Barney Wolfe

Wilbert Otto Wolfe

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1"

Born: June 7, 1876 in Independence, PA (All Transactions)
Debut: April 24, 1903
Teams (by GP): Senators/Highlanders 1903-1906

Final Game: May 24, 1906
Died: February 27, 1953 in Gibsontown, PA
Buried: Mount Auburn Cemetery, Fayette City, 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
1903	27	NYY	AL	6	9	.400	2.97	20	16	4	12	1	0	148.1	143	66	49	1	26	48	6	0	2	598	105	1.139	8.7	0.1	1.6	2.9	1.85
1904	28	TOT	AL	6	13	.316	3.26	24	19	5	15	2	0	160.1	162	82	58	1	26	52	13	0	5	654	83	1.173	9.1	0.1	1.5	2.9	2.00
1904	28	NYY	AL	0	3	.000	3.21	7	3	4	2	0	0	33.2	31	18	12	1	4	8	2	0	2	132	86	1.040	8.3	0.3	1.1	2.1	2.00
1904	28	WSH	AL	6	10	.375	3.27	17	16	1	13	2	0	126.2	131	64	46	0	22	44	11	0	3	522	82	1.208	9.3	0.0	1.6	3.1	2.00
1905	29	WSH	AL	9	14	.391	2.57	28	23	4	17	1	1	182.0	162	76	52	1	37	52	8	0	4	720	102	1.093	8.0	0.0	1.8	2.6	1.41
1906	30	WSH	AL	0	3	.000	4.05	4	3	1	2	0	0	20.0	17	11	9	0	10	8	2	0	0	85	67	1.350	7.7	0.0	4.5	3.6	0.80
1907	31	CHO	D					14																								CHO · POML
1908	32	ELV	C	10	9	.526		20																								ELV · OHPA
1909	33	WHE,CLK	B,D	6	3	.667		24						95.0	90	31			19							1.147	8.5		1.8			WHE,CLK · CENL,PWVL
4 Yrs				21	39	.350	2.96	76	61	14	46	4	1	510.2	484	235	168	3	99	160	29	0	11	2057	95	1.142	8.5	0.1	1.7	2.8	1.62
162 Game Avg.				10	19	.350	2.96	38	30	7	23	2	0	253	240	117	83	1	49	79	14	0	5	1021	95	1.142	8.5	0.1	1.7	2.8	1.62

WSH (3 yrs)				15	27	.357	2.93	49	42	6	32	3	1	328.2	310	151	107	1	69	104	21	0	7	1327	91	1.153	8.5	0.0	1.9	2.8	1.51
NYY (2 yrs)				6	12	.333	3.02	27	19	8	14	1	0	182.0	174	84	61	2	30	56	8	0	4	730	101	1.121	8.6	0.1	1.5	2.8	1.87

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
1903	27	NYY	AL	148.1	20	16	66	4.00	4.08	0.12	0.00	105.0	4.15	5	0.6	1.0	-0.2	1.7	15	.528	.503	$
1904	28	NYY	AL	33.2	7	3	18	4.81	3.50	0.32	0.00	105.0	3.33	-5	-0.6	1.0	-0.0	-0.3	-3	.416	.496	$
1904	28	WSH	AL	126.2	17	16	64	4.55	3.65	-0.47	0.00	103.0	4.24	-3	-0.4	1.0	-0.1	0.6	6	.479	.498	$
1905	29	WSH	AL	182.0	28	23	76	3.76	3.69	0.01	0.00	99.0	3.64	-1	-0.1	1.0	-0.1	1.4	13	.496	.499	$
1906	30	WSH	AL	20.0	4	3	11	4.95	3.70	-0.34	0.00	98.0	3.95	-2	-0.2	1.0	-0.0	-0.1	-0	.439	.499	$
4 Seasons				510.2	76	61	235	4.14	3.78	-0.07	0.00	102.1	3.93	-6	-0.7	1.0	-0.4	3.3	32	.490	.499	$

WSH (3 yrs)				328.2	49	42	151	4.13	3.68	-0.19	0.00	100.5	3.89	-6	-0.7	1.0	-0.2	1.9	19	.485	.499	$
NYY (2 yrs)				182.0	27	19	84	4.15	3.97	0.16	0.00	105.0	4.00	-0	-0.0	1.0	-0.2	1.4	13	.499	.500	$

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1903	27	6	9	.400	2.97	20	16	4	12	1	0	148.1	143	66	49	1	26	48	6	2	598	105	1.139	8.7	0.1	1.6	2.9	1.85	105
1904	28	12	22	.353	3.12	44	35	9	27	3	0	308.2	305	148	107	2	52	100	19	7	1252	93	1.157	8.9	0.1	1.5	2.9	1.92	93
1905	29	21	36	.368	2.92	72	58	13	44	4	1	490.2	467	224	159	3	89	152	27	11	1972	96	1.133	8.6	0.1	1.6	2.8	1.71	96
1906	30	21	39	.350	2.96	76	61	14	46	4	1	510.2	484	235	168	3	99	160	29	11	2057	95	1.142	8.5	0.1	1.7	2.8	1.62	95

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
1903	27	11	7	.611	3.26	163.0	169	66	59	1	31	53	7	1.227	9.3	1.7	2.9	1.71	0.1	20
1904	28	7	9	.438	4.35	149.0	183	80	72	1	29	48	15	1.423	11.1	1.8	2.9	1.66	0.1	24
1905	29	11	8	.579	3.51	172.0	188	74	67	1	43	49	9	1.343	9.8	2.3	2.6	1.14	0.1	28
1906	30	1	1	.500	5.68	19.0	20	13	12	0	12	7	2	1.684	9.5	5.7	3.3	0.58	0.0	4
4 Yrs		30	25	.545	3.76	503.0	560	233	210	3	115	157	33	1.342	10.0		2.8	1.37	0.1	76

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y 1903 AL 1.578 (10th) 1904 AL 1.460 (7th) 1905 AL 1.830 (7th)	Saves s c a p y 1905 AL 1 (2nd)	Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y 1903 AL 0.061 (4th) 1905 AL 0.050 (5th)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1904 AL 13 (8th)
Games Finished s c a p y 1903 AL 4 (10th) 1904 AL 5 (7th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 9 (1547), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 1 (1951), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 16 (445), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Rankin Johnson (981) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Rankin Johnson (975) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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