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Willie Mitchell
William Mitchell

Bats Right, Throws Left
Height 6' 0", Weight 176 lb.
School Mississippi State University

Debut September 22, 1909
Final Game May 31, 1919
Born December 1, 1889 in Pleasant Grove, MS
Died November 23, 1973 in Sardis, MS

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Pitching Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1909 19 CLE AL   1   2   3   3   3   0   0  0   23.0   18    6    4   0   10    8   4   0    94       1  1.57  2.55  163 1.217
 1910 20 CLE AL  12   8  35  18  11   1  16  0  183.7  155   77   53   2   55  102  15   2   726       0  2.60  2.59  100 1.143
 1911 21 CLE AL   7  14  30  22   9   0   7  0  177.3  190  102   74   1   60   78  13   9   742       3  3.76  3.41   91 1.410
 1912 22 CLE AL   5   8  29  15   8   0   8  1  163.7  149   88   51   0   56   94   7  10   685       1  2.80  3.44  123 1.253
 1913 23 CLE AL  14   8  35  22  14   4   6  0  217.0  153   56   46   1   88  141   8   7   958       0  1.91  3.02  158 1.111
 1914 24 CLE AL  12  17  39  32  16   3   5  1  257.0  228  127   91   3  124  179   7   9  1088       0  3.19  2.87   90 1.370
 1915 25 CLE AL  11  14  36  30  12   1   4  1  236.0  210  103   74   1   84  149   2   5   958       1  2.82  3.05  108 1.246
 1916 26 TOT AL   9  10  35  23   8   2  11  1  171.3  174   88   72   2   67   84   5   5   720       0  3.78  2.89   76 1.407
         CLE AL   2   5  12   6   1   0   5  1   43.7   55   35   25   1   19   24   0   3   197       0  5.15  2.99   58 1.695
         DET AL   7   5  23  17   7   2   6  0  127.7  119   53   47   1   48   60   5   2   523       0  3.31  2.85   86 1.308
 1917 27 DET AL  12   8  30  22  12   5   7  0  185.3  172   66   45   2   46   80  13   0   747       0  2.19  2.63  121 1.176
 1918 28 DET AL   0   1   1   1   0   0   0  0    4.0    3    4    4   0    5    2   0   0    20       0  9.00  2.66   30 2.000
 1919 29 DET AL   1   2   3   2   0   0   0  0   13.7   12    8    8   2   10    4   1   1    58       0  5.27  3.19   60 1.610
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 11 Yr WL% .477  84  92 276 190  93  16  64  4 1632.0 1464  725  522  14  605  921  75  48  6796       6  2.88  2.97  103 1.268
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    12  13  40  27  13   2   9  0  238.0  213  105   76   2   88  134  10   7   991   0   0  2.88  2.97  103 1.268
 Career High     14  17  39  32  16   5  16  1  257.0  228  127   91   3  124  179  15  10  1088   0   3  1.91  3.44  158 1.111

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Batting Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1909 19 CLE AL   3    7    1    2   0  0   0    0   0      1      .286  .375  .286  105    2   0           0    
 1910 20 CLE AL  35   63    1   10   0  0   0    2   0      0      .159  .172  .159    3   10   3           1    
 1911 21 CLE AL  32   64    2    7   1  0   0    3   0      1      .109  .123  .125  -31    8   2           0    
 1912 22 CLE AL  29   53    4    6   0  0   0    3   0      4      .113  .175  .113  -18    6   1           0    
 1913 23 CLE AL  35   70    7   10   2  0   0    3   0      3  25  .143  .178  .171    1   12   6           0    
 1914 24 CLE AL  39   81    5    7   1  0   0    4   0  1   8  22  .086  .169  .099  -21    8   8           0    
 1915 25 CLE AL  36   79    3   10   1  0   0    4   0      4  20  .127  .169  .139   -9   11   6           0    
 1916 26 TOT AL  35   47    3    9   0  0   0    3   0      6  10  .191  .296  .191   44    9   2           1    
         CLE AL  12   11    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      1   4  .000  .083  .000  -75    0   1           0    
         DET AL  23   36    3    9   0  0   0    3   0      5   6  .250  .357  .250   80    9   1           1    
 1917 27 DET AL  31   59    3    7   0  0   0    4   0      1  11  .119  .148  .119  -19    7   4           1    
 1918 28 DET AL   1    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0    
 1919 29 DET AL   3    5    0    1   0  0   0    1   0      1   1  .200  .333  .200   53    1   0           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 11 Seasons     279  530   29   69   5  0   0   27   0  1  29  90  .130  .180  .140   -6   74  32   0   0   3   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        308   17   40   3  0   0   16   0  1  17  52  .130  .180  .140   -6   43  19   0   0   2   0
 Career High     39   81    7   10   2  0   0    4   0  1   8  25                          12   8   0   0   1   0

