Snake Wiltse

Lewis DeWitt Wiltse

Positions: Pitcher, First Baseman and Outfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Left

Born: December 5, 1871 in Bouckville, NY (All Transactions)
Debut: May 5, 1901
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Orioles/Pirates/Highlanders 1901-1903

Final Game: May 18, 1903
Died: August 25, 1928 in Harrisburg, PA
Buried: Paxtang Cemetery, Harrisburg, PA
Relatives: Brother of Hooks Wiltse
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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
1900	28	SYR,TOL	A,B	13	21	.382		37	36		32	2		301.0	283	168			90	90						1.239	8.5		2.7	2.7	1.00	SYR,TOL · EL,ISLG
1901	29	TOT	MLB	14	9	.609	3.72	26	24	2	21	2	0	210.1	242	119	87	3	48	50	12	1	5	908	99	1.379	10.4	0.1	2.1	2.1	1.04
1901	29	PIT	NL	1	4	.200	4.26	7	5	2	3	0	0	44.1	57	28	21	2	13	10	5	1	0	202	78	1.579	11.6	0.4	2.6	2.0	0.77
1901	29	PHA	AL	13	5	.722	3.58	19	19	0	18	2	0	166.0	185	91	66	1	35	40	7	0	5	706	106	1.325	10.0	0.1	1.9	2.2	1.14
1902	30	TOT	AL	15	19	.441	5.13	38	35	3	31	0	1	302.0	*397*	226	*172*	11	92	65	13	0	10	1358	72	1.619	11.8	0.3	2.7	1.9	0.71
1902	30	PHA	AL	8	8	.500	5.15	19	17	2	13	0	1	138.0	182	99	79	7	41	28	5	0	5	619	71	1.616	11.9	0.5	2.7	1.8	0.68
1902	30	BLA	AL	7	11	.389	5.10	19	18	1	18	0	0	164.0	215	127	93	4	51	37	8	0	5	739	74	1.622	11.8	0.2	2.8	2.0	0.73
1903	31	NYY	AL	0	3	.000	5.40	4	3	1	2	0	1	25.0	35	17	15	1	6	6	1	0	2	113	59	1.640	12.6	0.4	2.2	2.2	1.00
1905	33	BLT	A	3	5	.375		16						73.0	81	33			10							1.247	10.0		1.2			BLT · EL
1907	35	NWK,JHN	A,B	5	6	.455		19						51.0	41	19			12							1.039	7.2		2.1			NWK,JHN · EL,TRIS
1908	36	SYR,JER	B,A	13	9	.591		30	26					246.1	188	77		0	72							1.055	6.9	0.0	2.6			SYR,JER · NYSL,EL
1909	37	SYR	B					48																								SYR · NYSL
1910	38	SYR	B	7	10	.412		17																								SYR · NYSL
3 Yrs				29	31	.483	4.59	68	62	6	54	2	2	537.1	674	362	274	15	146	121	26	1	17	2379	80	1.526	11.3	0.3	2.4	2.0	0.83
162 Game Avg.				15	16	.483	4.59	36	32	3	28	1	1	281	353	189	143	8	76	63	14	1	9	1244	80	1.526	11.3	0.3	2.4	2.0	0.83

PHA (2 yrs)				21	13	.618	4.29	38	36	2	31	2	1	304.0	367	190	145	8	76	68	12	0	10	1325	87	1.457	10.9	0.2	2.3	2.0	0.89
NYY (2 yrs)				7	14	.333	5.14	23	21	2	20	0	1	189.0	250	144	108	5	57	43	9	0	7	852	72	1.624	11.9	0.2	2.7	2.0	0.75
PIT (1 yr)				1	4	.200	4.26	7	5	2	3	0	0	44.1	57	28	21	2	13	10	5	1	0	202	78	1.579	11.6	0.4	2.6	2.0	0.77

AL (3 yrs)				28	27	.509	4.62	61	57	4	51	2	2	493.0	617	334	253	13	133	111	21	0	17	2177	80	1.521	11.3	0.2	2.4	2.0	0.83
NL (1 yr)				1	4	.200	4.26	7	5	2	3	0	0	44.1	57	28	21	2	13	10	5	1	0	202	78	1.579	11.6	0.4	2.6	2.0	0.77

