Ron Willis

Ronald Earl Willis

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: July 12, 1943 in Willisville, TN
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1961. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 20, 1966
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Padres/Astros 1966-1970

Final Game: September 29, 1970
Died: November 21, 1977 in Memphis, TN
Buried: Zion Cemetery, Obion, TN
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Standard Batting

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
1961	17	STL-min	D-	65	253	253		55	12	4	7						.217	.217	.379	.597		96							JOH · APPY
1962	18	STL-min	D,C	68	222	199	33	50	8	2	5	20	5	0	15	59	.251	.311	.387	.697		77		3	3	2	0		BRU,BIL · GAFL,PION
1963	19	STL-min	A	27	76	76		24	6	0	1						.316	.316	.434	.750		33							BIL · PION
1964	20	STL-min	A,AA	30	43	43	0	8	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.186	.186	.256	.442		11							RAL,TUL · CARL,TL
1965	21	STL-min	AA	41	53	51	5	8	1	0	0	2	1	1	2	13	.157	.189	.176	.365		9							TUL · TL
1966	22	CHW-min	AAA	52	34	30	3	5	1	0	1	3	0	1	0	9	.167	.194	.300	.494		9		1	3	0			INA · PCL
1966	22	STL	NL	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1967	23	STL	NL	65	8	8	0	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	.375	.375	.500	.875	150	4	0	0	0	0	0	1
1968	24	STL	NL	48	12	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.000	.083	.000	.083	-73	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
1969	25	STL-min	AAA	11	6	6	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.333	.500		2		0	0	0			TUL · AA
1969	25	TOT	NL	29	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	463	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
1969	25	STL	NL	26	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	463	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
1969	25	HOU	NL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1970	26	STL-min	AA	26	7	7		1	0	0	0						.143	.143	.143	.286		1							ARK · TL
1970	26	SDP	NL	42	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
5 Yrs				188	26	25	1	4	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	8	.160	.192	.200	.392	14	5	1	0	0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	22	22	1	3	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	7	.160	.192	.200	.392	14	4	1	0	0	0	0

STL (4 yrs)				143	21	20	1	4	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	6	.200	.238	.250	.488	44	5	1	0	0	0	0
SDP (1 yr)				42	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
HOU (1 yr)				3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1966	22	STL	NL	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
1967	23	STL	NL	65	8	0	0	0	0	1	1	0.2	0	2	0.2	.502	.501	0.2	0.1	2	$	1
1968	24	STL	NL	48	12	-2	-0	-0	0	1	-1	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.498	.499	-0.1	0.1	-0	$	1
1969	25	STL	NL	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	0	0	0.1	.502	.500	0.1	0.0	0	$	1
1969	25	HOU	NL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
1970	26	SDP	NL	42	5	-1	0	0	0	1	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.498	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$	1
5 Seasons				188	26	-2	-0	-0	0	3	0	0.0	1	1	0.1	.500	.500	0.1	0.2	1	$

STL (4 yrs)				143	21	-1	-0	-0	0	2	1	0.1	1	2	0.2	.501	.500	0.2	0.2	2	$
SDP (1 yr)				42	5	-1	0	0	0	1	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.498	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$
HOU (1 yr)				3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO
1967	23	STL	NL	8	5	2	10.8	90	.500	.375	.257	.375	.319	.500	.377	.875	.696	150	.862	0.5	0.0	.800	.125	.125
1968	24	STL	NL	12	12	0	0.0	81	.000	.000	.251	.083	.309	.000	.354	.083	.663	-73	.000	-2.3	-0.3	.083	.091	.000
1969	25	TOT	NL	1	0	1		95	1.000	1.000	.259	1.000	.330	1.000	.384	2.000	.714	463	.000	0.5	0.0		.000	.000
1969	25	STL	NL	1	0	1		95	1.000	1.000	.259	1.000	.330	1.000	.384	2.000	.714	463	.000	0.5	0.0		.000	.000
1970	26	SDP	NL	5	5	0	0.0	99	.000	.000	.261	.000	.333	.000	.399	.000	.732	-100	.000	-1.4	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
5 Yrs				26	22	3	3.7	88	.235	.160	.255	.192	.318	.200	.372	.392	.689	14	.470	-2.8	-0.3	.273	.080	.040
162 Game Avg.				22	19	3	3.7	88	.235	.160	.255	.192	.318	.200	.372	.392	.689	14	.470	-2.8	-0.3	.273	.080	.040

