Was Bill Drake a pitcher?

Yes. Bill Drake pitched in the major leagues, recording 79 wins and 556 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Bill Drake hit?

Bill Drake hit 6 career home runs with 93 hits.

Bill Drake

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records

W–L 79–70

ERA 3.69

WHIP 1.39

SO 556

Pitcher PIV 12956.8

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 6'0" / 205 lb
Born: 6/8/1895 in Sedalia, MO, USA
Died: 10/30/1977 in St. Louis, MO, USA

Full name: William P. Drake

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Negro Leagues Career Statistics

Batting

PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
34.0	33.0	3.0	9.0	0	1.0	1.0	5.0	0	8.0	0	.273	.294	.424	.718

Pitching

W	L	GS	CG	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP
1	8	7	6	4	1	86.1	87	43	31	0	25	39	3.23	1.30

Career Pitching Statistics

W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
79	70	186	144	99	6	6	1234.7	1,298	506	29	422	556	3.69	12956.8

Career ERA 3.69 vs. league average 4.04 across their career seasons — 8.6% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1916	SLG	WES	0	3	3	2	2	0	0	26.0	22	6	6	9	2.08	2.78 (+25%)	189.6
1920	SLG	NNL	10	12	24	22	19	1	1	191.0	206	66	64	90	3.11	3.45 (+10%)	1835.4
1921	SLG	NNL	16	9	28	22	19	2	1	195.3	170	63	68	117	2.90	4.02 (+28%)	4557.0
1922	SLS	NNL	0	4	6	4	1	0	0	29.7	43	25	16	9	7.58	4.18 (-81%)	-419.9
1922	KCM	NNL	6	7	16	13	6	0	0	95.7	118	43	29	48	4.05	4.18 (+3%)	1407.9
1923	KCM	NNL	12	10	26	22	14	0	1	185.0	203	79	59	69	3.84	4.03 (+5%)	1476.7
1924	KCM	NNL	10	7	26	19	11	0	2	148.3	148	65	58	58	3.94	4.13 (+4%)	1409.2
1925	KCM	NNL	9	6	22	13	8	3	0	123.7	111	46	33	57	3.35	4.55 (+26%)	3399.9
1926	ABC	NNL	8	6	17	12	12	0	1	117.3	130	52	41	63	3.99	4.11 (+3%)	813.9
1927	DS	NNL	8	6	16	14	7	0	0	111.3	127	51	46	33	4.12	4.08 (-1%)	-1712.9
1930	NEG	NNL	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3.0	8	5	0	1	15.00	—	0.0
1930	SLS	NNL	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	8.3	12	5	2	2	5.40	—	0.0
Career · 12 seasons			79	70	186	144	99	6	6	1,234.2	1,298	506	422	556	3.69	—	12,957

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

G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
194	470	49	93	12	3	6	49	6	32	4	.198	.258	.274	.532	-773

Career AVG .198 vs. league average .281 across their career seasons — 29.6% below league average.

Career OBP .258 vs. league average .343 across their career seasons — 24.8% below league average.

Career SLG .274 vs. league average .390 across their career seasons — 29.6% below league average.

Career OPS .532 vs. league average .732 across their career seasons — 27.3% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1916	SLG	WES	3	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.111	—	—	—	—	0.0
1920	SLG	NNL	26	71	3	13	2	0	0	5	0	4	0	.183	.271 (-33%)	.331 (-29%)	.363 (-42%)	.694 (-36%)	-384.3
1921	SLG	NNL	28	80	13	15	2	1	0	4	1	4	4	.188	.286 (-34%)	.344 (-27%)	.395 (-40%)	.739 (-34%)	-435.4
1922	SLS	NNL	6	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1922	KCM	NNL	16	37	2	6	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	.162	—	—	—	—	0.0
1923	KCM	NNL	27	66	10	16	3	0	2	8	1	4	0	.242	.282 (-14%)	.344 (-14%)	.390 (-3%)	.734 (-8%)	-95.1
1924	KCM	NNL	27	58	5	16	3	1	1	10	3	3	0	.276	.283 (-3%)	.345 (-10%)	.389 (+6%)	.734 (-1%)	-30.4
1925	KCM	NNL	22	45	2	6	0	0	1	6	1	3	0	.133	—	—	—	—	0.0
1926	ABC	NNL	19	46	10	13	2	0	2	9	0	10	0	.283	—	—	—	—	172.3
1927	DS	NNL	16	43	3	7	0	1	0	4	0	3	0	.163	—	—	—	—	0.0
1930	NEG	NNL	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1930	SLS	NNL	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 12 seasons			194	470	49	93	12	3	6	49	6	32	4	.198	—	—	—	—	-773

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

G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
8	11	1	5	0	1	1	4	0	2	.455

Playoff Batting by Year

Year	Round	Team	G	AB	R	H	3B	HR	RBI	SO	AVG
1925	NNC	KCM	2	4	1	2	0	1	2	1	.500
1925	NWS	KCM	2	3	0	1	1	0	1	1	.333
1924	NWS	KCM	4	4	0	2	0	0	1	0	.500

Playoff Career Pitching

W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
0	4	8	2	1	36.7	37	17	14	17	4.17

Playoff Pitching by Year

Year	Round	Team	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1925	NNC	KCM	1	2	1	0	12.0	7	1	6	7	0.75
1925	NWS	KCM	2	2	1	0	11.0	16	9	3	6	7.36
1924	NWS	KCM	1	4	0	1	13.7	14	7	5	4	4.61

Game Log & Splits

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

Batting — Home / Away

Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	2	7	2	3	0	2	.429
Away	1	3	0	0	0	0	.000

Pitching — Home / Away

Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	2	15.1	9	1	4	8	0.59
Away	1	8.0	6	2	4	6	2.25

Last 3 Games — Batting

Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
1925-08-11	KCM	SSN	L	3	0	1	0	0
1921-07-10	SLG	CAG	L	3	0	0	0	1
1921-06-29	SLG	CB1	W	4	2	2	2	1

Last 3 Games — Pitching

Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
1925-08-11	KCM	SSN	L	6.1	3	1	0	2	6
1921-07-10	SLG	CAG	L	8.0	6	2	2	4	6
1921-06-29	SLG	CB1	W	9.0	6	1	1	2	2

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
OF	3	0	2	0	0	0
P	186	142	36	424	35	16

Season-by-Season Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1916	SLG	P	3	0	0	9	0	0
1920	SLG	P	24	22	8	69	10	5
1921	SLG	OF	1	0	0	0	0	0
1921	SLG	P	28	22	5	99	8	1
1922	SLS	P	6	4	1	11	0	0
1922	KCM	P	16	13	3	35	4	1
1923	KCM	OF	1	0	1	0	0	0
1923	KCM	P	26	22	5	68	4	2
1924	KCM	OF	1	0	1	0	0	0
1924	KCM	P	26	19	5	45	5	4
1925	KCM	P	22	13	0	1	0	0
1926	ABC	P	17	12	5	39	1	1
1927	DS	P	16	14	4	44	3	2
1930	NEG	P	1	0	0	1	0	0
1930	SLS	P	1	1	0	3	0	0

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

Circle size = games played at each position.

Position	Games
Pitcher	186
Left Field	2
Right Field	1

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