Bill Dinneen Notable

b. April 5, 1876 · Washington Senators 1898–1899, Boston Beaneaters 1900–1901, Boston Americans 1902–1907, St. Louis Browns 1907–1909

Bill Dinneen played for four clubs across 12 seasons as a pitcher, opening with the Washington Senators in 1898 and closing with the St. Louis Browns in 1909. His longest stay was with the Boston Americans, from 1902 to 1907.

He went 170 and 177 with a 3.01 earned run average, pitching 3,074 innings in 391 games. He struck out 1,127, completed 306 of his 352 starts and threw 24 shutouts. Across 417 games he batted .192, with 219 hits and 99 runs. He finished with 1 home run, 18 doubles and 29 stolen bases.

He led the league in saves two times between 1903 and 1907, topping out at 4.

He has a page for his starting pitcher in 1905.

He was born in Syracuse, NY, USA on April 5, 1876, and died on January 13, 1955. He batted left-handed and threw right-handed.

Batting, season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG
1898	WHS	32	80	10	8	0	1	0	3	9	22	1	.100
1899	WHS	37	119	9	36	2	0	0	4	8	17	0	.303
1900	BSN	44	125	14	35	1	0	0	9	9	16	6	.280
1901	BSN	54	147	13	31	5	0	1	6	8	26	8	.211
1902	BOS	44	141	13	18	3	0	0	9	9	28	2	.128
1903	BOS	37	106	6	17	2	1	0	8	11	28	1	.160
1904	BOS	37	120	9	25	0	1	0	9	3	22	5	.208
1905	BOS	31	88	6	13	2	0	0	4	2	15	4	.148
1906	BOS	28	63	5	7	0	1	0	2	8	21	2	.111
1907	BOS/SLB	29	59	4	10	1	1	0	3	6	8	0	.169
1908	SLB	27	59	4	12	1	0	0	1	2	12	0	.203
1909	SLB	17	36	6	7	1	0	0	2	5	6	0	.194
Career	—	417	1143	99	219	18	5	1	60	80	221	29	.192

Pitching, season by season

Year	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1898	WHS	9	16	29	27	0	218.1	238	97	88	83	4.00
1899	WHS	14	20	37	35	0	291.0	350	127	106	91	3.93
1900	BSN	20	14	40	37	0	320.2	304	111	105	107	3.12
1901	BSN	15	18	37	34	0	309.1	295	101	77	141	2.94
1902	BOS	21	21	42	42	0	371.1	348	121	99	136	2.93
1903	BOS	21	13	37	34	2	299.0	255	75	66	148	2.26
1904	BOS	23	14	37	37	0	335.2	283	82	63	153	2.20
1905	BOS	12	14	31	29	1	243.2	235	101	50	97	3.73
1906	BOS	8	19	28	27	0	218.2	209	71	52	60	2.92
1907	BOS/SLB	7	14	29	21	4	188.0	195	61	41	46	2.92
1908	SLB	14	7	27	16	0	167.0	133	39	53	39	2.10
1909	SLB	6	7	17	13	0	112.0	112	43	29	26	3.46
Career	—	170	177	391	352	7	3074.2	2957	1029	829	1127	3.01

On this day & linked events

1876

Born April 5, 1876

Syracuse, NY, USA

1955

Died January 13, 1955

1898

Major-league debut: Bill Dinneen

Bill Dinneen made a major-league debut on April 22, 1898.

1903

The First World Series Champions

The Boston Americans beat the Pittsburgh Pirates in the eighth game of the best-of-nine 1903 World Series, becoming the first champions of the modern World Series.

1905

Bill Dinneen's No-Hitter

Bill Dinneen started as the Boston Americans held the Chicago White Sox without a hit on September 27, 1905, winning 2–0.

1909

Final major-league game: Bill Dinneen

Bill Dinneen played a final major-league game on August 26, 1909.

1912