STL (4 yrs)				21	17	3	4.8	85	.286	.200	.254	.238	.314	.250	.365	.488	.679	44	.608	-1.4	-0.2	.353	.100	.050
SDP (1 yr)				5	5	0	0.0	99	.000	.000	.261	.000	.333	.000	.399	.000	.732	-100	.000	-1.4	-0.1	.000	.000	.000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G
1967	23	STL	NL	WS	BOS	W	3
1968	24	STL	NL	WS	DET	L	3
2 Yrs (2 Series)							6
2 WS							6

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1967	23	STL	NL	8	0.0%	25.0%	0.0%	12.5%	33%		4.0		4.0		75%
1968	24	STL	NL	12	0.0%	33.3%	8.3%	0.0%		4.00	2.8			2.50	58%
1969	25	TOT	NL	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%				1.0		100%
1969	25	STL	NL	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%				1.0		100%
1970	26	SDP	NL	5	0.0%	40.0%	0.0%	0.0%			2.5			1.00	60%
5 Yrs				26	0.0%	30.8%	3.9%	3.9%	25%	8.00	3.1		8.3	2.50	65%
MLB Averages					2.1%	15.4%	8.4%	6.0%	27%	1.85	5.8	43.5	9.2	1.12	72%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1966	22	STL	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1967	23	STL	NL	0.5	0.0	8	-0.0	0.1	-0.1	.69	-0.0	-0.1	0.6	0.1	1.05	0.2	0
1968	24	STL	NL	-2.3	-0.3	12	-0.1	0.0	-0.2	.61	-0.2	-0.0	-2.3	-0.3	1.04	-1.8	0
1969	25	TOT	NL	0.5	0.0	1	0.0	0.0	0.0	.33	0.1	-0.0	1.0	0.1	1.07	0.9	0
1969	25	STL	NL	0.5	0.0	1	0.0	0.0	0.0	.33	0.1	-0.0	1.0	0.1	1.07	0.9	0
1969	25	HOU	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1970	26	SDP	NL	-1.4	-0.1	5	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.44	-0.2	0.0	-1.6	-0.2	0.95	-1.6	0
5 Yrs				-2.8	-0.3	26	-0.2	0.1	-0.3	.59	-0.3	-0.1	-2.3	-0.3	1.03	-2.2	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	OOB	XBT%	1^stS	2^ndS	2^ndSH
1967	23	STL	NL	0	0%	2	0		0	0	0
1968	24	STL	NL	1	100%	2	1	50%	1	1	1
1969	25	TOT	NL	0	0%	1	0		0	0	0
1969	25	STL	NL	0	0%	1	0		0	0	0
1970	26	SDP	NL	0		0	0		0	0	0
5 Yrs				1	20%	5	1	50%	1	1	1

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1967	23	STL	NL	8	38%	3			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		8	2	25%	0	0		0	0		0
1968	24	STL	NL	12	17%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	1	33%	2	0	0%	10	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1969	25	TOT	NL	1	0%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		1	1	100%	0	0		0	0		0
1969	25	STL	NL	1	0%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		1	1	100%	0	0		0	0		0
1970	26	SDP	NL	5	0%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	4	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
5 Yrs				26	19%	4			0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	4	1	25%	3	0	0%	23	3	13%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
MLB Averages					53%																			78%			10%			30%			13%			46%			52%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP
1967	23	69	8	8	0	3	1	2	0	2	.375	.375	.500	.875	150	4	0
1968	24	117	20	19	1	3	1	2	1	6	.158	.200	.211	.411	22	4	1
1969	25	146	21	20	1	4	1	3	1	6	.200	.238	.250	.488	44	5	1
1970	26	188	26	25	1	4	1	3	1	8	.160	.192	.200	.392	14	5	1

Neutralized Batting

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1967	23	65	9	9	0	4	1	3	0	2	.444	.444	.556	1.000	2	65
1968	24	48	12	11	1	0	0	0	1	4	.000	.083	.000	.083	0	48
1969	25	29	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	29
1970	26	42	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	42
4 Yrs		184	27	26	1	5	1	4	1	8	.192	.222	.231	.453	3	184
162 Game Avg.		162	24	23	1	4	1	4	1	7	.192	.222	.231	.453	3	184

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