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Bill Voiselle
William Symmes Voiselle (Ninety-Six and Big Bill)
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: January 29, 1919 in Greenwood, SC
High School: Ninety-Six (Ninety-Six, NC) (All Transactions)
Debut: September 1, 1942
Final Game: July 8, 1950
Died: January 31, 2005 in Greenwood, SC
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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
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 38 167 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 0 134 169 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 87 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 90 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 90 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 1 940 106 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 72 1.812 11.2 1.2 5.1 4.4 0.86
9 Seasons 74 84 .468 3.83 245 190 21 74 13 3 1373.1 1370 676 585 115 588 645 15 0 23 5994 98 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 98 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 72 1.812 11.2 1.2 5.1 4.4 0.86

Postseason Pitching

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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 64 55 3 9 0 0 0 4 0 2 14 .164 .193 .164 .357 1 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 65 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 Seasons 246 525 464 21 68 10 0 0 30 0 25 100 .147 .190 .168 .358 -1 78 13 0 36
162 Game Avg. 162 346 306 14 45 7 0 0 20 0 16 66 .147 .190 .168 .358 -1 51 9 0 24
NYG (6 yrs) 138 308 265 15 44 6 0 0 18 0 17 61 .166 .216 .189 .405 14 50 9 0 26
BSN (3 yrs) 89 204 186 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

Postseason Batting

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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 Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1942 NYG NL 23 P 2 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 2.00 .975 1.15
1943 NYG NL 24 P 4 5 2 2 1 0 .800 1.00 .960 1.15
1944 NYG NL 25 P 43 57 9 42 6 4 .895 1.19 .963 1.09 AS,MVP-5
1945 NYG NL 26 P 41 53 11 41 1 3 .981 1.27 .962 1.06
1946 NYG NL 27 P 36 46 14 29 3 3 .935 1.19 .961 1.01
1947 TOT NL 28 P 33 41 6 34 1 4 .976 1.21 .966 0.91
1947 NYG NL 28 P 11 8 0 8 0 1 1.000 0.73 .962 0.91
1947 BSN NL 28 P 22 33 6 26 1 3 .970 1.45 .967 0.91
1948 BSN NL 29 P 37 44 6 33 5 0 .886 1.05 .966 0.91
1949 BSN NL 30 P 30 43 7 34 2 2 .953 1.37 .953 0.91
1950 CHC NL 31 P 19 10 3 6 1 0 .900 0.47 .960 0.97
9 Seasons P 245 303 59 224 20 16 .934 1.16 .962 0.99
9 Seasons TOT 245 303 59 224 20 16 .934 1.16 .896 0.99

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 (566th)

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--9th

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--1327--1st
1945 NL--1034--4th
1948 NL--940--8th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 9 (169), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 39 (418), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 14 (752), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 3 (1658), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Transactions

Before 1939 Season: Sent from Moultrie (Georgia-Florida) to the Boston Red Sox in an unknown transaction.

Before 1942 Season: Sent from the Boston Red Sox to the New York Giants in an unknown transaction.

June 13, 1947: Traded by the New York Giants with cash to the Boston Braves for Mort Cooper.

December 14, 1949: Traded by the Boston Braves to the Chicago Cubs for Gene Mauch and cash.

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