Bill Wight

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-1, 180lb (185cm, 81kg)

Born: April 12, 1922 in Rio Vista, CA us

Died: May 17, 2007 in Mount Shasta, CA

Buried: East Lawn Sierra Hills Memorial Park, Sacramento, CA

High School: McClymonds HS (Oakland, CA)

Debut: April 17, 1946 (Age 24-005d, 10,113th in major league history)
vs. PHA 0.1 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: September 21, 1958 (Age 36-162d)
vs. SFG 2.2 IP, 4 H, 0 SO, 3 BB, 3 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1947 season

Full Name: William Robert Wight

Nicknames: Lefty

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

10.7

ERA

3.95

347

198

1563.0

574

WHIP

1.516

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1956 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1956 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 17	BAL	@	BOS	L,1-8	GS	7	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
2	5 (3)	Apr 21	BAL		WSH	L,4-8	GS	5	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
3	11 (5)	Apr 28	BAL	@	WSH	L,3-5	GS	19	2.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
4	15 (3)	May 3	BAL		CLE	L,1-7	GS	19	5.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
5	20 (4)	May 7	BAL		DET	W,4-3	GS	36	8.1	0	2	0	2	0	P
6	26 (5)	May 13 (2)	BAL	@	NYY	W,5-1	GS	30	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
7	30 (3)	May 19	BAL	@	DET	W,5-4	GS	12	2.1	0	1	1	2	0	P
8	35 (4)	May 26	BAL		NYY	W,9-4	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
9	40 (4)	May 31	BAL		BOS	L,1-4	GS	23	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	43 (2)	Jun 3 (2)	BAL		CHW	L,2-9		22	5.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
11	47 (3)	Jun 7	BAL		CLE	W,5-2	GS	28	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
12	53 (5)	Jun 12	BAL		DET	L,1-8	GS	30	7.0	0	2	0	2	1	P
13	58 (4)	Jun 18	BAL	@	CHW	L,2-5	GS	24	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
14	62 (3)	Jun 22	BAL	@	DET	W,3-2	GS	33	8.0	0	1	1	2	0	P
15	66 (3)	Jun 27	BAL	@	CLE	L,11-12	GS	20	3.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
16	69 (2)	Jun 30 (2)	BAL		BOS	L,3-6		2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	71 (1)	Jul 3	BAL	@	NYY	L,3-4	GS	29	6.0	0	5	0	5	0	P
18	72	Jul 4 (1)	BAL	@	WSH	L,8-10	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
19	75 (2)	Jul 8 (1)	BAL	@	BOS	L,0-9		14	2.2	0	2	0	2	0	P
20	77 (1)	Jul 12	BAL		KCA	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
21	83 (5)	Jul 17 (2)	BAL		CHW	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
22	88 (4)	Jul 22	BAL		CLE	L,0-8	GS	25	5.0	1	2	0	3	0	P
23	92 (3)	Jul 26	BAL	@	DET	W,11-6	GS	31	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
24	97 (4)	Jul 30	BAL	@	KCA	W,4-3		8	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
25	102 (4)	Aug 4	BAL	@	CHW	L,4-15	GS	16	2.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
26	103	Aug 5 (1)	BAL	@	CHW	W,5-4		2	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
27	110 (6)	Aug 12 (2)	BAL	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
28	112 (1)	Aug 15	BAL		WSH	W,3-2	GF	8	2.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
29	117 (4)	Aug 21	BAL		KCA	W,4-3	GS	32	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
30	122 (4)	Aug 26 (1)	BAL		CHW	W,8-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	P
31	125 (2)	Aug 29	BAL		CLE	L,2-3		2	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
32	130 (4)	Sep 3 (2)	BAL	@	NYY	L,0-5	GS	26	5.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
33	140 (9)	Sep 14	BAL	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	45	10.1	0	3	1	4	0	P
34	146 (5)	Sep 21	BAL		WSH	W,7-3	CG	42	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	P
35	152 (5)	Sep 29	BAL	@	WSH	L,1-7		9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
							35gm		174.2	6	27	4	37	1