Bill Magee
[edit] Biography
Born on July 6, 1875 in New Brunswick (Canada), Bill Magee (William J. Magee) played for the Louisville Colonels, Washington Senators, Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Cardinals and New York Giants over the course of his 5 year career. Magee broke into the bigs on May 18, 1897 with the Louisville Colonels, and put up a 5.39 ERA in 155.1 innings pitched in 1897, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Bill Magee's best season was 1898, when he posted a 4.05 ERA, won 16 games and struck out 55 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1897
| LOU
| N
| 22
| 16
| 4
| 12
| 5.39
| 44
| 136
| 93
| 13
| 1
| 0
| 155.1
| 186
| 6
| 99
| 0
| 6
| 11
|
| 1898
| LOU
| N
| 38
| 33
| 16
| 15
| 4.05
| 55
| 163
| 133
| 29
| 3
| 0
| 295.1
| 294
| 8
| 129
| 0
| 3
| 19
|
| 1899
| WAS
| N
| 8
| 7
| 1
| 4
| 8.57
| 11
| 45
| 40
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 42
| 54
| 3
| 28
| 0
| 1
| 7
|
| 1899
| PHI
| N
| 9
| 9
| 3
| 5
| 5.66
| 4
| 50
| 44
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 70
| 82
| 0
| 32
| 0
| 3
| 7
|
| 1899
| LOU
| N
| 12
| 10
| 3
| 7
| 5.20
| 13
| 58
| 41
| 6
| 1
| 0
| 71
| 91
| 1
| 28
| 0
| 2
| 9
|
| 1899
| TOT
| N
| 29
| 26
| 7
| 16
| 6.15
| 28
| 153
| 125
| 17
| 1
| 0
| 183
| 227
| 4
| 88
| 0
| 6
| 23
|
| 1901
| STL
| N
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 4.50
| 3
| 4
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 8
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 0
|
| 1901
| NY
| N
| 6
| 5
| 0
| 4
| 5.95
| 14
| 36
| 28
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 42.1
| 56
| 4
| 11
| 0
| 1
| 4
|
| 1901
| TOT
| N
| 7
| 6
| 0
| 4
| 5.72
| 17
| 40
| 32
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 50.1
| 64
| 4
| 15
| 0
| 2
| 4
|
| 1902
| PHI
| N
| 8
| 6
| 2
| 4
| 3.69
| 15
| 28
| 22
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 53.2
| 61
| 1
| 18
| 0
| 1
| 3
|
| 1902
| NY
| N
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 3.60
| 2
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 5
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1902
| TOT
| N
| 10
| 7
| 2
| 4
| 3.68
| 17
| 30
| 24
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 58.2
| 66
| 1
| 19
| 0
| 1
| 3
|
| Total
|
|
| 106
| 88
| 29
| 51
| 4.93
| 161
| 522
| 407
| 69
| 5
| 0
| 742.2
| 837
| 23
| 350
| 0
| 18
| 60
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1897
| LOU
| N
| P
| 22
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 42
| 7
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .868
|
| 1898
| LOU
| N
| P
| 38
| 0
| 0
| 11
| 65
| 6
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .927
|
| 1899
| WAS
| N
| P
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1899
| PHI
| N
| P
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 16
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .773
|
| 1899
| LOU
| N
| P
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 22
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .931
|
| 1899
| TOT
| N
| P
| 29
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 51
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .894
|
| 1901
| STL
| N
| P
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1901
| NY
| N
| P
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1901
| TOT
| N
| P
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1902
| PHI
| N
| P
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 15
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .789
|
| 1902
| NY
| N
| P
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1902
| TOT
| N
| P
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 16
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .800
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 106
| 0
| 0
| 27
| 184
| 24
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .898
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1897
| LOU
| N
| 22
| 62
| 4
| 13
| 0
| 9
| .210
| .258
| .226
| 1
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1898
| LOU
| N
| 38
| 111
| 10
| 14
| 0
| 5
| .126
| .149
| .135
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
|
| 1899
| WAS
| N
| 8
| 15
| 1
| 5
| 0
| 2
| .333
| .375
| .400
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1899
| PHI
| N
| 9
| 31
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 2
| .161
| .188
| .161
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1899
| LOU
| N
| 12
| 27
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 5
| .111
| .111
| .222
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1899
| TOT
| N
| 29
| 73
| 2
| 13
| 0
| 9
| .178
| .200
| .233
| 2
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1901
| STL
| N
| 1
| 4
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| .500
| .500
| 1.000
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1901
| NY
| N
| 6
| 14
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 2
| .143
| .200
| .143
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1901
| TOT
| N
| 7
| 18
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 2
| .222
| .263
| .333
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1902
| PHI
| N
| 8
| 19
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 2
| .211
| .211
| .211
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1902
| NY
| N
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1902
| TOT
| N
| 10
| 20
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 2
| .200
| .200
| .200
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 106
| 284
| 19
| 48
| 0
| 27
| .169
| .197
| .197
| 4
| 2
| 9
| 0
| 1
| 6
| 2
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Transactions
- Sold by Louisville Colonels to Philadelphia Phillies for $3250 (June 30, 1899).
- Released by Philadelphia Phillies (@August 20, 1899).
- Signed by Washington Senators (@September 10, 1899).
- Traded by St. Louis Cardinals to New York Giants in exchange for Chauncey Fisher (May, 1901).
- Released by New York Giants (April 25, 1902).
- Signed by Philadelphia Phillies (May, 1902).
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