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Snake Wiltse
Lewis De Witt Wiltse

Bats Right, Throws Left

Debut May 5, 1901
Final Game May 18, 1903
Born December 5, 1871 in Bouckville, NY
Died August 25, 1928 in Harrisburg, PA

Brother of Hooks Wiltse

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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 29 TOT     14   9  26  24  21   2   2  0  210.3  242  119   87   3   48   50  12   5     0       1  3.72  3.66   98 1.379
         PIT NL   1   4   7   5   3   0   2  0   44.3   57   28   21   2   13   10   5   0     0       1  4.26  3.25   76 1.579
         PHA AL  13   5  19  19  18   2   0  0  166.0  185   91   66   1   35   40   7   5     0       0  3.58  3.77  105 1.325
 1902 30 TOT AL  15  19  38  35  31   0   3  1  302.0  397  226  172  11   92   65  11  10   766       0  5.13  3.72   72 1.619
         PHA AL   8   8  19  17  13   0   2  1  138.0  182   99   79   7   41   28   3   5     0       0  5.15  3.68   71 1.616
         BLA AL   7  11  19  18  18   0   1  0  164.0  215  127   93   4   51   37   8   5   766       0  5.10  3.75   73 1.622
 1903 31 NYY AL   0   3   4   3   2   0   1  1   25.0   35   17   15   1    6    6   1   2   115       0  5.40  3.11   58 1.640
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  3 Yr WL% .483  29  31  68  62  54   2   6  2  537.3  674  362  274  15  146  121  24  17   881       1  4.59  3.67   80 1.526
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    15  16  35  32  28   1   3  1  281.0  352  189  143   7   76   63  12   8   460   0   0  4.59  3.67   80 1.526
 Career High     15  19  38  35  31   2   3  1  302.0  397  226  172  11   92   65  12  10   766   0   1  3.72  3.72   98 1.379

* 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 29 TOT     26   86   18   28   5  3   0   11   0      3      .326  .363  .453  124   39   3           2    
         PIT NL   7   19    0    3   0  0   0    0   0      0      .158  .200  .158    3    3   1           1    
         PHA AL  19   67   18   25   5  3   0   11   0      3      .373  .408  .537  157   36   2           1    
 1902 30 TOT AL  56  189   25   49   4  6   2   26   1     10      .259  .314  .376   87   71   2           5    
         PHA AL  20   57    4   10   0  2   0    2   0      1      .175  .230  .246   29   14   0           3    
         BLA AL  36  132   21   39   4  4   2   24   1      9      .295  .350  .432  112   57   2           2    
 1903 31 NYY AL   4    9    0    2   1  0   0    0   0      0      .222  .222  .333   61    3   0           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 3 Seasons       86  284   43   79  10  9   2   37   1  0  13   0  .278  .326  .398   97  113   5   0   0   7   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        535   81  149  19 17   4   70   2  0  24   0  .278  .326  .398   97  213   9   0   0  13   0
 Career High     56  189   25   49   5  6   2   26   1  0  10   0                          71   3   0   0   5   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 29 TOT      94   61   14   6.0    98| .326  .287| .363  .343| .453  .383| .816  .726| 124  .655   2.5   0.2     
         PIT NL   21   17    0   0.0    91| .158  .279| .200  .335| .158  .364| .358  .699|   3  .000  -2.4  -0.3     
         PHA AL   73   44   14   8.3   100| .373  .289| .408  .346| .537  .388| .945  .734| 157  .768   4.9   0.5     
 1902 30 TOT AL  206  142   22   4.1   101| .259  .289| .314  .346| .376  .389| .690  .736|  87  .482  -4.4  -0.4     
         PHA AL   61   47    3   1.7   101| .175  .289| .230  .346| .246  .389| .476  .736|  29  .155  -5.9  -0.6     
         BLA AL  145   95   19   5.3   101| .295  .289| .350  .346| .432  .389| .782  .736| 112  .598   1.6   0.2     
 1903 31 NYY AL    9    7    1   3.8    87| .222  .270| .222  .320| .333  .365| .555  .685|  61  .525  -0.4   0.0     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 3 Seasons       309  210   37   4.6   100| .278  .288| .326  .345| .398  .387| .724  .731|  97  .542  -2.2  -0.2     

