#88 Will Sawyer, Starting Pitcher, 35 yrs, St. Louis (N) Cardinals Sunday, 10/22/1900 |
 | Name : Nickname : Birthday : Age : Born in : Height : Weight :
Position : Bats : Throws :
| Will Sawyer
7/29/1865 35 BRIMFIELD OH USA 6"1 205
Starting Pitcher L L
| Desire for Winner : Loyalty : Team Leader Skills : National Popularity : Local Popularity : Consistency : Clutch Performance : Injury Rating : Overall Rating :
| Average Minimal None at all 4 / 6 (Popular) 5 / 6 (Very Popular) Good GREAT Prone 3.0 Stars
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Contract : Salary : Signed Through : Years of MLB Service : MLB Service Days this Year : Years on 40-Man Roster : Years of Pro Service : Arbitration Eligibility : Minor League Option Years :
| Big League Contract $ 5,510,000 1900 18 Year(s), 0 Days (3096 total Days) 172 Day(s) 18 Year(s), 0 Days (3096 total Days) 17 Year(s) Not eligible 3 Option Year(s) left
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Pitching | Stuff | Control | Movement | Velocity |
Overall | 3 | 9 | 10 | 86-89 Mph |
Versus LHB | 3 | 9 | 10 | |
Versus RHB | 3 | 9 | 10 | |
Talent | 3 | 9 | 10 | |
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Pitching Ratings Endurance : Groundball Pct. : Holding Runners : | 8 56 4
| | Pitches: Fastball Splitfinger-Fastball
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Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's |
Overall | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Versus LHP | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Versus RHP | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Talent | 6 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 6 |
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Running & Bunting Ratings Running Speed : Stealing Ability : Sacrifice Bunt : Bunt for Hit : Hitter Type :
| 1 3 2 1 Normal
| Fielding Ratings P : 6 (Range), .809 (Fielding Pct.) Catcher Arm : 1 Outfield Arm : 1
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Date | Opp. | Result | Start | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | Dec | | | | |
9/5 | @PIT | L 1-3 | * | 8 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | L | | | | |
9/9 | CIN | L 1-2 | * | 9 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | L | | | | |
9/13 | NYG | W 8-3 | * | 9 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | W | | | | |
9/17 | @CHN | W 4-2 | * | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | W | PoG | | | |
9/23 | @BRO | L 4-6 | * | 7.2 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 4 | L | | | | |
9/28 | @PHI | W 2-0 | * | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | W | PoG | | | |
10/2 | NYG | L 5-6 | * | 9 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 5 | L | | | | |
10/10 | @PIT | W 5-3 | * | 7.2 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | | | | | |
10/14 | @BAL | W 7-2 | * | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | W | PoG | | | |
10/18 | BAL | L 6-7 | * | 9 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | | | | | |
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Overall | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | CG% | SHO | QS | QS% |
Overall | 40 | 40 | 24 | 14 | 0 | 2.64 | 338.0 | 343 | 125 | 99 | 61 | 170 | 33 | 82.5 | 4 | 28 | 70.0 |
Projected | 40 | 40 | 24 | 14 | 0 | 2.64 | 338.0 | 343 | 125 | 99 | 61 | 170 | | | | | |
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Overall | SVO | BS | SV% | RA | GF | R/9 | H/9 | K/9 | BB/9 | RL | RLS | RLS% | IR | IRS | IRS% | ERC |
| 0 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | 10.8 | 9.1 | 4.5 | 1.6 | 1 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 2.70 |
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| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
vs. LHB | 334 | 84 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 37 | 38 | 15 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .251 | .280 | .320 | .600 |
vs. RHB | 955 | 259 | 54 | 4 | 2 | 79 | 87 | 46 | 130 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .271 | .298 | .342 | .640 |
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| G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
Home | 19 | 19 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 2.31 | 163.1 | 158 | 55 | 42 | 27 | 100 |
