What years did Bill Sherdel play?

Bill Sherdel played in Major League Baseball from 1918 to 1932.

Was Bill Sherdel a pitcher?

Yes. Bill Sherdel pitched in the major leagues, recording 165 wins and 839 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Bill Sherdel hit?

Bill Sherdel hit 9 career home runs with 214 hits.

What teams did Bill Sherdel play for?

Bill Sherdel played for 2 teams: the St. Louis Cardinals (1918–1930, 1932) and the Boston Braves (1930–1932).

What were Bill Sherdel's career stats?

In 514 games, Bill Sherdel went 165-146 with a 3.72 ERA, 839 strikeouts, 2,709.1 innings pitched, and 26 saves. At the plate he had 214 hits and 9 home runs.

What position did Bill Sherdel play?

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

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

Bill Sherdel was listed at 5 feet 10 inches and 160 pounds.

What was Bill Sherdel's career ERA?

Bill Sherdel finished with a 3.72 career ERA, going 165-146 with 839 strikeouts.

How many strikeouts did Bill Sherdel have?

Bill Sherdel recorded 839 career strikeouts.

Is Bill Sherdel in the Hall of Fame?

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

Bill Sherdel

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1918-1932)

Bill Sherdel was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 1918 to 1932 for the St. Louis Cardinals and the Boston Braves, a span of 15 seasons. Across 514 career appearances, he went 165-146 with a 3.72 ERA, 839 strikeouts, and 26 saves. He also batted .223 with 9 home runs. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 4021.8.

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 165–146

ERA 3.72

WHIP 1.36

SO 839

Pitcher PIV 4021.8

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: L / L
Height / Weight: 5'10" / 160 lb
Born: 8/15/1896 in McSherrystown, PA, USA
Died: 11/14/1968 in McSherrystown, PA, USA
MLB Debut: 1918-04-22
Last Game: 1932-06-11

Full name: William Henry Sherdel

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Career Pitching Statistics

Bill Sherdel — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
165	146	514	272	159	11	26	2709.1	3,018	1,120	149	661	839	3.72	4021.8

Career ERA 3.72 vs. league average 4.06 across their career seasons — 8.3% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

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Bill Sherdel Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1918	SLN	NL	6	12	35	16	9	1	0	182.1	174	55	49	40	2.71	2.83 (+4%)	-431.4
1919	SLN	NL	5	9	36	10	7	0	1	137.1	137	53	42	52	3.47	3.09 (-13%)	324.4
1920	SLN	NL	11	10	43	7	4	0	6	170.0	183	62	40	74	3.28	3.45 (+5%)	2405.7
1921	SLN	NL	9	8	38	8	5	1	1	144.1	137	51	38	57	3.18	4.02 (+21%)	601.0
1922	SLN	NL	17	13	47	31	15	3	2	242.0	298	104	62	79	3.87	4.18 (+7%)	1031.9
1923	SLN	NL	15	13	39	26	14	0	2	225.0	270	108	59	78	4.32	4.03 (-7%)	-231.3
1924	SLN	NL	8	9	35	10	6	0	1	168.2	188	64	38	57	3.42	4.13 (+17%)	604.9
1925	SLN	NL	15	6	32	21	17	2	1	200.0	216	69	42	53	3.10	4.55 (+32%)	1485.3
1926	SLN	NL	16	12	34	29	17	3	0	234.2	255	91	49	59	3.49	4.11 (+15%)	118.3
1927	SLN	NL	17	12	39	28	18	0	6	232.1	241	91	48	59	3.53	4.08 (+14%)	-636.0
1928	SLN	NL	21	10	38	27	20	0	5	248.2	251	79	56	72	2.86	4.13 (+31%)	199.0
1929	SLN	NL	10	15	33	22	11	1	0	195.2	278	129	58	69	5.93	4.60 (-29%)	567.5
1930	SLN	NL	3	2	13	7	1	0	0	64.0	86	33	13	29	4.64	4.80 (+3%)	692.7
1930	BSN	NL	6	5	21	14	7	0	1	119.1	131	63	30	26	4.75	4.80 (+1%)	-791.9
1931	BSN	NL	6	10	27	16	8	0	0	137.2	163	65	35	34	4.25	4.10 (-4%)	-1918.1
1932	BSN	NL	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.2	3	0	1	0	0.00	—	0.0
1932	SLN	NL	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	5.2	7	3	1	1	4.76	—	0.0
Career · 17 seasons			165	146	514	272	159	11	26	2,709.1	3,018	1,120	661	839	3.72	—	4,022

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 Sherdel — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
549	960	96	214	35	5	9	86	2	63	96	.223	.271	.298	.569	-2,406

Career AVG .223 vs. league average .281 across their career seasons — 20.6% below league average.

