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Bill Sherdel

William Henry Sherdel (Wee Willie)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 160 lb.

Born: August 15, 1896 in McSherrystown, PA
High School: Hanover HS (Hanover, PA) (All Transactions)
Debut: April 22, 1918
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Braves 1918-1932

Final Game: June 11, 1932
Died: November 14, 1968 in McSherrystown, PA
Buried: Annunciation Church Cemetery, McSherrystown, PA
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Standard Batting

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
1918 21 STL NL 35 66 62 7 15 3 1 1 8 0 2 10 .242 .266 .371 .637 96 23 0 2 1
1919 22 STL NL 40 51 48 1 13 2 0 0 5 0 1 8 .271 .300 .313 .613 88 15 1 0 1
1920 23 STL NL 49 70 63 4 14 1 1 1 2 0 0 3 5 .222 .258 .317 .575 66 20 0 2 1
1921 24 STL NL 39 48 44 2 5 0 0 0 4 0 0 4 7 .114 .188 .114 .301 -17 5 0 0 1/3
1922 25 STL NL 48 92 88 11 17 2 1 1 10 0 0 2 10 .193 .211 .273 .484 27 24 0 2 1
1923 26 STL NL 45 93 83 13 28 2 0 1 9 0 1 7 8 .337 .389 .398 .786 110 33 0 3 1
1924 27 STL NL 49 89 75 4 15 4 0 0 8 0 0 13 9 .200 .318 .253 .572 56 19 0 1 1/O9
1925 28 STL NL 33 79 73 12 15 5 0 1 5 1 0 5 0 .205 .256 .315 .571 44 23 0 1 1
1926 29 STL NL 36 94 90 9 22 5 1 1 8 0 1 9 .244 .253 .356 .608 60 32 0 3 1
1927 30 STL NL 39 85 72 9 14 2 0 1 5 0 7 6 .194 .266 .264 .530 39 19 0 6 1
1928 31 STL NL 38 101 84 10 19 5 0 1 8 1 8 10 .226 .293 .321 .615 59 27 0 10 1
1929 32 STL NL 33 78 70 5 16 1 1 1 8 0 2 4 .229 .250 .314 .564 37 22 0 6 1
1930 33 TOT NL 34 74 61 6 6 1 0 0 3 0 5 5 .098 .167 .115 .281 -30 7 0 8 1
1930 33 STL NL 13 28 19 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 .105 .227 .105 .333 -18 2 0 6 1
1930 33 BSN NL 21 46 42 3 4 1 0 0 3 0 2 3 .095 .136 .119 .255 -37 5 0 2 1
1931 34 BSN NL 27 49 46 2 14 1 0 0 3 0 3 5 .304 .347 .326 .673 84 15 0 0 1
1932 35 TOT NL 4 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.000 3.000 671 2 0 0 /1
1932 35 BSN NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1932 35 STL NL 3 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.000 3.000 671 2 0 0 /1
15 Yrs 549 1070 960 96 214 35 5 9 86 2 1 63 96 .223 .271 .298 .569 52 286 1 44
162 Game Avg. 162 316 283 28 63 10 1 3 25 1 19 28 .223 .271 .298 .569 52 84 0 13
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
STL (14 yrs) 500 975 872 91 196 33 5 9 80 2 1 58 88 .225 .274 .305 .579 55 266 1 42
BSN (3 yrs) 49 95 88 5 18 2 0 0 6 0 5 8 .205 .247 .227 .475 24 20 0 2

