Bill Gatewood

William Miller Gatewood
(Big Bill)

Born: August 22, 1881 in San Antonio, TX
Died: December 8, 1962 in Columbia, MO
(81 years old)

Bats: R

Throws: R

Ht: 6'0"

Wt: 195

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Notes:

• Buried: Memorial Park Cemetery (Columbia, MO)
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Pitching

Glossary

Basic Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	W	L	W%	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	R	ER	H	HR	BB	K	WP	BK	HBP	BF	ERA	ERA+
1906	CXG/LEL	EAS/WES	24	1B	1	2	.333	4	3		2	0	1	23.1	13	10	29	0	4	11	0		1	102	3.86	74
1906-07	CXG	NvC	25	RF	2	2	.500	4	4		4	0	0	35.2	19	8	27	0	8	17	0		3	151	2.02	155
1907-08	PG	NvC	26	RF	0	3	.000	3	3		3	0	0	26.1	20	13	23	0	14	7	1		1	121	4.44	53
1908	SPG	NOR	26	SP	1	1	.500	2	2		2	1	0	18.0	11	6	19	1	4	7	0		0	78	3.00	68
1909	LEL	WES	27	SP	0	2	.000	3	3		2	0	0	23.1	20	15	31	0	8	13	0		1	107	5.79	52
1911	COG	WES	29	1B	3	2	.600	7	5		4	0	0	52.1	31	22	52	0	8	28	2		0	214	3.78	88
1912	CAG	WES	30	SP	6	1	.857	11	8		6	0	0	74.0	35	23	68	0	18	36	0		0	303	2.80	97
1913	CAG	NvH/WES	31	SP	7	4	.636	18	11		6	2	0	110.0	46	32	112	0	33	60	0		1	461	2.62	120
1914	NLG	EAS/NvM	32	SP	3	5	.375	11	8		7	1	0	77.1	58	41	108	2	28	43	0		5	365	4.77	82
1915	CAG/SLG	NvH/WES	33	SP	4	6	.400	18	11		8	1	1	107.0	65	42	114	1	32	39	1		1	464	3.53	69
1916	SLG	WES	34	SP	6	2	.750	9	8		8	0	0	77.0	34	15	65	1	16	26	1		2	322	1.75	179
1917	ABC/SLG	WES	35	SP	7	9	.438	21	15		11	3	1	126.1	75	54	138	1	36	65	2		4	555	3.85	65
1919	SLG	WES	37	SP	1	3	.250	5	3		2	0	1	29.0	16	13	28	1	13	16	1		6	125	4.03	81
1920	DS/SLG	NNL/NvM	38	SP	15	6	.714	26	17		12	1	2	172.2	72	51	149	6	47	95	0		7	712	2.66	134
1921	DS	NNL	39	SP	6	7	.462	21	16		6	1	1	124.1	65	41	114	3	38	62	0		11	531	2.97	134
1922	SLS	NNL	40	SP	0	2	.000	4	2		0	0	0	7.2	16	15	14	1	10	3	2		3	51	17.61	27
1923	MB/TT	NNL	41	SP	2	7	.222	16	10		3	0	0	58.0	50	37	78	5	24	18	0	0	6	281	5.74	85
1925	MRS	NNL	43	RP	0	1	.000	7	1		0	0	0	21.2	19	19	24		10	12	2		0	98	7.89	71
1927	BBB/SLS	NNL	45	SP	1	1	.500	9	6		3	0	1	52.2	29	25	56		16	14	3		1		4.27	84
18	14			SP	65	66	.496	199	136		89	10	8	1216.2	694	482	1249	22	367	572	15	0	53	5041	3.57	90
162 Game Average					13	13	.496	40	28		18	2	2	247.0	141	98	254	5	74	116	3	0	11	1071	3.57	90

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	W	L	W%	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	R	ER	H	HR	BB	K	WP	BK	HBP	BF	ERA	ERA+
17	Negro Leagues				61	60	.504	186	125		79	9	8	1114.0	639	450	1158	22	341	531	14	0	47	4601	3.64	91
2	vs Latin Leagues				2	5	.286	7	7		7	0	0	62.0	39	21	50	0	22	24	1		4	272	3.05	85
2	vs High Minors				2	0	1.000	4	3		2	1	0	27.0	10	8	28	0	2	12	0		1	111	2.67	85
1	vs Major Leagues				0	1	.000	2	1		1	0	0	13.2	6	3	13	0	2	5	0		1	57	1.98	82

