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Bill Wilkinson

William Carl Wilkinson

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 160 lb.

Born: August 10, 1964 in Greybull, WY
High School: Cherry Creek (Englewood, CO)
Drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 4th round of the 1983 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 13, 1985
Team: Mariners 1985-1988

Final Game: October 2, 1988
Relatives: Greatgrandson of Jim Bluejacket
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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
1985 20 SEA AL 0 2 .000 13.50 2 2 0 0 0 0 6.0 8 9 9 2 6 1 5 0 0 0 30 33 2.333 12.0 3.0 9.0 7.5 0.83
1987 22 SEA AL 3 4 .429 3.66 56 0 29 0 0 10 76.1 61 33 31 8 21 1 73 0 0 0 303 130 1.074 7.2 0.9 2.5 8.6 3.48
1988 23 SEA AL 2 2 .500 3.48 30 0 9 0 0 2 31.0 28 14 12 3 15 0 25 0 0 3 136 121 1.387 8.1 0.9 4.4 7.3 1.67
3 Seasons 5 8 .385 4.13 88 2 38 0 0 12 113.1 97 56 52 13 42 2 103 0 0 3 469 111 1.226 7.7 1.0 3.3 8.2 2.45
162 Game Avg. 4 6 .385 4.13 66 2 29 0 0 9 86 73 42 39 10 32 2 78 0 0 2 354 111 1.226 7.7 1.0 3.3 8.2 2.45

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
1985 20 SEA AL 6.0 2 9 4 0 .6 -5 -0.5 $
1987 22 SEA AL 76.1 0 33 54 -1 1.1 21 1.4 $
1988 23 SEA AL 31.0 0 14 19 0 1.0 5 0.3 $100,000
3 Seasons 113.1 2 56 77 -1 1.0 21 1.2 $100,000

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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
1985 20 SEA AL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1987 22 SEA AL 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1988 23 SEA AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
3 Seasons 88 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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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 SB CS CS% PO Awards
1985 SEA AL 20 P 2 2 0 6.0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 3.00 1.00 .955 1.80 1.85 0 0 1
1987 SEA AL 22 P 56 0 0 76.1 8 1 6 1 0 .875 0.83 0.13 .955 1.84 1.82 4 2 33% 0
1988 SEA AL 23 P 30 0 0 31.0 2 1 1 0 1 1.000 0.58 0.07 .960 1.77 1.77 3 0 0% 0
3 Seasons P 88 2 0 113.1 12 2 9 1 1 .917 0.87 0.13 .956 1.82 1.80 7 2 22% 1
3 Seasons TOT 88 2 0 113.1 12 2 9 1 1 .917 0.87 0.13 .956 1.82 1.80 7 2 22% 1
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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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.
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Fielding % as P s c a p y
1988 AL  1.000 (1st)

Youngest s c a p y
1985 AL  born 1964-08-10 (5th)

                           

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Transactions

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
198722Seattle Mariners$62,500Proofing corrections
198823Seattle Mariners$100,000*
Career to date (may be incomplete)$162,500
Disputed Salaries
*1988 - $110,000 - 12/13/88 NYT -
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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