Willie Mitchell
William Mitchell
Bats: Right , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 176 lb.

Born: December 1, 1889 in Pleasant Grove, MS
School: Mississippi State University (All Transactions)
Debut: September 22, 1909
Final Game: May 31, 1919
Died: November 23, 1973 in Sardis, MS
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1909 19 CLE AL 1 2 .333 1.57 3 3 0 3 0 0 23.0 18 6 4 0 10 8 4 1 0 94 163 1.217 7.0 0.0 3.9 3.1 0.80
1910 20 CLE AL 12 8 .600 2.60 35 18 16 11 1 0 183.2 155 77 53 2 55 102 15 0 2 726 100 1.143 7.6 0.1 2.7 5.0 1.85
1911 21 CLE AL 7 14 .333 3.76 30 22 7 9 0 0 177.1 190 102 74 1 60 78 13 3 9 742 91 1.410 9.6 0.1 3.0 4.0 1.30
1912 22 CLE AL 5 8 .385 2.80 29 15 8 8 0 1 163.2 149 88 51 0 56 94 7 1 10 685 123 1.253 8.2 0.0 3.1 5.2 1.68
1913 23 CLE AL 14 8 .636 1.91 35 22 6 14 4 0 217.0 153 56 46 1 88 141 8 0 7 958 158 1.111 6.3 0.0 3.6 5.8 1.60
1914 24 CLE AL 12 17 .414 3.19 39 32 5 16 3 1 257.0 228 127 91 3 124 179 7 0 9 1088 90 1.370 8.0 0.1 4.3 6.3 1.44
1915 25 CLE AL 11 14 .440 2.82 36 30 4 12 1 1 236.0 210 103 74 1 84 149 2 1 5 958 108 1.246 8.0 0.0 3.2 5.7 1.77
1916 26 TOT AL 9 10 .474 3.78 35 23 11 8 2 1 171.1 174 88 72 2 67 84 5 0 5 720 76 1.407 9.1 0.1 3.5 4.4 1.25
1916 26 CLE AL 2 5 .286 5.15 12 6 5 1 0 1 43.2 55 35 25 1 19 24 0 0 3 197 58 1.695 11.3 0.2 3.9 4.9 1.26
1916 26 DET AL 7 5 .583 3.31 23 17 6 7 2 0 127.2 119 53 47 1 48 60 5 0 2 523 86 1.308 8.4 0.1 3.4 4.2 1.25
1917 27 DET AL 12 8 .600 2.19 30 22 7 12 5 0 185.1 172 66 45 2 46 80 13 0 0 747 121 1.176 8.4 0.1 2.2 3.9 1.74
1918 28 DET AL 0 1 .000 9.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.0 3 4 4 0 5 2 0 0 0 20 30 2.000 6.8 0.0 11.3 4.5 0.40
1919 29 DET AL 1 2 .333 5.27 3 2 0 0 0 0 13.2 12 8 8 2 10 4 1 0 1 58 60 1.610 7.9 1.3 6.6 2.6 0.40
11 Seasons 84 92 .477 2.88 276 190 64 93 16 4 1632.0 1464 725 522 14 605 921 75 6 48 6796 103 1.268 8.1 0.1 3.3 5.1 1.52
162 Game Avg. 12 13 .477 2.88 40 28 9 14 2 1 238 214 106 76 2 88 134 11 1 7 992 103 1.268 8.1 0.1 3.3 5.1 1.52
CLE (8 yrs) 64 76 .457 2.89 219 148 51 74 9 4 1301.1 1158 594 418 9 496 775 56 6 45 5448 105 1.271 8.0 0.1 3.4 5.4 1.56
DET (4 yrs) 20 16 .556 2.83 57 42 13 19 7 0 330.2 306 131 104 5 109 146 19 0 3 1348 97 1.255 8.3 0.1 3.0 4.0 1.34

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1909 19 1 2 .333 1.57 3 3 0 3 0 0 23.0 18 6 4 0 10 8 4 1 0 94 163 1.217 7.0 0.0 3.9 3.1 0.80 163
1910 20 13 10 .565 2.48 38 21 16 14 1 0 206.2 173 83 57 2 65 110 19 1 2 820 104 1.152 7.5 0.1 2.8 4.8 1.69 104
1911 21 20 24 .455 3.07 68 43 23 23 1 0 384.0 363 185 131 3 125 188 32 4 11 1562 97 1.271 8.5 0.1 2.9 4.4 1.50 97
1912 22 25 32 .439 2.99 97 58 31 31 1 1 547.2 512 273 182 3 181 282 39 5 21 2247 104 1.265 8.4 0.0 3.0 4.6 1.56 104
1913 23 39 40 .494 2.68 132 80 37 45 5 1 764.2 665 329 228 4 269 423 47 5 28 3205 115 1.221 7.8 0.0 3.2 5.0 1.57 115
1914 24 51 57 .472 2.81 171 112 42 61 8 2 1021.2 893 456 319 7 393 602 54 5 37 4293 108 1.259 7.9 0.1 3.5 5.3 1.53 108
1915 25 62 71 .466 2.81 207 142 46 73 9 3 1257.2 1103 559 393 8 477 751 56 6 42 5251 108 1.256 7.9 0.1 3.4 5.4 1.57 108
1916 26 71 81 .467 2.93 242 165 57 81 11 4 1429.0 1277 647 465 10 544 835 61 6 47 5971 103 1.274 8.0 0.1 3.4 5.3 1.53 103
1917 27 83 89 .483 2.84 272 187 64 93 16 4 1614.1 1449 713 510 12 590 915 74 6 47 6718 104 1.263 8.1 0.1 3.3 5.1 1.55 104
1918 28 83 90 .480 2.86 273 188 64 93 16 4 1618.1 1452 717 514 12 595 917 74 6 47 6738 104 1.265 8.1 0.1 3.3 5.1 1.54 104
1919 29 84 92 .477 2.88 276 190 64 93 16 4 1632.0 1464 725 522 14 605 921 75 6 48 6796 103 1.268 8.1 0.1 3.3 5.1 1.52 103

