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Bob Wicker
Robert Kitridge Wicker

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 210 lb.

Debut August 11, 1901
Final Game September 21, 1906
Born May 24, 1878 in Bono, IN
Died January 22, 1955 in Evanston, IL

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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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1901 23 STL NL   0   0   1   0   0   0   1  0    3.0    4    3    0   0    1    2   0   0     0       0  0.00  3.19  inf 1.667
 1902 24 STL NL   5  12  22  16  14   1   6  0  152.3  159   82   54   1   45   78   1   4     0       0  3.19  2.75   86 1.339
 1903 25 TOT NL  20   9  33  27  24   1   6  1  252.0  240  115   83   3   77  113   3   8  1034       0  2.96  3.13  106 1.258
         STL NL   0   0   1   0   0   0   1  0    5.0    4    1    0   0    3    3   0   1    26       0  0.00  3.26  inf 1.400
         CHC NL  20   9  32  27  24   1   5  1  247.0  236  114   83   3   74  110   3   7  1008       0  3.02  3.13  104 1.255
 1904 26 CHC NL  17   9  30  27  23   4   3  0  229.0  201   89   68   6   58   99   3   4   929       1  2.67  2.67  100 1.131
 1905 27 CHC NL  13   6  22  22  17   4   0  0  178.0  139   46   40   3   47   86   1   2   677       0  2.02  2.96  146 1.045
 1906 28 TOT NL   9  16  30  25  19   0   4  0  222.3  220  105   69   3   65   94   1   4   908       1  2.79  2.70   97 1.282
         CHC NL   3   5  10   8   5   0   1  0   72.3   70   36   24   0   19   25   0   1   291       0  2.99  2.62   88 1.230
         CIN NL   6  11  20  17  14   0   3  0  150.0  150   69   45   3   46   69   1   3   617       1  2.70  2.73  101 1.307
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  6 Yr WL% .552  64  52 138 117  97  10  20  1 1036.7  963  440  314  16  293  472   9  22  3548       2  2.73  2.85  105 1.212
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    17  13  36  31  25   2   5  0  276.3  256  117   83   4   78  125   2   5   946   0   0  2.73  2.85  105 1.212
 Career High     20  16  33  27  24   4   6  1  252.0  240  115   83   6   77  113   3   8  1034   0   1  2.02  3.13  146 1.045

