Bill Wight

Q: When was Bill Wight born?

Bill Wight was born on April 12, 1922.

Q: Where was Bill Wight born?

Bill Wight was born in Rio Vista, CA .

Q: How tall was Bill Wight?

Bill Wight was 6-1 (185 cm) tall.

Q: How much did Bill Wight weigh when playing?

Bill Wight weighed 180 lbs (81 kg) when playing.

Q: Is Bill Wight in the Hall of Fame?

Bill Wight has not been elected into the Hall of Fame.

Q: How many strikeouts did Bill Wight have?

Bill Wight had 574 strikeouts over his career.

Q: How many teams has Bill Wight played for?

Bill Wight played for 8 teams; the New York Yankees, Chicago White Sox, Boston Red Sox, Detroit Tigers, Cleveland Indians, Baltimore Orioles, Cincinnati Redlegs and St. Louis Cardinals.

Q: When did Bill Wight retire?

Bill Wight last played in 1958.

Q: What are Bill Wight's nicknames?

Lefty is a nickname for 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

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1941	19	NYY-min	C	8	12	.400	3.82	30						160.0	157	106	68		124									1.756	8.8		7.0			IDF PION
1942	20	NYY-min	B,A	8	7	.533	2.58	17						115.0	97	56	33		59									1.357	7.6		4.6			NFK,BNG PIED,EL
1946	24	NYY	AL	2	2	.500	4.46	14	4	3	1	0	0	40.1	44	22	20	1	30	2	11	1	0	2	189	78	4.67	1.835	9.8	0.2	6.7	2.5	0.37
1947	25	NYY-min	AAA	16	9	.640	2.85	29	28	1	17	5		199.0	202	79	63		71		75	1	0	4				1.372	9.1		3.2	3.4	1.06	KCY AA
1947	25	NYY	AL	1	0	1.000	1.00	1	1	0	1	0	0	9.0	8	3	1	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	35	369	2.68	1.111	8.0	0.0	2.0	3.0	1.50
1948	26	CHW	AL	9	20	.310	4.80	34	32	2	7	1	1	223.1	238	132	119	9	*135*	4	68	1	1	5	1010	89	4.50	1.670	9.6	0.4	5.4	2.7	0.50
1949	27	CHW	AL	15	13	.536	3.31	35	33	1	14	3	1	245.0	254	106	90	9	96	3	78	0	1	3	1036	126	3.53	1.429	9.3	0.3	3.5	2.9	0.81
1950	28	CHW	AL	10	16	.385	3.58	30	28	2	13	3	0	206.0	213	89	82	10	79	2	62	0	0	3	885	125	3.76	1.417	9.3	0.4	3.5	2.7	0.78
1951	29	BOS	AL	7	7	.500	5.10	34	17	8	4	2	0	118.1	128	77	67	5	63	2	38	0	0	2	525	88	3.98	1.614	9.7	0.4	4.8	2.9	0.60
1952	30	TOT	AL	7	10	.412	3.75	33	21	3	8	3	0	168.0	181	82	70	10	69	6	70	1	4	8	736	102	3.58	1.488	9.7	0.5	3.7	3.8	1.01
1952	30	BOS	AL	2	1	.667	2.96	10	2	3	0	0	0	24.1	14	11	8	3	14	2	5	1	1	3	99	135	5.43	1.151	5.2	1.1	5.2	1.8	0.36
1952	30	DET	AL	5	9	.357	3.88	23	19	0	8	3	0	143.2	167	71	62	7	55	4	65	0	3	5	637	98	3.27	1.545	10.5	0.4	3.4	4.1	1.18
1953	31	TOT	AL	2	4	.333	6.23	33	4	9	0	0	1	52.0	64	45	36	5	30	3	24	0	0	5	245	63	4.65	1.808	11.1	0.9	5.2	4.2	0.80
1953	31	DET	AL	0	3	.000	8.88	13	4	3	0	0	0	25.1	35	33	25	4	14	1	10	0	0	4	125	46	5.51	1.934	12.4	1.4	5.0	3.6	0.71
1953	31	CLE	AL	2	1	.667	3.71	20	0	6	0	0	1	26.2	29	12	11	1	16	2	14	0	0	1	120	102	3.83	1.688	9.8	0.3	5.4	4.7	0.88

