d 3
3	184	11	Apr 25	DET	@	CLE	L,3-4	8-GF(8)		5	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9.82	4.77	2	0	2	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.76	0.042	.94	0.03%	0.67	8b -2- 1 out d1	8b end d 1
4	185	13	Apr 26(2)	DET	@	CLE	L,2-12	8-8		0	0.1	2	5	0	2	0	1	0	9.00	9.34	6	2	0	0	0	2		1	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	1	.05	-0.010	.05	-0.01%	-5.43	8b -2- 1 out d4	8b --- 2 out d10
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
5	186	20	May 5	DET		WSH	L,4-14	GS-4	L(0-1)	8	3.2	5	5	5	2	2	1	0	10.57	8.07	18	5	5	2	0	4	31			0	0	0	16	0	1	0	0	0	1	1.34	-0.341	.65	-0.10%	-3.15	1t start tie	4t --- 2 out d4
6	187	25	May 10(2)	DET	@	CHW	L,5-10	GS-2	L(0-2)	4	1.1	5	7	6	1	1	0	0	15.00	7.37	11	2	2	1	0	5	18			2	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	1	.82	-0.343	.41	-0.10%	-4.56	1b start tie	2b 123 1 out d3
7	188	31	May 18(2)	DET	@	BOS	L,5-8	1-4		7	4.0	5	1	1	1	1	0	0	11.08	5.98	16	4	5	0	0	5		3	2	0	1	0	15	0	0	0	1	0	0	.16	-0.003	.06	0.00%	0.92	1b 123 0 out d4	4b 3 out d7
8	189	33	May 20	DET	@	NYY	L,8-9	8-9	BL(0-3)	1	1.0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	10.29	5.74	4	4	0	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	3.14	-0.077	.97	-0.01%	-0.02	8b 1-3 1 out a1	9b -2- 1 out tie
9	190	37	May 26	DET	@	CLE	L,8-9	GS-7		5	6.0	6	6	4	2	1	0	0	9.00	4.99	26	12	5	1	0	6	39			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	1	0	2	1.25	-0.343	.16	-0.03%	-2.08	1b start tie	7b 12- 0 out d1
10	191	40	May 30(1)	DET		SLB	L,4-5	9-GF	BS(2)	3	0.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	8.85	4.86	2	0	0	0	0	1		3	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.21	-0.574	.44	-0.03%	-1.24	9t 123 2 out a1	9t end d 1
11	192	41	May 30(2)	DET		SLB	L,1-13	7-8		-1	2.0	2	2	2	0	1	2	0	8.87	5.73	8	4	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.05	-0.006	.00	0.00%	-1.02	7t --- 0 out d5	8t 3 out d7
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
12	193	47	Jun 6(1)	DET		BOS	L,2-6	3-4		6	1.1	2	1	1	2	0	0	0	8.75	5.80	8	4	0	0	0	2		3	1	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.68	-0.061	.00	0.00%	-0.75	3t 123 2 out d3	4t 3 out d5
13	194	52	Jun 10	DET		NYY	L,4-11	6-7		3	1.2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	8.17	5.59	8	3	2	0	0	3		3	3	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.76	-0.132	.00	0.00%	-0.95	6t 123 1 out d1	7t 3 out d4
				Player went from Detroit Tigers to Cleveland Indians
14	195	53	Jun 17	CLE	@	PHA	W,9-6	4-7	W(1-3)	6	3.1	4	1	1	2	3	0	0	7.53	5.24	16	6	1	0	0	4		3	2	0	0	0	14	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.43	0.036	1.69	0.03%	-0.32	4b 123 1 out a3	7b 12- 2 out a3
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
15	196	73	Jul 5(1)	CLE		CHW	W,7-6	5-7	W(2-3)	17	3.0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	6.82	5.12	9	3	3	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	.28	0.050	.89	0.10%	1.45	5t --- 0 out d4	7t 3 out d3
16	197	77	Jul 8	CLE	@	SLB	L,3-6	6-6		2	0.2	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	6.68	5.19	4	1	0	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.69	-0.018	2.03	-0.03%	-0.08	6b 12- 1 out d3	6b 3 out d4
17	198	82	Jul 12(1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-14	2-4		3	2.0	3	0	0	2	1	0	0	6.29	5.16	11	4	1	1	0	3		2	1	0	0	0	8	0	0	2	0	0	0	.12	-0.008	.41	-0.02%	-0.36	2b 1-3 1 out d6	4b 123 1 out d6
18	199	88	Jul 19(2)	CLE		BOS	L,5-7	9-GF		6	1.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	6.11	5.06	5	0	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.38	0.016	.40	0.01%	0.48	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
