Bill Reidy

William Joseph Reidy

Positions: Pitcher and Second Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: October 9, 1873 in Cleveland, OH (All Transactions)
Debut: July 21, 1896
Teams (by GP): Brewers/Superbas/Browns/Giants 1896-1904

Final Game: July 1, 1904
Died: October 14, 1915 in Lakewood, OH
Buried: St. John Cemetery, Cleveland, OH
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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
1893	19	SAG	N/A	0	4	.000		5	4		4			40.0	60	55			17	11						1.925	13.5		3.8	2.5	0.65	SAG · OHMI
1895	21	GRR	A	2	3	.400		7	5		5	0		53.0																		GRR · WL
1896	22	NYG	NL	0	1	.000	7.62	2	1	1	1	0	0	13.0	24	11	11	0	2	1	3	0	0	66	56	2.000	16.6	0.0	1.4	0.7	0.50

1897	23	GRR,MLW	A	19	13	.594	1.84	38	31		27			308.1	340	191	63		75	64	22		5			1.346	9.9		2.2	1.9	0.85	GRR,MLW · WL
1898	24	MLW	A	10	19	.345		34	26		21	3		241.0	242	125			44	48	9		3			1.187	9.0		1.6	1.8	1.09	MLW · WL
1899	25	BRO	NL	1	0	1.000	2.57	2	1	1	1	0	1	7.0	9	2	2	0	2	2	0	0	0	31	160	1.571	11.6	0.0	2.6	2.6	1.00

1900	26	MLW	A	19	9	.679		32	27		27	2		286.0	246	95			32	41						0.972	7.7		1.0	1.3	1.28	MLW · AL
1901	27	MLA	AL	16	20	.444	4.21	37	33	4	28	2	0	301.1	364	183	141	14	62	50	9	0	6	1305	85	1.414	10.9	0.4	1.9	1.5	0.81
1902	28	SLB	AL	3	5	.375	4.45	12	9	3	7	0	0	95.0	111	52	47	0	13	16	7	0	0	400	79	1.305	10.5	0.0	1.2	1.5	1.23
1903	29	TOT	MLB	7	11	.389	3.61	20	18	1	16	1	0	147.0	183	85	59	1	21	29	9	0	4	619	87	1.388	11.2	0.1	1.3	1.8	1.38
1903	29	SLB	AL	1	4	.200	3.98	5	5	0	5	1	0	43.0	53	31	19	1	7	8	3	0	0	186	74	1.395	11.1	0.2	1.5	1.7	1.14
1903	29	BRO	NL	6	7	.462	3.46	15	13	1	11	0	0	104.0	130	54	40	0	14	21	6	0	4	433	93	1.385	11.3	0.0	1.2	1.8	1.50
1904	30	LOU	A	5	8	.385		15																								LOU · AA
1904	30	BRO	NL	0	4	.000	4.46	6	4	2	2	0	1	38.1	49	33	19	0	6	11	2	1	1	175	62	1.435	11.5	0.0	1.4	2.6	1.83
1905	31	INA,LOU	A	12	17	.414		32						239.0	279	124			44							1.351	10.5		1.7			INA,LOU · AA
1906	32	OLD	A	17	29	.370	2.55	49	46					420.1	414	175	119		59							1.125	8.9		1.3			OLD · PCL
1907	33	OLD	A	9	14	.391	3.15	24	24					197.0	211	93	69		32							1.234	9.6		1.5			OLD · PCL
1909	35	OLD	A	1	0	1.000	1.93	4	1					14.0	15	4	3		6							1.500	9.6		3.9			OLD · PCL
6 Yrs				27	41	.397	4.17	79	66	12	55	3	2	601.2	740	366	279	15	106	109	30	1	11	2596	82	1.406	11.1	0.2	1.6	1.6	1.03
162 Game Avg.				13	19	.397	4.17	37	31	6	26	1	1	282	347	172	131	7	50	51	14	0	5	1217	82	1.406	11.1	0.2	1.6	1.6	1.03

BRO (3 yrs)				7	11	.389	3.68	23	18	4	14	0	2	149.1	188	89	61	0	22	34	8	1	5	639	85	1.406	11.3	0.0	1.3	2.0	1.55
SLB (3 yrs)				20	29	.408	4.24	54	47	7	40	3	0	439.1	528	266	207	15	82	74	19	0	6	1891	83	1.388	10.8	0.3	1.7	1.5	0.90
NYG (1 yr)				0	1	.000	7.62	2	1	1	1	0	0	13.0	24	11	11	0	2	1	3	0	0	66	56	2.000	16.6	0.0	1.4	0.7	0.50

NL (4 yrs)				7	12	.368	3.99	25	19	5	15	0	2	162.1	212	100	72	0	24	35	11	1	5	705	81	1.454	11.8	0.0	1.3	1.9	1.46
AL (3 yrs)				20	29	.408	4.24	54	47	7	40	3	0	439.1	528	266	207	15	82	74	19	0	6	1891	83	1.388	10.8	0.3	1.7	1.5	0.90

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
1896	22	NYG	NL	13.0	2	1	11	7.62	6.02	-0.06	0.00	96.0	5.84	-2	-0.2	1.0	-0.0	-0.1	-1	.414	.499	$

