Bill Vinton

William Miller Vinton

Positions: Pitcher and Outfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 160 lb.

Born: April 27, 1865 in Winthrop, MA
School: Yale University (New Haven, CT) (All Transactions)
Debut: July 3, 1884
Teams (by GP): Quakers/Athletics 1884-1885

Final Game: September 16, 1885
Died: September 3, 1893 in Pawtucket, RI
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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	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1884	19	PHI	NL	10	10	.500	2.23	21	21	0	20	0	0	182.0	166	131	45	6	35	105		0	20	789	132	1.104	8.2	0.3	1.7	5.2	3.00
1885	20	TOT	MLB	7	9	.438	2.80	16	16	0	14	2	0	132.0	136	100	41	1	38	55	4	1	7	606	111	1.318	9.3	0.1	2.6	3.8	1.45
1885	20	PHI	NL	3	6	.333	3.04	9	9	0	8	0	0	77.0	90	59	26	0	23	21		0	3	357	92	1.468	10.5	0.0	2.7	2.5	0.91
1885	20	PHA	AA	4	3	.571	2.45	7	7	0	6	2	0	55.0	46	41	15	1	15	34	4	1	4	249	143	1.109	7.5	0.2	2.5	5.6	2.27
1888	23	LOW	N/A	2	0	1.000	1.50	2	2		2	0		18.0	15	13	3		7	5	1		2			1.222	7.5		3.5	2.5	0.71	LOW · NENL
1889	24	MNE	N/A	1	2	.333		4	2		2	0		29.0	36	22			16	13						1.793	11.2		5.0	4.0	0.81	MNE · WA
2 Yrs				17	19	.472	2.46	37	37	0	34	2	0	314.0	302	231	86	7	73	160	4	1	27	1395	122	1.194	8.7	0.2	2.1	4.6	2.19
162 Game Avg.				16	17	.472	2.46	34	34	0	31	2	0	289	278	212	79	6	67	147		1	25	1282	122	1.194	8.7	0.2	2.1	4.6	2.19

PHI (2 yrs)				13	16	.448	2.47	30	30	0	28	0	0	259.0	256	190	71	6	58	126		0	23	1146	117	1.212	8.9	0.2	2.0	4.4	2.17
PHA (1 yr)				4	3	.571	2.45	7	7	0	6	2	0	55.0	46	41	15	1	15	34	4	1	4	249	143	1.109	7.5	0.2	2.5	5.6	2.27

NL (2 yrs)				13	16	.448	2.47	30	30	0	28	0	0	259.0	256	190	71	6	58	126		0	23	1146	117	1.212	8.9	0.2	2.0	4.4	2.17
AA (1 yr)				4	3	.571	2.45	7	7	0	6	2	0	55.0	46	41	15	1	15	34	4	1	4	249	143	1.109	7.5	0.2	2.5	5.6	2.27

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	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1884	19	PHI	NL	182.0	21	21	131	6.48	5.59	-0.34	0.00	98.0	5.81	-9	-0.8	-0.4	0.3	3	.462	.495	$
1885	20	PHI	NL	77.0	9	9	59	6.90	5.00	0.27	0.00	99.0	4.69	-17	-1.4	-0.1	-0.9	-13	.341	.491	$
1885	20	PHA	AA	55.0	7	7	41	6.71	5.30	-0.20	0.00	107.0	5.89	-5	-0.4	-0.1	-0.2	-2	.440	.497	$
2 Seasons				314.0	37	37	231	6.62	5.40	-0.17	0.00	99.8	5.55	-31	-2.7	-0.6	-0.8	-13	.428	.495	$

PHI (2 yrs)				259.0	30	30	190	6.60	5.42	-0.16	0.00	98.3	5.48	-26	-2.2	-0.5	-0.6	-10	.426	.493	$
PHA (1 yr)				55.0	7	7	41	6.71	5.30	-0.20	0.00	107.0	5.89	-5	-0.4	-0.1	-0.2	-2	.440	.497	$

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+
1884	19	10	10	.500	2.23	21	21	0	20	0	0	182.0	166	131	45	6	35		105		0	20	789	132	1.104	8.2	0.3	1.7	5.2	3.00	132
1885	20	17	19	.472	2.46	37	37	0	34	2	0	314.0	302	231	86	7	73		160	4	1	27	1395	122	1.194	8.7	0.2	2.1	4.6	2.19	122

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
1884	19	26	5	.839	1.66	287.0	214	59	53	8	45	166	0	0.902	6.7	1.4	5.2	3.69	0.3	21
1885	20	18	5	.783	2.13	215.0	183	57	51	1	51	90	5	1.088	7.7	2.1	3.8	1.76	0.0	16
2 Yrs		44	10	.815	1.86	502.0	397	116	104	9	96	256	5	0.982	7.1		4.6	2.67	0.2	37

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Earned Run Average s c a p y 1884 NL 2.23 (8th)	Win-Loss % s c a p y 1884 NL .500 (10th)	Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y 1884 NL 1.104 (8th)	Hits per 9 IP s c a p y 1884 NL 8.209 (8th)
Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y 1884 NL 1.731 (9th)	Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y 1884 NL 5.192 (10th)	Shutouts s c a p y 1885 AA 2 (4th)	Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y 1884 NL 3.000 (8th)
Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y 1884 NL 0.297 (8th)	Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y 1884 NL 133 (8th)	Youngest s c a p y 1884 NL born 1865-04-27 (3rd) 1885 AA born 1865-04-27 (7th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 12 (1363), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 1 (1951), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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