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Bill Bernhard

Birthdate:

3/16/1871

Died:

3/30/1949

Height / Weight:

6' 1" / 205 lbs.

Place of Birth:

Clarence, NY, USA

Bats / Throws:

B / R

Baseball Historian Biography

1906 SUMMARY
Informal full-length portrait of baseball pitcher Bill Bernhard of the American League's Cleveland Naps, holding a baseball bat at his side, standing outside the batter's box at South Side Park, located at West 37th Street, South Princeton Avenue, and West Pershing Road (formerly West 39th Street), and South Wentworth Avenue in the Armour Square community area of Chicago, Illinois. Billboard advertisements are visible along outfield wall in the background. SDN-052428, Chicago Daily News negatives collection, Chicago Historical Society.

A mound master Bill Bernhard won more games than he lost in each of his first six major league seasons, including a career best record of 23 wins and 13 losses in 1904 when he completed 35-of-37 games with a stingy 2.13 earned run average. The key to Bill Bernhard success was his excellent walks to innings pitched ratio. The 6 ft 1-inch, 205 pound right-hander yielded just 365 walks in 1,792 innings.

In 1903 he issued 1.14 walks per/nine/innings - second lowest in the entire American League.

Nicknamed: Strawberry Bill

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HBP	BK	ERA
1899	PHI (NL)	21	12	6	6	0	10	1	132.1	120	66	39	3	36	0	23	7	6	2	2.65
1900	PHI (NL)	32	27	15	10	2	20	0	218.2	284	151	116	3	74	0	49	11	5	1	4.77
1901	PHA (AL)	31	27	17	10	0	26	1	257.0	328	169	129	6	50	0	58	6	2	0	4.52
1902	PHA (AL)	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	9.0	7	1	1	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	1.00
1902	CLE (AL)	27	24	17	5	1	22	3	217.0	169	78	53	4	34	0	57	4	5	0	2.20
1903	CLE (AL)	20	19	14	6	0	18	3	165.2	151	62	39	1	21	0	60	2	0	0	2.12
1904	CLE (AL)	38	37	23	13	0	35	4	320.2	323	107	76	3	55	0	137	5	4	0	2.13
1905	CLE (AL)	22	19	7	13	0	17	0	174.1	185	93	65	5	34	0	56	6	1	0	3.36
1906	CLE (AL)	31	30	16	15	0	23	2	255.1	235	99	72	1	47	0	85	4	5	0	2.54
1907	CLE (AL)	8	4	0	4	0	3	0	42.0	58	32	15	0	11	0	19	1	0	0	3.21
10 years		231	200	116	82	3	175	14	1792.0	1860	858	605	26	365	0	545	46	28	3	3.04

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	AVG	OBP	SLG
1899	PHI (NL)	21	54	5	13	1	0	0	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.241	.268	SLG
1900	PHI (NL)	32	91	7	14	1	0	0	6	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.154	.181	SLG
1901	PHA (AL)	32	107	8	20	4	2	0	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	.187	.243	SLG
1902	PHA (AL)	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.0	.0	SLG
1902	CLE (AL)	27	90	8	18	4	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.209	SLG
1903	CLE (AL)	20	65	8	12	2	0	0	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.185	.209	SLG
1904	CLE (AL)	38	124	5	22	4	1	0	13	4	0	1	0	0	1	3	0	.177	.209	SLG
1905	CLE (AL)	22	69	3	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.87	.100	SLG
1906	CLE (AL)	31	99	4	21	1	1	0	12	7	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.212	.264	SLG
1907	CLE (AL)	8	15	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	SLG
10 years		232	718	50	129	18	4	0	51	28	0	3	0	0	1	8	0	.180	.212	.SLG

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