Bill Wise

William E. Wise

Positions: Pitcher, Outfielder and Third Baseman
Bats: Unknown, Throws: Unknown
Height: 5' 7", Weight: 142 lb.

Born: March 15, 1861 in Washington, DC (All Transactions)
Debut: May 2, 1882
Teams (by GP): Nationals/Orioles 1882-1886

Final Game: July 17, 1886
Died: May 5, 1940 in Washington, DC
Buried: Glenwood Cemetery, Washington, DC
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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
1882	21	BAL	AA	1	2	.333	2.77	3	3	0	3	0	0	26.0	30	14	8	1	4	9			1	115	99	1.308	10.4	0.3	1.4	3.1	2.25

1883	22	HRB	N/A	4	1	.800	0.88	5	5		4	0		41.0	33	19	4		4	25			1			0.902	7.2		0.9	5.5	6.25	HRB · ISAS
1884	23	WHS	UA	23	18	.561	3.04	50	41	8	34	4	0	364.1	383	219	123	5	60	268			42	1577	99	1.216	9.5	0.1	1.5	6.6	4.47

1885	24	WSH	N/A	1	0	1.000	3.38	1	1		0	0		8.0	11	5	3		1	1	2		2			1.500	12.4		1.1	1.1	1.00	WSH · EL
1886	25	WHS	NL	0	1	.000	9.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.0	6	6	3	0	2	0		0	0	17	41	2.667	18.0	0.0	6.0	0.0	0.00
3 Yrs				24	21	.533	3.07	54	45	8	37	4	0	393.1	419	239	134	6	66	277		0	43	1709	98	1.233	9.6	0.1	1.5	6.3	4.20
162 Game Avg.				16	14	.533	3.07	37	31	5	25	3	0	270	288	164	92	4	45	190		0	30	1174	98	1.233	9.6	0.1	1.5	6.3	4.20

BAL (1 yr)				1	2	.333	2.77	3	3	0	3	0	0	26.0	30	14	8	1	4	9			1	115	99	1.308	10.4	0.3	1.4	3.1	2.25
WHS (1 yr)				0	1	.000	9.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.0	6	6	3	0	2	0		0	0	17	41	2.667	18.0	0.0	6.0	0.0	0.00
WHS (1 yr)				23	18	.561	3.04	50	41	8	34	4	0	364.1	383	219	123	5	60	268			42	1577	99	1.216	9.5	0.1	1.5	6.6	4.47

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
1882	21	BAL	AA	26.0	3	3	14	4.85	5.50	-0.54	0.00	100.0	6.04	4	0.4		-0.0	0.5	4	.625	.502	$

1884	23	WHS	UA	364.1	50	41	219	5.41	5.73	-0.60	0.00	99.0	6.27	33	3.1	1.0	-0.8	2.4	35	.563	.519	$

1886	25	WHS	NL	3.0	1	1	6	18.00	5.48	-0.23	0.00	97.0	5.54	-4	-0.3		-0.0	-0.3	-4	.226	.498	$
3 Seasons				393.1	54	45	239	5.47	5.71	-0.60	0.00	99.1	6.25	33	3.2	1.0	-0.8	2.6	35	.560	.507	$

BAL (1 yr)				26.0	3	3	14	4.85	5.50	-0.54	0.00	100.0	6.04	4	0.4		-0.0	0.5	4	.625	.502	$
WHS (1 yr)				3.0	1	1	6	18.00	5.48	-0.23	0.00	97.0	5.54	-4	-0.3		-0.0	-0.3	-4	.226	.498	$
WHS (1 yr)				364.1	50	41	219	5.41	5.73	-0.60	0.00	99.0	6.27	33	3.1	1.0	-0.8	2.4	35	.563	.519	$

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1882	21	1	2	.333	2.77	3	3	0	3	0	26.0	30	14	8	1	4	9		1	115	99	1.308	10.4	0.3	1.4	3.1	2.25	99
1883	22	1	2	.333	2.77	3	3	0	3	0	26.0	30	14	8	1	4	9		1	115	99	1.308	10.4	0.3	1.4	3.1	2.25	99
1884	23	24	20	.545	3.02	53	44	8	37	4	390.1	413	233	131	6	64	277		43	1692	99	1.222	9.5	0.1	1.5	6.4	4.33	99
1885	24	24	20	.545	3.02	53	44	8	37	4	390.1	413	233	131	6	64	277		43	1692	99	1.222	9.5	0.1	1.5	6.4	4.33	99
1886	25	24	21	.533	3.07	54	45	8	37	4	393.1	419	239	134	6	66	277	0	43	1709	98	1.233	9.6	0.1	1.5	6.3	4.20	98

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
1882	21	5	1	.833	2.17	58.0	57	16	14	2	8	20	0	1.121	8.8	1.2	3.1	2.50	0.3	3

1884	23	75	24	.758	2.23	899.0	779	248	223	10	122	661	0	1.002	7.8	1.2	6.6	5.42	0.1	50

1886	25	0	0		6.75	4.0	7	3	3	0	2	0	0	2.250	15.8	4.5	0.0	0.00	0.0	1
3 Yrs		80	25	.762	2.25	961.0	843	267	240	12	132	681	0	1.015	7.9		6.4	5.16	0.1	54

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y 1882 AA 0.5 (9th) 1884 UA 2.4 (8th)	Wins s c a p y 1884 UA 23 (6th)	Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y 1884 UA 6.620 (8th)	Games Played s c a p y 1884 UA 50 (3rd)
Innings Pitched s c a p y 1884 UA 364.3 (4th)	Strikeouts s c a p y 1884 UA 268 (4th)	Games Started s c a p y 1884 UA 41 (4th)	Complete Games s c a p y 1884 UA 34 (6th)
Shutouts s c a p y 1884 UA 4 (4th)	Home Runs s c a p y 1884 UA 5 (7th)	Bases on Balls s c a p y 1884 UA 60 (4th)	Hits s c a p y 1884 UA 383 (4th)
Losses s c a p y 1884 UA 18 (5th)	Earned Runs s c a p y 1884 UA 123 (4th)	Wild Pitches s c a p y 1884 UA 42 (4th)	Batters Faced s c a p y 1884 UA 1,577 (4th)
Games Finished s c a p y 1884 UA 8 (1st)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 16 (1215), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 11 (915), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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