1955	33	TOT	AL	6	8	.429	2.48	36	14	13	8	2	3	141.1	135	51	39	6	48	2	63	1	0	6	598	154	3.07	1.295	8.6	0.4	3.1	4.0	1.31
1955	33	CLE	AL	0	0		2.63	17	0	8	0	0	1	24.0	24	8	7	0	9	1	9	0	0	1	102	155	2.74	1.375	9.0	0.0	3.4	3.4	1.00
1955	33	BAL	AL	6	8	.429	2.45	19	14	5	8	2	2	117.1	111	43	32	6	39	1	54	1	0	5	496	154	3.13	1.278	8.5	0.5	3.0	4.1	1.38
1956	34	BAL	AL	9	12	.429	4.02	35	26	2	7	1	0	174.2	198	92	78	7	72	3	84	6	0	5	778	96	3.27	1.546	10.2	*0.4*	3.7	4.3	1.17
1957	35	BAL	AL	6	6	.500	3.64	27	17	3	2	0	0	121.0	122	53	49	4	54	1	50	4	1	0	523	98	3.50	1.455	9.1	0.3	4.0	3.7	0.93
1958	36	TOT	NL	3	1	.750	4.92	35	1	14	1	0	2	64.0	71	39	35	8	36	1	23	0	0	6	291	85	5.07	1.672	10.0	1.1	5.1	3.2	0.64
1958	36	CIN	NL	0	1	.000	4.05	7	0	2	0	0	0	6.2	7	4	3	1	4	0	5	0	0	0	28	109	4.73	1.650	9.5	1.4	5.4	6.8	1.25
1958	36	STL	NL	3	0	1.000	5.02	28	1	12	1	0	2	57.1	64	35	32	7	32	1	18	0	0	6	263	83	5.11	1.674	10.0	1.1	5.0	2.8	0.56
1959	37	CIN-min	AAA	1	3	.250		4																										SLE PCL
12 Yrs				77	99	.438	3.95	347	198	60	66	15	8	1563.0	1656	791	686	74	714	29	574	14	7	45	6851	103	3.79	1.516	9.5	0.4	4.1	3.3	0.80
162 Game Avg.				10	12	.438	3.95	43	25	7	8	2	1	195	207	99	86	9	89	4	72	2	1	6	855	103	3.79	1.516	9.5	0.4	4.1	3.3	0.80
				W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
BAL (3 yrs)				21	26	.447	3.46	81	57	10	17	3	2	413.0	431	188	159	17	165	5	188	11	1	10	1797	108	3.30	1.443	9.4	0.4	3.6	4.1	1.14
CHW (3 yrs)				34	49	.410	3.88	99	93	5	34	7	2	674.1	705	327	291	28	310	9	208	1	2	11	2931	110	3.92	1.505	9.4	0.4	4.1	2.8	0.67
BOS (2 yrs)				9	8	.529	4.73	44	19	11	4	2	0	142.2	142	88	75	8	77	4	43	1	1	5	624	93	4.23	1.535	9.0	0.5	4.9	2.7	0.56
CLE (2 yrs)				2	1	.667	3.20	37	0	14	0	0	2	50.2	53	20	18	1	25	3	23	0	0	2	222	122	3.31	1.539	9.4	0.2	4.4	4.1	0.92
NYY (2 yrs)				3	2	.600	3.83	15	5	3	2	0	0	49.1	52	25	21	1	32	2	14	1	0	2	224	92	4.30	1.703	9.5	0.2	5.8	2.6	0.44
DET (2 yrs)				5	12	.294	4.63	36	23	3	8	3	0	169.0	202	104	87	11	69	5	75	0	3	9	762	83	3.60	1.604	10.8	0.6	3.7	4.0	1.09
STL (1 yr)				3	0	1.000	5.02	28	1	12	1	0	2	57.1	64	35	32	7	32	1	18	0	0	6	263	83	5.11	1.674	10.0	1.1	5.0	2.8	0.56
CIN (1 yr)				0	1	.000	4.05	7	0	2	0	0	0	6.2	7	4	3	1	4	0	5	0	0	0	28	109	4.73	1.650	9.5	1.4	5.4	6.8	1.25

