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Willie McGill

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Unknown • Throws: Left

5-6, 170lb (168cm, 77kg)

Born: November 10, 1873 in Atlanta, GA us

Died: August 29, 1944 in Indianapolis, IN

Buried: Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, IN

School: University of Notre Dame (South Bend, IN)

Debut: May 8, 1890 (Age 16-179d, 1,477th in major league history)

Last Game: June 12, 1896 (Age 22-215d)

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1890 season

Full Name: William Vaness McGill

Nicknames: Kid

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

11.7

ERA

4.57

166

148

1235.0

502

WHIP

1.667

Summary of 26 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

1 leading off, 0 walk-off, 0 tying, 0 go ahead, 25 lacking some details

5 Tms
STL	10
CHC	8
CLE	5
PHI	2
CKK	1

Platoon
vs RHB	18
vs LHB	7
vs ?HB	1

Home/Road
Away	14
Home	12

Outs
Unk	24
0	2

13 Opps
BOS	4
CKK	4
NYG	3
PHA/PHQ	3
WHS	2
BLN/BAL	2
COL	2
LOU	1
PHI	1
CLV	1
BRO	1
CIN	1
CHI	1

24 Batters
Emmett Seery	2
Dick Johnston	2
Mike Griffin	1
Joe Quinn	1
Hugh Duffy	1
Amos Rusie	1
Jack Crooks	1
Duke Farrell	1
Jack O'Connor	1
George Wood	1
Jim Fogarty	1
Billy Nash	1
Joe Kelley	1
Joe Mulvey	1
Mike Tiernan	1
Kip Selbach	1
Jack Clements	1
Pete Gilbert	1
Larry Twitchell	1
Farmer Weaver	1
Arlie Latham	1
Morgan Murphy	1
George Davis	1
Charlie Duffee	1

10 Parks
SportsmanPk1 (STL)	5
Pendleton Pk (PEN)	5
SouthSidePk2 (CHI)	4
Polo Grnds 4 (NYC)	3
CongressSt G (BOS)	2
Boundary Fld (WAS)	2
WestSide Grd (CHI)	2
Brhood Pk (CLE)	1
Forepaugh Pk (PHI)	1
Eclipse Pk (LOU)	1

Where Hit

4 Inside the Park

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	17
2·HR gms	3
3·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases

41 Runs

Inning
1	3
2	2
3	3
4	6
5	3
6	3
7	2
8	3
9	1

1-3	8
4-6	12
7-end	6

RelScore
+4..	1
Unk	25

Ahead	1
Unk	25

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
3B	6
RF	5
LF	5
CF	4
C	3
2B	2
P	1

OrderPos
Unk	7
5th	6
1st	5
6th	3
2nd	2
3rd	2
4th	1

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1890	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
1	1	1	1	1890-06-19	Hugh Duffy	CHI		CLE	ahead 15-7	b 6	0	3	1	9	IPHR
2	2	2	1	1890-07-09	Billy Nash	BOS		CLE		b 1		2		5
3	3	3	1	1890-08-26	George Wood	PHQ		CLE		b 3		1	5	7
4	4	4	1	1890-09-01 (2)	Joe Quinn	BOS		CLE		b 5		1		4
5	5	5	1	1890-10-03	Jim Fogarty	PHQ	@	CLE		t 5		2	3	9
1891	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
6	6	1	1	1891-04-28	Charlie Duffee	COL	@	CKK		t 7		1	5	5
7	7	2	1	1891-05-31	Joe Mulvey	PHA	@	STL		t 6		3		5
8	8	3	1	1891-06-05	Pete Gilbert	BAL	@	STL		t 2		2		5
9	9	4	1	1891-06-07	Duke Farrell	BOS	@	STL		t 8		2	5	7
10	10	5	2	1891-06-07	Morgan Murphy	BOS	@	STL		t 8		1	6	2
11	11	6	1	1891-06-16	Dick Johnston	CKK		STL		b 8		2	6	8
12	12	7	1	1891-07-24	Emmett Seery	CKK		STL		b 1	0	1	1	9	Lead-Off,IPHR
13	13	8	2	1891-07-24	Dick Johnston	CKK		STL		b 2		1	5	8
14	14	9	3	1891-07-24	Emmett Seery	CKK		STL		b 5		1	1	9
15	15	10	1	1891-08-21	Larry Twitchell	COL	@	STL		t 9		2	4	7
16	16	11	1	1891-09-27 (1)	Farmer Weaver	LOU		STL		b 1		2	2	8	IPHR
1893	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
17	17	1	1	1893-06-14	George Davis	NYG		CHC		b 4		2	5	5
18	18	2	2	1893-06-14	Mike Tiernan	NYG		CHC		b 4		1	3	9
19	19	3	1	1893-07-13	Joe Kelley	BLN	@	CHC		t 3		1	2	8
20	20	4	1	1893-08-01	Jack O'Connor	CLV	@	CHC		t 7		2	6	2
21	21	5	1	1893-09-15	Jack Clements	PHI	@	CHC		t 4		2	5	2
22	22	6	1	1893-09-17	Mike Griffin	BRO	@	CHC		t 6		1	1	7
1894	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
23	23	1	1	1894-06-08	Amos Rusie	NYG		CHC		t 3		1		1
24	24	2	1	1894-08-08	Arlie Latham	CIN	@	CHC		b 4		1	1	5
1895	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
25	25	1	1	1895-04-26	Jack Crooks	WHS		PHI		b 4		2		4
26	26	2	2	1895-04-26	Kip Selbach	WHS		PHI		b 4		1		7	IPHR