Willie Cornelius

Positions: Pitcher, Rightfielder and Leftfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-8, 180lb (173cm, 81kg)

Born: September 3, 1906 in Atlanta, GA us

Died: October 30, 1989 in Chicago, IL

Buried: Burr Oak Cemetery, Alsip, IL

School: Clark Atlanta University (Atlanta, GA)

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1930 season

Full Name: William McKinley Cornelius

Nicknames: Sug

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4x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

9.1

ERA

4.24

164

114

923.0

482

WHIP

1.408

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1929	22	-3.8	Nashville	BLK	Non		1	2	.333	9.50	10.50	5	2	0	1	0	0	18.0	27	21	19	0	12		5	0		0	0	2.167	13.5	0.0	6.0	2.5	0.42
1929	22	-4.7	MRS	NNL	Maj	MRS	3	3	.500	3.07	4.83	6	4		4	0	0	41.0	49	22	14		10		30	2		5		1.439	10.8		2.2	6.6	3.00
1930	23		2 Teams	NNL	Maj	BBB-MRS	7	10	.412	5.87	6.63	27	17		7	2	0	130.1	131	96	85		69		68	1		4		1.535	9.0		4.8	4.7	0.99
1930	23	-3.6	MRS	NNL	Maj	MRS	4	6	.400	7.10	7.93	16	10		2	1	0	64.2	68	57	51		34		40	1		2		1.577	9.5		4.7	5.6	1.18
1930	23	-3.6	BBB	NNL	Maj	BBB	3	4	.429	4.66	5.35	11	7		5	1	0	65.2	63	39	34		35		28	0		2		1.492	8.6		4.8	3.8	0.80

1933	26	-1.8	CAG	NN2	Maj	CAG	6	6	.500	5.02	6.39	15	13		9	0	0	98.2	109	70	55	4	40		49	3		1	439	1.510	9.9	0.4	3.6	4.5	1.23
1934	27	-1.2	CAG	NN2	Maj	CAG	4	6	.400	4.97	6.16	13	10		6	0	0	76.0	91	52	42	4	26		35	1		1	339	1.539	10.8	0.5	3.1	4.1	1.35
1935	28	-0.4	CAG	NN2	Maj	CAG	4	5	.444	5.34	7.32	11	8		2	0	0	59.0	78	48	35	4	34		39	0		0	285	1.898	11.9	0.6	5.2	5.9	1.15
1936	29	1.6	Chicago	BLK	Non		2	3	.400	6.45	7.66	7	6	0	3	0	0	44.2	61	38	32	1	14		23	2		0	212	1.679	12.3	0.2	2.8	4.6	1.64
1937	30	2.6	CAG	NAL	Maj	CAG	5	4	.556	2.88	4.02	17	12	5	6	1	1	103.0	82	46	33	4	35	0	66	3	0	2	424	1.136	7.2	0.3	3.1	5.8	1.89
1938	31	4.3	CAG	NAL	Maj	CAG	9	1	.900	2.12	3.09	20	8	8	8	0	3	102.0	84	35	24	2	30		77	5		1	423	1.118	7.4	0.2	2.6	6.8	2.57
1939	32	5.1	CAG	NAL	Maj	CAG	4	8	.333	4.15	5.26	14	9		3	0	0	89.0	86	52	41		25		45	0				1.247	8.7		2.5	4.6	1.80
1940	33	3.7	Santa Rosa	MEX	Ind		7	9	.438	5.04	5.69	27	15		6	0		125.0	153	79	70		79		67	4			597	1.856	11.0		5.7	4.8	0.85
1940	33	7.5	CAG	NAL	Maj	CAG	1	0	1.000	0.00	0.00	1	1	0	1	1	0	7.0	4	0	0	0	1	0	7	0	0	0	27	0.714	5.1	0.0	1.3	9.0	7.00
1941	34	6.1	CAG	NAL	Maj	CAG	0	7	.000	3.02	4.29	9	9	0	3	0	0	56.2	49	27	19	1	21	1	20	4	0	0	243	1.235	7.8	0.2	3.3	3.2	0.95
1942	35		3 Teams	NAL	Maj	CAG-CCB-JRC	2	4	.333	5.04	6.53	8	6		1	0	0	30.1	40	22	17		11		9	0		0		1.681	11.9		3.3	2.7	0.82
1942	35	5.5	CAG	NAL	Maj	CAG	2	3	.400	4.70	6.26	6	5		1	0	0	23.0	31	16	12		6		9	0		0		1.609	12.1		2.3	3.5	1.50
1942	35	5.5	CCB	NAL	Maj	CCB	0	1	.000	6.14	7.36	2	1		0	0	0	7.1	9	6	5		5		0	0		0		1.909	11.0		6.1	0.0	0.00
1942	35	5.5	JRC	NAL	Maj	JRC	0	0				0	0		0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0		0		0	0		0
1943	36	5.0	CAG	NAL	Maj	CAG	4	4	.500	3.92	5.08	10	10		6	0	0	62.0	65	35	27	1	22		11	3		0	273	1.403	9.4	0.1	3.2	1.6	0.50

1945	38	8.0	CAG	NAL	Maj	CAG	3	2	.600	6.75	9.41	10	7	1	3	0	0	50.2	71	53	38	1	13	0	17	1	0	0	240	1.658	12.6	0.2	2.3	3.0	1.31
1946	39	9.5	CAG	NAL	Maj	CAG	0	0		2.60	4.67	3	0	3	0	0	0	17.1	15	9	5	0	9	0	9	4	0	3	79	1.385	7.8	0.0	4.7	4.7	1.00
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (14 seasons)					Majors		52	60	.464	4.24	5.53	164	114	17	59	4	4	923.0	954	567	435	21	346	1	482	27	0	17	2772	1.408	9.3		3.4	4.7	1.39
Black Baseball (2 seasons)					Black Baseball		3	5	.375	7.32	8.47	12	8	0	4	0	0	62.2	88	59	51	1	26		28	2		0	212	1.819	12.6	0.1	3.7	4.0	1.08
Foreign (1 season)					Foreign		7	9	.438	5.04	5.69	27	15		6	0		125.0	153	79	70		79		67	4			597	1.856	11.0		5.7	4.8	0.85
All Levels (15 Seasons)							62	74	.456	4.51	5.71	203	137	17	69	4	4	1110.2	1195	705	556	22	451	1	577	33	0	17	3581	1.482	9.7		3.7	4.7	1.28