AL (11 yrs)				74	98	.430	3.91	312	197	46	65	15	6	1499.0	1585	752	651	66	678	28	551	14	7	39	6560	104	3.74	1.510	9.5	0.4	4.1	3.3	0.81
NL (1 yr)				3	1	.750	4.92	35	1	14	1	0	2	64.0	71	39	35	8	36	1	23	0	0	6	291	85	5.07	1.672	10.0	1.1	5.1	3.2	0.64

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WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

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Season	Age	Team	Lg	WAR	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	rOBA	Rbat+	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1946	24	NYY	AL	-0.2	14	11	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	-0.007	-193	0	0	0	2		0	1
1947	25	NYY	AL	0.0	1	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.333	.000	.333	-2	.222	-6	0	0	0	1		0	/1
1948	26	CHW	AL	-0.7	34	80	73	2	6	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	31	.082	.130	.082	.212	-42	.101	-68	6	1	1	3		0	1
1949	27	CHW	AL	-0.2	35	100	85	7	14	3	0	0	6	0	1	6	27	.165	.220	.200	.420	13	.196	-11	17	1	0	9		0	1
1950	28	CHW	AL	-1.1	30	75	61	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	4	17	.000	.062	.000	.062	-83	.032	-141	0	1	0	10		0	1
1951	29	BOS	AL	-0.4	34	44	41	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	16	.073	.136	.073	.210	-44	.104	-71	3	0	0	0		0	1
1952	30	2TM	AL	0.2	33	61	57	2	12	2	0	0	5	0	0	2	10	.211	.237	.246	.483	34	.227	21	14	1	0	2		0	1
1952	30	BOS	AL	0.0	10	8	7	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	.143	.250	.143	.393	8	.198	-2	1	0	0	0		0	1
1952	30	DET	AL	0.2	23	53	50	2	11	2	0	0	4	0	0	1	7	.220	.235	.260	.495	38	.232	25	13	1	0	2		0	1
1953	31	2TM	AL	0.0	33	12	12	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.250	.250	.250	.500	37	.234	18	3	0	0	0		0	1
1953	31	DET	AL	0.1	13	7	7	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.429	.429	.429	.857	134	.401	133	3	0	0	0		0	1
1953	31	CLE	AL	-0.1	20	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	.000	-142	0	0	0	0		0	1

1955	33	2TM	AL	-0.2	36	43	36	1	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	16	.083	.108	.111	.219	-39	.158	-47	4	0	0	6	0	0	1/3
1955	33	CLE	AL	0.0	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0								0	0	0	1	0	0	1
1955	33	BAL	AL	-0.2	19	42	36	1	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	16	.083	.108	.111	.219	-39	.158	-47	4	0	0	5	0	0	1/3
1956	34	BAL	AL	-0.1	35	64	60	2	12	0	0	0	4	0	0	2	26	.200	.226	.200	.426	18	.204	-2	12	0	0	2	0	0	1
1957	35	BAL	AL	-0.2	27	40	34	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	12	.029	.083	.029	.113	-67	.145	-51	1	0	1	4	0	0	1
1958	36	2TM	NL	-0.1	35	12	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	.100	.182	.100	.282	-24	.147	-63	1	1	0	1	0	0	1
1958	36	CIN	NL	0.0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0								0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1958	36	STL	NL	-0.1	28	12	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	.100	.182	.100	.282	-24	.147	-63	1	1	0	1	0	0	1
				WAR	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	rOBA	Rbat+	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
12 Yrs				-2.9	347	546	480	19	55	6	0	0	24	0	1	24	169	.115	.160	.127	.287	-22	.147	-47	61	5	2	40	0	0	1/3
162 Game Avg				-1.3	162	255	224	9	26	3	0	0	11	0	0	11	79	.115	.160	.127	.287	-22		-47	28	2	1	19		0

