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Vic Willis

Victor Gazaway Willis

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

Born: April 12, 1876 in Cecil County, MD
High School: Newark Academy (Newark, DE)
School: University of Delaware (Newark, DE) (All Transactions)
Debut: April 20, 1898
Teams (by GP): Beaneaters/Pirates/Cardinals 1898-1910

Final Game: September 5, 1910
Died: August 3, 1947 in Elkton, MD
Buried: St. John Cemetery, Newark, DE
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by Veteran's Committee as Player in 1995.
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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
1898 22 BSN NL 25 13 .658 2.84 41 38 2 29 1 0 311.0 264 143 98 5 148 160 29 1 9 1333 131 1.325 7.6 0.1 4.3 4.6 1.08
1899 23 BSN NL 27 8 .771 2.50 41 38 3 35 5 2 342.2 277 126 95 6 117 120 30 0 12 1399 165 1.150 7.3 0.2 3.1 3.2 1.03
1900 24 BSN NL 10 17 .370 4.19 32 29 3 22 2 0 236.0 258 157 110 11 106 53 12 1 8 1048 98 1.542 9.8 0.4 4.0 2.0 0.50
1901 25 BSN NL 20 17 .541 2.36 38 35 3 33 6 0 305.1 262 111 80 6 78 133 11 0 5 1226 154 1.114 7.7 0.2 2.3 3.9 1.71
1902 26 BSN NL 27 20 .574 2.20 51 46 5 45 4 3 410.0 372 142 100 6 101 225 14 0 12 1652 128 1.154 8.2 0.1 2.2 4.9 2.23
1903 27 BSN NL 12 18 .400 2.98 33 32 1 29 2 0 278.0 256 121 92 3 88 125 10 0 4 1117 109 1.237 8.3 0.1 2.8 4.0 1.42
1904 28 BSN NL 18 25 .419 2.85 43 43 0 39 2 0 350.0 357 174 111 7 109 196 14 2 11 1466 96 1.331 9.2 0.2 2.8 5.0 1.80
1905 29 BSN NL 12 29 .293 3.21 41 41 0 36 4 0 342.0 340 174 122 7 107 149 13 2 12 1403 96 1.307 8.9 0.2 2.8 3.9 1.39
1906 30 PIT NL 23 13 .639 1.73 41 36 5 32 6 1 322.0 295 84 62 0 76 124 5 0 8 1262 153 1.152 8.2 0.0 2.1 3.5 1.63
1907 31 PIT NL 21 11 .656 2.34 39 37 2 27 6 1 292.2 234 96 76 4 69 107 7 0 2 1143 104 1.035 7.2 0.1 2.1 3.3 1.55
1908 32 PIT NL 23 11 .676 2.07 41 38 3 25 7 0 304.2 239 95 70 2 69 97 6 0 4 1197 110 1.011 7.1 0.1 2.0 2.9 1.41
1909 33 PIT NL 22 11 .667 2.24 39 35 4 24 4 1 289.2 243 84 72 3 83 95 4 0 4 1141 115 1.125 7.6 0.1 2.6 3.0 1.14
1910 34 STL NL 9 12 .429 3.35 33 23 10 12 1 3 212.0 224 113 79 6 61 67 1 0 3 876 89 1.344 9.5 0.3 2.6 2.8 1.10
13 Yrs 249 205 .548 2.63 513 471 41 388 50 11 3996.0 3621 1620 1167 66 1212 1651 156 6 94 16263 117 1.209 8.2 0.1 2.7 3.7 1.36
162 Game Avg. 17 14 .548 2.63 35 33 3 27 3 1 276 250 112 81 5 84 114 11 0 6 1124 117 1.209 8.2 0.1 2.7 3.7 1.36
BSN (8 yrs) 151 147 .507 2.82 320 302 17 268 26 5 2575.0 2386 1148 808 51 854 1161 133 6 73 10644 120 1.258 8.3 0.2 3.0 4.1 1.36
PIT (4 yrs) 89 46 .659 2.08 160 146 14 108 23 3 1209.0 1011 359 280 9 297 423 22 0 18 4743 119 1.082 7.5 0.1 2.2 3.1 1.42
STL (1 yr) 9 12 .429 3.35 33 23 10 12 1 3 212.0 224 113 79 6 61 67 1 0 3 876 89 1.344 9.5 0.3 2.6 2.8 1.10

