Bill Stearns
[edit] Biography
Born on March 20, 1853 in Washington, D.C., Bill Stearns (William E. Stearns) played for the Washington Olympics, Washington Nationals and Hartford Dark Blues over the course of his 5 year career. Stearns broke into the bigs on June 26, 1871 with the Washington Olympics, and put up a 6.91 ERA in 99 innings pitched in 1872, his rookie year.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1871
| OLY
| n
| 2
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 2.50
| 0
| 11
| 5
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 18
| 10
| 0
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1872
| NAT
| n
| 11
| 11
| 0
| 11
| 6.91
| 2
| 190
| 76
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 99
| 193
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 2
| 0
|
| 1873
| WAS
| n
| 32
| 32
| 7
| 25
| 4.55
| 5
| 395
| 143
| 32
| 0
| 0
| 283
| 481
| 8
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1874
| HAR
| n
| 22
| 18
| 2
| 14
| 4.65
| 14
| 194
| 82
| 14
| 0
| 1
| 158.2
| 237
| 1
| 15
| 0
| 3
| 0
|
| 1875
| WAS
| n
| 17
| 16
| 1
| 14
| 5.36
| 3
| 211
| 84
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 141
| 246
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 84
| 79
| 12
| 64
| 5.02
| 24
| 1001
| 390
| 73
| 0
| 1
| 699.2
| 1167
| 12
| 46
| 0
| 5
| 0
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1871
| OLY
| n
| P
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .833
|
| 1872
| NAT
| n
| P
| 10
| 10
| 90
| 3
| 12
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .682
|
| 1873
| WAS
| n
| P
| 32
| 0
| 0
| 17
| 27
| 16
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .733
|
| 1874
| HAR
| n
| RF
| 15
| 11
| 82
| 13
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .813
|
| 1874
| HAR
| n
| P
| 22
| 18
| 158.2
| 14
| 20
| 20
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .630
|
| 1874
| HAR
| n
| CF
| 4
| 3
| 9
| 4
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .500
|
| 1874
| HAR
| n
| OF
| 19
| 0
| 0
| 17
| 0
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .708
|
| 1875
| WAS
| n
| OF
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 10
| 1
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .688
|
| 1875
| WAS
| n
| P
| 17
| 0
| 0
| 13
| 19
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .667
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 83
| 28
| 248.2
| 47
| 83
| 60
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .684
|
| Total
|
|
| CF
| 4
| 3
| 9
| 4
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .500
|
| Total
|
|
| RF
| 15
| 11
| 82
| 13
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .813
|
| Total
|
|
| OF
| 26
| 0
| 0
| 27
| 1
| 12
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .700
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1871
| OLY
| n
| 2
| 9
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| .000
| .182
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1872
| NAT
| n
| 11
| 45
| 8
| 12
| 0
| 4
| .267
| .267
| .289
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1873
| WAS
| n
| 32
| 133
| 22
| 24
| 0
| 8
| .180
| .204
| .180
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1874
| HAR
| n
| 33
| 132
| 16
| 21
| 0
| 9
| .159
| .201
| .167
| 1
| 0
| 7
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1875
| WAS
| n
| 21
| 78
| 9
| 20
| 0
| 7
| .256
| .266
| .256
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 99
| 397
| 56
| 77
| 0
| 29
| .194
| .221
| .199
| 2
| 0
| 14
| 22
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
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