Bill Wertz

William Charles Wertz

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 6", Weight: 220 lb.

Born: January 15, 1967 in Cleveland, OH
School: The Ohio State University (Columbus, OH)
Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 31st round of the 1989 amateur draft.
Signed June 7, 1989. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 22, 1993
Team: Indians 1993-1994

Final Game: May 26, 1994
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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	IBB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1989	22	CLE-min	Rk	4	3	.571	3.14	12	11	0	1	1	0	66.0	57	23	23	0	36	0	56	4	11			1.409	7.8	0.0	4.9	7.6	1.56	INS · GULF
1990	23	CLE-min	A-,A+	11	5	.688	4.28	31	23	1	2	0	0	162.0	142	97	77	9	100	0	144	9	18			1.494	7.9	0.5	5.6	8.0	1.44	WTR,REN · NYPL,CALL
1991	24	CLE-min	A	6	8	.429	2.97	49	0	31	0	0	9	91.0	81	41	30	6	32	3	95	6	5	391		1.242	8.0	0.6	3.2	9.4	2.97	CBS · SALL
1992	25	CLE-min	AA	8	4	.667	1.20	57	0	24	0	0	8	97.1	75	16	13	1	30	6	69	3	3	382		1.079	6.9	0.1	2.8	6.4	2.30	CAK · EL
1993	26	CLE-min	AAA	7	2	.778	1.95	28	1	9	0	0	0	50.2	42	18	11	4	14	4	47	1	1	207		1.105	7.5	0.7	2.5	8.3	3.36	CHR · IL
1993	26	CLE	AL	2	3	.400	3.62	34	0	7	0	0	0	59.2	54	28	24	5	32	2	53	1	0	262	120	1.441	8.1	0.8	4.8	8.0	1.66
1994	27	CLE-min	AAA	4	3	.571	3.14	44	2	8	0	0	1	66.0	53	30	23	5	34	3	60	1	5	278		1.318	7.2	0.7	4.6	8.2	1.76	CHR · IL
1994	27	CLE	AL	0	0		10.38	1	0	0	0	0	0	4.1	9	5	5	0	1	0	1	0	0	23	48	2.308	18.7	0.0	2.1	2.1	1.00
1995	28	BOS-min	AAA	4	5	.444	5.80	29	6	12	0	0	2	63.2	74	47	41	11	31	1	55	1	7	298		1.649	10.5	1.6	4.4	7.8	1.77	PAW · IL
1996	29	CLE-SEA-min	AAA,AA	3	7	.300	4.15	39	8	20	1	0	0	89.0	106	47	41	6	51	3	73	3	4	415		1.764	10.7	0.6	5.2	7.4	1.43	TAC,BFL,PTC · PCL,AA,SOUL
1997	30	CLE-min	AA	1	0	1.000	9.61	11	1	2	0	0	0	19.2	32	24	21	2	12	0	7	2	0	105		2.237	14.6	0.9	5.5	3.2	0.58	AKR · EL
2 Yrs				2	3	.400	4.08	35	0	7	0	0	0	64.0	63	33	29	5	33	2	54	1	0	285	108	1.500	8.9	0.7	4.6	7.6	1.64
162 Game Avg.				4	6	.400	4.08	68	0	14	0	0	0	124	122	64	56	10	64	4	105	2	0	554	108	1.500	8.9	0.7	4.6	7.6	1.64

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	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1993	26	CLE	AL	59.2	34	28	4.22	4.74	0.01	-0.37	100.8	4.40	2	0.2	1.0	-0.1	0.6	8	.505	.501	$109,000
1994	27	CLE	AL	4.1	1	5	10.38	4.66	-0.06	-0.36	108.0	4.71	-3	-0.2	.4	0.1	-0.1	-2	.294	.499	$
2 Seasons				64.0	35	33	4.64	4.74	0.01	-0.37	101.3	4.42	-1	-0.0	1.0	-0.0	0.5	6	.499	.500	$109,000