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
1898 22 BSN NL 311.0 41 38 143 4.14 4.89 0.38 0.00 103.0 4.64 24 2.4 1.0 -0.3 4.8 52 .558 .515 $
1899 23 BSN NL 342.2 41 38 126 3.31 5.21 0.54 0.00 107.0 4.99 74 7.4 1.0 -0.4 10.0 105 .681 .546 $2,100
1900 24 BSN NL 236.0 32 29 157 5.99 5.17 0.31 0.00 111.0 5.40 -11 -0.9 1.0 -0.2 0.8 9 .470 .494 $2,400
1901 25 BSN NL 305.1 38 35 111 3.27 4.75 0.26 0.00 109.0 4.89 58 6.5 1.0 -0.4 8.4 82 .671 .540 $2,000
1902 26 BSN NL 410.0 51 46 142 3.12 3.98 0.03 0.00 101.0 3.99 44 5.3 1.0 -0.5 8.0 71 .604 .533 $
1903 27 BSN NL 278.0 33 32 121 3.92 4.87 -0.28 0.00 99.0 5.09 38 4.0 1.0 -0.3 6.0 62 .622 .525 $
1904 28 BSN NL 350.0 43 43 174 4.47 4.02 -0.43 0.00 100.0 4.44 1 0.2 -0.3 2.6 28 .504 .501 $
1905 29 BSN NL 342.0 41 41 174 4.58 4.27 -0.26 0.00 103.0 4.66 4 0.5 -0.3 2.9 33 .512 .503 $
1906 30 PIT NL 322.0 41 36 84 2.35 3.50 0.14 0.00 101.0 3.39 41 5.4 1.0 -0.2 7.8 62 .633 .534 $
1907 31 PIT NL 292.2 39 37 96 2.95 3.31 -0.07 0.00 98.0 3.30 15 2.0 1.0 -0.3 4.1 33 .550 .512 $
1908 32 PIT NL 304.2 41 38 95 2.81 3.26 0.12 0.00 97.0 3.04 9 1.2 1.0 -0.2 3.3 29 .528 .507 $
1909 33 PIT NL 289.2 39 35 84 2.61 3.53 0.27 0.00 99.0 3.23 18 2.3 1.0 -0.3 4.2 42 .559 .514 $
1910 34 STL NL 212.0 33 23 113 4.80 4.01 -0.25 0.00 98.0 4.18 -15 -1.6 1.0 -0.2 -0.2 3 .451 .490 $
13 Seasons 3996.0 513 471 1620 3.65 4.20 0.06 0.00 102.0 4.24 300 34.6 1.0 -3.8 62.7 612 .567 .516 $6,500
BSN (8 yrs) 2575.0 320 302 1148 4.01 4.59 0.06 0.00 103.8 4.71 232 25.3 1.0 -2.6 43.5 442 .579 .520 $6,500
PIT (4 yrs) 1209.0 160 146 359 2.67 3.40 0.12 0.00 98.8 3.24 83 10.9 1.0 -1.0 19.4 166 .568 .517 $
STL (1 yr) 212.0 33 23 113 4.80 4.01 -0.25 0.00 98.0 4.18 -15 -1.6 1.0 -0.2 -0.2 3 .451 .490 $

Postseason Pitching

Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1909 33 PIT NL WS W DET 0 1 .000 4.63 2 1 1 0 0 0 11.2 10 6 6 0 8 0 3 1 0 0 49 1.543 7.7 0.0 6.2 2.3 0.38
1 WS 0 1 .000 4.63 2 1 1 0 0 0 11.2 10 6 6 0 8 0 3 1 0 0 49 1.543 7.7 0.0 6.2 2.3 0.38

