Vic Willis

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 185lb (188cm, 83kg)

Born: April 12, 1876 in Cecil County, MD us

Died: August 3, 1947 in Elkton, MD

Buried: St. John Cemetery, Newark, DE

High School: Newark Academy (Newark, DE)

School: University of Delaware (Newark, DE)

Debut: April 20, 1898 (Age 22-008d, 2,042nd in major league history)

Last Game: September 5, 1910 (Age 34-146d)
vs. PIT 6.1 IP, 11 H, 1 SO, 1 BB

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1995. (Voted by Veteran's Committee)
View Vic Willis's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1898 season

Full Name: Victor Gazaway Willis

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

63.2

249

205

ERA

2.63

513

471

3996.0

1651

WHIP

1.209

Many detailed statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by Retrosheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1912 to 1968 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary of data completeness) for some players prior to 1969 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Summary of 66 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

1 leading off, 2 walk-off, 0 tying, 3 go ahead, 63 lacking some details

3 Tms
BSN	51
PIT	9
STL	6

Platoon
vs RHB	40
vs LHB	26

Home/Road
Home	42
Away	24

Outs
Unk	53
1	6
0	5
2	2

9 Opps
PIT	14
BRO	11
STL	8
CIN	8
NYG	6
PHI	6
CHC	6
BSN	4
WHS	3

55 Batters
Bill Dahlen	3
Tom Daly	3
Fred Clarke	2
John Barry	2
Tommy Leach	2
John Hummel	2
Bones Ely	2
Monte Cross	2
Mike Donlin	2
Ed Delahanty	1
Frank Bowerman	1
Elmer Flick	1
Honus Wagner	1
Bill Sweeney	1
Kitty Bransfield	1
Rebel Oakes	1
Patsy Flaherty	1
Joe Tinker	1
Bill Bradley	1
Sam Mertes	1
Sherry Magee	1
Dick Padden	1
Bobby Wallace	1
Claude Elliott	1
Mike Mitchell	1
John Anderson	1
George Gibson	1
Bill Lange	1
Jimmy Ryan	1
Jake Beckley	1
Charlie Irwin	1
Mike Griffin	1
Joe Quinn	1
Fred Beck	1
Buck Herzog	1
Art Devlin	1
Harry Lumley	1
Jesse Burkett	1
Spike Shannon	1
Bill Richardson	1
Lefty Davis	1
Jack Doyle	1
Willie Clark	1
Cy Seymour	1
Doc Miller	1
Harry Steinfeldt	1
Sam Leever	1
Jimmy Sheckard	1
Frank Schulte	1
Hughie Jennings	1
Jake Gettman	1
Mike Kahoe	1
Ed Doheny	1
Red Murray	1
Dave Brain	1

10 Parks
South End (BOS)	35
Expo Pk (PIT)	7
Robison Fld (STL)	6
Forbes Fld (PIT)	4
Polo Grnds 4 (NYC)	4
Baker Bowl (PHI)	3
WashingtonPk (NYC)	2
Boundary Fld (WAS)	2
PalaceOFans (CIN)	2
WestSide Grd (CHI)	1

Where Hit

22 Inside the Park

2 Bounced

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	58
2·HR gms	4

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases

95 Runs

Inning
1	10
2	7
3	7
4	11
5	5
6	5
7	8
8	5
9	5
Extra	3

1-3	24
4-6	21
7-end	21

RelScore
Tied	2
-2	1
Unk	63

Tied	2
Behind	1
Unk	63

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
RF	11
CF	10
SS	10
2B	8
1B	7
LF	7
3B	6
P	4
C	3

