Bill Drake

Positions: Starting Pitcher, Leftfielder and Rightfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 205lb (183cm, 92kg)

Born: June 8, 1895 in Sedalia, MO us

Died: October 30, 1977 in St. Louis, MO

Buried: Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Lemay, MO

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1920 season

Full Name: William P. Drake

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1924 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

17.6

ERA

3.71

190

147

1263.2

578

WHIP

1.398

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1916	21	-6.1	St. Louis	BLK	Non		0	3	.000	2.08	3.81	3	2		2	0	0	26.0	22	11	6	0	6		9	1		0	113	1.077	7.6	0.0	2.1	3.1	1.50
1917	22	-4.9	Kansas City	BLK	Non		0	1	.000	11.00	14.00	1	1		1	0	0	9.0	16	14	11	1	7		2	0		0	49	2.556	16.0	1.0	7.0	2.0	0.29

1919	24	-3.1	St. Louis	BLK	Non		0	2	.000	3.27	5.73	3	2		1	0	0	22.0	18	14	8	2	11		11	1		0	94	1.318	7.4	0.8	4.5	4.5	1.00
1920	25	-1.9	SLG	NNL	Maj	SLG	11	14	.440	3.27	4.72	27	25		22	2	1	217.1	238	114	79	4	69		102	1		0	947	1.413	9.9	0.2	2.9	4.2	1.48
1921	26	-1.0	SLG	NNL	Maj	SLG	17	11	.607	3.02	3.91	32	24		21	2	1	223.1	195	97	75	1	79		136	4		0	928	1.227	7.9	0.0	3.2	5.5	1.72
1922	27		2 Teams	NNL	Maj	KCM-SLS	6	11	.353	4.74	6.10	22	17		7	0	0	125.1	161	85	66	4	45		57	4		2	581	1.644	11.6	0.3	3.2	4.1	1.27
1922	27	0.9	SLS	NNL	Maj	SLS	0	4	.000	7.58	8.80	6	4		1	0	0	29.2	43	29	25	1	16		9	1		1	147	1.989	13.0	0.3	4.9	2.7	0.56
1922	27	0.9	KCM	NNL	Maj	KCM	6	7	.462	3.86	5.27	16	13		6	0	0	95.2	118	56	41	3	29		48	3		1	434	1.537	11.1	0.3	2.7	4.5	1.66
1923	28	0.6	KCM	NNL	Maj	KCM	12	10	.545	3.84	5.11	26	22	2	14	0	1	185.0	203	105	79	5	59		69	8	0	2	806	1.416	9.9	0.2	2.9	3.4	1.17
1924	29	2.4	KCM	NNL	Maj	KCM	10	7	.588	3.94	4.79	26	19	6	11	0	2	148.1	148	79	65	0	58		58	8	0	1	633	1.389	9.0	0.0	3.5	3.5	1.00
1925	30	3.6	KCM	NNL	Maj	KCM	9	6	.600	3.35	3.49	22	13		8	3	0	123.2	110	48	46		33		57	0		2	509	1.156	8.0		2.4	4.1	1.73
1926	31	4.5	ABC	NNL	Maj	ABC	8	6	.571	3.91	4.99	17	12	5	12	0	1	117.1	130	65	51	6	41		63	5	2	2	523	1.457	10.0	0.5	3.1	4.8	1.54
1927	32	5.4	DS	NNL	Maj	DS	8	6	.571	3.86	5.46	16	14		7	0	0	112.0	127	68	48		49		33	1		0		1.571	10.2		3.9	2.7	0.67

1930	35		2 Teams	NNL	Maj	NEG-SLS	0	0		9.53	13.50	2	1		0	0	0	11.1	20	17	12		2		3	0		1		1.941	15.9		1.6	2.4	1.50
1930	35	8.4	NEG	NNL	Maj	NEG	0	0		21.00	21.00	1	0		0	0	0	3.0	8	7	7		0		1	0		0		2.667	24.0		0.0	3.0
1930	35	8.4	SLS	NNL	Maj	SLS	0	0		5.40	10.80	1	1		0	0	0	8.1	12	10	5		2		2	0		1		1.680	13.0		2.2	2.2	1.00
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (9 seasons)					Majors		81	71	.533	3.71	4.83	190	147	13	102	7	6	1263.2	1332	678	521	20	435		578	31	2	10	4927	1.398	9.5		3.1	4.1	1.33
Black Baseball (3 seasons)					Black Baseball		0	6	.000	3.95	6.16	7	5		4	0	0	57.0	56	39	25	3	24		22	2		0	256	1.404	8.8	0.5	3.8	3.5	0.92
All Levels (12 Seasons)							81	77	.513	3.72	4.89	197	152	13	106	7	6	1320.2	1388	717	546	23	459		600	33	2	10	5183	1.399	9.5		3.1	4.1	1.31