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1918 21 STL NL 35 66 -0 0 0 0 4 4 0.5 2 6 0.5 .513 .503 0.5 -0.0 6 $ 1
1919 22 STL NL 40 51 -1 0 0 0 4 3 0.4 1 5 0.4 .510 .502 0.4 -0.0 5 $ 1
1920 23 STL NL 49 70 -3 0 0 0 6 3 0.3 2 5 0.3 .507 .502 0.3 -0.0 5 $ 1
1921 24 STL NL 39 48 -7 0 0 0 4 -2 -0.3 1 -1 -0.3 .493 .498 -0.3 -0.0 -1 $ 1/3
1922 25 STL NL 48 92 -10 0 0 0 10 0 0.0 3 3 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 3 $ 1
1923 26 STL NL 45 93 2 -0 0 0 9 10 1.0 3 13 1.0 .522 .506 1.0 0.0 13 $ 1
1924 27 STL NL 49 89 -4 0 0 0 8 4 0.4 3 6 0.4 .508 .502 0.4 -0.0 6 $ 1/O9
1925 28 STL NL 33 79 -6 0 0 0 8 2 0.2 2 5 0.2 .507 .501 0.2 -0.0 5 $ 1
1926 29 STL NL 36 94 -6 0 0 0 9 4 0.4 3 6 0.4 .511 .502 0.4 -0.0 6 $ 1
1927 30 STL NL 39 85 -7 0 0 0 8 2 0.2 2 4 0.2 .505 .501 0.2 0.0 4 $ 1
1928 31 STL NL 38 101 -6 -0 0 0 11 5 0.5 3 8 0.5 .513 .503 0.5 -0.0 8 $ 1
1929 32 STL NL 33 78 -8 0 0 0 9 1 0.1 2 3 0.1 .503 .501 0.1 0.0 3 $ 1
1930 33 STL NL 13 28 -5 0 0 0 3 -2 -0.2 1 -1 -0.2 .488 .499 -0.2 0.0 -1 $ 1
1930 33 BSN NL 21 46 -10 0 0 0 5 -5 -0.4 1 -4 -0.4 .479 .497 -0.4 0.0 -4 $ 1
1931 34 BSN NL 27 49 -1 0 0 0 5 4 0.4 1 6 0.4 .516 .503 0.4 -0.0 6 $ 1
1932 35 BSN NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /1
1932 35 STL NL 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .530 .501 0.1 0.0 1 $ /1
15 Seasons 549 1070 -70 2 0 0 102 34 3.5 30 64 3.6 .507 .501 3.6 -0.1 65 $
Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
STL (14 yrs) 500 975 -59 1 0 0 93 35 3.5 28 63 3.6 .507 .502 3.6 -0.1 63 $
BSN (3 yrs) 49 95 -11 0 0 0 10 -1 -0.0 3 2 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 -0.0 2 $

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1918 21 STL NL 66 49 6 3.3 77 .275 .242 .258 .266 .315 .371 .333 .637 .648 96 .484 -0.6 -0.1 .532 .161 .129 .0
1919 22 STL NL 51 35 4 3.1 78 .325 .271 .258 .300 .312 .313 .340 .613 .651 88 .436 -0.7 -0.1 .486 .063 .042
1920 23 STL NL 70 51 5 2.7 89 .228 .222 .274 .258 .328 .317 .364 .575 .692 66 .338 -3.0 -0.3 .469 .143 .095 .0
1921 24 STL NL 48 39 1 0.7 104 .135 .114 .294 .188 .344 .114 .405 .301 .749 -17 .030 -7.4 -0.7 .231 .091 .000
1922 25 STL NL 92 73 5 1.8 108 .208 .193 .295 .211 .352 .273 .410 .484 .762 27 .141 -9.8 -0.9 .366 .102 .080 .0
1923 26 STL NL 93 59 12 5.5 105 .365 .337 .289 .389 .348 .398 .403 .786 .751 110 .564 1.5 0.2 .696 .133 .060 .0
1924 27 STL NL 89 61 6 2.6 102 .227 .200 .287 .318 .342 .253 .400 .572 .743 56 .269 -4.0 -0.4 .533 .227 .053
1925 28 STL NL 79 59 6 2.7 116 .194 .205 .303 .256 .361 .315 .432 .571 .793 44 .240 -6.4 -0.6 .500 .192 .110 1.0
1926 29 STL NL 94 71 8 3.0 106 .263 .244 .292 .253 .353 .356 .405 .608 .757 60 .321 -5.6 -0.6 .485 .122 .111 .0
1927 30 STL NL 85 64 5 2.1 108 .200 .194 .296 .266 .355 .264 .409 .530 .764 39 .192 -6.5 -0.6 .448 .167 .069 .0
1928 31 STL NL 101 75 8 2.9 112 .247 .226 .294 .293 .359 .321 .418 .615 .777 59 .278 -5.2 -0.5 .554 .202 .095 1.0
1929 32 STL NL 78 60 6 2.7 123 .231 .229 .308 .250 .373 .314 .449 .564 .821 37 .210 -7.6 -0.7 .444 .114 .086 .0
1930 33 TOT NL 74 63 1 0.4 126 .107 .098 .311 .167 .370 .115 .463 .281 .833 -30 .008 -13.3 -1.2 .218 .098 .016
1930 33 STL NL 28 23 0 0.0 131 .118 .105 .318 .227 .377 .105 .473 .333 .851 -18 .000 -3.9 -0.3 .294 .158 .000
1930 33 BSN NL 46 40 1 0.7 124 .103 .095 .308 .136 .366 .119 .458 .255 .824 -37 .018 -9.4 -0.8 .184 .071 .024
1931 34 BSN NL 49 32 5 4.2 101 .341 .304 .282 .347 .340 .326 .398 .673 .737 84 .454 -1.0 -0.1 .563 .087 .022
1932 35 TOT NL 1 0 2 107 1.000 1.000 .289 1.000 .342 2.000 .418 3.000 .760 671 .000 0.8 0.1 1.000 1.000
1932 35 STL NL 1 0 2 107 1.000 1.000 .289 1.000 .342 2.000 .418 3.000 .760 671 .000 0.8 0.1 1.000 1.000
15 Yrs 1070 791 80 2.7 105 .240 .223 .290 .271 .348 .298 .404 .569 .753 52 .270 -68.6 -6.6 .470 .142 .075 3.3
162 Game Avg. 316 233 24 2.7 105 .240 .223 .290 .271 .348 .298 .404 .569 .753 52 .270 -68.6 -6.6 .470 .142 .075 1
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
STL (14 yrs) 975 719 74 2.8 104 .241 .225 .289 .274 .348 .305 .402 .579 .750 55 .281 -58.3 -5.6 .482 .148 .080 3.3
BSN (3 yrs) 95 72 6 2.2 112 .225 .205 .294 .247 .352 .227 .426 .475 .779 24 .173 -10.4 -0.9 .357 .080 .023

