What years did Bill Dinneen play?

Bill Dinneen played in Major League Baseball from 1898 to 1909.

Was Bill Dinneen a pitcher?

Yes. Bill Dinneen pitched in the major leagues, recording 170 wins and 1127 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Bill Dinneen hit?

Bill Dinneen hit 1 career home run with 219 hits.

What teams did Bill Dinneen play for?

Bill Dinneen played for 4 teams: the Washington Senators (1898–1899), the Boston Beaneaters (1900–1901), the Boston Americans (1902–1907), and the St. Louis Browns (1907–1909).

What were Bill Dinneen's career stats?

In 391 games, Bill Dinneen went 170-177 with a 3.01 ERA, 1,127 strikeouts, 3,074.2 innings pitched, and 7 saves. At the plate he had 219 hits and 1 home runs.

What position did Bill Dinneen play?

Bill Dinneen played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.

How tall was Bill Dinneen and how much did he weigh?

Bill Dinneen was listed at 6 feet 1 inch and 190 pounds.

What was Bill Dinneen's career ERA?

Bill Dinneen finished with a 3.01 career ERA, going 170-177 with 1,127 strikeouts.

How many strikeouts did Bill Dinneen have?

Bill Dinneen recorded 1,127 career strikeouts.

Is Bill Dinneen in the Hall of Fame?

No. Bill Dinneen has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

Bill Dinneen

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1898-1909)

Bill Dinneen was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 1898 to 1909 for 4 teams, including the Washington Nationals, a span of 12 seasons. Across 391 career appearances, he went 170-177 with a 3.01 ERA and 1,127 strikeouts. He also batted .192 with 1 home runs. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 2484.7.

W (Wins):: Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):: For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):: Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated October 17, 2026

W–L 170–177

ERA 3.01

WHIP 1.23

SO 1,127

Pitcher PIV 2484.7

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: L / R
Height / Weight: 6'1" / 190 lb
Born: 4/5/1876 in Syracuse, NY, USA
Died: 1/13/1955 in Syracuse, NY, USA
MLB Debut: 1898-04-22
Last Game: 1909-08-26

Full name: William Henry Dinneen

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Career Pitching Statistics

Bill Dinneen — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
170	177	391	352	306	24	7	3074.2	2,957	1,029	78	829	1,127	3.01	2484.7

Career ERA 3.01 vs. league average 2.96 across their career seasons — near league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Bill Dinneen Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1898	WAS	NL	9	16	29	27	22	0	0	218.1	238	97	88	83	4.00	3.59 (-11%)	-1048.1
1899	WAS	NL	14	20	37	35	30	0	0	291.0	350	127	106	91	3.93	3.85 (-2%)	481.8
1900	BSN	NL	20	14	40	37	33	1	0	320.2	304	111	105	107	3.12	3.68 (+15%)	165.7
1901	BSN	NL	15	18	37	34	31	0	0	309.1	295	101	77	141	2.94	3.49 (+16%)	2748.9
1902	BOS	AL	21	21	42	42	39	2	0	371.1	348	121	99	136	2.93	3.17 (+8%)	570.6
1903	BOS	AL	21	13	37	34	32	6	2	299.0	255	75	66	148	2.26	3.10 (+27%)	3048.0
1904	BOS	AL	23	14	37	37	37	5	0	335.2	283	82	63	153	2.20	2.66 (+17%)	2371.6
1905	BOS	AL	12	14	31	29	23	2	1	243.2	235	101	50	97	3.73	2.82 (-32%)	98.8
1906	BOS	AL	8	19	28	27	22	1	0	218.2	209	71	52	60	2.92	2.68 (-9%)	-636.0
1907	BOS	AL	0	4	5	5	3	0	0	32.2	42	19	8	8	5.23	2.50 (-109%)	-1713.6
1907	SLA	AL	7	10	24	16	15	2	4	155.1	153	42	33	38	2.43	2.50 (+3%)	-682.1
1908	SLA	AL	14	7	27	16	11	2	0	167.0	133	39	53	39	2.10	2.40 (+12%)	-1850.5
1909	SLA	AL	6	7	17	13	8	3	0	112.0	112	43	29	26	3.46	2.55 (-36%)	-1070.5
Career · 13 seasons			170	177	391	352	306	24	7	3,074.2	2,957	1,029	829	1,127	3.01	—	2,485

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

Bill Dinneen — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
417	1,143	99	219	18	5	1	60	29	80	221	.192	.252	.219	.471	-4,541

Career AVG .192 vs. league average .257 across their career seasons — 25.4% below league average.

