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Will Sawyer

Willard Newton Sawyer

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left

Born: July 29, 1864 in Brimfield, OH
School: Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, OH) (All Transactions)
Debut: July 21, 1883
Team: Blues 1883

Final Game: September 29, 1883
Died: January 5, 1936 in Kent, OH
Buried: Standing Rock Cemetery, Kent, OH
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1883	18	CLV	NL	4	10	.286	2.36	17	15	2	15	0	141.0	119	79	37	1	47	76	0	13	596	133	1.177	7.6	0.1	3.0	4.9	1.62
1884	19	GRR	N/A	8	4	.667	1.15	13	13		10		101.1	96	58	13		38	72		6			1.322	8.5		3.4	6.4	1.89	GRR · NWES
1 Yr				4	10	.286	2.36	17	15	2	15	0	141.0	119	79	37	1	47	76	0	13	596	133	1.177	7.6	0.1	3.0	4.9	1.62
162 Game Avg.				9	21	.286	2.36	36	32	4	32	0	300	253	168	79	2	100	162	0	28	1267	133	1.177	7.6	0.1	3.0	4.9	1.62

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	Awards
1883	18	CLV	NL	141.0	17	15	79	5.04	5.93	0.53	0.00	100.0	5.39	8	0.8	1.0	-0.2	1.8	17	.545	.505	$
1 Season				141.0	17	15	79	5.04	5.93	0.53	0.00	100.0	5.39	8	0.8	1.0	-0.2	1.8	17	.545	.505	$

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	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	ERA+
1883	18	4	10	.286	2.36	17	15	2	15	0	0	141.0	119	79	37	1	47		76		0	13	596	133	1.177	7.6	0.1	3.0	4.9	1.62	133

Neutralized Pitching

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

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
1883	18	23	4	.852	1.68	246.0	169	51	46	1	67	133	0	0.959	6.2	2.5	4.9	1.99	0.0	17
1 Yr		23	4	.852	1.68	246.0	169	51	46	1	67	133	0	0.959	6.2		4.9	1.99	0.0	17

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Earned Run Average s c a p y 1883 NL 2.36 (4th)	Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y 1883 NL 1.177 (8th)	Hits per 9 IP s c a p y 1883 NL 7.596 (1st)	Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y 1883 NL 4.851 (3rd)
Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y 1883 NL 0.064 (2nd)	Games Finished s c a p y 1883 NL 2 (10th)	Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y 1883 NL 133 (4th)	Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y 1883 NL 10 (10th)
Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y 1883 NL 0.9 (10th)	Youngest s c a p y 1883 NL born 1864-07-29 (3rd)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black Ink	Pitching - 2 (744), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray Ink	Pitching - 6 (1781), Average HOFer ≈ 185

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Name and misspellings: Willard Bill Newton Will william Sawyer

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