MLB / Players

Bill Kissinger

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right
Listed at5 ft 11 in · 185 lb
BornAugust 15, 1871 · Dayton, KY, USA
MLB debutMay 30, 1895
Final gameJune 10, 1897
Seasons3 (1895–1897)

Baltimore Orioles 1895; St. Louis Browns 1895–1897

Percentile snapshot

1896 season — qualified pitchers

G
20
2.3
GS
12
0
W
2
0
L
9
68.2
SV
1
56.8
CG
11
0
SHO
0
0
H
209
79.5
ER
98
63.6
BB
55
79.5
SO
22
4.5
HR
5
61.4
IP
136.0
0
ERA
6.49
0
WHIP
1.941
0
K/9
1.46
11.4
FIP
4.84
4.5
FIP-
111.0
4.5
ERA+
67.2
0
sWAR
-1.2
4.5

of 45 qualified 1896 pitchers (min 131 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

sWAR
-3.5
0.3

sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

SeasonGPAABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOSBCSBAOBPSLGOPSwRC+OPS+wOBAsWAR
189535103102925610801210.245.245.324.56949.345.7.262-0.9
1896237573822400120400.301.301.356.65872.372.8.307-1.2
189714423971332063500.333.381.513.894126.0134.5.413-1.4

Pitching

SeasonGGSWLSVCGSHOHERBBSOHRIPERAWHIPK/9FIPFIP-ERA+sWAR
18952616512010024011053348152.06.511.9282.015.02105.273.3-0.9
189620122911102099855225136.06.491.9411.464.84111.067.2-1.2
189774040205140155231.311.492.1061.446.03140.237.4-1.4

sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.

Career totals

Batting

G
72
PA
220
AB
214
R
24
H
60
2B
13
3B
3
HR
0
RBI
26
BB
3
SO
21
SB
1
BA
.2804
OBP
.2903
SLG
.3692
OPS
.6595

Pitching

G (P)
53
GS
32
W
7
L
25
SV
1
CG
23
SHO
0
IP
319
SO (P)
61
BB allowed
123
ERA
6.990
WHIP
1.9509
K/9
1.72

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.