Bill Childers Stats

Bill Childers was 28 years old when he broke into the big leagues on July 27, 1895, with the Louisville Colonels. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Bill Childers baseball stats page.

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Birth Name:   William M. Childress
Nickname:   Bill
Born On:   00-00-0000  (To Be Determined)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Nashville, Tennessee
Year of Death Data Died On:   12-30-1940 (1,000 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   St. Louis, Missouri
Cemetery:   Cremated
High School:   Undetermined
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   5-10   Player Weight Chart Weight:   164
First Game:   07-27-1895 (Age 28)
Last Game:   07-27-1895
Draft:   Not Applicable

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Bill Childers Pitching Stats

1895 1895 Colonels 1 0 0 0 0 .000 Infinity 0 0 0 0.0 0 2 6 6 0 6 - 0 3 0 0 -
1 Year 1 0 0 0 0 .000 Infinity 0 0 0 0.0 0 2 6 6 0 6 - 0 3 0 0 -

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Bill Childers Hitting Stats

1895 Colonels 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1 Year 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000

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Bill Childers Fielding Stats

1895 Colonels P 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
P Totals 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1 Year 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00

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Bill Childers Miscellaneous Stats

1895 Colonels 0 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 0.00
1 Year 0 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 0.00

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Bill Childers Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1895 Louisville Colonels n/a Undetermined n/a n/a

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Did you know that Bill Childers is one of the few Major League pitchers in history who had an infinite earned run average (ERA) season? Presented below is every pitcher (and some positional players who pitched) that had an infinite ERA season. Bold names have an infinite career ERA.

The Infinite ERA Club

Name Year Team Lg
Nick Altrock 1919 WAS AL
Wilson Alvarez 1989 TEX AL
Bob Apodaca 1973 NYM NL
Kirtley Baker 1894 BAL NL
Lou Bauer 1918 PHI AL
Ed Blake 1953 CIN NL
Rex Brothers 2018 ATL NL
Joe Brown 1927 CHI AL
Fred Bruckbauer 1961 MIN AL
Bobby Burke 1937 PHI NL
Bill Childers 1895 LOU NL
Mort Cooper 1949 CHI NL
Ed Coughlin 1884 BUF NL
Vic Davalillo 1969 STL NL
Paul Dean 1937 STL NL
Pedro Dibut 1925 CIN NL
Frank Dupee 1901 CHI AL
Joe Engel 1919 CLE AL
Ed Farmer 1977 BAL AL
Bill Ford 1936 BOS NL
Nick Greenwood 2015 STL NL
Clark Griffith 1912 WAS AL
Doc Hamann 1922 CLE AL
Bryan Harvey 1995 FLO NL
Nate Jones 2014 CHI AL
Bob Kammeyer 1979 NYY AL
Al Kellett 1924 BOS AL
Matt Koch 2017 ARI NL
Will Koenigsmark 1919 STL NL
Dave Koslo 1955 MIL NL
Rick Kreuger 1977 BOS AL
Steve Luebber 1979 TOR AL
Daniel McCutchen 2012 PIT NL
Bob McGraw 1918 NYY AL
Cal McLish 1946 BKL NL
Doc Medich 1972 NYY AL
Al Milnar 1946 PHI NL
Bill Moore 1925 DET AL
Julio Navarro 1966 DET AL
Bob Owchinko 1983 PIT NL
Phil Paine 1956 MIL NL
Mike Palagyi 1939 WAS AL
Jay Parker 1899 PIT NL
Gerardo Parra 2019 WAS NL
Brad Pennington 1998 TBR AL
Dave Pierson 1876 CIN NL
Jim Ray 1966 HOU NL
Erik Sabel 2002 DET AL
Jim Schelle 1939 PHI AL
Paul Stuffel 1953 PHI NL
Billy Sunday 1890 PIT NL
Gordie Sundin 1956 BAL AL
Dennis Tankersley 2003 SDP NL
Bob Uhl 1940 DET AL
Lino Urdaneta 2004 DET AL
Andrew Vasquez 2019 MIN AL
Marty Walker 1928 PHI NL
Zack Weiss 2018 CIN NL
John Wood 1896 STL NL

When Bill Childers did make his Major League debut, on July 27, 1895, he was mentioned in the main story and the box score (newspaper story appears below). Nearly a century later, birth records revealed the newspaper spelled his last name incorrectly, he was born William M. Childress.

Bill Childers Major League Debut | Baseball Almanac

Bill Childers Major League Debut | The Brooklyn Eagle | July 28, 1895 | Page 3
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