Bill Hogg

William Johnston Hogg (Buffalo Bill)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: September 11, 1881 in Port Huron, MI (All Transactions)
Debut: April 25, 1905
Team: Highlanders 1905-1908

Final Game: October 2, 1908
Died: December 8, 1909 in New Orleans, LA
Buried: Lutheran All Faiths Cemetery, Queens, 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
1900	18	PBO	B	0	1	.000		1	1		1			8.0	9	10			5	1						1.750	10.1		5.6	1.1	0.20	PBO · WL
1902	20	SLE	B					27																								SLE · PNWL
1903	21	SPO,SEE	A	17	12	.586		30							260	168		6	129													SPO,SEE · PNAL
1904	22	SLE,POR,SPO	A,B	33	20	.623	2.93	61	14					107.1	481	244	35	7	197							6.317	40.3	0.6	16.5			SLE,POR,SPO · PCL,PNAL
1905	23	NYY	AL	9	13	.409	3.20	39	22	13	9	3	1	205.0	178	104	73	1	101	125	13	1	14	869	91	1.361	7.8	0.0	4.4	5.5	1.24
1906	24	NYY	AL	14	13	.519	2.93	28	25	3	15	3	0	206.0	171	77	67	5	72	107	12	0	6	831	101	1.180	7.5	0.2	3.1	4.7	1.49
1907	25	NYY	AL	10	8	.556	3.08	25	21	2	13	0	0	166.2	173	84	57	3	83	64	6	0	7	730	91	1.536	9.3	0.2	4.5	3.5	0.77
1908	26	NYY	AL	4	16	.200	3.01	24	21	3	6	0	0	152.1	155	89	51	4	63	72	4	0	6	658	82	1.431	9.2	0.2	3.7	4.3	1.14
1909	27	LOU	A	17	14	.548		37						295.0	238	90			104							1.159	7.3		3.2			LOU · AA
4 Yrs				37	50	.425	3.06	116	89	21	43	6	1	730.0	677	354	248	13	319	368	35	1	33	3088	92	1.364	8.3	0.2	3.9	4.5	1.15
162 Game Avg.				12	17	.425	3.06	38	30	7	14	2	0	242	225	117	82	4	106	122	12	0	11	1024	92	1.364	8.3	0.2	3.9	4.5	1.15

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	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1905	23	NYY	AL	205.0	39	22	104	4.57	3.66	-0.20	110.0	4.25	-6	-0.7	1.0	-0.1	1.0	11	.483	.496	$
1906	24	NYY	AL	206.0	28	25	77	3.36	3.60	-0.03	110.0	3.99	15	1.9	1.0	-0.2	3.6	32	.567	.512	$
1907	25	NYY	AL	166.2	25	21	84	4.54	3.61	-0.52	110.0	4.54	0	0.0	1.0	-0.1	1.4	15	.502	.500	$
1908	26	NYY	AL	152.1	24	21	89	5.26	3.51	-0.39	103.0	4.02	-21	-2.4	1.0	-0.1	-1.2	-9	.399	.485	$
4 Seasons				730.0	116	89	354	4.36	3.60	-0.26	108.5	4.19	-11	-1.2	1.0	-0.6	4.8	49	.490	.498	$

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+
1905	23	9	13	.409	3.20	39	22	13	9	3	1	205.0	178	104	73	1	101	125	13	1	14	869	91	1.361	7.8	0.0	4.4	5.5	1.24	91
1906	24	23	26	.469	3.07	67	47	16	24	6	1	411.0	349	181	140	6	173	232	25	1	20	1700	96	1.270	7.6	0.1	3.8	5.1	1.34	96
1907	25	33	34	.493	3.07	92	68	18	37	6	1	577.2	522	265	197	9	256	296	31	1	27	2430	95	1.347	8.1	0.1	4.0	4.6	1.16	95
1908	26	37	50	.425	3.06	116	89	21	43	6	1	730.0	677	354	248	13	319	368	35	1	33	3088	92	1.364	8.3	0.2	3.9	4.5	1.15	92

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
1905	23	11	10	.524	3.82	198.0	196	93	84	1	111	121	14	1.551	8.9	5.0	5.5	1.09	0.0	39
1906	24	12	10	.545	3.53	199.0	190	87	78	6	80	103	13	1.357	8.6	3.6	4.7	1.29	0.3	28
1907	25	9	8	.529	3.74	159.0	191	73	66	3	92	61	7	1.780	10.8	5.2	3.5	0.66	0.2	25
1908	26	7	8	.467	4.18	142.0	179	73	66	5	73	67	5	1.775	11.3	4.6	4.2	0.92	0.3	24
4 Yrs		39	36	.520	3.79	698.0	756	326	294	15	356	352	39	1.593	9.7		4.5	0.99	0.2	116

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y 1905 AL 5.488 (5th) 1906 AL 4.675 (7th)	Games Played s c a p y 1905 AL 39 (9th)	Saves s c a p y 1905 AL 1 (2nd)	Home Runs s c a p y 1906 AL 5 (4th) 1907 AL 3 (6th) 1908 AL 4 (4th)
Bases on Balls s c a p y 1905 AL 101 (4th) 1907 AL 83 (10th)	Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y 1905 AL 0.044 (4th)	Losses s c a p y 1908 AL 16 (7th)	Wild Pitches s c a p y 1905 AL 14 (2nd) 1906 AL 6 (10th) 1907 AL 7 (8th)
Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1905 AL 13 (4th) 1906 AL 12 (6th)	Games Finished s c a p y 1905 AL 13 (2nd)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 4 (1998), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 1 (1951), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 9 (928), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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