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

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Team Record in Appearances: 19-16 / in Starts: 18-15

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 26, Entered with runners on base: 1

1949 Pitching Game Log

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1949 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	50	4	Apr 22	CHW		SLB	W,5-2	8-GF	S(1)	99	2.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	1.51	7	3	1	0	1	2		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.82	0.109	4.08	0.15%	1.01	8t --- 0 out a2	9t end a 3
2	51	6	Apr 24(1)	CHW		SLB	W,2-1	GS-		1	8.0	8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0.90	2.11	27						63						25	0	0	0		0
3	52	10	Apr 27	CHW	@	CLE	L,3-11	7-7		2	0.2	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.84	2.42	4	1	0	0	0	2		1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	.03	-0.001	.07	0.00%	-0.46	7b 1-- 1 out d7	7b 3 out d8
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
4	53	12	May 1(1)	CHW	@	SLB	W,7-6	GS-9	W(1-0)	3	8.0	9	5	5	4	4	0	0	2.89	2.67	36	9	10	1	2	9	44			0	0	0	32	0	2	0	1	0	0	.83	0.122	2.18	0.19%	0.42	1b start tie	9b 12- 0 out a4
5	54	17	May 6	CHW		NYY	W,6-2	CG	W(2-0)	4	9.0	7	2	2	6	1	0	0	2.60	3.20	39	16	11	3	1	5	60			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	1	0	0	.82	0.194	2.14	0.31%	2.56	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
6	55	22	May 11	CHW		BOS	W,12-8	GS-6	W(3-0)	4	5.2	9	6	6	5	5	0	0	3.78	3.23	31	5	7	1	0	9	27			0	0	0	25	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.32	-0.353	2.37	-0.38%	-3.46	1t start tie	6t 1-3 2 out a1
7	56	25	May 15(1)	CHW		CLE	W,10-0	SHO	W(4-0)	3	9.0	5	0	0	1	2	0	0	2.98	3.05	33	16	9	5	0	5	78			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	1	.45	0.186	.97	0.24%	4.56	1t start tie	9t 3 out a10
8	57	30	May 21	CHW	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	L(4-1)	5	8.2	7	4	3	3	0	0	0	3.00	3.14	34	10	14	0	1	7	53			0	0	1	31	3	0	1	1	0	1	1.23	-0.247	3.34	-0.40%	0.30	1b start tie	9b 12- 2 out d1
9	58	34	May 27	CHW	@	CLE	L,0-4	GS-7	L(4-2)	5	7.0	7	4	4	0	3	0	0	3.26	2.96	25	7	8	1	0	7	50			0	1	0	25	3	1	0	1	0	0	.64	-0.050	1.38	-0.07%	-0.38	1b start tie	7b 3 out d4
10	59	39	May 30(2)	CHW		DET	W,2-1	CG	W(5-2)	2	9.0	6	1	1	1	3	0	0	2.96	2.85	34						73						31	0	0	0		0
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
11	60	43	Jun 4	CHW		WSH	W,2-1	CG	W(6-2)	4	9.0	8	1	1	1	3	0	0	2.72	2.77	36	11	14	1	3	7	69			0	0	0	35	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.88	0.631	1.69	0.34%	3.56	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
12	61	48	Jun 9	CHW		PHA	L,0-1	CG(12)	L(6-3)	4	12.0	6	1	0	6	1	0	0	2.35	2.92	43	28	2	2	0	6	83			0	2	0	35	2	0	1	1	0	0	1.74	0.671	1.31	0.30%	5.08	1t start tie	12t 3 out d1
13	62	52	Jun 14	CHW	@	NYY	L,3-15	GS-6	L(6-4)	4	5.0	6	8	7	5	3	0	0	2.90	2.99	26	8	6	0	2	4	23			0	0	0	21	1	2	0	0	0	0	1.06	-0.440	.59	-0.15%	-4.21	1b start tie	6b 123 0 out d2
14	63	57	Jun 17(2)	CHW	@	BOS	L,8-10	GS-4	L(6-5)	2	4.0	11	8	8	2	1	3	0	3.53	3.42	24	8	2	0	0	11	7			0	0	0	22	2	0	0	1	0	0	.82	-0.466	.17	-0.06%	-5.72	1b start tie	4b 3 out d6
15	64	62	Jun 22	CHW	@	WSH	W,4-1	CG	W(7-5)	4	9.0	10	1	1	1	3	1	0	3.31	3.44	38	14	11	1	1	9	65			1	0	0	36	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.12	0.439	.10	0.02%	3.61	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
16	65	66	Jun 26(1)	CHW	@	PHA	L,2-4	GS-7		3	6.1	8	1	1	6	1	0	0	3.20	3.53	30	7	8	4	0	8	48			2	0	1	24	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.40	0.091	.13	0.01%	1.00	1b start tie	7b 123 1 out a1