CHW (3 Yrs)				-1.9	99	255	219	11	20	3	0	0	11	0	1	13	75	.091	.146	.105	.251	-32	.119	-67	23	3	1	22		0	1
BAL (3 Yrs)				-0.5	81	146	130	4	16	1	0	0	6	0	0	4	54	.123	.156	.131	.286	-19	.176	-26	17	0	1	11	0	0	1/3
BOS (2 Yrs)				-0.4	44	52	48	1	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	4	19	.083	.154	.083	.237	-37	.119	-61	4	0	0	0		0	1
CLE (2 Yrs)				-0.1	37	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	.000	-142	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
DET (2 Yrs)				0.3	36	60	57	2	14	2	0	0	5	0	0	1	8	.246	.259	.281	.539	50	.252	39	16	1	0	2		0	1
NYY (2 Yrs)				-0.2	15	15	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.000	.083	.000	.083	-75	.050	-145	0	0	0	3		0	1
STL (1 Yr)				-0.1	28	12	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	.100	.182	.100	.282	-24	.147	-63	1	1	0	1	0	0	1
CIN (1 Yr)				0.0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0								0	0	0	0	0	0	/1

AL (11 Yrs)				-2.8	312	534	470	19	54	6	0	0	24	0	1	23	163	.115	.160	.128	.287	-22	.147	-47	60	4	2	39	0	0	1/3
NL (1 Yr)				-0.1	35	12	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	.100	.182	.100	.282	-24	.147	-63	1	1	0	1	0	0	1

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					Standard											Total Zone		Range Factor				Baserunners
Season	Age	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	lgFld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	RF/9	lgRF9	RF/G	lgRFG	WP	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	Pick	Awards
1946	24	NYY	AL	P	14	4	1	40.0	15	1	11	3	0	.800	.951			2.70	2.00	0.86	1.99	2	2	2	50.0		3
1947	25	NYY	AL	P	1	1	1	9.0	4	1	3	0	0	1.000	.955			4.00	1.90	4.00	1.90	0	1	0	0.0	49.0	2
1948	26	CHW	AL	P	34	32	7	223.1	54	4	47	3	2	.944	.963			2.06	2.02	1.50	1.99	5	7	4	36.4	47.4	5
1949	27	CHW	AL	P	35	33	14	245.0	65	10	50	5	3	.923	.962			2.20	2.12	1.71	2.09	3	6	3	33.3	47.1	5
1950	28	CHW	AL	P	30	28	13	206.1	60	5	49	6	2	.900	.950			2.36	2.03	1.80	1.99	3	5	2	28.6		3
1951	29	BOS	AL	P	34	17	4	118.1	33	1	29	3	2	.909	.953			2.28	2.07	0.88	2.06	2	2	2	50.0	45.0	7
1952	30	2TM	AL	P	33	21	8	168.0	55	7	44	4	1	.927	.966			2.73	2.10	1.55	2.10	8	9	1	10.0	45.3	4
1952	30	BOS	AL	P	10	2	0	24.1	8	3	4	1	1	.875	.966			2.59	2.11	0.70	2.10	3	2	0	0.0	45.5	0
1952	30	DET	AL	P	23	19	8	143.2	47	4	40	3	0	.936	.966			2.76	2.10	1.91	2.10	5	7	1	12.5	45.3	4
1953	31	2TM	AL	P	33	4	0	52.0	14	1	9	4	1	.714	.957			1.73	1.96	0.30	1.93	5	5	1	16.7	49.8	0
1953	31	DET	AL	P	13	4	0	25.1	8	0	4	4	0	.500	.958			1.42	1.95	0.31	1.93	4	3	1	25.0	49.8	0
1953	31	CLE	AL	P	20	0	0	26.2	6	1	5	0	1	1.000	.957			2.03	1.96	0.30	1.93	1	2	0	0.0	50.0	0