Neutralized Pitching

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1909 19 1 1 .500 2.14 21.0 20 6 5 0 11 7 4 1.476 8.6 4.7 3.0 0.64 0.0 3
1910 20 10 8 .556 3.43 168.0 168 71 64 2 60 93 16 1.357 9.0 3.2 5.0 1.55 0.1 35
1911 21 10 9 .526 3.78 174.0 188 81 73 1 59 77 13 1.420 9.7 3.1 4.0 1.31 0.1 30
1912 22 12 6 .667 2.80 167.0 152 58 52 0 57 96 7 1.251 8.2 3.1 5.2 1.68 0.0 29
1913 23 21 5 .808 1.98 241.0 175 59 53 1 101 157 9 1.145 6.5 3.8 5.9 1.55 0.0 35
1914 24 13 13 .500 3.96 243.0 246 119 107 3 134 169 8 1.564 9.1 5.0 6.3 1.26 0.1 39
1915 25 15 10 .600 3.26 229.0 222 92 83 1 89 145 2 1.358 8.7 3.5 5.7 1.63 0.0 36
1916 26 7 10 .412 4.98 159.0 191 98 88 2 74 78 5 1.667 10.8 4.2 4.4 1.05 0.1 35
1917 27 12 7 .632 2.98 172.0 193 63 57 2 52 74 15 1.424 10.1 2.7 3.9 1.42 0.1 30
1918 28 0 0 18.00 4.0 5 9 8 0 8 2 0 3.250 11.3 18.0 4.5 0.25 0.0 1
1919 29 0 1 .000 6.23 13.0 14 10 9 2 12 4 1 2.000 9.7 8.3 2.8 0.33 1.4 3
11 Seasons 101 70 .591 3.39 1591.0 1574 666 599 14 657 902 80 1.402 8.9 5.1 1.37 0.1 276

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1913 AL  1.908 (5th)
Career  2.879 (129th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1910 AL  .600 (9th)
1913 AL  .636 (10th)
1917 AL  .600 (9th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1913 AL  1.111 (6th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1913 AL  6.346 (2nd)
Career  8.073 (131st)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1917 AL  2.234 (8th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1910 AL  4.998 (8th)
1912 AL  5.169 (6th)
1913 AL  5.848 (2nd)
1914 AL  6.269 (2nd)
1915 AL  5.682 (2nd)
1916 AL  4.413 (9th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1913 AL  141 (8th)
1914 AL  179 (2nd)
1915 AL  149 (5th)

Games Started s c a p y
1914 AL  32 (9th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1913 AL  4 (5th)
1917 AL  5 (7th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1913 AL  88 (7th)
1914 AL  124 (2nd)

Hits s c a p y
1914 AL  228 (9th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1913 AL  1.602 (10th)
1915 AL  1.774 (9th)
1917 AL  1.739 (4th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1911 AL  .051 (4th)
1912 AL  0.00 (1st)
1913 AL  .042 (5th)
1915 AL  .038 (6th)
Career  .077 (15th)

Losses s c a p y
1911 AL  14 (9th)
1914 AL  17 (5th)
1915 AL  14 (9th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1914 AL  91 (2nd)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1911 AL  9 (6th)
1912 AL  10 (5th)
1914 AL  9 (7th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1910 AL  15 (4th)
1911 AL  13 (6th)
1917 AL  13 (2nd)
Career  75 (134th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1914 AL  1088 (8th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1910 AL  16 (3rd)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1913 AL  158 (3rd)
1917 AL  121 (10th)

Youngest s c a p y
1909 AL  born 1889-12-01 (2nd)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 32 (742), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 8 (1037), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 13 (602), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  5. Allen Sothoron (937)
  6. George Winter (930)
  7. Jean Dubuc (929)
  8. Pat Ragan (928)
  9. Mickey Haefner (927)
  10. Phil Douglas (925)
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  5. Harry Harper (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  7. Earl Hamilton (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Lefty Tyler (948)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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