Bill Bernhard Notable

b. March 16, 1871 · Philadelphia Phillies 1899–1900, Philadelphia Athletics 1901–1902, Cleveland Bronchos 1902, Cleveland Naps 1903–1907

Bill Bernhard played for four clubs across nine seasons as a pitcher, opening with the Philadelphia Phillies in 1899 and closing with the Cleveland Naps in 1907.

He went 116 and 81 with a 3.04 earned run average, pitching 1,792 innings in 231 games. He struck out 545, completed 175 of his 200 starts and threw 14 shutouts. Across 232 games he batted .180, with 129 hits and 50 runs. He finished with 18 doubles and 3 stolen bases.

He was born in Clarence, NY, USA on March 16, 1871, and died on March 30, 1949. He batted both ways and threw right-handed.

Batting, season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG
1899	PHI	21	54	5	13	1	0	2	2	7	1	.241
1900	PHI	32	91	7	14	1	0	6	3	18	0	.154
1901	PHA	32	107	8	20	4	2	8	8	14	0	.187
1902	CLE/PHA	28	94	8	18	4	0	6	1	16	0	.191
1903	CLE	20	65	8	12	2	0	4	2	18	0	.185
1904	CLE	38	124	5	22	4	1	13	4	39	1	.177
1905	CLE	22	69	3	6	0	0	0	1	20	1	.087
1906	CLE	31	99	4	21	1	1	12	7	30	0	.212
1907	CLE	8	15	2	3	1	0	0	0	2	0	.200
Career	—	232	718	50	129	18	4	51	28	164	3	.180

Pitching, season by season

Year	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1899	PHI	6	6	21	12	0	132.1	120	39	36	23	2.65
1900	PHI	15	10	32	27	2	218.2	284	116	74	49	4.77
1901	PHA	17	10	31	27	0	257.0	328	129	50	58	4.52
1902	CLE/PHA	18	5	28	25	1	226.0	176	54	37	58	2.15
1903	CLE	14	5	20	19	0	165.2	151	39	21	60	2.12
1904	CLE	23	13	38	37	0	320.2	323	76	55	137	2.13
1905	CLE	7	13	22	19	0	174.1	185	65	34	56	3.36
1906	CLE	16	15	31	30	0	255.1	235	72	47	85	2.54
1907	CLE	0	4	8	4	0	42.0	58	15	11	19	3.21
Career	—	116	81	231	200	3	1792.0	1860	605	365	545	3.04

On this day & linked events

1871

Born March 16, 1871

Clarence, NY, USA

1949

Died March 30, 1949

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