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	W	L	W%	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	R	ER	H	HR	BB	K	WP	BK	HBP	BF	ERA	ERA+
1	Cuban X Giants			SP	3	3	.500	6	6		6	0	0	53.2	26	13	47	0	11	24	0		4	227	2.18	144
2	Chicago Leland Giants			CF	0	3	.000	5	4		2	0	1	28.2	26	20	40	0	9	17	0		1	133	6.28	41
1	Philadelphia Giants I			1B	0	3	.000	3	3		3	0	0	26.1	20	13	23	0	14	7	1		1	121	4.44	53
1	St. Paul Gophers			RP	1	1	.500	2	2		2	1	0	18.0	11	6	19	1	4	7	0		0	78	3.00	68
1	Chicago Giants			SP	3	2	.600	7	5		4	0	0	52.1	31	22	52	0	8	28	2		0	214	3.78	88
3	Chicago American Giants			SP	17	10	.630	43	27		18	3	0	265.0	129	85	267	0	75	124	0		1	1118	2.89	92
1	New York Lincoln Giants			SP	3	5	.375	11	8		7	1	0	77.1	58	41	108	2	28	43	0		5	365	4.77	82
6	St. Louis Stars I			SP	7	9	.438	25	17		13	0	2	161.0	96	64	155	4	52	63	5		13	698	3.58	90
1	Indianapolis ABCs I			SP	7	9	.438	20	15		11	3	1	118.2	68	48	130	1	33	63	2		4	522	3.64	68
2	Detroit Stars I			SP	21	12	.636	45	32		17	2	3	283.1	131	89	250	9	83	152	0		17	1186	2.83	136
1	Toledo Tigers			RP	0	4	.000	9	5		1	0	0	26.2	24	20	31	1	11	9	0	0	3	125	6.75	73
1	Milwaukee Bears			SP	2	3	.400	7	5		2	0	0	31.1	26	17	47	4	13	9	0	0	3	156	4.88	99
1	Memphis Red Sox			-	0	1	.000	7	1		0	0	0	21.2	19	19	24		10	12	2		0	98	7.89	71
1	Birmingham Black Barons			SP	1	1	.500	9	6		3	0	1	52.2	29	25	56		16	14	3		1		4.27	84

Advanced Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	IP	WHIP	Lg	K%	Lg	BB%	Lg	K/BB	Lg	HR%	Lg
1906	CXG/LEL	EAS/WES	24	1B	23.1	1.41	1.27	10.8%	10.5%	3.9%	6.7%	2.75	1.37	0.0%	0.2%
1906-07	CXG	NvC	25	RF	35.2	0.98	1.16	11.3%	11.1%	5.3%	9.9%	2.13	1.13	0.0%	0.0%
1907-08	PG	NvC	26	RF	26.1	1.41	1.11	5.8%	7.5%	11.6%	8.1%	0.50	0.93	0.0%	0.1%
1908	SPG	NOR	26	SP	18.0	1.28	1.02	9.0%	16.6%	5.1%	9.4%	1.75	1.78	1.3%	0.8%
1909	LEL	WES	27	SP	23.1	1.67	1.24	12.1%	11.9%	7.5%	7.3%	1.63	1.62	0.0%	0.4%
1911	COG	WES	29	1B	52.1	1.15	1.20	13.1%	13.8%	3.7%	6.8%	3.50	2.02	0.0%	0.9%
1912	CAG	WES	30	SP	74.0	1.16	1.12	11.9%	14.0%	5.9%	6.2%	2.00	2.24	0.0%	0.8%
1913	CAG	NvH/WES	31	SP	110.0	1.32	1.21	13.0%	15.7%	7.2%	6.5%	1.82	2.16	0.0%	0.9%
1914	NLG	EAS/NvM	32	SP	77.1	1.76	1.49	11.8%	14.1%	7.7%	8.5%	1.54	1.65	0.5%	0.6%
1915	CAG/SLG	NvH/WES	33	SP	107.0	1.36	1.06	8.4%	13.3%	6.9%	6.7%	1.22	1.94	0.2%	0.8%
1916	SLG	WES	34	SP	77.0	1.05	1.26	8.1%	12.5%	5.0%	9.2%	1.63	1.36	0.3%	0.4%
1917	ABC/SLG	WES	35	SP	126.1	1.38	1.15	11.7%	11.4%	6.5%	8.4%	1.81	1.40	0.2%	0.2%
1919	SLG	WES	37	SP	29.0	1.41	1.30	12.8%	10.5%	10.4%	8.8%	1.23	1.18	0.8%	1.0%
1920	DS/SLG	NNL/NvM	38	SP	172.2	1.14	1.32	13.3%	14.0%	6.6%	7.9%	2.02	1.40	0.8%	0.4%
1921	DS	NNL	39	SP	124.1	1.22	1.35	11.7%	11.0%	7.2%	7.4%	1.63	1.48	0.6%	0.8%
1922	SLS	NNL	40	SP	7.2	3.13	1.46	5.9%	11.0%	19.6%	7.6%	0.30	1.44	2.0%	1.1%
1923	MB/TT	NNL	41	SP	58.0	1.76	1.55	6.4%	8.7%	8.5%	8.2%	0.75	1.06	1.8%	1.3%
1925	MRS	NNL	43	RP	21.2	1.57	1.45	12.2%	9.3%	10.2%	8.0%	1.20	1.17
1927	BBB/SLS	NNL	45	SP	52.2	1.37	1.34	6.2%	10.2%	7.1%	7.0%	0.88	1.45
18	14			SP	1216.2	1.33	1.26	10.9%	12.1%	7.0%	7.9%	1.56	1.58	0.4%	0.6%

