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Bill Voiselle

William Symmes Voiselle (Ninety-Six or Big Bill)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: January 29, 1919 in Greenwood, SC
High School: Ninety-Six HS (Ninety-Six, NC) (All Transactions)
Debut: September 1, 1942 (Age 23)
Teams (by GP): Giants/Braves/Cubs 1942-1950

Final Game: July 8, 1950 (Age 31)
Died: January 31, 2005 in Greenwood, SC
Buried: Elmwood Cemetery, Ninety Six, SC
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Fine Details  · Last updated Feb 12, 2013 2:17PM
All-Time Rank (among pitchers): #1034. Lee Viau… #1035. Cal McLish… #1036. John Wyatt… #1037. BILL VOISELLE… #1038. Steve Karsay… #1039. Bill Wight… #1040. Bobby Jones… 

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
1942 23 NYG NL 0 1 .000 2.00 2 1 1 0 0 0 9.0 6 4 2 1 4 5 0 0 0 38 176 1.111 6.0 1.0 4.0 5.0 1.25
1943 24 NYG NL 1 2 .333 2.03 4 4 0 3 0 0 31.0 18 10 7 1 14 19 0 0 0 134 170 1.032 5.2 0.3 4.1 5.5 1.36
1944 25 NYG NL 21 16 .568 3.02 43 41 1 25 1 0 312.2 276 138 105 31 118 161 4 0 7 1327 121 1.260 7.9 0.9 3.4 4.6 1.36 AS,MVP-5
1945 26 NYG NL 14 14 .500 4.49 41 35 2 14 4 0 232.1 249 128 116 15 97 115 4 0 3 1034 86 1.489 9.6 0.6 3.8 4.5 1.19
1946 27 NYG NL 9 15 .375 3.74 36 25 5 10 2 0 178.0 171 88 74 14 85 89 0 0 1 784 92 1.438 8.6 0.7 4.3 4.5 1.05
1947 28 TOT NL 9 11 .450 4.40 33 25 1 8 0 0 174.0 190 92 85 14 73 79 2 0 5 757 91 1.511 9.8 0.7 3.8 4.1 1.08
1947 28 NYG NL 1 4 .200 4.64 11 5 1 1 0 0 42.2 44 26 22 4 22 20 1 0 4 181 88 1.547 9.3 0.8 4.6 4.2 0.91
1947 28 BSN NL 8 7 .533 4.32 22 20 0 7 0 0 131.1 146 66 63 10 51 59 1 0 1 576 92 1.500 10.0 0.7 3.5 4.0 1.16
1948 29 BSN NL 13 13 .500 3.63 37 30 5 9 2 2 215.2 226 93 87 18 90 89 3 0 1 940 107 1.465 9.4 0.8 3.8 3.7 0.99
1949 30 BSN NL 7 8 .467 4.04 30 22 4 5 4 1 169.1 170 84 76 14 78 63 1 0 6 737 94 1.465 9.0 0.7 4.1 3.3 0.81
1950 31 CHC NL 0 4 .000 5.79 19 7 2 0 0 0 51.1 64 39 33 7 29 25 1 0 0 243 73 1.812 11.2 1.2 5.1 4.4 0.86
9 Yrs 74 84 .468 3.83 245 190 21 74 13 3 1373.1 1370 676 585 115 588 645 15 0 23 5994 99 1.426 9.0 0.8 3.9 4.2 1.10
162 Game Avg. 12 13 .468 3.83 38 30 3 12 2 0 215 214 106 91 18 92 101 2 0 4 937 99 1.426 9.0 0.8 3.9 4.2 1.10
NYG (6 yrs) 46 52 .469 3.64 137 111 10 53 7 0 805.2 764 394 326 66 340 409 9 0 15 3498 101 1.370 8.5 0.7 3.8 4.6 1.20
BSN (3 yrs) 28 28 .500 3.94 89 72 9 21 6 3 516.1 542 243 226 42 219 211 5 0 8 2253 98 1.474 9.4 0.7 3.8 3.7 0.96
CHC (1 yr) 0 4 .000 5.79 19 7 2 0 0 0 51.1 64 39 33 7 29 25 1 0 0 243 73 1.812 11.2 1.2 5.1 4.4 0.86