Career OBP .252 vs. league average .315 across their career seasons — 20.1% below league average.

Career SLG .219 vs. league average .332 across their career seasons — 34.1% below league average.

Career OPS .471 vs. league average .647 across their career seasons — 27.3% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Bill Dinneen Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1898	WAS	NL	32	80	10	8	0	1	0	3	1	9	22	.100	.270 (-63%)	.333 (-32%)	.347 (-64%)	.680 (-48%)	-567.5
1899	WAS	NL	37	119	9	36	2	0	0	4	0	8	17	.303	.282 (+7%)	.343 (+1%)	.366 (-13%)	.710 (-6%)	-99.7
1900	BSN	NL	44	125	14	35	1	0	0	9	6	9	16	.280	.279 (avg)	.338 (-2%)	.366 (-21%)	.705 (-12%)	-199.4
1901	BSN	NL	54	147	13	31	5	0	1	6	8	8	26	.211	.271 (-22%)	.326 (-22%)	.359 (-26%)	.686 (-24%)	-536.0
1902	BOS	AL	44	141	13	18	3	0	0	9	2	9	28	.128	.266 (-52%)	.321 (-39%)	.343 (-57%)	.665 (-48%)	-990.2
1903	BOS	AL	37	106	6	17	2	1	0	8	1	11	28	.160	.261 (-39%)	.316 (-24%)	.345 (-43%)	.662 (-34%)	-515.3
1904	BOS	AL	37	120	9	25	0	1	0	9	5	3	22	.208	.246 (-16%)	.300 (-20%)	.321 (-30%)	.622 (-25%)	-416.9
1905	BOS	AL	31	88	6	13	2	0	0	4	4	2	15	.148	.248 (-40%)	.307 (-46%)	.322 (-47%)	.629 (-46%)	-584.7
1906	BOS	AL	28	63	5	7	0	1	0	2	2	8	21	.111	.247 (-55%)	.307 (-28%)	.315 (-55%)	.622 (-41%)	-346.6
1907	BOS	AL	5	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1907	SLA	AL	24	49	4	10	1	1	0	2	0	5	7	.204	—	—	—	—	0.0
1908	SLA	AL	27	59	4	12	1	0	0	1	0	2	12	.203	.240 (-15%)	.298 (-23%)	.306 (-28%)	.605 (-26%)	-209.2
1909	SLA	AL	17	36	6	7	1	0	0	2	0	5	6	.194	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 13 seasons			417	1,143	99	219	18	5	1	60	29	80	221	.192	—	—	—	—	-4,466

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Bill Dinneen — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
4	11	1	2	0	0	0	0	2	2	.182

Playoff Batting by Year

Bill Dinneen — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
1903	WS	BOS	4	11	1	2	0	0	0	0	2	2	.182

Playoff Career Pitching

Bill Dinneen — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
3	1	4	4	0	35.0	29	8	8	28	2.06

Playoff Pitching by Year

Bill Dinneen — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1903	WS	BOS	3	1	4	4	0	35.0	29	8	8	28	2.06

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Bill Dinneen — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	211	553	51	117	0	27	.212
Away	209	594	46	104	1	29	.175

Pitching — Home / Away

Bill Dinneen — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	199	1595.0	1499	360	417	583	2.03
Away	192	1483.0	1458	379	413	558	2.30

Last 10 Games — Batting

Bill Dinneen — Last 10 Games — Batting
Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
1909-08-26	SLA	NYY	L	2	0	1	0	0	0
1909-08-21	SLA	BOS	L	2	0	0	0	0	0
1909-08-17	SLA	CLE	L	2	0	0	0	0	0
1909-08-13	SLA	PHA	L	1	1	1	0	1	0
1909-08-09	SLA	MIN	W	1	1	0	0	1	0
1909-08-03	SLA	NYY	W	3	0	0	1	0	2
1909-07-30	SLA	BOS	L	3	0	0	0	0	0
1909-07-15	SLA	BOS	W	1	1	1	0	0	0
1909-07-11	SLA	NYY	W	3	0	0	0	0	0
1909-07-08	SLA	CHW	W	3	0	0	0	0	1