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	IP	WHIP	Lg	K%	Lg	BB%	Lg	K/BB	Lg	HR%	Lg
17	Negro Leagues				1114.0	1.35	1.27	11.0%	12.1%	7.1%	7.8%	1.56	1.58	0.5%	0.6%
2	vs Latin Leagues				62.0	1.16	1.14	8.8%	9.5%	8.1%	9.1%	1.09	1.04	0.0%	0.1%
2	vs High Minors				27.0	1.11	1.11	10.8%	15.0%	1.8%	5.7%	6.00	2.62	0.0%	1.0%
1	vs Major Leagues				13.2	1.10	1.03	8.8%	16.5%	3.5%	7.2%	2.50	2.31	0.0%	0.3%

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	IP	WHIP	Lg	K%	Lg	BB%	Lg	K/BB	Lg	HR%	Lg
1	Cuban X Giants			SP	53.2	1.08	1.21	10.6%	10.3%	4.8%	9.1%	2.18	1.14	0.0%	0.1%
2	Chicago Leland Giants			CF	28.2	1.71	1.22	12.8%	11.9%	6.8%	7.0%	1.89	1.71	0.0%	0.4%
1	Philadelphia Giants I			1B	26.1	1.41	1.11	5.8%	7.5%	11.6%	8.1%	0.50	0.93	0.0%	0.1%
1	St. Paul Gophers			RP	18.0	1.28	1.02	9.0%	16.6%	5.1%	9.4%	1.75	1.78	1.3%	0.8%
1	Chicago Giants			SP	52.1	1.15	1.20	13.1%	13.8%	3.7%	6.8%	3.50	2.02	0.0%	0.9%
3	Chicago American Giants			SP	265.0	1.29	1.13	11.1%	14.1%	6.7%	6.6%	1.65	2.14	0.0%	0.7%
1	New York Lincoln Giants			SP	77.1	1.76	1.49	11.8%	14.1%	7.7%	8.5%	1.54	1.65	0.5%	0.6%
6	St. Louis Stars I			SP	161.0	1.29	1.24	9.0%	12.3%	7.4%	8.6%	1.21	1.46	0.6%	0.6%
1	Indianapolis ABCs I			SP	118.2	1.37	1.15	12.1%	11.9%	6.3%	8.5%	1.91	1.41	0.2%	0.2%
2	Detroit Stars I			SP	283.1	1.18	1.35	12.8%	11.2%	7.0%	8.1%	1.83	1.40	0.8%	0.6%
1	Milwaukee Bears			SP	31.1	1.91	1.54	5.8%	8.7%	8.3%	8.1%	0.69	1.07	2.6%	1.3%
1	Toledo Tigers			RP	26.2	1.58	1.56	7.2%	8.6%	8.8%	8.2%	0.82	1.05	0.8%	1.3%
1	Memphis Red Sox			-	21.2	1.57	1.45	12.2%	9.3%	10.2%	8.0%	1.20	1.17
1	Birmingham Black Barons			SP	52.2	1.37	1.34	6.2%	10.2%	7.1%	7.0%	0.88	1.45

