Bill Van Dyke

William Jennings Van Dyke

Positions: Leftfielder and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 8", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: December 15, 1863 in Paris, IL (All Transactions)
Debut: April 17, 1890
Teams (by GP): Maumees/Browns/Beaneaters 1890-1893

Final Game: September 30, 1893
Died: May 17, 1933 in El Paso, TX
Buried: Concordia Cemetery, El Paso, TX
About biographical information

Standard Fielding

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRFG	G	PB	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%
1890	TOL	AA	26	OF	110	198	168	15	15	0	.924	1.66	.916	1.82	109-1-0
1890	TOL	AA	26	3B	18	76	29	33	14	3	.816	3.44	.864	3.68
1890	TOL	AA	26	2B	2	7	4	2	1	0	.857	3.00	.926	5.45
1890	TOL	AA	26	C	1	12	10	2	0	0	1.000	12.00	.925	6.50		3	3	2	40%	38%
1892	STL	NL	28	OF	4	8	7	0	1	0	.875	1.75	.912	1.90	0-4-0
1893	BSN	NL	29	OF	3	4	4	0	0	0	1.000	1.33	.915	2.17	3-0-0
	3 Seasons			OF	117	210	179	15	16	0	.924	1.66	.916	1.83	112-5-0
	1 Season			3B	18	76	29	33	14	3	.816	3.44	.864	3.68
	1 Season			2B	2	7	4	2	1	0	.857	3.00	.926	5.45
	1 Season			C	1	12	10	2	0	0	1.000	12.00	.925	6.50		3	3	2	40%	38%
	3 Seasons			TOT	138	305	222	52	31	3	.898	1.99	.904	2.16	112-5-0	3	3	2	40%	38%

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

View Complete Notes on Fielding Data

Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	Batting	C	2B	3B	LF	CF	OF
1890	TOL	AA	26	129	129	1	2	18	109	1	110
1892	STL	NL	28	4	4	0	0	0	0	4	4
1893	BSN	NL	29	3	3	0	0	0	3	0	3
	3 Seasons			136	136	1	2	18	112	5	117

Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

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