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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

Standard Batting

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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
1898 22 BSN NL 41 132 117 9 17 0 0 0 6 0 11 .145 .231 .145 .376 6 17 2 2 1
1899 23 BSN NL 41 142 134 14 29 3 0 0 16 0 4 .216 .245 .239 .483 28 32 1 3 1
1900 24 BSN NL 32 95 88 8 12 2 1 0 11 0 3 .136 .174 .182 .356 -6 16 1 3 1
1901 25 BSN NL 38 118 107 8 20 1 1 1 8 1 7 .187 .243 .243 .486 36 26 1 3 1
1902 26 BSN NL 52 161 150 10 23 0 0 0 7 0 9 .153 .206 .153 .360 10 23 1 1 1
1903 27 BSN NL 39 135 128 9 24 3 0 0 8 0 5 .188 .218 .211 .429 24 27 0 2 1/3
1904 28 BSN NL 52 166 148 9 27 3 0 0 8 0 14 .182 .258 .203 .460 45 30 1 3 1/3
1905 29 BSN NL 43 136 131 12 20 4 0 0 4 0 3 .153 .172 .183 .355 6 24 0 2 1
1906 30 PIT NL 41 125 115 5 20 1 0 0 7 0 6 .174 .221 .183 .404 24 21 1 3 1
1907 31 PIT NL 39 115 103 3 14 0 0 0 4 2 7 .136 .191 .136 .327 2 14 0 5 1
1908 32 PIT NL 41 110 103 9 17 1 0 0 1 0 3 .165 .189 .175 .363 16 18 0 4 1
1909 33 PIT NL 39 116 103 6 14 1 1 0 2 0 7 .136 .191 .165 .356 8 17 0 6 1
1910 34 STL NL 33 72 66 5 11 0 1 0 2 0 2 8 .167 .191 .197 .388 15 13 0 4 1
13 Seasons 531 1623 1493 107 248 19 4 1 84 3 81 8 .166 .213 .186 .399 18 278 8 41
162 Game Avg. 162 495 455 33 76 6 1 0 26 1 25 .166 .213 .186 .399 18 85 2 13
BSN (8 yrs) 338 1085 1003 79 172 16 2 1 68 1 56 .171 .220 .194 .415 20 195 7 19
PIT (4 yrs) 160 466 424 23 65 3 1 0 14 2 23 .153 .199 .165 .364 13 70 1 18
STL (1 yr) 33 72 66 5 11 0 1 0 2 0 2 8 .167 .191 .197 .388 15 13 0 4

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1909 33 PIT NL WS DET W 2 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 2 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1898 BSN NL 22 P 41 97 19 67 11 1 .887 2.10 .921 2.25
1899 BSN NL 23 P 41 106 17 81 8 2 .925 2.39 .908 2.24
1900 BSN NL 24 P 32 61 10 49 2 0 .967 1.84 .916 2.17
1901 BSN NL 25 P 38 91 22 66 3 2 .967 2.32 .932 2.39
1902 BSN NL 26 P 51 146 37 105 4 5 .973 2.78 .930 2.41
1903 BSN NL 27 P 33 101 13 84 4 1 .960 2.94 .921 2.43
1903 BSN NL 27 1B 6 78 69 5 4 0 .949 12.33 .978 10.33
1904 BSN NL 28 P 43 156 39 110 7 5 .955 3.47 .939 2.62
1904 BSN NL 28 1B 6 52 49 2 1 1 .981 8.50 .983 10.37
1905 BSN NL 29 P 41 159 37 115 7 3 .956 3.71 .942 2.42
1906 PIT NL 30 P 41 147 22 117 8 5 .946 3.39 .948 2.40
1907 PIT NL 31 P 39 107 17 87 3 2 .972 2.67 .949 2.27
1908 PIT NL 32 P 41 99 11 87 1 2 .990 2.39 .952 2.13
1909 PIT NL 33 P 39 106 16 85 5 1 .953 2.59 .940 1.95
1910 STL NL 34 P 33 86 11 71 4 0 .953 2.48 .944 1.77
13 Seasons P 513 1462 271 1124 67 29 .954 2.72 .935 2.28
2 Seasons 1B 12 130 118 7 5 1 .962 10.42 .980 10.35
13 Seasons TOT 525 1592 389 1131 72 30 .955 2.90 .894 2.46

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

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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Transactions

September 15, 1897: Traded by Syracuse (Eastern) to the Boston Beaneaters for Fred Lake and $1,000.

December 15, 1905: Traded by the Boston Beaneaters to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Dave Brain, Del Howard and Vive Lindaman.

February 15, 1910: Purchased by the St. Louis Cardinals from the Pittsburgh Pirates.

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