Willie Cornelius

William McKinley Cornelius
(Sug; Sugar)

Born: September 3, 1906 in Atlanta, GA
Died: October 30, 1989 in Chicago, IL
(83 years old)

Bats: R

Throws: R

Ht: 5'8"

Wt: 180

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Notes:

• College: Clark College (Atlanta, GA)
• Buried: Burr Oak Cemetery (Alsip, IL)

Pitching

Glossary

Basic Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	W	L	W%	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	R	ER	H	HR	BB	K	WP	BK	HBP	BF	ERA	ERA+
1929	MRS/NEG	IND/NNL	22	RF	4	5	.444	11	6		5	0	0	58.2	43	39	76	3	22	35	5	0	3	275	5.98	83
1930	BBB/MRS	NNL	23	SP	7	10	.412	27	17		7	2	0	130.0	94	77	127	9	63	73	4	0	2	588	5.33	83
1933	CAG	NN2	26	SP	6	5	.545	14	12		8	0	0	89.2	63	48	95	4	37	47	1	0	2	395	4.82	91
1934	CAG	NLP/NN2	27	SP	4	8	.333	16	13		7	0	0	96.0	65	57	112	4	38	46	3	0	1	430	5.34	68
1935	CAG/WES	EWA/NN2	28	SP	5	5	.500	12	8		2	0	0	60.0	48	36	78	4	35	39	0	0	0	289	5.40	87
1936	CAG/WES	EWA/IND	29	SP	3	4	.429	9	8		4	1	0	55.2	40	35	68	1	19	38	0	0	2	260	5.66	86
1937	CAG/KCM	MULT	30	SP	7	6	.538	23	17		8	1	1	146.2	56	43	107	5	44	96	5	0	5	585	2.64	145
1938	CAG/WES	EWA/NAL	31	SP	11	1	.917	23	9		9	0	3	116.0	42	31	98	2	31	92	1	0	6	478	2.41	159
1939	CAG	NAL	32	SP	3	9	.250	16	11		4	0	0	100.1	65	52	99	2	28	47	2	0	1	430	4.66	75
1940	CAG/SRC	MEX/NAL	33	SP	8	9	.471	28	16		7	1	0	132.0	79	70	157	0	80	74	0	0	4	624	4.77	96
1941	CAG	NAL	34	SP	0	7	.000	10	9		3	0	0	61.2	32	24	57	2	23	21	2	0	4	266	3.50	111
1942	MULT	NAL	35	SP	2	5	.286	10	8		1	0	0	35.0	32	25	51	2	19	15	1	0	0	174	6.43	64
1943	CAG	ALC/NAL	36	SP	4	4	.500	11	10		6	0	0	65.0	37	29	69	1	22	11	0	1	3	288	4.02	89
1945	CAG	NAL	38	SP	3	2	.600	11	7		3	0	0	51.0	53	44	71	1	16	18	1	0	1	244	7.76	55
1946	CAG	NAL	39	RP	0	0		3	0		0	0	0	17.1	9	5	15	0	9	9	3	0	4	79	2.60	156
15	8			SP	67	80	.456	224	151		74	5	4	1215.0	758	615	1280	40	486	661	28	1	38	5405	4.56	91
162 Game Average					12	15	.456	41	27		13	1	1	220.1	137	112	232	8	88	120	6	0	7	980	4.56	91

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	W	L	W%	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	R	ER	H	HR	BB	K	WP	BK	HBP	BF	ERA	ERA+
15	Negro Leagues				60	70	.462	195	134		68	5	4	1082.0	677	543	1124	40	405	584	28	1	34	4780	4.52	91
1	vs Latin Leagues				7	9	.438	27	15		6	0		125.0	79	70	153		79	67			4	597	5.04	92
1	vs Major Leagues				0	1	.000	2	2		0	0	0	8.0	2	2	3	0	2	10	0		0	28	2.25	126

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	W	L	W%	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	R	ER	H	HR	BB	K	WP	BK	HBP	BF	ERA	ERA+
1	Baltimore Elite Giants			RF	1	2	.333	5	2		1	0	0	17.2	21	20	27	2	12	5	0		0	90	10.19	57
2	Memphis Red Sox			SP	7	9	.438	22	14		6	1	0	105.1	79	66	113	7	44	70	7	0	5	485	5.64	79
1	Birmingham Black Barons			SP	3	4	.429	11	7		5	1	0	65.2	37	30	63	3	29	33	2	0	0	288	4.11	108
13	Chicago American Giants			SP	48	52	.480	151	108		56	3	4	876.2	523	412	894	27	309	469	18	1	29	3833	4.23	94
3	West All Stars			RP	1	1	.500	3	1		0	0	0	5.0	5	5	10	0	2	2	0	0	0	26	9.00	49
1	Kansas City Monarchs			RP	0	1	.000	2	2		0	0	0	8.0	2	2	3	0	2	10	0		0	28	2.25	126
1	Chihuahua			SP	7	9	.438	27	15		6	0		125.0	79	70	153		79	67			4	597	5.04	92
1	Cleveland Buckeyes			-	0	2	.000	3	2		0	0	0	11.2	12	10	17	1	9	5	1	0	0	58	7.71	51