1899	25	BRO	NL	7.0	2	1	2	2.57	5.18	0.23	0.00	101.0	4.99	2	0.2	1.0	-0.0	0.3	3	.601	.501	$

1901	27	MLA	AL	301.1	37	33	183	5.47	5.46	-0.22	0.00	98.0	5.57	9	0.8	1.0	-0.2	3.3	38	.521	.505	$
1902	28	SLB	AL	95.0	12	9	52	4.93	4.96	0.27	0.00	98.0	4.59	-3	-0.2	1.0	-0.1	0.5	6	.479	.498	$
1903	29	SLB	AL	43.0	5	5	31	6.49	4.17	0.19	0.00	98.0	3.91	-12	-1.0		-0.0	-0.7	-9	.295	.494	$
1903	29	BRO	NL	104.0	15	13	54	4.67	4.77	0.02	0.00	98.0	4.65	0	0.0	1.0	-0.1	0.8	9	.502	.500	$
1904	30	BRO	NL	38.1	6	4	33	7.75	4.01	-0.19	0.00	100.0	4.19	-15	-1.3	1.0	-0.0	-1.1	-12	.280	.492	$
6 Seasons				601.2	79	66	366	5.47	5.08	-0.06	0.00	98.1	5.05	-20	-1.7	1.0	-0.5	3.0	35	.478	.498	$

BRO (3 yrs)				149.1	23	18	89	5.36	4.60	-0.02	0.00	98.7	4.55	-12	-1.1	1.0	-0.1	0.0	0	.453	.498	$
SLB (3 yrs)				439.1	54	47	266	5.45	5.22	-0.08	0.00	98.0	5.19	-6	-0.5	1.0	-0.4	3.1	36	.491	.499	$
NYG (1 yr)				13.0	2	1	11	7.62	6.02	-0.06	0.00	96.0	5.84	-2	-0.2	1.0	-0.0	-0.1	-1	.414	.499	$

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+
1896	22	0	1	.000	7.62	2	1	1	1	0	0	13.0	24	11	11	0	2	1	3	0	0	66	56	2.000	16.6	0.0	1.4	0.7	0.50	56
1897	23	0	1	.000	7.62	2	1	1	1	0	0	13.0	24	11	11	0	2	1	3	0	0	66	56	2.000	16.6	0.0	1.4	0.7	0.50	56
1898	24	0	1	.000	7.62	2	1	1	1	0	0	13.0	24	11	11	0	2	1	3	0	0	66	56	2.000	16.6	0.0	1.4	0.7	0.50	56
1899	25	1	1	.500	5.85	4	2	2	2	0	1	20.0	33	13	13	0	4	3	3	0	0	97	72	1.850	14.9	0.0	1.8	1.4	0.75	72
1900	26	1	1	.500	5.85	4	2	2	2	0	1	20.0	33	13	13	0	4	3	3	0	0	97	72	1.850	14.9	0.0	1.8	1.4	0.75	72
1901	27	17	21	.447	4.31	41	35	6	30	2	1	321.1	397	196	154	14	66	53	12	0	6	1402	84	1.441	11.1	0.4	1.8	1.5	0.80	84
1902	28	20	26	.435	4.35	53	44	9	37	2	1	416.1	508	248	201	14	79	69	19	0	6	1802	83	1.410	11.0	0.3	1.7	1.5	0.87	83
1903	29	27	37	.422	4.15	73	62	10	53	3	1	563.1	691	333	260	15	100	98	28	0	10	2421	84	1.404	11.0	0.2	1.6	1.6	0.98	84
1904	30	27	41	.397	4.17	79	66	12	55	3	2	601.2	740	366	279	15	106	109	30	1	11	2596	82	1.406	11.1	0.2	1.6	1.6	1.03	82

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
1896	22	0	1	.000	5.29	17.0	26	11	10	0	2	1	3	1.647	13.8	1.1	0.5	0.50	0.0	2

1899	25	0	0		2.25	8.0	8	2	2	0	2	2	0	1.250	9.0	2.3	2.3	1.00	0.0	2

1901	27	22	17	.564	3.55	357.0	395	157	141	15	67	59	10	1.294	10.0	1.7	1.5	0.88	0.4	37
1902	28	5	6	.455	4.29	107.0	125	57	51	0	15	18	8	1.308	10.5	1.3	1.5	1.20	0.0	12
1903	29	9	8	.529	3.87	158.0	211	76	68	1	24	31	10	1.487	12.0	1.4	1.8	1.29	0.1	20
1904	30	1	3	.250	5.31	39.0	55	26	23	0	7	11	2	1.590	12.7	1.6	2.5	1.57	0.0	6
6 Yrs		37	35	.514	3.87	686.0	820	329	295	16	117	122	33	1.366	10.8		1.6	1.04	0.2	79

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y 1901 AL 1.852 (8th)	Games Played s c a p y 1901 AL 37 (10th)	Saves s c a p y 1899 NL 1 (7th) 1904 NL 1 (7th)	Innings Pitched s c a p y 1901 AL 301.3 (9th)
Games Started s c a p y 1901 AL 33 (10th)	Shutouts s c a p y 1901 AL 2 (7th)	Home Runs s c a p y 1901 AL 14 (1st)	Hits s c a p y 1901 AL 364 (3rd)
Losses s c a p y 1901 AL 20 (4th)	Earned Runs s c a p y 1901 AL 141 (2nd)	Batters Faced s c a p y 1901 AL 1,305 (9th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 14 (1286), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 2 (1697), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 8 (1020), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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