Bill Rodgers

Wilbur Kincaid Rodgers (Rawmeat Bill)

Positions: Second Baseman and Shortstop
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: April 18, 1887 in Pleasant Ridge, OH(All Transactions)
Debut: April 15, 1915
Teams (by GP): Reds/Indians/RedSox 1915-1916

Final Game: May 13, 1916
Died: December 24, 1978 in Goliad, TX
Buried: Berclair Cemetery, Berclair, TX
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Standard Fielding

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRFG	G
1915	TOT	MLB	28	2B	75	346	117	210	19	31	.945	4.36	.955	5.07
1915	TOT	AL	28	2B	19	65	21	40	4	1	.938	3.21	.956	5.14
1915	CLE	AL	28	2B	13	55	19	33	3	1	.945	4.00	.956	5.14
1915	BOS	AL	28	2B	6	10	2	7	1	0	.900	1.50	.956	5.13
1915	CIN	NL	28	2B	56	281	96	170	15	30	.947	4.75	.955	5.05
1915	CIN	NL	28	SS	6	25	10	14	1	1	.960	4.00	.931	5.43
1915	CIN	NL	28	3B	1	3	2	1	0	0	1.000	3.00	.947	3.10
1915	CIN	NL	28	OF	1	0	0	0	0	0		0.00		2.10	0-0-1
1916	CIN	NL	29	SS	1	2	1	1	0	0	1.000	2.00	.925	5.50
	1 Season			2B	75	346	117	210	19	31	.945	4.36	.955	5.07
	2 Seasons			SS	7	27	11	15	1	1	.963	3.71	.930	5.44
	1 Season			OF	1	0	0	0	0	0		0.00		2.10	0-0-1
	1 Season			3B	1	3	2	1	0	0	1.000	3.00	.947	3.10
	2 Seasons			TOT	84	376	130	226	20	32	.947	4.24	.953	5.04	0-0-1

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

View Complete Notes on Fielding Data

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
For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	Batting	2B	3B	SS	RF	OF
1915	CIN	NL	28	72	72	56	1	6	1	1
1915	CLE	AL	28	16	16	13	0	0	0	0
1915	BOS	AL	28	11	11	6	0	0	0	0
1916	CIN	NL	29	3	3	0	0	1	0	0
	2 Seasons			102	102	75	1	7	1	1

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.

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