Willie McGill

William Vaness McGill (Kid)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Unknown, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 6", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: November 10, 1873 in Atlanta, GA (All Transactions)
Debut: May 8, 1890
Teams (by GP): Colts/Browns/Phillies/Infants/Kelly'sKillers/... 1890-1896

Final Game: June 12, 1896
Died: August 29, 1944 in Indianapolis, IN
Buried: Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, IN
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Standard Pitching

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
1890	16	CLE	PL	11	9	.550	4.12	24	20	4	19	0	0	183.2	222	146	84	5	96	82	12	1	12	884	97	1.731	10.9	0.2	4.7	4.0	0.85
1891	17	TOT	AA	20	14	.588	3.20	41	37	4	26	1	1	298.0	276	196	106	11	163	165	15	0	18	1340	124	1.473	8.3	0.3	4.9	5.0	1.01
1891	17	CKK	AA	2	5	.286	4.98	8	8	0	6	0	0	65.0	69	56	36	1	37	19	3	0	4	302	81	1.631	9.6	0.1	5.1	2.6	0.51
1891	17	STL	AA	18	9	.667	2.70	33	29	4	20	1	1	233.0	207	140	70	10	126	146	12	0	14	1038	146	1.429	8.0	0.4	4.9	5.6	1.16
1892	18	CIN	NL	1	1	.500	5.29	3	3	0	1	0	0	17.0	18	14	10	0	5	7	0	0	1	74	64	1.353	9.5	0.0	2.6	3.7	1.40
1893	19	CHC	NL	17	18	.486	4.61	39	34	5	26	1	0	302.2	311	206	155	6	181	91	14	0	5	1402	105	1.626	9.2	0.2	5.4	2.7	0.50
1894	20	CHC	NL	7	19	.269	5.84	27	23	3	22	0	0	208.0	272	195	135	2	117	58	10	0	6	998	96	1.870	11.8	*0.1*	5.1	2.5	0.50
1895	21	PHI	NL	10	8	.556	5.55	20	20	0	13	0	0	146.0	177	122	90	2	81	70	4	0	1	685	86	1.767	10.9	0.1	5.0	4.3	0.86
1896	22	PHI	NL	5	4	.556	5.31	12	11	1	7	0	0	79.2	87	62	47	0	53	29	4	0	2	373	82	1.757	9.8	0.0	6.0	3.3	0.55
1897	23	STP	A	6	7	.462	2.87	17	14		12			119.1	139	101	38		64	60	8		4			1.701	10.5		4.8	4.5	0.94	STP · WL
1900	26	CHI	A	3	2	.600		6	5		3	0		33.0	40	25			14	6						1.636	10.9		3.8	1.6	0.43	CHI · AL
1901	27	STP	A	13	16	.448		33						244.0	242	159			107							1.430	8.9		3.9			STP · WL
1902	28	EVN,PEO	B,A	5	16	.238		26						28.0	224	144			76							10.714	72.0		24.4			EVN,PEO · IIIL,WL
1904	30	NCH	D					25						132.0		57			57										3.9			NCH · CTST
1905	31	FPT,INA	D,A	6	11	.353		20						150.0	151	87			40							1.273	9.1		2.4			FPT,INA · WISL,AA
7 Yrs				71	73	.493	4.57	166	148	17	114	2	1	1235.0	1363	941	627	26	696	502	59	1	45	5756	100	1.667	9.9	0.2	5.1	3.7	0.72
162 Game Avg.				15	16	.493	4.57	36	32	4	25	0	0	267	295	204	136	6	151	109	13	0	10	1247	100	1.667	9.9	0.2	5.1	3.7	0.72