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+
1898 22 25 13 .658 2.84 41 38 2 29 1 0 311.0 264 143 98 5 148 160 29 1 9 1333 131 1.325 7.6 0.1 4.3 4.6 1.08 131
1899 23 52 21 .712 2.66 82 76 5 64 6 2 653.2 541 269 193 11 265 280 59 1 21 2732 148 1.233 7.4 0.2 3.6 3.9 1.06 148
1900 24 62 38 .620 3.07 114 105 8 86 8 2 889.2 799 426 303 22 371 333 71 2 29 3780 130 1.315 8.1 0.2 3.8 3.4 0.90 130
1901 25 82 55 .599 2.88 152 140 11 119 14 2 1195.0 1061 537 383 28 449 466 82 2 34 5006 135 1.264 8.0 0.2 3.4 3.5 1.04 135
1902 26 109 75 .592 2.71 203 186 16 164 18 5 1605.0 1433 679 483 34 550 691 96 2 46 6658 133 1.236 8.0 0.2 3.1 3.9 1.26 133
1903 27 121 93 .565 2.75 236 218 17 193 20 5 1883.0 1689 800 575 37 638 816 106 2 50 7775 129 1.236 8.1 0.2 3.0 3.9 1.28 129
1904 28 139 118 .541 2.76 279 261 17 232 22 5 2233.0 2046 974 686 44 747 1012 120 4 61 9241 124 1.251 8.2 0.2 3.0 4.1 1.35 124
1905 29 151 147 .507 2.82 320 302 17 268 26 5 2575.0 2386 1148 808 51 854 1161 133 6 73 10644 120 1.258 8.3 0.2 3.0 4.1 1.36 120
1906 30 174 160 .521 2.70 361 338 22 300 32 6 2897.0 2681 1232 870 51 930 1285 138 6 81 11906 122 1.246 8.3 0.2 2.9 4.0 1.38 122
1907 31 195 171 .533 2.67 400 375 24 327 38 7 3189.2 2915 1328 946 55 999 1392 145 6 83 13049 121 1.227 8.2 0.2 2.8 3.9 1.39 121
1908 32 218 182 .545 2.62 441 413 27 352 45 7 3494.1 3154 1423 1016 57 1068 1489 151 6 87 14246 120 1.208 8.1 0.1 2.8 3.8 1.39 120
1909 33 240 193 .554 2.59 480 448 31 376 49 8 3784.0 3397 1507 1088 60 1151 1584 155 6 91 15387 120 1.202 8.1 0.1 2.7 3.8 1.38 120
1910 34 249 205 .548 2.63 513 471 41 388 50 11 3996.0 3621 1620 1167 66 1212 1651 156 6 94 16263 117 1.209 8.2 0.1 2.7 3.7 1.36 117

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
1898 22 25 10 .714 2.51 323.0 259 100 90 5 145 166 28 1.251 7.2 4.0 4.6 1.14 0.1 41
1899 23 31 8 .795 1.98 359.0 259 88 79 6 109 126 28 1.025 6.5 2.7 3.2 1.16 0.2 41
1900 24 18 12 .600 3.16 273.0 258 107 96 11 106 61 12 1.333 8.5 3.5 2.0 0.58 0.4 32
1901 25 30 8 .789 2.10 347.0 283 90 81 6 84 151 12 1.058 7.3 2.2 3.9 1.80 0.2 38
1902 26 34 14 .708 2.59 437.0 448 140 126 7 122 240 17 1.304 9.2 2.5 4.9 1.97 0.1 51
1903 27 21 12 .636 2.98 299.0 286 110 99 3 98 135 11 1.284 8.6 2.9 4.1 1.38 0.1 33
1904 28 20 16 .556 3.57 330.0 395 146 131 8 121 185 15 1.564 10.8 3.3 5.0 1.53 0.2 43
1905 29 19 17 .528 3.68 325.0 363 148 133 7 114 142 14 1.468 10.1 3.2 3.9 1.25 0.2 41
1906 30 23 9 .719 2.43 296.0 344 89 80 0 89 114 6 1.463 10.5 2.7 3.5 1.28 0.0 41
1907 31 17 13 .567 3.46 276.0 283 118 106 5 83 101 8 1.326 9.2 2.7 3.3 1.22 0.2 39
1908 32 19 12 .613 3.14 287.0 291 111 100 2 84 91 7 1.307 9.1 2.6 2.9 1.08 0.1 41
1909 33 19 11 .633 3.06 271.0 280 102 92 3 96 89 5 1.387 9.3 3.2 3.0 0.93 0.1 39
1910 34 11 11 .500 4.14 200.0 247 102 92 7 67 63 1 1.570 11.1 3.0 2.8 0.94 0.3 33
13 Yrs 287 153 .652 2.92 4023.0 3996 1451 1305 70 1318 1664 164 1.321 8.9 3.7 1.26 0.2 513

