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Bill Hutchison
William Forrest Hutchison (Wild Bill)
Last name is often spelled Hutchinson
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: December 17, 1859 in New Haven, CT
School: Yale University (All Transactions)
Debut: June 10, 1884
Final Game: May 20, 1897
Died: March 19, 1926 in Kansas City, MO
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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1884 24 KCC UA 1 1 .500 2.65 2 2 0 2 0 0 17.0 14 11 5 0 1 5 0 0 106 0.882 7.4 0.0 0.5 2.6 5.00
1889 29 CHC NL 16 17 .485 3.54 37 36 1 33 3 0 318.0 306 206 125 11 117 136 8 0 16 1231 117 1.330 8.7 0.3 3.3 3.8 1.16
1890 30 CHC NL 42 25 .627 2.70 71 66 5 65 5 2 603.0 505 315 181 20 199 289 0 0 27 0 134 1.167 7.5 0.3 3.0 4.3 1.45
1891 31 CHC NL 44 19 .698 2.81 66 58 8 56 4 1 561.0 508 283 175 26 178 261 0 0 25 0 125 1.223 8.1 0.4 2.9 4.2 1.47
1892 32 CHC NL 36 36 .500 2.76 75 70 5 67 5 1 622.0 571 316 191 11 190 314 0 0 20 0 112 1.223 8.3 0.2 2.7 4.5 1.65
1893 33 CHC NL 16 24 .400 4.75 44 40 3 38 2 0 348.1 420 266 184 9 156 80 0 0 12 0 102 1.654 10.9 0.2 4.0 2.1 0.51
1894 34 CHC NL 14 16 .467 6.06 36 34 2 28 0 0 277.2 373 257 187 9 140 59 0 0 6 0 93 1.848 12.1 0.3 4.5 1.9 0.42
1895 35 CHC NL 13 21 .382 4.73 38 35 3 30 2 0 291.0 371 218 153 13 129 85 0 0 14 0 108 1.718 11.5 0.4 4.0 2.6 0.66
1897 37 STL NL 1 4 .200 6.08 6 5 1 2 0 0 40.0 55 41 27 5 22 5 2 0 2 0 72 1.925 12.4 1.1 5.0 1.1 0.23
9 Seasons 183 163 .529 3.59 375 346 28 321 21 4 3078.0 3123 1913 1228 104 1132 1234 10 0 122 1231 112 1.382 9.1 0.3 3.3 3.6 1.09
162 Game Avg. 17 15 .529 3.59 35 33 3 30 2 0 290 295 180 116 10 107 116 0 12 112 1.382 9.1 0.3 3.3 3.6 1.09
CHC (7 yrs) 181 158 .534 3.56 367 339 27 317 21 4 3021.0 3054 1861 1196 99 1109 1224 8 0 120 1231 113 1.378 9.1 0.3 3.3 3.6 1.10
STL (1 yr) 1 4 .200 6.08 6 5 1 2 0 0 40.0 55 41 27 5 22 5 2 0 2 0 72 1.925 12.4 1.1 5.0 1.1 0.23
KCC (1 yr) 1 1 .500 2.65 2 2 0 2 0 0 17.0 14 11 5 0 1 5 0 0 106 0.882 7.4 0.0 0.5 2.6 5.00
NL (8 yrs) 182 162 .529 3.60 373 344 28 319 21 4 3061.0 3109 1902 1223 104 1131 1229 10 0 122 1231 112 1.385 9.1 0.3 3.3 3.6 1.09
UA (1 yr) 1 1 .500 2.65 2 2 0 2 0 0 17.0 14 11 5 0 1 5 0 0 106 0.882 7.4 0.0 0.5 2.6 5.00

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1884 24 KCC UA 2 8 8 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 79 2 /1
1889 29 CHC NL 37 140 133 14 21 1 1 1 7 2 7 40 .158 .200 .203 .403 10 27 0 1/O
1890 30 CHC NL 71 275 261 28 53 7 2 2 27 6 13 63 .203 .244 .268 .512 47 70 1 1
1891 31 CHC NL 67 260 243 27 45 4 2 2 25 5 17 62 .185 .238 .243 .481 37 59 0 1/O
1892 32 CHC NL 77 273 263 23 57 10 5 1 22 8 10 60 .217 .245 .304 .550 70 80 0 1/O
1893 33 CHC NL 46 169 162 14 41 7 3 0 25 2 7 20 .253 .284 .333 .617 62 54 0 1/O
1894 34 CHC NL 39 147 136 30 42 3 0 6 16 2 11 17 .309 .361 .463 .824 93 63 0 1/O
1895 35 CHC NL 38 131 126 12 25 3 3 0 11 1 5 23 .198 .229 .270 .499 25 34 0 0 1
1897 37 STL NL 6 19 18 1 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 .278 .316 .389 .705 87 7 0 0 /1
9 Seasons 383 1422 1350 150 291 35 17 12 133 26 71 285 .216 .255 .293 .549 51 396 1 0
162 Game Avg. 162 601 571 63 123 15 7 5 56 11 30 .216 .255 .293 .549 51 167
CHC (7 yrs) 375 1395 1324 148 284 35 16 12 133 26 70 285 .215 .254 .292 .547 51 387 1 0
STL (1 yr) 6 19 18 1 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 .278 .316 .389 .705 87 7 0 0
KCC (1 yr) 2 8 8 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 79 2
NL (8 yrs) 381 1414 1342 149 289 35 17 12 133 26 71 285 .215 .255 .294 .549 51 394 1 0
UA (1 yr) 2 8 8 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 79 2

