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Bill Steele
William Mitchell Steele (Big Bill)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 200 lb.

Debut September 10, 1910
Final Game October 1, 1914
Born October 5, 1885 in Milford, PA
Died October 19, 1949 in Overland, MO

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Pitching  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / 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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1910 24 STL NL   4   4   9   8   8   0   1  1   71.7   71   35   26   1   24   25   6   2   299       0  3.27  2.96   91 1.326
 1911 25 STL NL  18  19  43  34  23   1   8  3  287.3  287  153  119   8  113  115  10   7  1189       0  3.73  3.36   90 1.392
 1912 26 STL NL   9  13  40  25   7   0  10  2  194.0  245  143  101   5   66   67   7   6   870       0  4.69  3.43   73 1.603
 1913 27 STL NL   4   4  12   9   2   0   1  0   54.0   58   31   30   3   18   10   3   1   230       0  5.00  3.23   65 1.407
 1914 28 TOT NL   2   3  25   3   0   0  12  1   69.7   72   46   26   4   14   19   3   1   293       0  3.36  2.80   83 1.234
         STL NL   1   2  17   2   0   0   7  0   53.3   55   30   16   3    7   16   3   1   219       0  2.70  2.78  103 1.163
         BRO NL   1   1   8   1   0   0   5  1   16.3   17   16   10   1    7    3   0   0    74       0  5.51  2.84   52 1.469
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  5 Yr WL% .463  37  43 129  79  40   1  32  7  676.7  733  408  302  21  235  236  29  17  2881       0  4.02  3.27   81 1.431
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    12  14  42  25  13   0  10  2  221.0  239  133   98   6   76   77   9   5   941   0   0  4.02  3.27   81 1.431
 Career High     18  19  43  34  23   1  12  3  287.3  287  153  119   8  113  115  10   7  1189   0   0  3.27  3.43   91 1.234

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1910 24 STL NL   9   31    3    8   1  1   0    3   0      0   4  .258  .258  .355   82   11   0           0    
 1911 25 STL NL  43  101    8   21   2  2   0   15   0     11  21  .208  .292  .267   59   27   3           1    
 1912 26 STL NL  41   61    5   11   2  1   0    8   0      9  15  .180  .286  .246   47   15   1           0    
 1913 27 STL NL  12   18    1    1   0  0   0    1   0      2   4  .056  .150  .056  -39    1   1           0    
 1914 28 TOT NL  25   20    3    6   3  0   0    3   0      2   3  .300  .364  .450  142    9   2           0    
         STL NL  17   17    2    5   2  0   0    1   0      1   2  .294  .333  .412  122    7   1           0    
         BRO NL   8    3    1    1   1  0   0    2   0      1   1  .333  .500  .667  243    2   1           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 5 Seasons      130  231   20   47   8  4   0   30   0  0  24  47  .203  .281  .273   58   63   7   0   0   1   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        288   25   59  10  5   0   37   0  0  30  59  .203  .281  .273   58   79   9   0   0   1   0
 Career High     43  101    8   21   3  2   0   15   0  0  11  21                          27   3   0   0   1   0
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1910 24 STL NL   31   23    3   3.5    85| .258  .258| .258  .332| .355  .342| .613  .674|  82  .478  -1.1  -0.1     
 1911 25 STL NL  116   83    8   2.6    93| .208  .264| .292  .341| .267  .365| .559  .706|  59  .311  -5.6  -0.6     
 1912 26 STL NL   71   51    4   2.1    98| .180  .278| .286  .347| .246  .378| .532  .725|  47  .214  -4.3  -0.4     
 1913 27 STL NL   21   18    0   0.0    90| .056  .267| .150  .332| .056  .364| .206  .695| -39  .000  -3.3  -0.4     
 1914 28 TOT NL   24   16    3   5.0    84| .300  .258| .364  .326| .450  .345| .814  .671| 142  .658   1.2   0.2     
         STL NL   19   13    2   4.1    83| .294  .258| .333  .325| .412  .345| .745  .670| 122  .573   0.5   0.1     
         BRO NL    5    3    1   8.9    86| .333  .261| .500  .329| .667  .349|1.167  .679| 243  .847   0.7   0.1     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 5 Seasons       263  191   18   2.5    92| .203  .267| .281  .340| .273  .363| .554  .703|  58  .303 -13.1  -1.3     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1910 24 STL NL P 9 2 24 0 0 1.000 .945 2.89 1.77 3.26 2.82 8 71.7 1911 25 STL NL P 43 14 88 2 5 .981 .943 2.37 1.72 3.20 2.77 34 287.3 1912 26 STL NL P 40 10 66 2 2 .974 .948 1.90 1.55 3.53 2.54 25 194.0 1913 27 STL NL P 12 5 9 0 2 1.000 .952 1.17 1.57 2.33 2.62 9 54.0 1914 28 TOT NL P 25 1 24 2 0 .926 .943 1.00 1.65 3.23 2.69 3 69.6 STL NL P 17 1 20 1 0 .955 .942 1.24 1.65 3.55 2.68 2 53.3 BRO NL P 8 0 4 1 0 .800 .952 0.50 1.65 2.21 2.71 1 16.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1910 24 STL NL P 9 2 24 0 0 1.000 .945 2.89 1.77 3.26 2.82 8 71.7 1911 25 STL NL P 43 14 88 2 5 .981 .943 2.37 1.72 3.20 2.77 34 287.3 1912 26 STL NL P 40 10 66 2 2 .974 .948 1.90 1.55 3.53 2.54 25 194.0 1913 27 STL NL P 12 5 9 0 2 1.000 .952 1.17 1.57 2.33 2.62 9 54.0 1914 28 TOT NL P 25 1 24 2 0 .926 .943 1.00 1.65 3.23 2.69 3 69.6 STL NL P 17 1 20 1 0 .955 .942 1.24 1.65 3.55 2.68 2 53.3 BRO NL P 8 0 4 1 0 .800 .952 0.50 1.65 2.21 2.71 1 16.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 129 32 211 6 9 .976 .945 1.88 1.64 3.23 2.69 79 676.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 129 32 211 6 9 .976 .945 1.88 1.64 3.23 2.69 79 677
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.

Wins
1911 NL-18-9

Games
1911 NL-43-8

Saves
1911 NL-3-8
1912 NL-2-10

Innings
1911 NL-287.3-8

Games Started
1911 NL-34-7

Comp. Games
1911 NL-23-6

Bases On Balls Allow.
1911 NL-113-6

Hits Allowed
1911 NL-287-4

Losses
1911 NL-19-1

Earned Runs Allow.
1911 NL-119-2
1912 NL-101-6

Wild Pitches
1911 NL-7-7
1912 NL-6-10

Hit Batsmen
1911 NL-10-7

Batters Faced
1911 NL-1189-7

         

Gray Ink: Pitching - 17 (1143) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 2.0 (1779) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 4.0 (1324) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

August 7, 1914: Purchased by the Brooklyn Robins from the St. Louis Cardinals.


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