* 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1901 23 STL NL   3    3    1    1   0  0   0    0   0      0      .333  .333  .333   98    1   0           0    
 1902 24 STL NL  31   77    6   18   2  0   0    3   2      3      .234  .263  .260   64   20   2           0    
 1903 25 TOT NL  33  100   19   24   5  2   0    8   1      4      .240  .290  .330   79   33   1           3    
         STL NL   1    2    1    0   0  0   0    0   0      0      .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0    
         CHC NL  32   98   18   24   5  2   0    8   1      4      .245  .295  .337   82   33   1           3    
 1904 26 CHC NL  50  155   17   34   1  0   0    9   4      4      .219  .244  .226   45   35   3           1    
 1905 27 CHC NL  25   72    5   10   0  0   0    3   1      4      .139  .184  .139   -5   10   3           0    
 1906 28 TOT NL  30   70    6   11   1  2   0    4   2      7      .157  .234  .229   41   16   1           0    
         CHC NL  10   20    1    2   0  0   0    1   0      2      .100  .182  .100  -14    2   0           0    
         CIN NL  20   50    5    9   1  2   0    3   2      5      .180  .255  .280   64   14   1           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 6 Seasons      172  477   54   98   9  4   0   27  10  0  22   0  .205  .247  .241   47  115  10   0   0   4   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        449   51   92   8  4   0   25   9  0  21   0  .205  .247  .241   47  108   9   0   0   4   0
 Career High     50  155   19   34   5  2   0    9   4  0   7   0                          35   3   0   0   3   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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1901 23 STL NL    3    2    0   0.0    85| .333  .269| .333  .324| .333  .352| .666  .676|  98  .000  -0.0   0.0     
 1902 24 STL NL   82   61    5   2.2    75| .234  .262| .263  .316| .260  .322| .523  .638|  64  .303  -3.4  -0.4     
 1903 25 TOT NL  108   77    9   3.1    90| .240  .274| .290  .337| .330  .357| .620  .693|  79  .388  -3.0  -0.4     
         STL NL    2    2    0   0.0    90| .000  .274| .000  .336| .000  .357| .000  .694|-100  .000  -0.5  -0.1     
         CHC NL  106   75    9   3.2    90| .245  .274| .295  .337| .337  .357| .632  .693|  82  .400  -2.5  -0.3     
 1904 26 CHC NL  163  124    8   1.7    78| .219  .258| .244  .316| .226  .333| .470  .649|  45  .229 -10.4  -1.2     
 1905 27 CHC NL   79   65    2   0.8    87| .139  .269| .184  .332| .139  .351| .323  .683|  -5  .065  -9.5  -1.1     
 1906 28 TOT NL   78   60    4   1.8    79| .157  .258| .234  .325| .229  .328| .463  .654|  41  .256  -5.1  -0.6     
         CHC NL   22   18    0   0.0    80| .100  .259| .182  .327| .100  .330| .282  .657| -14  .000  -2.7  -0.3     
         CIN NL   56   42    4   2.5    79| .180  .257| .255  .325| .280  .328| .535  .652|  64  .399  -2.4  -0.3     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 6 Seasons       513  389   28   1.9    81| .205  .264| .247  .324| .241  .338| .488  .663|  47  .249 -31.4  -3.7     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1901 23 STL NL OF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 2.00 P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.40 0.00 2.70 0 3.0 1902 24 STL NL P 22 15 47 9 3 .873 .932 2.82 2.41 3.66 2.72 16 152.3 OF 3 7 0 1 0 .875 .946 2.33 1.93 1903 25 TOT NL P 33 13 45 9 2 .866 .925 1.76 2.43 2.07 2.87 27 252.0 STL NL P 1 0 4 0 0 1.000 .930 4.00 2.40 7.20 2.88 0 5.0 CHC NL P 32 13 41 9 2 .857 .925 1.69 2.43 1.97 2.87 27 247.0 1904 26 CHC NL P 30 18 33 5 1 .911 .939 1.70 2.62 2.00 3.03 27 229.0 OF 20 30 1 2 0 .939 .948 1.55 1.86 1905 27 CHC NL P 22 3 36 2 3 .951 .942 1.77 2.42 1.97 2.97 22 178.0 OF 3 5 0 0 0 1.000 .962 1.67 1.93 1906 28 TOT NL P 30 13 38 6 2 .895 .948 1.70 2.40 2.06 3.05 25 222.3 CHC NL P 10 7 14 4 1 .840 .946 2.10 2.40 2.61 3.05 8 72.3 CIN NL P 20 6 24 2 1 .938 .949 1.50 2.40 1.80 3.05 17 150.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1901 23 STL NL OF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 2.00 1902 24 STL NL OF 3 7 0 1 0 .875 .946 2.33 1.93 1904 26 CHC NL OF 20 30 1 2 0 .939 .948 1.55 1.86 1905 27 CHC NL OF 3 5 0 0 0 1.000 .962 1.67 1.93 1901 23 STL NL P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.40 0.00 2.70 0 3.0 1902 24 STL NL P 22 15 47 9 3 .873 .932 2.82 2.41 3.66 2.72 16 152.3 1903 25 TOT NL P 33 13 45 9 2 .866 .925 1.76 2.43 2.07 2.87 27 252.0 STL NL P 1 0 4 0 0 1.000 .930 4.00 2.40 7.20 2.88 0 5.0 CHC NL P 32 13 41 9 2 .857 .925 1.69 2.43 1.97 2.87 27 247.0 1904 26 CHC NL P 30 18 33 5 1 .911 .939 1.70 2.62 2.00 3.03 27 229.0 1905 27 CHC NL P 22 3 36 2 3 .951 .942 1.77 2.42 1.97 2.97 22 178.0 1906 28 TOT NL P 30 13 38 6 2 .895 .948 1.70 2.40 2.06 3.05 25 222.3 CHC NL P 10 7 14 4 1 .840 .946 2.10 2.40 2.61 3.05 8 72.3 CIN NL P 20 6 24 2 1 .938 .949 1.50 2.40 1.80 3.05 17 150.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 138 62 199 31 11 .894 .936 1.89 2.46 117 1036.7 OF 27 43 1 3 0 .936 .948 1.63 1.88 0 0 0 0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 165 105 200 34 11 .900 .938 1.85 2.36
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.

ERA
1905 NL-2.02-3
Car-2.73-80

Wins
1903 NL-20-8

Won-Loss %
1903 NL-.690-5
1904 NL-.654-7
1905 NL-.684-6

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1905 NL-1.045-4

Hits Allowed/9IP
1905 NL-7.03-4

Strikeouts/9IP
1902 NL-4.61-5
1903 NL-4.04-6
1905 NL-4.35-9

Strikeouts
1903 NL-113-9

Shutouts
1904 NL-4-7
1905 NL-4-6

Home Runs Allow.
1904 NL-6-9

SO to Walk
1904 NL-1.71-10
1905 NL-1.83-9

Wild Pitches
1903 NL-8-6

Games Finished
1902 NL-6-2
1903 NL-6-4

Adjusted ERA+
1905 NL-146-3

         

Gray Ink: Pitching - 25 (912) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 18.0 (349) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 12.0 (821) (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 

April, 1903: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals to the Chicago Cubs for Bob Rhoads.

June 2, 1906: Traded by the Chicago Cubs to the Cincinnati Reds for Orval Overall and $2,000.


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