Bill Weir

William Franklin Weir (Bill)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 8", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: February 25, 1911 in Portland, ME
High School: Holderness HS (Plymouth, NH)
School: University of New Hampshire (Durham, NH)
Signed by the Boston Bees as an amateur free agent in 1936. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 25, 1936
Team: Bees 1936-1939

Final Game: October 1, 1939
Died: September 30, 1989 in Anaheim, CA
Buried: Rose Hill Memorial Park, Whittier, CA
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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
1936	25	BSN	NL	4	3	.571	2.83	12	7	2	3	2	0	57.1	53	23	18	0	24	29	0	0	0	245	136	1.343	8.3	0.0	3.8	4.6	1.21
1937	26	BSN	NL	1	1	.500	3.82	10	4	3	1	0	0	33.0	27	18	14	0	19	8	0	1	0	140	94	1.394	7.4	0.0	5.2	2.2	0.42
1938	27	ATL-min	A	2	8	.200	4.92	14						75.0	86	61	41		48							1.787	10.3		5.8			HFD · EL
1938	27	BSN	NL	1	0	1.000	6.75	5	0	0	0	0	0	13.1	14	10	10	4	6	3	0	0	0	59	52	1.500	9.5	2.7	4.1	2.0	0.50
1939	28	TTO	AA	7	11	.389	5.96	23	22					145.0	171	104	96		95							1.834	10.6		5.9			TTO · IL
1939	28	BSN	NL	0	0		0.00	2	0	1	0	0	0	2.2	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	10		0.750	3.4	0.0	3.4	6.8	2.00
4 Yrs				6	4	.600	3.55	29	11	6	4	2	0	106.1	95	51	42	4	50	42	0	1	0	454	105	1.364	8.0	0.3	4.2	3.6	0.84
162 Game Avg.				10	7	.600	3.55	49	19	10	7	3	0	181	162	87	71	7	85	71	0	2	0	772	105	1.364	8.0	0.3	4.2	3.6	0.84

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	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1936	25	BSN	NL	57.1	12	7	23	3.61	4.69	0.16	92.1	4.17	3	0.4	1.0	-0.0	0.8	9	.529	.502	$
1937	26	BSN	NL	33.0	10	4	18	4.91	4.65	0.41	94.5	4.00	-3	-0.3	1.0	-0.0	-0.1	-0	.467	.498	$
1938	27	BSN	NL	13.1	5	0	10	6.75	4.66	0.21	99.4	4.42	-3	-0.3	1.0	-0.0	-0.2	-2	.433	.498	$
1939	28	BSN	NL	2.2	2	0	0	0.00	4.77	0.21	96.8	4.41	1	0.1	1.0	-0.0	0.2	2	.572	.501	$
4 Seasons				106.1	29	11	51	4.32	4.67	0.24	93.9	4.16	-2	-0.2	1.0	-0.0	0.7	9	.494	.500	$

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	IP%
1936	25	BSN	NL	245	0.0%	11.8%	9.8%	0.0%	0%	78%
1937	26	BSN	NL	140	0.0%	5.7%	13.6%	2.1%	11%	79%
1938	27	BSN	NL	59	6.8%	5.1%	10.2%			76%
1939	28	BSN	NL	10	0.0%	20.0%	10.0%			60%
4 Yrs				454	0.9%	9.3%	11.0%	0.7%	3%	78%
MLB Averages					1.5%	8.9%	8.8%	3.2%	13%	79%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BK	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1936	25	4	3	.571	2.83	12	7	2	3	2	57.1	53	23	18	0	24	29	0	245	136	1.343	8.3	0.0	3.8	4.6	1.21	136
1937	26	5	4	.556	3.19	22	11	5	4	2	90.1	80	41	32	0	43	37	1	385	118	1.362	8.0	0.0	4.3	3.7	0.86	118
1938	27	6	4	.600	3.65	27	11	5	4	2	103.2	94	51	42	4	49	40	1	444	102	1.379	8.2	0.3	4.3	3.5	0.82	102
1939	28	6	4	.600	3.55	29	11	6	4	2	106.1	95	51	42	4	50	42	1	454	105	1.364	8.0	0.3	4.2	3.6	0.84	105

Neutralized Pitching

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Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1936	25	4	2	.667	2.95	58.0	56	21	19	0	25	30	1.397	8.7	3.9	4.7	1.20	0.0	12
1937	26	1	2	.333	4.50	32.0	30	18	16	0	21	8	1.594	8.4	5.9	2.3	0.38	0.0	10
1938	27	0	1	.000	8.31	13.0	16	13	12	5	7	3	1.769	11.1	4.8	2.1	0.43	3.5	5
1939	28	0	0		0.00	3.0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0.333	0.0	3.0	6.0	2.00	0.0	2
4 Yrs		5	5	.500	3.99	106.0	102	52	47	5	54	43	1.472	8.7		3.7	0.80	0.4	29

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Shutouts s c a p y 1936 NL 2 (9th)

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1936 NL 2 (9th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray Ink

Pitching - 1 (2619), Average HOFer ≈ 185

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