Bob Wiesler
Robert George Wiesler
Bats: Both , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: August 13, 1930 in St. Louis, MO
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1949. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 3, 1951
Final Game: May 10, 1958
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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 IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1951 20 NYY AL 0 2 .000 13.50 4 3 1 0 0 0 9.1 13 15 14 0 11 3 0 0 1 48 28 2.571 12.5 0.0 10.6 2.9 0.27
1954 23 NYY AL 3 2 .600 4.15 6 5 1 0 0 0 30.1 28 15 14 0 30 25 0 2 0 138 82 1.912 8.3 0.0 8.9 7.4 0.83
1955 24 NYY AL 0 2 .000 3.91 16 7 5 0 0 0 53.0 39 27 23 1 49 0 22 1 1 2 236 96 1.660 6.6 0.2 8.3 3.7 0.45
1956 25 WSH AL 3 12 .200 6.44 37 21 9 3 0 0 123.0 141 98 88 11 112 1 49 3 1 4 598 65 2.057 10.3 0.8 8.2 3.6 0.44
1957 26 WSH AL 1 1 .500 4.41 3 2 1 1 0 0 16.1 15 8 8 2 11 0 9 1 0 1 72 88 1.592 8.3 1.1 6.1 5.0 0.82
1958 27 WSH AL 0 0 6.75 4 0 0 0 0 0 9.1 14 8 7 2 5 0 5 1 0 3 46 56 2.036 13.5 1.9 4.8 4.8 1.00
6 Seasons 7 19 .269 5.74 70 38 17 4 0 0 241.1 250 171 154 16 218 1 113 6 4 11 1138 68 1.939 9.3 0.6 8.1 4.2 0.52
162 Game Avg. 4 12 .269 5.74 44 24 11 3 0 0 152 157 108 97 10 137 71 4 3 7 717 68 1.939 9.3 0.6 8.1 4.2 0.52
WSH (3 yrs) 4 13 .235 6.24 44 23 10 4 0 0 148.2 170 114 103 15 128 1 63 5 1 8 716 66 2.004 10.3 0.9 7.7 3.8 0.49
NYY (3 yrs) 3 6 .333 4.95 26 15 7 0 0 0 92.2 80 57 51 1 90 0 50 1 3 3 422 74 1.835 7.8 0.1 8.7 4.9 0.56

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
1954 23 NYY AL 6 140 110 15 28 5 1 0 5 2 30 25 .255 .414 .318 .732 .329 35 5 0 0 0
1955 24 NYY AL 16 236 184 27 39 5 1 1 0 2 49 22 .212 .380 .266 .647 .236 49 11 1 2 0 0
1956 25 WSH AL 37 598 470 98 141 24 5 11 4 5 112 49 .300 .435 .443 .877 .314 208 20 3 9 4 1
1957 26 WSH AL 3 72 60 8 15 3 0 2 1 1 11 9 .250 .375 .400 .775 .265 24 4 1 0 0 0
1958 27 WSH AL 4 46 39 8 14 1 0 2 3 0 5 5 .359 .435 .538 .973 .364 21 1 1 0 1 0
5 Seasons 66 1092 863 156 237 38 7 16 13 10 207 110 .275 .416 .390 .807 .298 337 41 6 11 5 1
162 Game Avg. 44 735 581 105 160 26 5 11 9 7 139 74 .275 .416 .390 .807 .298 227 28 4 7 3
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1954 23 NYY AL 6 5 3 2 0 1 0 3 2 .600 0 0 0 0 2 40% 50 65 23 7 3 0 4 4.0 3.0 5.7
1955 24 NYY AL 16 7 0 2 5 0 1 3 4 .429 0 1 0 0 1 14% 42 51 34 15 7 2 5 4.4 4.5 4.6
1956 25 WSH AL 37 21 3 12 6 1 2 7 14 .333 1 4 3 0 5 24% 38 74 22 20 10 11 5 4.4 4.3 4.7
1957 26 WSH AL 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 .500 0 0 1 0 1 50% 49 67 31 2 2 1 1 5.5 5.4 7.7
4 Seasons 62 35 7 17 11 2 3 14 21 .400 1 5 4 0 9 26% 41 74 22 44 22 14 15 4.4 4.2 5.0
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1954 23 NYY AL 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1.135 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 6.0
1955 24 NYY AL 16 9 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 8 0.874 0 0 8 0 0 9 1 8 6 0 6 0 6.9
1956 25 WSH AL 37 16 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 3 38% 8 0.978 1 1 13 0 0 16 5 11 7 4 7 2 4.6
1957 26 WSH AL 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0.585 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0
1958 27 WSH AL 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 40% 3 0.321 0 1 3 0 0 4 3 1 3 1 3 0 7.0
5 Seasons 66 31 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 5 36% 0.922 1 2 26 0 0 31 9 22 17 5 17 2 5.6