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	ROE
1993	26	CLE	AL	34	262	227	28	54	9	0	5	1	0	32	53	.238	.333	.344	.677	.288	78	3	1	1	1	2	4
1994	27	CLE	AL	1	23	22	5	9	5	0	0	0	0	1	1	.409	.435	.636	1.071	.429	14	0	0	0	0	0	0
2 Yrs				35	285	249	33	63	14	0	5	1	0	33	54	.253	.342	.369	.711	.304	92	3	1	1	1	2	4
162 Game Avg.				68	554	484	64	122	27	0	10	2	0	64	105	.253	.342	.369	.711	.304	179	6	2	2	2	4	8
MLB Averages																.267	.335	.412	.747	.296

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1993	26	CLE	AL	4.4	0.4	263	0.5	4.8	-4.3	1.02	0.6	-0.2	6.7	0.7	1.02	6.6	9	8	16
1994	27	CLE	AL	-2.4	-0.2	23	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.08	-0.3	-0.7	-3.2	-0.3	0.08	-1.8	0	0	1
2 Yrs				1.9	0.2	286	0.4	4.8	-4.4	.94	0.4	0.1	3.5	0.4	0.94	4.9	9	8	17

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
1993	26	CLE	AL	34	34	7	2	3	2	2	0%	5	3	29	8	28%	6	1.018	9	8	16	9	5	20	18	16	21	5	22	7	5.3	30
1994	27	CLE	AL	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	1	100%	2	.079	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	13.0	91
2 Yrs				35	35	7	2	3	2	2	0%	5	3	30	9	30%		.942	9	8	17	9	5	21	19	16	22	5	23	7	5.5	32

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1993	26	CLE	AL	262	56%	1.9%	20.2%	12.2%	5.3%	26%	0.55	0.64	65%	25%	5.8%	23%	45	3	7%
1994	27	CLE	AL	23	35%	0.0%	4.4%	4.4%	21.7%	56%	0.40	0.50	91%	19%	0.0%	20%	1	0	0%
2 Yrs				285	54%	1.8%	19.0%	11.6%	6.7%	30%	0.54	0.62	67%	24%	5.1%	23%	46	3	7%
MLB Averages					43%	2.5%	15.4%	8.8%	7.4%	31%	0.83	1.08	72%	21%	7.2%	15%			10%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1st%	30%	30c	30s	02%	02c	02s	02h	L/SO	3pK	4pW	PAu	Pitu	Stru
1993	26	CLE	AL	257	1005	3.91	622	62%	25%	15%	32%	28%	75%	2%	46%	80%	59%	5%	14	8	30%	77	50	2	34%	10	4	5	0	0
1994	27	CLE	AL	23	91	3.96	53	58%	19%	13%	28%	40%	81%	0%	47%	84%	43%	0%	0	0	13%	3	2	0	0%	1	0	0	0	0
2 Yrs				280	1096	3.91	675	62%	25%	15%	32%	29%	75%	2%	46%	81%	58%	5%	14	8	29%	80	52	2	33%	11	4	5	0	0
MLB Averages						3.67		61%	25%	15%	27%	33%	75%	2%	46%	80%	56%	6%			18%				27%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					Hits			Home Runs							Advances				Baserunning
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	H	Inf	Bnt	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	<2,3B	Scr	SO	%	ROE	WP	PB	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	BT	PAu
1993	26	CLE	AL	262	54	3	0	5	0	8	3	2	5	0	16	5	4	31%	4	0	0	106	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
1994	27	CLE	AL	23	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0%	0	0	0	9	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2 Yrs				285	63	4	0	5	0	8	3	2	5	0	17	5	5	29%	4	0	0	115	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
MLB Averages																		54%							67%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1993	26	2	3	.400	3.62	34	0	7	0	0	0	59.2	54	28	24	5	32	2	53	1	0	0	262	120	1.441	8.1	0.8	4.8	8.0	1.66	120
1994	27	2	3	.400	4.08	35	0	7	0	0	0	64.0	63	33	29	5	33	2	54	1	0	0	285	108	1.500	8.9	0.7	4.6	7.6	1.64	108

Neutralized Pitching

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

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
1993	26	3	3	.500	3.72	58.0	54	27	24	5	32	52	1	1.483	8.4	5.0	8.1	1.63	0.8	34
1994	27	0	0		10.50	6.0	13	8	7	0	1	1	0	2.333	19.5	1.5	1.5	1.00	0.0	1
2 Yrs		3	3	.500	4.36	64.0	67	35	31	5	33	53	1	1.563	9.4		7.5	1.61	0.7	35

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