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Bill
Essick		  
Nickname: Vinegar bill
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10''
Weight: 175
 
Born: December 18, 1881 in Usa, IL, GRAND RIDGE
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Seriess Won 1907   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1906 24 DET AL   10 2 2 2 5 5 5 10 10 10
1907 25 DET AL $ 300,000 10 2 2 2 6 7 7 10 10 10
1908 26 DET AL $ 300,000 10 3 3 3 6 7 7 10 10 10
1909 27 DET AL $ 300,000 10 3 3 3 7 7 7 9 9 9
1910 28 DET AL   10 4 4 4 7 7 7 9 9 9
1911 29 DET AL   10 3 3 3 7 7 7 10 10 10
1912 30 DET AL   10 3 4 4 7 7 7 8 8 8
1913 31 DET AL   10 3 4 4 7 7 7 8 8 8
1914 32 DET AL   10 3 4 4 6 7 6 8 8 8
1915 33 DET AL   10 3 3 3 6 7 7 8 8 8
OOTP6 Min Ratings   10 2 2 2 5 5 5 8 8 8
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000 10 4 4 4 7 7 7 10 10 10
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1906 24 DET AL     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1907 25 DET AL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1908 26 DET AL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1909 27 DET AL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1910 28 DET AL     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1911 29 DET AL     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1912 30 DET AL     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1913 31 DET AL     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1914 32 DET AL     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1915 33 DET AL     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Min Ratings     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Cy Young Award or Rookie of the Year Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1906 24 A   15 8 .652 26 26 20 7 0 229.0 121 31 5 62 343 1.22 .152 .214 .187 .401  
1907 25 DET AL 0 2 .000 2 2 2 0 0 18.0 21 8 0 7 6 4.00 .292 .354 .389 .743 0.1
    AAA   9 4 .692 18 18 8 3 0 154.0 107 31 1 53 194 1.81 .192 .263 .239 .502  
    AA   7 0 1.000 8 8 5 3 0 70.3 35 4 0 16 105 0.51 .145 .198 .174 .371  
1908 26 DET AL 2 4 .333 7 7 5 0 0 56.3 62 29 1 13 17 4.63 .283 .321 .365 .686 0.4
    AAA   10 6 .625 20 20 12 5 0 164.3 126 36 2 50 196 1.97 .210 .271 .270 .541  
1909 27 DET AL 3 1 .750 9 0 0 0 1 12.0 7 4 0 2 2 3.00 .171 .239 .268 .507 1.5
    AAA   4 1 .800 6 6 2 0 0 48.3 30 10 1 20 56 1.86 .174 .260 .227 .487  
1910 28 AAA   12 7 .632 24 24 11 4 0 197.0 133 45 6 61 210 2.06 .190 .255 .264 .519  
1911 29 AAA   13 5 .722 23 23 8 0 0 188.0 159 67 3 80 143 3.21 .227 .307 .290 .597  
1912 30 AAA   1 7 .125 12 12 4 0 0 83.7 96 41 3 29 61 4.41 .281 .337 .395 .732  
1913 31 AAA   10 8 .556 22 22 5 0 0 175.3 171 73 10 71 107 3.75 .257 .328 .359 .687  
1914 32 AAA   5 8 .385 18 18 6 1 0 129.0 122 62 4 73 111 4.33 .246 .343 .323 .665  
1915 33 AAA   7 10 .412 19 19 7 0 0 150.0 146 60 9 76 101 3.60 .260 .348 .363 .711  
3 Years Sim 5 7 .417 18 9 7 0 1 86.3 90 41 1 22 25 4.27 .271 .318 .358 .676 2.0
9 Years AAA 71 56 .559 162 162 63 13 0 1289.7 1090 425 39 513 1179 2.97 .227 .302 .305 .607  
1 Years AA 7 0 1.000 8 8 5 3 0 70.3 35 4 0 16 105 0.51 .145 .198 .174 .371  
1 Years A 15 8 .652 26 26 20 7 0 229.0 121 31 5 62 343 1.22 .152 .214 .187 .401  
11 Years Minors 93 64 .592 196 196 88 23 0 1589.0 1246 460 44 591 1627 2.61 .214 .286 .283 .569  
Season Average 1 2 .333 6 3 2 0 0 28.8 30 13 0 7 8 4.27 .271 .318 .358 .676  
Career Highs 3 4 .750 9 7 5 0 1 56.3 62 29 1 13 17 4.63 .292 .354 .389 .743  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   51 26 0 14 21   .239 .286 .310 .596
vs LH   39 15 1 8 4   .328 .370 .445 .815
