Bio
- Debut
- 1888
Bio
- Debut
- 1888
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 71
- W
- 29
- L
- 30
- ERA
- 3.34
- IP
- 517.2
- K
- 205
- BB
- 149
- WHIP
- 1.33
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1888 | ATL | 36 | 19 | 15 | 2.07 | 317.0 | 132 | 73 | 1.11 |
| 1889 |  ATL/PIT | 20 | 7 | 7 | 6.37 | 94.2 | 43 | 52 | 2.10 |
| 1890 | PIT | 15 | 3 | 8 | 4.42 | 106.0 | 30 | 24 | 1.33 |
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 0
- CG
- 55
- SHO
- 2
- K/9
- 3.6
- GB
- 0
- FB
- 0
- G/F
- 0.00
- WP
- 0
| QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs. | CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last. | SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed. | K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched. | GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher. | FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher. | G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher. | WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1888 | ATL | 0 | 34 | 2 | 3.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1889 | ATL/PIT | 0 | 12 | 0 | 4.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1890 | PIT | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What were Bill Sowders's career stats?
Bill Sowders played 3 seasons for the Braves and the Pirates. He had 29 wins and 205 strikeouts with a 3.34 ERA over 517.2 innings. His best season was 1888: 19 wins, a 2.07 ERA and 132 strikeouts.
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