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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 Pitching

Year Age Tm Lg 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 Awards
1918 21 STL NL 6 12 .333 2.71 35 16 14 9 1 0 182.1 174 78 55 3 49 40 3 1 0 744 101 1.223 8.6 0.1 2.4 2.0 0.82
1919 22 STL NL 5 9 .357 3.47 36 11 16 7 0 1 137.1 137 66 53 3 42 52 2 1 4 567 82 1.303 9.0 0.2 2.8 3.4 1.24
1920 23 STL NL 11 10 .524 3.28 43 7 28 4 0 6 170.0 183 72 62 1 40 74 11 0 1 697 94 1.312 9.7 0.1 2.1 3.9 1.85
1921 24 STL NL 9 8 .529 3.18 38 8 13 5 1 1 144.1 137 62 51 7 38 57 3 0 3 611 114 1.212 8.5 0.4 2.4 3.6 1.50
1922 25 STL NL 17 13 .567 3.87 47 31 11 15 3 2 242.0 298 132 104 12 62 79 5 0 1 1085 100 1.488 11.1 0.4 2.3 2.9 1.27
1923 26 STL NL 15 13 .536 4.32 39 26 9 14 0 2 225.0 270 127 108 16 59 78 6 1 4 999 90 1.462 10.8 0.6 2.4 3.1 1.32
1924 27 STL NL 8 9 .471 3.42 35 10 20 6 0 1 168.2 188 77 64 9 38 57 5 0 1 710 111 1.340 10.0 0.5 2.0 3.0 1.50
1925 28 STL NL 15 6 .714 3.11 32 21 9 17 2 1 200.0 216 77 69 8 42 53 3 0 1 837 139 1.290 9.7 0.4 1.9 2.4 1.26
1926 29 STL NL 16 12 .571 3.49 34 29 2 17 3 0 234.2 255 103 91 15 49 59 5 0 0 992 112 1.295 9.8 0.6 1.9 2.3 1.20
1927 30 STL NL 17 12 .586 3.53 39 28 9 18 0 6 232.1 241 109 91 17 48 59 3 0 3 971 115 1.244 9.3 0.7 1.9 2.3 1.23
1928 31 STL NL 21 10 .677 2.86 38 27 10 20 0 5 248.2 251 96 79 17 56 72 2 0 2 1041 141 1.235 9.1 0.6 2.0 2.6 1.29
1929 32 STL NL 10 15 .400 5.93 33 22 6 11 1 0 195.2 278 144 129 14 58 69 2 0 2 910 80 1.717 12.8 0.6 2.7 3.2 1.19
1930 33 TOT NL 9 7 .563 4.71 34 21 9 8 0 1 183.1 217 107 96 15 43 55 3 0 3 802 106 1.418 10.7 0.7 2.1 2.7 1.28
1930 33 STL NL 3 2 .600 4.64 13 7 4 1 0 0 64.0 86 34 33 5 13 29 1 0 2 284 110 1.547 12.1 0.7 1.8 4.1 2.23
1930 33 BSN NL 6 5 .545 4.75 21 14 5 7 0 1 119.1 131 73 63 10 30 26 2 0 1 518 104 1.349 9.9 0.8 2.3 2.0 0.87
1931 34 BSN NL 6 10 .375 4.25 27 16 5 8 0 0 137.2 163 70 65 13 35 34 1 0 1 604 90 1.438 10.7 0.8 2.3 2.2 0.97
1932 35 TOT NL 0 0 3.68 4 0 2 0 0 0 7.1 10 6 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 34 118 1.636 12.3 0.0 2.5 1.2 0.50
1932 35 BSN NL 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.2 3 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 9 2.400 16.2 0.0 5.4 0.0 0.00
1932 35 STL NL 0 0 4.76 3 0 1 0 0 0 5.2 7 3 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 25 89 1.412 11.1 0.0 1.6 1.6 1.00
15 Yrs 165 146 .531 3.72 514 273 163 159 11 26 2709.1 3018 1326 1120 150 661 839 54 3 26 11604 104 1.358 10.0 0.5 2.2 2.8 1.27
162 Game Avg. 14 13 .531 3.72 44 24 14 14 1 2 234 261 115 97 13 57 72 5 0 2 1003 104 1.358 10.0 0.5 2.2 2.8 1.27
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 Awards
STL (14 yrs) 153 131 .539 3.64 465 243 152 144 11 25 2450.2 2721 1180 992 127 595 779 51 3 24 10473 105 1.353 10.0 0.5 2.2 2.9 1.31
BSN (3 yrs) 12 15 .444 4.45 49 30 11 15 0 1 258.2 297 146 128 23 66 60 3 0 2 1131 98 1.403 10.3 0.8 2.3 2.1 0.91

