Bill Stearns

William E. Stearns

Positions: Pitcher and Outfielder
Bats: Unknown, Throws: Right

Born: March 20, 1853 in Washington, DC (All Transactions)
Debut: June 26, 1871
Teams (by GP): DarkBlues/Nationals/BlueLegs/Olympics 1871-1875
Final Game: June 12, 1875
Died: December 30, 1898 in Washington, DC
Buried: Arlington National Cemetery,in Arlington, VA
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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	SO	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1871	18	OLY	NA	2	0	1.000	2.50	2	2	0	2	0	0	18.0	10	11	5	0	8	0	0	0	75	165	1.000	5.0	0.0	4.0	0.0	0.00
1872	19	NAT	NA	0	11	.000	6.18	11	11	0	11	0	0	99.0	193	190	68	2	3	2	0	2	572	72	1.980	17.5	0.2	*0.3*	0.2	0.67
1873	20	WAS	NA	7	25	.219	4.61	32	32	0	32	0	0	283.0	481	395	145	8	16	5	0	8	1463	75	1.756	15.3	0.3	0.5	0.2	0.31
1874	21	HAR	NA	3	14	.176	2.95	22	18	3	14	0	0	158.2	237	194	52	0	15	14		3	813	79	1.588	13.4	*0.0*	0.9	0.8	0.93
1875	22	WAS	NA	1	14	.067	4.02	17	16	1	14	0	0	141.0	246	211	63	3	4	3	0	8	745	59	1.773	15.7	0.2	0.3	0.2	0.75
5 Seasons				13	64	.169	4.28	84	79	4	73	0	0	699.2	1167	1001	333	13	46	24	0	21	3668	73	1.734	15.0	0.2	0.6	0.3	0.52
162 Game Avg.				5	27	.169	4.28	35	33	2	30	0	0	292	487	418	139	5	19	10	0	9	1530	73	1.734	15.0	0.2	0.6	0.3	0.52

OLY (1 yr)				2	0	1.000	2.50	2	2	0	2	0	0	18.0	10	11	5	0	8	0	0	0	75	165	1.000	5.0	0.0	4.0	0.0	0.00
WAS (1 yr)				1	14	.067	4.02	17	16	1	14	0	0	141.0	246	211	63	3	4	3	0	8	745	59	1.773	15.7	0.2	0.3	0.2	0.75
NAT (1 yr)				0	11	.000	6.18	11	11	0	11	0	0	99.0	193	190	68	2	3	2	0	2	572	72	1.980	17.5	0.2	0.3	0.2	0.67
WAS (1 yr)				7	25	.219	4.61	32	32	0	32	0	0	283.0	481	395	145	8	16	5	0	8	1463	75	1.756	15.3	0.3	0.5	0.2	0.31
HAR (1 yr)				3	14	.176	2.95	22	18	3	14	0	0	158.2	237	194	52	0	15	14		3	813	79	1.588	13.4	0.0	0.9	0.8	0.93

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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	Pos
1871	18	OLY	NA	2	11	9	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	.000	.182	.000	.182	-41	0	0	0	/1
1872	19	NAT	NA	11	45	45	8	11	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	.244	.244	.267	.511	50	12	0	0	1
1873	20	WAS	NA	32	137	133	22	24	0	0	0	8	1	0	4	9	.180	.204	.180	.385	17	24	0	0	*1
1874	21	HAR	NA	33	139	132	16	21	1	0	0	11	0	0	7	10	.159	.201	.167	.368	16	22	2	0	1O
1875	22	WAS	NA	21	79	78	9	20	0	0	0	7	0	1	1	4	.256	.266	.256	.522	85	20	0	0	1/O
5 Seasons				99	411	397	56	76	2	0	0	31	1	1	14	25	.191	.219	.196	.415	31	78	2	0
162 Game Avg.				162	673	650	92	124	3	0	0	51	2	2	23	41	.191	.219	.196	.415	31	128	3	0

OLY (1 yr)				2	11	9	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	.000	.182	.000	.182	-41	0	0	0
WAS (1 yr)				21	79	78	9	20	0	0	0	7	0	1	1	4	.256	.266	.256	.522	85	20	0	0
NAT (1 yr)				11	45	45	8	11	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	.244	.244	.267	.511	50	12	0	0
WAS (1 yr)				32	137	133	22	24	0	0	0	8	1	0	4	9	.180	.204	.180	.385	17	24	0	0
HAR (1 yr)				33	139	132	16	21	1	0	0	11	0	0	7	10	.159	.201	.167	.368	16	22	2	0

