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Willie Ramsdell
James Willard Ramsdell (Willie the Knuck)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 10", Weight 180 lb.

Debut September 24, 1947
Final Game July 15, 1952
Born April 4, 1916 in Williamsburg, KS
Died October 8, 1969 in Wichita, KS

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Pitching  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1947 31 BRO NL   1   1   2   0   0   0   1  0    2.7    4    6    2   0    3    3   1   0    17       0  6.75  4.15   61 2.625
 1948 32 BRO NL   4   4  27   1   0   0  14  4   50.3   48   35   29   6   41   34   3   2   241       0  5.19  3.99   77 1.768
 1950 34 TOT NL   8  14  32  22   8   1   7  1  163.7  158   80   67  17   77   85   3   6   699       0  3.68  4.22  115 1.436
         BRO NL   1   2   5   0   0   0   5  1    6.3    7    3    2   0    2    2   1   1    27       0  2.84  4.10  144 1.421
         CIN NL   7  12  27  22   8   1   2  0  157.3  151   77   65  17   75   83   2   5   672       0  3.72  4.22  114 1.436
 1951 35 CIN NL   9  17  31  31  10   1   0  0  196.0  204  103   88  18   70   88   8   9   857       1  4.04  4.08  101 1.398
 1952 36 CHC NL   2   3  19   4   0   0   8  0   67.0   41   22   18   5   24   30   5   2   271       0  2.42  3.84  159 0.970
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  5 Yr WL% .381  24  39 111  58  18   2  30  5  479.7  455  246  204  46  215  240  20  19  2085       1  3.83  4.08  107 1.397
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     9  15  44  23   7   0  12  2  193.0  183   98   82  18   86   96   8   7   838   0   0  3.83  4.08  107 1.397
 Career High      9  17  32  31  10   1  14  4  196.0  204  103   88  18   77   88   8   9   857   0   1  2.42  4.22  159 0.970

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1947 31 BRO NL   2    1    0    1   0  0   0    1   0      0   0 1.000 1.000 1.000  424    1   0           0   0
 1948 32 BRO NL  27   11    0    1   0  0   0    0   0      0   4  .091  .091  .091  -51    1   0           0   0
 1950 34 TOT NL  32   53    1   10   0  0   0    2   0      5   9  .189  .259  .189   20   10   6           0   0
         BRO NL   5    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0   0
         CIN NL  27   50    1   10   0  0   0    2   0      5   8  .200  .273  .200   27   10   6           0   0
 1951 35 CIN NL  31   58    4    9   1  0   0    1   0  0   2  15  .155  .183  .172   -5   10   5           0   2
 1952 36 CHC NL  19   18    0    1   1  0   0    0   0  0   1   7  .056  .105  .111  -40    2   0           0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 5 Seasons      111  141    5   22   2  0   0    4   0  0   8  35  .156  .201  .170    0   24  11   0   0   0   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        206    7   32   3  0   0    6   0  0  12  51  .156  .201  .170    0   35  16   0   0   0   3
 Career High     32   58    4   10   1  0   0    2   0  0   5  15                          10   6   0   0   0   2
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1947 31 BRO NL    1    0    1         109|1.000  .279|1.000  .355|1.000  .413|2.000  .768| 424         0.5   0.0     
 1948 32 BRO NL   11   10    0   0.0   104| .091  .273| .091  .347| .091  .403| .182  .750| -51  .000  -2.4  -0.2     
 1950 34 TOT NL   64   49    3   1.6   108| .189  .270| .259  .347| .189  .418| .448  .765|  20  .126  -6.3  -0.6     
         BRO NL    3    3    0   0.0   110| .000  .272| .000  .349| .000  .422| .000  .771|-100  .000  -0.9  -0.1     
         CIN NL   61   46    3   1.7   108| .200  .270| .273  .346| .200  .418| .473  .764|  27  .138  -5.4  -0.5     
 1951 35 CIN NL   65   56    2   1.0   105| .155  .270| .183  .344| .172  .409| .355  .753|  -5  .055  -8.8  -0.9   0%
 1952 36 CHC NL   19   17    0   0.0    98| .056  .263| .105  .336| .111  .391| .216  .727| -40  .000  -3.5  -0.4   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 5 Seasons       160  132    6   1.2   105| .156  .269| .201  .344| .170  .410| .371  .754|   0  .082 -20.4  -2.1     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1947 31 BRO NL P 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 1.00 0.90 6.67 2.00 0 2.7 1948 32 BRO NL P 27 4 13 0 0 1.000 .960 0.63 0.91 3.04 2.11 1 50.3 1950 34 TOT NL P 32 8 24 1 0 .970 .961 1.00 0.97 1.76 2.12 22 163.6 BRO NL P 5 1 2 0 0 1.000 .968 0.60 0.96 4.29 2.14 0 6.3 CIN NL P 27 7 22 1 0 .967 .960 1.07 0.97 1.66 2.12 22 157.3 1951 35 CIN NL P 31 7 29 3 3 .923 .963 1.16 0.96 1.65 2.14 31 196.0 1952 36 CHC NL P 19 6 10 4 1 .800 .952 0.84 0.98 2.15 2.18 4 67.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1947 31 BRO NL P 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 1.00 0.90 6.67 2.00 0 2.7 1948 32 BRO NL P 27 4 13 0 0 1.000 .960 0.63 0.91 3.04 2.11 1 50.3 1950 34 TOT NL P 32 8 24 1 0 .970 .961 1.00 0.97 1.76 2.12 22 163.6 BRO NL P 5 1 2 0 0 1.000 .968 0.60 0.96 4.29 2.14 0 6.3 CIN NL P 27 7 22 1 0 .967 .960 1.07 0.97 1.66 2.12 22 157.3 1951 35 CIN NL P 31 7 29 3 3 .923 .963 1.16 0.96 1.65 2.14 31 196.0 1952 36 CHC NL P 19 6 10 4 1 .800 .952 0.84 0.98 2.15 2.18 4 67.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 111 26 77 8 4 .928 .960 0.93 0.95 1.93 2.14 58 479.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 111 26 77 8 4 .928 .960 0.93 0.95 1.93 2.13 58 480
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Strikeouts/9IP
1950 NL-4.67-8

Saves
1948 NL-4-7

Losses
1951 NL-17-1

Wild Pitches
1950 NL-6-5
1951 NL-9-1

Hit Batsmen
1951 NL-8-3

Gray Ink: Pitching - 3 (2082) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

Before 1941 Season: Obtained by the Brooklyn Dodgers from the Big Springs (West Texas-New Mexico) as part of a minor league working agreement.

May 10, 1950: Purchased by the Cincinnati Reds from the Brooklyn Dodgers.

January 3, 1952: Traded by the Cincinnati Reds to the Chicago Cubs for Frank Hiller.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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