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1995 Veterans (inducted)
Selected to HOF in 1995
by Veteran's Committee

Wins Above Replacements c a p y
1899 NL  9.7 (1st)
1901 NL  8.3 (2nd)
1902 NL  7.7 (3rd)
1903 NL  5.7 (7th)
1906 NL  7.7 (2nd)
Career  59.2 (149th)

WAR for Pitcherss c a p y
1899 NL  10.0 (1st)
1901 NL  8.4 (2nd)
1902 NL  8.0 (3rd)
1903 NL  6.0 (5th)
1906 NL  7.8 (1st)
1907 NL  4.1 (8th)
1908 NL  3.3 (10th)
1909 NL  4.2 (9th)
Career  62.7 (38th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1898 NL  2.84 (7th)
1899 NL  2.50 (1st)
1901 NL  2.36 (4th)
1902 NL  2.20 (10th)
1906 NL  1.73 (4th)
Career  2.63 (61st)

Wins s c a p y
1898 NL  25 (6th)
1899 NL  27 (3rd)
1901 NL  20 (6th)
1902 NL  27 (2nd)
1904 NL  18 (10th)
1906 NL  23 (3rd)
1907 NL  21 (4th)
1908 NL  23 (4th)
1909 NL  22 (4th)
Career  249 (47th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1898 NL  .658 (7th)
1899 NL  .771 (3rd)
1906 NL  .639 (10th)
1907 NL  .656 (7th)
1908 NL  .676 (6th)
1909 NL  .667 (6th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1899 NL  1.150 (3rd)
1901 NL  1.114 (5th)
1907 NL  1.035 (7th)
1908 NL  1.011 (4th)
Career  1.209 (153rd)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1898 NL  7.640 (2nd)
1899 NL  7.275 (1st)
1901 NL  7.723 (3rd)
1903 NL  8.288 (6th)
1908 NL  7.060 (10th)
Career  8.155 (167th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1906 NL  2.124 (10th)
1907 NL  2.122 (8th)
1908 NL  2.038 (9th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1898 NL  4.630 (2nd)
1899 NL  3.152 (5th)
1902 NL  4.939 (4th)
1903 NL  4.047 (5th)
1904 NL  5.040 (4th)

Games Played s c a p y
1899 NL  41 (9th)
1901 NL  38 (7th)
1902 NL  51 (1st)
1904 NL  43 (4th)
1905 NL  41 (6th)
1906 NL  41 (5th)
1907 NL  39 (7th)
1908 NL  41 (10th)
1909 NL  39 (8th)

Saves s c a p y
1899 NL  2 (2nd)
1902 NL  3 (1st)
1907 NL  1 (8th)
1910 NL  3 (6th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1899 NL  342.7 (8th)
1901 NL  305.3 (10th)
1902 NL  410.0 (1st)
1904 NL  350.0 (5th)
1905 NL  342.0 (2nd)
1906 NL  322.0 (3rd)
1907 NL  292.7 (6th)
1908 NL  304.7 (8th)
1909 NL  289.7 (5th)
Career  3,996.0 (42nd)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1898 NL  160 (3rd)
1899 NL  120 (4th)
1901 NL  133 (9th)
1902 NL  225 (1st)
1903 NL  125 (7th)
1904 NL  196 (2nd)
1905 NL  149 (7th)
Career  1,651 (135th)

