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Bill Sherdel
William Henry Sherdel (Wee Willie)
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 160 lb.

Born: August 15, 1896 in McSherrystown, PA (All Transactions)
Debut: April 22, 1918
Final Game: June 11, 1932
Died: November 14, 1968 in McSherrystown, PA
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Standard Pitching

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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 0 744 100 1.223 8.6 0.1 2.4 2.0 0.82
1919 22 STL NL 5 9 .357 3.47 36 10 16 7 0 1 137.1 137 66 53 3 42 52 2 1 4 567 80 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 15 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 3.10 32 21 9 17 2 1 200.0 216 77 69 8 42 53 3 0 1 837 140 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 0 992 113 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 3 971 112 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 139 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 79 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 3 802 105 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 2 284 108 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 89 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 34 105 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 82 1.412 11.1 0.0 1.6 1.6 1.00
15 Seasons 165 146 .531 3.72 514 272 163 159 11 26 2709.1 3018 1326 1120 149 661 839 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 73 5 0 2 1004 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 3.64 465 242 152 144 11 25 2450.2 2721 1180 992 126 595 779 51 3 24 10473 104 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 97 1.403 10.3 0.8 2.3 2.1 0.91

Postseason Pitching

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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 4.72 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 Seasons (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

Standard Batting

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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 50 48 1 13 2 0 0 5 0 1 8 .271 .300 .313 .613 89 15 1 0 1
1920 23 STL NL 49 68 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/O
1925 28 STL NL 33 79 73 12 15 5 0 1 5 1 0 5 0 .205 .256 .315 .571 43 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 40 19 0 6 1
1928 31 STL NL 38 102 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 38 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 -17 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 0 1.000 1.000 2.000 3.000 673 2 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1932 35 BSN NL 1 0 0 0 0 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 3.000 673 2 0 0 /1
15 Seasons 549 1068 960 96 214 35 5 9 86 2 1 63 96 .223 .271 .298 .569 52 286 0 1 44 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 315 283 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) 500 973 872 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 0 5 8 .205 .247 .227 .475 24 20 0 0 2 0 0

Postseason Batting

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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 Seasons (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

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1918 STL NL 21 P 35 52 6 46 0 2 1.000 1.49 .963 2.03
1919 STL NL 22 P 36 54 5 45 4 0 .926 1.39 .961 1.89
1920 STL NL 23 P 43 58 7 50 1 4 .983 1.33 .955 1.75
1921 STL NL 24 P 38 48 5 40 3 0 .938 1.18 .954 1.52
1921 STL NL 24 1B 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 1.000 10.40
1922 STL NL 25 P 47 51 5 41 5 1 .902 0.98 .959 1.29
1923 STL NL 26 P 39 52 6 41 5 3 .904 1.21 .960 1.34
1924 STL NL 27 P 35 36 6 30 0 2 1.000 1.03 .964 1.42
1924 STL NL 27 OF 2 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 .967 2.25 0-0-2
1925 STL NL 28 P 32 48 6 42 0 4 1.000 1.50 .954 1.35
1926 STL NL 29 P 34 54 9 44 1 0 .981 1.56 .957 1.39
1927 STL NL 30 P 39 44 3 36 5 5 .886 1.00 .961 1.29
1928 STL NL 31 P 38 44 6 36 2 1 .955 1.11 .966 1.27
1929 STL NL 32 P 33 38 1 36 1 0 .974 1.12 .963 1.23
1930 TOT NL 33 P 34 40 7 31 2 3 .950 1.12 .965 1.10
1930 STL NL 33 P 13 11 2 9 0 1 1.000 0.85 .964 1.10
1930 BSN NL 33 P 21 29 5 22 2 2 .931 1.29 .966 1.10
1931 BSN NL 34 P 27 24 4 20 0 0 1.000 0.89 .958 1.20
1932 TOT NL 35 P 4 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 0.75 .967 1.20
1932 BSN NL 35 P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.20
1932 STL NL 35 P 3 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.00 .967 1.20
15 Seasons P 514 646 77 540 29 25 .955 1.20 .960 1.44
1 Season OF 2 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 .967 2.25 0-0-2
1 Season 1B 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 1.000 10.40
15 Seasons TOT 517 651 82 540 29 25 .955 1.20 .916 1.46 0-0-2
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards

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%)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1925 NL  3.105 (5th)
1928 NL  2.859 (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 (195th)

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 (150th)

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  2709.3 (183rd)

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  15 (4th)
1926 NL  15 (2nd)
1927 NL  17 (1st)
1928 NL  17 (4th)
1931 NL  13 (7th)

Hits s c a p y
1922 NL  298 (6th)
1926 NL  255 (5th)
1928 NL  251 (10th)
1929 NL  278 (5th)
Career  3018 (122nd)

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  .053 (1st)
1925 NL  .360 (9th)

Losses s c a p y
1929 NL  15 (6th)
Career  146 (170th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1923 NL  108 (7th)
1929 NL  129 (3rd)
Career  1120 (160th)

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  1041 (9th)
Career  11604 (149th)

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  139 (6th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 12 (185), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 80 (296), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 37 (356), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 16 (431), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

June 16, 1930: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals with Fred Frankhouse to the Boston Braves for Burleigh Grimes.

May 16, 1932: Released by the Boston Braves.

May 18, 1932: Signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.

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