Ratio Pitching*

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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%
1951 20 NYY AL
1954 23 NYY AL 140 78% 0.0% 17.9% 21.4% 4.3% 21% 1.10 61% 34 5 15%
1955 24 NYY AL 236 84% 0.4% 9.3% 20.8% 3.0% 18% 1.35 68% 56 11 20%
1956 25 WSH AL 598 78% 1.8% 8.2% 18.7% 6.7% 28% 1.47 69% 156 20 13%
1957 26 WSH AL 72 86% 2.8% 12.5% 15.3% 6.9% 33% 2.17 68% 19 4 21%
1958 27 WSH AL 46 65% 4.4% 10.9% 10.9% 6.5% 21% 1.44 72% 9 1 11%
6 Seasons 1092 79% 1.5% 10.4% 20.0% 5.6% 24% 1.43 68% 274 41 15%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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
1951 20 NYY AL 13 0 1
1954 23 NYY AL 140 28 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 12 3 4 25% 0 0 1 53 5 2 71% 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1955 24 NYY AL 236 39 1 0 9 1 0 1 0 9 4 2 44% 3 2 0 99 0 2 0% 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 5 0
1956 25 WSH AL 598 141 11 0 27 9 2 6 5 49 27 6 55% 7 4 0 252 4 5 44% 2 5 2 0 0 0 2 0 12 0
1957 26 WSH AL 72 15 2 0 2 2 0 1 1 2 1 0 50% 2 1 0 30 1 1 50% 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
1958 27 WSH AL 46 14 2 0 2 1 1 1 1 3 2 0 67% 0 3 0 18 3 0 100% 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 6 0
6 Seasons 1092 250 16 0 50 13 3 9 7 75 37 12 49% 12 11 1 452 13 10 57% 9 8 4 2 0 0 6 1 28 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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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+
1951 20 0 2 .000 13.50 4 3 1 0 0 0 9.1 13 15 14 0 11 3 0 0 1 48 28 2.571 12.5 0.0 10.6 2.9 0.27 28
1952 21 0 2 .000 13.50 4 3 1 0 0 0 9.1 13 15 14 0 11 3 0 0 1 48 28 2.571 12.5 0.0 10.6 2.9 0.27 28
1953 22 0 2 .000 13.50 4 3 1 0 0 0 9.1 13 15 14 0 11 3 0 0 1 48 28 2.571 12.5 0.0 10.6 2.9 0.27 28
1954 23 3 4 .429 6.35 10 8 2 0 0 0 39.2 41 30 28 0 41 28 0 2 1 186 55 2.067 9.3 0.0 9.3 6.4 0.68 55
1955 24 3 6 .333 4.95 26 15 7 0 0 0 92.2 80 57 51 1 90 0 50 1 3 3 422 74 1.835 7.8 0.1 8.7 4.9 0.56 74
1956 25 6 18 .250 5.80 63 36 16 3 0 0 215.2 221 155 139 12 202 1 99 4 4 7 1020 68 1.961 9.2 0.5 8.4 4.1 0.49 68
1957 26 7 19 .269 5.70 66 38 17 4 0 0 232.0 236 163 147 14 213 1 108 5 4 8 1092 69 1.935 9.2 0.5 8.3 4.2 0.51 69
1958 27 7 19 .269 5.74 70 38 17 4 0 0 241.1 250 171 154 16 218 1 113 6 4 11 1138 68 1.939 9.3 0.6 8.1 4.2 0.52 68

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1951 20 0 0 15.00 9.0 13 17 15 0 11 3 0 2.667 13.0 11.0 3.0 0.27 0.0 4
1954 23 1 2 .333 5.67 27.0 30 19 17 0 32 22 0 2.296 10.0 10.7 7.3 0.69 0.0 6
1955 24 2 3 .400 4.33 52.0 40 28 25 1 50 22 1 1.731 6.9 8.7 3.8 0.44 0.2 16
1956 25 4 9 .308 6.49 122.0 143 98 88 11 114 49 3 2.107 10.5 8.4 3.6 0.43 0.8 37
1957 26 0 1 .000 4.50 16.0 16 9 8 2 12 9 1 1.750 9.0 6.8 5.1 0.75 1.1 3
1958 27 0 1 .000 7.00 9.0 15 8 7 2 5 5 1 2.222 15.0 5.0 5.0 1.00 2.0 4
6 Seasons 7 16 .304 6.13 235.0 257 179 160 16 224 110 6 2.047 9.8 4.2 0.49 0.6 70

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1956 AL--112--4th

Losses s c a p y
1956 AL--12--10th

Youngest s c a p y
1951 AL--born 1930-08-13--4th

             

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