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Bill Pertica

William Andrew Pertica

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: August 17, 1898 in Santa Barbara, CA (All Transactions)
Debut: August 7, 1918
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/RedSox 1918-1923

Final Game: April 20, 1923
Died: December 28, 1967 in Los Angeles, CA
Buried: Willamette National Cemetery, Portland, OR
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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 IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1918 19 BOS AL 0 0 3.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 11 107 1.000 9.0 0.0 0.0 3.0
1921 22 STL NL 14 10 .583 3.37 38 31 3 15 2 2 208.1 212 104 78 9 70 67 10 0 3 896 108 1.354 9.2 0.4 3.0 2.9 0.96
1922 23 STL NL 8 8 .500 5.91 34 15 9 2 0 0 117.1 153 94 77 5 65 30 3 0 4 544 65 1.858 11.7 0.4 5.0 2.3 0.46
1923 24 STL NL 0 0 3.86 1 1 0 0 0 0 2.1 2 2 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 13 118 2.143 7.7 0.0 11.6 0.0 0.00
1925 Did not play in major leagues (Voluntarily Retired)
4 Yrs 22 18 .550 4.27 74 47 12 17 2 2 331.0 370 201 157 14 138 98 14 0 7 1464 87 1.535 10.1 0.4 3.8 2.7 0.71
162 Game Avg. 12 10 .550 4.27 42 26 7 10 1 1 186 208 113 88 8 78 55 8 0 4 823 87 1.535 10.1 0.4 3.8 2.7 0.71
STL (3 yrs) 22 18 .550 4.28 73 47 12 17 2 2 328.0 367 200 156 14 138 97 14 0 7 1453 87 1.540 10.1 0.4 3.8 2.7 0.70
BOS (1 yr) 0 0 3.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 11 107 1.000 9.0 0.0 0.0 3.0
NL (3 yrs) 22 18 .550 4.28 73 47 12 17 2 2 328.0 367 200 156 14 138 97 14 0 7 1453 87 1.540 10.1 0.4 3.8 2.7 0.70
AL (1 yr) 0 0 3.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 11 107 1.000 9.0 0.0 0.0 3.0

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 Awards
1918 19 BOS AL 3.0 1 0 1 3.00 3.85 0.34 0.00 90.0 3.16 0 0.0 1.0 -0.0 0.0 0 .505 .500 $
1921 22 STL NL 208.1 38 31 104 4.49 4.50 0.06 0.00 97.2 4.32 -4 -0.4 1.0 -0.1 1.2 16 .491 .498 $
1922 23 STL NL 117.1 34 15 94 7.21 5.11 -0.43 0.00 93.4 5.18 -27 -2.5 1.0 -0.0 -1.6 -14 .427 .485 $
1923 24 STL NL 2.1 1 1 2 7.71 4.72 -0.08 0.00 94.0 4.51 -1 -0.1 -0.0 -0.1 -1 .423 .500 $
4 Seasons 331.0 74 47 201 5.47 4.71 -0.11 0.00 95.8 4.61 -32 -2.9 1.0 -0.1 -0.5 2 .461 .496 $
STL (3 yrs) 328.0 73 47 200 5.49 4.72 -0.12 0.00 95.8 4.63 -32 -2.9 1.0 -0.1 -0.5 2 .460 .494 $
BOS (1 yr) 3.0 1 0 1 3.00 3.85 0.34 0.00 90.0 3.16 0 0.0 1.0 -0.0 0.0 0 .505 .500 $

Ratio Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1918 19 BOS AL 11 0.0% 9.1% 0.0% 91%
1921 22 STL NL 896 1.0% 7.5% 7.8% 80%
1922 23 STL NL 544 0.9% 5.5% 12.0% 78%
1923 24 STL NL 13 0.0% 0.0% 23.1% 62%
4 Yrs 1464 1.0% 6.7% 9.4% 79%
MLB Averages 0.8% 7.6% 7.4% 2.7% 11% 81%

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+
1918 19 0 0 3.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 11 107 1.000 9.0 0.0 0.0 3.0 107
1919 20 0 0 3.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 11 107 1.000 9.0 0.0 0.0 3.0 107
1920 21 0 0 3.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 11 107 1.000 9.0 0.0 0.0 3.0 107
1921 22 14 10 .583 3.36 39 31 3 15 2 2 211.1 215 105 79 9 70 68 10 0 3 907 108 1.349 9.2 0.4 3.0 2.9 0.97 108
1922 23 22 18 .550 4.27 73 46 12 17 2 2 328.2 368 199 156 14 135 98 13 0 7 1451 87 1.530 10.1 0.4 3.7 2.7 0.73 87
1923 24 22 18 .550 4.27 74 47 12 17 2 2 331.0 370 201 157 14 138 98 14 0 7 1464 87 1.535 10.1 0.4 3.8 2.7 0.71 87

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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
1918 19 0 0 1.80 5.0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0.000 0.0 0.0 3.6 0.0 1
1921 22 13 10 .565 3.51 213.0 225 92 83 10 74 69 11 1.404 9.5 3.1 2.9 0.93 0.4 38
1922 23 4 8 .333 5.95 115.0 156 84 76 5 66 29 3 1.930 12.2 5.2 2.3 0.44 0.4 34
1923 24 0 0 3.00 3.0 2 1 1 0 3 0 1 1.667 6.0 9.0 0.0 0.00 0.0 1
4 Yrs 17 18 .486 4.31 336.0 383 178 161 15 143 100 15 1.565 10.3 2.7 0.70 0.4 74

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1921 NL  3.37 (10th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1921 NL  9.158 (4th)

Games Started s c a p y
1921 NL  31 (9th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1921 NL  2 (8th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1921 NL  70 (6th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1921 NL  10 (3rd)

Youngest s c a p y
1918 AL  born 1898-08-17 (8th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 8 (1621), Average HOFer ≈ 185

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