Bob Weiland

Robert George Weiland (Lefty)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 215 lb.

Born: December 14, 1905 in Chicago, IL
High School: Lane Tech (Chicago, IL) (All Transactions)
Debut: September 30, 1928
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/RedSox/WhiteSox/Indians/Browns 1928-1940

Final Game: April 26, 1940
Died: November 9, 1988 in Chicago, IL
Buried: Mount Emblem Cemetery, Elmhurst, IL
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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
1927	21	MOL	D	10	8	.556		29						187.0	191	110			75							1.422	9.2		3.6			MOL · MSVL
1928	22	MOL	D	20	10	.667		31						236.0	165	83			131							1.254	6.3		5.0			MOL · MSVL
1928	22	CHW	AL	1	0	1.000	0.00	1	1	0	1	1	0	9.0	7	0	0	0	5	9	1	0	0	39		1.333	7.0	0.0	5.0	9.0	1.80
1929	23	TOL	AA	3	4	.429	4.50	10						54.0	57	32	27		34							1.685	9.5		5.7			TOL · AA
1929	23	CHW	AL	2	4	.333	5.81	15	9	2	1	0	1	62.0	62	42	40	3	43	25	3	1	3	284	73	1.694	9.0	0.4	6.2	3.6	0.58
1930	24	BFL,TOL	AA	0	2	.000		8						42.0	47				28							1.786	10.1		6.0			BFL,TOL · IL,AA
1930	24	CHW	AL	0	4	.000	6.61	14	3	5	0	0	0	32.2	38	31	24	1	21	15	2	0	1	156	70	1.806	10.5	0.3	5.8	4.1	0.71
1931	25	LOU	AA	11	8	.579	3.89	28						171.0	191	97	74		82							1.596	10.1		4.3			LOU · AA
1931	25	CHW	AL	2	7	.222	5.16	15	8	0	3	0	0	75.0	75	55	43	3	46	38	4	1	1	351	83	1.613	9.0	0.4	5.5	4.6	0.83
1932	26	BOS	AL	6	16	.273	4.51	43	27	7	7	0	1	195.2	231	125	98	11	97	63	6	1	1	900	99	1.676	10.6	0.5	4.5	2.9	0.65
1933	27	BOS	AL	8	14	.364	3.87	39	27	9	12	0	3	216.1	197	107	93	19	100	97	5	1	1	933	114	1.373	8.2	0.8	4.2	4.0	0.97
1934	28	TOT	AL	2	10	.167	4.73	27	14	6	4	0	0	125.2	134	82	66	9	57	71	0	0	0	558	98	1.520	9.6	0.6	4.1	5.1	1.25
1934	28	BOS	AL	1	5	.167	5.50	11	7	2	2	0	0	55.2	63	41	34	4	27	29	0	0	0	253	86	1.617	10.2	0.6	4.4	4.7	1.07
1934	28	CLE	AL	1	5	.167	4.11	16	7	4	2	0	0	70.0	71	41	32	5	30	42	0	0	0	305	110	1.443	9.1	0.6	3.9	5.4	1.40
1935	29	STL-MIN-min	AA	9	10	.474	2.74	26						164.0	149	59	50		46							1.189	8.2		2.5			ROC,ALB · IL
1935	29	SLB	AL	0	2	.000	9.56	14	4	6	0	0	0	32.0	39	35	34	6	31	11	1	0	0	163	50	2.188	11.0	1.7	8.7	3.1	0.35

1936	30	STL-min	AA	23	13	.639	3.50	55	29					265.0	249	128	103		95							1.298	8.5		3.2			ROC · IL
1937	31	STL	NL	15	14	.517	3.54	41	34	4	21	2	0	264.1	283	127	104	14	94	105	5	1	5	1146	112	1.426	9.6	0.5	3.2	3.6	1.12
1938	32	STL	NL	16	11	.593	3.59	35	29	3	11	1	1	228.1	248	118	91	14	67	117	4	0	1	990	110	1.380	9.8	0.6	2.6	4.6	1.75
1939	33	STL	NL	10	12	.455	3.57	32	23	4	6	3	1	146.1	146	69	58	4	50	63	6	0	0	625	116	1.339	9.0	0.2	3.1	3.9	1.26
1940	34	CHC-min	AA	12	7	.632	3.79	25	23					164.0	130	66	69		77							1.262	7.1		4.2			LOS · PCL
1940	34	STL	NL	0	0		27.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	3	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	20	3.000	27.0	9.0	0.0	0.0
1941	35	CHC-min	AA	1	6	.143	4.44	24	10		1	0		71.0	84	47	35		46	29	3	0	0			1.831	10.6		5.8	3.7	0.63	LOS,MLW · PCL,AA
12 Yrs				62	94	.397	4.24	277	179	47	66	7	7	1388.1	1463	794	654	85	611	614	37	5	13	6150	100	1.494	9.5	0.6	4.0	4.0	1.00
162 Game Avg.				9	14	.397	4.24	41	27	7	10	1	1	207	218	118	98	13	91	92	6	1	2	917	100	1.494	9.5	0.6	4.0	4.0	1.00

