Bill Hill

William Cicero Hill (Still Bill)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 201 lb.

Born: August 2, 1874 in Chattanooga, TN (All Transactions)
Debut: April 18, 1896
Teams (by GP): Colonels/Reds/Spiders/Orioles/Superbas 1896-1899

Final Game: September 13, 1899
Died: January 28, 1938 in Cincinnati, OH
Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Southgate, KY
Relatives: Brother of Hugh Hill
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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
1896	21	LOU	NL	9	28	.243	4.31	43	39	3	32	0	2	319.2	353	229	153	14	155	104	18	1	9	1444	100	1.589	9.9	0.4	4.4	2.9	0.67
1897	22	LOU	NL	7	17	.292	3.62	27	26	1	20	1	0	199.0	209	127	80	6	69	55	17	0	4	866	118	1.397	9.5	0.3	3.1	2.5	0.80
1898	23	CIN	NL	13	14	.481	3.98	33	32	1	26	2	0	262.0	261	146	116	3	119	75	17	0	5	1149	97	1.450	9.0	0.1	4.1	2.6	0.63
1899	24	TOT	NL	7	10	.412	4.93	21	18	3	14	0	1	144.1	171	105	79	1	63	46	7	1	5	652	78	1.621	10.7	0.1	3.9	2.9	0.73
1899	24	CLV	NL	3	6	.333	6.97	11	10	1	7	0	0	72.1	96	67	56	0	39	26	4	0	2	345	53	1.866	11.9	0.0	4.9	3.2	0.67
1899	24	BLN	NL	3	4	.429	3.25	8	7	1	6	0	0	61.0	64	35	22	1	18	17	3	1	3	259	123	1.344	9.4	0.1	2.7	2.5	0.94
1899	24	BRO	NL	1	0	1.000	0.82	2	1	1	1	0	1	11.0	11	3	1	0	6	3	0	0	0	48	492	1.545	9.0	0.0	4.9	2.5	0.50
1900	25	HFD,DTR	A	2	7	.222		11	10		4	1		59.0	71	54			40	18						1.881	10.8		6.1	2.7	0.45	HFD,DTR · EL,AL
4 Yrs				36	69	.343	4.16	124	115	8	92	3	3	925.0	994	607	428	24	406	280	59	2	23	4111	99	1.514	9.7	0.2	4.0	2.7	0.69
162 Game Avg.				10	20	.343	4.16	35	33	2	26	1	1	263	283	173	122	7	116	80	17	1	7	1170	99	1.514	9.7	0.2	4.0	2.7	0.69

LOU (2 yrs)				16	45	.262	4.04	70	65	4	52	1	2	518.2	562	356	233	20	224	159	35	1	13	2310	106	1.515	9.8	0.3	3.9	2.8	0.71
BLN (1 yr)				3	4	.429	3.25	8	7	1	6	0	0	61.0	64	35	22	1	18	17	3	1	3	259	123	1.344	9.4	0.1	2.7	2.5	0.94
CLV (1 yr)				3	6	.333	6.97	11	10	1	7	0	0	72.1	96	67	56	0	39	26	4	0	2	345	53	1.866	11.9	0.0	4.9	3.2	0.67
BRO (1 yr)				1	0	1.000	0.82	2	1	1	1	0	1	11.0	11	3	1	0	6	3	0	0	0	48	492	1.545	9.0	0.0	4.9	2.5	0.50
CIN (1 yr)				13	14	.481	3.98	33	32	1	26	2	0	262.0	261	146	116	3	119	75	17	0	5	1149	97	1.450	9.0	0.1	4.1	2.6	0.63

