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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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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	15-19 / in Starts: 10-7
Longest Hitting Streak	1 game
Longest On Base Streak	1 game
Most Games w/o HR	18 games
Most Games w/o RBI	14 games
Grand Slams	0 in 1 bases loaded PA and 1 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 44 PAs	1
Actual Runners on Base	29 (19-9-1)
Avg. MLBer w/ 44 PAs	5
Avg. Runners on Base	28 (15-9-4)

Most Driven In
C Vollmer	1

Most Driven In By
L Boudreau	1

1951 Batting Game Log

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1951 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	115	1	Apr 17	BOS	@	NYY	L,0-5	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.12	-0.054	2.80	-0.08%	-0.45	P
2	116	7 (5)	Apr 24	BOS		WSH	L,5-7	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.87	-0.037	2.11	-0.05%	-0.42	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
3	117	12 (4)	May 1	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-7	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.97	-0.024	3.11	-0.05%	-0.23	P
4	118	17 (4)	May 6 (1)	BOS	@	SLB	W,5-4	GS-9	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	.111	.200	.111	.311	9	1.40	-0.032	2.71	-0.04%	-0.31	P
5	119	22 (4)	May 14	BOS	@	WSH	W,8-7	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.100	.182	.100	.282	9	.99	-0.025	2.62	-0.04%	-0.24	P
6	120	27 (4)	May 20	BOS		DET	L,4-8	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.100	.182	.100	.282	9						P
7	121	37 (9)	May 30 (2)	BOS		NYY	W,9-4	6-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.083	.154	.083	.237	9	1.08	-0.058	4.77	-0.15%	-0.74	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
8	122	43 (5)	Jun 4 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	L,0-2	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.071	.133	.071	.205	9	1.65	-0.076	7.59	-0.21%	-0.64	P
9	123	49 (5)	Jun 10 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	W,9-6	GS-6	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.125	.176	.125	.301	9	.86	0.000	2.17	0.00%	0.03	P
10	124	52 (2)	Jun 13	BOS		DET	W,2-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.105	.150	.105	.255	9	.65	-0.051	1.67	-0.08%	-0.63	P
11	125	58 (5)	Jun 20	BOS		CLE	L,8-14	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.105	.150	.105	.255	9						P
12	126	63 (4)	Jun 24 (2)	BOS		CHW	W,8-6	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.091	.130	.091	.221	9	.60	-0.048	2.31	-0.11%	-0.65	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
13	127	68 (4)	Jul 1	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-5	7-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.091	.130	.091	.221	9						P
14	128	81 (12)	Jul 15 (1)	BOS	@	SLB	L,1-3	4-7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.091	.167	.091	.258	9	1.51	0.048	8.60	0.17%	0.39	P
15	129	83 (1)	Jul 16	BOS	@	SLB	L,5-9	5-5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.091	.167	.091	.258	9						P
16	130	85 (1)	Jul 18	BOS	@	CLE	W,4-3	5-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.087	.160	.087	.247	9	.35	-0.008	2.40	-0.04%	-0.31	P
17	131	89 (3)	Jul 22	BOS	@	DET	W,10-9	8-10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.087	.160	.087	.247	9						P
18	132	92 (2)	Jul 26	BOS		CHW	W,13-10	2-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.087	.160	.087	.247	9						P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
19	133	99 (6)	Aug 2 (2)	BOS		SLB	W,11-6	7-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.087	.160	.087	.247	9						P
20	134	101 (1)	Aug 4	BOS		DET	L,1-2	9-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.087	.160	.087	.247	9						P
21	135	102	Aug 5 (1)	BOS		DET	L,1-3	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.087	.160	.087	.247	9						P
22	136	104 (1)	Aug 7	BOS		PHA	L,4-7	6-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.087	.160	.087	.247	9						P
23	137	105	Aug 9 (1)	BOS		PHA	L,5-6	8-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.087	.160	.087	.247	9						P
24	138	110 (4)	Aug 12 (2)	BOS		WSH	W,6-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.077	.172	.077	.249	9	1.16	-0.014	2.20	-0.02%	-0.65	P
25	139	114 (3)	Aug 17	BOS	@	WSH	W,7-4	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.071	.161	.071	.233	9	1.08	-0.046	2.23	-0.06%	-0.65	P
26	140	122 (7)	Aug 26 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	W,5-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.094	.171	.094	.265	9	.35	-0.034	1.26	-0.07%	-0.48	P
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
27	141	130 (7)	Sep 7 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	W,8-5	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.088	.162	.088	.250	9	1.56	-0.007	5.58	-0.02%	-0.25	P
28	142	133 (2)	Sep 9 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	L,4-10	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.088	.162	.088	.250	9						P
29	143	136 (2)	Sep 12	BOS		DET	W,2-1	CG(10)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.079	.146	.079	.225	9	1.63	-0.170	3.32	-0.21%	-1.24	P
30	144	142 (5)	Sep 18	BOS		CLE	L,4-6	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.075	.140	.075	.215	9	.81	-0.046	7.57	-0.26%	-0.38	P
31	145	144 (1)	Sep 21	BOS		NYY	L,1-5	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.075	.140	.075	.215	9						P
32	146	146 (1)	Sep 23	BOS		NYY	L,1-6	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.075	.140	.075	.215	9						P
33	147	151 (4)	Sep 28 (2)	BOS	@	NYY	L,3-11	GS-2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.073	.136	.073	.210	9	.68	-0.017	.00	0.00%	-0.23	P
34	148	152	Sep 29 (1)	BOS	@	NYY	L,0-4	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.073	.136	.073	.210	9						P
							15-19		44	41	1	3	0	0	0	1	3	0	16	0	0		0	0	0	0	.073	.136	.073	.210		1.04	-0.699	3.16	-1.31%	-8.09

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