Bill Phillips

William Corcoran Phillips (Whoa Bill or Silver Bill)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: November 9, 1868 in Allenport, PA (All Transactions)
Debut: August 11, 1890
Teams (by GP): Reds/PittsburghAlleghenys 1890-1903

Final Game: September 22, 1903
Died: October 25, 1941 in Charleroi, PA
Buried: Mount Auburn Cemetery, Fayette City, 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	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1890	21	WSH	N/A	17	16	.515		34	29		28	1			302	87	77		69	107	11		9								1.55	WSH · ATLA
1890	21	PIT	NL	1	9	.100	7.57	10	10	0	9	0	0	82.0	123	97	69	8	29	25	1	0	7	396	44	1.854	13.5	0.9	3.2	2.7	0.86

1891	22	MEA	N/A	3	3	.500		6	5		5	0																				MEA · NYPL
1892	23	CNG	B	21	16	.568		39	38		37	6		342.0	255	138			50	191						0.892	6.7		1.3	5.0	3.82	CNG · SOUA
1893	24	AKR,JHN,NVL,MEM	N/A,B	18	12	.600	0.55	32	29		27	0		98.0	104	58	6		39	55	1		0			1.459	9.6		3.6	5.1	1.41	AKR,JHN,NVL,MEM · OHMI,PASL,SOUA
1894	25	INA	N/A	26	21	.553	3.76	50	47		45	1		421.0	557	392	176		161	152	25		15			1.705	11.9		3.4	3.2	0.94	INA · WL
1895	26	INA	A	12	4	.750	3.65	17	16		15	0		138.0	172	90	56										11.2					INA · WL
1895	26	CIN	NL	6	7	.462	6.03	18	9	9	6	0	2	109.0	126	90	73	6	44	15	7	0	3	493	83	1.560	10.4	0.5	3.6	1.2	0.34

1897	28	INA	A	28	13	.683	2.14	46	40		37	3		357.0	364	193	85		84	119	9		10			1.255	9.2		2.1	3.0	1.42	INA · WL
1898	29	INA	A	29	8	.784		41	38		33	2		333.0	296	153			63	112	13		8			1.078	8.0		1.7	3.0	1.78	INA · WL
1899	30	CIN	NL	17	9	.654	3.32	33	27	6	18	1	1	227.2	234	121	84	3	71	43	14	2	5	967	117	1.340	9.3	0.1	2.8	1.7	0.61
1900	31	CIN	NL	9	11	.450	4.30	29	24	5	16	3	0	207.1	229	140	99	5	67	50	13	1	8	899	85	1.428	9.9	0.2	2.9	2.2	0.75
1901	32	CIN	NL	14	18	.438	4.64	37	36	1	29	1	0	281.1	364	196	145	7	67	109	12	0	3	1250	70	1.532	11.6	0.2	2.1	3.5	1.63
1902	33	CIN	NL	16	16	.500	2.51	33	33	0	30	0	0	269.0	267	121	75	3	55	85	9	0	6	1096	119	1.197	8.9	0.1	1.8	2.8	1.55
1903	34	CIN	NL	7	6	.538	3.35	16	13	2	11	1	0	118.1	134	74	44	0	30	46	7	0	2	518	107	1.386	10.2	0.0	2.3	3.5	1.53
1904	35	INA	A	11	6	.647		23																								INA · AA
1905	36	NOR	A	21	8	.724		29																								NOR · SOUA
1906	37	MOB,NOR	D,A	26	18	.591		48							82	23			36													MOB,NOR · CSTL,SOUA
1907	38	NOR	A	16	10	.615		29																								NOR · SOUA
1908	39	ELV	C	18	4	.818		25																								ELV · OHPA
1909	40	WHE	B	12	3	.800		24						162.0	115	37			28							0.883	6.4		1.6			WHE · CENL
7 Yrs				70	76	.479	4.09	176	152	23	119	6	3	1294.2	1477	839	589	32	363	373	63	3	34	5619	87	1.421	10.3	0.2	2.5	2.6	1.03
162 Game Avg.				15	16	.479	4.09	36	32	5	25	1	1	268	306	174	122	7	75	77	13	1	7	1165	87	1.421	10.3	0.2	2.5	2.6	1.03