PHI (2 yrs)				15	12	.556	5.46	32	31	1	20	0	0	225.2	264	184	137	2	134	99	8	0	3	1058	85	1.764	10.5	0.1	5.3	3.9	0.74
CHC (2 yrs)				24	37	.393	5.11	66	57	8	48	1	0	510.2	583	401	290	8	298	149	24	0	11	2400	101	1.725	10.3	0.1	5.3	2.6	0.50
STL (1 yr)				18	9	.667	2.70	33	29	4	20	1	1	233.0	207	140	70	10	126	146	12	0	14	1038	146	1.429	8.0	0.4	4.9	5.6	1.16
CLE (1 yr)				11	9	.550	4.12	24	20	4	19	0	0	183.2	222	146	84	5	96	82	12	1	12	884	97	1.731	10.9	0.2	4.7	4.0	0.85
CIN (1 yr)				1	1	.500	5.29	3	3	0	1	0	0	17.0	18	14	10	0	5	7	0	0	1	74	64	1.353	9.5	0.0	2.6	3.7	1.40
CKK (1 yr)				2	5	.286	4.98	8	8	0	6	0	0	65.0	69	56	36	1	37	19	3	0	4	302	81	1.631	9.6	0.1	5.1	2.6	0.51

NL (5 yrs)				40	50	.444	5.22	101	91	9	69	1	0	753.1	865	599	437	10	437	255	32	0	15	3532	95	1.728	10.3	0.1	5.2	3.0	0.58
AA (1 yr)				20	14	.588	3.20	41	37	4	26	1	1	298.0	276	196	106	11	163	165	15	0	18	1340	124	1.473	8.3	0.3	4.9	5.0	1.01
PL (1 yr)				11	9	.550	4.12	24	20	4	19	0	0	183.2	222	146	84	5	96	82	12	1	12	884	97	1.731	10.9	0.2	4.7	4.0	0.85

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 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
1890	16	CLE	PL	183.2	24	20	146	7.15	6.94	-0.43	0.00	94.0	6.92	-5	-0.3	1.0	-0.2	0.5	11	.486	.498	$
1891	17	CKK	AA	65.0	8	8	56	7.75	5.90	-0.14	0.00	108.0	6.53	-8	-0.6		-0.1	-0.3	-5	.422	.496	$
1891	17	STL	AA	233.0	33	29	140	5.41	5.70	0.16	0.00	106.0	5.87	16	1.4	1.0	-0.2	2.4	28	.541	.508	$
1892	18	CIN	NL	17.0	3	3	14	7.41	5.11	0.33	0.00	100.0	4.79	-5	-0.4		-0.0	-0.3	-3	.370	.498	$
1893	19	CHC	NL	302.2	39	34	206	6.13	6.58	-0.18	0.00	104.0	7.03	35	2.9	1.0	-0.3	5.1	68	.573	.518	$
1894	20	CHC	NL	208.0	27	23	195	8.44	7.35	-0.26	0.00	105.0	7.99	-3	-0.2	1.0	-0.2	1.4	21	.491	.498	$
1895	21	PHI	NL	146.0	20	20	122	7.52	6.45	-0.03	0.00	100.0	6.48	-13	-0.9		-0.1	0.2	2	.453	.494	$
1896	22	PHI	NL	79.2	12	11	62	7.00	5.96	-0.19	0.00	99.0	6.09	-6	-0.5	1.0	-0.1	0.1	1	.460	.497	$
7 Seasons				1235.0	166	148	941	6.86	6.49	-0.14	0.00	102.4	6.77	11	1.2	1.0	-1.2	9.1	124	.507	.501	$

PHI (2 yrs)				225.2	32	31	184	7.34	6.28	-0.09	0.00	99.6	6.34	-19	-1.4	1.0	-0.2	0.3	3	.456	.496	$
CHC (2 yrs)				510.2	66	57	401	7.07	6.89	-0.21	0.00	104.4	7.42	31	2.6	1.0	-0.5	6.5	90	.539	.508	$
STL (1 yr)				233.0	33	29	140	5.41	5.70	0.16	0.00	106.0	5.87	16	1.4	1.0	-0.2	2.4	28	.541	.508	$
CLE (1 yr)				183.2	24	20	146	7.15	6.94	-0.43	0.00	94.0	6.92	-5	-0.3	1.0	-0.2	0.5	11	.486	.498	$
CIN (1 yr)				17.0	3	3	14	7.41	5.11	0.33	0.00	100.0	4.79	-5	-0.4		-0.0	-0.3	-3	.370	.498	$
CKK (1 yr)				65.0	8	8	56	7.75	5.90	-0.14	0.00	108.0	6.53	-8	-0.6		-0.1	-0.3	-5	.422	.496	$