1955	33	2TM	AL	P	36	14	8	141.1	55	3	49	3	1	.945	.956			3.31	1.99	1.44	1.97	6	2	2	50.0	46.3	6
1955	33	CLE	AL	P	17	0	0	24.0	16	1	15	0	0	1.000	.956			6.00	1.99	0.94	1.97	1	2	1	33.3	46.3	3
1955	33	BAL	AL	P	19	14	8	117.1	39	2	34	3	1	.923	.956			2.76	1.99	1.89	1.97	5	0	1	100.0	46.0	3
1955	33	BAL	AL	1B	1	0	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0.00	9.45	0.00	9.50
1956	34	BAL	AL	P	35	26	7	174.2	37	6	27	4	1	.892	.950			1.70	1.92	0.94	1.91	5	13	3	18.8	44.3	6
1957	35	BAL	AL	P	27	17	2	121.0	27	3	21	3	1	.889	.963			1.79	1.99	0.89	2.00	0	2	6	75.0	47.3	2
1958	36	2TM	NL	P	35	1	1	64.0	21	3	16	2	2	.905	.955			2.67	1.97	0.54	1.96	6	3	0	0.0	38.7	1
1958	36	CIN	NL	P	7	0	0	6.2	5	3	1	1	2	.800	.954			5.40	2.03	0.57	1.96	0	0	0			1
1958	36	STL	NL	P	28	1	1	57.1	16	0	15	1	0	.938	.955			2.35	1.96	0.54	1.96	6	3	0	0.0	38.7	0
					Standard											Total Zone		Range Factor				Baserunners
				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	lgFld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	RF/9	lgRF9	RF/G	lgRFG	WP	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	Pick	Awards
12 Yrs					348	198	66	1563.2	440	45	355	40	16	.909	.958	0	0	2.30	2.03	1.15	2.02	45	57	26	31.3	39.9	44

P (12 Yrs)				P	347	198	66	1563.0	440	45	355	40	16	.909	.958			2.30	2.03	1.15	2.00	45	57	26	31.3	39.9	44
1B (1 Yr)				1B	1	0	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0.00	9.45	0.00	9.50

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Frequently Asked Questions

When was Bill Wight born?

Bill Wight was born on April 12, 1922.

Where was Bill Wight born?

Bill Wight was born in Rio Vista, CA.

How tall was Bill Wight?

Bill Wight was 6-1 (185 cm) tall.

How much did Bill Wight weigh when playing?

Bill Wight weighed 180 lbs (81 kg) when playing.

How many seasons did Bill Wight play?

Bill Wight played 12 seasons.

Is Bill Wight in the Hall of Fame?

Bill Wight has not been elected into the Hall of Fame.

What position did Bill Wight play?

Bill Wight was a Pitcher.

How many strikeouts did Bill Wight have?

Bill Wight had 574 strikeouts over his career.

How many teams has Bill Wight played for?

Bill Wight played for 8 teams; the New York Yankees, Chicago White Sox, Boston Red Sox, Detroit Tigers, Cleveland Indians, Baltimore Orioles, Cincinnati Redlegs and St. Louis Cardinals.

When did Bill Wight retire?

Bill Wight last played in 1958.

What are Bill Wight's nicknames?

Lefty is a nickname for Bill Wight.

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