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: 13-23 / in Starts: 6-8

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 23, Entered with runners on base: 5

1955 Pitching Game Log

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1955 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	215	4	Apr 16	CLE	@	CHW	L,4-9	8-GF(8)		99	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.37	3	0	2	1	0	1		0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.02	0.001	.06	0.00%	0.51	8b --- 0 out d5	8b end d 5
2	216	10	Apr 23	CLE		DET	L,0-3	9-GF		6	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	1.37	3	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.11	0.009	.35	0.02%	0.52	9t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
3	217	13	Apr 27	CLE		WSH	W,6-5	10-10		3	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1.51	2	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.09	-0.057	6.23	-0.10%	-0.18	10t --- 0 out tie	10t -2- 1 out tie
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	218	22	May 7	CLE		KCA	W,9-3	9-GF	S(1)	9	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	1.17	4	0	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.03	0.003	.13	0.01%	0.52	9t --- 0 out a6	9t end a 6
5	219	28	May 15(1)	CLE	@	BAL	L,1-4	8-GF(8)		7	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	0.98	3	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.07	0.005	.31	0.01%	0.46	8b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 3
6	220	30	May 17	CLE	@	BOS	L,3-10	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.00	2.37	6	0	3	1	0	1		0	0	2	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	.01	0.000	.04	0.00%	0.54	8b --- 0 out d7	8b end d 7
7	221	41	May 30(2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,0-5	7-8		12	1.0	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	2.84	2.84	7	1	2	0	0	3		2	1	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.48	-0.023	2.32	-0.07%	-1.49	7b 12- 0 out d2	8b 12- 0 out d4
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
8	222	46	Jun 4	CLE		WSH	L,5-14	7-7		4	1.0	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	3.68	2.78	5	2	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	1	.10	-0.022	.39	-0.05%	-1.48	7t --- 0 out d5	7t 3 out d7
9	223	47	Jun 5(1)	CLE		WSH	L,4-6	7-GF		0	3.0	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	2.61	2.56	13	5	3	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	.27	0.037	.93	0.08%	1.55	7t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 3
10	224	49	Jun 7	CLE		BOS	L,5-9	5-6		1	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.19	2.37	8	4	2	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	.15	0.022	.46	0.04%	1.04	5t --- 0 out d5	6t 3 out d5
11	225	52	Jun 10	CLE		NYY	L,2-3	8-8		2	0.2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.08	2.21	4	1	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.42	0.005	1.78	0.01%	0.07	8t --- 0 out d2	8t 12- 2 out d2
12	226	58	Jun 15	CLE	@	WSH	L,0-7	5-6		4	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.80	2.23	6	3	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.04	0.003	.13	0.01%	0.96	5b --- 0 out d7	6b 3 out d7
13	227	63	Jun 19	CLE	@	BOS	L,7-11	6-7		3	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.59	2.43	7	3	2	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.79	0.098	2.83	0.21%	1.09	6b --- 0 out d1	7b 3 out d1
14	228	72	Jun 29	CLE		KCA	L,4-12	9-GF		9	1.0	4	4	4	1	0	0	0	3.50	2.59	8	2	1	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	.09	-0.015	.27	-0.03%	-3.48	9t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 8
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
15	229	76	Jul 4(1)	CLE		DET	W,6-5	6-7		4	1.1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	3.26	2.78	7	2	1	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.38	0.015	.97	0.02%	0.43	6t -2- 1 out d4	7t 123 2 out d3
16	230	77	Jul 4(2)	CLE		DET	W,8-5	3-5		-1	2.2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.86	2.64	8	4	1	0	0	2		2	2	0	0	1	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	.78	0.013	2.28	0.02%	0.46	3t -23 1 out d2	5t 3 out d2
17	231	82	Jul 9	CLE	@	CHW	L,0-6	7-GF(8)		4	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.63	2.74	8	5	1	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.02	0.002	.08	0.01%	1.02	7b --- 0 out d6	8b end d 6
				Player went from Cleveland Indians to Baltimore Orioles