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1884 KCC UA 24 P 2 13 1 12 0 0 1.000 6.50 .815 2.25
1889 CHC NL 29 P 37 117 18 86 13 3 .889 2.81 .907 1.93
1889 CHC NL 29 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.00 0-0-0
1890 CHC NL 30 P 71 186 44 128 14 5 .925 2.42 .895 2.01
1891 CHC NL 31 P 66 138 22 103 13 0 .906 1.89 .916 1.96
1891 CHC NL 31 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.90 0-0-1
1892 CHC NL 32 P 75 190 21 156 13 4 .932 2.36 .898 2.17
1892 CHC NL 32 OF 2 5 4 0 1 0 .800 2.00 .920 1.85 0-2-0
1893 CHC NL 33 P 44 82 13 62 7 3 .915 1.70 .913 2.07
1893 CHC NL 33 OF 2 4 2 0 2 0 .500 1.00 .950 2.15 0-2-0
1894 CHC NL 34 P 36 60 10 45 5 1 .917 1.53 .912 1.74
1894 CHC NL 34 OF 4 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.25 .900 2.25 0-0-4
1895 CHC NL 35 P 38 82 9 65 8 1 .902 1.95 .918 2.01
1897 STL NL 37 P 6 8 0 7 1 0 .875 1.17 .925 2.10
9 Seasons P 375 876 138 664 74 17 .916 2.14 .905 2.01
5 Seasons OF 10 10 7 0 3 0 .700 0.70 .930 2.09 0-4-5
9 Seasons TOT 385 886 145 664 77 17 .913 2.10 .818 2.01 0-4-5

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1889 NL  3.538 (7th)
1890 NL  2.701 (6th)
1891 NL  2.807 (7th)
1892 NL  2.764 (10th)

Wins s c a p y
1890 NL  42 (1st)
1891 NL  44 (1st)
1892 NL  36 (1st)
Career  183 (152nd)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1890 NL  .627 (6th)
1891 NL  .698 (2nd)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1889 NL  1.330 (7th)
1890 NL  1.168 (3rd)
1891 NL  1.223 (3rd)
1892 NL  1.224 (10th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1889 NL  8.660 (5th)
1890 NL  7.537 (3rd)
1891 NL  8.150 (4th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1890 NL  2.970 (7th)
1891 NL  2.856 (5th)
1892 NL  2.749 (9th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1889 NL  3.849 (6th)
1890 NL  4.313 (4th)
1891 NL  4.187 (4th)
1892 NL  4.543 (3rd)

Games Played s c a p y
1890 NL  71 (1st)
1891 NL  66 (1st)
1892 NL  75 (1st)
1893 NL  44 (10th)

Saves s c a p y
1890 NL  2 (1st)
1891 NL  1 (5th)
1892 NL  1 (3rd)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1890 NL  603.0 (1st)
1891 NL  561.0 (1st)
1892 NL  622.0 (1st)
1893 NL  348.3 (9th)
Career  3078.0 (119th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1889 NL  136 (6th)
1890 NL  289 (2nd)
1891 NL  261 (2nd)
1892 NL  314 (1st)
1895 NL  85 (10th)

Games Started s c a p y
1890 NL  66 (1st)
1891 NL  58 (1st)
1892 NL  70 (1st)
1893 NL  40 (8th)
Career  346 (191st)

Complete Games s c a p y
1890 NL  65 (1st)
1891 NL  56 (1st)
1892 NL  67 (1st)
1893 NL  38 (5th)
Career  321 (32nd)

Shutouts s c a p y
1889 NL  3 (3rd)
1890 NL  5 (4th)
1891 NL  4 (4th)
1892 NL  5 (4th)
1893 NL  2 (3rd)
1895 NL  2 (8th)
Career  21 (230th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1890 NL  20 (1st)
1891 NL  26 (1st)
1892 NL  11 (7th)
1895 NL  13 (6th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1889 NL  117 (10th)
1890 NL  199 (2nd)
1891 NL  178 (4th)
1892 NL  190 (3rd)
1893 NL  156 (7th)
1894 NL  140 (8th)
1895 NL  129 (5th)
Career  1132 (65th)

Hits s c a p y
1890 NL  505 (2nd)
1891 NL  508 (1st)
1892 NL  571 (1st)
1893 NL  420 (7th)
Career  3123 (105th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1889 NL  1.162 (10th)
1890 NL  1.452 (5th)
1891 NL  1.466 (3rd)
1892 NL  1.653 (1st)

Losses s c a p y
1889 NL  17 (9th)
1890 NL  25 (3rd)
1891 NL  19 (9th)
1892 NL  36 (2nd)
1893 NL  24 (2nd)
1895 NL  21 (5th)
Career  163 (111th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1890 NL  181 (2nd)
1891 NL  175 (1st)
1892 NL  191 (2nd)
1893 NL  184 (4th)
1894 NL  187 (8th)
Career  1228 (107th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1889 NL  16 (7th)
1890 NL  27 (3rd)
1891 NL  25 (1st)
1892 NL  20 (6th)
1893 NL  12 (10th)
1895 NL  14 (3rd)
Career  122 (43rd)

Games Finished s c a p y
1890 NL  5 (3rd)
1891 NL  8 (2nd)
1892 NL  5 (10th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1889 NL  117 (8th)
1890 NL  134 (5th)
1891 NL  125 (6th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1890 NL  63 (2nd)
1891 NL  62 (4th)
1892 NL  60 (7th)

Oldest s c a p y
1897 NL  born 1859-12-17 (7th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 40 (37), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 109 (185), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 94 (108), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 22 (249), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  7. Mike Torrez (912)
  8. Silver King (911)
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  5. Hal Schumacher (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Early Wynn (946) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Early Wynn (939) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  3. Tom Hughes (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Bert Cunningham (989)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Bert Cunningham (983)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Early Wynn (966) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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