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.

1958 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1958 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 15	CIN		PHI	L,4-5		5	0.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
2	3 (1)	Apr 19	CIN	@	PIT	W,9-6		2	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
3	15 (11)	May 6	CIN	@	CHC	L,0-4	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
4	16	May 7	CIN	@	CHC	L,1-5		1	0.2	2	0	0	2	1	P
5	17	May 8	CIN	@	CHC	W,10-8		6	1.1	0	1	0	1	1	P
6	20 (2)	May 11	CIN	@	MLN	L,6-7	GF	3	1.0	0	0	1	1	0	P
7	21	May 13	CIN	@	PIT	L,3-6		6	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
				Player went from Cincinnati Redlegs to St. Louis Cardinals
8	32	May 23	STL	@	PIT	L,2-3	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
9	33	May 24	STL	@	PIT	L,1-6	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
10	34	May 25 (1)	STL	@	CIN	W,4-2	GF	8	2.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	41 (6)	Jun 1	STL		SFG	L,2-7		10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
12	46 (4)	Jun 7	STL		PHI	L,6-15	GF	15	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
13	54 (7)	Jun 16	STL	@	CIN	W,6-5		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
14	55	Jun 17	STL	@	CIN	W,10-4		2	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
15	56	Jun 18	STL	@	CIN	L,1-6		17	3.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	69 (12)	Jul 1	STL		LAD	L,3-9	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
17	74 (4)	Jul 10	STL		PHI	L,3-13		6	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
18	82 (7)	Jul 18 (1)	STL	@	CIN	L,3-8		12	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
19	86 (3)	Jul 21	STL	@	MLN	W,5-4	GF	24	6.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
20	90 (3)	Jul 25 (1)	STL		CIN	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	P
21	96 (5)	Jul 30	STL	@	PHI	L,1-5		10	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
22	104 (7)	Aug 6	STL		SFG	W,8-7		5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
23	108 (3)	Aug 10 (1)	STL	@	CHC	L,4-9		7	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
24	111 (2)	Aug 13	STL	@	SFG	L,2-11	GF	11	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
25	114 (2)	Aug 15 (2)	STL	@	LAD	L,3-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
26	117 (2)	Aug 19	STL		PHI	W,5-4	GF	7	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
27	121 (3)	Aug 23	STL		PHI	L,2-4		6	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
28	122	Aug 24 (1)	STL		PIT	L,4-8	GF	5	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
29	123	Aug 24 (2)	STL		PIT	W,12-8	GF	6	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
30	126 (2)	Aug 27	STL		PIT	L,1-14		8	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
31	129 (2)	Aug 31	STL		CHC	L,5-8	GF	10	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
32	131 (1)	Sep 1 (2)	STL		CIN	L,3-9		11	1.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
33	135 (3)	Sep 5	STL		LAD	L,1-2		2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
34	146 (10)	Sep 18	STL		MLN	L,3-9		15	3.1	0	2	1	3	0	P
35	149 (2)	Sep 21	STL		SFG	L,4-7		14	2.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
							35gm		64.0	3	16	2	21	2