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Bill Wight

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Full Name: William Robert Wight Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 1"/180 First Game: April 17, 1946
Birthdate: April 12, 1922 Final Game: September 21, 1958
Birthplace: Rio Vista, California MLB Experience: 12 years
Died: May 17, 2007
Deathplace: Mount Shasta, California
Bat/Throw: Left/Left
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Pitching Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
    • 2.3 Batting Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Born on April 12, 1922 in Rio Vista, California, Bill Wight (William Robert Wight) played for the New York Yankees, Chicago White Sox, Boston Red Sox, Detroit Tigers, Cleveland Indians, Baltimore Orioles, St. Louis Cardinals and Cincinnati Reds over the course of his 12 year career. Wight broke into the bigs on April 17, 1946 with the New York Yankees, and put up a 4.80 ERA in 223.1 innings pitched in 1948, his rookie year.

There is some disagreement on what was Bill Wight's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1949, when he posted a 3.31 ERA, won 15 games and struck out 78 batters. However, others believe that it was 1955, when he posted a 2.48 ERA and struck out 63 batters.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Pitching Stats

Year Team G GS W L ERA K R ER CG SHO SV IP H HR BB IB WP HBP
1946 NY A 14 4 2 2 4.46 11 22 20 1 0 0 40.1 44 1 30 0 2 1
1947 NY A 1 1 1 0 1.00 3 3 1 1 0 0 9 8 0 2 0 0 0
1948 CHI A 34 32 9 20 4.80 68 132 119 7 1 1 223.1 238 9 135 0 5 1
1949 CHI A 35 33 15 13 3.31 78 106 90 14 3 1 245 254 9 96 0 3 0
1950 CHI A 30 28 10 16 3.58 62 89 82 13 3 0 206 213 10 79 0 3 0
1951 BOS A 34 17 7 7 5.10 38 77 67 4 2 0 118.1 128 5 63 0 2 0
1952 DET A 23 19 5 9 3.88 65 71 62 8 3 0 143.2 167 7 55 0 5 0
1952 BOS A 10 2 2 1 2.96 5 11 8 0 0 0 24.1 14 3 14 0 3 1
1952 TOT A 33 21 7 10 3.75 70 82 70 8 3 0 168 181 10 69 0 8 1
1953 DET A 13 4 0 3 8.88 10 33 25 0 0 0 25.1 35 4 14 0 4 0
1953 CLE A 20 0 2 1 3.71 14 12 11 0 0 1 26.2 29 1 16 0 1 0
1953 TOT A 33 4 2 4 6.23 24 45 36 0 0 1 52 64 5 30 0 5 0
1955 CLE A 17 0 0 0 2.62 9 8 7 0 0 1 24 24 0 9 1 1 0
1955 BAL A 19 14 6 8 2.45 54 43 32 8 2 2 117.1 111 6 39 1 5 1
1955 TOT A 36 14 6 8 2.48 63 51 39 8 2 3 141.1 135 6 48 2 6 1
1956 BAL A 35 26 9 12 4.02 84 92 78 7 1 0 174.2 198 7 72 3 5 6
1957 BAL A 27 17 6 6 3.64 50 53 49 2 0 0 121 122 4 54 1 0 4
1958 STL N 28 1 3 0 5.02 18 35 32 1 0 2 57.1 64 7 32 1 6 0
1958 CIN N 7 0 0 1 4.05 5 4 3 0 0 0 6.2 7 1 4 0 0 0
1958 TOT N 35 1 3 1 4.92 23 39 35 1 0 2 64 71 8 36 1 6 0
Total NL 35 1 3 1 4.92 23 39 35 1 0 2 64 71 8 36 1 6 0
Total AL 312 197 74 98 3.91 551 752 651 65 15 6 1499 1585 66 678 6 39 14
Total 347 198 77 99 3.95 574 791 686 66 15 8 1563 1656 74 714 7 45 14

