Bob Wicker

Robert Kitridge Wicker

Positions: Pitcher and Centerfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: May 24, 1878 in Bedford, IN (All Transactions)
Debut: August 11, 1901
Teams (by GP): Cubs/Cardinals/Reds 1901-1906

Final Game: September 21, 1906
Died: January 22, 1955 in Evanston, IL
Buried: Forest Home Cemetery, Forest Park, 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
1900	22	DAY	B	21	9	.700		32	30		29	3			226	112																DAY · ISLG
1901	23	DAY	A					20																								DAY · WA
1901	23	STL	NL	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	3.0	4	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	14		1.667	12.0	0.0	3.0	6.0	2.00
1902	24	STL	NL	5	12	.294	3.19	22	16	6	14	1	0	152.1	159	82	54	1	45	78	2	0	4	639	86	1.339	9.4	0.1	2.7	4.6	1.73
1903	25	TOT	NL	20	9	.690	2.96	33	27	6	24	1	1	252.0	240	115	83	3	77	113	3	0	8	1034	106	1.258	8.6	0.1	2.8	4.0	1.47
1903	25	STL	NL	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	5.0	4	1	0	0	3	3	0	0	1	26		1.400	7.2	0.0	5.4	5.4	1.00
1903	25	CHC	NL	20	9	.690	3.02	32	27	5	24	1	1	247.0	236	114	83	3	74	110	3	0	7	1008	104	1.255	8.6	0.1	2.7	4.0	1.49
1904	26	CHC	NL	17	9	.654	2.67	30	27	3	23	4	0	229.0	201	92	68	6	58	99	3	1	4	929	99	1.131	7.9	0.2	2.3	3.9	1.71
1905	27	CHC	NL	13	6	.684	2.02	22	22	0	17	4	0	178.0	139	46	40	3	47	86	1	0	2	677	147	1.045	7.0	0.2	2.4	4.3	1.83
1906	28	TOT	NL	9	16	.360	2.79	30	25	4	19	0	0	222.1	220	105	69	3	65	94	1	1	4	908	97	1.282	8.9	0.1	2.6	3.8	1.45
1906	28	CHC	NL	3	5	.375	2.99	10	8	1	5	0	0	72.1	70	36	24	0	19	25	0	0	1	291	89	1.230	8.7	0.0	2.4	3.1	1.32
1906	28	CIN	NL	6	11	.353	2.70	20	17	3	14	0	0	150.0	150	69	45	3	46	69	1	1	3	617	101	1.307	9.0	0.2	2.8	4.1	1.50
1907	29	CLB	A	14	12	.538		29						246.0	218	102			56							1.114	8.0		2.0			CLB · AA
1908	30	MTL	A	15	11	.577		29	27					225.0	202	98			48							1.111	8.1		1.9			MTL · EL
1909	31	MTL	A	11	14	.440		29						234.0	235	90			69							1.299	9.0		2.7			MTL · EL
1915	37	SPO	B	13	15	.464		38						253.0	263	117			83							1.368	9.4		3.0			SPO · NWES
6 Yrs				64	52	.552	2.73	138	117	20	97	10	1	1036.2	963	443	314	16	293	472	10	2	22	4201	105	1.212	8.4	0.1	2.5	4.1	1.61
162 Game Avg.				17	14	.552	2.73	37	31	5	26	3	0	276	257	118	84	4	78	126	3	1	6	1120	105	1.212	8.4	0.1	2.5	4.1	1.61

CHC (4 yrs)				53	29	.646	2.66	94	84	9	69	9	1	726.1	646	288	215	12	198	320	7	1	14	2905	109	1.162	8.0	0.1	2.5	4.0	1.62
STL (3 yrs)				5	12	.294	3.03	24	16	8	14	1	0	160.1	167	86	54	1	49	83	2	0	5	679	92	1.347	9.4	0.1	2.8	4.7	1.69
CIN (1 yr)				6	11	.353	2.70	20	17	3	14	0	0	150.0	150	69	45	3	46	69	1	1	3	617	101	1.307	9.0	0.2	2.8	4.1	1.50

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
1901	23	STL	NL	3.0	1	0	3	9.00	4.49	0.20	0.00	96.0	4.12	-2	-0.1	1.0	-0.0	-0.1	-1	.358	.499	$
1902	24	STL	NL	152.1	22	16	82	4.84	4.03	-0.24	0.00	98.0	4.18	-10	-1.1	1.0	-0.2	0.0	0	.452	.494	$
1903	25	STL	NL	5.0	1	0	1	1.80	4.94	-0.21	0.00	100.0	5.14	2	0.2	1.0	-0.0	0.2	2	.708	.501	$
1903	25	CHC	NL	247.0	32	27	114	4.15	4.74	0.10	0.00	96.0	4.45	10	1.0	1.0	-0.2	2.7	31	.530	.506	$
1904	26	CHC	NL	229.0	30	27	92	3.62	3.92	0.21	0.00	97.0	3.60	1	0.1	1.0	-0.2	1.7	19	.505	.501	$
1905	27	CHC	NL	178.0	22	22	46	2.33	4.08	0.39	0.00	99.0	3.65	27	3.2		-0.1	4.5	42	.648	.520	$
1906	28	CHC	NL	72.1	10	8	36	4.48	3.43	0.60	0.00	100.0	2.83	-12	-1.3	1.0	-0.1	-0.8	-8	.367	.492	$
1906	28	CIN	NL	150.0	20	17	69	4.14	3.59	-0.03	0.00	104.0	3.76	-5	-0.5	1.0	-0.1	0.6	5	.473	.497	$
6 Seasons				1036.2	138	117	443	3.85	4.08	0.14	0.00	98.5	3.88	11	1.5	1.0	-0.9	8.8	90	.511	.501	$

