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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)


Compared to Contemporary Starting Pitchers (Top 100)

Compare With:

Glossary
# Players Pos Yrs Career HoF
WAR
Off
Fld
Pit
Adj
1
SP
18
1923-1945
✔
66.0
28.9
3.0
34.5
-0.4
2
SP
18
1917-1938
✔
58.3
24.6
-1.0
35.9
-1.1
3
SP
19
1927-1947
✔
52.4
-0.4
0.0
52.8
0.0
4
SP
15
1931-1945
✔
44.7
7.3
-0.3
38.3
-0.6
5
SP
11
1928-1945
40.9
3.9
-1.3
38.3
-0.1
6
SP
12
1930-1945
32.0
16.1
0.6
16.6
-1.2
7
SP
23
1919-1941
30.3
-2.5
-0.3
33.1
0.0
8
SP
15
1932-1948
✔
29.7
3.4
-0.8
27.2
-0.1
9
SP
15
1933-1948
29.4
4.0
-0.5
26.0
-0.1
10
SP
16
1931-1948
28.7
2.4
0.2
26.7
-0.5
11
SP
18
1930-1948
27.2
4.2
-0.3
23.7
-0.4
12
SP
13
1929-1942
26.4
0.1
0.3
26.1
-0.1
13
SP
11
1934-1946
✔
25.9
4.5
0.9
20.5
0.1
14
SP
18
1920-1939
✔
25.9
-1.7
-0.1
27.7
0.0
15
SP
20
1924-1945
25.1
-2.1
0.0
27.3
0.0
16
SP
18
1925-1948
23.6
0.7
-0.1
23.0
-0.1
17
SP
13
1927-1939
23.3
-3.1
0.0
26.4
0.0
18
SP
13
1922-1939
20.7
0.4
0.0
20.3
0.0
19
SP
10
1936-1945
19.9
6.1
0.4
14.3
-0.8
20
SP
17
1922-1940
19.6
-0.4
-0.1
20.1
0.0
21
SP
15
1932-1948
17.9
-1.2
0.0
19.0
0.0
22
SP
10
1937-1946
17.7
0.0
-0.1
17.8
0.0
23
SP
22
1920-1944
17.0
-0.2
0.8
16.7
-0.2
24
SP
10
1937-1947
16.2
-1.5
-0.1
17.7
0.0
25
SP
11
1927-1945
15.2
3.7
-1.0
13.0
-0.4
26
SP
13
1930-1945
15.2
1.4
-0.8
14.9
-0.3
27
SP
11
1928-1939
12.7
0.0
-0.2
12.9
0.0
28
SP
21
1928-1948
12.4
-3.2
0.0
15.6
0.0
29
SP
13
1930-1947
12.1
-1.4
0.0
13.6
0.0
30
SP
5
1926-1941
12.1
0.8
0.1
11.1
0.0
31
SP
12
1936-1948
12.0
0.2
-0.6
12.6
-0.1
32
SP
12
1936-1948
11.7
1.4
-0.1
10.5
0.0
33
SP
18
1928-1946
11.5
2.5
2.3
5.7
1.0
34
SP
13
1932-1948
11.4
-1.1
-0.1
12.6
0.0
35
SP
10
1932-1945
11.4
0.0
0.1
11.4
0.0
36
SP
13
1923-1940
11.3
0.4
0.0
11.1
-0.2
37
SP
25
1917-1944
11.2
1.1
-0.7
10.7
0.1
38
SP
18
1918-1939
10.4
-0.1
-0.4
11.9
-0.9
39
SP
11
1931-1944
9.6
-0.4
0.0
10.0
0.0
40
SP
9
1935-1945
9.4
-0.2
0.0
9.6
0.0
41
SP
15
1929-1946
8.8
1.5
-0.3
7.6
-0.1
42
SP
10
1936-1945
8.4
1.2
-0.1
7.4
0.0
43
SP
11
1937-1948
7.9
-1.2
0.0
9.1
0.0
44
SP
7
1932-1938
7.3
-0.1
-0.4
8.0
-0.1
45
SP
12
1934-1948
7.3
0.6
0.0
6.8
-0.1
46
SP
16