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	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	ERA+
1890	16	11	9	.550	4.12	24	20	4	19	0	0	183.2	222	146	84	5	96	82	12	1	12	884	97	1.731	10.9	0.2	4.7	4.0	0.85	97
1891	17	31	23	.574	3.55	65	57	8	45	1	1	481.2	498	342	190	16	259	247	27	1	30	2224	112	1.572	9.3	0.3	4.8	4.6	0.95	112
1892	18	32	24	.571	3.61	68	60	8	46	1	1	498.2	516	356	200	16	264	254	27	1	31	2298	109	1.564	9.3	0.3	4.8	4.6	0.96	109
1893	19	49	42	.538	3.99	107	94	13	72	2	1	801.1	827	562	355	22	445	345	41	1	36	3700	108	1.587	9.3	0.2	5.0	3.9	0.78	108
1894	20	56	61	.479	4.37	134	117	16	94	2	1	1009.1	1099	757	490	24	562	403	51	1	42	4698	104	1.646	9.8	0.2	5.0	3.6	0.72	104
1895	21	66	69	.489	4.52	154	137	16	107	2	1	1155.1	1276	879	580	26	643	473	55	1	43	5383	102	1.661	9.9	0.2	5.0	3.7	0.74	102
1896	22	71	73	.493	4.57	166	148	17	114	2	1	1235.0	1363	941	627	26	696	502	59	1	45	5756	100	1.667	9.9	0.2	5.1	3.7	0.72	100

Neutralized Pitching

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Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1890	16	19	8	.704	2.52	250.0	225	78	70	5	97	112	12	1.288	8.1	3.5	4.0	1.15	0.2	24
1891	17	36	10	.783	2.11	418.0	303	109	98	12	179	231	16	1.153	6.5	3.9	5.0	1.29	0.3	41
1892	18	1	1	.500	4.50	18.0	18	10	9	0	5	8	0	1.278	9.0	2.5	4.0	1.60	0.0	3
1893	19	31	14	.689	2.72	410.0	310	138	124	6	180	123	14	1.195	6.8	4.0	2.7	0.68	0.1	39
1894	20	20	11	.645	2.99	283.0	250	104	94	2	108	79	9	1.265	8.0	3.4	2.5	0.73	0.1	27
1895	21	12	9	.571	3.44	191.0	176	81	73	2	81	92	4	1.346	8.3	3.8	4.3	1.14	0.1	20
1896	22	6	5	.545	3.79	102.0	92	48	43	0	56	37	4	1.451	8.1	4.9	3.3	0.66	0.0	12
7 Yrs		125	58	.683	2.75	1672.0	1374	568	511	27	706	682	59	1.244	7.4		3.7	0.97	0.1	166

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y 1893 NL 5.3 (9th)	WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y 1893 NL 5.1 (8th)	Earned Run Average s c a p y 1891 AA 3.20 (10th)	Wins s c a p y 1891 AA 20 (8th)
Win-Loss % s c a p y 1891 AA .588 (8th)	Hits per 9 IP s c a p y 1891 AA 8.336 (6th) 1893 NL 9.248 (9th)	Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y 1890 PL 4.018 (4th) 1891 AA 4.983 (3rd) 1893 NL 2.706 (7th) 1895 NL 4.315 (2nd)	Saves s c a p y 1891 AA 1 (5th)
Strikeouts s c a p y 1891 AA 165 (9th) 1893 NL 91 (10th)	Shutouts s c a p y 1893 NL 1 (9th)	Home Runs s c a p y 1891 AA 11 (7th)	Bases on Balls s c a p y 1891 AA 163 (4th) 1893 NL 181 (4th)
Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y 1890 PL 0.854 (8th)	Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y 1893 NL 0.178 (9th) 1894 NL 0.087 (1st) 1895 NL 0.123 (5th) Career 0.190 (152nd)	Losses s c a p y 1894 NL 19 (10th)	Games Finished s c a p y 1890 PL 4 (10th)
Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y 1891 AA 126 (7th)	Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y 1891 AA 19 (9th)	Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y 1891 AA 1.7 (9th)	Youngest s c a p y 1890 PL born 1873-11-10 (1st) 1891 AA born 1873-11-10 (2nd) 1892 NL born 1873-11-10 (4th) 1893 NL born 1873-11-10 (4th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray Ink	Pitching - 27 (875), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 8 (1076), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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