Jim Willis

James Gladden Willis

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: March 20, 1927 in Doyline, LA
School: Northwestern State University of Louisiana (Natchitoches, LA) (All Transactions)
Debut: April 22, 1953
Team: Cubs 1953-1954

Final Game: June 5, 1954
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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
1949	22	ALX	C	14	5	.737	3.16	22						165.0	133	89	58		94								1.376	7.3		5.1			ALX · EVAN
1950	23	MRO,GRN,SHV	C,B,AA	10	9	.526	4.30	33	0					113.0	114	63	54		68								1.611	9.1		5.4			MRO,GRN,SHV · CSTL,BSTL,TL
1951	24	SHV	AA	15	10	.600	3.65	53	22					212.0	208	107	86		123								1.561	8.8		5.2			SHV · TL
1952	25	SHV	AA	16	11	.593	2.72	33	32					261.0	222	97	79		113								1.284	7.7		3.9			SHV · TL
1953	26	CHC-min	AAA	2	3	.400	3.71	9	6		2	0		51.0	62	31	21	0	25		24	1	0	3			1.706	10.9	0.0	4.4	4.2	0.96	SPF · IL
1953	26	CHC	NL	2	1	.667	3.12	13	3	6	2	0	0	43.1	37	15	15	1	17		15	3	0	1	183	144	1.246	7.7	0.2	3.5	3.1	0.88
1954	27	SHV	AA	7	9	.438	4.02	23	19		5	2		112.0	120	58	50	5	47		35	5	0	2			1.491	9.6	0.4	3.8	2.8	0.74	SHV · TL
1954	27	CHC	NL	0	1	.000	3.91	14	1	4	0	0	0	23.0	22	10	10	1	18		5	3	0	1	109	109	1.739	8.6	0.4	7.0	2.0	0.28
1955	28	STL-min	AAA	9	3	.750	4.46	26	18		7	2		115.0	121	67	57	11	53	1	45	3	0	3			1.513	9.5	0.9	4.1	3.5	0.85	OMA · AA
1957	30	SHV	AA	2	8	.200	4.25	26	12		2	0		91.0	101	49	43	6	27	5	41	7	0	1			1.407	10.0	0.6	2.7	4.1	1.52	SHV · TL
2 Yrs				2	2	.500	3.39	27	4	10	2	0	0	66.1	59	25	25	2	35		20	6	0	2	292	130	1.417	8.0	0.3	4.7	2.7	0.57
162 Game Avg.				4	4	.500	3.39	59	9	22	4	0	0	145	129	55	55	4	77		44	13	0	4	641	130	1.417	8.0	0.3	4.7	2.7	0.57

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	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1953	26	CHC	NL	43.1	13	3	15	3.12	4.99	-0.37	104.6	5.60	12	1.3	.2	-0.3	1.4	17	.600	.508	$
1954	27	CHC	NL	23.0	14	1	10	3.91	4.63	-0.13	103.2	4.92	3	0.3	.5	-0.1	0.4	5	.520	.502	$
2 Seasons				66.1	27	4	25	3.39	4.87	-0.28	104.1	5.36	15	1.6	.4	-0.4	1.8	22	.558	.505	$

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	ROE
1953	26	CHC	NL	13	162	162	15	37	2	3	1	2	1	17	15	.228	.313	.296	.609	.247	48	4	3	1	0	1
1954	27	CHC	NL	14	86	86	10	22	3	2	1	4	1	18	5	.256	.402	.372	.774	.263	32	1	3	2	0	0
2 Yrs				27	248	248	25	59	5	5	2	6	2	35	20	.238	.346	.323	.669	.252	80	5	6	3	0	1
162 Game Avg.				59	544	544	55	129	11	11	4	13	4	77	44	.238	.346	.323	.669	.252	175	11	13	7	0	2
MLB Averages																.263	.335	.390	.724	.278

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1953	26	CHC	NL	7.1	0.7	178	0.6	1.9	-1.3	.59	0.4	0.7	8.7	0.9	0.60	8.7	0	0	8
1954	27	CHC	NL	1.4	0.1	93	-0.1	0.5	-0.5	.34	-0.2	-0.0	-0.9	-0.1	0.34	-1.1	1	2	10
2 Yrs				8.5	0.8	271	0.6	2.4	-1.8	.50	0.2	1.0	7.9	0.8	0.51	7.6	1	2	18

Starting Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GS	Wgs	Lgs	ND	Wchp	Ltuf	Wtm	Ltm	tmW-L%	Wlst	Lsv	CG	SHO	QS	QS%	GmScA	Best	Wrst	BQR	BQS	sDR	lDR	RS/GS	RS/IP	IP/GS
1953	26	CHC	NL	13	3	2	1	0	0	0	2	1	.667	0	0	2	0	2	67%	60.3	75	45	2	0	0	3	5.0	5.5	8.3
1954	27	CHC	NL	14	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	36.0	36	36	4	1	1	0	1.0		4.0
2 Yrs				27	4	2	2	0	0	0	2	2	.500	0	0	2	0	2	50%	54	75	36	6	1	1	3	4.0	5.5	7.3
MLB Averages													.500						49%	50	109	-2					4.5	4.5	6.5

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1953	26	CHC	NL	13	10	6	6	1	17%	7	.593	0	0	8	0	9	3	6	7	2	6	0	5.5
1954	27	CHC	NL	14	13	4	14	6	43%	5	.335	1	2	10	1	12	8	5	6	6	6	1	4.4
2 Yrs				27	23	10	20	7	35%		.504	1	2	18	1	21	11	11	13	8	12	1	4.9

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1953	26	CHC	NL	183	56%	0.6%	9.3%	10.5%	3.7%	16%	1.21	90%	37	4	11%
1954	27	CHC	NL	109	49%	1.2%	5.8%	20.9%	7.0%	27%	1.23	93%	9	1	11%
2 Yrs				292	53%	0.8%	8.1%	14.1%	4.8%	20%	1.22	91%	46	5	11%
MLB Averages					51%	2.3%	11.5%	10.0%	6.8%	27%	0.95	82%			10%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					Hits			Home Runs							Advances				Baserunning
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	H	Inf	Bnt	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	<2,3B	Scr	SO	%	ROE	WP	PB	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	BT	PAu
1953	26	CHC	NL	162	37			1	0	6	1	0	0	1	8	4	0	50%	1	1	0	65	2	1	67%	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	21
1954	27	CHC	NL	86	22			1	0	4	1	0	0	1	3	2	0	67%	0	1	0	37	4	1	80%	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	23
2 Yrs				248	59			2	0	10	2	0	0	2	11	6	0	55%	1	2	0	102	6	2	75%	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	4	44
MLB Averages																		52%							54%

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+
1953	26	2	1	.667	3.12	13	3	6	2	0	0	43.1	37	15	15	1	17		15	3	0	1	183	144	1.246	7.7	0.2	3.5	3.1	0.88	144
1954	27	2	2	.500	3.39	27	4	10	2	0	0	66.1	59	25	25	2	35		20	6	0	2	292	130	1.417	8.0	0.3	4.7	2.7	0.57	130

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
1953	26	3	1	.750	2.86	44.0	37	16	14	1	17	15	3	1.227	7.6	3.5	3.1	0.88	0.2	13
1954	27	1	1	.500	3.75	24.0	22	11	10	1	18	5	3	1.667	8.3	6.8	1.9	0.28	0.4	14
2 Yrs		4	2	.667	3.18	68.0	59	27	24	2	35	20	6	1.382	7.8		2.6	0.57	0.3	27

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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