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1926 29 STL NL WS NYY W 2 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1928 31 STL NL WS NYY L 2 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Yrs (2 Series) 4 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 WS 4 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1918 21 STL NL 66 1.5% 15.2% 3.0% 7.6% 33% 5.00 6.2 62.0 7.8 77%
1919 22 STL NL 51 0.0% 15.7% 2.0% 3.9% 15% 8.00 6.0 9.6 78%
1920 23 STL NL 70 1.4% 7.1% 4.3% 4.3% 21% 1.67 12.6 63.0 31.5 81%
1921 24 STL NL 48 0.0% 14.6% 8.3% 0.0% 0% 1.75 6.3 11.0 77%
1922 25 STL NL 92 1.1% 10.9% 2.2% 4.4% 24% 5.00 8.8 88.0 8.8 84%
1923 26 STL NL 93 1.1% 8.6% 7.5% 3.2% 11% 1.14 10.4 83.0 9.2 80%
1924 27 STL NL 89 0.0% 10.1% 14.6% 4.5% 27% 0.69 8.3 9.4 74%
1925 28 STL NL 79 1.3% 0.0% 6.3% 7.6% 40% 0.00 73.0 14.6 91%
1926 29 STL NL 94 1.1% 9.6% 1.1% 7.5% 32% 9.00 10.0 90.0 11.3 85%
1927 30 STL NL 85 1.2% 7.1% 8.2% 3.5% 21% 0.86 12.0 72.0 14.4 76%
1928 31 STL NL 101 1.0% 9.9% 7.9% 5.9% 32% 1.25 8.4 84.0 10.5 72%
1929 32 STL NL 78 1.3% 5.1% 2.6% 3.9% 19% 2.00 17.5 70.0 8.8 83%
1930 33 TOT NL 74 0.0% 6.8% 6.8% 1.4% 17% 1.00 12.2 20.3 76%
1930 33 STL NL 28 0.0% 7.1% 10.7% 0.0% 0% 0.67 9.5 61%
1930 33 BSN NL 46 0.0% 6.5% 4.4% 2.2% 25% 1.50 14.0 14.0 85%
1931 34 BSN NL 49 0.0% 10.2% 6.1% 2.0% 7% 1.67 9.2 15.3 84%
1932 35 TOT NL 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 100% 100%
1932 35 STL NL 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 100% 100%
15 Yrs 1070 0.8% 9.0% 5.9% 4.6% 23% 1.52 10.0 106.7 11.2 80%
MLB Averages 1.0% 7.5% 7.8% 6.5% 26% 0.97 11.8 85.8 8.0 80%
PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1918 21 35 66 62 7 15 3 1 1 8 0 2 10 .242 .266 .371 .637 96 23 0 2
1919 22 75 117 110 8 28 5 1 1 13 0 3 18 .255 .281 .345 .626 92 38 1 2
1920 23 124 187 173 12 42 6 2 2 15 0 0 6 23 .243 .272 .335 .607 82 58 1 4
1921 24 163 235 217 14 47 6 2 2 19 0 0 10 30 .217 .254 .290 .545 60 63 1 4
1922 25 211 327 305 25 64 8 3 3 29 0 0 12 40 .210 .242 .285 .527 49 87 1 6
1923 26 256 420 388 38 92 10 3 4 38 0 1 19 48 .237 .275 .309 .584 63 120 1 9
1924 27 305 509 463 42 107 14 3 4 46 0 1 32 57 .231 .282 .300 .582 62 139 1 10
1925 28 338 588 536 54 122 19 3 5 51 1 1 37 57 .228 .279 .302 .581 60 162 1 11
1926 29 374 682 626 63 144 24 4 6 59 1 1 38 66 .230 .275 .310 .585 60 194 1 14
1927 30 413 767 698 72 158 26 4 7 64 1 1 45 72 .226 .274 .305 .579 57 213 1 20
1928 31 451 868 782 82 177 31 4 8 72 2 1 53 82 .226 .276 .307 .583 58 240 1 30
1929 32 484 946 852 87 193 32 5 9 80 2 1 55 86 .227 .274 .308 .582 56 262 1 36
1930 33 518 1020 913 93 199 33 5 9 83 2 1 60 91 .218 .267 .295 .562 49 269 1 44
1931 34 545 1069 959 95 213 34 5 9 86 2 1 63 96 .222 .271 .296 .567 51 284 1 44
1932 35 549 1070 960 96 214 35 5 9 86 2 1 63 96 .223 .271 .298 .569 52 286 1 44

