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Les Willis
Lester Evans Willis (Wimpy or Lefty)

Bats Left, Throws Left
Weight 195 lb.

Debut April 28, 1947
Final Game August 23, 1947
Born January 17, 1908 in Nacogdoches, TX
Died January 22, 1982 in Jasper, TX

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Pitching  Glossary / 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 39 CLE AL   0   2  22   2   0   0  13  1   44.0   58   26   17   3   24   10   0   1   207       0  3.48  3.48  100 1.864
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  1 Yr WL  .000   0   2  22   2   0   0  13  1   44.0   58   26   17   3   24   10   0   1   207       0  3.48  3.48  100 1.864
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     0   5  62   5   0   0  36  2  124.7  164   73   48   8   68   28   0   2   586   0   0  3.48  3.48  100 1.864

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / 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 39 CLE AL  22   11    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .091  .091  .091  -49    1   1           0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1 Season        22   11    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .091  .091  .091  -49    1   1   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg         81    0    7   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   7  .091  .091  .091  -49    7   7   0   0   0   0
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1947 39 CLE AL   12   11    0   0.0    94| .091  .259| .091  .338| .091  .372| .182  .711| -49  .000  -2.2  -0.2   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1 Season         12   11    0   0.0    94| .091  .259| .091  .338| .091  .372| .182  .711| -49  .000  -2.2  -0.2   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1947 39 CLE AL P 22 2 4 0 1 1.000 .952 0.27 0.95 1.23 1.92 2 44.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1947 39 CLE AL P 22 2 4 0 1 1.000 .952 0.27 0.95 1.23 1.92 2 44.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 22 2 4 0 1 1.000 .952 0.27 0.95 1.23 1.92 2 44.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 22 2 4 0 1 1.000 .952 0.27 0.95 1.23 1.92 2 44
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.

Oldest Player
1947 AL-39-10

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.


Transactions 

November 1, 1946: Drafted by the Cleveland Indians from the Memphis (Southern Association) in the 1946 rule 5 draft.


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