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Bill Phillips
William Corcoran Phillips (Whoa Bill and Silver Bill)
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: November 9, 1868 in Allenport, PA (All Transactions)
Debut: August 11, 1890
Final Game: September 22, 1903
Died: October 25, 1941 in Charleroi, PA
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Standard Pitching

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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 IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
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 7 402 43 1.854 13.5 0.9 3.2 2.7 0.86
1895 26 CIN NL 6 7 .462 6.03 18 9 9 6 0 2 109.0 126 90 73 6 44 15 0 0 3 0 82 1.560 10.4 0.5 3.6 1.2 0.34
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 0 118 1.340 9.3 0.1 2.8 1.7 0.61
1900 31 CIN NL 9 11 .450 4.28 29 24 5 17 3 0 208.1 229 140 99 5 67 51 14 1 8 0 86 1.421 9.9 0.2 2.9 2.2 0.76
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 0 69 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 0 120 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 2 518 106 1.386 10.2 0.0 2.3 3.5 1.53
7 Seasons 70 76 .479 4.09 176 152 23 120 6 3 1295.2 1477 839 589 32 363 374 57 3 34 920 87 1.420 10.3 0.2 2.5 2.6 1.03
162 Game Avg. 15 16 .479 4.09 36 32 5 25 1 1 269 306 174 122 7 75 78 12 1 7 191 87 1.420 10.3 0.2 2.5 2.6 1.03
CIN (6 yrs) 69 67 .507 3.86 166 142 23 111 6 3 1213.2 1354 742 520 24 334 349 56 3 27 518 92 1.391 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 7 402 43 1.854 13.5 0.9 3.2 2.7 0.86

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1890 21 PIT NL 14 49 46 6 11 2 0 0 2 0 3 13 .239 .286 .283 .568 75 13 0 1/O
1895 26 CIN NL 19 50 48 9 15 3 1 0 6 1 2 4 .313 .340 .417 .757 91 20 0 0 1
1899 30 CIN NL 34 103 92 6 12 0 2 0 7 0 7 .130 .192 .174 .366 -0 16 0 4 1/O
1900 31 CIN NL 29 85 79 8 13 0 0 0 3 1 3 .165 .214 .165 .379 6 13 2 1 1
1901 32 CIN NL 41 118 109 11 22 3 1 0 10 0 8 .202 .256 .248 .504 50 27 0 1 1/O
1902 33 CIN NL 38 124 114 11 39 1 3 0 11 1 6 .342 .385 .404 .789 134 46 2 2 1
1903 34 CIN NL 21 62 57 5 10 0 0 0 4 0 5 .175 .242 .175 .417 15 10 0 0 1
7 Seasons 196 591 545 56 122 9 7 0 43 3 34 17 .224 .274 .266 .540 54 145 4 8
162 Game Avg. 162 488 450 46 101 7 6 0 36 2 28 .224 .274 .266 .540 54 120 3
CIN (6 yrs) 182 542 499 50 111 7 7 0 41 3 31 4 .222 .273 .265 .538 52 132 4 8
PIT (1 yr) 14 49 46 6 11 2 0 0 2 0 3 13 .239 .286 .283 .568 75 13 0

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1890 PIT NL 21 P 10 18 1 17 0 0 1.000 1.80 .889 2.01
1890 PIT NL 21 OF 4 2 1 0 1 0 .500 0.25 .950 1.90 1-0-3
1895 CIN NL 26 P 18 43 16 24 3 0 .930 2.22 .916 2.01
1899 CIN NL 30 P 33 82 20 51 11 4 .866 2.15 .913 2.24
1899 CIN NL 30 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.10 0-0-1
1900 CIN NL 31 P 29 94 13 76 5 7 .947 3.07 .919 2.17
1901 CIN NL 32 P 37 119 11 100 8 3 .933 3.00 .934 2.39
1901 CIN NL 32 OF 1 3 1 0 2 0 .333 1.00 .967 2.00 0-0-1
1902 CIN NL 33 P 33 104 18 80 6 3 .942 2.97 .933 2.41
1903 CIN NL 34 P 16 53 3 45 5 0 .906 3.00 .926 2.43
7 Seasons P 176 513 82 393 38 17 .926 2.70 .924 2.27
3 Seasons OF 6 5 2 0 3 0 .400 0.33 .960 1.95 1-0-5
7 Seasons TOT 182 518 84 393 41 17 .921 2.62 .845 2.26 1-0-5

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--6th

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--.222--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

Batters Faced s c a p y
1890 NL--402--8th

Games Finished s c a p y
1895 NL--9--4th
1899 NL--6--5th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 20 (1044), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 5 (1252), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 4 (1498), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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