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Bill Dinneen — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1909-08-26	SLA	NYY	L	7.0	8	5	3	0	1	1
1909-08-21	SLA	BOS	—	5.0	5	1	0	0	0	0
1909-08-17	SLA	CLE	L	6.0	8	4	0	1	2	0
1909-08-13	SLA	PHA	—	4.0	8	4	0	2	0	0
1909-08-09	SLA	MIN	—	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	0
1909-08-03	SLA	NYY	W	9.0	11	3	3	2	3	0
1909-07-30	SLA	BOS	L	8.0	11	7	7	1	0	1
1909-07-15	SLA	BOS	W	2.0	3	2	0	2	0	0
1909-07-11	SLA	NYY	W	9.0	5	0	0	4	5	0
1909-07-08	SLA	CHW	W	9.0	4	0	0	1	2	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Bill Dinneen — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1B	2	0	20	0	1	0
OF	8	0	7	0	3	0
P	391	143	133	800	56	19

Season-by-Season Fielding

Bill Dinneen — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1898	WAS	OF	2	0	0	0	0	0
1898	WAS	P	29	0	6	50	5	1
1899	WAS	OF	1	0	0	0	0	0
1899	WAS	P	37	0	16	85	10	1
1900	BSN	P	40	0	25	80	6	0
1901	BSN	1B	2	0	20	0	1	0
1901	BSN	OF	3	0	5	0	1	0
1901	BSN	P	37	0	14	72	7	2
1902	BOS	OF	2	0	2	0	2	0
1902	BOS	P	42	0	7	77	4	1
1903	BOS	P	37	0	11	79	2	4
1904	BOS	P	37	37	19	98	4	3
1905	BOS	P	31	29	11	77	6	3
1906	BOS	P	28	27	10	58	7	1
1907	BOS	P	5	5	0	8	1	0
1907	SLA	P	24	16	5	38	2	1
1908	SLA	P	27	16	3	44	1	1
1909	SLA	P	17	13	6	34	1	1

Career Games by Position

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Bill Dinneen Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	391
First Base	2
Left Field	2
Center Field	4
Right Field	2

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Bill Dinneen: the record in brief

April 22, 1898 and August 26, 1909 bracket Bill Dinneen's time in the majors: the debut and the last game on record. The season rows list, in order, the Washington Senators (1898 to 1899), the Boston Beaneaters (1900 to 1901), the Boston Americans (1902 to 1907), and the St. Louis Browns (1907 to 1909). Dinneen, a pitcher by primary position, batted left-handed and threw right-handed. The recorded size is 6-foot-1 and 190 pounds. The birth record reads April 5, 1876, in Syracuse, NY, USA. Dinneen died on January 13, 1955, in Syracuse, NY, USA. Bill Dinneen was the playing name; the full given name is William Henry.

Dinneen went 170-177 with a 3.01 ERA in 391 games, 352 of them starts. Also on Dinneen's record: 1,127 strikeouts, 306 complete games, and 24 shutouts. Dinneen's 3.01 ERA was close to the 2.96 league figure for those seasons. The best win total was 23, in 1904. Among the heaviest workloads, the lowest ERA was 2.20 in 1904, when the league's was 2.66.

Frequently Asked Questions about Bill Dinneen

What years did Bill Dinneen play?: Bill Dinneen played in Major League Baseball from 1898 to 1909.
Was Bill Dinneen a pitcher?: Yes. Bill Dinneen pitched in the major leagues, recording 170 wins and 1127 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Bill Dinneen hit?: Bill Dinneen hit 1 career home run with 219 hits.
What teams did Bill Dinneen play for?: Bill Dinneen played for 4 teams: the Washington Senators (1898–1899), the Boston Beaneaters (1900–1901), the Boston Americans (1902–1907), and the St. Louis Browns (1907–1909).
What were Bill Dinneen's career stats?: In 391 games, Bill Dinneen went 170-177 with a 3.01 ERA, 1,127 strikeouts, 3,074.2 innings pitched, and 7 saves. At the plate he had 219 hits and 1 home runs.
What position did Bill Dinneen play?: Bill Dinneen played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.
How tall was Bill Dinneen and how much did he weigh?: Bill Dinneen was listed at 6 feet 1 inch and 190 pounds.
What was Bill Dinneen's career ERA?: Bill Dinneen finished with a 3.01 career ERA, going 170-177 with 1,127 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did Bill Dinneen have?: Bill Dinneen recorded 1,127 career strikeouts.
Is Bill Dinneen in the Hall of Fame?: No. Bill Dinneen has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.