OrderPos
Unk	18
4th	13
6th	9
2nd	7
3rd	6
5th	5
7th	3
1st	3
8th	2

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1898	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
1	1	1	1	1898-04-29	Jake Gettman	WHS		BSN		b 3		1		4
2	2	2	1	1898-05-03	Jack Doyle	WHS		BSN		b 6		1		3
3	3	3	1	1898-06-17	John Anderson	WHS	@	BSN		t 1		2	4	8
4	4	4	1	1898-09-23	Willie Clark	PIT	@	BSN		t 8		1		3
5	5	5	1	1898-09-28	Mike Griffin	BRO	@	BSN		t 1	0	1	1	8	Lead-Off
1899	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
6	6	1	1	1899-06-27	Bones Ely	PIT		BSN		b 9		1	6	6	IPHR
7	7	2	1	1899-07-11	Jimmy Ryan	CHC	@	BSN		t 4	0	1	1	7
8	8	3	1	1899-08-22	Tom Daly	BRO	@	BSN		t 5		1		4
9	9	4	1	1899-09-15	Frank Bowerman	PIT	@	BSN		t 2		2	8	2
10	10	5	2	1899-09-15	Bones Ely	PIT	@	BSN		t 6		1	7	4
11	11	6	1	1899-09-22 (2)	Bill Lange	CHC	@	BSN		t 7		1	3	8
1900	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
12	12	1	1	1900-04-19	Monte Cross	PHI	@	BSN		t 2		3		6
13	13	2	1	1900-06-06	Joe Quinn	STL	@	BSN		t 7		1	6	6
14	14	3	1	1900-06-19	Tom Daly	BRO	@	BSN		t 1		3	7	4
15	15	4	2	1900-06-19	Hughie Jennings	BRO	@	BSN		t 5		1	3	3
16	16	5	1	1900-07-24	Jesse Burkett	STL	@	BSN		t 1		2	2	7
17	17	6	2	1900-07-24	Bobby Wallace	STL	@	BSN		t 4		1	5	6
18	18	7	1	1900-08-13 (1)	Bill Bradley	CHC		BSN		b 9		1	6	5
19	19	8	1	1900-09-03 (1)	Honus Wagner	PIT	@	BSN	behind 5-7	t 9		3	4	9
20	20	9	1	1900-09-07	Mike Kahoe	CIN	@	BSN		t 5		1	8	2
21	21	10	1	1900-09-17 (2)	Sam Mertes	CHC	@	BSN		t 6		1	5	8
22	22	11	1	1900-09-22	Monte Cross	PHI	@	BSN		t 4		1		6
1901	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
23	23	1	1	1901-04-23	Elmer Flick	PHI		BSN		b 4		1	4	9
24	24	2	1	1901-05-07	Tom Daly	BRO	@	BSN		t 3		1		4
25	25	3	1	1901-06-28	Dick Padden	STL	@	BSN		t 1		2	4	4
26	26	4	1	1901-07-09	Fred Clarke	PIT		BSN		b 4		1	1	7	IPHR
27	27	5	1	1901-07-22	Ed Delahanty	PHI		BSN		b 4		1	4	7
28	28	6	1	1901-09-25	Bill Richardson	STL		BSN	tied 1-1	b 11	1	1	6	3	Walk-Off,IPHR
1902	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
29	29	1	1	1902-04-19 (2)	Bill Dahlen	BRO	@	BSN		t 6		2	4	6
30	30	2	1	1902-05-12	Fred Clarke	PIT		BSN		b 5		1	2	7	IPHR
31	31	3	1	1902-06-20	John Barry	PHI	@	BSN		t 1		2	2	9
32	32	4	1	1902-06-25	Charlie Irwin	BRO	@	BSN		t 2		1	6	5
33	33	5	1	1902-08-13 (1)	Tommy Leach	PIT	@	BSN		t 7		2		5
34	34	6	1	1902-08-26 (2)	Ed Doheny	PIT		BSN		b 7		2		1	IPHR
1903	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
35	35	1	1	1903-05-23	Harry Steinfeldt	CIN	@	BSN		t 8		1	3	5
36	36	2	1	1903-05-27	Kitty Bransfield	PIT	@	BSN		t 4		1		3
37	37	3	1	1903-09-12	Jake Beckley	CIN		BSN		b 1	1	3	4	3	IPHR
1904	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
38	38	1	1	1904-06-04	Dave Brain	STL	@	BSN		t 7		2	5	7
39	39	2	1	1904-06-08	Claude Elliott	CIN	@	BSN		t 3		1		1
40	40	3	1	1904-07-05	Harry Lumley	BRO	@	BSN		t 6		2		9	IPHR
41	41	4	1	1904-07-16	Spike Shannon	STL		BSN		b 2	2	2	2	9	IPHR
42	42	5	1	1904-08-11	Patsy Flaherty	PIT	@	BSN		t 7		1		1
43	43	6	1	1904-09-30 (1)	Sam Leever	PIT	@	BSN		t 3		2		1
44	44	7	1	1904-10-08 (1)	Sherry Magee	PHI		BSN	tied 2-2	b 11	1	1	3	9	Walk-Off,IPHR
1905	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
45	45	1	1	1905-04-25	Jimmy Sheckard	BRO		BSN		b 3		1		7
46	46	2	1	1905-05-08	Bill Dahlen	NYG		BSN		b 3		2	5	6	Bounced
47	47	3	2	1905-05-08	Art Devlin	NYG		BSN		b 3		1	6	5	IPHR
48	48	4	1	1905-06-03 (2)	Bill Dahlen	NYG	@	BSN		t 4		1	6	6
49	49	5	1	1905-08-24 (2)	George Gibson	PIT	@	BSN		t 10		1		2
50	50	6	1	1905-09-07 (2)	Mike Donlin	NYG		BSN		b 8		1	2	8	IPHR
51	51	7	1	1905-09-27	John Barry	CIN		BSN		b 9		2	2	3	IPHR
1907	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
52	52	1	1	1907-04-17	Frank Schulte	CHC	@	PIT		t 1	2	1	3	9	IPHR
53	53	2	1	1907-05-11	Cy Seymour	NYG		PIT		b 1		2		8
54	54	3	1	1907-06-25 (1)	Lefty Davis	CIN	@	PIT		t 8		1	4	8	IPHR
55	55	4	1	1907-08-16	John Hummel	BRO		PIT		b 1	1	3	4	4	IPHR
1908	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
56	56	1	1	1908-06-28 (1)	Red Murray	STL		PIT		b 4		1	3	8	IPHR
57	57	2	1	1908-08-24 (1)	Mike Donlin	NYG	@	PIT		t 8		2	4	9	IPHR
1909	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
58	58	1	1	1909-07-05 (2)	Mike Mitchell	CIN	@	PIT		t 9		1	5	9	Bounced
59	59	2	1	1909-07-27	Rebel Oakes	CIN	@	PIT		t 4	1	1	4	9	IPHR
60	60	3	1	1909-09-06 (2)	Joe Tinker	CHC	@	PIT		t 2	0	1	7	6
1910	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	R	BOP	Pos	Notes
61	61	1	1	1910-05-09	Buck Herzog	BSN	@	STL		t 2	0	1		5	IPHR
62	62	2	1	1910-06-18 (1)	Fred Beck	BSN		STL		b 7		2	6	8
63	63	3	1	1910-07-16 (2)	John Hummel	BRO	@	STL		t 7		1	4	4	IPHR
64	64	4	1	1910-08-16 (2)	Doc Miller	BSN		STL		b 4		1	4	9
65	65	5	1	1910-08-25	Bill Sweeney	BSN	@	STL		t 5	0	1	6	6	IPHR
66	66	6	1	1910-09-05 (2)	Tommy Leach	PIT		STL		b 2	1	3	2	8	IPHR

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1 leading off, 2 walk-off, 0 tying, 3 go ahead, 63 lacking some details

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