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Bill
Wight		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 185
 
Born: April 12, 1922 in Usa, CA, RIO VISTA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1948    1949    1951    1952   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1946 24 MON NL   8 4 3 3 7 6 6 10 9 9
1947 25 MON NL $ 300,000 8 4 3 3 7 6 6 10 9 9
1948 26 MON NL $ 300,000 7 4 3 3 6 5 6 10 10 10
1949 27 MON NL $ 300,000 7 5 4 4 6 5 5 10 10 10
1950 28 MON NL $ 300,000 7 5 4 4 6 5 5 10 10 10
1951 29 MON NL $ 3,421,429 7 5 4 4 6 5 5 10 10 10
1952 30 MON NL $ 3,785,714 7 5 4 4 7 5 6 10 10 10
1953 31 MON NL $ 5,228,571 7 5 4 4 6 5 5 10 10 10
1954 32 BRK NL $ 4,300,000 7 4 4 4 6 5 5 9 9 9
1955 33 BRK NL $ 4,300,000 7 4 3 3 6 5 5 9 9 9
1956 34 BRK NL $ 4,300,000 7 4 3 3 6 5 5 9 9 9
1957 35 BRK NL $ 4,300,000 7 4 3 3 6 5 5 9 8 8
1958 36 NYG NL $ 300,000 7 4 3 3 5 4 5 9 8 8
1959 37 CIN NL $ 425,000 6 3 2 3 5 4 4 7 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings   6 3 2 3 5 4 4 7 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,228,571 8 5 4 4 7 6 6 10 10 10
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1946 24 MON NL     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1947 25 MON NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1948 26 MON NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1949 27 MON NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1950 28 MON NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1951 29 MON NL $ 3,421,429   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1952 30 MON NL $ 3,785,714   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1953 31 MON NL $ 5,228,571   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1954 32 BRK NL $ 4,300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1955 33 BRK NL $ 4,300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1956 34 BRK NL $ 4,300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1957 35 BRK NL $ 4,300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1958 36 NYG NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1959 37 CIN NL $ 425,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Min Ratings     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,228,571   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1946 24 AAA   10 14 .417 29 29 4 2 0 180.7 228 88 6 56 77 4.38 .302 .351 .399 .750  
1947 25 MON NL 12 11 .522 33 29 6 0 0 223.0 241 98 7 102 71 3.96 .275 .349 .358 .707 14.0
    AAA   0 3 .000 5 5 0 0 0 30.3 37 14 2 16 14 4.15 .298 .379 .419 .798  
1948 26 MON NL 26 9 .743 42 42 10 2 0 322.7 308 113 12 121 96 3.15 .255 .320 .343 .663 29.3
1949 27 MON NL 23 8 .742 41 41 6 4 0 311.0 283 106 12 134 105 3.07 .243 .320 .331 .650 24.0
1950 28 MON NL 18 13 .581 44 44 7 1 0 307.0 331 142 11 152 115 4.16 .275 .354 .364 .718 16.4
1951 29 MON NL 23 13 .639 43 43 10 0 0 318.3 312 133 13 136 114 3.76 .260 .333 .355 .688 23.9
1952 30 MON NL 24 8 .750 41 41 12 4 0 303.7 287 112 5 125 111 3.32 .253 .324 .315 .639 24.9
1953 31 MON NL 22 11 .667 43 43 6 1 0 316.3 292 122 14 140 135 3.47 .245 .323 .341 .664 20.9
1954 32 BRK NL 13 12 .520 30 30 5 1 0 219.0 222 105 11 101 79 4.32 .267 .347 .364 .711 13.5
1955 33 BRK NL 13 7 .650 28 28 3 0 0 183.0 194 99 13 94 88 4.87 .273 .356 .380 .736 8.2
1956 34 BRK NL 13 11 .542 30 28 3 1 0 210.0 198 90 17 95 81 3.86 .256 .336 .373 .709 14.8
