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: 15-20 / in Starts: 12-14

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 29, Entered with runners on base: 6

1956 Pitching Game Log

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1956 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	251	1	Apr 17	BAL	@	BOS	L,1-8	GS-1	L(0-1)	99	0.1	5	4	4	1	0	0	0	108.00	11.37	7	0	1	0	0	5	24			0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.22	-0.313	3.13	-0.48%	-4.41	1b start tie	1b 12- 1 out d4
2	252	5	Apr 21	BAL		WSH	L,4-8	GS-1	L(0-2)	3	0.0	4	4	4	1	0	0	0	216.00	20.37	5	0	0	0	0	4	25			0	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.32	-0.327	2.65	-0.40%	-3.98	1t start tie	1t 12- 0 out d3
3	253	11	Apr 28	BAL	@	WSH	L,3-5	GS-3	L(0-3)	6	2.2	9	5	5	3	2	0	0	39.00	6.04	19	3	2	0	0	9	19			1	0	0	16	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.18	-0.344	1.88	-0.33%	-3.93	1b start tie	3b 12- 2 out d4
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	254	15	May 3	BAL		CLE	L,1-7	GS-5	L(0-4)	4	5.0	3	3	3	1	3	0	1	18.00	3.75	19	7	4	0	0	3	51			0	0	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	.98	-0.099	1.71	-0.10%	-0.62	1t start tie	5t 3 out d2
5	255	20	May 7	BAL		DET	W,4-3	GS-9		3	8.1	10	3	3	1	2	0	0	10.47	2.98	36	18	5	0	0	10	52			0	0	0	34	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.60	-0.360	2.64	-0.36%	0.78	1t start tie	9t 1-- 1 out tie
6	256	26	May 13(2)	BAL	@	NYY	W,5-1	GS-9	W(1-4)	5	8.0	7	1	1	2	6	0	0	7.40	2.53	30	10	6	2	0	6	68			0	1	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.37	0.478	2.66	0.56%	2.57	1b start tie	9b -23 0 out a5
7	257	30	May 19	BAL	@	DET	W,5-4	GS-3		5	2.1	3	3	1	2	1	0	0	7.09	2.67	12	3	3	1	0	3	42			1	1	0	9	2	0	0	0	1	1	.75	-0.235	1.53	-0.29%	-2.63	1b start tie	3b 1-3 1 out d2
8	258	35	May 26	BAL		NYY	W,9-4	CG	W(2-4)	6	9.0	9	4	4	3	4	1	0	6.31	2.99	39	8	15	1	3	9	54			0	0	0	35	1	1	0	0	0	0	.50	-0.046	.80	-0.04%	0.28	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
9	259	40	May 31	BAL		BOS	L,1-4	GS-5	L(2-5)	4	5.0	6	4	4	3	3	0	0	6.42	2.98	23	6	5	0	0	6	39			0	0	0	19	0	0	0	1	0	0	.93	-0.196	1.57	-0.20%	-1.62	1t start tie	5t 3 out d3
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
10	260	43	Jun 3(2)	BAL		CHW	L,2-9	2-6		2	5.0	4	3	2	4	1	0	1	6.11	3.20	22	7	5	1	0	4		1	0	0	0	0	17	1	1	0	2	0	0	.41	-0.027	.64	-0.03%	-0.25	2t 1-- 0 out d4	6t 3 out d5
11	261	47	Jun 7	BAL		CLE	W,5-2	GS-8	W(3-5)	3	7.0	5	2	1	2	5	0	0	5.47	3.02	28	7	9	1	0	5	64			0	0	0	26	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.09	0.121	.94	0.06%	0.95	1t start tie	8t 1-- 0 out a2
12	262	53	Jun 12	BAL		DET	L,1-8	GS-8	L(3-6)	4	7.0	10	5	3	2	0	0	0	5.28	3.04	30	12	6	2	0	10	39			1	0	0	25	0	0	0	3	0	0	.87	-0.032	1.09	-0.02%	-0.65	1t start tie	8t 12- 0 out d3
13	263	58	Jun 18	BAL	@	CHW	L,2-5	GS-6	L(3-7)	5	6.0	5	2	2	2	1	0	1	5.07	3.09	24	11	4	0	0	5	53			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	2	0	0	.88	0.030	1.23	0.03%	1.17	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
14	264	62	Jun 22	BAL	@	DET	W,3-2	GS-8		3	8.0	10	2	2	2	2	0	0	4.76	3.04	33	10	9	0	0	10	54			1	0	1	30	0	0	1	1	0	0	.86	0.143	.38	0.04%	2.22	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
15	265	66	Jun 27	BAL	@	CLE	L,11-12	GS-4		4	3.1	9	6	6	0	2	0	1	5.26	2.99	20	2	6	0	0	9	20			1	0	0	18	1	0	0	0	1	0	.80	-0.090	.46	-0.03%	-3.09	1b start tie	4b 1-3 1 out a5
16	266	69	Jun 30(2)	BAL		BOS	L,3-6	8-8		2	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.24	2.96	2	1	0	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.72	-0.049	.16	-0.01%	-0.52	8t 1-3 2 out d2	8t 3 out d3
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	267	71	Jul 3	BAL	@	NYY	L,3-4	GS-6		2	6.0	10	3	2	3	3	0	0	5.08	2.96	29	11	5	1	0	7	42			0	0	4	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	.78	-0.110	.23	-0.02%	0.04	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
18	268	72	Jul 4(1)	BAL	@	WSH	L,8-10	8-GF(8)		0	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	5.02	2.96	4	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.19	0.014	.02	0.00%	0.50	8b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