Home 3 3 .500 9 4 4 0 0 41.0 41 18 0 13 17 3.95 .261 .318 .350 .668
Away 2 4 .333 9 5 3 0 1 45.3 49 23 1 9 8 4.57 .280 .315 .366 .681
May 1 0 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 5.0 2 1 0 1 0 1.80 .133 .188 .200 .388
June 1 2 .333 6 1 1 0 0 13.7 18 9 0 3 4 5.93 .321 .356 .429 .785
July 2 2 .500 4 3 2 0 0 23.3 25 16 0 6 10 6.17 .278 .323 .356 .678
August 1 1 .500 4 3 2 0 0 26.0 24 7 1 5 5 2.42 .245 .282 .327 .608
Sep/Oct 0 2 .000 3 2 2 0 1 18.3 21 8 0 7 6 3.93 .288 .350 .384 .734
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger Award or Rookie of the Year Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1906 24 A   4 3 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 .667 .750 1.333 2.083 2.0  
1907 25 DET AL 2 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0
    AAA   3 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .200 .200 .200 .400 0.1  
1908 26 DET AL 7 20 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13 .050 .095 .050 .145 -1.0 0.0
1909 27 DET AL 11 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0
1910 28 AAA   12 3 3 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.3  
1912 30 AAA   4 16 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 .125 .125 .188 .313 -0.1  
1913 31 AAA   3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.2  
3 Years Sim 20 28 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 17 .036 .069 .036 .105 -1.7 0.0
4 Years AAA 22 24 7 4 1 0 0 1 3 1 0 12 .167 .167 .208 .375 0.5  
1 Years A 4 3 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 .667 .750 1.333 2.083 2.0  
5 Years Minors 26 27 7 6 1 1 0 2 4 1 1 12 .222 .250 .333 .583 2.5  
162 Game Average 226 24 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 137 .036 .069 .036 .105 -13.7  
Career Highs 11 20 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13 .050 .095 .050 .145 -0.3  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   24 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14 .042 .080 .042 .122 -1.4
vs LH   4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4
Home 9 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.2
Away 11 16 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 .063 .118 .063 .180 -0.6
RISP   6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.6
Close/Late   3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3
May 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2
June 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4
July 3 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.8
August 3 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .111 .200 .111 .311 0.1
Sep/Oct 2 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1907 25 DET AL P 2 2 18.0 1 3 0 0 1.000 2.00    
1908 26 DET AL P 7 7 56.3 5 10 0 0 1.000 2.40    
1909 27 DET AL P 9 0 12.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.50    
Career Totals   18 9 86.3 6 15 0 0 1.000 2.19    
Career Highs   9 7 56.3 5 10 0 0 1.000 2.40    
History
Drafted in 2nd round, 32nd overall pick, by Cincinnati in 1906
Traded from Cincinnati to Detroit on 3/15/1906 (Going to CIN: C Bill Carrigan. Going to DET: P Bill Essick)
Won World Series with Detroit in 1907
Injured on 6/9/1908 with a Fractured Nose, out for 5 days
Earned first career win on 7/8/1908
Had first career hit on 8/3/1908, off Frank Corridon (CHA)
Injured on 9/11/1908 with a Tight Shoulder, out for 5 days
Injured on 6/9/1910 with a Inflamed Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Injured on 5/22/1911 with a Strained Back, out for one week
Injured on 7/11/1912 with a Ruptured Disc in Back, out for full season
 
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