Games Started s c a p y
1899 NL  38 (7th)
1901 NL  35 (8th)
1902 NL  46 (1st)
1904 NL  43 (3rd)
1905 NL  41 (2nd)
1906 NL  36 (5th)
1907 NL  37 (2nd)
1908 NL  38 (3rd)
1909 NL  35 (1st)
Career  471 (67th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1899 NL  35 (7th)
1901 NL  33 (5th)
1902 NL  45 (1st)
1903 NL  29 (10th)
1904 NL  39 (1st)
1905 NL  36 (2nd)
1906 NL  32 (3rd)
1907 NL  27 (5th)
1908 NL  25 (8th)
1909 NL  24 (5th)
Career  388 (19th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1899 NL  5 (1st)
1900 NL  2 (10th)
1901 NL  6 (1st)
1902 NL  4 (7th)
1905 NL  4 (6th)
1906 NL  6 (3rd)
1907 NL  6 (4th)
1908 NL  7 (3rd)
1909 NL  4 (9th)
Career  50 (19th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1900 NL  11 (2nd)
1902 NL  6 (2nd)
1904 NL  7 (5th)
1905 NL  7 (4th)
1907 NL  4 (9th)
1910 NL  6 (5th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1898 NL  148 (2nd)
1899 NL  117 (7th)
1900 NL  106 (3rd)
1901 NL  78 (10th)
1902 NL  101 (3rd)
1904 NL  109 (3rd)
1905 NL  107 (3rd)
1909 NL  83 (10th)
Career  1,212 (49th)

Hits s c a p y
1902 NL  372 (1st)
1904 NL  357 (2nd)
1905 NL  340 (1st)
1906 NL  295 (4th)
1908 NL  239 (10th)
1909 NL  243 (5th)
Career  3,621 (56th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1902 NL  2.228 (7th)
1904 NL  1.798 (8th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1903 NL  0.097 (10th)
1906 NL  0.000 (1st)
Career  0.149 (96th)

Losses s c a p y
1900 NL  17 (8th)
1901 NL  17 (9th)
1902 NL  20 (2nd)
1903 NL  18 (4th)
1904 NL  25 (1st)
1905 NL  29 (1st)
Career  205 (41st)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1902 NL  100 (4th)
1903 NL  92 (10th)
1904 NL  111 (3rd)
1905 NL  122 (2nd)
1907 NL  76 (6th)
Career  1,167 (139th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1899 NL  12 (5th)
1900 NL  8 (6th)
1902 NL  12 (2nd)
1904 NL  11 (3rd)
1905 NL  12 (4th)
1906 NL  8 (5th)
Career  94 (119th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1898 NL  29 (2nd)
1899 NL  30 (2nd)
1902 NL  14 (7th)
1904 NL  14 (5th)
1905 NL  13 (10th)
Career  156 (16th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1899 NL  1,399 (8th)
1902 NL  1,652 (1st)
1904 NL  1,466 (3rd)
1905 NL  1,403 (3rd)
1906 NL  1,262 (3rd)
1907 NL  1,143 (7th)
1908 NL  1,197 (7th)
1909 NL  1,141 (6th)
Career  16,263 (47th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1902 NL  5 (5th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1898 NL  130 (7th)
1899 NL  167 (1st)
1901 NL  154 (1st)
1902 NL  129 (9th)
1906 NL  155 (4th)
Career  117 (160th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1898 NL  28 (7th)
1899 NL  62 (1st)
1901 NL  40 (1st)
1902 NL  30 (3rd)
1903 NL  13 (10th)
1906 NL  34 (2nd)
1908 NL  10 (10th)
1909 NL  17 (9th)
Career  211 (71st)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1898 NL  2.7 (7th)
1899 NL  6.0 (1st)
1901 NL  4.2 (1st)
1902 NL  3.3 (3rd)
1903 NL  1.3 (10th)
1906 NL  4.0 (2nd)
1908 NL  1.2 (10th)
1909 NL  2.0 (9th)
Career  22.3 (66th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 25 (68), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 204 (37), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 122 (68), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 43 (60), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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