Opponent's Batting

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
1906	CXG/LEL	EAS/WES	24	1B	4	102	94	13	29	3	3	0	7		4	11		1	3		1	.309	.343	.404	.748
1906-07	CXG	NvC	25	RF	4	151	134	19	27	1	0	0	7		8	17		3	6		3	.201	.262	.209	.471
1907-08	PG	NvC	26	RF	3	121	97	20	23	1	0	0	12		14	7		1	9		2	.237	.339	.247	.587
1908	SPG	NOR	26	SP	2	78	71	11	19	1	1	1	3		4	7		0	3		1	.268	.307	.352	.659
1909	LEL	WES	27	SP	3	107	95	20	31	7	1	0	6		8	13		1	3		1	.326	.385	.421	.806
1911	COG	WES	29	1B	7	214	198	31	52	4	2	0	0		8	28		0	8		7	.263	.291	.303	.594
1912	CAG	WES	30	SP	11	303	274	35	68	10	1	0	0		18	36		0	11		5	.248	.295	.292	.586
1913	CAG	NvH/WES	31	SP	18	461	409	46	112	14	2	0	0		33	60		1	18		12	.274	.330	.318	.647
1914	NLG	EAS/NvM	32	SP	11	365	321	58	108	14	4	2	16		28	43		5	11		9	.336	.398	.424	.822
1915	CAG/SLG	NvH/WES	33	SP	18	464	419	65	114	21	3	1	6		32	39		1	12		8	.272	.325	.344	.669
1916	SLG	WES	34	SP	9	322	290	34	65	12	2	1	10		16	26		2	14		6	.224	.269	.290	.559
1917	ABC/SLG	WES	35	SP	21	555	494	75	138	19	6	1	24		36	65		4	21		10	.279	.333	.348	.682
1919	SLG	WES	37	SP	5	125	101	16	28	6	1	1	8		13	16		6	5		5	.277	.392	.386	.778
1920	DS/SLG	NNL/NvM	38	SP	26	712	631	72	149	22	4	6	22		47	95		7	27		12	.236	.296	.312	.609
1921	DS	NNL	39	SP	21	531	457	65	114	17	4	3	11		38	62		11	25		11	.249	.322	.324	.646
1922	SLS	NNL	40	SP	4	51	37	16	14	2	2	1	0		10	3		3	1		0	.378	.540	.622	1.162
1923	MB/TT	NNL	41	SP	16	281	237	50	78			5			24	18		6				.329	.404
1925	MRS	NNL	43	RP	7	98		19	24						10	12		0
1927	BBB/SLS	NNL	45	SP	9			29	56						16	14		1
18	14			SP	199	5041	4359	694	1249	154	36	22	132		367	572		53	177		93	.268	.329	.332	.661

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
17	Negro Leagues				186	4601	3969	639	1158	137	36	22	107		341	531		47	159		85	.272	.332	.338	.670
2	vs Latin Leagues				7	272	231	39	50	2	0	0	19		22	24		4	15		5	.216	.296	.225	.521
2	vs High Minors				4	111	105	10	28	9	0	0	3		2	12		1	3		2	.267	.287	.352	.639
1	vs Major Leagues				2	57	54	6	13	6	0	0	3		2	5		1	0		1	.241	.281	.352	.633

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
1	Cuban X Giants			SP	6	227	205	26	47	3	2	0	14		11	24		4	7		4	.229	.282	.263	.545
2	Chicago Leland Giants			CF	5	133	118	26	40	8	2	0	6		9	17		1	5		1	.339	.391	.441	.831
1	Philadelphia Giants I			1B	3	121	97	20	23	1	0	0	12		14	7		1	9		2	.237	.339	.247	.587
1	St. Paul Gophers			RP	2	78	71	11	19	1	1	1	3		4	7		0	3		1	.268	.307	.352	.659
1	Chicago Giants			SP	7	214	198	31	52	4	2	0	0		8	28		0	8		7	.263	.291	.303	.594
3	Chicago American Giants			SP	43	1118	1002	129	267	41	5	0	5		75	124		1	40		22	.266	.318	.317	.636
1	New York Lincoln Giants			SP	11	365	321	58	108	14	4	2	16		28	43		5	11		9	.336	.398	.424	.822
6	St. Louis Stars I			SP	25	698	610	96	155	34	7	4	22		52	63		13	23		16	.254	.326	.352	.678
1	Indianapolis ABCs I			SP	20	522	466	68	130	15	5	1	24		33	63		4	19		9	.279	.332	.339	.671
2	Detroit Stars I			SP	45	1186	1034	131	250	33	8	9	30		83	152		17	52		22	.242	.309	.315	.624
1	Toledo Tigers			RP	9	125	101	24	31			1			11	9		3				.307	.391	.000	.000
1	Milwaukee Bears			SP	7	156	136	26	47			4			13	9		3				.346	.414	.000	.000
1	Memphis Red Sox			-	7	98		19	24						10	12		0				.000	.000	.000	.000
1	Birmingham Black Barons			SP	9			29	56						16	14		1				.000	.000	.000	.000

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