Bill Ludwig

William Lawrence Ludwig

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right

Born: May 27, 1882 in Louisville, KY (All Transactions)
Debut: April 16, 1908
Team: Cardinals 1908

Final Game: October 3, 1908
Died: September 5, 1947 in Louisville, KY
Buried: Calvary Cemetery, Louisville, KY
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	HBP	SH	Pos	Awards
1901	19	TOL	A																						TOL · WA
1903	21	MNE	A	43	148	148	14	31	5	0	0		1			.209	.209	.243	.453		36				MNE · AA
1904	22	CDR	B	108	384	384		97								.253	.253								CDR · IIIL
1905	23	SPR	B	117	398	398		93								.234	.234								SPR · IIIL
1906	24	SPR	B	78	243	243		49								.202	.202								SPR · IIIL
1907	25	SPR	B	96	307	307		70								.228	.228								SPR · IIIL
1908	26	STL	NL	66	207	187	15	34	2	2	0	8	3	16	39	.182	.246	.214	.460	50	40	0	4	2
1909	27	MOB,MEM	A	101	295	295		56								.190	.190								MOB,MEM · SOUA
1910	28	MLW	A	85	233	233		47	7	3	1					.202	.202	.270	.472		63				MLW · AA
1911	29	MLW,LOU,CLB	A	64	154	154		35	8	2	0					.227	.227	.305	.532		47				MLW,LOU,CLB · AA
1912	30	LOU,CPN,TAC	AA,D,B	73	132	132		26	2	1	0					.197	.197	.189	.386		25				LOU,CPN,TAC · AA,ILMO,NWES
1913	31	SPR,NVL	B,A	87	263	263		54	9	2	1					.205	.205	.266	.471		70				SPR,NVL · IIIL,SOUA
1914	32	STR	D	30	95	95		23	2	1	0					.242	.242	.284	.526		27				STR · ILMO
1 Yr				66	207	187	15	34	2	2	0	8	3	16	39	.182	.246	.214	.460	50	40	0	4
162 Game Avg.				162	508	459	37	83	5	5	0	20	7	39	96	.182	.246	.214	.460	50	98	0	10

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 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
1908	26	STL	NL	66	207	-10	-0	0	-2	3	-8	-1.1	6	-2	-0.5	.484	.493	-0.2	0.2	-0	$	2
1 Season				66	207	-10	-0	0	-2	3	-8	-1.1	6	-2	-0.5	.484	.493	-0.2	0.2	-0	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1908	26	STL	NL	207	157	10	1.7	68	.230	.182	.241	.246	.302	.214	.311	.460	.613	50	.267	-10.2	-1.3	.386	.134	.032	.0
1 Yr				207	157	10	1.7	68	.230	.182	.241	.246	.302	.214	.311	.460	.613	50	.267	-10.2	-1.3	.386	.134	.032	.0
162 Game Avg.				508	385	25	1.7	68	.230	.182	.241	.246	.302	.214	.311	.460	.613	50	.267	-10.2	-1.3	.386	.134	.032

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1908	26	66	207	187	15	34	2	2	0	8	3		16	39	.182	.246	.214	.460	50	40		0	4

Neutralized Batting

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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	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1908	26	69	226	202	22	43	3	3	12	4	20	40	.213	.284	.257	.541	15	66
1 Yr		69	226	202	22	43	3	3	12	4	20	40	.213	.284	.257	.541	15	66
162 Game Avg.		162	531	474	52	101	7	7	28	9	47	94	.213	.284	.257	.541	35	66

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