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Bill Karns

William Arthur Karns

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left

Born: December 28, 1875 in Richmond, IA
Signed as a Free Agent with the Baltimore Orioles in 1901. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.) (All Transactions)
Debut: August 14, 1901 (Age 25)
Team: Orioles 1901

Final Game: September 26, 1901 (Age 25)
Died: November 15, 1941 in Seattle, WA
Buried: Masonic Cemetery, Olympia, WA
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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
1901 25 BLA AL 1 0 1.000 6.35 3 1 2 1 0 0 17.0 30 18 12 0 9 5 0 0 1 88 62 2.294 15.9 0.0 4.8 2.6 0.56
1 Yr 1 0 1.000 6.35 3 1 2 1 0 0 17.0 30 18 12 0 9 5 0 0 1 88 62 2.294 15.9 0.0 4.8 2.6 0.56
162 Game Avg. 17 0 1.000 6.35 51 17 34 17 0 0 289 510 306 204 0 153 85 0 0 17 1496 62 2.294 15.9 0.0 4.8 2.6 0.56

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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 Awards
1901 25 BLA AL 17.0 3 1 18 9.53 5.31 -0.44 0.00 105.0 6.03 -6 -0.5 1.0 -0.0 -0.3 -5 .337 .497
1 Season 17.0 3 1 18 9.53 5.31 -0.44 0.00 105.0 6.03 -6 -0.5 1.0 -0.0 -0.3 -5 .337 .497

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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
1901 25 BLA AL 5 8 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .143 .143 .143 .286 -22 1 0 1 /1
1 Yr 5 8 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .143 .143 .143 .286 -22 1 0 1
162 Game Avg. 162 259 227 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 97 .143 .143 .143 .286 -22 32 0 32

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1901 25 BLA AL 5 8 -2 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .483 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 /1
1 Season 5 8 -2 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .483 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1901 BLA AL 25 P 3 17.0 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 2.12 1.33 .930 2.96 2.90
1 Season P 3 17.0 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 2.12 1.33 .930 2.96 2.90
1 Season TOT 3 17.0 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 2.12 1.33 .930 2.96 2.90
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
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-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 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 1945 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 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) 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.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Transactions

  • August 13, 1901: Signed as a Free Agent with the Baltimore Orioles. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)
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