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Bill McAfee

William Fort McAfee

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 186 lb.

Born: September 7, 1907 in Smithville, GA
School: University of Michigan (All Transactions)
Debut: May 12, 1930
Teams (by GP): Senators/Browns/Braves/Cubs 1930-1934

Final Game: September 22, 1934
Died: July 8, 1958 in Culpeper, VA
Buried: Crown Hill Cemetery, Albany, GA
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All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

Standard Pitching

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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	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1930	22	CHC-min	AA	7	8	.467	6.22	21						97.0	119	78	67		43							1.670	11.0		4.0			REA · IL
1930	22	CHC	NL	0	0		0.00	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	3	5	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	10		5.000	27.0	0.0	18.0	0.0	0.00
1931	23	-min	AA	3	1	.750	3.56	10						48.0	52	19	19		15							1.396	9.8		2.8			NWK · IL
1931	23	BSN	NL	0	1	.000	6.37	18	1	11	0	0	0	29.2	39	22	21	2	10	9	0	0	0	129	61	1.652	11.8	0.6	3.0	2.7	0.90
1932	24	-min	AA	8	9	.471	4.70	23						136.0	148	80	71		51							1.463	9.8		3.4			MTL · IL
1932	24	WSH	AL	6	1	.857	3.92	8	5	3	2	0	0	41.1	47	22	18	3	22	10	0	0	0	189	111	1.669	10.2	0.7	4.8	2.2	0.45
1933	25	STL-min	AA	1	4	.200	5.37	17						57.0	72	45	34		29							1.772	11.4		4.6			ROC · IL
1933	25	WSH	AL	3	2	.600	6.62	27	1	15	0	0	5	53.0	64	40	39	3	21	14	1	0	2	245	64	1.604	10.9	0.5	3.6	2.4	0.67
1934	26	SLB	AL	1	0	1.000	5.84	28	0	18	0	0	0	61.2	84	48	40	4	26	11	3	0	3	288	85	1.784	12.3	0.6	3.8	1.6	0.42
5 Seasons				10	4	.714	5.69	83	7	48	2	0	5	186.2	237	137	118	12	81	44	4	0	6	861	78	1.704	11.4	0.6	3.9	2.1	0.54
162 Game Avg.				8	3	.714	5.69	63	5	36	2	0	4	141	179	104	89	9	61	33	3	0	5	651	78	1.704	11.4	0.6	3.9	2.1	0.54

WSH (2 yrs)				9	3	.750	5.44	35	6	18	2	0	5	94.1	111	62	57	6	43	24	1	0	2	434	79	1.633	10.6	0.6	4.1	2.3	0.56
BSN (1 yr)				0	1	.000	6.37	18	1	11	0	0	0	29.2	39	22	21	2	10	9	0	0	0	129	61	1.652	11.8	0.6	3.0	2.7	0.90
CHC (1 yr)				0	0		0.00	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	3	5	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	10		5.000	27.0	0.0	18.0	0.0	0.00
SLB (1 yr)				1	0	1.000	5.84	28	0	18	0	0	0	61.2	84	48	40	4	26	11	3	0	3	288	85	1.784	12.3	0.6	3.8	1.6	0.42

AL (3 yrs)			AL	10	3	.769	5.60	63	6	36	2	0	5	156.0	195	110	97	10	69	35	4	0	5	722	81	1.692	11.3	0.6	4.0	2.0	0.51
NL (2 yrs)			NL	0	1	.000	6.16	20	1	12	0	0	0	30.2	42	27	21	2	12	9	0	0	1	139	64	1.761	12.3	0.6	3.5	2.6	0.75

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary
1930	22	CHC	NL	1.0	0	5	1	0	1.0	-4	-0.4	$
1931	23	BSN	NL	29.2	1	22	17	0	1.0	-5	-0.6	$
1932	24	WSH	AL	41.1	5	22	28	1	1.0	6	0.4	$
1933	25	WSH	AL	53.0	1	40	34	1	1.0	-6	-0.8	$
1934	26	SLB	AL	61.2	0	48	41	0	1.0	-7	-0.2	$
5 Seasons				186.2	7	137	121	2	1.0	-16	-1.6	$

