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Willie Ramsdell

James Willard Ramsdell (Willie the Knuck)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: April 4, 1916 in Williamsburg, KS (All Transactions)
Debut: September 24, 1947
Teams (by GP): Reds/Dodgers/Cubs 1947-1952

Final Game: July 15, 1952
Died: October 8, 1969 in Wichita, KS
Buried: Riverview Cemetery, Kiowa, KS
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Dec 23, 2011, 9:24AM
All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson… 

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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
1947 31 BRO NL 1 1 .500 6.75 2 0 1 0 0 0 2.2 4 6 2 0 3 3 1 0 0 17 69 2.625 13.5 0.0 10.1 10.1 1.00
1948 32 BRO NL 4 4 .500 5.19 27 1 14 0 0 4 50.1 48 35 29 6 41 34 3 0 2 241 78 1.768 8.6 1.1 7.3 6.1 0.83
1950 34 TOT NL 8 14 .364 3.68 32 22 7 8 1 1 163.2 158 80 67 17 77 85 3 0 6 699 115 1.436 8.7 0.9 4.2 4.7 1.10
1950 34 BRO NL 1 2 .333 2.84 5 0 5 0 0 1 6.1 7 3 2 0 2 2 1 0 1 27 153 1.421 9.9 0.0 2.8 2.8 1.00
1950 34 CIN NL 7 12 .368 3.72 27 22 2 8 1 0 157.1 151 77 65 17 75 83 2 0 5 672 114 1.436 8.6 1.0 4.3 4.7 1.11
1951 35 CIN NL 9 17 .346 4.04 31 31 0 10 1 0 196.0 204 103 88 18 70 88 8 1 9 857 101 1.398 9.4 0.8 3.2 4.0 1.26
1952 36 CHC NL 2 3 .400 2.42 19 4 8 0 0 0 67.0 41 22 18 5 24 30 5 0 2 271 160 0.970 5.5 0.7 3.2 4.0 1.25
5 Seasons 24 39 .381 3.83 111 58 30 18 2 5 479.2 455 246 204 46 215 240 20 1 19 2085 107 1.397 8.5 0.9 4.0 4.5 1.12
162 Game Avg. 10 16 .381 3.83 45 23 12 7 1 2 193 183 99 82 19 87 97 8 0 8 839 107 1.397 8.5 0.9 4.0 4.5 1.12
BRO (3 yrs) 6 7 .462 5.01 34 1 20 0 0 5 59.1 59 44 33 6 46 39 5 0 3 285 82 1.770 8.9 0.9 7.0 5.9 0.85
CIN (2 yrs) 16 29 .356 3.90 58 53 2 18 2 0 353.1 355 180 153 35 145 171 10 1 14 1529 107 1.415 9.0 0.9 3.7 4.4 1.18
CHC (1 yr) 2 3 .400 2.42 19 4 8 0 0 0 67.0 41 22 18 5 24 30 5 0 2 271 160 0.970 5.5 0.7 3.2 4.0 1.25

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
1947 31 BRO NL 2.2 0 6 2 0 1.0 -4 -0.4 $
1948 32 BRO NL 50.1 1 35 29 0 1.0 -6 -0.6 $
1950 34 BRO NL 6.1 0 3 4 0 1.0 1 0.1 $
1950 34 CIN NL 157.1 22 77 97 -2 1.0 20 2.4 $
1951 35 CIN NL 196.0 31 103 115 0 1.0 12 1.6 $
1952 36 CHC NL 67.0 4 22 37 0 1.0 15 1.7 $
5 Seasons 479.2 58 246 284 -2 1.0 38 4.8 $
BRO (3 yrs) 59.1 1 44 35 0 1.0 -9 -0.9 $
CIN (2 yrs) 353.1 53 180 212 -2 1.0 32 4.0 $
CHC (1 yr) 67.0 4 22 37 0 1.0 15 1.7 $