CHC (4 yrs)				726.1	94	84	288	3.57	4.19	0.26	0.00	97.4	3.83	25	3.0	1.0	-0.6	8.1	84	.532	.505	$
STL (3 yrs)				160.1	24	16	86	4.83	4.06	-0.23	0.00	98.0	4.21	-9	-1.0	1.0	-0.2	0.1	1	.459	.498	$
CIN (1 yr)				150.0	20	17	69	4.14	3.59	-0.03	0.00	104.0	3.76	-5	-0.5	1.0	-0.1	0.6	5	.473	.497	$

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+
1901	23	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	3.0	4	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	14		1.667	12.0	0.0	3.0	6.0	2.00
1902	24	5	12	.294	3.13	23	16	7	14	1	0	155.1	163	85	54	1	46	80	2	0	4	653	88	1.345	9.4	0.1	2.7	4.6	1.74	88
1903	25	25	21	.543	3.03	56	43	13	38	2	1	407.1	403	200	137	4	123	193	5	0	12	1687	99	1.291	8.9	0.1	2.7	4.3	1.57	99
1904	26	42	30	.583	2.90	86	70	16	61	6	1	636.1	604	292	205	10	181	292	8	1	16	2616	99	1.234	8.5	0.1	2.6	4.1	1.61	99
1905	27	55	36	.604	2.71	108	92	16	78	10	1	814.1	743	338	245	13	228	378	9	1	18	3293	107	1.192	8.2	0.1	2.5	4.2	1.66	107
1906	28	64	52	.552	2.73	138	117	20	97	10	1	1036.2	963	443	314	16	293	472	10	2	22	4201	105	1.212	8.4	0.1	2.5	4.1	1.61	105

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
1901	23	0	0		0.00	3.0	5	0	0	0	1	2	0	2.000	15.0	3.0	6.0	2.00	0.0	1
1902	24	8	9	.471	3.97	161.0	195	79	71	1	55	82	2	1.553	10.9	3.1	4.6	1.49	0.1	22
1903	25	19	11	.633	2.99	277.0	273	102	92	3	88	124	3	1.303	8.9	2.9	4.0	1.41	0.1	33
1904	26	14	10	.583	3.29	224.0	225	91	82	7	65	97	3	1.295	9.0	2.6	3.9	1.49	0.3	30
1905	27	13	5	.722	2.46	168.0	152	51	46	3	51	81	1	1.208	8.1	2.7	4.3	1.59	0.2	22
1906	28	12	11	.522	3.81	208.0	254	98	88	3	75	88	1	1.582	11.0	3.2	3.8	1.17	0.1	30
6 Yrs		66	46	.589	3.28	1041.0	1104	421	379	17	335	474	10	1.382	9.5		4.1	1.41	0.1	138

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y 1905 NL 4.5 (7th)	Earned Run Average s c a p y 1905 NL 2.02 (3rd) Career 2.73 (83rd)	Wins s c a p y 1903 NL 20 (8th)	Win-Loss % s c a p y 1903 NL .690 (5th) 1904 NL .654 (6th) 1905 NL .684 (6th)
Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y 1905 NL 1.045 (4th) Career 1.212 (157th)	Hits per 9 IP s c a p y 1905 NL 7.028 (4th)	Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y 1902 NL 4.608 (5th) 1903 NL 4.036 (6th) 1905 NL 4.348 (9th)	Strikeouts s c a p y 1903 NL 113 (9th)
Shutouts s c a p y 1904 NL 4 (7th) 1905 NL 4 (6th)	Home Runs s c a p y 1904 NL 6 (9th)	Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y 1904 NL 1.707 (10th) 1905 NL 1.830 (9th)	Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y Career 0.139 (83rd)
Wild Pitches s c a p y 1903 NL 8 (6th)	Games Finished s c a p y 1902 NL 6 (2nd) 1903 NL 6 (4th)	Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y 1905 NL 147 (3rd)	Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y 1905 NL 22 (5th)
Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y 1905 NL 2.5 (5th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 25 (940), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 12 (869), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 18 (365), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Pitchers

Compare Stats to Similars

Most Similar by Ages

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Elmer Koestner (988) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Frank Corridon (984) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
George Winter (979) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Frank Corridon (972) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Frank Corridon (986) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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