Claude Willoughby

Claude William Willoughby (Flunky or Weeping Willie)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: November 14, 1898 in Buffalo, KS (All Transactions)
Debut: September 18, 1925
Teams (by GP): Phillies/Pirates 1925-1931

Final Game: May 28, 1931
Died: August 14, 1973 in McPherson, KS
Buried: Buffalo Cemetery, Buffalo, KS
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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	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1923	24	WLO	D	5	3	.625		8						63.0	57	26			28							1.349	8.1		4.0			WLO · MSVL
1924	25	WLO,MLW	D,AA	22	10	.688		44						301.0	225	86			137							1.203	6.7		4.1			WLO,MLW · MSVL,AA
1925	26	WLO	D	10	15	.400		27						194.0	183	101			66							1.284	8.5		3.1			WLO · MSVL
1925	26	PHI	NL	2	1	.667	1.96	3	3	0	1	0	0	23.0	26	7	5	0	11	6	1	0	0	102	248	1.609	10.2	0.0	4.3	2.3	0.55
1926	27	PHI	NL	8	12	.400	5.95	47	19	14	6	0	1	168.0	218	125	111	7	71	37	5	0	9	767	72	1.720	11.7	0.4	3.8	2.0	0.52
1927	28	PHI	NL	3	7	.300	6.54	35	6	18	1	1	2	97.2	126	83	71	7	53	14	2	0	3	462	60	1.833	11.6	0.6	4.9	1.3	0.26
1928	29	PHI	NL	6	5	.545	5.30	35	13	8	5	1	1	130.2	180	92	77	6	83	26	3	0	1	633	82	2.013	12.4	0.4	5.7	1.8	0.31
1929	30	PHI	NL	15	14	.517	4.99	49	35	7	14	1	4	243.1	288	156	135	15	108	50	5	0	6	1112	104	1.627	10.7	0.6	4.0	1.8	0.46
1930	31	PHI	NL	4	17	.190	7.59	41	24	8	5	1	1	153.0	241	147	129	17	68	38	2	1	3	744	72	2.020	14.2	1.0	4.0	2.2	0.56
1931	32	SFR	AA	10	11	.476	3.57	28						159.0	191	85	63		46							1.491	10.8		2.6			SFR · PCL
1931	32	PIT	NL	0	2	.000	6.31	9	2	4	1	0	0	25.2	32	21	18	4	12	4	0	0	0	120	62	1.714	11.2	1.4	4.2	1.4	0.33
1932	33	LRK,SFR	A,AA	17	11	.607	3.93	35						213.0	215	110	93		59							1.286	9.1		2.5			LRK,SFR · SOUA,PCL
1933	34	LRK	A	13	20	.394	3.71	38						269.0	298	141	111		72							1.375	10.0		2.4			LRK · SOUA
1934	35	PIT-min	A	11	15	.423	3.92	43						225.0	219	114	98		41							1.156	8.8		1.6			LRK · SOUA
1935	36	CLE-min	A	9	15	.375	4.82	41						153.0	193	99	82		50							1.588	11.4		2.9			LRK,NOR · SOUA
1936	37	LAD-min	A	17	10	.630	3.07	34						214.0	210	95	73		62							1.271	8.8		2.6			DAV · WL
1937	38	LAD-min	A	5	1	.833	3.42	11						71.0	73	33	27		15							1.239	9.3		1.9			DAV · WL
7 Yrs				38	58	.396	5.84	219	102	59	33	4	9	841.1	1111	631	546	56	406	175	18	1	22	3940	81	1.803	11.9	0.6	4.3	1.9	0.43
162 Game Avg.				8	12	.396	5.84	46	22	12	7	1	2	178	235	134	116	12	86	37	4	0	5	835	81	1.803	11.9	0.6	4.3	1.9	0.43

PHI (6 yrs)				38	56	.404	5.83	210	100	55	32	4	9	815.2	1079	610	528	52	394	171	18	1	22	3820	82	1.806	11.9	0.6	4.3	1.9	0.43
PIT (1 yr)				0	2	.000	6.31	9	2	4	1	0	0	25.2	32	21	18	4	12	4	0	0	0	120	62	1.714	11.2	1.4	4.2	1.4	0.33

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
1925	26	PHI	NL	23.0	3	3	7	2.74	5.20	-0.41	0.00	108.5	6.09	9	0.9		-0.0	1.1	11	.808	.506	$
1926	27	PHI	NL	168.0	47	19	125	6.70	4.68	-0.56	0.00	110.6	5.79	-17	-1.7	1.0	-0.1	-0.4	-1	.465	.490	$
1927	28	PHI	NL	97.2	35	6	83	7.65	4.63	-0.45	0.00	100.4	5.10	-28	-2.6	1.0	-0.1	-1.9	-18	.424	.484	$
1928	29	PHI	NL	130.2	35	13	92	6.34	4.90	-0.35	0.00	110.3	5.80	-8	-0.7	1.0	-0.1	0.2	5	.479	.495	$
1929	30	PHI	NL	243.1	49	35	156	5.77	5.42	-0.31	0.00	107.6	6.16	10	0.9	1.0	-0.1	2.7	39	.519	.506	$
1930	31	PHI	NL	153.0	41	24	147	8.65	5.85	-0.61	0.00	106.8	6.90	-29	-2.4	1.0	-0.1	-1.3	-11	.440	.485	$
1931	32	PIT	NL	25.2	9	2	21	7.36	4.86	0.22	0.00	100.0	4.64	-8	-0.7	1.0	-0.0	-0.5	-5	.418	.495	$
7 Seasons				841.1	219	102	631	6.75	5.16	-0.42	0.00	107.4	5.99	-70	-6.4	1.0	-0.4	-0.1	20	.471	.494	$

