Wild Bill Widner Stats

Wild Bill Widner was born on Monday, June 3, 1867, in Cincinnati, Ohio. Widner was 20 years old when he broke into the big leagues on June 8, 1887, with the Cincinnati Red Stockings. 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 Wild Bill Widner baseball stats page.
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Wild Bill Widner
 
 
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Birth Name:   William Waterfield Widner
Nickname:   Wild Bill
Born On:   06-03-1867  (Gemini)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Cincinnati, Ohio
Year of Death Data Died On:   12-10-1908 (100 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Cincinnati, Ohio
Cemetery:   Wesleyan Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio
High School:   Undetermined
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   6-00   Player Weight Chart Weight:   180
First Game:   06-08-1887 (Age 20)
Last Game:   07-23-1891
Draft:   Not Applicable
Wild Bill Widner

Wild Bill Widner Pitching Stats
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
1887 20 Red Stockings 1 1 0 1 0 1.000 5.00 1 0 0 9.0 43 11 5 8 2 2 - 0 1 1 0 -
1888 21 Senators 13 13 0 5 7 .417 2.82 13 0 0 115.0 478 111 36 69 7 22 - 33 4 6 0 -
1889 22 Colts 41 34 7 12 20 .375 5.20 25 2 1 294.0 1,304 368 170 241 11 85 - 63 10 0 0 -
1890 23 Colts 13 10 3 4 8 .333 3.28 8 1 0 96.0 450 103 35 52 3 24 - 14 5 3 0 -
1891 24 Porkers 1 1 0 0 1 .000 7.88 1 0 0 8.0 41 13 7 7 0 4 - 0 0 2 0 -
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
5 Years 69 59 10 22 36 .379 4.36 48 3 1 522.0 2,316 606 253 377 23 137 - 110 20 12 0 -
Wild Bill Widner

Wild Bill Widner Hitting Stats
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
1887 20 Red Stockings 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 - - - - 0 - .250 .250 .250
1888 21 Senators 15 60 4 12 0 0 0 0 6 0 - 8 - - 0 - .200 .200 .200
1889 22 Colts 41 133 16 28 3 0 2 0 10 2 - 31 - - 1 - .211 .228 .278
1890 23 Colts 13 41 3 8 0 0 0 0 2 2 - - - - 0 - .195 .233 .195
1891 24 Porkers 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 - - 0 - .250 .250 .250
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
5 Years 71 242 23 50 3 0 2 0 19 4 - 40 - - 1 - .207 .223 .244
Wild Bill Widner

Wild Bill Widner Fielding Stats
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
1887 Red Stockings P 1 1 27 3 3.0 3 0 3 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.00
1888 Senators OF 2 - - 6 3.0 3 3 0 3 0 n/a n/a n/a .500 0.00
1888 Senators P 13 13 345 39 3.0 34 13 21 5 0 n/a n/a n/a .872 2.66
1889 Colts 1B 1 - - 5 5.0 5 5 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
1889 Colts OF 1 - - 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1889 Colts P 41 34 882 83 2.0 74 13 61 9 3 n/a n/a n/a .892 2.27
1890 Colts P 13 10 288 40 3.1 37 7 30 3 2 n/a n/a n/a .925 3.47
1891 Porkers P 1 1 24 2 2.0 2 0 2 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.25
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
P Totals 69 59 1,566 167 2.4 150 33 117 17 5 n/a n/a n/a .898 2.59
OF Totals 3 0 0 6 2.0 3 3 0 3 0 n/a n/a n/a .500 0.00
1B Totals 1 0 0 5 5.0 5 5 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
5 Years 73 59 1,566 178 2.4 158 41 117 20 5 n/a n/a n/a .888 2.72
Wild Bill Widner

Wild Bill Widner Miscellaneous Stats
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
1887 Red Stockings 0 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 4.0 0.00 0.00 2.00
1888 Senators 1 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 7.5 10.0 1.50 2.58 1.72
1889 Colts 5 - - 0 0 n/a 66.5 4.3 13.3 0.74 1.93 2.60
1890 Colts 2 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 20.5 0.58 1.31 2.25
1891 Porkers 0 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 4.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 4.50
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
5 Years 8 - - 0 0 n/a 121.0 6.1 12.7 0.80 1.90 2.36
Wild Bill Widner

Wild Bill Widner Miscellaneous Items of Interest
1887 Cincinnati Red Stockings n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1888 Washington Senators n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1889 Columbus Colts n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1890 Columbus Colts n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1891 Cincinnati Porkers n/a Undetermined n/a n/a




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