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Bill WightWWikipedia↗

Bats: L Β· Throws: L Β· Born 1922-04-12 Β· Played 1946–1958 Β· Career WAR 10.4 (bWAR) Β·

IDsBBREF=wightbi01, LAHMAN=wightbi01, MLBAM=124247, RETROSHEET=wighb101

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πŸ“‹ Game logs β†’

Batting

YearTeamLgGPAABRH2B3BHRRBISBCSBBSOBAOBPSLGOPSWAR
1946NYAAL1491000000003.000.000.000.000-0.2
1947NYAAL120000000012.000.333.000.3330.0
1948CHAAL347326000300331.082.130.082.212-0.7
1949CHAAL3585714300601627.165.220.200.420-0.2
1950CHAAL306120000200417.000.062.000.062-1.1
1951BOSAL344113000100316.073.136.073.209-0.4
1952BOSAL1070100010013.143.250.143.3930.2
1952DETAL235021120040017.220.235.260.495
1953DETAL1370300010001.429.429.429.8580.0
1953CLEAL2050000000002.000.000.000.000
1955CLEAL1700000000000-0.2
1955BALAL193613100200116.083.108.111.219
1956BALAL3560212000400226.200.226.200.426-0.1
1957BALAL273411000000112.029.083.029.112-0.2
1958CINNL700000000000-0.1
1958SLNNL28100100000016.100.182.100.282
Total3474801955600240124169.115.157.127.284-3.0

Pitching

YearTeamLgWLGGSCGSHOSVIPHERHRBBSOERAWHIPWAR
1946NYAAL2214410040.14420130114.461.835-0.3
1947NYAAL10111009.0810231.001.1110.1
1948CHAAL9203432711223.12381199135684.801.6700.9
1949CHAAL151335331431245.025490996783.311.4293.6
1950CHAAL101630281330206.0213821079623.581.4174.1
1951BOSAL773417420118.112867563385.101.614-0.4
1952BOSAL2110200024.114831452.961.1511.6
1952DETAL592319830143.216762755653.881.545
1953DETAL0313400025.13525414108.881.934-1.8
1953CLEAL2120000126.22911116143.711.688
1955CLEAL0017000124.02470992.631.3753.5
1955BALAL681914822117.111132639542.451.278
1956BALAL9123526710174.219878772844.021.5461.3
1957BALAL662717200121.012249454503.641.4550.8
1958CINNL01700006.2731454.051.6500.0
1958SLNNL3028110257.16432732185.021.674
Total7799347198661581563.01656686747145743.951.51613.4

Fielding

YearTeamLgPosGGSInnPOAEDP
1946NYAALP1411130
1947NYAALP11300
1948CHAALP3444732
1949CHAALP35105053
1950CHAALP3054962
1951BOSALP3412932
1952BOSALP103411
1952DETALP2344030
1953DETALP130440
1953CLEALP201501
1955CLEALP17024.011500
1955BALAL1B100.20000
1955BALALP1914117.123431
1956BALALP3526174.262741
1957BALALP2717121.032131
1958CINNLP706.23112
1958SLNNLP28157.101510
Total34858501.2453554016