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 gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1942 23 NYG NL 9.0 2 1 4 4.00 2.88 0.14 0.00 100.7 2.76 -1 -0.1 1.0 -0.0 -0.1 -0 .436 .499
1943 24 NYG NL 31.0 4 4 10 2.90 4.05 -0.24 0.00 101.1 4.34 5 0.6 -0.0 0.9 8 .657 .504
1944 25 NYG NL 312.0 43 41 138 3.98 4.28 0.01 0.00 101.2 4.33 12 1.4 1.0 -0.2 3.7 42 .532 .508 AS,MVP-5
1945 26 NYG NL 232.1 41 35 128 4.96 4.61 -0.02 0.00 101.6 4.70 -8 -0.8 1.0 -0.2 0.9 16 .479 .495
1946 27 NYG NL 178.0 36 25 88 4.45 4.10 0.01 0.00 101.1 4.13 -6 -0.7 1.0 -0.1 0.9 12 .480 .496
1947 28 NYG NL 42.2 11 5 26 5.48 4.61 0.00 0.00 99.3 4.58 -5 -0.4 1.0 -0.0 -0.1 1 .460 .497
1947 28 BSN NL 131.1 22 20 66 4.52 4.60 0.01 0.00 96.8 4.44 -2 -0.2 1.0 -0.1 1.0 14 .491 .499
1948 29 BSN NL 215.2 37 30 93 3.88 4.46 0.14 0.00 98.4 4.25 8 0.9 1.0 -0.1 2.8 34 .524 .505
1949 30 BSN NL 169.1 30 22 84 4.46 4.61 -0.15 0.00 94.6 4.50 0 0.0 .6 -0.1 1.5 21 .501 .500
1950 31 CHC NL 51.1 19 7 39 6.84 5.05 -0.08 0.00 100.7 5.17 -9 -0.9 .7 -0.0 -0.4 -4 .453 .494
9 Seasons 1372.2 245 190 676 4.43 4.44 -0.00 0.00 99.5 4.41 -5 -0.3 .9 -0.8 11.1 143 .499 .500
NYG (6 yrs) 805.0 137 111 394 4.40 4.33 -0.01 0.00 101.2 4.39 -3 -0.1 1.0 -0.5 6.2 78 .499 .500
BSN (3 yrs) 516.1 89 72 243 4.24 4.54 0.01 0.00 96.8 4.38 7 0.7 .8 -0.3 5.3 69 .508 .501
CHC (1 yr) 51.1 19 7 39 6.84 5.05 -0.08 0.00 100.7 5.17 -9 -0.9 .7 -0.0 -0.4 -4 .453 .494

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
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
1948 29 BSN NL WS L CLE 0 1 .000 2.53 2 1 0 0 0 0 10.2 8 3 3 1 2 0 2 1 0 0 42 0.938 6.8 0.8 1.7 1.7 1.00
1 WS 0 1 .000 2.53 2 1 0 0 0 0 10.2 8 3 3 1 2 0 2 1 0 0 42 0.938 6.8 0.8 1.7 1.7 1.00

