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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: 12-22 / in Starts: 11-21

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 25, Entered with runners on base: 1

1948 Pitching Game Log

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1948 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	16	9	Apr 30	CHW	@	DET	W,5-4	GS-7	W(1-0)	99	7.0	7	2	2	2	1	1	0	2.57	5.19	28	8	10	0	0	7	54			0	0	1	26	1	0	0	1	0	0	.85	0.131	1.47	0.14%	1.84	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
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
2	17	13	May 6	CHW	@	WSH	L,0-5	GS-4	L(1-1)	5	3.2	5	5	3	7	0	0	0	4.22	6.32	23	9	2	0	0	5	28			0	0	1	15	1	0	0	0	0	2	1.09	-0.243	1.66	-0.22%	-3.26	1b start tie	4b -2- 2 out d5
3	18	16	May 10	CHW	@	NYY	L,3-9	GS-6	L(1-2)	3	5.0	10	8	8	4	3	2	0	7.47	7.23	29	5	7	0	2	10	14			2	0	0	25	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.03	-0.260	1.15	-0.17%	-4.71	1b start tie	6b 1-3 0 out d4
4	19	20	May 16(1)	CHW	@	CLE	W,6-4	GS-6		5	6.0	5	4	4	2	3	2	0	7.06	7.19	25	10	5	0	0	5	47			0	0	0	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	.74	-0.090	.45	-0.03%	-0.90	1b start tie	6b 3 out d4
5	20	25	May 21	CHW		NYY	W,3-0	SHO	W(2-2)	4	9.0	3	0	0	4	4	0	0	4.99	6.02	32	9	12	1	0	3	81			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	2	0	0	.98	0.488	.29	0.09%	4.60	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
6	21	29	May 25	CHW		PHA	L,3-4	GS-	L(2-3)	3	6.0	6	4	4	4	2	0	0	5.15	5.70	28						42						22	2	0	0		0
7	22	32	May 29	CHW		CLE	L,0-4	GS-8	L(2-4)	3	8.0	4	2	2	5	2	0	0	4.63	5.42	31	14	6	0	0	4	63			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	2	0	0	.97	0.108	.16	0.01%	2.09	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
8	23	36	May 31(2)	CHW	@	DET	W,9-3		S(1)	1	3.1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.31	5.24	12												12	0	0	0		0
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
9	24	38	Jun 4	CHW	@	PHA	L,3-4	GS-	L(2-5)	3	6.2	7	4	3	8	1	0	0	4.28	5.34	34						39						26	3	0	1		0
10	25	43	Jun 8	CHW	@	NYY	L,2-3	GS-9		3	9.0	5	2	2	4	2	0	0	3.96	5.10	35	20	5	1	0	4	67			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	2	0	1	1.86	0.340	.24	0.03%	2.74	1b start a 1	9b 3 out tie
11	26	46	Jun 15	CHW		NYY	W,9-8	GS-4		6	3.2	5	5	5	6	2	0	0	4.41	5.18	22	3	6	1	0	5	27			0	0	0	16	0	1	0	0	0	0	.97	-0.303	.05	-0.01%	-3.40	1t start tie	4t 12- 2 out a3
12	27	50	Jun 20(1)	CHW		WSH	W,8-5	CG	W(3-5)	4	9.0	10	5	4	3	0	0	1	4.36	5.05	40	21	5	0	0	10	46			0	0	0	36	0	3	0	1	0	2	1.22	-0.122	.13	-0.01%	-0.40	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
13	28	53	Jun 24(1)	CHW		BOS	W,3-1	CG	W(4-5)	3	9.0	6	1	1	3	1	0	0	4.01	4.89	34	11	13	1	5	6	69			0	0	1	31	1	0	0	2	0	1	1.05	0.431	.07	0.02%	3.60	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
14	29	59	Jun 29	CHW	@	SLB	W,4-1	CG	W(5-5)	4	9.0	7	1	0	3	4	0	0	3.63	4.70	35						72						32	3	0	0		0
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	30	64	Jul 4(1)	CHW		DET	L,3-6	GS-5	L(5-6)	4	5.0	8	5	5	5	1	0	0	3.90	4.73	27	9	4	0	0	8	27			1	1	0	20	1	0	0	1	0	0	.97	-0.264	.01	0.00%	-2.44	1t start tie	5t 3 out d4
16	31	73	Jul 11	CHW	@	DET	L,4-5	GS-	L(5-7)	6	7.0	9	4	4	2	4	1	0	3.98	4.70	29						45						25	0	0	0		0
17	32	74	Jul 15	CHW	@	WSH	L,1-4	GS-5	L(5-8)	3	5.0	6	4	4	3	0	0	0	4.12	4.70	23	7	7	0	0	6	36			0	0	0	19	0	1	0	0	0	0	.99	-0.194	.00	0.00%	-1.42	1b start tie	5b 3 out d3