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
1918 21 STL NL 182.1 35 16 78 3.85 3.61 0.08 0.00 100.4 3.55 -6 -0.7 1.0 -0.2 0.5 5 .479 .496 $
1919 22 STL NL 136.2 36 11 66 4.35 3.64 0.19 0.00 96.5 3.33 -15 -1.7 1.0 -0.1 -0.8 -7 .453 .490 $
1920 23 STL NL 169.1 43 7 72 3.83 3.87 -0.09 0.00 97.9 3.88 2 0.2 1.0 -0.1 1.4 15 .504 .501 $
1921 24 STL NL 144.1 38 8 62 3.87 4.62 0.06 0.00 94.5 4.31 8 0.8 1.0 -0.1 1.9 21 .521 .505 $
1922 25 STL NL 242.0 47 31 132 4.91 4.90 -0.44 0.00 93.2 4.98 -0 -0.0 1.0 -0.1 1.8 28 .500 .500 $
1923 26 STL NL 226.0 39 26 127 5.06 4.84 -0.07 0.00 96.9 4.76 -8 -0.8 1.0 -0.1 0.8 16 .479 .495 $
1924 27 STL NL 169.1 35 10 77 4.09 4.57 -0.05 0.00 99.4 4.58 10 1.1 1.0 -0.1 2.3 26 .531 .507 $
1925 28 STL NL 200.0 32 21 77 3.47 5.10 0.12 0.00 103.1 5.14 37 3.8 1.0 -0.1 5.3 59 .618 .523 $
1926 29 STL NL 233.2 34 29 103 3.97 4.44 0.28 0.00 101.8 4.23 7 0.8 1.0 -0.1 2.5 30 .523 .505 $
1927 30 STL NL 232.1 39 28 109 4.22 4.73 0.36 0.00 102.0 4.46 6 0.6 1.0 -0.2 2.3 29 .516 .504 $
1928 31 STL NL 248.2 38 27 96 3.47 4.70 0.11 0.00 100.7 4.62 32 3.5 1.0 -0.1 5.3 56 .591 .521 $
1929 32 STL NL 196.2 33 22 144 6.59 5.52 -0.10 0.00 100.6 5.65 -21 -1.8 1.0 -0.1 -0.4 2 .445 .489 $
1930 33 STL NL 64.0 13 7 34 4.78 5.66 0.02 0.00 101.0 5.70 7 0.6 1.0 -0.0 1.1 14 .546 .504 $
1930 33 BSN NL 119.1 21 14 73 5.51 5.86 0.05 0.00 100.6 5.85 5 0.4 1.0 -0.1 1.3 19 .520 .503 $
1931 34 BSN NL 137.2 27 16 70 4.58 4.60 0.12 0.00 100.2 4.49 -1 -0.1 1.0 -0.1 0.9 12 .497 .499 $
1932 35 BSN NL 1.2 1 0 3 16.20 3.83 0.12 0.00 98.0 3.63 -2 -0.2 1.0 -0.0 -0.2 -2 .305 .499 $
1932 35 STL NL 5.2 3 0 3 4.76 4.81 -0.24 0.00 97.9 4.95 0 0.0 1.0 -0.0 0.1 1 .504 .500 $
15 Seasons 2709.2 514 273 1326 4.40 4.68 0.04 0.00 99.2 4.60 60 6.4 1.0 -1.5 26.1 323 .512 .502 $
Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
STL (14 yrs) 2451.0 465 243 1180 4.33 4.62 0.03 0.00 99.1 4.55 59 6.2 1.0 -1.4 24.1 294 .513 .503 $
BSN (3 yrs) 258.2 49 30 146 5.08 5.18 0.08 0.00 100.4 5.11 2 0.1 1.0 -0.1 2.0 29 .503 .500 $

