Gus Weyhing

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-10, 145lb (178cm, 65kg)

Born: September 29, 1866 in Louisville, KY us

Died: September 4, 1955 in Louisville, KY

Buried: Calvary Cemetery, Louisville, KY

Debut: May 2, 1887 (Age 20-215d, 1,181st in MLB history)

Last Game: August 21, 1901 (Age 34-326d)

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1887 season

Full Name: August Weyhing

Nicknames: Cannonball, Rubber Arm Gun or Rubber-Winged Gus

Pronunciation: \WAY-ing\

Relatives: Brother of John Weyhing

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

36.2

W

264

L

232

ERA

3.88

G

540

GS

505

SV

IP

4337.0

SO

1667

WHIP

1.417

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	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1886	19	CHS	B	13	18	.419	0.76	32	32		32	1		298.0	229	144	25		67		190	21		43				0.993	6.9		2.0	5.7	2.84	CHS SOUA
1887	20	PHA	AA	26	28	.481	4.27	55	55	0	53	2	0	466.1	465	342	221	12	167		193	37	1	49	2042	99	4.10	1.355	9.0	0.2	3.2	3.7	1.16
1888	21	PHA	AA	28	18	.609	2.25	47	47	0	45	3	0	404.0	314	198	101	4	111		204	42	1	56	1673	131	2.84	1.052	7.0	0.1	2.5	4.5	1.84
1889	22	PHA	AA	30	21	.588	2.95	54	53	1	50	4	0	449.0	382	271	147	15	212		213	34	0	37	1959	129	4.13	1.323	7.7	0.3	4.2	4.3	1.00
1890	23	BWW	PL	30	16	.652	3.60	49	46	3	38	3	0	390.0	419	250	156	10	179		177	17	0	21	1791	123	3.85	1.533	9.7	0.2	4.1	4.1	0.99
1891	24	PHA	AA	31	20	.608	3.18	52	51	1	51	3	0	450.0	428	231	159	12	161		219	31	0	28	1959	118	3.18	1.309	8.6	0.2	3.2	4.4	1.36
1892	25	PHI	NL	32	21	.604	2.66	59	49	10	46	6	3	469.2	411	213	139	9	168		202	18	0	12	2005	122	3.01	1.233	7.9	0.2	3.2	3.9	1.20
1893	26	PHI	NL	23	16	.590	4.74	42	40	2	33	2	0	345.1	399	235	182	10	145		101	20	0	11	1586	98	4.47	1.575	10.4	0.3	3.8	2.6	0.70
1894	27	PHD	N/A	1	0	1.000	1.00	1	1		1	0		9.0	6	3	1		4		15							1.111	6.0		4.0	15.0	3.75	PHD PASL
1894	27	PHI	NL	16	14	.533	5.71	40	36	4	26	2	1	279.0	379	224	177	12	120		83	15	0	5	1317	88	5.23	1.789	12.2	0.4	3.9	2.7	0.69
1895	28	TOT	NL	8	21	.276	5.81	31	28	3	23	1	0	231.0	318	234	149	9	84		61	8	0	7	1079	80	4.75	1.740	12.4	0.4	3.3	2.4	0.73
1895	28	PHI	NL	0	2	.000	20.00	2	2	0	0	0	0	9.0	23	22	20	0	13		5	0	0	2	62	25	6.80	4.000	23.0	0.0	13.0	5.0	0.38
1895	28	PIT	NL	1	0	1.000	1.00	1	1	0	1	0	0	9.0	10	7	1	0	5		3	0	0	0	41	470	4.58	1.667	10.0	0.0	5.0	3.0	0.60
1895	28	LOU	NL	7	19	.269	5.41	28	25	3	22	1	0	213.0	285	205	128	9	66		53	8	0	5	976	86	4.67	1.648	12.0	0.4	2.8	2.2	0.80
1896	29	LOU	NL	2	3	.400	6.64	5	5	0	4	0	0	42.0	62	46	31	6	15		9	2	0	1	200	66	5.93	1.833	13.3	1.3	3.2	1.9	0.60