Advanced Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	IP	WHIP	Lg	K%	Lg	BB%	Lg	K/BB	Lg	HR%	Lg
1929	MRS/NEG	IND/NNL	22	RF	58.2	1.67	1.46	12.7%	10.6%	8.0%	7.9%	1.59	1.37	1.1%	1.5%
1930	BBB/MRS	NNL	23	SP	130.0	1.46	1.40	12.4%	12.2%	10.7%	7.7%	1.16	1.58	1.5%	1.2%
1933	CAG	NN2	26	SP	89.2	1.47	1.37	11.9%	12.7%	9.4%	7.0%	1.27	1.82	1.0%	1.1%
1934	CAG	NLP/NN2	27	SP	96.0	1.56	1.23	10.7%	18.3%	8.8%	7.3%	1.21	1.96	0.9%	0.8%
1935	CAG/WES	EWA/NN2	28	SP	60.0	1.88	1.45	13.5%	11.2%	12.1%	11.7%	1.11	1.38	1.4%	1.7%
1936	CAG/WES	EWA/IND	29	SP	55.2	1.56	1.44	14.6%	13.4%	7.3%	8.9%	2.00	1.76	0.4%	0.5%
1937	CAG/KCM	MULT	30	SP	146.2	1.03	1.30	16.4%	20.4%	7.5%	8.0%	2.18	2.13	0.9%	1.0%
1938	CAG/WES	EWA/NAL	31	SP	116.0	1.11	1.29	19.2%	14.7%	6.5%	7.2%	2.97	2.07	0.4%	1.2%
1939	CAG	NAL	32	SP	100.1	1.27	1.27	10.9%	14.0%	6.5%	8.0%	1.68	1.74	0.5%	0.8%
1940	CAG/SRC	MEX/NAL	33	SP	132.0	1.80	1.51	11.9%	13.1%	12.8%	9.0%	0.93	1.29	0.0%
1941	CAG	NAL	34	SP	61.2	1.30	1.31	7.9%	16.0%	8.6%	8.0%	0.91	1.99	0.8%	0.6%
1942	MULT	NAL	35	SP	35.0	2.00	1.42	8.6%	11.8%	10.9%	7.7%	0.79	1.51	1.1%	0.7%
1943	CAG	ALC/NAL	36	SP	65.0	1.40	1.28	3.8%	11.2%	7.6%	5.6%	0.50	1.67	0.3%	0.2%
1945	CAG	NAL	38	SP	51.0	1.71	1.38	7.4%	12.4%	6.6%	8.2%	1.13	1.51	0.4%	0.7%
1946	CAG	NAL	39	RP	17.1	1.38	1.42	11.4%	14.1%	11.4%	8.7%	1.00	1.62	0.0%	0.6%
15	8			SP	1215.0	1.45	1.36	12.2%	13.5%	9.0%	8.0%	1.36	1.73	0.8%	0.9%

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	IP	WHIP	Lg	K%	Lg	BB%	Lg	K/BB	Lg	HR%	Lg
15	Negro Leagues				1082.0	1.41	1.34	12.2%	13.6%	8.5%	7.8%	1.44	1.78	0.8%	0.9%
1	vs Latin Leagues				125.0	1.86	1.52	11.2%	12.2%	13.2%	9.7%	0.85	1.27
1	vs Major Leagues				8.0	0.63	1.16	35.7%	24.3%	7.1%	7.8%	5.00	3.13	0.0%	1.7%

