Willie Mitchell

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Left

6-0, 176lb (183cm, 79kg)

Born: December 1, 1889 in Pleasant Grove, MS us

Died: November 23, 1973 in Sardis, MS

Buried: Rose Hill Cemetery, Sardis, MS

School: Mississippi State University (Mississippi State, MS)

Debut: September 22, 1909 (Age 19-295d, 3,250th in MLB history)
vs. BOS 8.0 IP, 7 H, 2 SO, 3 BB, 0 ER, L

Last Game: May 31, 1919 (Age 29-181d)
vs. SLB 0.1 IP, 3 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 3 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1910 season

Full Name: William Mitchell

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

14.2

W

L

ERA

2.88

G

276

GS

190

SV

IP

1632.0

SO

921

WHIP

1.268

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1909	19	CLE	AL	1	2	.333	1.57	3	3	0	3	0	0	23.0	18	6	4	0	10	8	4	1	0	94	167	3.35	1.217	7.0	0.0	3.9	3.1	0.80
1910	20	CLE	AL	12	8	.600	2.60	35	18	16	11	1	0	183.2	155	77	53	2	55	102	15	0	2	726	100	2.49	1.143	7.6	0.1	2.7	5.0	1.85
1911	21	CLE	AL	7	14	.333	3.76	30	22	7	9	0	0	177.1	190	102	74	1	60	78	13	3	9	742	91	3.20	1.410	9.6	0.1	3.0	4.0	1.30
1912	22	CLE	AL	5	8	.385	2.80	29	15	9	8	0	1	163.2	149	88	51	0	56	94	7	1	10	685	123	2.86	1.253	8.2	*0.0*	3.1	5.2	1.68
1913	23	CLE	AL	14	8	.636	1.91	35	22	6	14	4	0	217.0	153	62	46	1	88	141	8	0	6	854	160	2.64	1.111	6.3	0.0	3.6	5.8	1.60
1914	24	CLE	AL	11	17	.393	3.19	39	32	5	16	3	1	257.0	228	127	91	3	124	179	7	0	9	1088	90	2.72	1.370	8.0	0.1	4.3	6.3	1.44
1915	25	CLE	AL	11	14	.440	2.82	36	30	4	12	1	1	236.0	210	103	74	1	84	149	2	1	5	958	107	2.29	1.246	8.0	0.0	3.2	5.7	1.77
1916	26	TOT	AL	9	10	.474	3.78	35	23	11	8	2	1	171.1	174	88	72	2	67	84	5	0	5	720	77	2.75	1.407	9.1	0.1	3.5	4.4	1.25
1916	26	CLE	AL	2	5	.286	5.15	12	6	5	1	0	1	43.2	55	35	25	1	19	24	0	0	3	197	58	2.82	1.695	11.3	0.2	3.9	4.9	1.26
1916	26	DET	AL	7	5	.583	3.31	23	17	6	7	2	0	127.2	119	53	47	1	48	60	5	0	2	523	86	2.72	1.308	8.4	0.1	3.4	4.2	1.25
1917	27	DET	AL	12	8	.600	2.19	30	22	7	12	5	0	185.1	172	66	45	2	46	80	13	0	0	747	121	2.49	1.176	8.4	0.1	2.2	3.9	1.74
1918	28	DET	AL	0	1	.000	9.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.0	3	4	4	0	5	2	0	0	0	20	34	4.98	2.000	6.8	0.0	11.3	4.5	0.40
1919	29	DET	AL	1	2	.333	5.27	3	2	0	0	0	0	13.2	12	8	8	2	10	4	1	0	1	58	63	6.22	1.610	7.9	1.3	6.6	2.6	0.40
11 Yrs				83	92	.474	2.88	276	190	65	93	16	4	1632.0	1464	731	522	14	605	921	75	6	47	6692	104	2.71	1.268	8.1	0.1	3.3	5.1	1.52
162 Game Avg.				12	13	.474	2.88	40	28	9	14	2	1	238	214	107	76	2	88	134	11	1	7	977	104	2.71	1.268	8.1	0.1	3.3	5.1	1.52

CLE (8 yrs)				63	76	.453	2.89	219	148	52	74	9	4	1301.1	1158	600	418	9	496	775	56	6	44	5344	105	2.70	1.271	8.0	0.1	3.4	5.4	1.56
DET (4 yrs)				20	16	.556	2.83	57	42	13	19	7	0	330.2	306	131	104	5	109	146	19	0	3	1348	98	2.77	1.255	8.3	0.1	3.0	4.0	1.34

Player Value--Pitching

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

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Player Value--Batting

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

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