Career OBP .271 vs. league average .342 across their career seasons — 20.7% below league average.

Career SLG .298 vs. league average .390 across their career seasons — 23.7% below league average.

Career OPS .569 vs. league average .733 across their career seasons — 22.3% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

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Bill Sherdel 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
1918	SLN	NL	35	62	7	15	3	1	1	8	0	2	10	.242	.255 (-5%)	.318 (-17%)	.326 (+14%)	.645 (-1%)	-44.2
1919	SLN	NL	40	48	1	13	2	0	0	5	0	1	8	.271	—	—	—	—	-64.3
1920	SLN	NL	49	63	4	14	1	1	1	2	0	3	5	.222	.271 (-18%)	.331 (-22%)	.363 (-13%)	.694 (-17%)	-181.3
1921	SLN	NL	39	44	2	5	0	0	0	4	0	4	7	.114	—	—	—	—	0.0
1922	SLN	NL	48	88	11	17	2	1	1	10	0	2	10	.193	.285 (-32%)	.345 (-39%)	.397 (-31%)	.743 (-35%)	-521.0
1923	SLN	NL	45	83	13	28	2	0	1	9	0	7	8	.337	.282 (+19%)	.344 (+13%)	.390 (+2%)	.734 (+7%)	125.5
1924	SLN	NL	49	75	4	15	4	0	0	8	0	13	9	.200	.283 (-30%)	.345 (-8%)	.389 (-35%)	.734 (-22%)	-241.8
1925	SLN	NL	33	73	12	15	5	0	1	5	1	5	0	.205	.288 (-29%)	.349 (-27%)	.407 (-23%)	.756 (-24%)	-310.6
1926	SLN	NL	36	90	9	22	5	1	1	8	0	1	9	.244	.279 (-13%)	.345 (-27%)	.390 (-9%)	.735 (-17%)	-287.1
1927	SLN	NL	39	72	9	14	2	0	1	5	0	7	6	.194	.282 (-31%)	.344 (-23%)	.392 (-33%)	.736 (-28%)	-325.8
1928	SLN	NL	38	84	10	19	5	0	1	8	1	8	10	.226	.280 (-19%)	.342 (-14%)	.395 (-19%)	.737 (-17%)	-227.9
1929	SLN	NL	33	70	5	16	1	1	1	8	0	2	4	.229	.289 (-21%)	.353 (-29%)	.415 (-24%)	.769 (-27%)	-326.9
1930	SLN	NL	13	19	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	.105	—	—	—	—	0.0
1930	BSN	NL	21	42	3	4	1	0	0	3	0	2	3	.095	—	—	—	—	0.0
1931	BSN	NL	27	46	2	14	1	0	0	3	0	3	5	.304	—	—	—	—	0.0
1932	BSN	NL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1932	SLN	NL	3	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 17 seasons			549	960	96	214	35	5	9	86	2	63	96	.223	—	—	—	—	-2,406

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 Sherdel — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
4	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Bill Sherdel — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
1928	WS	SLN	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000
1926	WS	SLN	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Bill Sherdel — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
0	4	4	4	0	30.1	30	11	11	6	3.26

Playoff Pitching by Year

Bill Sherdel — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1928	WS	SLN	0	2	2	2	0	13.1	15	7	3	3	4.72
1926	WS	SLN	0	2	2	2	0	17.0	15	4	8	3	2.12

Game Log & Splits

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

Batting — Home / Away

Bill Sherdel — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	289	477	53	115	5	50	.241
Away	260	485	43	99	4	37	.204

Pitching — Home / Away

Bill Sherdel — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	267	1438.0	1567	560	320	442	3.50
Away	247	1272.0	1454	578	346	402	4.09

Last 10 Games — Batting

Bill Sherdel — Last 10 Games — Batting
Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	R	H	2B
1932-06-11	STL	BRO	L	1	1	1	1
1932-05-30	STL	CHC	L	0	0	0	0
1932-05-22	STL	PIT	L	0	0	0	0
1932-05-06	BSN	CIN	L	0	0	0	0
1931-09-21	BSN	CIN	L	0	0	0	0
1931-09-18	BSN	PIT	L	3	0	1	0
1931-09-13	BSN	CHC	L	0	0	0	0
1931-09-10	BSN	STL	L	0	0	0	0
1931-09-08	BSN	BRO	L	0	0	0	0
1931-09-05	BSN	PHI	L	2	0	1	0

