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Vic Willis

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Full Name: Victor Gazaway Willis Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 2"/185 First Game: April 20, 1898
Birthdate: April 12, 1876 Final Game: September 5, 1910
Birthplace: Cecil County, Maryland MLB Experience: 13 years
Died: August 3, 1947
Deathplace: Elkton, Maryland
Bat/Throw: Right/Right
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Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1995

Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Pitching Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
    • 2.3 Batting Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Born on April 12, 1876 in Cecil County, Maryland, Vic Willis (Victor Gazaway Willis) played for the Boston Beaneaters, Pittsburgh Pirates and St. Louis Cardinals over the course of his 13 year career. Willis broke into the bigs on April 20, 1898 with the Boston Beaneaters, and put up a 2.84 ERA in 311 innings pitched in 1898, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Vic Willis's best season was 1902, when he posted a 2.20 ERA, won 27 games and struck out 225 batters.

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[edit] Pitching Stats

Year Team G GS W L ERA K R ER CG SHO SV IP H HR BB IB WP HBP
1898 BOS N 41 38 25 13 2.84 160 143 98 29 1 0 311 264 5 148 0 9 30
1899 BOS N 41 38 27 8 2.50 120 126 95 35 5 2 342.2 277 6 117 0 12 30
1900 BOS N 32 29 10 17 4.19 53 157 110 22 2 0 236 258 11 106 0 8 12
1901 BOS N 38 35 20 17 2.36 133 111 80 33 6 0 305.1 262 6 78 0 5 11
1902 BOS N 51 46 27 20 2.20 225 142 100 45 4 3 410 372 6 101 0 13 14
1903 BOS N 33 32 12 18 2.98 125 121 92 29 2 0 278 256 3 88 0 4 10
1904 BOS N 43 43 18 25 2.85 196 182 111 39 2 0 350 357 7 109 0 11 14
1905 BOS N 41 41 12 29 3.21 149 174 122 36 4 0 342 340 7 107 0 12 13
1906 PIT N 41 36 23 13 1.73 124 84 62 32 6 1 322 295 0 76 0 8 5
1907 PIT N 39 37 21 11 2.34 107 96 76 27 6 1 292.2 234 4 69 0 2 7
1908 PIT N 41 38 23 11 2.07 97 95 70 25 7 0 304.2 239 2 69 0 4 6
1909 PIT N 39 35 22 11 2.24 95 84 72 24 4 1 289.2 243 3 83 0 4 4
1910 STL N 33 23 9 12 3.35 67 113 79 12 1 3 212 224 6 61 0 3 1
Total 513 471 249 205 2.63 1651 1628 1167 388 50 11 3996 3621 66 1212 0 95 157

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1898 BOS N P 41 0 0 19 67 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 .887
1899 BOS N P 41 0 0 17 81 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 .925
1900 BOS N P 32 0 0 10 49 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .967
1901 BOS N P 38 0 0 22 66 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 .967
1902 BOS N P 51 0 0 37 105 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 .973
1903 BOS N 1B 6 0 0 69 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .949
1903 BOS N P 33 0 0 13 84 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 .960
1904 BOS N P 43 0 0 39 110 7 5 0 0 0 0 0 .955
1904 BOS N 1B 6 0 0 49 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .981
1905 BOS N P 41 0 0 37 115 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 .956
1906 PIT N P 41 0 0 22 117 8 5 0 0 0 0 0 .946
1907 PIT N P 39 0 0 17 87 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 .972
1908 PIT N P 41 0 0 11 87 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 .990
1909 PIT N P 39 0 0 16 85 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 .953
1910 STL N P 33 0 0 11 71 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .953
Total 1B 12 0 0 118 7 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 .962
Total P 513 0 0 271 1124 67 29 0 0 0 0 0 .954

[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1898 BOS N 41 117 9 17 0 6 .145 .231 .145 0 0 11 0 2 2 0 0 0
1899 BOS N 41 134 14 29 0 16 .216 .245 .239 3 0 4 0 1 3 0 0 0
1900 BOS N 32 88 8 12 0 11 .136 .174 .182 2 1 3 0 1 3 0 0 0
1901 BOS N 38 107 8 20 1 8 .187 .243 .243 1 1 7 0 1 3 1 0 0
1902 BOS N 52 150 10 23 0 7 .153 .206 .153 0 0 9 0 1 1 0 0 0
1903 BOS N 39 128 9 24 0 8 .188 .218 .211 3 0 5 0 0 2 0 0 0
1904 BOS N 52 148 9 27 0 8 .182 .258 .203 3 0 14 0 1 3 0 0 0
1905 BOS N 43 131 12 20 0 4 .153 .172 .183 4 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 0
1906 PIT N 41 115 5 20 0 7 .174 .221 .183 1 0 6 0 1 3 0 0 0
1907 PIT N 39 103 3 14 0 4 .136 .191 .136 0 0 7 0 0 5 2 0 0
1908 PIT N 41 103 9 17 0 1 .165 .189 .175 1 0 3 0 0 4 0 0 0
1909 PIT N 39 103 6 14 0 2 .136 .191 .165 1 1 7 0 0 6 0 0 0
1910 STL N 33 66 5 11 0 2 .167 .191 .197 0 1 2 8 0 4 0 0 0
Total 531 1493 107 248 1 84 .166 .213 .186 19 4 81 8 8 41 3 0 0

[edit] Transactions

  • Traded by Syracuse (Eastern) to Boston Beaneaters in exchange for Fred Lake and $1000 (September 15, 1897).
  • Traded by Boston Beaneaters to Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for Dave Brain, Del Howard and Vive Lindaman (December 15, 1905).
  • Sold by Pittsburgh Pirates to St. Louis Cardinals (February 15, 1910).

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