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
1942 23 NYG NL 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .333 .000 .333 1 0 1 0 0 /1
1943 24 NYG NL 4 12 9 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 .111 .111 .111 .222 -36 1 0 0 3 /1
1944 25 NYG NL 44 122 105 8 22 5 0 0 8 0 8 24 .210 .265 .257 .523 48 27 3 0 9 1 AS,MVP-5
1945 26 NYG NL 41 92 79 4 10 1 0 0 4 0 6 15 .127 .188 .139 .327 -9 11 3 0 7 1
1946 27 NYG NL 36 66 55 3 9 0 0 0 4 0 2 14 .164 .193 .164 .357 2 9 2 0 7 1
1947 28 TOT NL 33 71 68 3 11 2 0 0 3 0 0 18 .162 .162 .191 .353 -6 13 3 0 3 1
1947 28 NYG NL 11 15 15 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .133 .133 .133 .267 -29 2 0 0 0 1
1947 28 BSN NL 22 56 53 3 9 2 0 0 3 0 0 12 .170 .170 .208 .377 1 11 3 0 3 1
1948 29 BSN NL 37 83 72 2 7 0 0 0 4 0 4 17 .097 .145 .097 .242 -33 7 0 0 7 1
1949 30 BSN NL 30 64 61 1 7 2 0 0 5 0 4 7 .115 .169 .148 .317 -12 9 0 0 0 1
1950 31 CHC NL 19 13 13 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .077 .077 .077 .154 -59 1 1 0 0 1
9 Yrs 246 526 464 21 68 10 0 0 30 0 25 100 .147 .190 .168 .358 -0 78 13 0 36
162 Game Avg. 162 346 306 14 45 7 0 0 20 0 16 66 .147 .190 .168 .358 -0 51 9 0 24
NYG (6 yrs) 138 310 265 15 44 6 0 0 18 0 17 61 .166 .216 .189 .405 14 50 9 0 26
BSN (3 yrs) 89 203 186 6 23 4 0 0 12 0 8 36 .124 .160 .145 .305 -17 27 3 0 10
CHC (1 yr) 19 13 13 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .077 .077 .077 .154 -59 1 1 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1942 23 NYG NL 2 3 -0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .506 .500 0.0 0.0 0 /1
1943 24 NYG NL 4 12 -2 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .474 .499 -0.1 0.0 -0 /1
1944 25 NYG NL 44 122 -8 0 0 0 11 3 0.4 4 7 0.4 .508 .502 0.4 0.0 7 1 AS,MVP-5
1945 26 NYG NL 41 92 -12 0 0 0 8 -4 -0.4 3 -1 -0.4 .489 .497 -0.4 0.0 -1 1
1946 27 NYG NL 36 66 -8 0 0 0 6 -1 -0.2 2 1 -0.2 .496 .499 -0.2 0.0 1 1
1947 28 NYG NL 11 15 -3 0 0 0 2 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .489 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 1
1947 28 BSN NL 22 56 -8 0 0 0 6 -2 -0.2 2 0 -0.2 .492 .499 -0.2 0.0 0 1
1948 29 BSN NL 37 83 -14 -1 0 0 9 -6 -0.6 3 -3 -0.6 .483 .496 -0.6 0.0 -3 1
1949 30 BSN NL 30 64 -9 0 0 0 7 -2 -0.2 2 0 -0.2 .494 .499 -0.2 0.0 0 1
1950 31 CHC NL 19 13 -3 0 -0 0 2 -2 -0.2 0 -1 -0.2 .491 .499 -0.2 -0.0 -1 1
9 Seasons 246 526 -67 -0 0 0 52 -15 -1.6 17 2 -1.6 .494 .499 -1.6 0.0 2
NYG (6 yrs) 138 310 -33 0 0 0 29 -4 -0.4 10 6 -0.4 .497 .500 -0.4 0.0 6
BSN (3 yrs) 89 203 -31 -0 1 0 22 -9 -1.0 7 -2 -1.0 .489 .498 -1.0 0.0 -2
CHC (1 yr) 19 13 -3 0 -0 0 2 -2 -0.2 0 -1 -0.2 .491 .499 -0.2 -0.0 -1