Postseason Pitching

Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1926 29 STL NL WS W NYY 0 2 .000 2.12 2 2 0 1 0 0 17.0 15 5 4 0 8 1 3 1 0 1 73 1.353 7.9 0.0 4.2 1.6 0.38
1928 31 STL NL WS L NYY 0 2 .000 4.73 2 2 0 0 0 0 13.1 15 7 7 4 3 0 3 0 0 0 58 1.350 10.1 2.7 2.0 2.0 1.00
2 Yrs (2 Series) 0 4 .000 3.26 4 4 0 1 0 0 30.1 30 12 11 4 11 1 6 1 0 1 131 1.352 8.9 1.2 3.3 1.8 0.55
2 WS 0 4 .000 3.26 4 4 0 1 0 0 30.1 30 12 11 4 11 1 6 1 0 1 131 1.352 8.9 1.2 3.3 1.8 0.55

Ratio Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1918 21 STL NL 744 0.4% 5.4% 6.6% 2.2% 9% 84%
1919 22 STL NL 567 0.5% 9.2% 7.4% 2.7% 11% 80%
1920 23 STL NL 697 0.1% 10.6% 5.7% 1.3% 5% 78%
1921 24 STL NL 611 1.2% 9.3% 6.2% 80%
1922 25 STL NL 1085 1.1% 7.3% 5.7% 82%
1923 26 STL NL 999 1.6% 7.8% 5.9% 4.4% 16% 82%
1924 27 STL NL 710 1.3% 8.0% 5.4% 2.3% 9% 82%
1925 28 STL NL 838 1.0% 6.3% 5.0% 5.6% 22% 86%
1926 29 STL NL 992 1.5% 6.0% 4.9% 4.4% 17% 85%
1927 30 STL NL 971 1.8% 6.1% 4.9% 5.3% 21% 85%
1928 31 STL NL 1041 1.6% 6.9% 5.4% 4.6% 19% 84%
1929 32 STL NL 910 1.5% 7.6% 6.4% 4.8% 16% 82%
1930 33 TOT NL 802 1.9% 6.9% 5.4% 3.7% 14% 82%
1930 33 STL NL 284 1.8% 10.2% 4.6% 2.5% 8% 81%
1930 33 BSN NL 518 1.9% 5.0% 5.8% 4.4% 18% 82%
1931 34 BSN NL 602 2.2% 5.7% 5.8% 4.7% 17% 84%
1932 35 TOT NL 34 0.0% 2.9% 5.9% 88%
1932 35 BSN NL 9 0.0% 0.0% 11.1% 89%
1932 35 STL NL 25 0.0% 4.0% 4.0% 88%
15 Yrs 11603 1.3% 7.2% 5.7% 3.4% 13% 83%
MLB Averages 1.0% 7.5% 7.7% 3.0% 12% 80%
PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%

