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Willie Mitchell

William Mitchell

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 176 lb.

Born: December 1, 1889 in Pleasant Grove, MS
School: Mississippi State University (Mississippi State, MS) (All Transactions)
Debut: September 22, 1909
Teams (by GP): Naps/Tigers/Indians 1909-1919

Final Game: May 31, 1919
Died: November 23, 1973 in Sardis, MS
Buried: Rose Hill Cemetery, Sardis, MS
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Standard Pitching

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 94 168 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 9 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 62 46 1 88 141 8 0 6 854 159 1.111 6.3 0.0 3.6 5.8 1.60
1914 24 CLE AL 11 17 .393 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 77 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 59 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 34 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 63 1.610 7.9 1.3 6.6 2.6 0.40
11 Yrs 83 92 .474 2.88 276 190 65 93 16 4 1632.0 1464 731 522 14 605 921 75 6 47 6692 104 1.268 8.1 0.1 3.3 5.1 1.52
162 Game Avg. 12 13 .474 2.88 40 28 9 14 2 1 238 214 107 76 2 88 134 11 1 7 977 104 1.268 8.1 0.1 3.3 5.1 1.52
CLE (8 yrs) 63 76 .453 2.89 219 148 52 74 9 4 1301.1 1158 600 418 9 496 775 56 6 44 5344 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 98 1.255 8.3 0.1 3.0 4.0 1.34

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1909 19 CLE AL 23.0 3 3 6 2.35 3.48 0.17 0.00 104.0 3.44 3 0.4 -0.0 0.6 5 .641 .503 $
1910 20 CLE AL 183.2 35 18 77 3.77 3.68 0.03 0.00 103.0 3.75 1 0.1 1.0 -0.2 1.6 16 .504 .501 $
1911 21 CLE AL 177.1 30 22 102 5.18 4.63 0.06 0.00 102.0 4.66 -10 -1.0 1.0 -0.1 0.5 10 .466 .494 $
1912 22 CLE AL 163.2 29 15 88 4.84 4.45 -0.02 0.00 103.0 4.60 -3 -0.3 1.0 -0.2 1.0 14 .488 .498 $
1913 23 CLE AL 217.0 35 22 62 2.57 3.91 0.09 0.00 103.0 3.93 34 4.2 1.0 -0.2 6.0 54 .621 .526 $
1914 24 CLE AL 257.0 39 32 127 4.45 3.68 -0.23 0.00 105.0 4.11 -7 -0.8 1.0 -0.2 1.3 13 .479 .495 $
1915 25 CLE AL 236.0 36 30 103 3.93 4.03 -0.09 0.00 104.0 4.29 10 1.2 1.0 -0.2 3.1 32 .534 .508 $
1916 26 CLE AL 43.2 12 6 35 7.21 3.63 0.04 0.00 106.0 3.81 -16 -1.7 1.0 -0.0 -1.4 -13 .356 .489 $
1916 26 DET AL 127.2 23 17 53 3.74 3.59 -0.03 0.00 101.0 3.66 -1 -0.1 1.0 -0.1 0.9 10 .495 .499 $
1917 27 DET AL 185.1 30 22 66 3.21 3.58 -0.01 0.00 99.0 3.55 7 0.8 1.0 -0.1 2.4 23 .528 .505 $
1918 28 DET AL 4.0 1 1 4 9.00 3.56 -0.41 0.00 96.0 3.81 -2 -0.2 -0.0 -0.2 -2 .280 .499 $
1919 29 DET AL 13.2 3 2 8 5.27 3.95 -0.19 0.00 100.3 4.15 -2 -0.2 1.0 -0.0 -0.1 -0 .436 .499 $
11 Seasons 1632.0 276 190 731 4.03 3.92 -0.03 0.00 102.8 4.06 14 2.4 1.0 -1.4 15.7 163 .509 .501 $
CLE (8 yrs) 1301.1 219 148 600 4.15 4.00 -0.03 0.00 103.6 4.18 12 2.1 1.0 -1.2 12.7 131 .510 .502 $
DET (4 yrs) 330.2 57 42 131 3.57 3.60 -0.03 0.00 99.8 3.62 2 0.3 1.0 -0.2 3.0 31 .505 .500 $