1957 35 BRK NL 13 16 .448 40 40 9 2 0 289.0 268 115 19 127 114 3.58 .250 .328 .340 .667 17.7
1958 36 SEM AL 4 3 .571 13 5 0 0 1 38.7 51 24 5 18 14 5.59 .315 .377 .475 .852 1.5
  NYG NL 0 1 .000 2 1 0 0 0 13.0 14 10 2 4 4 6.92 .280 .327 .460 .787 0.0
  TOT   4 4 .500 15 6 0 0 1 51.7 65 34 7 22 18 5.92 .307 .366 .472 .837 1.5
    AAA   0 1 .000 18 0 0 0 2 18.0 26 10 2 9 13 5.00 .347 .417 .493 .910  
1959 37 AA   0 6 .000 71 0 0 0 9 68.0 63 30 5 33 52 3.97 .250 .337 .333 .670  
12 Years Sim 204 123 .624 430 415 77 16 1 3054.6 3001 1269 141 1349 1127 3.74 .259 .335 .351 .686 209.0
3 Years AAA 10 18 .357 52 34 4 2 2 229.0 291 112 10 81 104 4.40 .305 .360 .409 .769  
1 Years AA 0 6 .000 71 0 0 0 9 68.0 63 30 5 33 52 3.97 .250 .337 .333 .670  
4 Years Minors 10 24 .294 123 34 4 2 11 297.0 354 142 15 114 156 4.30 .294 .355 .393 .748  
Season Average 17 10 .630 35 34 6 1 0 254.6 250 105 11 112 93 3.74 .259 .335 .351 .686  
Career Highs 26 16 .750 44 44 12 4 1 322.7 331 142 19 152 135 5.92 .307 .366 .472 .837  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   2152 877 107 977 714   .271 .351 .366 .717
vs LH   849 392 34 372 413   .233 .304 .318 .622
Home 88 68 .564 216 208 35 9 0 1548.0 1502 604 72 668 537 3.51 .257 .333 .344 .676
Away 116 55 .678 214 207 42 7 1 1506.6 1499 665 69 681 590 3.97 .262 .340 .359 .699
Mar/Apr 35 15 .700 67 66 8 3 0 487.3 473 197 25 232 185 3.64 .255 .338 .351 .689
May 30 19 .612 77 67 14 1 1 499.3 488 214 18 222 190 3.86 .256 .334 .344 .678
June 36 17 .679 66 66 13 3 0 481.7 482 191 21 202 177 3.57 .264 .337 .358 .695
July 36 26 .581 77 77 13 2 0 554.3 521 226 26 245 212 3.67 .251 .330 .341 .671
August 40 16 .714 72 72 16 4 0 534.3 522 205 25 229 193 3.45 .258 .334 .348 .682
Sep/Oct 27 30 .474 71 67 15 4 0 497.6 515 236 26 219 170 4.27 .271 .346 .367 .713
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1947 25 MON NL 33 67 4 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 23 .075 .100 .090 .190 -1.6 0.0
1948 26 MON NL 42 115 6 7 2 0 0 5 0 0 3 41 .061 .085 .078 .163 -4.4 0.0
1949 27 MON NL 41 113 4 10 1 0 0 6 0 0 1 33 .088 .096 .097 .193 -3.5 0.0
1950 28 MON NL 44 101 9 7 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 35 .069 .087 .069 .156 -4.0 0.0
1951 29 MON NL 43 114 8 17 5 0 0 11 0 0 3 46 .149 .168 .193 .361 2.5 0.0
1952 30 MON NL 41 114 5 7 3 0 0 2 0 0 2 41 .061 .078 .088 .165 -5.5 0.0
1953 31 MON NL 43 101 1 5 2 0 0 4 0 0 1 38 .050 .059 .069 .128 -5.3 0.0
1954 32 BRK NL 30 75 7 11 2 0 0 5 0 0 2 29 .147 .165 .173 .338 2.0 0.0
1955 33 BRK NL 28 73 6 8 4 1 0 3 0 0 1 24 .110 .122 .192 .313 -0.5 0.0
1956 34 BRK NL 30 65 3 7 0 0 0 6 0 0 1 24 .108 .121 .108 .229 -1.5 0.0
1957 35 BRK NL 40 92 1 9 0 1 0 6 0 0 2 37 .098 .116 .120 .235 -1.5 0.0
1958 36 SEM AL 13 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .100 .100 .100 .200 -0.2 0.0
  NYG NL 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0
  TOT   15 14 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .071 .071 .071 .143 -0.5 0.0
12 Years Sim 430 1044 54 94 20 2 0 54 0 0 20 375 .090 .106 .113 .219 -23.9 0.0
162 Game Average 393 20 35 7 0 0 20 0 0 7 141 .090 .106 .113 .219 -9.0  
Career Highs 44 115 9 17 5 1 0 11 0 0 3 46 .149 .168 .193 .361 2.5  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   644 29 64 13 2 0 36 0 0 16 217 .099 .120 .126 .246 -14.3
vs LH   400 25 30 7 0 0 18 0 0 4 158 .075 .084 .093 .176 -17.6
Home 216 489 25 50 10 2 0 41 0 0 9 171 .102 .118 .131 .249 -10.8