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1947 31 BRO NL 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 424 1 0 0 0 /1
1948 32 BRO NL 27 11 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .091 .091 .091 .182 -51 1 0 0 0 1
1950 34 TOT NL 32 64 53 1 10 0 0 0 2 0 5 9 .189 .259 .189 .447 20 10 0 0 6 1
1950 34 BRO NL 5 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 /1
1950 34 CIN NL 27 61 50 1 10 0 0 0 2 0 5 8 .200 .273 .200 .473 27 10 0 0 6 1
1951 35 CIN NL 31 65 58 4 9 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 15 .155 .183 .172 .356 -4 10 2 0 5 1
1952 36 CHC NL 19 19 18 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 .056 .105 .111 .216 -40 2 0 0 0 1
5 Seasons 111 160 141 5 22 2 0 0 4 0 0 8 35 .156 .201 .170 .372 0 24 2 0 11
162 Game Avg. 162 234 206 7 32 3 0 0 6 0 12 51 .156 .201 .170 .372 0 35 3 0 16
BRO (3 yrs) 34 15 15 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 .133 .133 .133 .267 -29 2 0 0 0
CIN (2 yrs) 58 126 108 5 19 1 0 0 3 0 0 7 23 .176 .226 .185 .411 11 20 2 0 11
CHC (1 yr) 19 19 18 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 .056 .105 .111 .216 -40 2 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1947 31 BRO NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /1
1948 32 BRO NL 11 -2 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1
1950 34 BRO NL 3 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /1
1950 34 CIN NL 61 -5 0 0 0 0 5 2 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $ 1
1951 35 CIN NL 65 -8 0 0 0 0 4 2 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ 1
1952 36 CHC NL 19 -3 0 0 0 0 1 1 -1 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ 1
5 Seasons 160 -19 0 0 0 0 11 5 -3 -0.4 -3 -0.3 -0.1 $
BRO (3 yrs) 15 -3 0 0 0 0 1 0 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $
CIN (2 yrs) 126 -13 0 0 0 0 9 4 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $
CHC (1 yr) 19 -3 0 0 0 0 1 1 -1 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% PO Awards
1947 BRO NL 31 P 2 0 0 2.2 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 6.75 1.00 .965 2.02 2.05
1948 BRO NL 32 P 27 1 0 50.1 17 4 13 0 0 1.000 3.04 0.63 .963 2.11 2.08
1950 TOT NL 34 P 32 22 8 163.2 33 8 24 1 0 .970 1.76 1.00 .961 2.12 2.10 13 2 13% 1
1950 BRO NL 34 P 5 0 0 6.1 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 4.26 0.60 .960 2.13 2.10 0 0 0
1950 CIN NL 34 P 27 22 8 157.1 30 7 22 1 0 .967 1.66 1.07 .961 2.12 2.10 13 2 13% 1
1951 CIN NL 35 P 31 31 10 196.0 39 7 29 3 3 .923 1.65 1.16 .962 2.14 2.14 12 7 37% 2
1952 CHC NL 36 P 19 4 0 67.0 20 6 10 4 1 .800 2.15 0.84 .953 2.18 2.16 8 2 20% 0
5 Seasons P 111 58 18 479.2 111 26 77 8 4 .928 1.93 0.93 .960 2.14 2.12 33 11 25% 3
5 Seasons TOT 111 58 18 479.2 111 26 77 8 4 .928 1.93 0.93 .960 2.14 2.12 33 11 25% 3
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1950 NL  4.674 (8th)

Saves s c a p y
1948 NL  4 (7th)

Losses s c a p y
1951 NL  17 (1st)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1950 NL  6 (5th)
1951 NL  9 (1st)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1951 NL  8 (3rd)

Errors Committed as P s c a p y
1952 NL  4 (3rd)

Range Factor/9Inn as P† s c a p y
1948 NL  3.04 (3rd)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 3 (2106), Average HOFer ≈ 185

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