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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: 2-12 / in Starts: 2-2

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 7, Entered with runners on base: 4

1946 Pitching Game Log

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1946 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	1	2	Apr 17	NYY	@	PHA	L,1-7	7-7		99	0.1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.58	3	1	0	0	0	2		1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.22	-0.025	.63	-0.04%	-0.93	7b 1-- 1 out d3	7b 12- 2 out d4
2	2	5	Apr 20	NYY		WSH	L,3-7	GS-7	L(0-1)	2	6.1	8	4	4	6	3	1	0	5.40	6.33	32	8	7	1	0	8	38			0	0	1	24	0	0	1	0	0	1	1.23	-0.026	3.72	-0.05%	-0.14	1t start tie	7t -23 1 out d2
3	3	10	Apr 25	NYY	@	BOS	L,5-12	8-GF(8)		4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.70	6.24	4	1	1	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	.00	0.000	.01	0.00%	0.48	8b --- 0 out d7	8b end d 7
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	4	33	May 21	NYY	@	CLE	L,2-7	4-7		25	3.1	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	3.27	6.22	15	5	5	0	0	1		1	0	0	1	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	.10	0.021	.33	0.04%	1.47	4b 1-- 2 out d5	7b 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
5	5	53	Jun 10	NYY		DET	L,3-11	6-7		19	2.0	4	4	3	2	1	0	0	4.85	5.97	12	3	2	0	1	4		0	0	1	0	1	10	2	0	0	0	0	1	.13	-0.060	.35	-0.10%	-3.08	6t --- 0 out d4	7t 3 out d8
6	6	66	Jun 25	NYY	@	CLE	L,3-8	7-7		14	1.0	4	2	2	1	0	0	0	5.79	5.94	6	0	1	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.04	-0.008	.13	-0.01%	-1.58	7b --- 0 out d5	7b 3 out d7
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
7	7	75	Jul 5	NYY	@	WSH	L,1-6	2-2		9	0.1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	5.65	6.28	4	2	0	0	0	0		2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	.55	-0.054	1.69	-0.10%	-1.89	2b 12- 1 out d4	2b 123 2 out d6
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
8	8	103	Aug 8(1)	NYY	@	WSH	W,9-3	CG	W(1-1)	33	9.0	6	3	3	2	1	0	0	4.63	5.03	34	16	9	1	0	6	62			0	0	0	30	1	1	0	1	0	0	.75	0.222	.27	0.05%	0.85	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
9	9	107	Aug 11(1)	NYY		BOS	L,5-7	9-GF		2	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.44	4.84	3	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.08	0.007	.04	0.00%	0.46	9t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
10	10	110	Aug 15(1)	NYY		WSH	W,6-1	GS-6	W(2-1)	3	6.0	4	1	1	7	3	0	1	3.86	4.99	29	11	4	0	1	3	56			0	0	1	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.28	0.186	.14	0.01%	1.76	1t start tie	6t 3 out tie
11	11	122	Aug 24	NYY		SLB	L,2-9	GS-3	L(2-2)	8	3.0	4	4	4	1	1	0	0	4.59	4.80	15	3	6	0	0	4	35			0	0	0	13	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.06	-0.265	.14	-0.02%	-2.62	1t start tie	3t 3 out d3
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
12	12	130	Sep 2(1)	NYY		BOS	L,2-5	9-GF		8	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.46	4.83	4	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.12	0.007	.00	0.00%	0.46	9t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
13	13	137	Sep 8(2)	NYY		WSH	L,8-9	1-5		5	4.1	8	2	2	2	0	0	0	4.42	4.73	20	5	6	0	1	7		3	2	1	1	0	17	0	0	0	1	0	0	.35	-0.102	.00	0.00%	-1.42	1t 123 2 out d4	5t 3 out d6
14	14	147	Sep 18(2)	NYY	@	CHW	L,7-9			9	1.2	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	4.46	4.67	8												6					0
							2-12		W-L:2-2	5.6	40.1	44	22	20	30	11	1	1	4.46	4.67	189	1.40		2%	4%	40	48	7	71%	2	2	3	151	4	1	2	3	0	5	.71	-0.097	.84	-0.22%	-6.18

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