19	269	75	Jul 8(1)	BAL	@	BOS	L,0-9	2-4		3	2.2	5	1	1	1	0	0	0	4.97	2.98	14	6	2	0	0	5		2	2	0	0	0	13	2	0	0	0	0	0	.43	-0.064	.03	0.00%	-0.84	2b 12- 1 out d3	4b 3 out d6
20	270	77	Jul 12	BAL		KCA	W,4-0	SHO	W(4-7)	3	9.0	6	0	0	1	5	0	0	4.50	2.85	33	11	10	1	0	6	79			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	1	.66	0.277	.02	0.01%	4.28	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
21	271	83	Jul 17(2)	BAL		CHW	W,5-3	CG	W(5-7)	4	9.0	6	3	3	3	3	0	0	4.37	2.84	35	12	11	3	0	6	63			0	1	0	32	2	0	0	0	0	1	.78	0.275	.03	0.01%	1.28	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
22	272	88	Jul 22	BAL		CLE	L,0-8	GS-5	L(5-8)	4	5.0	8	4	3	1	1	1	0	4.42	2.94	25	10	5	0	0	8	37			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	1	.88	-0.176	.03	0.00%	-1.62	1t start tie	5t 3 out d4
23	273	92	Jul 26	BAL	@	DET	W,11-6	GS-7	W(6-8)	3	7.0	10	6	6	0	2	2	1	4.62	3.12	31	11	7	1	0	10	35			3	0	0	30	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.17	-0.136	.01	0.00%	-2.30	1b start tie	7b 3 out a2
24	274	97	Jul 30	BAL	@	KCA	W,4-3	7-8	BS(1)	3	1.2	1	1	0	1	2	0	0	4.55	3.10	8	3	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	2.83	-0.168	.00	0.00%	-0.40	7b --- 0 out a1	8b 12- 2 out tie
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
25	275	102	Aug 4	BAL	@	CHW	L,4-15	GS-3	L(6-9)	4	2.2	5	4	4	5	2	1	0	4.75	3.28	16	2	2	0	0	5	29			0	0	0	11	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.54	-0.269	.00	0.00%	-2.66	1b start a 1	3b 1-- 2 out d3
26	276	103	Aug 5(1)	BAL	@	CHW	W,5-4	10-10		0	0.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.75	3.31	2	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	4.94	-0.401	.00	0.00%	-1.46	10b 1-- 0 out a1	10b 123 0 out a1
27	277	110	Aug 12(2)	BAL	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG(8)	L(6-10)	6	8.0	7	4	3	3	3	0	0	4.66	3.27	32	14	6	0	0	6	54			0	0	0	28	0	1	0	1	0	0	.78	-0.117	.00	0.00%	0.05	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
28	278	112	Aug 15	BAL		WSH	W,3-2	10-GF(12)	W(7-10)	2	2.2	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	4.57	3.17	8	1	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.61	0.585	.00	0.00%	2.11	10t 1-3 1 out tie	12t end tie
29	279	117	Aug 21	BAL		KCA	W,4-3	GS-7		5	7.0	7	3	2	3	4	1	0	4.47	3.23	32	9	10	3	0	6	54			1	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.53	-0.076	.00	0.00%	0.33	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
30	280	122	Aug 26(1)	BAL		CHW	W,8-1	CG	W(8-10)	4	9.0	5	1	1	3	5	0	1	4.26	3.19	35	16	5	1	0	5	75			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	0	.60	0.223	.00	0.00%	3.28	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
31	281	125	Aug 29	BAL		CLE	L,2-3	8-8		2	0.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.26	3.21	2	0	0	0	0	1		1	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.16	-0.180	.00	0.00%	-1.04	8t 1-- 1 out tie	8t 123 1 out tie
Sept				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
32	282	130	Sep 3(2)	BAL	@	NYY	L,0-5	GS-6	L(8-11)	4	5.1	8	4	4	2	3	0	0	4.34	3.18	26	11	3	1	0	7	37			1	0	0	23	1	0	1	1	0	1	.90	-0.053	.00	0.00%	-0.54	1b start tie	6b 123 1 out d2
33	283	140	Sep 14	BAL	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG(11)	L(8-12)	10	10.1	12	3	2	7	4	0	0	4.18	3.21	45	14	9	0	0	11	56			0	0	1	35	2	1	0	3	0	0	1.63	-0.017	.00	0.00%	1.87	1b start tie	11b 12- 1 out d1
34	284	146	Sep 21	BAL		WSH	W,7-3	CG	W(9-12)	6	9.0	7	3	2	6	7	1	0	4.07	3.26	42	15	7	0	0	7	64			1	0	0	36	0	0	0	0	0	2	1.06	0.326	.00	0.00%	1.28	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
35	285	152	Sep 29	BAL	@	WSH	L,1-7	6-7		7	2.0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	4.02	3.26	9	5	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	1	.08	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.00	6b --- 0 out d5	7b 3 out d6
							15-20		W-L:9-12,BSv:1	3.7	174.2	198	92	78	72	85	7	6	4.02	3.26	777	1.55		4%	1%	190	47	9	33%	13	3	6	683	21	6	3	21	2	12	1.02	-1.413	.63	-1.61%	-9.58

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