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
1901	29	PIT	NL	44.1	7	5	28	5.68	4.50	0.35	0.00	99.0	4.11	-7	-0.7	1.0	-0.1	-0.4	-4	.402	.496	$
1901	29	PHA	AL	166.0	19	19	91	4.93	5.27	-0.01	0.00	103.0	5.44	12	1.1		-0.1	2.5	29	.561	.507	$
1902	30	PHA	AL	138.0	19	17	99	6.46	4.78	-0.16	0.00	102.0	5.03	-20	-1.8	1.0	-0.2	-0.8	-7	.404	.489	$
1902	30	BLA	AL	164.0	19	18	127	6.97	4.86	-0.75	0.00	105.0	5.89	-18	-1.6	1.0	-0.2	-0.4	-3	.414	.490	$
1903	31	NYY	AL	25.0	4	3	17	6.12	4.08	0.14	0.00	105.0	4.14	-5	-0.5	1.0	-0.0	-0.3	-3	.375	.497	$
3 Seasons				537.1	68	62	362	6.06	4.90	-0.23	0.00	103.1	5.30	-39	-3.5	1.0	-0.5	0.6	11	.448	.496	$

PHA (2 yrs)				304.0	38	36	190	5.63	5.05	-0.07	0.00	102.5	5.26	-8	-0.7	1.0	-0.3	1.7	21	.482	.498	$
NYY (2 yrs)				189.0	23	21	144	6.86	4.76	-0.63	0.00	105.0	5.66	-23	-2.1	1.0	-0.2	-0.7	-6	.407	.493	$
PIT (1 yr)				44.1	7	5	28	5.68	4.50	0.35	0.00	99.0	4.11	-7	-0.7	1.0	-0.1	-0.4	-4	.402	.496	$

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	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	ERA+
1901	29	14	9	.609	3.72	26	24	2	21	2	0	210.1	242	119	87	3	48	50	12	1	5	908	99	1.379	10.4	0.1	2.1	2.1	1.04	99
1902	30	29	28	.509	4.55	64	59	5	52	2	1	512.1	639	345	259	14	140	115	25	1	15	2266	81	1.520	11.2	0.2	2.5	2.0	0.82	81
1903	31	29	31	.483	4.59	68	62	6	54	2	2	537.1	674	362	274	15	146	121	26	1	17	2379	80	1.526	11.3	0.3	2.4	2.0	0.83	80

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
1901	29	17	10	.630	3.08	248.0	260	94	85	3	52	59	13	1.258	9.4	1.9	2.1	1.13	0.1	26
1902	30	16	22	.421	4.55	348.0	435	196	176	12	101	75	14	1.540	11.3	2.6	1.9	0.74	0.3	38
1903	31	1	2	.333	6.00	27.0	42	20	18	1	7	7	1	1.815	14.0	2.3	2.3	1.00	0.3	4
3 Yrs		34	34	.500	4.03	623.0	737	310	279	16	160	141	28	1.440	10.6		2.0	0.88	0.2	68

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Win-Loss % s c a p y 1901 AL .722 (3rd)	Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y 1901 AL 1.325 (10th)	Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y 1901 AL 1.898 (9th)	Games Played s c a p y 1902 AL 38 (4th)
Saves s c a p y 1902 AL 1 (2nd) 1903 AL 1 (6th)	Innings Pitched s c a p y 1902 AL 302.0 (6th)	Games Started s c a p y 1902 AL 35 (5th)	Complete Games s c a p y 1902 AL 31 (7th)
Shutouts s c a p y 1901 AL 2 (7th)	Home Runs s c a p y 1902 AL 11 (4th)	Bases on Balls s c a p y 1902 AL 92 (6th)	Hits s c a p y 1902 AL 397 (1st)
Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y 1901 AL 0.054 (2nd)	Losses s c a p y 1902 AL 19 (2nd)	Earned Runs s c a p y 1902 AL 172 (1st)	Wild Pitches s c a p y 1902 AL 10 (3rd)
Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1902 AL 13 (3rd)	Batters Faced s c a p y 1902 AL 1,358 (3rd)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 19 (1112), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 2 (1697), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 5 (1383), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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