18	33	79	Jul 19(1)	CHW	@	PHA	L,0-6	GS-6	L(5-9)	3	6.0	9	5	5	4	1	0	0	4.30	4.68	30	11	5	0	1	9	31			0	0	1	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	.51	-0.246	.00	0.00%	-1.77	1b start tie	6b 3 out d5
19	34	86	Jul 23	CHW	@	BOS	L,1-13	GS-5	L(5-10)	3	4.0	9	9	9	5	2	0	0	4.82	4.71	25	6	3	1	1	9	5			0	0	0	20	2	0	0	0	0	0	.66	-0.300	.00	0.00%	-6.61	1b start tie	5b 123 0 out d6
20	35	91	Jul 27	CHW		WSH	W,2-1	CG	W(6-10)	3	9.0	7	1	1	1	2	0	0	4.56	4.57	33	17	6	1	0	7	70			1	0	0	32	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.36	0.259	.00	0.00%	3.60	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
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
21	36	95	Aug 1(1)	CHW		NYY	L,2-8	GS-7	L(6-11)	4	6.1	10	7	7	4	3	1	0	4.81	4.62	30	13	4	1	0	6	24			2	0	0	26	1	0	0	3	0	0	.97	-0.332	.00	0.00%	-3.62	1t start tie	7t 1-3 1 out d4
22	37	100	Aug 6	CHW		BOS	W,4-3	GS-7	W(7-11)	4	7.0	6	3	3	5	3	1	0	4.76	4.69	30	15	2	1	1	5	51			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	2	0	0	.98	-0.077	.00	0.00%	0.58	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
23	38	105	Aug 10	CHW	@	SLB	L,1-3	GS-7	L(7-12)	3	7.0	7	3	3	3	3	0	0	4.72	4.62	31	16	2	0	0	7	51			0	1	0	27	2	0	0	0	0	1	.96	-0.026	.00	0.00%	0.81	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
24	39	109	Aug 15(1)	CHW		CLE	L,2-6	GS-7	L(7-13)	4	7.0	11	6	6	5	4	0	0	4.85	4.58	38	10	8	0	0	11	30			0	0	0	30	3	1	2	0	0	0	.72	-0.274	.00	0.00%	-2.42	1t start tie	7t 3 out d4
25	40	112	Aug 20	CHW	@	CLE	L,0-1	CG(8)	L(7-14)	4	8.0	8	1	1	1	4	0	0	4.67	4.46	33	12	8	1	0	8	65			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	.91	0.253	.00	0.00%	3.13	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
26	41	117	Aug 24	CHW	@	NYY	W,6-5	GS-8	W(8-14)	3	7.0	5	3	2	4	0	0	0	4.59	4.46	29	11	9	0	2	5	53			1	1	0	25	1	1	0	1	0	1	1.20	0.011	.00	0.00%	0.68	1b start a 1	8b 12- 0 out a2
27	42	121	Aug 28	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-6	GS-5	L(8-15)	3	5.0	10	5	5	4	4	0	0	4.71	4.44	28	5	5	2	1	10	27			0	0	0	24	2	0	0	1	0	0	.82	-0.209	.00	0.00%	-2.20	1b start tie	5b 3 out d5
Sep/Oct				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
28	43	126	Sep 1	CHW	@	WSH	L,4-5	8-GF(8)		3	0.2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.69	4.45	3	2	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.08	0.003	.00	0.00%	0.54	8b 1-- 1 out d4	8b end d 4
29	44	127	Sep 3	CHW		DET	L,2-5	GS-	L(8-16)	1	8.1	7	5	5	10	2	0	0	4.73	4.51	41						41						30	1	0	0		0
30	45	133	Sep 9(2)	CHW		SLB	L,2-4	GS-	L(8-17)	5	8.1	7	4	3	3	3	0	0	4.66	4.45	35						55						32	1	1	0		0
31	46	138	Sep 14	CHW		BOS	L,1-4	GS-8	L(8-18)	4	8.0	6	4	3	6	0	0	0	4.61	4.47	35	15	8	0	3	6	50			0	1	0	28	2	0	0	2	0	2	.64	-0.076	.00	0.00%	0.09	1t start tie	8t 3 out d4
32	47	144	Sep 22	CHW		NYY	L,2-7	GS-7	L(8-19)	7	7.0	7	5	4	4	4	0	0	4.63	4.43	32	11	6	1	1	7	45			0	0	1	27	2	0	0	0	0	2	1.07	-0.091	.00	0.00%	-1.42	1t start tie	7t 3 out d5
33	48	149	Sep 28	CHW	@	CLE	L,0-11	GS-5	L(8-20)	5	4.1	10	10	9	5	1	2	0	4.91	4.58	28	5	7	3	0	10	1			0	0	0	22	0	0	1	0	0	1	.54	-0.304	.00	0.00%	-6.01	1b start tie	5b 123 1 out d7
34	49	153	Oct 3(1)	CHW		SLB	W,10-5	CG	W(9-20)	4	9.0	12	5	3	5	2	0	0	4.84	4.56	43						44						37	2	1	0		0
							12-22		W-L:9-20,Sv:1	3.7	223.1	238	132	120	135	68	10	1	4.84	4.56	1011	1.77		3%	4%	173	44	1	0%	7	4	5	854	36	9	4	22	0	13	.97	-1.387	.21	-0.17%	-16.29

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