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1946 NY A P 14 0 0 1 11 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .800
1947 NY A P 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1948 CHI A P 34 0 0 4 47 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 .944
1949 CHI A P 35 0 0 10 50 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 .923
1950 CHI A P 30 0 0 5 49 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 .900
1951 BOS A P 34 0 0 1 29 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 .909
1952 DET A P 23 0 0 4 40 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .936
1952 BOS A P 10 0 0 3 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .875
1952 TOT A P 33 0 0 7 44 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 .927
1953 DET A P 13 0 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500
1953 CLE A P 20 0 0 1 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1953 TOT A P 33 0 0 1 9 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 .714
1955 CLE A P 17 0 0 1 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1955 BAL A 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1955 BAL A P 19 0 0 2 34 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 .923
1955 TOT A P 36 0 0 3 49 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 .945
1956 BAL A P 35 0 0 6 27 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 .892
1957 BAL A P 27 17 121 3 21 3 1 0 0 2 6 2 .889
1958 STL N P 28 1 57.1 0 15 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 .938
1958 CIN N P 7 0 6.2 3 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 .800
1958 TOT N P 35 1 64 3 16 2 2 0 0 3 0 1 .905
Total P 347 18 185 45 355 40 16 0 0 5 6 3 .909
Total 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1946 NY A 14 9 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0
1947 NY A 1 2 0 0 0 0 .000 .333 .000 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0
1948 CHI A 34 73 2 6 0 3 .082 .130 .082 0 0 3 31 1 3 0 0 1
1949 CHI A 35 85 7 14 0 6 .165 .220 .200 3 0 6 27 0 9 0 0 1
1950 CHI A 30 61 2 0 0 2 .000 .062 .000 0 0 4 17 0 10 0 0 1
1951 BOS A 34 41 1 3 0 1 .073 .136 .073 0 0 3 16 0 0 0 0 0
1952 DET A 23 50 2 11 0 4 .220 .235 .260 2 0 1 7 0 2 0 0 1
1952 BOS A 10 7 0 1 0 1 .143 .250 .143 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0
1952 TOT A 33 57 2 12 0 5 .211 .237 .246 2 0 2 10 0 2 0 0 1
1953 DET A 13 7 0 3 0 1 .429 .429 .429 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1953 CLE A 20 5 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
1953 TOT A 33 12 0 3 0 1 .250 .250 .250 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
1955 CLE A 17 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
1955 BAL A 19 36 1 3 0 2 .083 .108 .111 1 0 1 16 0 5 0 0 0
1955 TOT A 36 36 1 3 0 2 .083 .108 .111 1 0 1 16 0 6 0 0 0
1956 BAL A 35 60 2 12 0 4 .200 .226 .200 0 0 2 26 0 2 0 0 0
1957 BAL A 27 34 1 1 0 0 .029 .083 .029 0 0 1 12 1 4 0 0 0
1958 STL N 28 10 0 1 0 0 .100 .182 .100 0 0 1 6 0 1 0 0 1
1958 CIN N 7 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 TOT N 35 10 0 1 0 0 .100 .182 .100 0 0 1 6 0 1 0 0 1
Total NL 35 10 0 1 0 0 .100 .182 .100 0 0 1 6 0 1 0 0 1
Total AL 312 470 19 54 0 24 .115 .160 .128 6 0 23 163 2 39 0 0 4
Total 347 480 19 55 0 24 .115 .160 .127 6 0 24 169 2 40 0 0 5

[edit] Transactions

  • Signed as an amateur free agent by New York Yankees (1941).
  • Traded by New York Yankees with Fred Bradley and Aaron Robinson to Chicago White Sox in exchange for Eddie Lopat (February 24, 1948).
  • Traded by Chicago White Sox with Ray Scarborough to Boston Red Sox in exchange for Al Zarilla, Joe Dobson and Dick Littlefield (December 10, 1950).
  • Traded by Boston Red Sox with Walt Dropo, Fred Hatfield, Johnny Pesky and Don Lenhardt to Detroit Tigers in exchange for Dizzy Trout, George Kell, Johnny Lipon and Hoot Evers (June 3, 1952).
  • Traded by Detroit Tigers with Art Houtteman, Owen Friend and Joe Ginsberg to Cleveland Indians in exchange for Ray Boone, Al Aber, Steve Gromek and Dick Weik (June 15, 1953).
  • Traded by Cleveland Indians to Baltimore Orioles in exchange for Hoot Evers (July 13, 1955).
  • Claimed on waivers by Cincinnati Reds from Baltimore Orioles (December 4, 1957).
  • Released by Cincinnati Reds (May 20, 1958).
  • Signed by St. Louis Cardinals (May 21, 1958).
  • Released by St. Louis Cardinals (October 17, 1958).

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