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Jim Willoughby

James Arthur Willoughby

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

Born: January 31, 1949 in Salinas, CA
High School: Gustine HS (Gustine, CA)
Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 11th round of the 1967 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 5, 1971
Teams (by GP): RedSox/Giants/WhiteSox 1971-1978

Final Game: September 28, 1978
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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
1971 22 SFG NL 0 1 .000 9.00 2 1 1 0 0 0 4.0 8 4 4 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 21 42 2.250 18.0 0.0 2.3 6.8 3.00
1972 23 SFG NL 6 4 .600 2.36 11 11 0 7 0 0 87.2 72 25 23 8 14 4 40 2 0 2 349 149 0.981 7.4 0.8 1.4 4.1 2.86
1973 24 SFG NL 4 5 .444 4.68 39 12 10 1 1 1 123.0 138 74 64 21 37 4 60 3 0 3 518 83 1.423 10.1 1.5 2.7 4.4 1.62
1974 25 SFG NL 1 4 .200 4.65 18 4 5 0 0 0 40.2 51 27 21 7 9 1 12 0 0 0 181 83 1.475 11.3 1.5 2.0 2.7 1.33
1975 26 BOS AL 5 2 .714 3.54 24 0 15 0 0 8 48.1 46 25 19 6 16 3 29 2 0 2 208 118 1.283 8.6 1.1 3.0 5.4 1.81
1976 27 BOS AL 3 12 .200 2.82 54 0 40 0 0 10 99.0 94 38 31 4 31 12 37 8 0 3 419 141 1.263 8.5 0.4 2.8 3.4 1.19
1977 28 BOS AL 6 2 .750 4.94 31 0 16 0 0 2 54.2 54 32 30 5 18 3 33 2 0 2 234 92 1.317 8.9 0.8 3.0 5.4 1.83
1978 29 CHW AL 1 6 .143 3.86 59 0 47 0 0 13 93.1 95 41 40 6 19 2 36 4 0 1 376 99 1.221 9.2 0.6 1.8 3.5 1.89
8 Yrs 26 36 .419 3.79 238 28 134 8 1 34 550.2 558 266 232 57 145 29 250 21 0 14 2306 103 1.277 9.1 0.9 2.4 4.1 1.72
162 Game Avg. 7 9 .419 3.79 61 7 34 2 0 9 141 143 68 59 15 37 7 64 5 0 4 590 103 1.277 9.1 0.9 2.4 4.1 1.72
SFG (4 yrs) 11 14 .440 3.95 70 28 16 8 1 1 255.1 269 130 112 36 61 9 115 5 0 6 1069 95 1.292 9.5 1.3 2.2 4.1 1.89
BOS (3 yrs) 14 16 .467 3.56 109 0 71 0 0 20 202.0 194 95 80 15 65 18 99 12 0 7 861 117 1.282 8.6 0.7 2.9 4.4 1.52
CHW (1 yr) 1 6 .143 3.86 59 0 47 0 0 13 93.1 95 41 40 6 19 2 36 4 0 1 376 99 1.221 9.2 0.6 1.8 3.5 1.89
AL (4 yrs) 15 22 .405 3.66 168 0 118 0 0 33 295.1 289 136 120 21 84 20 135 16 0 8 1237 111 1.263 8.8 0.6 2.6 4.1 1.61
NL (4 yrs) 11 14 .440 3.95 70 28 16 8 1 1 255.1 269 130 112 36 61 9 115 5 0 6 1069 95 1.292 9.5 1.3 2.2 4.1 1.89

