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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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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
1914 20 PIT NL 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 /2
1915 21 PIT NL 5 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .167 .000 .167 -47 0 0 0 /2
1916 22 PIT NL 19 43 38 2 9 0 2 0 2 0 0 5 8 .237 .326 .342 .668 104 13 0 0 2
1917 23 PIT NL 53 170 151 15 31 7 2 0 9 1 11 22 .205 .264 .278 .542 64 42 1 7 23
1918 24 BSN NL 13 52 47 2 10 0 0 1 7 0 4 5 .213 .275 .277 .551 72 13 0 1 2
5 Seasons 93 272 242 19 50 7 4 1 18 1 0 21 37 .207 .273 .281 .554 69 68 1 8
162 Game Avg. 162 474 422 33 87 12 7 2 31 2 37 64 .207 .273 .281 .554 69 118 2 14
PIT (4 yrs) 80 220 195 17 40 7 4 0 11 1 0 17 32 .205 .272 .282 .554 68 55 1 7
BSN (1 yr) 13 52 47 2 10 0 0 1 7 0 4 5 .213 .275 .277 .551 72 13 0 1

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1914 20 PIT NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /2
1915 21 PIT NL 6 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /2
1916 22 PIT NL 43 0 0 0 0 -1 1 1 1 0.1 2 0.2 -0.1 $ 2
1917 23 PIT NL 170 -7 0 0 0 -4 2 5 -4 -0.6 0 0.0 -0.6 $ 23
1918 24 BSN NL 52 -1 -1 0 0 -1 1 1 -1 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $ 2
5 Seasons 272 -9 -1 0 0 -6 4 7 -5 -0.7 1 0.1 -0.8 $
PIT (4 yrs) 220 -8 0 0 0 -5 3 6 -4 -0.6 1 0.1 -0.7 $
BSN (1 yr) 52 -1 -1 0 0 -1 1 1 -1 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $

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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 PB WP SB CS CS% PO Awards
1914 PIT NL 20 C 3 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.67 .970 6.30 0 0 1 100%
1915 PIT NL 21 C 3 11 6 5 0 0 1.000 3.67 .975 6.20 0 1 3 75%
1916 PIT NL 22 C 15 78 54 19 5 3 .936 4.87 .974 6.30 2 13 13 50%
1917 PIT NL 23 C 37 189 135 46 8 3 .958 4.89 .975 5.98 3 41 27 40%
1917 PIT NL 23 1B 12 113 104 3 6 4 .947 8.92 .988 10.92
1918 BSN NL 24 C 13 60 43 12 5 0 .917 4.23 .974 5.25 0 15 8 35%
5 Seasons C 71 340 239 83 18 6 .947 4.54 .975 5.94 5 70 52 43%
1 Season 1B 12 113 104 3 6 4 .947 8.92 .988 10.92
5 Seasons TOT 83 453 343 86 24 10 .947 5.17 .978 6.66 5 70 52 43%
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-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 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 1950 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 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) 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 1950 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

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