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+
1918 21 6 12 .333 2.71 35 16 14 9 1 0 182.1 174 78 55 3 49 40 3 1 0 744 101 1.223 8.6 0.1 2.4 2.0 0.82 101
1919 22 11 21 .344 3.04 71 27 30 16 1 1 319.2 311 144 108 6 91 92 5 2 4 1311 91 1.258 8.8 0.2 2.6 2.6 1.01 91
1920 23 22 31 .415 3.12 114 34 58 20 1 7 489.2 494 216 170 7 131 166 16 2 5 2008 92 1.276 9.1 0.1 2.4 3.1 1.27 92
1921 24 31 39 .443 3.14 152 42 71 25 2 8 634.0 631 278 221 14 169 223 19 2 8 2619 97 1.262 9.0 0.2 2.4 3.2 1.32 97
1922 25 48 52 .480 3.34 199 73 82 40 5 10 876.0 929 410 325 26 231 302 24 2 9 3704 98 1.324 9.5 0.3 2.4 3.1 1.31 98
1923 26 63 65 .492 3.54 238 99 91 54 5 12 1101.0 1199 537 433 42 290 380 30 3 13 4703 96 1.352 9.8 0.3 2.4 3.1 1.31 96
1924 27 71 74 .490 3.52 273 109 111 60 5 13 1269.2 1387 614 497 51 328 437 35 3 14 5413 98 1.351 9.8 0.4 2.3 3.1 1.33 98
1925 28 86 80 .518 3.47 305 130 120 77 7 14 1469.2 1603 691 566 59 370 490 38 3 15 6250 103 1.342 9.8 0.4 2.3 3.0 1.32 103
1926 29 102 92 .526 3.47 339 159 122 94 10 14 1704.1 1858 794 657 74 419 549 43 3 15 7242 104 1.336 9.8 0.4 2.2 2.9 1.31 104
1927 30 119 104 .534 3.48 378 187 131 112 10 20 1936.2 2099 903 748 91 467 608 46 3 18 8213 106 1.325 9.8 0.4 2.2 2.8 1.30 106
1928 31 140 114 .551 3.41 416 214 141 132 10 25 2185.1 2350 999 827 108 523 680 48 3 20 9254 109 1.315 9.7 0.4 2.2 2.8 1.30 109
1929 32 150 129 .538 3.61 449 236 147 143 11 25 2381.0 2628 1143 956 122 581 749 50 3 22 10164 105 1.348 9.9 0.5 2.2 2.8 1.29 105
1930 33 159 136 .539 3.69 483 257 156 151 11 26 2564.1 2845 1250 1052 137 624 804 53 3 25 10966 105 1.353 10.0 0.5 2.2 2.8 1.29 105
1931 34 165 146 .531 3.72 510 273 161 159 11 26 2702.0 3008 1320 1117 150 659 838 54 3 26 11570 104 1.357 10.0 0.5 2.2 2.8 1.27 104
1932 35 165 146 .531 3.72 514 273 163 159 11 26 2709.1 3018 1326 1120 150 661 839 54 3 26 11604 104 1.358 10.0 0.5 2.2 2.8 1.27 104

Neutralized Pitching

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 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
1918 21 12 11 .522 3.75 209.0 247 97 87 4 70 46 4 1.517 10.6 3.0 2.0 0.66 0.2 35
1919 22 6 9 .400 4.95 140.0 178 86 77 4 55 53 3 1.664 11.4 3.5 3.4 0.96 0.3 36
1920 23 8 9 .471 4.30 157.0 206 83 75 1 45 68 12 1.599 11.8 2.6 3.9 1.51 0.1 43
1921 24 10 6 .625 3.18 153.0 146 60 54 7 40 60 3 1.216 8.6 2.4 3.5 1.50 0.4 38
1922 25 15 13 .536 3.65 254.0 303 114 103 12 63 83 5 1.441 10.7 2.2 2.9 1.32 0.4 47
1923 26 13 13 .500 4.03 237.0 275 118 106 16 60 82 6 1.414 10.4 2.3 3.1 1.37 0.6 39
1924 27 10 8 .556 3.59 168.0 197 74 67 9 40 57 5 1.411 10.6 2.1 3.1 1.43 0.5 35
1925 28 16 7 .696 2.70 210.0 213 70 63 8 41 56 3 1.210 9.1 1.8 2.4 1.37 0.3 32
1926 29 15 11 .577 3.40 241.0 260 101 91 15 50 61 5 1.286 9.7 1.9 2.3 1.22 0.6 34
1927 30 15 11 .577 3.36 241.0 245 100 90 17 49 61 3 1.220 9.1 1.8 2.3 1.24 0.6 39
1928 31 19 9 .679 2.70 260.0 255 87 78 17 57 75 2 1.200 8.8 2.0 2.6 1.32 0.6 38
1929 32 10 13 .435 4.71 212.0 264 123 111 13 55 75 2 1.505 11.2 2.3 3.2 1.36 0.6 33
1930 33 12 10 .545 3.55 198.0 200 87 78 14 40 60 3 1.212 9.1 1.8 2.7 1.50 0.6 34
1931 34 7 8 .467 4.34 141.0 170 76 68 14 37 35 1 1.468 10.9 2.4 2.2 0.95 0.9 27
1932 35 0 0 3.38 8.0 10 3 3 0 2 1 0 1.500 11.3 2.3 1.1 0.50 0.0 4
15 Yrs 168 138 .549 3.66 2829.0 3169 1279 1151 151 704 873 57 1.369 10.1 2.8 1.24 0.5 514

