Kaiser Wilhelm
[edit] Biography
Born on January 26, 1874 in Wooster, Ohio, Kaiser Wilhelm (Irvin Key Wilhelm) played for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Boston Beaneaters, Brooklyn Superbas, Baltimore Terrapins and Philadelphia Phillies over the course of his 9 year career. Wilhelm broke into the bigs on April 18, 1903 with the Pittsburgh Pirates, and put up a 3.24 ERA in 86 innings pitched in 1903, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Kaiser Wilhelm's best season was 1908, when he posted a 1.87 ERA, won 16 games and struck out 99 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1903
| PIT
| N
| 12
| 9
| 5
| 3
| 3.24
| 20
| 61
| 31
| 7
| 1
| 0
| 86
| 88
| 0
| 25
| 0
| 0
| 3
|
| 1904
| BOS
| N
| 39
| 36
| 14
| 20
| 3.69
| 73
| 150
| 118
| 30
| 3
| 0
| 288
| 316
| 8
| 74
| 0
| 7
| 7
|
| 1905
| BOS
| N
| 34
| 27
| 3
| 23
| 4.53
| 76
| 168
| 122
| 23
| 0
| 0
| 242.1
| 287
| 7
| 75
| 0
| 9
| 5
|
| 1908
| BRO
| N
| 42
| 36
| 16
| 22
| 1.87
| 99
| 110
| 69
| 33
| 6
| 0
| 332
| 266
| 3
| 83
| 0
| 5
| 6
|
| 1909
| BRO
| N
| 22
| 17
| 3
| 13
| 3.26
| 45
| 92
| 59
| 14
| 1
| 0
| 163
| 176
| 3
| 59
| 0
| 3
| 2
|
| 1910
| BRO
| N
| 15
| 5
| 3
| 7
| 4.74
| 17
| 45
| 36
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 68.1
| 88
| 3
| 18
| 0
| 4
| 1
|
| 1914
| BAL
| F
| 47
| 27
| 12
| 17
| 4.03
| 113
| 141
| 109
| 11
| 1
| 5
| 243.2
| 263
| 10
| 81
| 0
| 6
| 0
|
| 1915
| BAL
| F
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .00
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1921
| PHI
| N
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3.38
| 1
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 11
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 168
| 130
| 44
| 88
| 3.32
| 331
| 629
| 438
| 107
| 11
| 0
| 1187.2
| 1232
| 24
| 337
| 0
| 28
| 24
|
| Total
| FL
|
| 48
| 27
| 12
| 17
| 4.01
| 113
| 141
| 109
| 11
| 1
| 5
| 244.2
| 263
| 10
| 81
| 0
| 6
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 216
| 157
| 56
| 105
| 3.44
| 444
| 770
| 547
| 118
| 12
| 5
| 1432.1
| 1495
| 34
| 418
| 0
| 34
| 24
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1903
| PIT
| N
| P
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 33
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .944
|
| 1903
| PIT
| N
| OF
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1904
| BOS
| N
| P
| 39
| 0
| 0
| 10
| 90
| 7
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .935
|
| 1905
| BOS
| N
| P
| 34
| 0
| 0
| 16
| 77
| 5
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .949
|
| 1905
| BOS
| N
| OF
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .875
|
| 1908
| BRO
| N
| P
| 42
| 0
| 0
| 17
| 109
| 6
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .955
|
| 1909
| BRO
| N
| P
| 22
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 56
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .908
|
| 1910
| BRO
| N
| P
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 24
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .963
|
| 1914
| BAL
| F
| P
| 47
| 0
| 0
| 14
| 82
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .960
|
| 1915
| BAL
| F
| P
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1921
| PHI
| N
| P
| 4
| 0
| 8
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 216
| 0
| 8
| 64
| 472
| 31
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .945
|
| Total
|
|
| OF
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .909
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1903
| PIT
| N
| 13
| 34
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 0
| .088
| .162
| .088
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1904
| BOS
| N
| 39
| 100
| 3
| 7
| 0
| 3
| .070
| .097
| .090
| 2
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1905
| BOS
| N
| 38
| 100
| 3
| 16
| 0
| 4
| .160
| .168
| .180
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1908
| BRO
| N
| 42
| 111
| 4
| 12
| 0
| 3
| .108
| .154
| .108
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1909
| BRO
| N
| 22
| 57
| 1
| 13
| 0
| 4
| .228
| .241
| .316
| 1
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1910
| BRO
| N
| 15
| 19
| 2
| 6
| 0
| 2
| .316
| .381
| .421
| 2
| 0
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1914
| BAL
| F
| 49
| 84
| 8
| 21
| 0
| 8
| .250
| .267
| .310
| 3
| 1
| 2
| 14
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1915
| BAL
| F
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1921
| PHI
| N
| 4
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 173
| 423
| 15
| 57
| 0
| 16
| .135
| .166
| .161
| 7
| 2
| 15
| 2
| 1
| 17
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| FL
|
| 50
| 84
| 8
| 21
| 0
| 8
| .250
| .267
| .310
| 3
| 1
| 2
| 14
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 223
| 507
| 23
| 78
| 0
| 24
| .154
| .183
| .185
| 10
| 3
| 17
| 16
| 1
| 21
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Transactions
- Sold by Pittsburgh Pirates to Boston Beaneaters (January, 1904).
- Sold by Boston Beaneaters to Rochester (Eastern) with Fred Raymer (December, 1905).
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