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Bill Sherdel — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1932-06-11	STL	BRO	—	2.0	2	1	1	1	1	0
1932-05-30	STL	CHC	—	2.0	4	2	2	0	0	0
1932-05-22	STL	PIT	—	1.2	1	0	0	0	0	0
1932-05-06	BSN	CIN	—	1.2	3	3	0	1	0	0
1931-09-21	BSN	CIN	—	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1931-09-18	BSN	PIT	L	8.0	10	4	4	0	0	1
1931-09-13	BSN	CHC	—	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1931-09-10	BSN	STL	—	2.0	2	1	1	0	0	0
1931-09-08	BSN	BRO	—	1.2	3	2	2	0	1	2
1931-09-05	BSN	PHI	L	4.1	16	10	10	0	0	1

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Bill Sherdel — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	PO	A	E	DP
1B	1	2	0	0	0
OF	2	3	0	0	0
P	514	77	540	29	25

Season-by-Season Fielding

Bill Sherdel — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	PO	A	E	DP
1918	SLN	P	35	6	46	0	2
1919	SLN	P	36	5	45	4	0
1920	SLN	P	43	7	50	1	4
1921	SLN	1B	1	2	0	0	0
1921	SLN	P	38	5	40	3	0
1922	SLN	P	47	5	41	5	1
1923	SLN	P	39	6	41	5	3
1924	SLN	OF	2	3	0	0	0
1924	SLN	P	35	6	30	0	2
1925	SLN	P	32	6	42	0	4
1926	SLN	P	34	9	44	1	0
1927	SLN	P	39	3	36	5	5
1928	SLN	P	38	6	36	2	1
1929	SLN	P	33	1	36	1	0
1930	SLN	P	13	2	9	0	1
1930	BSN	P	21	5	22	2	2
1931	BSN	P	27	4	20	0	0
1932	BSN	P	1	0	0	0	0
1932	SLN	P	3	1	2	0	0

Career Games by Position

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Bill Sherdel Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	514
First Base	1
Right Field	2

Awards & Honors

Bill Sherdel — Awards & Honors
Year	Award	Notes
1928	Baseball Magazine All-Star	P4

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Bill Sherdel: the record in brief

Bill Sherdel played a first major league game on April 22, 1918 and a last one on June 11, 1932. By club, Sherdel's seasons break down as the St. Louis Cardinals (1918 to 1932) and the Boston Braves (1930 to 1932). Sherdel played primarily as a pitcher and both batted and threw left-handed. Born on August 15, 1896, in McSherrystown, PA, USA, Sherdel was listed at 5-foot-10 and 160 pounds. Sherdel died on November 14, 1968, in McSherrystown, PA, USA. Sherdel's full given name, per the bio, is William Henry Sherdel.

Across 514 games (272 starts), Sherdel recorded 165 wins against 146 losses with a 3.72 ERA. The same table counts 839 strikeouts, 159 complete games, 11 shutouts, and 26 saves. The leagues Sherdel pitched in allowed 4.06 earned runs per nine over those seasons, so the career ERA was 8.3% better than average. The best win total was 21, in 1928. 1922 produced Sherdel's most strikeouts, 79.

Frequently Asked Questions about Bill Sherdel

What years did Bill Sherdel play?: Bill Sherdel played in Major League Baseball from 1918 to 1932.
Was Bill Sherdel a pitcher?: Yes. Bill Sherdel pitched in the major leagues, recording 165 wins and 839 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Bill Sherdel hit?: Bill Sherdel hit 9 career home runs with 214 hits.
What teams did Bill Sherdel play for?: Bill Sherdel played for 2 teams: the St. Louis Cardinals (1918–1930, 1932) and the Boston Braves (1930–1932).
What were Bill Sherdel's career stats?: In 514 games, Bill Sherdel went 165-146 with a 3.72 ERA, 839 strikeouts, 2,709.1 innings pitched, and 26 saves. At the plate he had 214 hits and 9 home runs.
What position did Bill Sherdel play?: Bill Sherdel played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.
How tall was Bill Sherdel and how much did he weigh?: Bill Sherdel was listed at 5 feet 10 inches and 160 pounds.
What was Bill Sherdel's career ERA?: Bill Sherdel finished with a 3.72 career ERA, going 165-146 with 839 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did Bill Sherdel have?: Bill Sherdel recorded 839 career strikeouts.
Is Bill Sherdel in the Hall of Fame?: No. Bill Sherdel has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.