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 Replacements c a p y
1925 NL  5.5 (8th)
1928 NL  5.8 (7th)

WAR for Pitcherss c a p y
1925 NL  5.3 (5th)
1928 NL  5.3 (5th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1925 NL  3.11 (5th)
1928 NL  2.86 (7th)

Wins s c a p y
1922 NL  17 (8th)
1925 NL  15 (9th)
1926 NL  16 (9th)
1927 NL  17 (9th)
1928 NL  21 (4th)
Career  165 (201st)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1925 NL  .714 (1st)
1928 NL  .677 (6th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1925 NL  1.290 (7th)
1927 NL  1.244 (9th)
1928 NL  1.235 (7th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1925 NL  9.720 (9th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1925 NL  1.890 (5th)
1926 NL  1.879 (6th)
1927 NL  1.859 (8th)
1928 NL  2.027 (2nd)
1929 NL  2.668 (9th)
1930 NL  2.111 (7th)
Career  2.196 (152nd)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1920 NL  3.918 (5th)
1924 NL  3.042 (10th)

Games Played s c a p y
1918 NL  35 (4th)
1919 NL  36 (7th)
1920 NL  43 (6th)
1922 NL  47 (2nd)

Saves s c a p y
1920 NL  6 (1st)
1922 NL  2 (7th)
1927 NL  6 (1st)
1928 NL  5 (1st)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1926 NL  234.7 (7th)
1928 NL  248.7 (7th)
Career  2,709.3 (184th)

Games Started s c a p y
1926 NL  29 (9th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1926 NL  17 (8th)
1927 NL  18 (10th)
1928 NL  20 (4th)
Career  159 (201st)

Shutouts s c a p y
1922 NL  3 (5th)
1925 NL  2 (5th)
1926 NL  3 (4th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1918 NL  3 (10th)
1923 NL  16 (3rd)
1926 NL  15 (2nd)
1927 NL  17 (1st)
1928 NL  17 (4th)
1931 NL  13 (6th)

Hits s c a p y
1922 NL  298 (6th)
1926 NL  255 (5th)
1928 NL  251 (10th)
1929 NL  278 (5th)
Career  3,018 (123rd)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1920 NL  1.850 (6th)
1923 NL  1.322 (6th)
1924 NL  1.500 (8th)
1928 NL  1.286 (7th)
1929 NL  1.190 (10th)
1930 NL  1.279 (9th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1920 NL  0.053 (1st)
1925 NL  0.360 (9th)

Losses s c a p y
1929 NL  15 (6th)
Career  146 (172nd)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1923 NL  108 (7th)
1929 NL  129 (3rd)
Career  1,120 (161st)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1923 NL  4 (10th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1920 NL  11 (2nd)
1923 NL  6 (10th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1926 NL  992 (10th)
1928 NL  1,041 (9th)
Career  11,604 (175th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1918 NL  14 (1st)
1919 NL  16 (4th)
1920 NL  28 (1st)
1924 NL  20 (2nd)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1925 NL  140 (3rd)
1928 NL  143 (6th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1925 NL  30 (4th)
1928 NL  32 (5th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1925 NL  2.9 (4th)
1928 NL  3.3 (4th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 12 (188), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 80 (306), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 37 (363), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 16 (445), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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