Special Batting Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1909 19 CLE AL    8    5    1   5.3    76| .286  .257| .375  .318| .286  .326| .661  .644| 105  .735   0.1   0.0     
 1910 20 CLE AL   67   56    2   1.0    76| .159  .251| .172  .317| .159  .324| .331  .642|   3  .099  -7.3  -0.9     
 1911 21 CLE AL   67   59    1   0.4    97| .109  .282| .123  .349| .125  .371| .248  .720| -31  .017 -11.5  -1.2     
 1912 22 CLE AL   58   48    1   0.6    94| .113  .276| .175  .345| .113  .363| .288  .708| -18  .027  -8.4  -0.9     
 1913 23 CLE AL   79   66    2   0.8    89| .143  .268| .178  .340| .171  .352| .349  .692|   1  .060  -9.0  -1.0     
 1914 24 CLE AL   97   83    1   0.3    85| .086  .261| .169  .335| .099  .342| .268  .677| -21  .014 -12.2  -1.5   0%
 1915 25 CLE AL   89   75    2   0.7    85| .127  .257| .169  .336| .139  .338| .308  .674|  -9  .054 -10.9  -1.3     
 1916 26 TOT AL   56   40    3   2.0    86| .191  .262| .296  .337| .191  .342| .487  .678|  44  .275  -3.1  -0.4     
         CLE AL   13   12    0   0.0    87| .000  .263| .083  .339| .000  .344| .083  .682| -75  .000  -2.4  -0.3     
         DET AL   43   28    3   2.9    86| .250  .261| .357  .336| .250  .341| .607  .677|  80  .421  -0.6  -0.1     
 1917 27 DET AL   65   56    1   0.5    80| .119  .255| .148  .326| .119  .330| .267  .656| -19  .027  -8.6  -1.0     
 1918 28 DET AL    2    2    0   0.0    79| .000  .256| .000  .326| .000  .326| .000  .652|-100  .000  -0.5  -0.1     
 1919 29 DET AL    6    4    0   0.0    93| .200  .274| .333  .339| .200  .368| .533  .708|  53  .000  -0.3   0.0     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 11 Seasons      594  494   14   0.8    86| .130  .264| .180  .335| .140  .345| .320  .680|  -6  .057 -71.6  -8.3     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Fielding Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn    LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
 1909 19 CLE AL   P    3      2    7    1    1  .900  .938  3.00  2.27  3.52  3.21    3   23.0
 1910 20 CLE AL   P   35      9   46    4    1  .932  .942  1.57  2.35  2.69  3.29   18  183.7
 1911 21 CLE AL   P   30      9   47    6    0  .903  .938  1.87  1.89  2.84  2.88   22  177.3
 1912 22 CLE AL   P   29      8   30    6    0  .864  .941  1.31  1.95  2.09  2.96   15  163.7
 1913 23 CLE AL   P   35     10   44    4    3  .931  .938  1.54  1.83  2.24  3.01   22  217.0
 1914 24 CLE AL   P   39      4   46    6    1  .893  .936  1.28  1.74  1.75  2.96   32  257.0
 1915 25 CLE AL   P   36      3   48    8    1  .864  .938  1.42  1.80  1.94  3.01   30  236.0
 1916 26 TOT AL   P   35      5   30    4    1  .897  .946  1.00  1.69  1.84  2.95   23  171.4
         CLE AL   P   12      3    9    3    0  .800  .945  1.00  1.69  2.47  2.95    6   43.7
         DET AL   P   23      2   21    1    1  .958  .947  1.00  1.69  1.62  2.95   17  127.7
 1917 27 DET AL   P   30     11   40    4    2  .927  .946  1.70  1.83  2.48  3.04   22  185.3
                 OF    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  2.10                            0    1    0
 1918 28 DET AL   P    1      1    2    0    0 1.000  .938  3.00  1.80  6.75  2.93    1    4.0
 1919 29 DET AL   P    3      1    4    0    0 1.000  .943  1.67  1.77  3.28  2.82    2   13.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1917 27 DET AL  OF    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  2.10                            0    1    0