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
1971 22 SFG NL 4.0 2 1 4 9.00 3.86 -0.01 0.00 95.1 3.69 -2 -0.2 .0 0.0 -0.2 -2 .377 .498 $
1972 23 SFG NL 87.2 11 11 25 2.57 4.11 -0.03 0.06 101.9 4.28 16 2.0 -0.1 2.6 24 .684 .512 $
1973 24 SFG NL 123.0 39 12 74 5.41 4.21 -0.05 -0.08 103.1 4.31 -15 -1.6 .8 -0.0 -0.7 -4 .458 .490 $
1974 25 SFG NL 40.2 18 4 27 5.98 4.11 -0.02 -0.10 101.6 4.10 -9 -0.9 .5 0.1 -0.5 -5 .449 .494 $
1975 26 BOS AL 48.1 24 0 25 4.66 4.25 0.41 -0.35 111.2 3.88 -4 -0.4 1.5 -0.2 -0.2 1 .482 .497 $35,000
1976 27 BOS AL 99.0 54 0 38 3.45 3.98 0.14 -0.33 113.1 3.97 6 0.7 1.6 0.0 1.6 15 .513 .504 $
1977 28 BOS AL 54.2 31 0 32 5.27 4.41 0.12 -0.36 113.0 4.44 -5 -0.5 1.1 -0.1 -0.1 1 .483 .497 $
1978 29 CHW AL 93.1 59 0 41 3.95 4.28 -0.06 -0.35 101.3 4.04 1 0.1 1.5 -0.1 0.9 11 .502 .501 $
8 Seasons 550.2 238 28 266 4.35 4.18 0.04 -0.20 105.9 4.15 -13 -0.9 1.3 -0.4 3.4 41 .496 .499 $35,000
SFG (4 yrs) 255.1 70 28 130 4.58 4.15 -0.04 -0.03 102.3 4.26 -11 -0.8 .7 0.0 1.2 13 .489 .499 $
BOS (3 yrs) 202.0 109 0 95 4.23 4.16 0.20 -0.34 112.6 4.08 -3 -0.3 1.4 -0.3 1.3 17 .497 .499 $35,000
CHW (1 yr) 93.1 59 0 41 3.95 4.28 -0.06 -0.35 101.3 4.04 1 0.1 1.5 -0.1 0.9 11 .502 .501 $

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
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
1975 26 BOS AL WS L CIN 0 1 .000 0.00 3 0 0 0 0 0 6.1 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 22 0.474 4.3 0.0 0.0 2.8
1 WS 0 1 .000 0.00 3 0 0 0 0 0 6.1 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 22 0.474 4.3 0.0 0.0 2.8

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE
1971 22 SFG NL 2 21 20 4 8 1 1 0 1 0 1 3 .400 .429 .550 .979 .471 11 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 23 SFG NL 11 349 324 25 72 4 2 8 6 1 14 40 .222 .257 .321 .578 .230 104 5 2 7 2 4 6
1973 24 SFG NL 39 518 468 74 138 20 2 21 12 7 37 60 .295 .347 .481 .828 .298 225 20 3 5 5 4 4
1974 25 SFG NL 18 181 168 27 51 8 0 7 5 2 9 12 .304 .339 .476 .815 .295 80 2 0 4 0 1 5
1975 26 BOS AL 24 208 186 25 46 10 0 6 5 3 16 29 .247 .311 .398 .709 .261 74 2 2 2 2 3 4
1976 27 BOS AL 54 419 367 38 94 15 1 4 8 3 31 37 .256 .324 .335 .659 .272 123 12 8 8 5 12 8
1977 28 BOS AL 31 234 209 32 54 12 3 5 4 1 18 33 .258 .320 .416 .737 .283 87 4 2 3 2 3 3
1978 29 CHW AL 59 376 346 41 95 14 3 6 12 1 19 36 .275 .319 .384 .703 .292 133 14 4 6 1 2 1
8 Yrs 238 2306 2088 266 558 84 12 57 53 18 145 250 .267 .319 .401 .720 .279 837 59 21 35 17 29 31
162 Game Avg. 61 590 534 68 143 21 3 15 14 5 37 64 .267 .319 .401 .720 .279 214 15 5 9 4 7 8
MLB Averages .255 .322 .373 .695 .280

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1971 22 SFG NL -2.1 -0.2 23 -0.3 0.2 -0.5 .87 -0.2 -0.1 -2.7 -0.3 0.87 -2.4 0 0 1
1972 23 SFG NL 11.7 1.4 360 1.6 6.6 -5.0 1.09 1.2 0.3 12.8 1.5 1.09 10.3 0 0 0
1973 24 SFG NL -11.3 -1.2 541 -1.9 7.7 -9.6 .89 -1.7 -0.5 -12.8 -1.3 0.89 -11.7 5 6 15
1974 25 SFG NL -4.7 -0.5 189 -0.4 2.4 -2.8 .76 -0.5 -0.1 -8.9 -0.9 0.76 -6.0 1 2 11
1975 26 BOS AL 1.7 0.2 217 0.6 4.2 -3.5 1.06 0.4 0.2 -2.7 -0.3 1.06 1.3 12 7 5
1976 27 BOS AL 10.1 1.1 434 -0.1 11.1 -11.2 1.56 0.8 -0.9 10.1 1.0 1.56 8.4 23 7 23
1977 28 BOS AL -1.3 -0.1 242 0.9 5.0 -4.2 1.08 0.1 0.7 0.4 0.0 1.08 2.8 7 10 13
1978 29 CHW AL 1.8 0.2 394 -1.1 6.5 -7.6 1.00 0.2 -1.3 2.2 0.2 1.00 6.2 24 7 24
8 Yrs 6.0 0.8 2400 -0.7 43.6 -44.4 1.08 0.3 -1.0 -1.6 0.1 1.08 8.8 72 39 92