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1918 21 45 88 82 12 22 4 1 1 13 0 3 13 .268 .294 .378 .672 10 35
1919 22 46 59 57 1 16 2 0 0 7 0 1 9 .281 .305 .316 .621 6 40
1920 23 52 73 68 5 16 1 1 1 2 0 3 5 .235 .268 .324 .591 6 49
1921 24 41 50 46 2 5 0 0 0 5 0 4 7 .109 .180 .109 .289 1 39
1922 25 50 96 92 11 18 2 1 1 10 0 2 10 .196 .213 .272 .485 5 48
1923 26 47 96 86 13 28 2 0 1 9 0 7 8 .326 .376 .384 .760 13 45
1924 27 52 94 79 4 16 4 0 0 8 0 14 9 .203 .323 .253 .576 6 49
1925 28 35 81 75 11 14 5 0 1 4 1 5 0 .187 .238 .293 .531 5 33
1926 29 38 98 94 9 23 5 1 1 8 0 1 9 .245 .253 .351 .604 8 36
1927 30 41 90 76 9 15 2 0 1 5 0 8 6 .197 .274 .263 .537 5 39
1928 31 40 106 87 9 19 5 0 1 7 1 8 11 .218 .284 .310 .595 7 38
1929 32 35 79 71 4 14 1 1 1 6 0 2 4 .197 .219 .282 .501 4 33
1930 33 36 76 63 6 6 1 0 0 3 0 5 5 .095 .162 .111 .273 1 34
1931 34 28 50 47 2 14 1 0 0 3 0 3 5 .298 .340 .319 .659 5 27
1932 35 4 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.000 3.000 2 4
15 Yrs 590 1137 1024 99 227 36 5 9 90 2 66 101 .222 .269 .293 .562 84 549
162 Game Avg. 162 312 281 27 62 10 1 2 25 1 18 28 .222 .269 .293 .562 23 549

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1948 BBWAA ( 0.8%)
1949 BBWAA ( 0.7%)
1950 BBWAA ( 0.6%)
1951 BBWAA ( 0.4%)
1953 BBWAA ( 0.4%)
1955 BBWAA ( 0.4%)
1956 BBWAA ( 0.5%)
1958 BBWAA ( 0.8%)
1960 BBWAA ( 0.7%)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1925 NL  5.5 (8th)
1928 NL  5.8 (7th)

                           

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