Bill Bernhard
[edit] Biography
Born on March 16, 1871 in Clarence, New York, Bill Bernhard (William Henry Bernhard) played for the Philadelphia Phillies, Philadelphia Athletics, Cleveland Broncos and Cleveland Naps over the course of his 9 year career. Bernhard broke into the bigs on April 24, 1899 with the Philadelphia Phillies, and put up a 2.65 ERA in 132.1 innings pitched in 1899, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Bill Bernhard's best season was 1904, when he posted a 2.13 ERA, won 23 games and struck out 137 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1899
| PHI
| N
| 21
| 12
| 6
| 6
| 2.65
| 23
| 66
| 39
| 10
| 1
| 0
| 132.1
| 120
| 3
| 36
| 0
| 7
| 6
|
| 1900
| PHI
| N
| 32
| 27
| 15
| 10
| 4.77
| 49
| 151
| 116
| 20
| 0
| 2
| 218.2
| 284
| 3
| 74
| 0
| 11
| 5
|
| 1901
| PHI
| A
| 31
| 27
| 17
| 10
| 4.52
| 58
| 169
| 129
| 26
| 1
| 0
| 257
| 328
| 6
| 50
| 0
| 6
| 2
|
| 1902
| PHI
| A
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1.00
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 7
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1902
| CLE
| A
| 27
| 24
| 17
| 5
| 2.20
| 57
| 78
| 53
| 22
| 3
| 1
| 217
| 169
| 4
| 34
| 0
| 4
| 5
|
| 1902
| TOT
| A
| 28
| 25
| 18
| 5
| 2.15
| 58
| 79
| 54
| 23
| 3
| 1
| 226
| 176
| 4
| 37
| 0
| 4
| 5
|
| 1903
| CLE
| A
| 20
| 19
| 14
| 6
| 2.12
| 60
| 62
| 39
| 18
| 3
| 0
| 165.2
| 151
| 1
| 21
| 0
| 2
| 0
|
| 1904
| CLE
| A
| 38
| 37
| 23
| 13
| 2.13
| 137
| 107
| 76
| 35
| 4
| 0
| 320.2
| 323
| 3
| 55
| 0
| 5
| 4
|
| 1905
| CLE
| A
| 22
| 19
| 7
| 13
| 3.36
| 56
| 93
| 65
| 17
| 0
| 0
| 174.1
| 185
| 5
| 34
| 0
| 6
| 1
|
| 1906
| CLE
| A
| 31
| 30
| 16
| 15
| 2.54
| 85
| 99
| 72
| 23
| 2
| 0
| 255.1
| 235
| 1
| 47
| 0
| 4
| 5
|
| 1907
| CLE
| A
| 8
| 4
| 0
| 4
| 3.21
| 19
| 32
| 15
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 42
| 58
| 0
| 11
| 0
| 1
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 53
| 39
| 21
| 16
| 3.97
| 72
| 217
| 155
| 30
| 1
| 2
| 351
| 404
| 6
| 110
| 0
| 18
| 11
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 178
| 161
| 95
| 66
| 2.81
| 473
| 641
| 450
| 145
| 13
| 1
| 1441
| 1456
| 20
| 255
| 0
| 28
| 17
|
| Total
|
|
| 231
| 200
| 116
| 82
| 3.04
| 545
| 858
| 605
| 175
| 14
| 3
| 1792
| 1860
| 26
| 365
| 0
| 46
| 28
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1899
| PHI
| N
| P
| 21
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 34
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .900
|
| 1900
| PHI
| N
| P
| 32
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 60
| 4
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .942
|
| 1901
| PHI
| A
| P
| 31
| 0
| 0
| 22
| 85
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .964
|
| 1901
| PHI
| A
| OF
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1902
| PHI
| A
| P
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1902
| CLE
| A
| P
| 27
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 71
| 4
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .950
|
| 1902
| TOT
| A
| P
| 28
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 71
| 4
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .950
|
| 1903
| CLE
| A
| P
| 20
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 56
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .969
|
| 1904
| CLE
| A
| P
| 38
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 102
| 6
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .948
|
| 1905
| CLE
| A
| P
| 22
| 0
| 0
| 14
| 53
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .957
|
| 1906
| CLE
| A
| P
| 31
| 0
| 0
| 19
| 83
| 3
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .971
|
| 1907
| CLE
| A
| P
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 16
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .818
|
| Total
|
|
| OF
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 231
| 0
| 0
| 83
| 560
| 34
| 19
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .950
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1899
| PHI
| N
| 21
| 54
| 5
| 13
| 0
| 2
| .241
| .268
| .259
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1900
| PHI
| N
| 32
| 91
| 7
| 14
| 0
| 6
| .154
| .181
| .165
| 1
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1901
| PHI
| A
| 32
| 107
| 8
| 20
| 0
| 8
| .187
| .243
| .262
| 4
| 2
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1902
| PHI
| A
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1902
| CLE
| A
| 27
| 90
| 8
| 18
| 0
| 6
| .200
| .209
| .244
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1902
| TOT
| A
| 28
| 94
| 8
| 18
| 0
| 6
| .191
| .200
| .234
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1903
| CLE
| A
| 20
| 65
| 8
| 12
| 0
| 4
| .185
| .209
| .215
| 2
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1904
| CLE
| A
| 38
| 124
| 5
| 22
| 0
| 13
| .177
| .209
| .226
| 4
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1905
| CLE
| A
| 22
| 69
| 3
| 6
| 0
| 0
| .087
| .100
| .087
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1906
| CLE
| A
| 31
| 99
| 4
| 21
| 0
| 12
| .212
| .264
| .242
| 1
| 1
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1907
| CLE
| A
| 8
| 15
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 0
| .200
| .200
| .267
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 53
| 145
| 12
| 27
| 0
| 8
| .186
| .213
| .200
| 2
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 179
| 573
| 38
| 102
| 0
| 43
| .178
| .211
| .220
| 16
| 4
| 23
| 0
| 1
| 8
| 2
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 232
| 718
| 50
| 129
| 0
| 51
| .180
| .212
| .216
| 18
| 4
| 28
| 0
| 1
| 8
| 3
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Transactions
- Granted free agency (April 21, 1902).
- Signed by Cleveland Broncos (May 31, 1902).
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