19	200	92	Jul 24	CLE		WSH	L,4-6	8-8		4	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5.94	5.07	4	2	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.30	0.014	.43	0.01%	0.48	8t --- 0 out d3	8t 3 out d3
20	201	95	Jul 26(2)	CLE		WSH	W,7-6	9-GF	S(1)	1	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.84	5.03	1	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.85	0.168	4.37	0.12%	0.51	9t 1-- 1 out a1	9t end a 1
21	202	97	Jul 29	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-7	6-6		2	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.73	4.98	4	2	1	0	1	1		1	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	.46	-0.029	.78	-0.03%	-0.50	6b 1-- 1 out d3	6b 3 out d4
22	203	98	Jul 30	CLE	@	NYY	W,4-3	6-6	BS(3)	0	0.2	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	5.63	5.02	4	2	0	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	3.42	-0.297	3.86	-0.20%	-2.11	6b 12- 1 out a3	6b 3 out tie
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
23	204	104	Aug 5	CLE	@	WSH	L,0-11	7-7		5	0.1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	5.59	5.08	3	1	0	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.02	-0.003	.04	0.00%	-1.43	7b 12- 0 out d6	7b 12- 1 out d8
24	205	105	Aug 6	CLE	@	WSH	L,1-4	7-GF(8)		0	2.0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.53	4.95	8	2	3	0	0	3		0	0	2	0	0	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	.20	-0.016	.25	-0.01%	-0.03	7b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 3
25	206	111	Aug 13	CLE		CHW	L,3-7	10-GF(10)		6	0.2	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	5.66	4.99	4	0	2	0	1	1		1	1	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	.42	-0.047	.19	-0.01%	-1.33	10t -2- 1 out d2	10t end d 4
26	207	112	Aug 14	CLE	@	SLB	W,8-7	5-7		0	2.0	3	3	3	0	1	0	0	6.02	4.83	9	2	3	0	0	3		2	0	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	.92	0.063	.25	0.01%	-0.15	5b 12- 2 out a2	7b -23 2 out a3
27	208	113	Aug 16(1)	CLE	@	SLB	L,6-7	3-3		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.98	4.77	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.28	0.008	.11	0.00%	0.33	3b -2- 2 out d5	3b 3 out d5
28	209	123	Aug 25	CLE		WSH	L,4-8	4-4		8	0.2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.89	4.74	4	0	2	0	1	2		2	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.55	-0.050	.02	0.00%	-1.11	4t 12- 1 out d4	4t 3 out d6
29	210	130	Aug 31	CLE		BOS	L,4-6	8-8		5	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.76	4.69	3	2	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	.17	0.007	.02	0.00%	0.48	8t --- 0 out d4	8t 3 out d4
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
30	211	134	Sep 4	CLE		CHW	T,6-6	8-8		3	0.0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	5.96	4.75	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.15	-0.088	.08	0.00%	-0.38	8t --- 0 out a1	8t 1-- 0 out a1
31	212	141	Sep 10	CLE	@	BOS	L,4-14	7-GF(8)		5	2.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.70	4.62	7	2	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	1.04	7b --- 0 out d10	8b end d10
32	213	143	Sep 12	CLE	@	WSH	L,3-4	7-GF(8)		1	2.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	5.47	4.46	6	0	4	0	3	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.12	0.019	.00	0.00%	0.97	7b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 2
33	214	145	Sep 14	CLE	@	NYY	L,5-8	5-7	L(2-4)	1	2.2	6	4	4	2	1	1	0	5.88	4.69	16	6	1	0	0	6		0	0	0	0	0	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.60	-0.345	.00	0.00%	-1.99	5b --- 0 out a1	7b 12- 2 out d2
							6-26		W-L:2-4,Sv:1,BSv:3	3.3	52.0	64	44	34	30	23	5	0	5.88	4.69	246	1.60		5%	5%	63	30	37	65%	5	1	0	210	8	3	3	8	0	8	.87	-2.805	.60	-0.85%	-25.79

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