Starting Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1971 22 SFG NL 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 37.0 37 37 1 0 0 1 3.0 6.0 3.0
1972 23 SFG NL 11 11 6 4 1 1 4 7 4 .636 0 2 7 0 9 82% 62.3 80 32 0 0 0 6 3.8 3.9 8.0
1973 24 SFG NL 39 12 3 3 6 1 1 8 4 .667 1 3 1 1 4 33% 44.8 84 23 12 4 5 5 4.5 4.6 5.7
1974 25 SFG NL 18 4 1 3 0 1 1 1 3 .250 0 0 0 0 1 25% 42.5 48 35 13 3 2 1 3.1 4.5 5.2
4 Yrs 70 28 10 11 7 3 6 16 12 .571 1 5 8 1 14 50% 51 84 23 26 7 7 13 4.0 4.2 6.4
MLB Averages .500 55% 52 109 -13 4.1 4.1 6.5

Reliever Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1971 22 SFG NL 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .872 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0
1973 24 SFG NL 39 27 10 1 2 1 1 0 100% 1 0 29 8 28% 6 .889 5 6 15 1 3 23 16 11 18 4 19 5 6.0
1974 25 SFG NL 18 14 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 3 43% 6 .756 1 2 11 1 1 12 3 11 5 4 7 1 4.3
1975 26 BOS AL 24 24 15 5 2 9 8 1 89% 9 0 33 9 27% 7 1.063 12 7 5 9 3 12 21 3 17 5 18 4 6.0
1976 27 BOS AL 54 54 40 3 12 13 10 3 77% 17 4 57 17 30% 7 1.559 23 7 23 19 9 26 33 21 35 9 35 13 5.5
1977 28 BOS AL 31 31 16 6 2 4 2 2 50% 6 2 24 7 29% 8 1.077 7 10 13 11 4 16 16 15 13 10 19 6 5.3
1978 29 CHW AL 59 59 47 1 6 15 13 2 87% 19 3 69 19 28% 8 1.000 24 7 24 28 4 27 39 20 31 16 34 15 4.7
7 Yrs 227 210 134 16 25 42 34 8 81% 52 9 219 63 29% 1.082 72 39 92 69 24 117 128 82 119 48 132 44 5.3

Ratio Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1971 22 SFG NL 21 57% 0.0% 14.3% 4.8% 9.5% 25% 2.00 81% 1 0 0%
1972 23 SFG NL 349 63% 2.3% 11.5% 4.0% 4.0% 19% 1.65 80% 48 5 10%
1973 24 SFG NL 518 57% 4.1% 11.6% 7.1% 8.3% 31% 1.58 76% 104 20 19%
1974 25 SFG NL 181 62% 3.9% 6.6% 5.0% 8.3% 29% 1.77 82% 34 2 6%
1975 26 BOS AL 208 63% 2.9% 13.9% 7.7% 7.7% 35% 1.97 74% 38 2 5%
1976 27 BOS AL 419 63% 1.0% 8.8% 7.4% 4.8% 21% 1.60 79% 84 12 14%
1977 28 BOS AL 234 55% 2.1% 14.1% 7.7% 8.6% 37% 1.72 74% 37 4 11%
1978 29 CHW AL 376 55% 1.6% 9.6% 5.1% 6.1% 24% 1.69 81% 91 14 15%
8 Yrs 2306 59% 2.5% 10.8% 6.3% 6.6% 27% 1.67 78% 437 59 14%
MLB Averages 45% 1.9% 13.4% 8.6% 6.1% 27% 1.10 74% 11%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1971 22 SFG NL 21 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1972 23 SFG NL 349 72 8 0 3 6 2 3 5 10 8 1 80% 6 2 0 115 6 1 86% 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 0
1973 24 SFG NL 518 138 21 1 15 10 11 10 11 27 15 3 56% 4 3 0 200 12 7 63% 12 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 14 0
1974 25 SFG NL 181 51 7 1 4 6 1 4 3 8 3 2 38% 5 0 0 65 5 2 71% 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 26 BOS AL 208 46 6 0 12 4 2 5 1 19 12 1 63% 4 2 0 84 5 3 63% 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1976 27 BOS AL 419 94 4 0 22 3 1 3 1 28 14 1 50% 8 3 0 184 8 3 73% 8 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 12 0
1977 28 BOS AL 234 54 5 0 4 5 0 5 0 17 8 1 47% 3 2 0 85 4 1 80% 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1978 29 CHW AL 376 95 6 1 13 4 2 3 3 27 16 3 59% 1 1 0 160 12 1 92% 10 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 4 0
8 Yrs 2306 558 57 3 73 38 19 33 24 136 76 12 56% 31 14 0 901 53 18 75% 49 16 3 0 1 2 3 0 46 0
MLB Averages 51% 64%