WSH (2 yrs)				94.1	6	62	62	2	1.0	0	-0.4	$
BSN (1 yr)				29.2	1	22	17	0	1.0	-5	-0.6	$
CHC (1 yr)				1.0	0	5	1	0	1.0	-4	-0.4	$
SLB (1 yr)				61.2	0	48	41	0	1.0	-7	-0.2	$

Standard Batting

More Stats

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	HBP	SH	Pos
1930	22	CHC-min	AA	21	37	37		10	2	1	1						.270	.270	.459	.730		17			REA · IL
1930	22	CHC	NL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0						0	0	0	/1
1931	23	-min	AA	10	15	15		3	1	0	0						.200	.200	.267	.467		4			NWK · IL
1931	23	BSN	NL	18	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1
1932	24	-min	AA	28	58	58		12	1	0	1						.207	.207	.276	.483		16			MTL · IL
1932	24	WSH	AL	8	20	18	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.111	.111	.111	.222	-42	2	0	2	/1
1933	25	STL-min	AA	17	19	19		2	1	0	0						.105	.105	.158	.263		3			ROC · IL
1933	25	WSH	AL	27	18	15	2	4	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	5	.267	.313	.600	.913	138	9	0	2	1/4
1934	26	SLB	AL	28	16	16	1	3	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	5	.188	.188	.313	.500	24	5	0	0	1
5 Seasons				83	57	52	4	9	2	1	1	3	0	0	1	12	.173	.189	.308	.496	27	16	0	4
162 Game Avg.				162	111	101	8	18	4	2	2	6	0		2	23	.173	.189	.308	.496	27	31	0	8

WSH (2 yrs)				35	38	33	3	6	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	7	.182	.206	.333	.539	40	11	0	4
BSN (1 yr)				18	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0
CHC (1 yr)				2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0						0	0	0
SLB (1 yr)				28	16	16	1	3	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	5	.188	.188	.313	.500	24	5	0	0

AL (3 yrs)				63	54	49	4	9	2	1	1	3	0	0	1	12	.184	.200	.327	.527	34	16	0	4
NL (2 yrs)				20	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
1931	23	BSN	NL	3	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	1
1932	24	WSH	AL	20	-4	0	0	0	0	1	1	-2	-0.2	-2	-0.2	0.0	$	/1
1933	25	WSH	AL	18	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0.2	2	0.2	0.0	$	1/4
1934	26	SLB	AL	16	-2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	1
4 Seasons				57	-7	0	0	0	0	3	3	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$

WSH (2 yrs)				38	-4	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$
BSN (1 yr)				3	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$
SLB (1 yr)				16	-2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG
1930	CHC	NL	22	P	2	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0		0.00	0.00		1.80	2.20
1931	BSN	NL	23	P	18	1	0	29.2	8	0	8	0	2	1.000	2.43	0.44	.959	2.21	2.19
1932	WSH	AL	24	P	8	5	2	41.1	16	2	14	0	0	1.000	3.48	2.00	.958	2.24	2.22
1933	WSH	AL	25	P	27	1	0	53.0	14	1	12	1	2	.929	2.21	0.48	.960	2.28	2.27
1933	WSH	AL	25	2B	1				0	0	0	0	0			0.00			6.00
1934	SLB	AL	26	P	28	0	0	61.2	15	3	10	2	0	.867	1.90	0.46	.956	2.15	2.11
	5 Seasons			P	83	7	2	186.2	53	6	44	3	4	.943	2.41	0.60	.958	2.21	2.19
	1 Season			2B	1				0	0	0	0	0			0.00			6.00
	5 Seasons			TOT	84	7	2	186.2	53	6	44	3	4	.943	2.41	0.60	.958	2.21	2.24

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray Ink

Pitching - 3 (2106), Average HOFer ≈ 185

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Transactions

October 14, 1930: Traded by the Chicago Cubs with Wes Schulmerich to the Boston Braves for Bob Smith and Jimmy Welsh.
August 5, 1932: Traded by the Boston Braves with Bill Akers and Bruce Cunningham to Baltimore (International) for Buck Jordan.
December, 1933: the Washington Senators sent Bill McAfee to the St. Louis Cardinals to complete an earlier deal made on August 1, 1933. August 1, 1933: The Washington Senators sent a player to be named later and cash to the St. Louis Cardinals for Ed Chapman.
February 15, 1934: Purchased by the St. Louis Browns from the St. Louis Cardinals.

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