1919
Born January 29, 1919
Greenwood, SC, USA
Bill Voiselle Notable
Bill Voiselle played for three clubs across nine seasons as a pitcher, opening with the New York Giants in 1942 and closing with the Chicago Cubs in 1950.
He went 74 and 84 with a 3.83 earned run average, pitching 1,373.3 innings in 245 games. He struck out 645, completed 74 of his 190 starts and threw 13 shutouts. Across 246 games he batted .147, with 68 hits and 21 runs. He finished with 10 doubles.
He led the league in strikeouts once, in 1944, with 161.
He was an All-Star in 1944.
He was born in Greenwood, SC, USA on January 29, 1919, and died on January 31, 2005. He batted right-handed and threw right-handed.
Honors
| Award | Times | Years |
|---|---|---|
| All-Star selection | 1 | 1944 |
| Baseball Magazine All-Star | 1 | 1944 |
| The Sporting News Pitcher of the Year | 1 | 1944 |
Batting, season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1942 | NYG | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| 1943 | NYG | 4 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .111 |
| 1944 | NYG | 44 | 105 | 8 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 24 | 0 | .210 |
| 1945 | NYG | 41 | 79 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 0 | .127 |
| 1946 | NYG | 36 | 55 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 0 | .164 |
| 1947 | BSN/NYG | 33 | 68 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 0 | .162 |
| 1948 | BSN | 37 | 72 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 0 | .097 |
| 1949 | BSN | 30 | 61 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 0 | .115 |
| 1950 | CHC | 19 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .077 |
| Career | — | 246 | 464 | 21 | 68 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 25 | 100 | 0 | .147 |
Pitching, season by season
| Year | Team | W | L | G | GS | SV | IP | H | ER | BB | SO | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1942 | NYG | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2.00 |
| 1943 | NYG | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 31.0 | 18 | 7 | 14 | 19 | 2.03 |
| 1944 | NYG | 21 | 16 | 43 | 41 | 0 | 312.2 | 276 | 105 | 118 | 161 | 3.02 |
| 1945 | NYG | 14 | 14 | 41 | 35 | 0 | 232.1 | 249 | 116 | 97 | 115 | 4.49 |
| 1946 | NYG | 9 | 15 | 36 | 25 | 0 | 178.0 | 171 | 74 | 85 | 89 | 3.74 |
| 1947 | BSN/NYG | 9 | 11 | 33 | 25 | 0 | 174.0 | 190 | 85 | 73 | 79 | 4.40 |
| 1948 | BSN | 13 | 13 | 37 | 30 | 2 | 215.2 | 226 | 87 | 90 | 89 | 3.63 |
| 1949 | BSN | 7 | 8 | 30 | 22 | 1 | 169.1 | 170 | 76 | 78 | 63 | 4.04 |
| 1950 | CHC | 0 | 4 | 19 | 7 | 0 | 51.1 | 64 | 33 | 29 | 25 | 5.79 |
| Career | — | 74 | 84 | 245 | 190 | 3 | 1373.1 | 1370 | 585 | 588 | 645 | 3.83 |
On this day & linked events
2005
Died January 31, 2005
1942
Major-league debut: Bill Voiselle
Bill Voiselle made a major-league debut on September 1, 1942.
1950
Final major-league game: Bill Voiselle
Bill Voiselle played a final major-league game on July 8, 1950.