STL (4 yrs)				41	37	.526	3.60	109	86	12	38	6	2	640.0	680	317	256	33	211	285	15	1	6	2766	111	1.392	9.6	0.5	3.0	4.0	1.35
CHW (4 yrs)				5	15	.250	5.39	45	21	7	5	1	1	178.2	182	128	107	7	115	87	10	2	5	830	80	1.662	9.2	0.4	5.8	4.4	0.76
BOS (3 yrs)				15	35	.300	4.33	93	61	18	21	0	4	467.2	491	273	225	34	224	189	11	2	2	2086	103	1.529	9.4	0.7	4.3	3.6	0.84
CLE (1 yr)				1	5	.167	4.11	16	7	4	2	0	0	70.0	71	41	32	5	30	42	0	0	0	305	110	1.443	9.1	0.6	3.9	5.4	1.40
SLB (1 yr)				0	2	.000	9.56	14	4	6	0	0	0	32.0	39	35	34	6	31	11	1	0	0	163	50	2.188	11.0	1.7	8.7	3.1	0.35

AL (8 yrs)				21	57	.269	4.79	168	93	35	28	1	5	748.1	783	477	398	52	400	329	22	4	7	3384	93	1.581	9.4	0.6	4.8	4.0	0.82
NL (4 yrs)				41	37	.526	3.60	109	86	12	38	6	2	640.0	680	317	256	33	211	285	15	1	6	2766	111	1.392	9.6	0.5	3.0	4.0	1.35

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
1928	22	CHW	AL	9.0	1	1	0	0.00	5.37	-0.01	0.00	100.0	5.38	5	0.4		-0.0	0.5	6	.930	.503	$
1929	23	CHW	AL	62.0	15	9	42	6.10	4.96	0.14	0.00	100.6	4.86	-8	-0.8	1.0	-0.0	-0.3	-1	.448	.495	$
1930	24	CHW	AL	32.2	14	3	31	8.54	5.77	-0.27	0.00	100.6	6.07	-9	-0.8	1.0	-0.0	-0.5	-5	.444	.495	$
1931	25	CHW	AL	75.0	15	8	55	6.60	5.28	-0.30	0.00	98.2	5.48	-10	-0.9	1.0	-0.0	-0.2	-0	.442	.495	$
1932	26	BOS	AL	195.2	43	27	125	5.75	5.40	-0.18	0.00	100.2	5.59	-4	-0.4	1.0	-0.1	1.2	21	.491	.498	$
1933	27	BOS	AL	216.1	39	27	107	4.45	5.15	-0.04	0.00	102.3	5.30	18	1.8	1.0	-0.1	3.6	46	.546	.511	$
1934	28	BOS	AL	55.2	11	7	41	6.63	5.35	-0.20	0.00	105.3	5.84	-5	-0.4	1.0	-0.0	0.0	2	.459	.497	$
1934	28	CLE	AL	70.0	16	7	41	5.27	5.58	0.05	0.00	96.1	5.32	0	0.0	1.0	-0.0	0.6	9	.502	.500	$
1935	29	SLB	AL	32.0	14	4	35	9.84	5.55	-0.24	0.00	103.2	5.98	-14	-1.2	1.0	-0.0	-0.9	-10	.414	.493	$

1937	31	STL	NL	264.1	41	34	127	4.32	4.58	-0.18	0.00	100.0	4.76	13	1.4	1.0	-0.1	3.4	38	.535	.509	$
1938	32	STL	NL	228.1	35	29	118	4.65	4.46	-0.12	0.00	103.6	4.75	4	0.4	1.0	-0.1	2.1	24	.511	.502	$
1939	33	STL	NL	145.2	32	23	69	4.26	4.39	0.11	0.00	103.8	4.44	4	0.4	1.0	-0.1	1.5	17	.512	.502	$
1940	34	STL	NL	0.2	1	0	3	40.50	5.29	-0.31	0.00	98.0	5.49	-3	-0.2	1.0	-0.0	-0.2	-3	.283	.499	$
12 Seasons				1387.1	277	179	794	5.15	4.94	-0.10	0.00	101.4	5.11	-8	-0.3	1.0	-0.7	10.8	144	.499	.500	$