18	232	83	Jul 16	BAL	@	CHW	L,3-4	GS-9		6	8.0	5	2	2	2	5	0	0	2.53	2.52	31	15	4	0	0	5	67			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.30	0.294	.00	0.00%	2.68	1b start tie	9b 1-- 0 out a2
19	233	91	Jul 23	BAL	@	CLE	L,2-3	GS-7	L(0-1)	6	7.0	7	3	2	2	1	1	0	2.54	2.93	29	12	7	1	0	7	52			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.15	-0.105	.00	0.00%	0.63	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
20	234	94	Jul 26(1)	BAL		DET	L,6-8	10-GF(12)	L(0-2)	2	3.0	2	2	2	2	2	0	0	2.79	2.94	11	3	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	1	9	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.84	-0.161	.00	0.00%	-0.63	10t --- 0 out tie	12t end d 2
21	235	99	Jul 29	BAL		CLE	L,1-7	GS-7	L(0-3)	2	7.0	12	6	5	3	1	1	0	3.31	3.26	34	7	11	1	0	12	29			0	1	0	29	2	0	0	2	2	2	.81	-0.270	.00	0.00%	-2.80	1t start tie	7t 3 out d5
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
22	236	103	Aug 2	BAL		KCA	W,5-1	CG	W(1-3)	3	9.0	4	1	1	1	7	1	0	2.95	3.16	32	15	5	0	0	4	81			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	.89	0.344	.00	0.00%	3.12	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
23	237	110	Aug 9(1)	BAL		WSH	W,1-0	SHO	W(2-3)	6	9.0	4	0	0	2	3	0	1	2.55	3.10	30	11	9	2	0	4	80			0	0	1	26	0	0	0	2	0	1	1.44	0.694	.00	0.00%	4.12	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
24	238	114	Aug 15(1)	BAL		NYY	L,4-5	CG	L(2-4)	5	9.0	9	5	4	3	3	1	0	2.72	3.22	39	14	10	1	0	9	51			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	1	1	1	.98	-0.288	.00	0.00%	-0.88	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
25	239	118	Aug 20	BAL	@	NYY	L,2-3	GS-8	L(2-5)	4	7.1	5	3	3	3	4	0	0	2.81	3.16	29	11	7	0	0	4	57			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	2	0	1	1.07	0.092	.00	0.00%	1.55	1b start a 1	8b end d 1
26	240	123	Aug 24(2)	BAL	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	W(3-5)	3	9.0	9	1	1	2	8	1	0	2.63	3.11	38	12	7	1	0	9	71			0	0	0	36	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.51	0.621	.00	0.00%	3.57	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
27	241	125	Aug 26	BAL	@	KCA	L,2-3	8-GF(8)		1	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.61	3.11	3	1	1	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.50	0.017	.00	0.00%	0.26	8b --- 1 out d1	8b end d 1
28	242	127	Aug 29(2)	BAL	@	DET	W,4-3	7-GF	S(2)	2	3.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.53	3.06	11	7	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	11	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.77	0.442	.00	0.00%	1.46	7b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
29	243	129	Aug 31	BAL	@	CLE	L,1-5	GS-1	L(3-6)	1	0.0	5	5	5	2	0	0	0	3.00	3.13	7	0	0	0	0	5	18			0	0	0	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	-0.382	.00	0.00%	-6.00	1b start tie	1b 12- 0 out d5
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
30	244	134	Sep 5(2)	BAL		NYY	L,3-5	CG	L(3-7)	4	9.0	7	5	2	2	6	0	0	2.91	3.01	38	15	9	3	0	6	63			0	0	0	35	1	1	0	0	1	2	.97	-0.163	.00	0.00%	-0.88	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
31	245	137	Sep 9	BAL		DET	W,8-3	CG	W(4-7)	3	9.0	8	3	1	2	2	0	0	2.76	2.97	35	11	12	0	0	8	63			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	3	2	1	.83	0.094	.00	0.00%	1.12	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
32	246	140	Sep 11(2)	BAL		KCA	W,4-2	9-GF	S(3)	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.76	2.97	1	0	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.17	0.033	.00	0.00%	0.21	9t 1-- 2 out a2	9t end a 2
33	247	144	Sep 14(2)	BAL		CHW	L,0-6	GS-8	L(4-8)	2	8.0	10	5	3	7	2	0	0	2.80	3.07	42	13	10	2	0	10	41			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	2	1.16	-0.044	.00	0.00%	-1.34	1t start tie	8t 3 out d5
34	248	145	Sep 16(1)	BAL		WSH	W,5-4	7-7		1	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.80	3.07	1	0	0	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.47	-0.132	.00	0.00%	-1.06	7t 12- 2 out a2	7t 1-3 2 out a1
35	249	149	Sep 20(1)	BAL	@	BOS	W,3-2	CG(10)	W(5-8)	3	10.0	11	2	1	5	4	1	0	2.65	3.17	46	15	11	1	0	11	63			0	0	1	39	1	0	1	0	0	1	1.75	0.589	.00	0.00%	3.43	1b start tie	10b 3 out a1
36	250	155	Sep 24(2)	BAL	@	WSH	W,1-0	SHO	W(6-8)	3	9.0	9	0	0	1	5	0	0	2.48	3.07	35	16	5	0	0	8	73			0	0	0	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.87	0.797	.00	0.00%	4.30	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
							13-23		W-L:6-8,Sv:3	3.4	141.1	135	51	39	48	63	6	1	2.48	3.07	594	1.57		5%	0%	132	58	8	50%	2	2	6	529	14	2	2	15	6	15	1.09	2.568	.18	0.19%	15.36

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