Wild Bill Widner

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Full Name: William Waterfield Widner	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/180	First Game: June 8, 1887
Birthdate: June 3, 1867	Final Game: July 23, 1891
Birthplace: Cincinnati, Ohio	MLB Experience: 5 years
Died: December 10, 1908
Deathplace: Cincinnati, Ohio
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Born on June 3, 1867 in Cincinnati, Ohio, Wild Bill Widner (William Waterfield Widner) played for the Cincinnati Reds, Washington Senators, Columbus Colts and Cincinnati Porkers over the course of his 5 year career. Widner broke into the bigs on June 8, 1887 with the Cincinnati Reds, and put up a 2.82 ERA in 115 innings pitched in 1888, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Wild Bill Widner's best season was 1889, when he won 12 games and struck out 63 batters.

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Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1887	CIN	a	1	1	1	0	5.00	0	8	5	1	0	0	9	11	2	2	0	1	1
1888	WAS	N	13	13	5	7	2.82	33	69	36	13	0	0	115	111	7	22	0	4	6
1889	COL	a	41	34	12	20	5.20	63	241	170	25	2	1	294	368	11	85	0	10	0
1890	COL	a	13	10	4	8	3.28	14	52	35	8	1	0	96	103	3	24	0	5	3
1891	CIN	a	1	1	0	1	7.88	0	7	7	1	0	0	8	13	0	4	0	0	2
Total	NL		13	13	5	7	2.82	33	69	36	13	0	0	115	111	7	22	0	4	6
Total	AA		56	46	17	29	4.80	77	308	217	35	3	1	407	495	16	115	0	16	6
Total			69	59	22	36	4.36	110	377	253	48	3	1	522	606	23	137	0	20	12

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1887	CIN	a	P	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1888	WAS	N	P	13	0	0	13	21	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.872
1888	WAS	N	OF	2	0	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500
1889	COL	a	P	41	0	0	13	61	9	3	0	0	0	0	0	.892
1889	COL	a	1B	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1889	COL	a	OF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1890	COL	a	P	13	0	0	7	30	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	.925
1891	CIN	a	P	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			OF	3	0	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500
Total			P	69	0	0	33	117	17	5	0	0	0	0	0	.898
Total			1B	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1887	CIN	a	1	4	0	1	0	1	.250	.250	.250	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1888	WAS	N	15	60	4	12	0	6	.200	.200	.200	0	0	0	8	0	0	1	0	0
1889	COL	a	41	133	16	28	2	10	.211	.228	.278	3	0	2	31	1	0	5	0	0
1890	COL	a	13	41	3	8	0	2	.195	.233	.195	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0
1891	CIN	a	1	4	0	1	0	0	.250	.250	.250	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Total	NL		15	60	4	12	0	6	.200	.200	.200	0	0	0	8	0	0	1	0	0
Total	AA		56	182	19	38	2	13	.209	.230	.258	3	0	4	32	1	0	7	0	0
Total			71	242	23	50	2	19	.207	.223	.244	3	0	4	40	1	0	8	0	0

[edit] Transactions

Sold by Washington Senators to Columbus Colts with Ed Daily for $600 (January 11, 1889).

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