* 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 29 TOT P 26 11 68 6 2 .929 .931 3.04 2.48 3.38 2.94 24 210.3 PIT NL P 7 1 17 0 0 1.000 .933 2.57 2.39 3.66 2.74 5 44.3 PHA AL P 19 10 51 6 2 .910 .930 3.21 2.51 3.31 2.99 19 166.0 1902 30 TOT AL P 38 38 69 8 7 .930 .928 2.82 2.65 3.19 3.10 35 302.0 PHA AL P 19 17 31 4 3 .923 .928 2.53 2.65 3.13 3.10 17 138.0 BLA AL P 19 21 38 4 4 .937 .928 3.11 2.65 3.24 3.10 18 164.0 1B 12 126 2 6 4 .955 .980 10.67 10.73 OF 4 10 1 0 0 1.000 .940 2.75 2.05 2B 1 3 3 0 0 1.000 .952 6.00 5.30 1903 31 NYY AL P 4 2 6 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 2.73 2.88 3.20 3 25.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1902 30 BLA AL 1B 12 126 2 6 4 .955 .980 10.67 10.73 1902 30 BLA AL 2B 1 3 3 0 0 1.000 .952 6.00 5.30 1902 30 BLA AL OF 4 10 1 0 0 1.000 .940 2.75 2.05 1901 29 TOT P 26 11 68 6 2 .929 .931 3.04 2.48 3.38 2.94 24 210.3 PIT NL P 7 1 17 0 0 1.000 .933 2.57 2.39 3.66 2.74 5 44.3 PHA AL P 19 10 51 6 2 .910 .930 3.21 2.51 3.31 2.99 19 166.0 1902 30 TOT AL P 38 38 69 8 7 .930 .928 2.82 2.65 3.19 3.10 35 302.0 PHA AL P 19 17 31 4 3 .923 .928 2.53 2.65 3.13 3.10 17 138.0 BLA AL P 19 21 38 4 4 .937 .928 3.11 2.65 3.24 3.10 18 164.0 1903 31 NYY AL P 4 2 6 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 2.73 2.88 3.20 3 25.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 68 51 143 14 9 .933 .930 2.85 2.59 62 537.3 1B 12 126 2 6 4 .955 .980 10.67 10.73 OF 4 10 1 0 0 1.000 .940 2.75 2.05 0 0 0 2B 1 3 3 0 0 1.000 .952 6.00 5.30 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 85 190 149 20 13 .944 .949 3.99 3.75
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.

Won-Loss %
1901 AL-.722-3

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1901 AL-1.325-10

Bases on Balls/9IP
1901 AL-1.90-9

Games
1902 AL-38-4

Saves
1902 AL-1-2
1903 AL-1-6

Innings
1902 AL-302.0-6

Games Started
1902 AL-35-5

Comp. Games
1902 AL-31-7

Shutouts
1901 AL-2-7

Home Runs Allow.
1902 AL-11-4

Bases On Balls Allow.
1902 AL-92-6

Hits Allowed
1902 AL-397-1

Losses
1902 AL-19-2

Earned Runs Allow.
1902 AL-172-1

Wild Pitches
1902 AL-10-4

Hit Batsmen
1902 AL-11-8

   

Gray Ink: Pitching - 19 (1086) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Batting - 4.0 (2749) Pitching - 5.0 (1321) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 2.0 (1587) (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 

June 27, 1901: Released by the Pittsburgh Pirates. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

July 20, 1901: Signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Athletics.

July, 1902: Purchased by the Baltimore Orioles from the Philadelphia Athletics.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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