CIN (6 yrs)				69	67	.507	3.86	166	142	23	110	6	3	1212.2	1354	742	520	24	334	348	62	3	27	5223	92	1.392	10.0	0.2	2.5	2.6	1.04
PIT (1 yr)				1	9	.100	7.57	10	10	0	9	0	0	82.0	123	97	69	8	29	25	1	0	7	396	44	1.854	13.5	0.9	3.2	2.7	0.86

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	21	PIT	NL	82.0	10	10	97	10.65	5.76	-0.78	0.00	93.0	6.08	-39	-2.6		-0.1	-2.0	-32	.241	.484	$

1895	26	CIN	NL	109.0	18	9	90	7.43	6.56	0.03	0.00	104.0	6.79	-5	-0.4	1.0	-0.1	0.5	6	.481	.498	$

1899	30	CIN	NL	227.2	33	27	121	4.78	5.22	0.13	0.00	101.0	5.14	16	1.5	1.0	-0.2	3.2	36	.544	.509	$
1900	31	CIN	NL	207.1	29	24	140	6.08	5.26	0.08	0.00	99.0	5.13	-18	-1.5	1.0	-0.1	0.0	-1	.447	.490	$
1901	32	CIN	NL	281.1	37	36	196	6.27	4.73	-0.34	0.00	97.0	4.91	-40	-3.7	1.0	-0.4	-1.9	-18	.400	.477	$
1902	33	CIN	NL	269.0	33	33	121	4.05	3.91	0.12	0.00	107.0	4.06	3	0.3		-0.3	2.1	21	.510	.502	$2,400
1903	34	CIN	NL	118.1	16	13	74	5.63	4.68	-0.15	0.00	109.0	5.26	-4	-0.4	1.0	-0.1	0.4	6	.475	.498	$4,000
7 Seasons				1294.2	176	152	839	5.83	4.94	-0.07	0.00	101.5	5.07	-87	-6.8	1.0	-1.4	2.3	19	.461	.494	$6,400

CIN (6 yrs)				1212.2	166	142	742	5.51	4.89	-0.03	0.00	102.1	5.00	-48	-4.2	1.0	-1.3	4.3	51	.475	.496	$6,400
PIT (1 yr)				82.0	10	10	97	10.65	5.76	-0.78	0.00	93.0	6.08	-39	-2.6		-0.1	-2.0	-32	.241	.484	$