Away 214 555 29 44 10 0 0 13 0 0 11 204 .079 .096 .097 .194 -21.1
RISP   292 0 27 5 1 0 53 0 0 5 111 .092 .105 .116 .221 -8.6
Close/Late   61 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 19 .000 .016 .000 .016 -5.5
Mar/Apr 67 171 7 21 4 1 0 14 0 0 3 50 .123 .137 .158 .295 -1.5
May 76 169 9 12 1 0 0 6 0 0 3 67 .071 .087 .077 .164 -7.8
June 66 167 9 16 5 0 0 12 0 0 6 72 .096 .126 .126 .252 -3.4
July 77 183 14 14 5 0 0 7 0 0 3 63 .077 .091 .104 .195 -7.1
August 72 190 9 18 3 1 0 7 0 0 3 62 .095 .107 .121 .228 -5.3
Sep/Oct 71 164 6 13 2 0 0 8 0 0 2 61 .079 .090 .091 .181 -6.9
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1947 25 MON NL P 33 29 223.0 12 47 0 4 1.000 2.38    
1948 26 MON NL P 42 42 322.7 13 41 4 5 .931 1.51    
1949 27 MON NL P 41 41 311.0 16 56 4 5 .947 2.08    
1950 28 MON NL P 44 44 307.0 13 52 3 5 .956 1.91    
1951 29 MON NL P 43 43 318.3 18 41 2 3 .967 1.67    
1952 30 MON NL P 41 41 303.7 12 48 3 4 .952 1.78    
1953 31 MON NL P 43 43 316.3 15 47 2 3 .969 1.76    
1954 32 BRK NL P 30 30 219.0 18 37 0 3 1.000 2.26    
1955 33 BRK NL P 28 28 183.0 8 29 1 4 .974 1.82    
1956 34 BRK NL P 30 28 210.0 13 29 1 3 .977 1.80    
1957 35 BRK NL P 40 40 289.0 25 60 1 5 .988 2.65    
1958 36 SEM AL P 13 5 38.7 1 8 1 0 .900 2.10    
  NYG NL P 2 1 13.0 0 3 0 0 1.000 2.08    
Career Totals   430 415 3054.6 164 498 22 44 .968 1.95    
Career Highs   44 44 322.7 25 60 4 5 1.000 2.65    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1949 27 MON NL 2 0 1.000 3 3 2 1 0 25.0 24 6 0 9 11 2.16 .245 .308 .286 .594
1950 28 MON NL 1 0 1.000 2 2 0 0 0 15.0 9 0 0 7 3 0.00 .164 .258 .200 .458
1951 29 MON NL 1 2 .333 4 4 0 0 0 22.7 30 14 0 18 5 5.56 .313 .421 .375 .796
1952 30 MON NL 0 1 .000 2 2 0 0 0 14.0 9 7 0 13 3 4.50 .191 .367 .234 .601
1953 31 MON NL 3 1 .750 4 4 0 0 0 26.3 24 9 2 20 8 3.08 .253 .383 .368 .751
1958 36 NYG NL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0.7 4 5 0 1 0 68.18 .800 .833 .800 1.633
Career Post-Season Pitching 7 4 .636 16 15 2 1 0 103.7 100 41 2 68 30 3.56 .253 .362 .316 .678
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1949 27 MON NL 3 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000
1950 28 MON NL 2 6 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .500 .833
1951 29 MON NL 4 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .143 .143 .143 .286
1952 30 MON NL 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .000 .167 .000 .167
1953 31 MON NL 4 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 .000 .200 .000 .200
Career Post-Season Batting 15 37 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 16 .081 .150 .108 .258
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1948-4-3.15
1949-2-3.07
1951-8-3.76
1952-7-3.32
1953-8-3.47
1957-9-3.58
 Wins
1948-2-26
1949-5-23
1950-10-18
1951-6-23
1952-2-24
1953-2-22
 Losses
1957-10-16
 Winning Pct
1948-3-.743
1949-3-.742
1951-10-.639
1952-1-.750
1953-9-.667
1955-8-.650
CAR-25-.624
 Games Started
1948-5-42
1949-5-41
1950-1-44
1951-5-43
1952-8-41
1953-5-43
 Complete Games
1948-10-10
Shutouts
1948-5-2
1949-2-4
1952-2-4
1957-6-2
 Innings Pitched
1948-5-322.7
1949-7-311.0
1950-8-307.0
1951-10-318.3
1953-5-316.3
 Hits Allowed
1948-6-308
1950-2-331
1953-7-292
 Walks Allowed
1949-8-134
1950-8-152
1951-7-136
1953-6-140
1957-6-127
CAR-43-1349
 Hits per 9IP
1949-8-8.2
1951-9-8.8
1952-7-8.5
 WHiP
1949-10-1.34
OAVG
1949-9-.243
1951-10-.260
1952-10-.253
 OSLG
1947-6-.358
1948-4-.343