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	IP	WHIP	Lg	K%	Lg	BB%	Lg	K/BB	Lg	HR%	Lg
1	Baltimore Elite Giants			RF	17.2	2.21	1.58	5.6%	10.5%	13.3%	8.4%	0.42	1.25	2.2%	1.6%
2	Memphis Red Sox			SP	105.1	1.49	1.40	14.4%	11.6%	9.1%	7.6%	1.59	1.52	1.4%	1.3%
1	Birmingham Black Barons			SP	65.2	1.40	1.41	11.5%	12.2%	10.1%	7.7%	1.14	1.58	1.0%	1.2%
13	Chicago American Giants			SP	876.2	1.37	1.32	12.2%	14.1%	8.1%	7.8%	1.52	1.84	0.7%	0.9%
3	West All Stars			RP	5.0	2.40	1.72	7.7%	12.3%	7.7%	9.7%	1.00	1.31	0.0%	0.7%
1	Kansas City Monarchs			RP	8.0	0.63	1.16	35.7%	24.3%	7.1%	7.8%	5.00	3.13	0.0%	1.7%
1	Chihuahua			SP	125.0	1.86	1.52	11.2%	12.2%	13.2%	9.7%	0.85	1.27
1	Cleveland Buckeyes			-	11.2	2.23	1.38	8.6%	11.8%	15.5%	7.6%	0.56	1.55	1.7%	0.7%

Opponent's Batting

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
1929	MRS/NEG	IND/NNL	22	RF	11	275	249	43	76	11	2	3	9		22	35		3	1		3	.305	.369	.402	.770
1930	BBB/MRS	NNL	23	SP	27	588	505	94	127	21	5	9	10		63	73		2	18		4	.251	.337	.366	.703
1933	CAG	NN2	26	SP	14	395	347	63	95	15	7	4	5		37	47		2	9		7	.274	.347	.392	.739
1934	CAG	NLP/NN2	27	SP	16	430	381	65	112	22	3	4	7		38	46		1	10		8	.294	.360	.399	.758
1935	CAG/WES	EWA/NN2	28	SP	12	289	245	48	78	9	4	4	8	0	35	39	0	0	9	0	6	.318	.404	.437	.840
1936	CAG/WES	EWA/IND	29	SP	9	260	229	40	68	10	7	1	16	0	19	38	0	2	10		4	.297	.356	.415	.771
1937	CAG/KCM	MULT	30	SP	23	585	523	56	107	10	11	5	23		44	96	0	5	13		10	.205	.273	.294	.567
1938	CAG/WES	EWA/NAL	31	SP	23	478	424	42	98	19	9	2	14	0	31	92	0	6	17		6	.231	.293	.333	.625
1939	CAG	NAL	32	SP	16	430	383	65	99	27	7	2	16		28	47		1	16		6	.258	.311	.381	.692
1940	CAG/SRC	MEX/NAL	33	SP	28	624	26	79	157	0	0	0	2		80	74		4	0		0	6.038	2.191	6.038	8.229
1941	CAG	NAL	34	SP	10	266	226	32	57	6	1	2	9		23	21		4	13		4	.252	.332	.314	.646
1942	MULT	NAL	35	SP	10	174	154	32	51	6	2	2	4		19	15		0	1		2	.331	.405	.435	.840
1943	CAG	ALC/NAL	36	SP	11	288	258	37	69	10	1	1	0		22	11		3	5		0	.267	.332	.326	.658
1945	CAG	NAL	38	SP	11	244	225	53	71	9	6	1	5		16	18		1	2		6	.316	.364	.422	.786
1946	CAG	NAL	39	RP	3	79	64	9	15	0	0	0	0		9	9		4	2		0	.234	.364	.234	.598
15	8			SP	224	5405	4239	758	1280	175	65	40	128	0	486	661	0	38	126	0	66	.302	.379	.366	.745

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
15	Negro Leagues				195	4780	4213	677	1124	175	64	40	127	0	405	584	0	34	126	0	65	.267	.336	.367	.703
1	vs Latin Leagues				27	597	0	79	153						79	67		4				.000	2.843	.000	.000
1	vs Major Leagues				2	28	26	2	3	0	1	0	1		2	10		0	0		1	.115	.179	.192	.371

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
1	Baltimore Elite Giants			RF	5	90	77	21	27	3	0	2	3		12	5		0	1		1	.351	.438	.468	.906
2	Memphis Red Sox			SP	22	485	425	79	113	19	4	7	13		44	70		5	11		4	.266	.342	.379	.721
1	Birmingham Black Barons			SP	11	288	252	37	63	10	3	3	3		29	33		0	7		2	.250	.327	.349	.677
13	Chicago American Giants			SP	151	3833	3387	523	894	139	56	27	106		309	469	0	29	106		57	.264	.331	.362	.693
3	West All Stars			RP	3	26	23	5	10	4	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	1	0	1	.435	.480	.696	1.176
1	Kansas City Monarchs			RP	2	28	26	2	3	0	1	0	1		2	10		0	0		1	.115	.179	.192	.371
1	Chihuahua			SP	27	597	0	79	153						79	67		4				.000	2.843	.000	.000
1	Cleveland Buckeyes			-	3	58	49	12	17	0	0	1	1		9	5		0	0		0	.347	.448	.408	.856

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