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
17	66	70	Jul 1	CHW	@	DET	W,4-0	SHO	W(8-5)	4	9.0	5	0	0	5	3	0	0	2.97	3.52	36						75						30	1	0	0		0
18	67	75	Jul 5	CHW	@	SLB	L,5-9	GS-	L(8-6)	3	6.1	7	8	5	5	2	0	0	3.17	3.56	30						30						25	1	0	0		0
19	68	79	Jul 10(1)	CHW		DET	W,4-2	CG	W(9-6)	4	9.0	5	2	2	4	2	0	0	3.10	3.55	35	12	13	3	0	4	67			0	0	1	31	2	0	0	0	0	0	.85	0.340	.01	0.00%	2.56	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
20	69	82	Jul 15	CHW		WSH	L,4-9	GS-8	L(9-7)	4	7.1	14	7	4	1	0	1	0	3.19	3.61	36	10	13	3	3	12	27			0	0	0	35	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.56	-0.333	.01	0.00%	-1.53	1t start tie	8t 123 1 out tie
21	70	86	Jul 18	CHW		NYY	W,6-5	GS-8		2	8.0	7	3	3	2	5	0	0	3.20	3.52	32	13	5	0	0	7	59			2	0	1	29	0	1	0	0	0	1	1.31	-0.034	.02	0.00%	1.05	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
22	71	91	Jul 24(2)	CHW		PHA	L,4-6	GS-4		5	3.0	9	4	3	0	1	0	0	3.31	3.49	17	5	2	0	0	9	28			0	0	0	16	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.16	-0.346	.00	0.00%	-2.87	1t start tie	4t 1-- 0 out d1
23	72	96	Jul 30	CHW	@	NYY	W,9-2	GS-6	W(10-7)	5	5.0	6	2	2	2	1	0	0	3.32	3.49	19	8	2	0	0	6	46			0	0	0	17	0	2	0	3	0	0	1.08	0.021	.00	0.00%	-0.37	1b start tie	6b 12- 0 out a3
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
24	73	100	Aug 3	CHW	@	PHA	L,2-3	CG(8)	L(10-8)	3	8.0	8	3	3	5	3	0	0	3.32	3.49	36	11	10	1	0	7	52			0	0	1	30	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.23	-0.053	.00	0.00%	1.10	1b start a 1	8b 3 out d1
25	74	105	Aug 9	CHW	@	DET	L,5-11	GS-6	L(10-9)	5	6.0	9	7	7	4	1	1	0	3.57	3.59	27	9	4	0	0	9	23			0	0	0	23	2	0	0	3	0	0	.95	-0.242	.00	0.00%	-3.83	1b start tie	6b 3 out d6
26	75	111	Aug 15	CHW	@	SLB	W,8-0	SHO	W(11-9)	5	9.0	2	0	0	4	3	0	0	3.39	3.57	33						82						28	0	0	0		0
27	76	116	Aug 21(1)	CHW		CLE	W,5-4	GS-4		5	3.2	8	3	0	1	3	0	0	3.33	3.53	20	3	5	2	0	8	41			0	0	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.17	-0.128	.00	0.00%	-1.41	1t start tie	4t 12- 2 out a1
28	77	121	Aug 26(1)	CHW		BOS	L,4-11	GS-5	L(11-10)	4	4.2	8	5	3	2	1	0	0	3.39	3.53	25	12	2	1	0	8	31			1	0	0	23	3	0	1	0	0	1	1.22	-0.337	.00	0.00%	-2.91	1t start tie	5t 12- 2 out d3
29	78	126	Aug 30	CHW		WSH	L,0-1	CG	L(11-11)	3	10.0	6	1	0	1	3	0	0	3.22	3.46	35						80						33	1	0	0		0
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
30	79	130	Sep 3	CHW	@	DET	L,3-5	GS-	L(11-12)	3	5.0	8	5	4	3	3	1	0	3.32	3.52	24						33						21	0	0	0		0
31	80	134	Sep 7	CHW		SLB	W,7-1	CG	W(12-12)	3	9.0	5	1	1	3	4	0	0	3.22	3.48	33	11	10	0	0	5	74			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	2	0	0	.59	0.297	.00	0.00%	3.56	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
32	81	137	Sep 11	CHW		DET	L,0-1	CG	L(12-13)	3	9.0	8	1	1	2	4	0	0	3.13	3.43	36	13	9	0	0	8	69			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.40	0.255	.00	0.00%	3.56	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
33	82	141	Sep 16(2)	CHW	@	PHA	W,6-3	GS-6	W(13-13)	4	5.2	4	3	3	3	2	1	0	3.17	3.49	24	11	5	2	1	3	48			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	.69	0.065	.00	0.00%	-0.37	1b start tie	6b 12- 2 out a3
34	83	147	Sep 25(1)	CHW		SLB	W,7-5	GS-8	W(14-13)	8	7.0	12	5	5	3	2	0	0	3.27	3.48	32	13	2	0	0	12	32			0	0	0	28	3	0	0	3	0	0	.83	-0.038	.00	0.00%	-1.45	1t start tie	8t 12- 0 out a3
35	84	153	Oct 2(1)	CHW	@	SLB	W,4-3	GS-	W(15-13)	6	8.0	12	3	3	4	3	1	0	3.27	3.53	39						45						34	0	0	0		0
							19-16		W-L:15-13,Sv:1	3.8	245.0	254	106	89	96	78	9	0	3.27	3.53	1036	1.48		7%	3%	189	51	1	100%	6	3	5	923	35	12	3	23	0	5	1.12	0.353	.75	0.50%	4.98

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