Vic Willis
Victor Gazaway Willis
Hall of Famer
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 (All Transactions)
Debut: April 20, 1898
Final Game: September 5, 1910
Died: August 3, 1947 in Elkton, MD
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by Veteran's Committee as Player in 1995.
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Standard Pitching

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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
1898 22 BSN NL 25 13 .658 2.84 41 38 2 29 1 0 311.0 264 143 98 5 148 160 30 1 9 0 130 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 0 167 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 0 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 1257 153 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 13 1682 129 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 1107 107 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 0 350.0 357 182 111 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 155 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 1144 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 111 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 88 1.344 9.5 0.3 2.6 2.8 1.10
13 Seasons 249 205 .548 2.63 513 471 41 388 50 11 3996.0 3621 1628 1167 66 1212 1651 157 6 95 12535 118 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 1 276 250 113 81 5 84 114 11 0 7 866 118 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 1156 808 51 854 1161 134 6 74 6915 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 4744 120 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 88 1.344 9.5 0.3 2.6 2.8 1.10

Postseason Pitching

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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

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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 30 1 9 0 130 1.325 7.6 0.1 4.3 4.6 1.08 130
1899 23 52 21 .712 2.66 82 76 5 64 6 2 653.2 541 269 193 11 265 280 60 1 21 0 148 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 72 2 29 0 130 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 83 2 34 1257 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 97 2 47 2939 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 37 638 816 107 2 51 4046 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 982 686 44 747 1012 121 4 62 5512 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 1156 808 51 854 1161 134 6 74 6915 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 1240 870 51 930 1285 139 6 82 8177 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 1336 946 55 999 1392 146 6 84 9321 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 1431 1016 57 1068 1489 152 6 88 10518 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 1515 1088 60 1151 1584 156 6 92 11659 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 1628 1167 66 1212 1651 157 6 95 12535 118 1.209 8.2 0.1 2.7 3.7 1.36 118

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
1898 22 0.00 0.0 0 100 90 0 0 0 0 41
1899 23 0.00 0.0 0 88 79 0 0 0 0 41
1900 24 0.00 0.0 0 107 96 0 0 0 0 32
1901 25 31 8 .795 2.03 359.0 283 90 81 6 84 156 12 1.022 7.1 2.1 3.9 1.86 0.2 38
1902 26 36 14 .720 2.49 451.0 443 139 125 7 120 248 17 1.248 8.8 2.4 4.9 2.07 0.1 51
1903 27 21 12 .636 3.05 298.0 279 112 101 3 96 134 11 1.258 8.4 2.9 4.0 1.40 0.1 33
1904 28 21 16 .568 3.47 335.0 385 143 129 8 118 188 15 1.501 10.3 3.2 5.1 1.59 0.2 43
1905 29 20 16 .556 3.64 329.0 354 148 133 7 111 143 14 1.413 9.7 3.0 3.9 1.29 0.2 41
1906 30 24 9 .727 2.35 302.0 331 88 79 0 85 116 6 1.377 9.9 2.5 3.5 1.36 0.0 41
1907 31 17 13 .567 3.43 278.0 278 118 106 5 82 102 8 1.295 9.0 2.7 3.3 1.24 0.2 39
1908 32 20 12 .625 3.08 289.0 286 110 99 2 83 92 7 1.277 8.9 2.6 2.9 1.11 0.1 41
1909 33 19 11 .633 3.03 273.0 274 102 92 3 94 90 5 1.348 9.0 3.1 3.0 0.96 0.1 39
1910 34 11 11 .500 4.14 202.0 243 103 93 7 66 64 1 1.530 10.8 2.9 2.9 0.97 0.3 33
13 Seasons 220 122 .643 3.76 3116.0 3156 1448 1303 48 939 1333 96 1.314 9.1 3.9 1.42 0.1 513

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 VC

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1898 NL  2.836 (7th)
1899 NL  2.495 (1st)
1901 NL  2.358 (4th)
1902 NL  2.195 (10th)
1906 NL  1.733 (4th)
Career  2.628 (59th)

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  1.210 (149th)

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 (164th)

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  3996.0 (41st)

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  1651 (122nd)

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 (6th)
1907 NL  37 (2nd)
1908 NL  38 (3rd)
1909 NL  35 (1st)
Career  471 (65th)

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  1212 (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  3621 (56th)

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

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1903 NL  .097 (10th)
1906 NL  0.00 (1st)
Career  .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 (40th)

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  1167 (137th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1899 NL  12 (5th)
1900 NL  8 (6th)
1902 NL  13 (2nd)
1904 NL  11 (3rd)
1905 NL  12 (3rd)
1906 NL  8 (5th)
Career  95 (94th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1898 NL  30 (2nd)
1899 NL  30 (2nd)
1902 NL  14 (7th)
1904 NL  14 (5th)
1905 NL  13 (9th)
Career  157 (12th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1901 NL  1257 (8th)
1902 NL  1682 (1st)
1904 NL  1466 (3rd)
1905 NL  1403 (3rd)
1906 NL  1262 (4th)
1907 NL  1144 (7th)
1908 NL  1197 (8th)
1909 NL  1141 (6th)
Career  12535 (114th)

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  153 (1st)
1902 NL  129 (9th)
1906 NL  155 (4th)
Career  118 (151st)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 25 (66), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 204 (37), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 122 (65), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 43 (59), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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