Bob Weiland

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-4, 215lb (193cm, 97kg)

Born: December 14, 1905 in Chicago, IL us

Died: November 9, 1988 in Chicago, IL

Buried: Mount Emblem Cemetery, Elmhurst, IL

High School: Lane Tech (Chicago, IL)

Debut: September 30, 1928 (Age 22-291d, 5,928th in MLB history)
vs. PHA 9.0 IP, 7 H, 9 SO, 5 BB, 0 ER, W

Last Game: April 26, 1940 (Age 34-134d)
vs. PIT 0.2 IP, 3 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 3 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1929 season

Full Name: Robert George Weiland

Nicknames: Lefty

Pronunciation: \WHY-lund\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

10.3

W

L

ERA

4.24

G

277

GS

179

SV

IP

1388.1

SO

614

WHIP

1.494

Standard Pitching

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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1927	21	MOL	D	10	8	.556		29						187.0	191	110			75								1.422	9.2		3.6			MOL MSVL
1928	22	MOL	D	20	10	.667		31						236.0	165	83			131								1.254	6.3		5.0			MOL MSVL
1928	22	CHW	AL	1	0	1.000	0.00	1	1	0	1	1	0	9.0	7	0	0	0	5	9	1	0	0	39		2.91	1.333	7.0	0.0	5.0	9.0	1.80
1929	23	TOL	AA	3	4	.429	4.50	10						54.0	57	32	27		34								1.685	9.5		5.7			TOL AA
1929	23	CHW	AL	2	4	.333	5.81	15	9	2	1	0	1	62.0	62	42	40	3	43	25	3	1	3	284	73	5.21	1.694	9.0	0.4	6.2	3.6	0.58
1930	24	BFL,TOL	AA	0	2	.000		8						42.0	47				28								1.786	10.1		6.0			BFL,TOL IL,AA
1930	24	CHW	AL	0	4	.000	6.61	14	3	5	0	0	0	32.2	38	31	24	1	21	15	2	0	1	156	70	5.09	1.806	10.5	0.3	5.8	4.1	0.71
1931	25	LOU	AA	11	8	.579	3.89	28						171.0	191	97	74		82								1.596	10.1		4.3			LOU AA
1931	25	CHW	AL	2	7	.222	5.16	15	8	0	3	0	0	75.0	75	55	43	3	46	38	4	1	1	351	83	4.62	1.613	9.0	0.4	5.5	4.6	0.83
1932	26	BOS	AL	6	16	.273	4.51	43	27	7	7	0	1	195.2	231	125	98	11	97	63	6	1	1	900	99	4.68	1.676	10.6	0.5	4.5	2.9	0.65
1933	27	BOS	AL	8	14	.364	3.87	39	27	9	12	0	3	216.1	197	107	93	19	100	97	5	1	1	933	114	4.50	1.373	8.2	0.8	4.2	4.0	0.97
1934	28	TOT	AL	2	10	.167	4.73	27	14	6	4	0	0	125.2	134	82	66	9	57	71	0	0	0	558	98	4.28	1.520	9.6	0.6	4.1	5.1	1.25
1934	28	BOS	AL	1	5	.167	5.50	11	7	2	2	0	0	55.2	63	41	34	4	27	29	0	0	0	253	86	4.47	1.617	10.2	0.6	4.4	4.7	1.07
1934	28	CLE	AL	1	5	.167	4.11	16	7	4	2	0	0	70.0	71	41	32	5	30	42	0	0	0	305	110	4.13	1.443	9.1	0.6	3.9	5.4	1.40
1935	29	WSH-STL-min	AA	9	10	.474	2.74	26						164.0	149	59	50		46								1.189	8.2		2.5			ALB,ROC IL
1935	29	SLB	AL	0	2	.000	9.56	14	4	6	0	0	0	32.0	39	35	34	6	31	11	1	0	0	163	50	7.81	2.188	11.0	1.7	8.7	3.1	0.35

1936	30	STL-min	AA	23	13	.639	3.50	55	29					265.0	249	128	103		95								1.298	8.5		3.2			ROC IL
1937	31	STL	NL	15	14	.517	3.54	41	34	4	21	2	0	264.1	283	127	104	14	94	105	5	1	5	1146	112	4.06	1.426	9.6	0.5	3.2	3.6	1.12
1938	32	STL	NL	16	11	.593	3.59	35	29	3	11	1	1	228.1	248	118	91	14	67	117	4	0	1	990	110	3.63	1.380	9.8	0.6	2.6	4.6	1.75
1939	33	STL	NL	10	12	.455	3.57	32	23	4	6	3	1	146.1	146	69	58	4	50	63	6	0	0	625	116	3.62	1.339	9.0	0.2	3.1	3.9	1.26
1940	34	CHC-min	AA	12	7	.632	3.79	25	23					164.0	130	66	69		77								1.262	7.1		4.2			LOS PCL
1940	34	STL	NL	0	0		27.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	3	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	20	15.84	3.000	27.0	9.0	0.0	0.0
1941	35	CHC-min	AA	1	6	.143	4.44	24	10		1	0		71.0	84	47	35		46	29	3	0	0				1.831	10.6		5.8	3.7	0.63	LOS,MLW PCL,AA
12 Yrs				62	94	.397	4.24	277	179	47	66	7	7	1388.1	1463	794	654	85	611	614	37	5	13	6150	100	4.31	1.494	9.5	0.6	4.0	4.0	1.00
162 Game Avg.				9	14	.397	4.24	41	27	7	10	1	1	207	218	118	98	13	91	92	6	1	2	917	100	4.31	1.494	9.5	0.6	4.0	4.0	1.00

STL (4 yrs)				41	37	.526	3.60	109	86	12	38	6	2	640.0	680	317	256	33	211	285	15	1	6	2766	111	3.82	1.392	9.6	0.5	3.0	4.0	1.35
CHW (4 yrs)				5	15	.250	5.39	45	21	7	5	1	1	178.2	182	128	107	7	115	87	10	2	5	830	80	4.82	1.662	9.2	0.4	5.8	4.4	0.76
BOS (3 yrs)				15	35	.300	4.33	93	61	18	21	0	4	467.2	491	273	225	34	224	189	11	2	2	2086	103	4.57	1.529	9.4	0.7	4.3	3.6	0.84
CLE (1 yr)				1	5	.167	4.11	16	7	4	2	0	0	70.0	71	41	32	5	30	42	0	0	0	305	110	4.13	1.443	9.1	0.6	3.9	5.4	1.40
SLB (1 yr)				0	2	.000	9.56	14	4	6	0	0	0	32.0	39	35	34	6	31	11	1	0	0	163	50	7.81	2.188	11.0	1.7	8.7	3.1	0.35

AL (8 yrs)				21	57	.269	4.79	168	93	35	28	1	5	748.1	783	477	398	52	400	329	22	4	7	3384	93	4.73	1.581	9.4	0.6	4.8	4.0	0.82
NL (4 yrs)				41	37	.526	3.60	109	86	12	38	6	2	640.0	680	317	256	33	211	285	15	1	6	2766	111	3.82	1.392	9.6	0.5	3.0	4.0	1.35

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WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

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SUMMARY

WAR

W

L

ERA

G

GS

SV

IP

SO

WHIP

Standard Pitching

Player Value--Pitching

Player News

Standard Batting

Player Value--Batting

Standard Fielding

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