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	21	1	9	.100	7.57	10	10	0	9	0	0	82.0	123	97	69	8	29	25	1	0	7	396	44	1.854	13.5	0.9	3.2	2.7	0.86	44
1891	22	1	9	.100	7.57	10	10	0	9	0	0	82.0	123	97	69	8	29	25	1	0	7	396	44	1.854	13.5	0.9	3.2	2.7	0.86	44
1892	23	1	9	.100	7.57	10	10	0	9	0	0	82.0	123	97	69	8	29	25	1	0	7	396	44	1.854	13.5	0.9	3.2	2.7	0.86	44
1893	24	1	9	.100	7.57	10	10	0	9	0	0	82.0	123	97	69	8	29	25	1	0	7	396	44	1.854	13.5	0.9	3.2	2.7	0.86	44
1894	25	1	9	.100	7.57	10	10	0	9	0	0	82.0	123	97	69	8	29	25	1	0	7	396	44	1.854	13.5	0.9	3.2	2.7	0.86	44
1895	26	7	16	.304	6.69	28	19	9	15	0	2	191.0	249	187	142	14	73	40	8	0	10	889	64	1.686	11.7	0.7	3.4	1.9	0.55	64
1896	27	7	16	.304	6.69	28	19	9	15	0	2	191.0	249	187	142	14	73	40	8	0	10	889	64	1.686	11.7	0.7	3.4	1.9	0.55	64
1897	28	7	16	.304	6.69	28	19	9	15	0	2	191.0	249	187	142	14	73	40	8	0	10	889	64	1.686	11.7	0.7	3.4	1.9	0.55	64
1898	29	7	16	.304	6.69	28	19	9	15	0	2	191.0	249	187	142	14	73	40	8	0	10	889	64	1.686	11.7	0.7	3.4	1.9	0.55	64
1899	30	24	25	.490	4.86	61	46	15	33	1	3	418.2	483	308	226	17	144	83	22	2	15	1856	84	1.498	10.4	0.4	3.1	1.8	0.58	84
1900	31	33	36	.478	4.67	90	70	20	49	4	3	626.0	712	448	325	22	211	133	35	3	23	2755	84	1.474	10.2	0.3	3.0	1.9	0.63	84
1901	32	47	54	.465	4.66	127	106	21	78	5	3	907.1	1076	644	470	29	278	242	47	3	26	4005	80	1.492	10.7	0.3	2.8	2.4	0.87	80
1902	33	63	70	.474	4.17	160	139	21	108	5	3	1176.1	1343	765	545	32	333	327	56	3	32	5101	85	1.425	10.3	0.2	2.5	2.5	0.98	85
1903	34	70	76	.479	4.09	176	152	23	119	6	3	1294.2	1477	839	589	32	363	373	63	3	34	5619	87	1.421	10.3	0.2	2.5	2.6	1.03	87

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	21	3	8	.273	6.26	102.0	136	79	71	9	32	31	1	1.647	12.0	2.8	2.7	0.97	0.8	10

1895	26	8	7	.533	3.61	142.0	123	63	57	6	43	20	7	1.169	7.8	2.7	1.3	0.47	0.4	18

1899	30	17	9	.654	2.81	237.0	225	82	74	3	68	45	13	1.236	8.5	2.6	1.7	0.66	0.1	33
1900	31	13	12	.520	3.71	233.0	241	107	96	5	71	56	14	1.339	9.3	2.7	2.2	0.79	0.2	29
1901	32	14	20	.412	4.76	312.0	418	183	165	8	77	121	14	1.587	12.1	2.2	3.5	1.57	0.2	37
1902	33	22	10	.688	2.75	291.0	312	99	89	4	64	92	11	1.292	9.6	2.0	2.8	1.44	0.1	33
1903	34	10	5	.667	2.78	139.0	143	48	43	0	32	54	7	1.259	9.3	2.1	3.5	1.69	0.0	16
7 Yrs		87	71	.551	3.68	1456.0	1598	661	595	35	387	419	67	1.363	9.9		2.6	1.08	0.2	176

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Wins s c a p y 1902 NL 16 (10th)	Win-Loss % s c a p y 1899 NL .654 (7th)	Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y 1902 NL 1.840 (9th)	Saves s c a p y 1895 NL 2 (4th) 1899 NL 1 (7th)
Games Started s c a p y 1901 NL 36 (7th) 1902 NL 33 (7th)	Complete Games s c a p y 1902 NL 30 (7th)	Shutouts s c a p y 1900 NL 3 (5th)	Home Runs s c a p y 1901 NL 7 (10th) 1902 NL 3 (7th)
Hits s c a p y 1901 NL 364 (3rd)	Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y Career 0.223 (195th)	Losses s c a p y 1901 NL 18 (6th) 1902 NL 16 (8th)	Earned Runs s c a p y 1901 NL 145 (1st)
Wild Pitches s c a p y 1900 NL 8 (6th) 1902 NL 6 (10th)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1901 NL 12 (10th) Career 63 (249th)	Batters Faced s c a p y 1901 NL 1,250 (10th)	Games Finished s c a p y 1895 NL 9 (4th) 1899 NL 6 (5th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 20 (1074), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 5 (1306), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 4 (1539), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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