Bill Sowders
William Jefferson Sowders (Little Bill)
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 155 lb.

Born: November 29, 1864 in Louisville, KY (All Transactions)
Debut: April 24, 1888
Final Game: June 19, 1890
Died: February 2, 1951 in Indianapolis, IN
Relatives: Brother of John Sowders and Brother of Len Sowders
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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
1888 23 BSN NL 19 15 .559 2.07 36 35 1 34 2 0 317.0 278 155 73 3 73 132 9 0 14 1311 139 1.107 7.9 0.1 2.1 3.7 1.81
1889 24 TOT NL 7 7 .500 6.37 20 15 5 12 0 2 94.2 147 90 67 4 52 43 2 0 7 388 62 2.102 14.0 0.4 4.9 4.1 0.83
1889 24 BSN NL 1 2 .333 5.14 7 4 3 3 0 2 42.0 53 35 24 3 23 10 2 0 2 177 81 1.810 11.4 0.6 4.9 2.1 0.43
1889 24 PIT NL 6 5 .545 7.35 13 11 2 9 0 0 52.2 94 55 43 1 29 33 0 0 5 211 51 2.335 16.1 0.2 5.0 5.6 1.14
1890 25 PIT NL 3 8 .273 4.42 15 11 4 9 0 0 106.0 117 77 52 1 24 30 2 0 7 490 74 1.330 9.9 0.1 2.0 2.5 1.25
3 Seasons 29 30 .492 3.34 71 61 10 55 2 2 517.2 542 322 192 8 149 205 13 0 28 2189 95 1.335 9.4 0.1 2.6 3.6 1.38
162 Game Avg. 15 15 .492 3.34 37 31 5 28 1 1 267 279 166 99 4 77 106 7 0 14 1128 95 1.335 9.4 0.1 2.6 3.6 1.38
PIT (2 yrs) 9 13 .409 5.39 28 22 6 18 0 0 158.2 211 132 95 2 53 63 2 0 12 701 64 1.664 12.0 0.1 3.0 3.6 1.19
BSN (2 yrs) 20 17 .541 2.43 43 39 4 37 2 2 359.0 331 190 97 6 96 142 11 0 16 1488 125 1.189 8.3 0.2 2.4 3.6 1.48

Cumulative Pitching

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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+
1888 23 19 15 .559 2.07 36 35 1 34 2 0 317.0 278 155 73 3 73 132 9 0 14 1311 139 1.107 7.9 0.1 2.1 3.7 1.81 139
1889 24 26 22 .542 3.06 56 50 6 46 2 2 411.2 425 245 140 7 125 175 11 0 21 1699 102 1.336 9.3 0.2 2.7 3.8 1.40 102
1890 25 29 30 .492 3.34 71 61 10 55 2 2 517.2 542 322 192 8 149 205 13 0 28 2189 95 1.335 9.4 0.1 2.6 3.6 1.38 95

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1888 23 34 8 .810 1.97 380.0 325 92 83 4 85 158 11 1.079 7.7 2.0 3.7 1.86 0.1 36
1889 24 3 7 .300 6.10 93.0 141 70 63 4 50 42 2 2.054 13.6 4.8 4.1 0.84 0.4 20
1890 25 9 6 .600 3.45 141.0 135 60 54 1 28 40 2 1.156 8.6 1.8 2.6 1.43 0.1 15
3 Seasons 46 21 .687 2.93 614.0 601 222 200 9 163 240 15 1.244 8.8 3.5 1.47 0.1 71

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1888 NL  2.073 (5th)

Wins s c a p y
1888 NL  19 (9th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1888 NL  .559 (9th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1888 NL  1.107 (10th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1888 NL  7.893 (10th)

Saves s c a p y
1889 NL  2 (1st)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1888 NL  73 (9th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1888 NL  .085 (1st)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1890 NL  2 (10th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1890 NL  490 (6th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1888 NL  1 (10th)
1889 NL  5 (4th)
1890 NL  4 (6th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1888 NL  139 (5th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 3 (551), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 16 (1184), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 6 (1150), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 8 (996), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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