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Bill Wilson

William G. Wilson

Positions: Catcher, Outfielder and First Baseman
Bats: Unknown, Throws: Right

Born: October 28, 1867 in Hannibal, MO (All Transactions)
Debut: April 30, 1890
Teams (by GP): Colonels/PittsburghAlleghenys 1890-1898

Final Game: June 7, 1898
Died: May 9, 1924 in St. Paul, MN
Buried: Calvary Cemetery, St. Paul, MN
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Standard Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG G PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
1890 PIT NL 22 C 38 279 175 69 35 3 .875 6.42 .926 6.10 26 136 71 34% 37%
1890 PIT NL 22 OF 25 77 54 8 15 3 .805 2.48 .914 1.91 4-8-13
1890 PIT NL 22 1B 18 183 167 8 8 15 .956 9.72 .976 10.36
1890 PIT NL 22 SS 1 9 2 5 2 1 .778 7.00 .902 5.30
1897 LOU NL 29 C 105 486 341 116 29 7 .940 4.35 .948 4.73 34 187 111 37% 37%
1897 LOU NL 29 3B 1 3 1 1 1 0 .667 2.00 .893 3.40
1898 LOU NL 30 C 28 133 86 33 14 1 .895 4.25 .953 4.82 8 38 30 44% 44%
1898 LOU NL 30 1B 1 14 11 1 2 1 .857 12.00 .977 10.30
3 Seasons C 171 898 602 218 78 11 .913 4.80 .942 5.05 68 361 212 37% 38%
1 Season OF 25 77 54 8 15 3 .805 2.48 .914 1.91 4-8-13
2 Seasons 1B 19 197 178 9 10 16 .949 9.84 .976 10.36
1 Season 3B 1 3 1 1 1 0 .667 2.00 .893 3.40
1 Season SS 1 9 2 5 2 1 .778 7.00 .902 5.30
3 Seasons TOT 217 1184 837 241 106 31 .910 4.97 .945 5.15 4-8-13 68 361 212 37% 38%
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-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 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 1948 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 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) 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 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1890 PIT NL 22 83 83 0 38 18 0 0 1 4 8 13 25 0
1897 LOU NL 29 107 107 0 105 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1898 LOU NL 30 29 29 0 28 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons 219 219 0 171 19 0 1 1 4 8 13 25 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Def. Games as C s c a p y
1897 NL  105 (2nd)

Putouts as C s c a p y
1897 NL  341 (3rd)

Assists as C s c a p y
1897 NL  116 (2nd)

Errors Committed as C s c a p y
1890 NL  35 (3rd)
1897 NL  29 (2nd)

Passed Balls s c a p y
1897 NL  34 (1st)

Stolen Bases Allowed as C s c a p y
1897 NL  187 (1st)

Caught Stealing as C s c a p y
1897 NL  111 (2nd)

             

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