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Jim Willoughby
James Arthur Willoughby

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

Born: January 31, 1949 in Salinas, CA
High School: Gustine (Gustine, CA)
Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 11th round of the 1967 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 5, 1971
Final Game: September 28, 1978
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Jim Willoughby
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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
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	38	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	82	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	82	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	117	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	140	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	100	1.221	9.2	0.6	1.8	3.5	1.89
8 Seasons				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	94	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	100	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	94	1.292	9.5	1.3	2.2	4.1	1.89

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
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*

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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
8 Seasons				238	2306	2088	266	558	84	12	57	53	18	145	250	.267	.319	.401	.720	.279	837	59	21	35	17	29
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
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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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
1971	22	SFG	NL	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	37	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	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%	45	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%	43	48	35	13	3	2	1	3.1	4.5	5.2
4 Seasons				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

Reliever Pitching*

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1971	22	SFG	NL	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		8	0.840	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	0.906	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	0.774	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	1.100	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	1.615	24	6	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	1.089	7	10	13	11	4	16	16	15	13	10	19	6	5.3
1978	29	CHW	AL	59	59	47	1	6	14	13	2	93%	18	3	69	19	28%	8	1.044	24	9	22	28	4	27	39	20	31	16	34	15	4.7
7 Seasons				227	210	134	16	25	41	34	8	83%	51	9	219	63	29%		1.114	73	40	90	69	24	117	128	82	119	48	132	44	5.3

Ratio Pitching*

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1971	22	SFG	NL	21	43%	0.0%	14.3%	4.8%	9.5%	25%	2.00	81%	1	0	0%
1972	23	SFG	NL	349	37%	2.3%	11.5%	4.0%	4.0%	19%	1.65	80%	48	5	10%
1973	24	SFG	NL	518	43%	4.1%	11.6%	7.1%	8.3%	31%	1.58	76%	104	20	19%
1974	25	SFG	NL	181	38%	3.9%	6.6%	5.0%	8.3%	29%	1.63	82%	34	2	6%
1975	26	BOS	AL	208	38%	2.9%	13.9%	7.7%	7.7%	35%	1.97	74%	38	2	5%
1976	27	BOS	AL	419	37%	1.0%	8.8%	7.4%	4.8%	21%	1.60	79%	84	12	14%
1977	28	BOS	AL	234	45%	2.1%	14.1%	7.7%	8.6%	37%	1.72	74%	37	4	11%
1978	29	CHW	AL	376	45%	1.6%	9.6%	5.1%	6.1%	24%	1.69	81%	91	14	15%
8 Seasons				2306	41%	2.5%	10.8%	6.3%	6.6%	27%	1.66	78%	437	59	14%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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					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	1	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	1	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	1	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	4	0	4	0
8 Seasons				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	8	0	46	0
MLB Averages

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	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	1	21	38	2.250	18.0	0.0	2.3	6.8	3.00	38
1972	23	6	5	.545	2.65	13	12	1	7	0	0	91.2	80	29	27	8	15	4	43	2	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	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	6	1069	94	1.292	9.5	1.3	2.2	4.1	1.89	94
1975	26	16	16	.500	3.88	94	28	31	8	1	9	303.2	315	155	131	42	77	12	144	7	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	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	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	14	2306	103	1.277	9.1	0.9	2.4	4.1	1.72	103

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
1971	22	0	0		9.00	4.0	8	4	4	0	1	3	0	2.250	18.0	2.3	6.8	3.00	0.0	2
1972	23	6	3	.667	2.73	89.0	81	30	27	9	16	41	2	1.090	8.2	1.6	4.1	2.56	0.9	11
1973	24	4	8	.333	5.18	113.0	138	72	65	21	37	55	3	1.549	11.0	2.9	4.4	1.49	1.7	39
1974	25	2	2	.500	4.72	40.0	52	23	21	7	9	12	0	1.525	11.7	2.0	2.7	1.33	1.6	18
1975	26	3	2	.600	3.56	48.0	47	21	19	6	16	29	2	1.313	8.8	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	2	3	.400	4.67	54.0	53	31	28	5	18	33	2	1.315	8.8	3.0	5.5	1.83	0.8	31
1978	29	4	5	.444	4.66	85.0	98	49	44	6	20	33	4	1.388	10.4	2.1	3.5	1.65	0.6	59
8 Seasons		27	27	.500	4.11	528.0	574	267	241	58	149	242	21	1.369	9.8		4.1	1.62	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

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Gray Ink Pitching - 8 (1321), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Hall of Fame Monitor Pitching - 4 (1345), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Hall of Fame Standards Pitching - 8 (996), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Gray Ink	Pitching - 8 (1321), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 4 (1345), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 8 (996), Average HOFer ≈ 50