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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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Fine Details  · Last Updated Dec 23, 2011, 10:02AM
All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson… 

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 IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
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 87 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 4 929 100 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
6 Seasons 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 93 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: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
1901 23 STL NL 3.0 0 3 2 0 1.0 -1 -0.1 $
1902 24 STL NL 152.1 16 82 77 -3 1.0 -5 -0.4 $
1903 25 STL NL 5.0 0 1 3 0 1.0 2 0.2 $
1903 25 CHC NL 247.0 27 114 151 2 1.0 37 2.9 $
1904 26 CHC NL 229.0 27 89 115 4 1.0 26 2.2 $
1905 27 CHC NL 178.0 22 46 93 6 1.0 47 4.5 $
1906 28 CHC NL 72.1 8 36 33 3 1.0 -3 -0.7 $
1906 28 CIN NL 150.0 17 69 69 0 1.0 0 0.4 $
6 Seasons 1036.2 117 440 543 12 1.0 103 9.0 $
CHC (4 yrs) 726.1 84 285 392 15 1.0 107 8.9 $
STL (3 yrs) 160.1 16 86 82 -3 1.0 -4 -0.3 $
CIN (1 yr) 150.0 17 69 69 0 1.0 0 0.4 $

Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1901 23 STL NL 3 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 98 1 0 0 /1
1902 24 STL NL 31 82 77 6 18 2 0 0 3 2 3 11 .234 .263 .260 .522 64 20 0 2 1/O
1903 25 TOT NL 33 108 100 19 24 5 2 0 8 1 4 10 .240 .290 .330 .620 79 33 3 1 1
1903 25 STL NL 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 /1
1903 25 CHC NL 32 106 98 18 24 5 2 0 8 1 4 10 .245 .295 .337 .632 82 33 3 1 1
1904 26 CHC NL 50 163 155 17 34 1 0 0 9 4 4 20 .219 .244 .226 .470 45 35 1 3 1O
1905 27 CHC NL 25 79 72 5 10 0 0 0 3 1 4 9 .139 .184 .139 .323 -5 10 0 3 1/O
1906 28 TOT NL 30 78 70 6 11 1 2 0 4 2 7 14 .157 .234 .229 .462 41 16 0 1 1
1906 28 CHC NL 10 22 20 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 5 .100 .182 .100 .282 -14 2 0 0 1
1906 28 CIN NL 20 56 50 5 9 1 2 0 3 2 5 9 .180 .255 .280 .535 64 14 0 1 1
6 Seasons 172 513 477 54 98 9 4 0 27 10 22 64 .205 .247 .241 .488 47 115 4 10
162 Game Avg. 162 483 449 51 92 8 4 0 25 9 21 60 .205 .247 .241 .488 47 108 4 9
CHC (4 yrs) 117 370 345 41 70 6 2 0 21 6 14 44 .203 .242 .232 .474 42 80 4 7
STL (3 yrs) 35 87 82 8 19 2 0 0 3 2 3 11 .232 .259 .256 .515 61 21 0 2
CIN (1 yr) 20 56 50 5 9 1 2 0 3 2 5 9 .180 .255 .280 .535 64 14 0 1

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1901 23 STL NL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /1
1902 24 STL NL 82 -3 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ 1/O
1903 25 STL NL 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /1
1903 25 CHC NL 106 -3 0 0 0 0 5 3 5 0.5 5 0.5 0.0 $ 1
1904 26 CHC NL 163 -10 0 0 0 0 3 5 -2 -0.4 -2 -0.2 -0.2 $ 1O
1905 27 CHC NL 79 -9 0 0 0 0 3 2 -4 -0.5 -4 -0.4 -0.1 $ 1/O
1906 28 CHC NL 22 -3 0 0 0 0 1 1 -1 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ 1
1906 28 CIN NL 56 -2 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 0.1 2 0.2 -0.1 $ 1
6 Seasons 513 -31 0 0 0 0 16 15 0 -0.5 0 -0.0 -0.5 $
CHC (4 yrs) 370 -25 0 0 0 0 12 11 -2 -0.6 -2 -0.2 -0.4 $
STL (3 yrs) 87 -4 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $
CIN (1 yr) 56 -2 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 0.1 2 0.2 -0.1 $

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG G Awards
1901 STL NL 23 P 1 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.70
1902 STL NL 24 P 22 152.1 71 15 47 9 3 .873 3.66 2.82 .933 2.72 2.68
1902 STL NL 24 OF 3 8 7 0 1 0 .875 2.33 .945 1.97 0-3-0
1903 TOT NL 25 P 33 252.0 67 13 45 9 2 .866 2.07 1.76 .924 2.87 2.81
1903 STL NL 25 P 1 5.0 4 0 4 0 0 1.000 7.20 4.00 .925 2.88 2.80
1903 CHC NL 25 P 32 247.0 63 13 41 9 2 .857 1.97 1.69 .924 2.87 2.81
1904 CHC NL 26 P 30 229.0 56 18 33 5 1 .911 2.00 1.70 .940 3.03 2.95
1904 CHC NL 26 OF 20 33 30 1 2 0 .939 1.55 .947 1.89 0-15-3
1905 CHC NL 27 P 22 178.0 41 3 36 2 3 .951 1.97 1.77 .943 2.97 2.93
1905 CHC NL 27 OF 3 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.67 .956 1.97 0-3-0
1906 TOT NL 28 P 30 222.1 57 13 38 6 2 .895 2.06 1.70 .948 3.05 2.99
1906 CHC NL 28 P 10 72.1 25 7 14 4 1 .840 2.61 2.10 .948 3.05 2.99
1906 CIN NL 28 P 20 150.0 32 6 24 2 1 .938 1.80 1.50 .948 3.05 2.99
6 Seasons P 138 1036.2 292 62 199 31 11 .894 2.27 1.89 .937 2.94 2.88
3 Seasons OF 26 46 42 1 3 0 .935 1.65 .948 1.91 0-21-3
6 Seasons TOT 164 1036.2 338 104 200 34 11 .899 2.27 1.85 .938 2.94 2.72 0-21-3
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 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 1950 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 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • 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.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
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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)

Errors Committed as P s c a p y
1902 NL  9 (1st)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 25 (930), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 12 (868), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 18 (364), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Charlie Sweeney (976)
  2. Ernie Shore (959)
  3. Nick Cullop (956)
  4. Jimmy Dygert (956)
  5. Ed Summers (953)
  6. Andy Coakley (950)
  7. Hod Eller (947)
  8. Fred Anderson (944)
  9. Hugh Bedient (944)
  10. Frank Corridon (944)
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  1. Elmer Koestner (988)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Frank Corridon (984)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. George Winter (979)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Frank Corridon (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Frank Corridon (986)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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