1949-2-.331
1950-9-.364
1951-6-.355
1952-3-.315
1953-7-.341
1954-8-.364
1957-6-.340
 OOPS
1947-10-.707
1948-5-.663
1949-5-.650
1951-7-.688
1952-5-.639
1953-7-.664
1957-9-.667
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 4    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 99    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 39    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 95)
 
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  3. Harry Brecheen (921)
  4. Tom Underwood (900)
  5. Monte Pearson (898)
  6. Bart Johnson (898)
  7. Joe Presko (890)
  8. Whit Wyatt (886)
  9. Red Embree (886)
  10. Jerry Stephenson (875)
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  1. Sandy Koufax (990)
  2. Joey Jay (987)
  3. Russ Meyer (984)
  4. Johnny Broaca (980)
  5. Herb Score (977)
  6. Kent Greenfield (975)
  7. Ken Johnson (974)
  8. Jim O'Toole (973)
  9. Bob Kuzava (973)
  10. Al Yeargin (971)
History
Drafted in 2nd round, 18th overall pick, by Montreal in 1946
Injured on 6/16/1946 with a Sore Shoulder, out for 4 days
Had first career hit on 5/6/1947, off Fred Sanford (BSN)
Earned first career win on 5/23/1947
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 7/1/1948, going 6-1, 4.05
Was selected to the 1948 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 8/25/1948, winning 2 games with a 0.50 ERA
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 9/1/1948, going 6-0, 1.48
Won Player of the Week award on 4/14/1949, winning 2 games with a 1.08 ERA
Was selected to the 1949 Allstar game
Won World Series with Montreal in 1949
2/1/1951: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,421,429 through salary arbitration
Was selected to the 1951 Allstar game
2/1/1952: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,785,714 through salary arbitration
Injured on 4/23/1952 with a Tender Elbow, out for one week
Won Player of the Week award on 6/23/1952, winning 2 games with a 2.40 ERA
Was selected to the 1952 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 7/28/1952, winning 2 games with a 1.13 ERA
Won Player of the Week award on 8/4/1952, winning 2 games with a 0.00 ERA
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 9/1/1952, going 6-0, 2.68
2/1/1953: Gets a new one-year contract worth $5,228,571 through salary arbitration
6/1/1953: Signed a contract extension with Montreal, $4,300,000 per year, for 4 years
Won World Series with Montreal in 1953
Traded from Montreal to Brooklyn on 2/1/1954 (Going to MON: CF George Schmees. Going to BRK: C Paul Gillespie, SS Bobby Adams, P Bill Wight)
Won Player of the Week award on 4/14/1954, winning 2 games with a 3.68 ERA
Injured on 5/13/1954 with a Strained Bicep Muscle, out for 4 weeks
Injured on 8/8/1955 with a Torn Rotator Cuff Muscle, out for full season
Won Player of the Week award on 6/30/1956, winning 2 games with a 1.06 ERA
Injured on 8/8/1957 with a Tender Shoulder, out for one week
Signed as a free agent by Seattle on 2/2/1958 to a 2-year deal worth $2,800,000 per year
Released by Seattle on 7/31/1958
Signed as a free agent by New York (N) on 9/1/1958 to a 1-year deal worth $300,000 per year
Won World Series with New York (N) in 1958
Signed as a free agent by Cincinnati on 2/3/1959 to a 2-year deal worth $425,000 per year
Injured on 6/27/1959 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for 2 weeks
 
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