Bill Parks

William Robert Parks

Positions: Leftfielder and Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 8", Weight: 150 lb.

Born: June 4, 1849 in Easton, PA (All Transactions)
Debut: April 26, 1875
Teams (by GP): Nationals/Whites/RedStockings 1875-1876

Final Game: April 22, 1876
Died: October 10, 1911 in Easton, PA
Buried: Easton Cemetery, Easton, PA
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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	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1875	26	TOT	NA	4	8	.333	3.54	16	11	4	9	0	0	112.0	157	131	44	3	6	3	0	9	552	68	1.455	12.6	0.2	0.5	0.2	0.50
1875	26	WAS	NA	4	8	.333	3.29	14	11	3	9	0	0	106.2	144	120	39	3	5	3	0	8	520	73	1.397	12.2	0.3	0.4	0.3	0.60
1875	26	PHI	NA	0	0		8.44	2	0	1	0	0	0	5.1	13	11	5	0	1	0	0	1	32	31	2.625	21.9	0.0	1.7	0.0	0.00
1 Yr				4	8	.333	3.54	16	11	4	9	0	0	112.0	157	131	44	3	6	3	0	9	552	68	1.455	12.6	0.2	0.5	0.2	0.50
162 Game Avg.				10	20	.333	3.54	40	28	10	23	0	0	282	395	330	111	8	15	8	0	23	1390	68	1.455	12.6	0.2	0.5	0.2	0.50

PHI (1 yr)				0	0		8.44	2	0	1	0	0	0	5.1	13	11	5	0	1	0	0	1	32	31	2.625	21.9	0.0	1.7	0.0	0.00
WAS (1 yr)				4	8	.333	3.29	14	11	3	9	0	0	106.2	144	120	39	3	5	3	0	8	520	73	1.397	12.2	0.3	0.4	0.3	0.60

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
1875	26	WAS	NA	106.2	14	11	120	10.13	6.23	-1.22	0.00	107.0	7.98	-24	-1.9	1.0	-0.2	-0.7	-18	.367	.488	$
1875	26	PHI	NA	5.1	2	0	11	18.56	6.07	0.14	0.00	103.0	6.11	-7	-0.5	1.0	-0.0	-0.4	-7	.256	.497	$
1 Season				112.0	16	11	131	10.53	6.23	-1.16	0.00	106.8	7.89	-31	-2.4	1.0	-0.2	-1.1	-25	.353	.493	$

PHI (1 yr)				5.1	2	0	11	18.56	6.07	0.14	0.00	103.0	6.11	-7	-0.5	1.0	-0.0	-0.4	-7	.256	.497	$
WAS (1 yr)				106.2	14	11	120	10.13	6.23	-1.22	0.00	107.0	7.98	-24	-1.9	1.0	-0.2	-0.7	-18	.367	.488	$

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	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	ERA+
1875	26	4	8	.333	3.54	16	11	4	9	0	0	112.0	157	131	44	3	6		3		0	9	552	68	1.455	12.6	0.2	0.5	0.2	0.50	68

Neutralized Pitching

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

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
1875	26	38	9	.809	1.92	426.0	395	101	91	8	15	11	0	0.962	8.3	0.3	0.2	0.73	0.2	16
1 Yr		38	9	.809	1.92	426.0	395	101	91	8	15	11	0	0.962	8.3		0.2	0.73	0.2	16

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Home Runs s c a p y 1875 NA 3 (4th)	Games Finished s c a p y 1875 NA 4 (4th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1875 NA 3 (4th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1875 NA 4 (4th)

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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