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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 (Age 25)
Team: Bees 1936-1939

Final Game: October 1, 1939 (Age 28)
Died: September 30, 1989 in Anaheim, CA
Buried: Rose Hill Memorial Park, Whittier, CA
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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	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 (v2.2): 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%
1936	25	BSN	NL	57.1	12	7	23	3.61	4.67	0.16	92.2	4.16	3	0.3	1.0	-0.0	0.8	9	.529	.502
1937	26	BSN	NL	33.0	10	4	18	4.91	4.61	0.41	95.2	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	.432	.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	4.65	0.24	94.2	4.15	-2	-0.2	1.0	-0.0	0.7	8	.494	.500

Standard Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	Pos	Awards
1936	25	BSN	NL	13	22	18	3	5	1	0	2	0	3	3	.278	.381	.333	.714	100	6	0	0	1	1
1937	26	BSN	NL	10	10	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	1
1938	27	ATL-min	A	17	39	39		7	0	0					.179	.179	.179	.359		7					HFD · EL
1938	27	BSN	NL	5	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.333	.333	.333	.667	92	1	0	0	0	/1
1939	28	TTO	AA	26	50	50		9	0	1					.180	.180	.220	.400		11					TTO · IL
1939	28	BSN	NL	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	/1
4 Yrs				30	36	32	5	6	1	0	2	0	3	9	.188	.257	.219	.476	34	7	0	0	1
162 Game Avg.				162	194	173	27	32	5	0	11	0	16	49	.188	.257	.219	.476	34	38	0	0	5

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	oRAR	Pos
1936	25	BSN	NL	13	22	0	3	3	0.3	1	3	0.3	.521	.502	0.3	3	1
1937	26	BSN	NL	10	10	-3	1	-2	-0.2	0	-1	-0.2	.484	.499	-0.2	-1	1
1938	27	BSN	NL	5	3	-0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.505	.500	0.0	0	/1
1939	28	BSN	NL	2	1	-0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	-0.0	.493	.500	-0.0	-0	/1
4 Seasons				30	36	-3	4	1	0.1	1	3	0.1	.504	.500	0.1	2

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG
1936	BSN	NL	25	P	12	7	3	57.1	17	3	14	2	1.000	2.67	1.42	.950	2.32	2.31
1937	BSN	NL	26	P	10	4	1	33.0	14	2	12	0	1.000	3.82	1.40	.958	2.40	2.36
1938	BSN	NL	27	P	5	0	0	13.1	5	0	5	0	1.000	3.38	1.00	.964	2.23	2.20
1939	BSN	NL	28	P	2	0	0	2.2	2	1	1	0	1.000	6.75	1.00	.960	2.36	2.15
	4 Seasons			P	29	11	4	106.1	38	6	32	2	1.000	3.22	1.31	.955	2.34	2.30
	4 Seasons			TOT	29	11	4	106.1	38	6	32	2	1.000	3.22	1.31	.955	2.34	2.30

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

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Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1945 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 1945 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 1916 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
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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.
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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

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 1 (2652), Average HOFer ≈ 185
JAWS	Relief Pitcher (1361st), 0.9 career WAR/0.9 7yr-peak WAR/0.9 JAWS Average HOF RP (out of 5) = 40.6 career WAR/27.9 7yr-peak WAR/34.3 JAWS

Similarity Scores

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Transactions

June 15, 1936: Signed by the Boston Bees as an amateur free agent.
May 8, 1940: Purchased by the Philadelphia Athletics from the Boston Bees.

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