PHI (6 yrs)				815.2	210	100	610	6.73	5.16	-0.44	0.00	107.6	6.04	-63	-5.7	1.0	-0.4	0.4	25	.473	.494	$
PIT (1 yr)				25.2	9	2	21	7.36	4.86	0.22	0.00	100.0	4.64	-8	-0.7	1.0	-0.0	-0.5	-5	.418	.495	$

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	IP%
1925	26	PHI	NL	102	0.0%	5.9%	10.8%	2.0%	8%	80%
1926	27	PHI	NL	767	0.9%	4.8%	9.3%	2.7%	10%	81%
1927	28	PHI	NL	462	1.5%	3.0%	11.5%	1.7%	6%	81%
1928	29	PHI	NL	638	0.9%	4.1%	13.0%	3.1%	11%	79%
1929	30	PHI	NL	1112	1.4%	4.5%	9.7%	2.9%	11%	81%
1930	31	PHI	NL	744	2.3%	5.1%	9.1%	3.5%	11%	81%
1931	32	PIT	NL	120	3.3%	3.3%	10.0%	5.0%	19%	81%
7 Yrs				3945	1.4%	4.4%	10.3%	2.9%	10%	81%
MLB Averages					1.2%	7.5%	8.0%	3.3%	13%	80%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1925	26	2	1	.667	1.96	3	3	0	1	0	0	23.0	26	7	5	0	11	6	1	0	0	102	248	1.609	10.2	0.0	4.3	2.3	0.55	248
1926	27	10	13	.435	5.47	50	22	14	7	0	1	191.0	244	132	116	7	82	43	6	0	9	869	79	1.707	11.5	0.3	3.9	2.0	0.52	79
1927	28	13	20	.394	5.83	85	28	32	8	1	3	288.2	370	215	187	14	135	57	8	0	12	1331	72	1.749	11.5	0.4	4.2	1.8	0.42	72
1928	29	19	25	.432	5.67	120	41	40	13	2	4	419.1	550	307	264	20	218	83	11	0	13	1964	75	1.831	11.8	0.4	4.7	1.8	0.38	75
1929	30	34	39	.466	5.42	169	76	47	27	3	8	662.2	838	463	399	35	326	133	16	0	19	3076	85	1.757	11.4	0.5	4.4	1.8	0.41	85
1930	31	38	56	.404	5.83	210	100	55	32	4	9	815.2	1079	610	528	52	394	171	18	1	22	3820	82	1.806	11.9	0.6	4.3	1.9	0.43	82
1931	32	38	58	.396	5.84	219	102	59	33	4	9	841.1	1111	631	546	56	406	175	18	1	22	3940	81	1.803	11.9	0.6	4.3	1.9	0.43	81

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1925	26	2	0	1.000	1.50	24.0	24	4	4	0	10	6	1	1.417	9.0	3.8	2.3	0.60	0.0	3
1926	27	7	12	.368	5.34	172.0	213	113	102	7	69	38	5	1.640	11.1	3.6	2.0	0.55	0.4	47
1927	28	3	8	.273	6.48	100.0	130	80	72	7	55	14	2	1.850	11.7	5.0	1.3	0.25	0.6	35
1928	29	6	9	.400	4.67	135.0	176	78	70	6	81	27	3	1.904	11.7	5.4	1.8	0.33	0.4	35
1929	30	16	13	.552	3.59	268.0	263	119	107	14	99	55	5	1.351	8.8	3.3	1.8	0.56	0.5	49
1930	31	7	11	.389	5.09	168.0	212	106	95	15	60	42	2	1.619	11.4	3.2	2.3	0.70	0.8	41
1931	32	1	1	.500	6.58	26.0	34	21	19	4	13	4	0	1.808	11.8	4.5	1.4	0.31	1.4	9
7 Yrs		42	54	.438	4.73	893.0	1052	521	469	53	387	186	18	1.611	10.6		1.9	0.48	0.5	219

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Wins s c a p y 1929 NL 15 (10th)	Games Played s c a p y 1926 NL 47 (2nd) 1929 NL 49 (2nd) 1930 NL 41 (10th)	Saves s c a p y 1929 NL 4 (7th)	Innings Pitched s c a p y 1929 NL 243.3 (7th)
Games Started s c a p y 1929 NL 35 (2nd)	Bases on Balls s c a p y 1928 NL 83 (10th) 1929 NL 108 (1st)	Hits s c a p y 1929 NL 288 (2nd)	Losses s c a p y 1929 NL 14 (9th) 1930 NL 17 (3rd)
Earned Runs s c a p y 1926 NL 111 (1st) 1929 NL 135 (2nd) 1930 NL 129 (6th)	Wild Pitches s c a p y 1926 NL 9 (1st) 1929 NL 6 (3rd)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1929 NL 5 (9th)	Batters Faced s c a p y 1929 NL 1,112 (7th)
Games Finished s c a p y 1926 NL 14 (8th) 1927 NL 18 (3rd)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 14 (1286), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 2 (1697), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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