Bill Mountjoy

William Henry Mountjoy (Medicine Bill)

Positions: Pitcher and Outfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 6", Weight: 150 lb.

Born: December 11, 1858 in London, Ontario, CAN (All Transactions)
Debut: September 29, 1883
Teams (by GP): RedStockings/Orioles 1883-1885

Final Game: August 18, 1885
Died: May 19, 1894 in London, Ontario, CAN
Buried: Mount Pleasant Cemetery, London, Ontario, CAN
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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
1883	24	CIN	AA	0	1	.000	2.25	1	1	0	1	0	0	8.0	9	4	2	0	2	3			0	36	154	1.375	10.1	0.0	2.3	3.4	1.50
1884	25	CIN	AA	19	12	.613	2.93	33	33	0	32	3	0	289.0	274	148	94	5	43	96	16	0	22	1212	113	1.097	8.5	0.2	1.3	3.0	2.23
1885	26	TOT	AA	12	11	.522	3.75	23	23	0	23	2	0	206.2	221	136	86	6	65	65	11	0	21	907	88	1.384	9.6	0.3	2.8	2.8	1.00
1885	26	CIN	AA	10	7	.588	3.16	17	17	0	17	1	0	153.2	149	89	54	5	52	50	7	0	19	662	104	1.308	8.7	0.3	3.0	2.9	0.96
1885	26	BAL	AA	2	4	.333	5.43	6	6	0	6	1	0	53.0	72	47	32	1	13	15	4	0	2	245	61	1.604	12.2	0.2	2.2	2.5	1.15
1887	28	BIR,NVL	N/A	3	3	.500	2.80	6	6		4	0		45.0	72	40	14		14	7	3		5			1.911	14.4		2.8	1.4	0.50	BIR,NVL · SOUL
3 Yrs				31	24	.564	3.25	57	57	0	56	5	0	503.2	504	288	182	11	110	164	27	0	43	2155	102	1.219	9.0	0.2	2.0	2.9	1.49
162 Game Avg.				18	14	.564	3.25	34	34	0	33	3	0	300	301	172	109	7	66	98		0	26	1285	102	1.219	9.0	0.2	2.0	2.9	1.49

CIN (3 yrs)				29	20	.592	3.00	51	51	0	50	4	0	450.2	432	241	150	10	97	149	23	0	41	1910	110	1.174	8.6	0.2	1.9	3.0	1.54
BAL (1 yr)				2	4	.333	5.43	6	6	0	6	1	0	53.0	72	47	32	1	13	15	4	0	2	245	61	1.604	12.2	0.2	2.2	2.5	1.15

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	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1883	24	CIN	AA	8.0	1	1	4	4.50	5.58	0.63	0.00	99.0	4.90	0	0.0	-0.0	0.1	1	.538	.500	$
1884	25	CIN	AA	289.0	33	33	148	4.61	5.09	0.25	0.00	102.0	4.93	21	2.0	-0.3	3.2	24	.561	.512	$
1885	26	CIN	AA	153.2	17	17	89	5.21	5.45	0.07	0.00	101.0	5.44	4	0.4	-0.2	0.9	11	.523	.502	$
1885	26	BAL	AA	53.0	6	6	47	7.98	5.57	-0.44	0.00	101.0	6.07	-11	-0.9	-0.1	-0.7	-9	.353	.495	$
3 Seasons				503.2	57	57	288	5.15	5.26	0.13	0.00	101.5	5.20	14	1.6	-0.6	3.5	27	.527	.502	$

CIN (3 yrs)				450.2	51	51	241	4.81	5.22	0.20	0.00	101.6	5.10	25	2.4	-0.6	4.2	36	.548	.505	$
BAL (1 yr)				53.0	6	6	47	7.98	5.57	-0.44	0.00	101.0	6.07	-11	-0.9	-0.1	-0.7	-9	.353	.495	$

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1883	24	0	1	.000	2.25	1	1	1	0	8.0	9	4	2	0	2	3			0	36	154	1.375	10.1	0.0	2.3	3.4	1.50	154
1884	25	19	13	.594	2.91	34	34	33	3	297.0	283	152	96	5	45	99	16	0	22	1248	114	1.104	8.6	0.2	1.4	3.0	2.20	114
1885	26	31	24	.564	3.25	57	57	56	5	503.2	504	288	182	11	110	164	27	0	43	2155	102	1.219	9.0	0.2	2.0	2.9	1.49	102

Neutralized Pitching

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
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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
1883	24	1	0	1.000	1.93	14.0	14	3	3	0	3	5	0	1.214	9.0	1.9	3.2	1.67	0.0	1
1884	25	40	14	.741	2.31	486.0	399	139	125	7	63	162	23	0.951	7.4	1.2	3.0	2.57	0.1	33
1885	26	22	12	.647	2.91	312.0	289	112	101	8	85	98	14	1.199	8.3	2.5	2.8	1.15	0.2	23
3 Yrs		63	26	.708	2.54	812.0	702	254	229	15	151	265	37	1.050	7.8		2.9	1.76	0.2	57

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Win-Loss % s c a p y 1884 AA .613 (10th)	Shutouts s c a p y 1885 AA 2 (4th)	Home Runs s c a p y 1885 AA 6 (8th)	Bases on Balls s c a p y 1885 AA 65 (6th)
Wild Pitches s c a p y 1885 AA 21 (10th)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1884 AA 16 (9th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 4 (1998), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 5 (1306), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 16 (445), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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