Bill Wilson
William Harlan Wilson
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: September 21, 1942 in Pomeroy, OH
High School: Pomeroy (Pomeroy, OH)
School: Marshall University
Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in 1961. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 8, 1969
Final Game: September 26, 1973
Died: 1993 in Philadelphia, PA
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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
1969 26 PHI NL 2 5 .286 3.32 37 0 19 0 0 6 62.1 53 26 23 6 36 8 48 1 0 4 271 107 1.428 7.7 0.9 5.2 6.9 1.33
1970 27 PHI NL 1 0 1.000 4.78 37 0 11 0 0 0 58.1 57 35 31 5 33 0 41 0 0 7 258 84 1.543 8.8 0.8 5.1 6.3 1.24
1971 28 PHI NL 4 6 .400 3.07 38 0 26 0 0 7 58.2 39 20 20 4 22 4 40 1 0 5 237 115 1.040 6.0 0.6 3.4 6.1 1.82
1972 29 PHI NL 1 1 .500 3.30 23 0 5 0 0 0 30.0 26 13 11 1 11 3 18 0 0 2 125 109 1.233 7.8 0.3 3.3 5.4 1.64
1973 30 PHI NL 1 3 .250 6.66 44 0 22 0 0 4 48.2 54 39 36 7 29 7 24 0 0 3 218 57 1.705 10.0 1.3 5.4 4.4 0.83
5 Seasons 9 15 .375 4.22 179 0 83 0 0 17 258.0 229 133 121 23 131 22 171 2 0 21 1109 88 1.395 8.0 0.8 4.6 6.0 1.31
162 Game Avg. 3 6 .375 4.22 68 0 32 0 0 6 98 87 51 46 9 50 8 65 1 0 8 421 88 1.395 8.0 0.8 4.6 6.0 1.31

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
1969 26 PHI NL 37 271 229 26 53 9 0 6 1 1 36 48 .231 .336 .349 .685 .266 80 7 1 3 2 8
1970 27 PHI NL 37 258 217 35 57 7 0 5 6 1 33 41 .263 .357 .364 .721 .301 79 4 0 6 2 0
1971 28 PHI NL 38 237 208 20 39 4 1 4 6 0 22 40 .188 .266 .274 .540 .211 57 4 1 4 2 4
1972 29 PHI NL 23 125 111 13 26 3 2 1 1 0 11 18 .234 .301 .324 .625 .269 36 3 0 2 1 3
1973 30 PHI NL 44 218 184 39 54 5 5 7 2 1 29 24 .293 .388 .489 .877 .305 90 8 0 4 1 7
5 Seasons 179 1109 949 133 229 28 8 23 16 3 131 171 .241 .332 .360 .692 .270 342 26 2 19 8 22
162 Game Avg. 68 421 361 51 87 11 3 9 6 1 50 65 .241 .332 .360 .692 .270 130 10 1 7 3 8
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
1969 26 PHI NL 37 37 19 2 5 9 6 3 67% 9 0 24 12 50% 9 1.234 12 10 14 9 3 25 14 23 20 6 23 13 5.1
1970 27 PHI NL 37 37 11 1 0 1 0 1 0% 3 2 38 20 53% 6 0.530 6 10 21 4 2 31 21 16 22 9 23 7 4.7
1971 28 PHI NL 38 38 26 4 6 9 7 2 78% 10 1 34 6 18% 8 1.674 18 8 12 10 10 18 19 19 23 7 23 11 4.6
1972 29 PHI NL 23 23 5 1 1 2 0 2 0% 2 0 22 9 41% 7 0.968 5 7 11 2 3 18 12 11 10 4 13 4 3.9
1973 30 PHI NL 44 44 22 1 3 6 4 2 67% 8 2 41 11 27% 8 1.155 17 9 18 8 10 26 23 21 17 14 18 8 3.3
5 Seasons 179 179 83 9 15 27 17 10 63% 32 5 159 58 36% 1.119 58 44 76 33 28 118 89 90 92 40 100 43 4.3

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%
1969 26 PHI NL 271 43% 2.2% 17.7% 13.3% 5.5% 28% 1.39 65% 70 7 10%
1970 27 PHI NL 258 29% 1.9% 15.9% 12.8% 4.7% 21% 1.57 67% 60 4 7%
1971 28 PHI NL 237 46% 1.7% 16.9% 9.3% 3.8% 23% 2.40 70% 52 4 8%
1972 29 PHI NL 125 46% 0.8% 14.4% 8.8% 4.8% 23% 1.37 74% 21 3 14%
1973 30 PHI NL 218 35% 3.2% 11.0% 13.3% 7.8% 32% 1.60 71% 49 8 16%
5 Seasons 1109 39% 2.1% 15.4% 11.8% 5.3% 26% 1.65 69% 252 26 10%
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
1969 26 PHI NL 271 53 6 0 18 5 1 2 4 26 9 6 35% 3 4 0 107 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 9 0
1970 27 PHI NL 258 57 5 0 16 5 0 0 5 24 15 4 63% 2 7 1 110 6 1 86% 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 15 0
1971 28 PHI NL 237 39 4 0 12 3 1 1 3 24 11 5 46% 3 5 1 85 6 0 100% 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
1972 29 PHI NL 125 26 1 0 5 0 1 1 0 15 6 2 40% 2 2 1 43 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1973 30 PHI NL 218 54 7 0 10 5 2 3 4 17 7 1 41% 2 3 1 92 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
5 Seasons 1109 229 23 0 61 18 5 7 16 106 48 18 45% 12 21 4 437 16 3 84% 14 3 2 0 0 0 2 0 46 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+
1969 26 2 5 .286 3.32 37 0 19 0 0 6 62.1 53 26 23 6 36 8 48 1 0 4 271 107 1.428 7.7 0.9 5.2 6.9 1.33 107
1970 27 3 5 .375 4.03 74 0 30 0 0 6 120.2 110 61 54 11 69 8 89 1 0 11 529 94 1.483 8.2 0.8 5.1 6.6 1.29 94
1971 28 7 11 .389 3.71 112 0 56 0 0 13 179.1 149 81 74 15 91 12 129 2 0 16 766 100 1.338 7.5 0.8 4.6 6.5 1.42 100
1972 29 8 12 .400 3.65 135 0 61 0 0 13 209.1 175 94 85 16 102 15 147 2 0 18 891 101 1.323 7.5 0.7 4.4 6.3 1.44 101
1973 30 9 15 .375 4.22 179 0 83 0 0 17 258.0 229 133 121 23 131 22 171 2 0 21 1109 88 1.395 8.0 0.8 4.6 6.0 1.31 88

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
1969 26 3 3 .500 3.81 59.0 56 28 25 6 38 45 1 1.593 8.5 5.8 6.9 1.18 0.9 37
1970 27 2 4 .333 4.74 57.0 56 33 30 5 32 40 0 1.544 8.8 5.1 6.3 1.25 0.8 37
1971 28 3 3 .500 3.47 57.0 42 24 22 4 24 39 1 1.158 6.6 3.8 6.2 1.63 0.6 38
1972 29 2 1 .667 3.60 30.0 28 13 12 1 12 18 0 1.333 8.4 3.6 5.4 1.50 0.3 23
1973 30 1 4 .200 7.40 45.0 54 41 37 7 29 22 0 1.844 10.8 5.8 4.4 0.76 1.4 44
5 Seasons 11 15 .423 4.57 248.0 236 139 126 23 135 164 2 1.496 8.6 6.0 1.21 0.8 179

* 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.

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