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Bill Stearns
William E. Stearns

Bats Unknown, Throws Right

Debut June 26, 1871
Final Game June 12, 1875
Born March 20, 1853 in Washington, DC
Died December 30, 1898 in Washington, DC

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Pitching  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1871 18 OLY NA   2   0   2   2   2   0      0   18.0   10   11    5   0    8    0                     0  2.50  4.09  164 1.000
 1872 19 NAT NA   0  11  11  11  11   0      0   99.0  194  190   76   2    3    2                     0  6.91  4.68   68 1.990
 1873 20 WAS NA   7  25  32  32  32   0      0  283.0  481  395  143   8   15    4                     0  4.55  3.32   73 1.753
 1874 21 HAR NA   2  14  22  18  14   0      1  164.0  255  194   82   1   13   14                     0  4.50  3.17   70 1.634
 1875 22 WAS NA   1  14  17  16  14   0      0  141.0  243  211   84   1    4   15                     0  5.36  2.61   49 1.752
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  5 Yr WL% .158  12  64  84  79  73   0      1  705.0 1183 1001  390  12   43   35                     0  4.98  3.35   67 1.739
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     5  26  35  32  30   0   0  0  294.0  493  417  162   5   17   14   0   0     0   0   0  4.98  3.35   67 1.739
 Career High      7  25  32  32  32   0   0  1  283.0  481  395  143   8   15   15   0   0     0   0   0  4.50  4.68   73 1.634

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1871 18 OLY NA   2    9    1    0   0  0   0    1   0  0   2   2  .000  .182  .000  -40    0                    
 1872 19 NAT NA  11   45    8   12   1  0   0    4   0  0   0   0  .267  .267  .289   61   13                    
 1873 20 WAS NA  32  133   22   24   0  0   0    8   0  0   4   9  .180  .204  .180   17   24                    
 1874 21 HAR NA  33  132   16   21   1  0   0    9   0  0   7   7  .159  .201  .167   16   22                    
 1875 22 WAS NA  21   78    9   20   0  0   0    7   0  1   1   4  .256  .266  .256   85   20                    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 5 Seasons       99  397   56   77   2  0   0   29   0  1  14  22  .194  .221  .199   32   79   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        650   92  126   3  0   0   47   0  2  23  36  .194  .221  .199   32  129   0   0   0   0   0
 Career High     33  133   22   24   1  0   0    9   0  1   7   9  .180  .204  .180   17   24   0   0   0   0   0
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1871 18 OLY NA   11    9    0   0.0    85| .000  .280| .182  .305| .000  .376| .182  .681| -40  .000  -1.5  -0.1   0%
 1872 19 NAT NA   45   33    3   2.4    88| .267  .307| .267  .319| .289  .374| .556  .692|  61  .238  -2.2  -0.2   0%
 1873 20 WAS NA  137  109    5   1.2    81| .180  .292| .204  .304| .180  .360| .384  .665|  17  .078 -12.9  -1.3   0%
 1874 21 HAR NA  139  111    4   1.0    75| .159  .284| .201  .293| .167  .349| .368  .642|  16  .068 -12.1  -1.3   0%
 1875 22 WAS NA   79   59    5   2.3    55| .256  .253| .266  .260| .256  .310| .522  .570|  85  .336  -1.2  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 5 Seasons       411  321   17   1.4    75| .194  .283| .221  .294| .199  .348| .420  .642|  32  .120 -29.9  -3.0   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn    LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1871 18 OLY NA P 2 0 5 1 0 .833 .862 2.50 1.95 2.50 2.15 2 18.0 1872 19 NAT NA P 11 3 12 7 0 .682 .811 1.36 1.82 1.36 2.01 11 99.0 1873 20 WAS NA P 32 17 27 16 1 .733 .791 1.38 1.79 1.40 1.94 32 283.0 1874 21 HAR NA P 22 14 20 20 1 .630 .810 1.55 2.05 1.87 2.17 18 164.0 OF 19 17 0 7 0 .708 .802 0.89 1.89 0 4 15 1875 22 WAS NA P 17 13 19 16 0 .667 .865 1.88 2.33 2.04 2.59 16 141.0 OF 7 10 1 5 1 .688 .821 1.57 1.77 2 5 0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1874 21 HAR NA OF 19 17 0 7 0 .708 .802 0.89 1.89 0 4 15 1875 22 WAS NA OF 7 10 1 5 1 .688 .821 1.57 1.77 2 5 0 1871 18 OLY NA P 2 0 5 1 0 .833 .862 2.50 1.95 2.50 2.15 2 18.0 1872 19 NAT NA P 11 3 12 7 0 .682 .811 1.36 1.82 1.36 2.01 11 99.0 1873 20 WAS NA P 32 17 27 16 1 .733 .791 1.38 1.79 1.40 1.94 32 283.0 1874 21 HAR NA P 22 14 20 20 1 .630 .810 1.55 2.05 1.87 2.17 18 164.0 1875 22 WAS NA P 17 13 19 16 0 .667 .865 1.88 2.33 2.04 2.59 16 141.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Position Total P* 84 47 83 60 2 .684 .818 1.55 1.98 79 705.0 OF 26 27 1 12 1 .700 .809 1.08 1.86 2 9 15 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Overall Total 110 74 84 72 3 .687 .817 1.44 1.95
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Bases on Balls
1874 NA-7-4

Strikeouts
1873 NA-9-4

ERA
1873 NA-4.55-10
1874 NA-4.50-9

Wins
1871 NA-2-10
1873 NA-7-7
1874 NA-2-10

Won-Loss %
1871 NA-1.000-1
1873 NA-.219-10
1874 NA-.125-10

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1873 NA-1.753-9
1874 NA-1.634-9

Hits Allowed/9IP
1873 NA-15.30-10
1874 NA-13.99-9

Bases on Balls/9IP
1872 NA-.27-2
1873 NA-.48-2
1874 NA-.71-8
1875 NA-.26-6

Strikeouts/9IP
1874 NA-.77-1
1875 NA-.96-6

Games
1873 NA-32-7
1874 NA-22-9

Saves
1874 NA-1-2

Innings
1873 NA-283.0-7
1874 NA-164.0-10

Strikeouts
1873 NA-4-9
1874 NA-14-5
1875 NA-15-6

Games Started
1872 NA-11-10
1873 NA-32-7
1874 NA-18-10

Comp. Games
1871 NA-2-10
1872 NA-11-8
1873 NA-32-7
1874 NA-14-10

Home Runs Allow.
1872 NA-2-9
1873 NA-8-1
1874 NA-1-8

Bases On Balls Allow.
1873 NA-15-7
1874 NA-13-7

Hits Allowed
1872 NA-194-9
1873 NA-481-5
1874 NA-255-9

SO to Walk
1872 NA-.67-8
1874 NA-1.08-4
1875 NA-3.75-5

Losses
1872 NA-11-7
1873 NA-25-2
1874 NA-14-10
1875 NA-14-10

Earned Runs Allow.
1872 NA-76-8
1873 NA-143-2
1874 NA-82-9
1875 NA-84-8

Adjusted ERA+
1873 NA-73-10
1874 NA-70-9

Youngest Player
1871 NA-18-1
1872 NA-19-6
1873 NA-20-10

 

Black Ink: Pitching - 3 (546) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Batting - 2 (2067) (Average HOFer ≈ 144) Pitching - 75 (322) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Batting - 1.0 (3880) Pitching - 10.0 (799) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 1.0 (1835) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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