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Bill McGee
William Henry McGee (Fiddler Bill)
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 215 lb.

Born: November 16, 1909 in Batchtown, IL (All Transactions)
Debut: September 29, 1935
Final Game: September 22, 1942
Died: February 11, 1987 in St.Louis, MO
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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 IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1935 25 STL NL 1 0 1.000 1.00 1 1 0 1 0 0 9.0 3 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 30 410 0.444 3.0 0.0 1.0 2.0 2.00
1936 26 STL NL 1 1 .500 7.88 7 2 1 0 0 0 16.0 23 14 14 3 4 8 0 0 2 70 50 1.688 12.9 1.7 2.3 4.5 2.00
1937 27 STL NL 1 0 1.000 2.57 4 1 0 1 0 0 14.0 13 4 4 1 4 9 1 0 0 57 155 1.214 8.4 0.6 2.6 5.8 2.25
1938 28 STL NL 7 12 .368 3.21 47 25 11 10 1 5 216.0 216 100 77 4 78 104 1 0 2 932 123 1.361 9.0 0.2 3.3 4.3 1.33
1939 29 STL NL 12 5 .706 3.81 43 17 9 5 4 0 156.0 155 68 66 14 59 56 0 0 2 663 108 1.372 8.9 0.8 3.4 3.2 0.95
1940 30 STL NL 16 10 .615 3.80 38 31 1 11 3 0 218.0 222 108 92 13 96 78 2 2 9 955 105 1.459 9.2 0.5 4.0 3.2 0.81
1941 31 TOT NL 2 10 .167 4.95 26 17 4 1 0 0 120.0 134 77 66 10 67 43 1 0 1 546 75 1.675 10.1 0.8 5.0 3.2 0.64
1941 31 STL NL 0 1 .000 5.14 4 3 1 0 0 0 14.0 17 9 8 1 13 2 1 0 0 71 73 2.143 10.9 0.6 8.4 1.3 0.15
1941 31 NYG NL 2 9 .182 4.92 22 14 3 1 0 0 106.0 117 68 58 9 54 41 0 0 1 475 75 1.613 9.9 0.8 4.6 3.5 0.76
1942 32 NYG NL 6 3 .667 2.94 31 8 11 2 1 1 104.0 95 50 34 8 46 40 1 0 0 447 114 1.356 8.2 0.7 4.0 3.5 0.87
8 Seasons 46 41 .529 3.74 197 102 37 31 9 6 853.0 861 422 354 53 355 340 6 2 16 3700 104 1.426 9.1 0.6 3.7 3.6 0.96
162 Game Avg. 10 9 .529 3.74 45 23 8 7 2 1 194 196 96 81 12 81 77 1 0 4 841 104 1.426 9.1 0.6 3.7 3.6 0.96
STL (7 yrs) 38 29 .567 3.67 144 80 23 28 8 5 643.0 649 304 262 36 255 259 5 2 15 2778 109 1.406 9.1 0.5 3.6 3.6 1.02
NYG (2 yrs) 8 12 .400 3.94 53 22 14 3 1 1 210.0 212 118 92 17 100 81 1 0 1 922 89 1.486 9.1 0.7 4.3 3.5 0.81

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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
1935 25 STL NL 1 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 77 1 0 0 0 /1
1936 26 STL NL 7 4 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 35 1 0 0 0 /1
1937 27 STL NL 4 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .200 .400 8 1 0 0 0 /1
1938 28 STL NL 47 75 67 4 14 2 0 0 2 0 3 7 .209 .254 .239 .492 33 16 1 1 4 1
1939 29 STL NL 43 58 55 2 8 1 0 0 2 0 1 13 .145 .161 .164 .324 -15 9 0 0 2 1
1940 30 STL NL 38 84 73 5 13 3 0 0 11 0 1 17 .178 .189 .219 .408 10 16 3 0 10 1
1941 31 TOT NL 26 37 35 0 5 0 0 0 3 0 0 7 .143 .143 .143 .286 -20 5 2 0 2 1
1941 31 STL NL 4 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 /1
1941 31 NYG NL 22 32 31 0 5 0 0 0 3 0 0 5 .161 .161 .161 .323 -10 5 2 0 1 1
1942 32 NYG NL 31 31 29 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 11 .103 .103 .103 .207 -40 3 1 0 2 1
8 Seasons 197 297 271 13 46 6 0 0 20 0 5 56 .170 .188 .192 .380 3 52 7 1 20
162 Game Avg. 162 244 223 11 38 5 0 0 16 0 4 46 .170 .188 .192 .380 3 43 6 1 16
STL (7 yrs) 144 234 211 12 38 6 0 0 15 0 5 40 .180 .203 .209 .411 10 44 4 1 17
NYG (2 yrs) 53 63 60 1 8 0 0 0 5 0 0 16 .133 .133 .133 .267 -24 8 3 0 3

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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 Awards
1935 STL NL 25 P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.20
1936 STL NL 26 P 7 5 0 5 0 0 1.000 0.71 .940 1.16
1937 STL NL 27 P 4 4 0 4 0 0 1.000 1.00 .950 1.20
1938 STL NL 28 P 47 53 11 39 3 2 .943 1.06 .964 1.13
1939 STL NL 29 P 43 36 3 33 0 3 1.000 0.84 .958 1.09
1940 STL NL 30 P 38 43 8 33 2 1 .953 1.08 .963 1.10
1941 TOT NL 31 P 26 20 3 17 0 0 1.000 0.77 .965 1.09
1941 STL NL 31 P 4 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 0.75 .967 1.10
1941 NYG NL 31 P 22 17 3 14 0 0 1.000 0.77 .965 1.09
1942 NYG NL 32 P 31 23 6 16 1 1 .957 0.71 .970 1.17
8 Seasons P 197 184 31 147 6 7 .967 0.90 .962 1.12
8 Seasons TOT 197 184 31 147 6 7 .967 0.90 .930 1.12

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Wins s c a p y
1940 NL--16--4th

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1939 NL--.706--5th
1940 NL--.615--7th

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1939 NL--8.942--9th

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1938 NL--4.333--5th

Games Played s c a p y
1938 NL--47--3rd
1939 NL--43--7th

Saves s c a p y
1938 NL--5--5th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1938 NL--104--7th

Games Started s c a p y
1940 NL--31--8th

Shutouts s c a p y
1939 NL--4--4th
1940 NL--3--7th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1938 NL--78--10th
1940 NL--96--2nd

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1938 NL--.167--1st

Earned Runs s c a p y
1940 NL--92--9th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1940 NL--9--1st

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1938 NL--123--9th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 24 (942), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 4 (1351), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 6 (1212), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

May 14, 1941: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals to the New York Giants for Paul Dean, Harry Gumbert and cash.

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