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+
1971 22 0 1 .000 9.00 2 1 1 0 0 0 4.0 8 4 4 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 21 42 2.250 18.0 0.0 2.3 6.8 3.00 42
1972 23 6 5 .545 2.65 13 12 1 7 0 0 91.2 80 29 27 8 15 4 43 2 0 3 370 133 1.036 7.9 0.8 1.5 4.2 2.87 133
1973 24 10 10 .500 3.82 52 24 11 8 1 1 214.2 218 103 91 29 52 8 103 5 0 6 888 97 1.258 9.1 1.2 2.2 4.3 1.98 97
1974 25 11 14 .440 3.95 70 28 16 8 1 1 255.1 269 130 112 36 61 9 115 5 0 6 1069 95 1.292 9.5 1.3 2.2 4.1 1.89 95
1975 26 16 16 .500 3.88 94 28 31 8 1 9 303.2 315 155 131 42 77 12 144 7 0 8 1277 98 1.291 9.3 1.2 2.3 4.3 1.87 98
1976 27 19 28 .404 3.62 148 28 71 8 1 19 402.2 409 193 162 46 108 24 181 15 0 11 1696 106 1.284 9.1 1.0 2.4 4.0 1.68 106
1977 28 25 30 .455 3.78 179 28 87 8 1 21 457.1 463 225 192 51 126 27 214 17 0 13 1930 104 1.288 9.1 1.0 2.5 4.2 1.70 104
1978 29 26 36 .419 3.79 238 28 134 8 1 34 550.2 558 266 232 57 145 29 250 21 0 14 2306 103 1.277 9.1 0.9 2.4 4.1 1.72 103

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
1971 22 0 0 11.25 4.0 9 6 5 0 1 3 0 2.500 20.3 2.3 6.8 3.00 0.0 2
1972 23 6 3 .667 2.73 89.0 80 30 27 9 16 41 2 1.079 8.1 1.6 4.1 2.56 0.9 11
1973 24 4 8 .333 5.18 113.0 139 72 65 21 37 55 3 1.558 11.1 2.9 4.4 1.49 1.7 39
1974 25 2 2 .500 4.73 40.0 51 23 21 7 9 12 0 1.500 11.5 2.0 2.7 1.33 1.6 18
1975 26 3 2 .600 3.56 48.0 46 21 19 6 16 29 2 1.292 8.6 3.0 5.4 1.81 1.1 24
1976 27 6 4 .600 3.13 95.0 97 37 33 4 32 36 8 1.358 9.2 3.0 3.4 1.13 0.4 54
1977 28 3 3 .500 4.67 54.0 52 31 28 5 17 33 2 1.278 8.7 2.8 5.5 1.94 0.8 31
1978 29 4 5 .444 4.71 84.0 100 49 44 6 20 32 4 1.429 10.7 2.1 3.4 1.60 0.6 59
8 Yrs 28 27 .509 4.13 527.0 574 269 242 58 148 241 21 1.370 9.8 4.1 1.63 1.0 238

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Games Played s c a p y
1976 AL  54 (10th)
1978 AL  59 (5th)

Saves s c a p y
1976 AL  10 (8th)
1978 AL  13 (9th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1976 AL  8 (7th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1976 AL  40 (6th)
1978 AL  47 (3rd)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 8 (1621), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 4 (1410), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 8 (1020), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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