Ratio Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1918 28 DET AL 20 0.0% 10.0% 25.0% 65%
1919 29 DET AL 58 3.5% 6.9% 17.2% 71%
2 Yrs 78 2.6% 7.7% 19.2% 69%
MLB Averages 0.4% 8.0% 7.3% 2.7% 12% 81%

Cumulative Pitching

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 94 168 1.217 7.0 0.0 3.9 3.1 0.80 168
1910 20 13 10 .565 2.48 38 21 16 14 1 0 206.2 173 83 57 2 65 110 19 1 2 820 105 1.152 7.5 0.1 2.8 4.8 1.69 105
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 32 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 38 45 5 1 764.2 665 335 228 4 269 423 47 5 27 3101 115 1.221 7.8 0.0 3.2 5.0 1.57 115
1914 24 50 57 .467 2.81 171 112 43 61 8 2 1021.2 893 462 319 7 393 602 54 5 36 4189 108 1.259 7.9 0.1 3.5 5.3 1.53 108
1915 25 61 71 .462 2.81 207 142 47 73 9 3 1257.2 1103 565 393 8 477 751 56 6 41 5147 108 1.256 7.9 0.1 3.4 5.4 1.57 108
1916 26 70 81 .464 2.93 242 165 58 81 11 4 1429.0 1277 653 465 10 544 835 61 6 46 5867 103 1.274 8.0 0.1 3.4 5.3 1.53 103
1917 27 82 89 .480 2.84 272 187 65 93 16 4 1614.1 1449 719 510 12 590 915 74 6 46 6614 105 1.263 8.1 0.1 3.3 5.1 1.55 105
1918 28 82 90 .477 2.86 273 188 65 93 16 4 1618.1 1452 723 514 12 595 917 74 6 46 6634 104 1.265 8.1 0.1 3.3 5.1 1.54 104
1919 29 83 92 .474 2.88 276 190 65 93 16 4 1632.0 1464 731 522 14 605 921 75 6 47 6692 104 1.268 8.1 0.1 3.3 5.1 1.52 104

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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 3.55 165.0 174 72 65 2 62 92 17 1.430 9.5 3.4 5.0 1.48 0.1 35
1911 21 10 9 .526 3.84 171.0 194 81 73 1 61 75 13 1.491 10.2 3.2 3.9 1.23 0.1 30
1912 22 12 6 .667 2.82 166.0 153 58 52 0 58 95 7 1.271 8.3 3.1 5.2 1.64 0.0 29
1913 23 17 6 .739 2.29 208.0 168 59 53 1 97 135 9 1.274 7.3 4.2 5.8 1.39 0.0 35
1914 24 13 13 .500 4.05 240.0 251 120 108 3 137 167 8 1.617 9.4 5.1 6.3 1.22 0.1 39
1915 25 15 10 .600 3.29 227.0 227 92 83 1 91 143 2 1.401 9.0 3.6 5.7 1.57 0.0 36
1916 26 6 11 .353 5.04 157.0 196 98 88 2 75 77 6 1.726 11.2 4.3 4.4 1.03 0.1 35
1917 27 11 7 .611 3.02 170.0 198 63 57 2 53 73 15 1.476 10.5 2.8 3.9 1.38 0.1 30
1918 28 0 0 12.60 5.0 4 8 7 0 7 2 0 2.200 7.2 12.6 3.6 0.29 0.0 1
1919 29 0 1 .000 6.92 13.0 15 11 10 2 12 4 1 2.077 10.4 8.3 2.8 0.33 1.4 3
11 Yrs 95 72 .569 3.51 1543.0 1600 668 601 14 664 870 82 1.467 9.3 5.1 1.31 0.1 276

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1913 AL  6.0 (6th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1913 AL  1.91 (5th)
Career  2.88 (130th)

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 (136th)

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  0.051 (4th)
1912 AL  0.000 (1st)
1913 AL  0.042 (5th)
1915 AL  0.038 (6th)
Career  0.077 (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 (3rd)
Career  75 (174th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1914 AL  1,088 (8th)

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

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1913 AL  159 (3rd)
1917 AL  121 (10th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1913 AL  26 (6th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1913 AL  2.9 (6th)

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

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 32 (754), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 8 (1076), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 13 (615), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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