MLB / Players

Bill Wight

HandednessBats Left · Throws Left
Listed at6 ft 1 in · 180 lb
BornApril 12, 1922 · Rio Vista, CA, USA
MLB debutApril 17, 1946
Final gameSeptember 21, 1958
Seasons12 (1946–1958)

New York Yankees 1946–1947; Chicago White Sox 1948–1950; Boston Red Sox 1951–1952; Detroit Tigers 1952; Cleveland Indians 1953; Detroit Tigers 1953; Baltimore Orioles 1955; Cleveland Indians 1955; Baltimore Orioles 1956–1957; Cincinnati Redlegs 1958; St. Louis Cardinals 1958

Percentile snapshot

1956 season — qualified pitchers

G
35
37.7
GS
26
18.9
W
9
13.2
L
12
35.8
SV
0
0
CG
7
20.8
SHO
1
18.9
H
198
49.1
ER
78
73.6
BB
72
54.7
SO
84
17
HR
7
100
IP
174.7
13.2
ERA
4.02
22.6
WHIP
1.546
0
K/9
4.33
39.6
FIP
3.40
77.4
FIP-
87.7
66
ERA+
96.6
20.8
sWAR
1.4
15.1

of 54 qualified 1956 pitchers (min 154 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

ERA+
102.2
47.6
sWAR
14.1
90.4

ERA+ measured against qualified careers (1,000+ IP), 1,334 of them; 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
1946141191000000300.000.000.000.000-139.9-100.0.000-0.2
19471420000001200.000.333.000.33341.3-1.4.2540.4
194834807326000333100.082.130.082.212-54.5-42.3.1130.1
19493510085714300662701.165.220.200.4203.612.7.2094.5
195030756120000241700.000.062.000.062-94.9-82.9.0473.1
195134444113000131600.073.136.073.210-61.1-44.6.115-0.1
1952336157212200521000.211.237.246.48319.632.1.2291.8
19533312120300010300.250.250.250.50024.534.6.232-0.8
195536433613100211600.083.108.111.219-52.9-39.0.1073.3
1956356460212000422600.200.226.200.42612.117.7.2041.4
195727403411000011200.029.083.029.113-80.0-66.7.0670.7
19583512100100001600.100.182.100.282-32.2-23.6.1500.0

Pitching

SeasonGGSWLSVCGSHOHERBBSOHRIPERAWHIPK/9FIPFIP-ERA+sWAR
19461442201044203011140.34.461.8352.454.53129.678.3-0.2
19471110010812309.01.001.1113.002.4267.1361.20.4
19483432920171238119135689223.34.801.6702.744.49106.987.60.1
19493533151311432549096789245.03.311.4292.873.5185.4124.24.5
195030281016013321382796210206.03.581.4172.713.8987.5124.13.1
19513417770421286763385118.35.101.6142.894.0891.088.0-0.1
1952332171008318170697010168.03.751.4883.753.5693.6101.11.8
19533342410064363024552.06.231.8084.154.62117.463.0-0.8
19553614683821353948636141.32.481.2954.013.1382.9152.33.3
195635269120711987872847174.74.021.5464.333.4087.796.61.4
19572717660201224954504121.03.641.4553.723.4496.897.50.7
19583513121071353623864.04.921.6723.235.10124.783.10.0

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
347
PA
546
AB
480
R
19
H
55
2B
6
3B
0
HR
0
RBI
24
BB
24
SO
169
SB
0
BA
.1146
OBP
.1601
SLG
.1271
OPS
.2872

Pitching

G (P)
347
GS
198
W
77
L
99
SV
8
CG
66
SHO
15
396th-most career SHO
IP
1,563
SO (P)
574
BB allowed
714
364th-most career BB allowed
ERA
3.950
WHIP
1.5163
K/9
3.31

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.

Best games

Batting

DateGameABRH2B3BHRRBIBBTB
1949-05-06NYY @ CWS Gameday302100303
1952-07-16DET @ MIN Gameday502100203
1955-08-02ATH @ BAL Gameday402100103
1949-09-07BAL @ CWS Gameday422100003
1953-05-26DET @ CLE Gameday302000102

Pitching

DateGameIPHRERBBSOHR
1955-08-24BAL @ CWS Gameday9.0911281
1955-08-02ATH @ BAL Gameday9.0411171
1956-09-21MIN @ BAL Gameday9.0732671
1952-08-07DET @ BAL Gameday10.2943460
1957-08-16BAL @ NYY Gameday10.0833461

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.