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
1896	21	LOU	NL	319.2	43	39	229	6.45	6.14	-0.29	0.00	99.0	6.37	5	0.5	1.0	-0.3	2.9	35	.511	.503	$
1897	22	LOU	NL	199.0	27	26	127	5.74	5.96	0.07	0.00	99.0	5.84	8	0.7	1.0	-0.1	2.2	25	.524	.504	$
1898	23	CIN	NL	262.0	33	32	146	5.02	4.92	0.16	0.00	107.0	5.10	8	0.8	1.0	-0.2	2.8	32	.523	.505	$
1899	24	CLV	NL	72.1	11	10	67	8.34	5.40	-0.72	0.00	95.0	5.82	-18	-1.5	1.0	-0.1	-0.9	-11	.367	.491	$
1899	24	BLN	NL	61.0	8	7	35	5.16	5.22	0.20	0.00	103.0	5.17	2	0.2	1.0	-0.1	0.6	7	.521	.501	$
1899	24	BRO	NL	11.0	2	1	3	2.45	5.18	0.21	0.00	101.0	5.01	3	0.3	1.0	-0.0	0.4	4	.673	.502	$
4 Seasons				925.0	124	115	607	5.91	5.63	-0.08	0.00	101.2	5.76	8	0.9	1.0	-0.8	8.0	92	.507	.501	$

LOU (2 yrs)				518.2	70	65	356	6.18	6.07	-0.15	0.00	99.0	6.16	13	1.1	1.0	-0.4	5.1	60	.516	.503	$
BLN (1 yr)				61.0	8	7	35	5.16	5.22	0.20	0.00	103.0	5.17	2	0.2	1.0	-0.1	0.6	7	.521	.501	$
CLV (1 yr)				72.1	11	10	67	8.34	5.40	-0.72	0.00	95.0	5.82	-18	-1.5	1.0	-0.1	-0.9	-11	.367	.491	$
BRO (1 yr)				11.0	2	1	3	2.45	5.18	0.21	0.00	101.0	5.01	3	0.3	1.0	-0.0	0.4	4	.673	.502	$
CIN (1 yr)				262.0	33	32	146	5.02	4.92	0.16	0.00	107.0	5.10	8	0.8	1.0	-0.2	2.8	32	.523	.505	$

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	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	ERA+
1896	21	9	28	.243	4.31	43	39	3	32	0	2	319.2	353	229	153	14	155	104	18	1	9	1444	100	1.589	9.9	0.4	4.4	2.9	0.67	100
1897	22	16	45	.262	4.04	70	65	4	52	1	2	518.2	562	356	233	20	224	159	35	1	13	2310	106	1.515	9.8	0.3	3.9	2.8	0.71	106
1898	23	29	59	.330	4.02	103	97	5	78	3	2	780.2	823	502	349	23	343	234	52	1	18	3459	103	1.494	9.5	0.3	4.0	2.7	0.68	103
1899	24	36	69	.343	4.16	124	115	8	92	3	3	925.0	994	607	428	24	406	280	59	2	23	4111	99	1.514	9.7	0.2	4.0	2.7	0.69	99

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
1896	21	28	17	.622	3.06	406.0	372	153	138	15	163	132	19	1.318	8.2	3.6	2.9	0.81	0.3	43
1897	22	19	8	.704	2.70	243.0	219	81	73	6	72	67	18	1.198	8.1	2.7	2.5	0.93	0.2	27
1898	23	18	12	.600	3.29	276.0	250	112	101	3	114	79	16	1.319	8.2	3.7	2.6	0.69	0.1	33
1899	24	7	9	.438	4.32	150.0	167	80	72	1	62	48	7	1.527	10.0	3.7	2.9	0.77	0.1	21
4 Yrs		72	46	.610	3.21	1075.0	1008	426	384	25	411	326	60	1.320	8.4		2.7	0.79	0.2	124

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y 1897 NL 9.452 (4th)	Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y 1896 NL 2.928 (8th)	Games Played s c a p y 1896 NL 43 (10th)	Saves s c a p y 1896 NL 2 (2nd) 1899 NL 1 (7th)
Strikeouts s c a p y 1896 NL 104 (6th)	Home Runs s c a p y 1896 NL 14 (3rd)	Bases on Balls s c a p y 1896 NL 155 (3rd) 1898 NL 119 (7th)	Losses s c a p y 1896 NL 28 (2nd)
Earned Runs s c a p y 1896 NL 153 (9th)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1896 NL 18 (6th) 1897 NL 17 (10th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 13 (1324), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 1 (1990), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Pitchers

Compare Stats to Similars

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Dick Barrett (946)
Dave Freisleben (946)
Red Oldham (945)

Most Similar by Ages

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Pete Dowling (976) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
John Kirby (977) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Lefty Tyler (950) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Pete Dowling (961) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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