Road | 21 | 21 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2.94 | 174.2 | 185 | 70 | 57 | 34 | 70 |
Postseason | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.55 | 24.2 | 29 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 8 |
This Week | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 9.0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
Last Week | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.30 | 15.2 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 6 |
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Month | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
March/April | 7 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 3.05 | 59.0 | 75 | 31 | 20 | 9 | 34 |
May | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.53 | 35.1 | 30 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 17 |
June | 8 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1.93 | 70.0 | 64 | 21 | 15 | 10 | 31 |
July | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4.50 | 44.0 | 51 | 24 | 22 | 11 | 23 |
August | 7 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.77 | 61.0 | 51 | 15 | 12 | 16 | 33 |
Sept./Oct. | 8 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3.15 | 68.2 | 72 | 25 | 24 | 10 | 32 |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP | Teams |
1884 | 40 | 40 | 18 | 19 | 0 | 3.47 | 345.0 | 313 | 178 | 133 | 3 | 87 | 174 | 30 | 2 | 1.16 | .263 | |
1885 | 40 | 40 | 19 | 12 | 0 | 2.51 | 344.1 | 315 | 148 | 96 | 8 | 92 | 157 | 28 | 2 | 1.18 | .268 | CLE |
1886 | 41 | 41 | 25 | 11 | 0 | 2.60 | 363.0 | 299 | 140 | 105 | 6 | 102 | 150 | 34 | 1 | 1.10 | .246 | CLE,AL |
1887 | 40 | 40 | 19 | 17 | 0 | 3.13 | 347.2 | 328 | 155 | 121 | 7 | 97 | 161 | 31 | 2 | 1.22 | .274 | CLE |
1888 | 41 | 41 | 23 | 16 | 0 | 3.32 | 344.2 | 339 | 169 | 127 | 8 | 84 | 187 | 29 | 4 | 1.23 | .289 | CLE,AL |
1889 | 42 | 42 | 24 | 17 | 0 | 3.35 | 367.2 | 329 | 163 | 137 | 11 | 119 | 183 | 35 | 4 | 1.22 | .268 | CLE,AL |
1890 | 45 | 45 | 19 | 20 | 0 | 3.44 | 386.2 | 378 | 194 | 148 | 16 | 136 | 192 | 34 | 1 | 1.33 | .283 | CLE PIT |
1891 | 32 | 32 | 12 | 19 | 0 | 3.92 | 273.1 | 286 | 166 | 119 | 6 | 93 | 139 | 24 | 1 | 1.39 | .304 | PIT |
1892 | 35 | 35 | 12 | 20 | 0 | 3.93 | 282.0 | 298 | 155 | 123 | 1 | 90 | 174 | 23 | 0 | 1.38 | .320 | PIT |
1893 | 23 | 23 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3.53 | 201.1 | 183 | 87 | 79 | 5 | 65 | 105 | 18 | 2 | 1.23 | .275 | PHA |
1894 | 28 | 28 | 12 | 14 | 0 | 3.63 | 238.0 | 228 | 114 | 96 | 5 | 67 | 108 | 23 | 1 | 1.24 | .278 | PHA |
1895 | 32 | 30 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 3.03 | 267.1 | 257 | 103 | 90 | 5 | 52 | 147 | 23 | 1 | 1.16 | .289 | PHA,AL |
1896 | 21 | 20 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 5.10 | 160.2 | 186 | 105 | 91 | 4 | 38 | 66 | 11 | 1 | 1.39 | .317 | PHA |
1897 | 26 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 3.07 | 76.1 | 73 | 28 | 26 | 3 | 19 | 34 | 3 | 0 | 1.21 | .273 | PHA |
1898 | 26 | 22 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 4.05 | 197.2 | 227 | 107 | 89 | 3 | 41 | 99 | 20 | 0 | 1.36 | .322 | PHA |
1899 | 37 | 36 | 17 | 15 | 0 | 2.95 | 301.2 | 304 | 114 | 99 | 5 | 61 | 142 | 26 | 2 | 1.21 | .296 | PHA |
1900 | 40 | 40 | 24 | 14 | 0 | 2.64 | 338.0 | 343 | 125 | 99 | 2 | 61 | 170 | 33 | 4 | 1.20 | .305 | SLN,NL |
Total | 589 | 558 | 279 | 234 | 1 | 3.31 | 4835.1 | 4686 | 2251 | 1778 | 98 | 1304 | 2388 | 425 | 28 | 1.24 | .285 | |
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Career Minor League Pitching Stats |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP |
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Career Postseason Pitching Stats |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | SHO |
1900 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.55 | 24.2 | 29 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.55 | 24.2 | 29 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | Teams |
1884 | 40 | 127 | 68 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 17 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 0 | .535 | .539 | .583 | 1.122 | |
1885 | 40 | 137 | 80 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 27 | 3 | 33 | 0 | 0 | .584 | .593 | .620 | 1.213 | CLE |
1886 | 41 | 140 | 73 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 24 | 3 | 33 | 0 | 0 | .521 | .531 | .550 | 1.081 | CLE,AL |
