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, 1,187th 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

36.6

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	128	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,KCY	A,Ind	11	14	.440	4.14	28	27					226.0	239	154	104		47									1.265	9.5		1.9			MEM,KCY SOUA,AA
1903	36	ATA,LRK	A	11	13	.458	3.46	28	24					224.0	232	127	86		47									1.246	9.3		1.9			ATA,LRK 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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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

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Player Value--Batting

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