STL (4 yrs)				639.0	109	86	317	4.46	4.50	-0.09	0.00	102.2	4.69	18	2.0	1.0	-0.3	6.8	77	.518	.503	$
CHW (4 yrs)				178.2	45	21	128	6.45	5.26	-0.13	0.00	99.5	5.37	-22	-2.0	1.0	-0.1	-0.5	0	.455	.497	$
BOS (3 yrs)				467.2	93	61	273	5.25	5.28	-0.11	0.00	101.7	5.49	9	1.0	1.0	-0.2	4.8	68	.510	.502	$
CLE (1 yr)				70.0	16	7	41	5.27	5.58	0.05	0.00	96.1	5.32	0	0.0	1.0	-0.0	0.6	9	.502	.500	$
SLB (1 yr)				32.0	14	4	35	9.84	5.55	-0.24	0.00	103.2	5.98	-14	-1.2	1.0	-0.0	-0.9	-10	.414	.493	$

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	IP%
1928	22	CHW	AL	39	0.0%	23.1%	12.8%	2.6%	14%	62%
1929	23	CHW	AL	284	1.1%	8.8%	15.1%	1.1%	5%	71%
1930	24	CHW	AL	158	0.6%	9.5%	13.3%			71%
1931	25	CHW	AL	347	0.9%	11.0%	13.3%	2.0%	9%	70%
1932	26	BOS	AL	899	1.2%	7.0%	10.8%	2.6%	10%	79%
1933	27	BOS	AL	931	2.0%	10.4%	10.7%	4.1%	19%	74%
1934	28	TOT	AL	558	1.6%	12.7%	10.2%	2.9%	12%	73%
1934	28	BOS	AL	253	1.6%	11.5%	10.7%	2.0%	8%	72%
1934	28	CLE	AL	305	1.6%	13.8%	9.8%	3.6%	16%	73%
1935	29	SLB	AL	163	3.7%	6.8%	19.0%			70%

1937	31	STL	NL	1146	1.2%	9.2%	8.2%	3.7%	15%	79%
1938	32	STL	NL	990	1.4%	11.8%	6.8%	2.6%	11%	79%
1939	33	STL	NL	625	0.6%	10.1%	8.0%	1.8%	8%	78%
1940	34	STL	NL	5	20.0%	0.0%	0.0%			80%
12 Yrs				6145	1.4%	10.0%	9.9%	2.7%	11%	76%
MLB Averages					1.4%	8.4%	8.3%	3.3%	13%	80%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	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	ERA+
1928	22	1	0	1.000	0.00	1	1	0	1	1	0	9.0	7	0	0	0	5	9	1	0	0	39		1.333	7.0	0.0	5.0	9.0	1.80
1929	23	3	4	.429	5.07	16	10	2	2	1	1	71.0	69	42	40	3	48	34	4	1	3	323	84	1.648	8.7	0.4	6.1	4.3	0.71	84
1930	24	3	8	.273	5.56	30	13	7	2	1	1	103.2	107	73	64	4	69	49	6	1	4	479	79	1.698	9.3	0.3	6.0	4.3	0.71	79
1931	25	5	15	.250	5.39	45	21	7	5	1	1	178.2	182	128	107	7	115	87	10	2	5	830	80	1.662	9.2	0.4	5.8	4.4	0.76	80
1932	26	11	31	.262	4.93	88	48	14	12	1	2	374.1	413	253	205	18	212	150	16	3	6	1730	89	1.670	9.9	0.4	5.1	3.6	0.71	89
1933	27	19	45	.297	4.54	127	75	23	24	1	5	590.2	610	360	298	37	312	247	21	4	7	2663	97	1.561	9.3	0.6	4.8	3.8	0.79	97
1934	28	21	55	.276	4.57	154	89	29	28	1	5	716.1	744	442	364	46	369	318	21	4	7	3221	97	1.554	9.3	0.6	4.6	4.0	0.86	97
1935	29	21	57	.269	4.79	168	93	35	28	1	5	748.1	783	477	398	52	400	329	22	4	7	3384	93	1.581	9.4	0.6	4.8	4.0	0.82	93
1936	30	21	57	.269	4.79	168	93	35	28	1	5	748.1	783	477	398	52	400	329	22	4	7	3384	93	1.581	9.4	0.6	4.8	4.0	0.82	93
1937	31	36	71	.336	4.46	209	127	39	49	3	5	1012.2	1066	604	502	66	494	434	27	5	12	4530	97	1.540	9.5	0.6	4.4	3.9	0.88	97
1938	32	52	82	.388	4.30	244	156	42	60	4	6	1241.0	1314	722	593	80	561	551	31	5	13	5520	99	1.511	9.5	0.6	4.1	4.0	0.98	99
1939	33	62	94	.397	4.22	276	179	46	66	7	7	1387.1	1460	791	651	84	611	614	37	5	13	6145	100	1.493	9.5	0.5	4.0	4.0	1.00	100
1940	34	62	94	.397	4.24	277	179	47	66	7	7	1388.1	1463	794	654	85	611	614	37	5	13	6150	100	1.494	9.5	0.6	4.0	4.0	1.00	100