1932-1948
6.7
-0.8
0.0
7.5
0.0
47
SP
11
1932-1947
6.6
2.3
-0.3
4.8
-0.1
48
SP
7
1928-1942
6.5
-0.7
0.0
7.3
0.0
49
SP
5
1937-1943
6.3
-0.4
0.0
6.7
0.0
50
SP
14
1924-1941
5.7
1.5
0.5
3.9
-0.2
51
SP
6
1937-1942
5.2
0.2
0.0
5.0
0.0
52
SP
14
1926-1944
5.1
-2.5
0.0
7.6
0.0
53
SP
6
1933-1938
4.8
0.7
0.0
4.1
0.0
54
SP
6
1936-1941
4.6
0.3
0.2
4.1
0.0
55
SP
11
1934-1945
4.0
-0.9
0.0
4.9
0.0
56
SP
10
1932-1944
3.9
-0.6
-0.1
4.6
0.0
57
SP
14
1932-1946
3.8
1.9
-0.6
2.7
-0.2
58
SP
9
1930-1945
3.7
-0.9
0.0
4.6
0.0
59
SP
10
1932-1942
3.4
-0.8
0.0
4.3
0.0
60
SP
10
1936-1945
3.4
0.1
0.0
3.3
0.0
61
SP
2
1937-1938
3.4
0.4
0.0
3.0
0.0
62
SP
8
1929-1940
2.9
0.6
0.0
2.3
0.0
63
SP
10
1933-1945
2.8
0.4
0.0
2.4
0.0
64
SP
11
1929-1947
2.6
-0.3
-0.1
3.0
0.0
65
SP
5
1936-1940
2.6
-0.6
0.0
3.2
0.0
66
SP
12
1937-1948
2.4
0.1
0.0
2.3
0.0
67
SP
7
1935-1944
1.8
-0.9
0.0
2.7
0.0
68
SP
7
1937-1943
1.7
0.0
0.0
1.7
-0.1
69
SP
8
1928-1940
1.4
-1.1
0.0
2.5
0.0
70
SP
3
1932-1938
1.3
-0.2
-0.1
1.6
0.0
71
SP
9
1932-1946
1.1
-0.2
-0.2
1.6
0.0
72
SP
4
1930-1945
1.0
-0.1
0.0
1.1
0.0
73
SP
4
1937-1940
0.9
-0.1
0.0
1.0
0.0
74
SP
3
1932-1938
0.9
0.0
0.0
0.9
0.0
75
SP
7
1937-1943
0.9
0.0
-0.1
1.0
0.0
76
SP
4
1936-1946
0.6
-0.2
0.0
0.8
0.0
77
SP
4
1937-1940
0.5
-0.6
0.0
1.1
0.0
78
SP
4
1932-1939
0.5
-0.2
0.0
0.7
0.0
79
SP
3
1929-1942
0.4
0.5
0.0
-0.1
0.0
80
SP
10
1937-1948
0.3
-0.9
0.0
1.3
0.0
81
SP
6
1935-1940
0.3
-0.3
0.0
0.6
0.0
82
SP
6
1937-1948
0.3
-0.3
-0.1
0.8
-0.1
83
SP
6
1936-1942
0.3
-0.5
0.0
0.8
0.0
84
SP
3
1937-1939
0.2
-0.1
-0.1
0.4
0.0
85
SP
9
1926-1944
0.2
0.7
0.0
-0.4
0.0
86
SP
8
1925-1939
-0.1
-0.3
0.0
0.2
0.0
87
SP
8
1937-1945
-0.2
-0.4
-0.1
0.3
0.0
88
SP
2
1937-1944
-0.2
-0.2
0.0
0.0
0.0
89
SP
3
1937-1939
-0.3
0.0
-0.1
-0.3
0.0
90
SP
3
1936-1940
-0.3
-0.2
0.0
-0.2
0.0
91
SP
4
1937-1941
-0.4
-0.2
0.0
-0.3
0.0
92
SP
13
1931-1948
-0.6
2.5
-1.5
-1.1
-0.6
93
SP
8
1930-1947
-0.7
0.2
-0.6
-0.4
0.1
94
SP
4
1929-1943
-0.7
0.0
-0.1
-0.7
0.0
95
SP
6
1928-1940
-0.9
-0.6
-0.1
-0.2
0.0
96
SP
5
1930-1944
-1.2
-0.1
0.0
-1.0
0.0
97
SP
9
1931-1939
-1.2
-0.9
0.0
-0.2
0.0
98
SP
11
1932-1943
-1.9
-2.0
0.0
0.1
0.0

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