Billy Gumbert Stats

Billy Gumbert was born on Tuesday, August 8, 1865, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Gumbert was 24 years old when he broke into the big leagues on June 19, 1890, with the Pittsburgh Alleghenys. 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 Billy Gumbert baseball stats page.

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Billy Gumbert



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Birth Name:   William Skeen Gumbert
Nickname:   Billy
Born On:   08-08-1865  (Leo)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Year of Death Data Died On:   04-13-1946 (1,000 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Cemetery:   Homewood Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
High School:   Undetermined
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   6-01½   Player Weight Chart Weight:   200
First Game:   06-19-1890 (Age 24)
Last Game:   08-12-1893
Draft:   Not Applicable

Billy Gumbert

Billy Gumbert Pitching Stats

1890 25 Alleghenys 10 10 0 4 6 .400 5.22 8 0 0 79.1 370 96 46 71 0 31 - 18 2 7 0 0
1892 27 Pirates 6 3 3 3 2 .600 1.36 2 0 0 39.2 173 30 6 15 0 23 - 3 0 0 0 -
1893 28 Colonels 1 1 0 0 0 .000 26.99 0 0 0 0.2 9 2 2 6 0 5 - 0 0 0 0 0
3 Years 17 14 3 7 8 .467 4.06 10 0 0 119.2 552 128 54 92 0 59 - 21 2 7 0 0

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Billy Gumbert Hitting Stats

1890 25 Alleghenys 10 37 8 9 3 0 1 0 7 2 - 5 - - 1 - .243 .300 .405
1892 27 Pirates 7 18 2 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 - - 1 - .111 .158 .222
1893 28 Colonels 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 - - 0 - 1.000 1.000 2.000
3 Years 18 56 10 12 4 1 1 0 10 2 0 9 - - 2 - .214 .267 .375

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Billy Gumbert Fielding Stats

1890 Alleghenys 1B 1 - - 9 9.0 8 8 0 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .889 0.00
1890 Alleghenys P 10 10 238 27 2.7 24 6 18 3 1 n/a n/a n/a .889 2.72
1892 Pirates LF 1 - - 1 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1892 Pirates P 6 3 119 13 2.2 8 1 7 5 0 n/a n/a n/a .615 1.82
1893 Colonels P 1 1 2 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
P Totals 17 14 359 40 2.4 32 7 25 8 1 n/a n/a n/a .800 2.41
1B Totals 1 0 0 9 9.0 8 8 0 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .889 0.00
LF Totals 1 0 0 1 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
3 Years 19 14 359 50 2.6 40 15 25 10 2 n/a n/a n/a .800 3.01

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Billy Gumbert Miscellaneous Stats

1890 Alleghenys 1 - - 0 0 n/a 37.0 7.4 5.3 0.58 2.04 3.52
1892 Pirates 2 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 4.5 18.0 0.13 0.68 5.22
1893 Colonels 0 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.00 0.00 67.47
3 Years 3 - - 0 0 n/a 56.0 6.2 5.6 0.36 1.58 4.44

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Billy Gumbert Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1890 Pittsburgh Alleghenys n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1892 Pittsburgh Pirates n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1893 Louisville Colonels n/a Undetermined n/a n/a

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Did you know that Billy Gumbert is one of only six Major League pitchers who hit more home runs during their career than they surrendered? We emphasized pitchers because we've only included players who were primarily pitchers (more games at pitcher than any other position) -- positional players who pitched at some point during their career are excluded.

Home Runs > Home Runs Allowed Club

Pitcher Hit Threw IP HRs HRA
Billy Gumbert R R 119.2 1 0
Bob Lawson R R 59.0 1 0
Earl Jones L L 28.1 1 0
Clay Van Alstyne R R 24.1 1 0
Tom Sullivan L L 8.0 1 0
Frank O'Connor L L 4.0 1 0

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