Highball Wilson

Howard Paul Wilson

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Unknown, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 164 lb.

Born: August 9, 1878 in Philadelphia, PA (All Transactions)
Debut: September 13, 1899
Teams (by GP): Senators/Athletics/Spiders 1899-1904

Final Game: May 17, 1904
Died: October 16, 1934 in Havre de Grace, MD
Buried: North Cedar Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1899	20	CLV	NL	0	1	.000	9.00	1	1	0	1	0	0	8.0	12	8	8	0	5	1	0	0	0	40	43	2.125	13.5	0.0	5.6	1.1	0.20

1900	21	NCH	F	14	6	.700		24	21		20	1																				NCH · CTST
1902	23	PHA	AL	7	4	.636	2.43	13	10	3	8	0	0	96.1	103	44	26	1	19	18	9	0	0	404	151	1.266	9.6	0.1	1.8	1.7	0.95
1903	24	WSH	AL	7	18	.280	3.31	30	28	2	25	1	0	242.1	269	123	89	7	43	56	10	1	2	1013	94	1.287	10.0	0.3	1.6	2.1	1.30
1904	25	WSH	AL	0	3	.000	4.68	3	3	0	3	0	0	25.0	33	17	13	0	4	11	2	0	1	110	58	1.480	11.9	0.0	1.4	4.0	2.75
4 Yrs				14	26	.350	3.29	47	42	5	37	1	0	371.2	417	192	136	8	71	86	21	1	3	1567	99	1.313	10.1	0.2	1.7	2.1	1.21
162 Game Avg.				11	20	.350	3.29	36	32	4	28	1	0	284	319	147	104	6	54	66	16	1	2	1197	99	1.313	10.1	0.2	1.7	2.1	1.21

WSH (2 yrs)				7	21	.250	3.43	33	31	2	28	1	0	267.1	302	140	102	7	47	67	12	1	3	1123	90	1.305	10.2	0.2	1.6	2.3	1.43
PHA (1 yr)				7	4	.636	2.43	13	10	3	8	0	0	96.1	103	44	26	1	19	18	9	0	0	404	151	1.266	9.6	0.1	1.8	1.7	0.95
CLV (1 yr)				0	1	.000	9.00	1	1	0	1	0	0	8.0	12	8	8	0	5	1	0	0	0	40	43	2.125	13.5	0.0	5.6	1.1	0.20

AL (3 yrs)				14	25	.359	3.17	46	41	5	36	1	0	363.2	405	184	128	8	66	85	21	1	3	1527	102	1.295	10.0	0.2	1.6	2.1	1.29
NL (1 yr)				0	1	.000	9.00	1	1	0	1	0	0	8.0	12	8	8	0	5	1	0	0	0	40	43	2.125	13.5	0.0	5.6	1.1	0.20

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1899	20	CLV	NL	8.0	1	1	8	9.00	5.40	-0.79	0.00	95.0	5.89	-3	-0.2		-0.0	-0.1	-2	.310	.499	$

1902	23	PHA	AL	96.1	13	10	44	4.11	4.78	-0.15	0.00	102.0	5.03	11	1.1	1.0	-0.1	1.9	20	.586	.507	$
1903	24	WSH	AL	242.1	30	28	123	4.57	4.24	-0.13	0.00	105.0	4.59	5	0.5	1.0	-0.3	2.4	22	.518	.503	$
1904	25	WSH	AL	25.0	3	3	17	6.12	3.65	-0.49	0.00	103.0	4.27	-5	-0.5		-0.0	-0.3	-3	.333	.497	$
4 Seasons				371.2	47	42	192	4.65	4.37	-0.17	0.00	103.9	4.71	8	1.0	1.0	-0.4	3.9	37	.520	.501	$

WSH (2 yrs)				267.1	33	31	140	4.71	4.19	-0.16	0.00	104.8	4.56	-0	0.0	1.0	-0.3	2.1	19	.501	.500	$
PHA (1 yr)				96.1	13	10	44	4.11	4.78	-0.15	0.00	102.0	5.03	11	1.1	1.0	-0.1	1.9	20	.586	.507	$
CLV (1 yr)				8.0	1	1	8	9.00	5.40	-0.79	0.00	95.0	5.89	-3	-0.2		-0.0	-0.1	-2	.310	.499	$

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1899	20	0	1	.000	9.00	1	1	0	1	0	8.0	12	8	8	0	5	1	0	0	0	40	43	2.125	13.5	0.0	5.6	1.1	0.20	43
1900	21	0	1	.000	9.00	1	1	0	1	0	8.0	12	8	8	0	5	1	0	0	0	40	43	2.125	13.5	0.0	5.6	1.1	0.20	43
1901	22	0	1	.000	9.00	1	1	0	1	0	8.0	12	8	8	0	5	1	0	0	0	40	43	2.125	13.5	0.0	5.6	1.1	0.20	43
1902	23	7	5	.583	2.93	14	11	3	9	0	104.1	115	52	34	1	24	19	9	0	0	444	125	1.332	9.9	0.1	2.1	1.6	0.79	125
1903	24	14	23	.378	3.19	44	39	5	34	1	346.2	384	175	123	8	67	75	19	1	2	1457	103	1.301	10.0	0.2	1.7	1.9	1.12	103
1904	25	14	26	.350	3.29	47	42	5	37	1	371.2	417	192	136	8	71	86	21	1	3	1567	99	1.313	10.1	0.2	1.7	2.1	1.21	99

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1899	20	0	0		9.00	8.0	12	9	8	0	5	1	0	2.125	13.5	5.6	1.1	0.20	0.0	1

1902	23	9	3	.750	2.21	110.0	114	30	27	1	21	20	10	1.227	9.3	1.7	1.6	0.95	0.1	13
1903	24	16	13	.552	3.57	267.0	317	118	106	8	51	62	12	1.378	10.7	1.7	2.1	1.22	0.3	30
1904	25	1	1	.500	6.26	23.0	38	18	16	0	5	10	2	1.870	14.9	2.0	3.9	2.00	0.0	3
4 Yrs		26	17	.605	3.46	408.0	481	175	157	9	82	93	24	1.380	10.6		2.1	1.13	0.2	47

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Home Runs s c a p y 1903 AL 7 (6th)	Losses s c a p y 1903 AL 18 (5th)	Earned Runs s c a p y 1903 AL 89 (8th)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1903 AL 10 (7th)
Youngest s c a p y 1899 NL born 1878-08-09 (7th)

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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