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRFG	LF-CF-RF
1871	OLY	NA	18	P	2	6	0	5	1	0	.833	2.50	.867	1.95
1872	NAT	NA	19	P	11	22	3	12	7	0	.682	1.36	.845	1.82
1873	WAS	NA	20	P	32	61	17	27	17	1	.721	1.38	.826	1.78
1874	HAR	NA	21	P	22	54	14	20	20	1	.630	1.55	.852	2.05
1874	HAR	NA	21	OF	19	24	17	0	7	0	.708	0.89	.825	1.89	0-4-15
1875	WAS	NA	22	P	17	48	13	19	16	0	.667	1.88	.896	2.33
1875	WAS	NA	22	OF	7	16	10	1	5	1	.688	1.57	.850	1.77	2-5-0
5 Seasons				P	84	191	47	83	61	2	.681	1.55	.854	1.97
2 Seasons				OF	26	40	27	1	12	1	.700	1.08	.835	1.86	2-9-15
5 Seasons				TOT	110	231	74	84	73	3	.684	1.44	.535	1.94	2-9-15

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Earned Run Average s c a p y 1873 NA 4.61 (10th) 1874 NA 2.95 (9th)	Wins s c a p y 1871 NA 2 (10th) 1873 NA 7 (7th) 1874 NA 3 (10th)	Win-Loss % s c a p y 1873 NA .219 (9th) 1874 NA .176 (10th)	Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y 1873 NA 1.756 (9th) 1874 NA 1.588 (9th)
Hits per 9 IP s c a p y 1873 NA 15.297 (10th) 1874 NA 13.443 (9th)	Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y 1872 NA .273 (1st) 1873 NA .509 (2nd) 1874 NA .851 (9th) 1875 NA .255 (6th)	Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y 1874 NA .794 (3rd)	Games Played s c a p y 1873 NA 32 (7th) 1874 NA 22 (9th)
Innings Pitched s c a p y 1873 NA 283.0 (7th) 1874 NA 158.7 (10th)	Strikeouts s c a p y 1873 NA 5 (9th) 1874 NA 14 (8th)	Games Started s c a p y 1872 NA 11 (10th) 1873 NA 32 (7th) 1874 NA 18 (10th)	Complete Games s c a p y 1871 NA 2 (10th) 1872 NA 11 (8th) 1873 NA 32 (7th) 1874 NA 14 (10th)
Home Runs s c a p y 1872 NA 2 (9th) 1873 NA 8 (1st) 1875 NA 3 (4th)	Bases on Balls s c a p y 1873 NA 16 (7th) 1874 NA 15 (7th)	Hits s c a p y 1872 NA 193 (9th) 1873 NA 481 (5th) 1874 NA 237 (9th)	Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y 1872 NA .667 (8th) 1874 NA .933 (8th)
Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y 1873 NA .254 (9th) 1874 NA 0.00 (1st)	Losses s c a p y 1872 NA 11 (7th) 1873 NA 25 (2nd) 1874 NA 14 (10th) 1875 NA 14 (10th)	Earned Runs s c a p y 1872 NA 68 (8th) 1873 NA 145 (4th) 1874 NA 52 (9th) 1875 NA 63 (10th)	Wild Pitches s c a p y 1873 NA 8 (7th) 1874 NA 3 (9th)
Batters Faced s c a p y 1872 NA 572 (9th) 1873 NA 1463 (7th) 1874 NA 813 (10th)	Games Finished s c a p y 1874 NA 3 (4th)	Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y 1872 NA 72 (10th) 1873 NA 75 (10th) 1874 NA 79 (9th)	Bases on Balls s c a p y 1874 NA 7 (4th)
Strikeouts s c a p y 1873 NA 9 (4th) 1874 NA 10 (9th)	Youngest s c a p y 1871 NA born 1853-03-20 (1st) 1872 NA born 1853-03-20 (6th) 1873 NA born 1853-03-20 (10th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Black Ink Pitching - 2 (714), Average HOFer ≈ 40

Gray Ink Batting - 2 (2093), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Pitching - 65 (380), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Hall of Fame Monitor Pitching - 1 (1879), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Hall of Fame Standards Batting - 1 (3920), Average HOFer ≈ 50
Pitching - 10 (815), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Bobby Mathews (931) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
John Coleman (966) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
John Coleman (951) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
John Coleman (951) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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Black Ink	Pitching - 2 (714), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray Ink	Batting - 2 (2093), Average HOFer ≈ 144 Pitching - 65 (380), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 1 (1879), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 1 (3920), Average HOFer ≈ 50 Pitching - 10 (815), Average HOFer ≈ 50