1887 | 40 | 135 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 72 | 0 | 0 | .141 | .151 | .163 | .314 | CLE |
1888 | 41 | 135 | 36 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 18 | 0 | 50 | 0 | 0 | .267 | .267 | .311 | .578 | CLE,AL |
1889 | 42 | 134 | 30 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 15 | 2 | 53 | 0 | 0 | .224 | .235 | .269 | .504 | CLE,AL |
1890 | 45 | 137 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 70 | 1 | 1 | .182 | .194 | .219 | .413 | CLE PIT |
1891 | 32 | 94 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 49 | 0 | 1 | .128 | .146 | .149 | .295 | PIT |
1892 | 35 | 101 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 47 | 0 | 0 | .198 | .206 | .228 | .434 | PIT |
1893 | 23 | 76 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 0 | .105 | .104 | .118 | .222 | PHA |
1894 | 28 | 86 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 38 | 0 | 0 | .209 | .227 | .256 | .483 | PHA |
1895 | 32 | 99 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 34 | 0 | 0 | .242 | .265 | .303 | .568 | PHA,AL |
1896 | 21 | 60 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 1 | .217 | .226 | .300 | .526 | PHA |
1897 | 26 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .556 | .625 | 1.181 | PHA |
1898 | 26 | 74 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 25 | 1 | 0 | .270 | .289 | .297 | .587 | PHA |
1899 | 37 | 107 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 45 | 0 | 0 | .206 | .213 | .215 | .428 | PHA |
1900 | 40 | 119 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 56 | 0 | 0 | .134 | .139 | .160 | .299 | SLN,NL |
Total | 589 | 1777 | 492 | 57 | 2 | 1 | 181 | 179 | 28 | 688 | 2 | 3 | .277 | .287 | .313 | .600 | |
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Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
Pitcher | 40 | 40 | 15 | 58 | 1 | 84 | 11 | .869 | 338.0 | 2.24 | | | | |
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Won Player of the Week award on 4/17/1886, winning 2 games with a 1.50 ERA... Was selected to the 1886 Allstar game... Had 39-game hitting streak snapped on 7/6/1886... 1/31/1887: Gets a new one-year contract worth $15,990,000 through salary arbitration... 1/31/1888: Gets a new one-year contract worth $15,990,000 through salary arbitration... Won Player of the Week award on 6/26/1888, winning 2 games with a 0.50 ERA... 6/27/1888: Signed a contract extension with Cleveland, $15,990,000 per year, for 4 years. Was selected to the 1888 Allstar game... Was selected to the 1889 Allstar game... Traded from Cleveland to Pittsburgh on 6/2/1890 (Going to PIT: P Will Sawyer. Going to CLE: P Amos Rusie)... Signed as a free agent by Philadelphia (A) on 2/12/1893 to a 7-year deal worth $5,000,000 per year... Injured on 7/19/1893 with a Tight Shoulder, out for one week... Won Player of the Week award on 4/24/1894, winning 2 games with a 1.00 ERA... Was selected to the 1895 Allstar game... Signed as a free agent by St. Louis (N) on 2/5/1900 to a 1-year deal worth $5,510,000 per year... Injured on 5/20/1900 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks... Won Player of the Week award on 7/3/1900, winning 2 games with a 1.00 ERA... Was selected to the 1900 Allstar game...
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Pitching Leader Boards Appearances |
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ERA 1883 - - 2nd 1885 - 2.51 - 6th 1886 - 2.60 - 9th 1887 - 3.13 - 10th 1895 - 3.03 - 9th 1899 - 2.95 - 9th
| WHIP 1883 - - 8th 1895 - 1.16 - 7th 1899 - 1.21 - 10th
| Wins 1883 - - 1st 1886 - 25 - 2nd 1888 - 23 - 3rd 1889 - 24 - 3rd 1895 - 20 - 6th
| Losses 1884 - 19 - 6th 1887 - 17 - 8th 1889 - 17 - 9th 1890 - 20 - 5th 1891 - 19 - 6th 1892 - 20 - 7th
| IP 1884 - 345.0 - 10th 1885 - 344.1 - 8th 1886 - 363.0 - 2nd 1887 - 347.2 - 7th 1889 - 367.2 - 6th 1890 - 386.2 - 2nd
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K's 1883 - - 5th 1884 - 174 - 5th 1885 - 157 - 8th 1886 - 150 - 8th 1887 - 161 - 9th 1888 - 187 - 6th 1889 - 183 - 7th 1890 - 192 - 6th
| BB 1883 - - 3rd 1884 - 87 - 1st 1885 - 92 - 4th 1886 - 102 - 3rd 1887 - 97 - 6th 1888 - 84 - 7th 1889 - 119 - 1st 1890 - 136 - 1st 1891 - 93 - 8th 1892 - 90 - 6th
| CG 1886 - 34 - 4th 1887 - 31 - 9th 1889 - 35 - 3rd 1890 - 34 - 6th
| SHO 1888 - 4 - 3rd 1889 - 4 - 2nd 1899 - 2 - 8th
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