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
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
1948 29 BSN NL WS CLE L 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0
1 WS 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
1942 NYG NL 23 P 2 1 0 9.0 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 4.00 2.00 .968 2.40 2.35
1943 NYG NL 24 P 4 4 3 31.0 5 2 2 1 0 .800 1.16 1.00 .960 2.26 2.25
1944 NYG NL 25 P 43 41 25 312.2 57 9 42 6 4 .895 1.47 1.19 .961 2.14 2.13 AS,MVP-5
1945 NYG NL 26 P 41 35 14 232.1 53 11 41 1 3 .981 2.01 1.27 .963 2.18 2.17 5 3 38% 1
1946 NYG NL 27 P 36 25 10 178.0 46 14 29 3 3 .935 2.17 1.19 .960 2.24 2.22 6 2 25% 0
1947 TOT NL 28 P 33 25 8 174.0 41 6 34 1 4 .976 2.07 1.21 .966 2.10 2.07 8 3 27% 2
1947 NYG NL 28 P 11 5 1 42.2 8 0 8 0 1 1.000 1.69 0.73 .966 2.11 2.07 1 0 0% 1
1947 BSN NL 28 P 22 20 7 131.1 33 6 26 1 3 .970 2.19 1.45 .966 2.10 2.07 7 3 30% 1
1948 BSN NL 29 P 37 30 9 215.2 44 6 33 5 0 .886 1.63 1.05 .963 2.11 2.08 14 5 26% 1
1949 BSN NL 30 P 30 22 5 169.1 43 7 34 2 2 .953 2.18 1.37 .953 2.04 2.02 6 4 40% 43% 1
1950 CHC NL 31 P 19 7 0 51.1 10 3 6 1 0 .900 1.58 0.47 .961 2.12 2.10 4 4 50% 42% 2
9 Seasons P 245 190 74 1373.1 303 59 224 20 16 .934 1.85 1.16 .961 2.14 2.12 43 21 33% 12% 7
9 Seasons TOT 245 190 74 1373.1 303 59 224 20 16 .934 1.85 1.16 .961 2.14 2.12 43 21 33% 12% 7
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
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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-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 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 1945 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 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) 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 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
1944

Awards (yr lg award)
1944 NL TSN Pitcher of the Year

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1944 NL (5, 32%)
0.32 Career Shares (594th)

Wins s c a p y
1944 NL  21 (3rd)
1945 NL  14 (9th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1944 NL  7.945 (5th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1944 NL  4.634 (4th)
1945 NL  4.455 (6th)
1946 NL  4.500 (5th)
1947 NL  4.086 (9th)

Games Played s c a p y
1944 NL  43 (4th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1944 NL  312.7 (1st)
1945 NL  232.3 (5th)
1948 NL  215.7 (10th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1944 NL  161 (1st)
1945 NL  115 (3rd)
1946 NL  89 (10th)

Games Started s c a p y
1944 NL  41 (1st)
1945 NL  35 (1st)
1948 NL  30 (6th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1944 NL  25 (3rd)
1945 NL  14 (10th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1945 NL  4 (2nd)
1949 NL  4 (5th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1944 NL  31 (1st)
1945 NL  15 (4th)
1946 NL  14 (4th)
1948 NL  18 (8th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1944 NL  118 (2nd)
1945 NL  97 (2nd)
1946 NL  85 (10th)
1948 NL  90 (6th)

Hits s c a p y
1944 NL  276 (2nd)
1945 NL  249 (3rd)
1948 NL  226 (6th)

Losses s c a p y
1944 NL  16 (5th)
1945 NL  14 (5th)
1946 NL  15 (2nd)
1948 NL  13 (6th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1944 NL  105 (2nd)
1945 NL  116 (1st)
1946 NL  74 (5th)
1947 NL  85 (9th)
1948 NL  87 (9th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1944 NL  7 (3rd)
1947 NL  5 (8th)
1949 NL  6 (3rd)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1944 NL  4 (9th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1944 NL  1,327 (1st)
1945 NL  1,034 (4th)
1948 NL  940 (8th)

Def. Games as P s c a p y
1944 NL  43 (4th)

Putouts as P s c a p y
1946 NL  14 (2nd)

Errors Committed as P s c a p y
1944 NL  6 (2nd)
1946 NL  3 (5th)
1948 NL  5 (1st)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 9 (270), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 41 (615), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 14 (797), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 3 (1732), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Starting Pitcher (806th), 9.5 career WAR/10.4 7yr-peak WAR/9.9 JAWS
Average HOF P (out of 57) = 68.1 career WAR/47.7 7yr-peak WAR/57.9 JAWS

Similarity Scores

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