 1909 19 CLE AL   P    3      2    7    1    1  .900  .938  3.00  2.27  3.52  3.21    3   23.0
 1910 20 CLE AL   P   35      9   46    4    1  .932  .942  1.57  2.35  2.69  3.29   18  183.7
 1911 21 CLE AL   P   30      9   47    6    0  .903  .938  1.87  1.89  2.84  2.88   22  177.3
 1912 22 CLE AL   P   29      8   30    6    0  .864  .941  1.31  1.95  2.09  2.96   15  163.7
 1913 23 CLE AL   P   35     10   44    4    3  .931  .938  1.54  1.83  2.24  3.01   22  217.0
 1914 24 CLE AL   P   39      4   46    6    1  .893  .936  1.28  1.74  1.75  2.96   32  257.0
 1915 25 CLE AL   P   36      3   48    8    1  .864  .938  1.42  1.80  1.94  3.01   30  236.0
 1916 26 TOT AL   P   35      5   30    4    1  .897  .946  1.00  1.69  1.84  2.95   23  171.4
         CLE AL   P   12      3    9    3    0  .800  .945  1.00  1.69  2.47  2.95    6   43.7
         DET AL   P   23      2   21    1    1  .958  .947  1.00  1.69  1.62  2.95   17  127.7
 1917 27 DET AL   P   30     11   40    4    2  .927  .946  1.70  1.83  2.48  3.04   22  185.3
 1918 28 DET AL   P    1      1    2    0    0 1.000  .938  3.00  1.80  6.75  2.93    1    4.0
 1919 29 DET AL   P    3      1    4    0    0 1.000  .943  1.67  1.77  3.28  2.82    2   13.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
 Position Total   P* 276     63  344   43   10  .904  .940  1.47  1.88              190 1632.0
                 OF    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  2.10                            0    1    0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
 Overall Total       277     63  344   43   10  .904  .940  1.47  1.89

An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

ERA
1913 AL-1.91-5

Won-Loss %
1910 AL-.600-10
1913 AL-.636-10
1917 AL-.600-10

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1913 AL-1.111-6

Hits Allowed/9IP
1913 AL-6.35-2

Bases on Balls/9IP
1917 AL-2.23-8

Strikeouts/9IP
1910 AL-5.00-8
1912 AL-5.17-6
1913 AL-5.85-2
1914 AL-6.27-2
1915 AL-5.68-2
1916 AL-4.41-9

Strikeouts
1913 AL-141-8
1914 AL-179-2
1915 AL-149-5

Games Started
1914 AL-32-9

Shutouts
1913 AL-4-5
1917 AL-5-7

Bases On Balls Allow.
1913 AL-88-7
1914 AL-124-2

Hits Allowed
1914 AL-228-9

SO to Walk
1913 AL-1.60-10
1915 AL-1.77-9
1917 AL-1.74-4

Losses
1911 AL-14-9
1914 AL-17-5
1915 AL-14-9

Earned Runs Allow.
1914 AL-91-2

Wild Pitches
1911 AL-9-6
1912 AL-10-5
1914 AL-9-7

Hit Batsmen
1910 AL-15-4
1911 AL-13-6
1917 AL-13-2

Batters Faced
1914 AL-1088-8

Games Finished
1910 AL-16-3

Adjusted ERA+
1913 AL-158-3
1917 AL-121-10

Youngest Player
1909 AL-19-2

Gray Ink: Pitching - 32 (733) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 13.0 (589) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 8.0 (1012) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions
June 20, 1916: Selected off waivers by the Detroit Tigers from the Cleveland Indians.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

Uniforms
View Willie Mitchell's uniforms at Dressed to the Nines
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ERA 1913 AL-1.91-5	Won-Loss % 1910 AL-.600-10 1913 AL-.636-10 1917 AL-.600-10	BB + H per IP (WHIP) 1913 AL-1.111-6	Hits Allowed/9IP 1913 AL-6.35-2	Bases on Balls/9IP 1917 AL-2.23-8	Strikeouts/9IP 1910 AL-5.00-8 1912 AL-5.17-6 1913 AL-5.85-2 1914 AL-6.27-2 1915 AL-5.68-2 1916 AL-4.41-9
Strikeouts 1913 AL-141-8 1914 AL-179-2 1915 AL-149-5	Games Started 1914 AL-32-9	Shutouts 1913 AL-4-5 1917 AL-5-7	Bases On Balls Allow. 1913 AL-88-7 1914 AL-124-2	Hits Allowed 1914 AL-228-9	SO to Walk 1913 AL-1.60-10 1915 AL-1.77-9 1917 AL-1.74-4
Losses 1911 AL-14-9 1914 AL-17-5 1915 AL-14-9	Earned Runs Allow. 1914 AL-91-2	Wild Pitches 1911 AL-9-6 1912 AL-10-5 1914 AL-9-7	Hit Batsmen 1910 AL-15-4 1911 AL-13-6 1917 AL-13-2	Batters Faced 1914 AL-1088-8	Games Finished 1910 AL-16-3
Adjusted ERA+ 1913 AL-158-3 1917 AL-121-10	Youngest Player 1909 AL-19-2