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Bill McGunnigle

William Henry McGunnigle (Gunner)

Positions: Rightfielder and Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 155 lb.

Born: January 1, 1855 in Boston, MA (All Transactions)
Debut: May 2, 1879
Teams (by GP): Bisons/RubyLegs/Blues 1879-1882

Final Game: August 17, 1882
Died: March 9, 1899 in Brockton, MA
Buried: St. Patrick Cemetery, Brockton, MA
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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…

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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	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1879	24	BUF	NL	9	5	.643	2.63	14	13	1	13	2	0	120.0	113	66	35	0	16	62	2	496	100	1.075	*8.5*	*0.0*	1.2	*4.7*	3.88
1880	25	-min	N/A	0	1	.000	2.25	1	1		1	0		8.0	14	7	2		0	2				1.750	15.8		0.0	2.2		ROC · NA
1880	25	BUF	NL	2	3	.400	3.41	5	5	0	4	1	0	37.0	43	19	14	0	8	3	1	162	73	1.378	10.5	0.0	1.9	0.7	0.38
2 Seasons				11	8	.579	2.81	19	18	1	17	3	0	157.0	156	85	49	0	24	65	3	658	93	1.146	8.9	0.0	1.4	3.7	2.71
162 Game Avg.				20	15	.579	2.81	35	33	2	31	6	0	289	287	156	90	0	44	119	6	1209	93	1.146	8.9	0.0	1.4	3.7	2.71

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
1879	24	BUF	NL	120.0	13	66	77	5	1.0	11	0.9	$
1880	25	BUF	NL	37.0	5	19	22	-2	1.0	3	0.5	$
2 Seasons				157.0	18	85	99	3	1.0	14	1.4	$

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	HBP	Pos
1879	24	BUF	NL	47	176	171	22	30	0	1	0	5		5	24	.175	.199	.187	.386	27	32	0	O1
1880	25	-min	N/A	3	10	10	2	1	0	0	0					.100	.100	.100	.200		1		ROC · NA
1880	25	TOT	NL	8	26	26	0	4	0	0	0	1		0	6	.154	.154	.154	.308	3	4	0	/1O
1880	25	BUF	NL	7	22	22	0	4	0	0	0	1		0	4	.182	.182	.182	.364	22	4	0	/1O
1880	25	WOR	NL	1	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	/O

1882	27	CLV	NL	1	5	5	2	1	0	0	0	0		0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	31	1	0	/O
1891	36	-min	A	1	4	4	0	1	0	0	0		0			.250	.250	.250	.500		1		PRV · EASA
3 Seasons				56	207	202	24	35	0	1	0	6		5	31	.173	.193	.183	.376	24	37	0
162 Game Avg.				162	599	584	69	101	0	3	0	17		14	90	.173	.193	.183	.376	24	107	0

BUF (2 yrs)				54	198	193	22	34	0	1	0	6		5	28	.176	.197	.187	.383	26	36	0
CLV (1 yr)				1	5	5	2	1	0	0	0	0		0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	31	1	0
WOR (1 yr)				1	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	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
1879	24	BUF	NL	176	-15	1	0	0	5	-2	6	-5	-0.4	-10	-1.0	0.6	$	O1
1880	25	BUF	NL	22	-2	0	0	0	0	0	1	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	/1O
1880	25	WOR	NL	4	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	/O

1882	27	CLV	NL	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	/O
3 Seasons				207	-18	1	0	0	5	-2	7	-7	-0.6	-12	-1.2	0.6	$

BUF (2 yrs)				198	-17	1	0	0	5	-2	7	-6	-0.5	-11	-1.1	0.6	$
CLV (1 yr)				5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$
WOR (1 yr)				4	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$

Standard Fielding

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	G
1879	BUF	NL	24	OF	34		73	61	6	6	0	.918		1.97	.838		1.89	0-0-34
1879	BUF	NL	24	P	14	120.0	35	3	29	3	2	.914	2.40	2.29	.901	2.30	2.30
1880	TOT	NL	25	OF	4		7	5	0	2	0	.714		1.25	.856		1.85	2-1-2
1880	BUF	NL	25	P	5	37.0	5	1	4	0	0	1.000	1.22	1.00	.912	2.26	2.24
1880	BUF	NL	25	OF	3		6	4	0	2	0	.667		1.33	.855		1.87	1-1-1
1880	WOR	NL	25	OF	1		1	1	0	0	0	1.000		1.00	.860		1.80	1-0-1
1882	CLV	NL	27	OF	1		0	0	0	0	0			0.00			1.90	0-1-0
	3 Seasons			OF	39		80	66	6	8	0	.900		1.85	.839		1.89	2-2-36
	2 Seasons			P	19	157.0	40	4	33	3	2	.925	2.12	1.95	.903	2.29	2.28
	3 Seasons			TOT	58	157.0	120	70	39	11	2	.908	2.12	1.88	.860	2.29	2.02	2-2-36

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-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1950 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 1950 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 1919 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) 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 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y 1879 NL 0.9 (9th)	Win-Loss % s c a p y 1879 NL .643 (4th)	Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y 1879 NL 1.075 (5th)	Hits per 9 IP s c a p y 1879 NL 8.475 (1st)
Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y 1879 NL 4.650 (1st)	Shutouts s c a p y 1879 NL 2 (8th)	Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y 1879 NL 3.875 (6th)	Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y 1879 NL 0.000 (1st)
Games Finished s c a p y 1879 NL 1 (7th)	Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y 1879 NL 100 (10th)	Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y 1879 NL 2 (10th)	Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y 1879 NL 0.2 (10th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black Ink	Pitching - 2 (731), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray Ink	Pitching - 6 (1763), Average HOFer ≈ 185

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