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
1928	22	1	0	1.000	0.00	9.0	7	0	0	0	5	9	1	1.333	7.0	5.0	9.0	1.80	0.0	1
1929	23	3	4	.429	5.34	64.0	62	42	38	3	43	26	3	1.641	8.7	6.0	3.7	0.60	0.4	15
1930	24	1	2	.333	5.40	35.0	36	23	21	1	20	16	2	1.600	9.3	5.1	4.1	0.80	0.3	14
1931	25	4	5	.444	4.44	81.0	74	44	40	3	45	41	4	1.469	8.2	5.0	4.6	0.91	0.3	15
1932	26	12	11	.522	3.81	208.0	224	98	88	11	94	67	6	1.529	9.7	4.1	2.9	0.71	0.5	43
1933	27	15	10	.600	3.30	232.0	194	94	85	19	98	104	5	1.259	7.5	3.8	4.0	1.06	0.7	39
1934	28	7	7	.500	3.96	134.0	130	66	59	9	55	76	0	1.381	8.7	3.7	5.1	1.38	0.6	27
1935	29	1	2	.333	7.46	35.0	37	32	29	6	29	12	1	1.886	9.5	7.5	3.1	0.41	1.5	14

1937	31	17	13	.567	3.53	270.0	293	118	106	14	97	107	5	1.444	9.8	3.2	3.6	1.10	0.5	41
1938	32	15	11	.577	3.50	239.0	257	103	93	15	69	123	4	1.364	9.7	2.6	4.6	1.78	0.6	35
1939	33	9	7	.563	3.42	150.0	149	63	57	4	51	65	6	1.333	8.9	3.1	3.9	1.27	0.2	32
1940	34	0	0		13.50	2.0	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	1
12 Yrs		85	72	.541	3.82	1459.0	1463	686	619	85	606	646	37	1.418	9.0		4.0	1.07	0.5	277

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y 1933 AL 3.6 (9th)	Wins s c a p y 1937 NL 15 (8th) 1938 NL 16 (4th)	Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y 1933 AL 1.373 (10th)	Hits per 9 IP s c a p y 1933 AL 8.196 (2nd)
Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y 1933 AL 4.035 (8th) 1938 NL 4.612 (3rd)	Games Played s c a p y 1932 AL 43 (9th)	Innings Pitched s c a p y 1937 NL 264.3 (3rd)	Strikeouts s c a p y 1933 AL 97 (8th) 1938 NL 117 (5th)
Games Started s c a p y 1937 NL 34 (1st)	Complete Games s c a p y 1937 NL 21 (3rd)	Shutouts s c a p y 1937 NL 2 (10th) 1939 NL 3 (5th)	Home Runs s c a p y 1933 AL 19 (2nd) 1937 NL 14 (10th) 1938 NL 14 (9th)
Bases on Balls s c a p y 1932 AL 97 (10th) 1933 AL 100 (5th) 1937 NL 94 (2nd)	Hits s c a p y 1937 NL 283 (4th) 1938 NL 248 (9th)	Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y 1938 NL 1.746 (5th)	Losses s c a p y 1932 AL 16 (4th) 1933 AL 14 (10th) 1937 NL 14 (10th)
Earned Runs s c a p y 1937 NL 104 (7th)	Wild Pitches s c a p y 1937 NL 5 (9th)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1932 AL 6 (2nd) 1933 AL 5 (4th) 1937 NL 5 (6th) 1939 NL 6 (6th)	Batters Faced s c a p y 1937 NL 1,146 (2nd)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Black Ink	Pitching - 1 (845), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray Ink	Pitching - 27 (875), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 4 (1410), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 1 (1990), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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Total Zone Rating and Wins above Replacement calculations provided by Sean Smith of BaseballProjection.com.

Full-year historical Major League statistics provided by Pete Palmer and Gary Gillette of 24-7 Baseball.

Player head shots courtesy of David Davis. Many thanks to him. We have only selected seasons (players who debuted before 1960) for which we believe the image has reverted into the public domain. We will quickly remove any images for which that can be shown to not be the case.Please let us know if you are aware of any such images on this site.

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