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Bill Rariden

William Angle Rariden (Bedford Bill)

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 168 lb.

Born: February 5, 1888 in Bedford, IN
High School: Bedford HS (Bedford, IN) (All Transactions)
Debut: August 12, 1909
Teams (by GP): Giants/Braves/Pepper/Hoosiers/Reds/... 1909-1920

Final Game: October 2, 1920
Died: August 28, 1942 in Bedford, IN
Buried: Greenhill Cemetery, Bedford, IN
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Standard Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
1909 BSN NL 21 C 13 68 47 15 6 2 .912 4.77 .965 6.27 0 19 12 39% 45%
1910 BSN NL 22 C 49 262 177 75 10 6 .962 5.14 .973 6.30 5 64 53 45% 44%
1911 BSN NL 23 C 65 421 291 110 20 2 .952 6.17 .966 6.44 6 115 88 43% 44%
1911 BSN NL 23 3B 3 8 0 7 1 0 .875 2.33 .936 3.13
1911 BSN NL 23 2B 1 6 2 3 1 0 .833 5.00 .952 5.20
1912 BSN NL 24 C 73 415 297 103 15 6 .964 5.48 .969 6.31 7 97 74 43% 44%
1913 BSN NL 25 C 87 500 377 111 12 6 .976 5.61 .970 6.29 5 97 76 44% 44%
1914 IND FL 26 C 130 947 714 215 18 14 .981 7.15 .973 6.76 11 159 129 45% 45%
1915 NEW FL 27 C 142 968 709 238 21 18 .978 6.67 .975 6.29 5 136 138 50% 45%
1916 NYG NL 28 C 119 741 576 144 21 10 .972 6.05 .974 6.30 12 103 77 43% 44%
1917 NYG NL 29 C 100 441 354 74 13 7 .971 4.28 .975 5.98 5 71 32 31% 44%
1918 NYG NL 30 C 63 52 46 244 195 45 4 3 .984 3.81 .974 5.25 3 55 25 31% 44%
1919 CIN NL 31 C 70 64 56 356 283 67 6 6 .983 5.00 .972 5.39 3 52 42 45% 44%
1920 CIN NL 32 C 37 28 22 145 107 34 4 3 .972 3.81 .968 5.31 2 13 19 59% 46%
12 Seasons C 948 144 124 5508 4127 1231 150 83 .973 5.65 .972 6.16 64 981 765 44% 44%
1 Season 3B 3 8 0 7 1 0 .875 2.33 .936 3.13
1 Season 2B 1 6 2 3 1 0 .833 5.00 .952 5.20
12 Seasons TOT 952 144 124 5522 4129 1241 152 83 .972 5.64 .972 6.15 64 981 765 44% 44%
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
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Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
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Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1909 BSN NL 21 13 13 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1910 BSN NL 22 49 49 0 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1911 BSN NL 23 70 70 0 65 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
1912 BSN NL 24 79 79 0 73 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1913 BSN NL 25 95 95 0 87 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1914 IND FL 26 131 131 0 130 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1915 NEW FL 27 142 142 0 142 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1916 NYG NL 28 120 120 0 119 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1917 NYG NL 29 101 101 0 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1918 NYG NL 30 69 69 0 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1919 CIN NL 31 74 64 74 70 0 70 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1920 CIN NL 32 39 28 39 37 0 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
12 Seasons 982 92 982 107 0 948 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Def. Games as C s c a p y
1914 FL  130 (2nd)
1915 FL  142 (1st)
1916 NL  119 (1st)
1917 NL  100 (3rd)

Putouts as C s c a p y
1914 FL  714 (1st)
1915 FL  709 (1st)
1916 NL  576 (1st)
1919 NL  283 (5th)

Assists as C s c a p y
1914 FL  215 (1st)
1915 FL  238 (1st)
1916 NL  144 (3rd)
Career  1,231 (22nd)

Errors Committed as C s c a p y
1911 NL  20 (3rd)
1912 NL  15 (5th)
1914 FL  18 (5th)
1915 FL  21 (1st)
1916 NL  21 (2nd)
1917 NL  13 (5th)
Career  150 (74th)

Passed Balls s c a p y
1914 FL  11 (5th)
1916 NL  12 (4th)

Stolen Bases Allowed as C s c a p y
1911 NL  115 (4th)
1914 FL  159 (1st)
1915 FL  136 (1st)
1916 NL  103 (2nd)
1917 NL  71 (5th)
Career  981 (39th)

Caught Stealing as C s c a p y
1911 NL  88 (5th)
1914 FL  129 (1st)
1915 FL  138 (1st)
1916 NL  77 (4th)
Career  765 (24th)

Caught Stealing %† s c a p y
1915 FL  50.4 (2nd)
1920 NL  59.4 (1st)

Range Factor/Game as C s c a p y
1914 FL  7.15 (2nd)
1915 FL  6.67 (1st)
1916 NL  6.05 (1st)
1919 NL  5.00 (3rd)

Fielding % as C s c a p y
1913 NL  .976 (4th)
1914 FL  .981 (4th)
1915 FL  .978 (4th)
1916 NL  .972 (5th)
1917 NL  .971 (5th)
1919 NL  .983 (2nd)

                           

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