1898	31	WHS	NL	15	26	.366	4.51	45	42	3	39	0	0	361.0	428	232	*181*	10	84		92	16	0	7	1564	82	3.45	1.418	10.7	0.2	2.1	2.3	1.10
1899	32	WHS	NL	17	21	.447	4.54	43	38	4	34	2	0	334.2	414	223	169	8	76		96	28	1	5	1470	86	3.61	1.464	11.1	0.2	2.0	2.6	1.26
1900	33	TOT	NL	6	6	.500	4.47	15	13	2	6	0	0	94.2	126	77	47	3	41		14	3	1	1	440	84	4.34	1.764	12.0	0.3	3.9	1.3	0.34
1900	33	STL	NL	3	2	.600	4.63	7	5	2	3	0	0	46.2	60	44	24	2	21		6	1	1	1	215	79	4.54	1.736	11.6	0.4	4.1	1.2	0.29
1900	33	BRO	NL	3	4	.429	4.31	8	8	0	3	0	0	48.0	66	33	23	1	20		8	2	0	0	225	89	4.14	1.792	12.4	0.2	3.8	1.5	0.40
1901	34	GRP	A	14	6	.700		20							160				31															GRP WA
1901	34	TOT	MLB	0	1	.000	5.75	3	2	1	1	0	0	20.1	31	20	13	0	7		3	6	0	0	103	62	4.55	1.869	13.7	0.0	3.1	1.3	0.43
1901	34	CLE	AL	0	0		7.94	2	1	1	0	0	0	11.1	20	11	10	0	5		0	4	0	0	62	46	5.31	2.206	15.9	0.0	4.0	0.0	0.00
1901	34	CIN	NL	0	1	.000	3.00	1	1	0	1	0	0	9.0	11	9	3	0	2		3	2	0	0	41	113	3.59	1.444	11.0	0.0	2.0	3.0	1.50
1902	35	MEM	A	8	10	.444	3.72	21	20					162.0	162	99	67		38									1.235	9.0		2.1			MEM SOUA
1910	43	GAL	C	0	2	.000	4.20	3						15.0	17	9	7		8									1.667	10.2		4.8			GAL TL
14 Yrs				264	232	.532	3.88	540	505	34	449	28	4	4337.0	4576	2796	1872	120	1570		1667	277	4	240	19188	102	3.82	1.417	9.5	0.2	3.3	3.5	1.06
162 Game Avg.				17	15	.532	3.88	35	33	2	29	2	0	282	298	182	122	8	102		108	18	0	16	1249	102	3.82	1.417	9.5	0.2	3.3	3.5	1.06
				W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
PHI (4 yrs)				71	53	.573	4.23	143	127	16	105	10	4	1103.0	1212	694	518	31	446		391	53	0	30	4970	98	4.06	1.503	9.9	0.3	3.6	3.2	0.88
PHA (3 yrs)				84	67	.556	3.20	156	155	1	148	9	0	1319.1	1161	811	469	31	490		610	113	2	142	5674	115	3.72	1.251	7.9	0.2	3.3	4.2	1.24
LOU (2 yrs)				9	22	.290	5.61	33	30	3	26	1	0	255.0	347	251	159	15	81		62	10	0	6	1176	82	4.88	1.678	12.2	0.5	2.9	2.2	0.77
WHS (2 yrs)				32	47	.405	4.53	88	80	7	73	2	0	695.2	842	455	350	18	160		188	44	1	12	3034	84	3.52	1.440	10.9	0.2	2.1	2.4	1.18
PIT (1 yr)				1	0	1.000	1.00	1	1	0	1	0	0	9.0	10	7	1	0	5		3	0	0	0	41	470	4.58	1.667	10.0	0.0	5.0	3.0	0.60
STL (1 yr)				3	2	.600	4.63	7	5	2	3	0	0	46.2	60	44	24	2	21		6	1	1	1	215	79	4.54	1.736	11.6	0.4	4.1	1.2	0.29
BWW (1 yr)				30	16	.652	3.60	49	46	3	38	3	0	390.0	419	250	156	10	179		177	17	0	21	1791	123	3.85	1.533	9.7	0.2	4.1	4.1	0.99
BRO (1 yr)				3	4	.429	4.31	8	8	0	3	0	0	48.0	66	33	23	1	20		8	2	0	0	225	89	4.14	1.792	12.4	0.2	3.8	1.5	0.40
PHA (1 yr)				31	20	.608	3.18	52	51	1	51	3	0	450.0	428	231	159	12	161		219	31	0	28	1959	118	3.18	1.309	8.6	0.2	3.2	4.4	1.36
CIN (1 yr)				0	1	.000	3.00	1	1	0	1	0	0	9.0	11	9	3	0	2		3	2	0	0	41	113	3.59	1.444	11.0	0.0	2.0	3.0	1.50
CLE (1 yr)				0	0		7.94	2	1	1	0	0	0	11.1	20	11	10	0	5		0	4	0	0	62	46	5.31	2.206	15.9	0.0	4.0	0.0	0.00

NL (9 yrs)				119	129	.480	4.48	281	252	28	212	13	4	2166.1	2548	1493	1078	67	735		661	112	2	49	9702	91	4.00	1.515	10.6	0.3	3.1	2.7	0.90
AA (4 yrs)				115	87	.569	3.19	208	206	2	199	12	0	1769.1	1589	1042	628	43	651		829	144	2	170	7633	116	3.59	1.266	8.1	0.2	3.3	4.2	1.27
AL (1 yr)				0	0		7.94	2	1	1	0	0	0	11.1	20	11	10	0	5		0	4	0	0	62	46	5.31	2.206	15.9	0.0	4.0	0.0	0.00
PL (1 yr)				30	16	.652	3.60	49	46	3	38	3	0	390.0	419	250	156	10	179		177	17	0	21	1791	123	3.85	1.533	9.7	0.2	4.1	4.1	0.99

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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

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