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Bill Wagner

William Joseph Wagner

Positions: Catcher and First Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 187 lb.

Born: January 2, 1894 in Jessup, IA (All Transactions)
Debut: July 16, 1914
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Braves 1914-1918

Final Game: September 2, 1918
Died: January 11, 1951 in Waterloo, IA
Buried: Calvary Cemetery, Waterloo, IA
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Standard Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
1914 PIT NL 20 C 3 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.67 .970 6.30 0 0 1 100% 44%
1915 PIT NL 21 C 3 11 6 5 0 0 1.000 3.67 .975 6.20 0 1 3 75% 46%
1916 PIT NL 22 C 15 78 54 19 5 3 .936 4.87 .974 6.30 2 13 13 50% 44%
1917 PIT NL 23 C 37 189 135 46 8 3 .958 4.89 .975 5.98 3 41 27 40% 44%
1917 PIT NL 23 1B 12 113 104 3 6 4 .947 8.92 .988 10.92
1918 BSN NL 24 C 13 12 12 60 43 12 5 0 .917 4.23 .974 5.25 0 15 8 35% 44%
5 Seasons C 71 12 12 340 239 83 18 6 .947 4.54 .975 5.94 5 70 52 43% 44%
1 Season 1B 12 113 104 3 6 4 .947 8.92 .988 10.92
5 Seasons TOT 83 12 12 453 343 86 24 10 .947 5.17 .978 6.66 5 70 52 43% 44%
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 GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1914 PIT NL 20 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1915 PIT NL 21 5 5 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1916 PIT NL 22 19 19 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1917 PIT NL 23 53 53 0 37 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1918 BSN NL 24 13 13 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons 93 93 0 71 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Youngest s c a p y
1914 NL  born 1894-01-02 (10th)

                                         

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