Jim Willis - Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

Jim Willis

James Willis
(Cannonball; Bullet Jim)

Born: February 28, 1908 in Sewanee, TN

Bats:

Throws: R

Ht: 5'9"

Wt: 170

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Batting

Basic Batting

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1928	BBB	NNL	20	SP	7	18	15	5	5	1	0	0	3	0		1			1	1			.333	.412	.400	.812	129
1929	NEG	IND	21	SP	12	36	34	2	11	1	1	0	4	0		0			0	2			.324	.324	.412	.735	127
1930	NEG	NNL	22	SP	20	49	48	6	8	1	1	0	2	0		0			0	1			.167	.167	.229	.396	5
1931	CCU	NNL	23	SP	12	30	30	3	9	3	0	0	4	0		0			0	0			.300	.300	.400	.700	92
1932	NEG	NSL/NSC	24	SP	14	46	43	4	9	3	0	0	4	1		1			0	2			.209	.227	.279	.506	54
1933	NEG/PS	NN2/IND	25	SP	18	42	39	5	9	1	0	0	2	0		1			0	2			.231	.250	.256	.506	40
1934	NEG	NN2	26	SP	10	23	20	1	4	0	0	0	0	0		0			0	3			.200	.200	.200	.400	10
1935	CEG	NN2	27	SP	9	24	22	1	6	1	0	0	1	0		1			0	1			.273	.304	.318	.623	53
1936	WEG	NN2	28	SP	13	30	26	1	7	1	0	0	2	0		3			0	1			.269	.345	.308	.653	70
1937	WEG/SAS	NN2/NSA	29	RP	4	5	5	2	3	0	0	0	1	0		0			0	0			.600	.600	.600	1.200	187
1939	BEG	NN2	31	SP	2	4	4	2	2	0	0	0	2	0		0				0			.500	.500	.500	1.000	172
11	5			SP	121	307	286	32	73	12	2	0	25	1		7			1	13			.255	.276	.311	.587	63
162 Game Average						411	383	43	98	16	3	0	33	4		9			1	17			.255	.276	.311	.587	63

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1	Birmingham Black Barons			RP	7	18	15	5	5	1	0	0	3	0		1			1	1			.333	.412	.400	.812	129
9	Baltimore Elite Giants			SP	93	242	226	20	54	7	2	0	16	1		5			0	11			.239	.255	.288	.543	52
1	Cleveland Cubs			SP	12	30	30	3	9	3	0	0	4	0		0			0	0			.300	.300	.400	.700	92
1	Philadelphia Stars			SP	8	15	13	4	4	1	0	0	2	0		1			0	1			.308	.357	.385	.742	106
1	South All Stars			-	1	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0			0	0			.500	.500	.500	1.000	114

Advanced Batting

Year	Team	Lg	PA		wOBA	LG		BB%	LG		K%	LG		BB/K	LG		HR%	LG		ISO	LG
1928	BBB	NNL	18		.364	.320		5.6%	6.4%								0.0%	1.2%		.067	.108
1929	NEG	IND	36		.320	.304		0.0%	7.6%								0.0%	0.8%		.088	.079
1930	NEG	NNL	49		.174	.338		0.0%	8.0%								0.0%	1.1%		.063	.116
1931	CCU	NNL	30		.325	.345		0.0%	8.9%								0.0%	0.9%		.100	.097
1932	NEG	NSL/NSC	46		.227	.300		2.2%				5.5%					0.0%	0.8%		.070	.086
1933	NEG/PS	NN2/IND	42		.228	.329		2.4%				7.1%					0.0%	1.1%		.026	.114
1934	NEG	NN2	23		.166	.340		0.0%	8.0%								0.0%	0.8%		.000	.097
1935	CEG	NN2	24		.280	.366		4.2%	9.0%								0.0%	1.5%		.045	.141
1936	WEG	NN2	30		.308	.350		10.0%	8.8%								0.0%	1.7%		.038	.126
1937	WEG/SAS	NN2/NSA	5		.554	.366		0.0%				6.4%					0.0%	2.0%		.000	.160
1939	BEG	NN2	4		.471	.341		0.0%	8.4%								0.0%	1.8%		.000	.112
11	5		307		.263	.331		2.3%	7.6%								0.0%	1.1%		.056	.107

Year	Team	Lg	PA		wOBA	LG		BB%	LG		K%	LG		BB/K	LG		HR%	LG		ISO	LG
1	Birmingham Black Barons		18		.364	.320		5.6%	6.4%								0.0%	1.2%		.067	.108
9	Baltimore Elite Giants		242		.242	.329		2.1%	7.5%								0.0%	1.1%		.049	.107
1	Cleveland Cubs		30		.325	.345		0.0%	8.9%								0.0%	0.9%		.100	.097
1	Philadelphia Stars		15		.329	.334		6.7%	8.0%								0.0%	1.0%		.077	.102
1	South All Stars		2		.457	.401		0.0%	3.8%								0.0%	2.6%		.000	.203

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