Jim Willis - Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

Jim Willis

Ed Willis Jr.
(Cannonball; Bullet; Speed)

Born: June 11, 1906 in Lobdell, LA

Bats:

Throws: R

Ht: 5'8"

Wt: 185

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Pitching

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+
1928	BBB	NNL	22	SP	2	4	.333	7	5		4	0	0	49.0	39	35	61	5	15	21	0	0	3	231	6.43	66
1929	NEG	IND	23	SP	1	5	.167	10	7		5	0	1	76.1	46	38	94	5	15	42	0		2	343	4.48	130
1930	NEG	NNL	24	SP	4	12	.250	19	16		10	1	0	133.1	75	62	140	5	39	84	0	0	4	575	4.19	113
1931	CCU	NNL	25	SP	5	4	.556	12	8		6	0	0	69.0	44	39	86	5	18	40	0	0	1	309	5.09	85
1932	NEG	NSC/NSL	26	SP	5	7	.417	12	11		10	0	0	92.2	51	40	90	9	11	56	0	0	1	389	3.88	98
1933	NEG/PS	IND/NN2	27	SP	5	6	.455	18	11		9	0	0	113.1	46	36	116	3	19	53	0	0	3	459	2.86	148
1934	NEG	NN2	28	SP	2	4	.333	10	7		5	0	0	59.2	25	20	56	2	13	36	0	0	1	245	3.02	161
1935	CEG/NOS	NN2/NSA	29	SP	4	1	.800	10	7		4	0	1	59.2	24	20	55	5	16	21	0	0	3	251	3.02	173
1936	WEG	NN2	30	SP	5	6	.455	13	8		6	0	1	78.1	36	31	81	2	17	27	1	0	1	332	3.56	137
1937	SAS/WEG	NN2/NSA	31	RP	0	1	.000	3	0		0	0	0	8.2	15	12	15	1	6	4	0	0	1	48	12.46	58
1939	BEG	NN2	33	SP	1	0	1.000	3	1		0	0	0	10.0	11	9	19	1	3	3	0	0	0	50	8.10	61
11	5			SP	34	50	.405	117	81		59	1	3	750.0	412	342	813	43	172	387	1	0	20	3232	4.10	112
162 Game Average					12	17	.405	40	28		20	0	1	257.2	141	117	279	15	59	133	0	0	7	1110	4.10	112

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	Birmingham Black Barons			RP	2	4	.333	7	5		4	0	0	49.0	39	35	61	5	15	21	0	0	3	231	6.43	66
10	Baltimore Elite Giants			SP	29	44	.397	100	71		53	1	3	648.1	347	286	693	35	141	337	1	0	14	2782	3.97	118
1	Philadelphia Stars			SP	3	2	.600	8	4		2	0	0	46.1	20	16	52	1	10	25	0		2	187	3.11	132
1	North All Stars			RP	0	0		1	1		0	0	0	3.0	2	2	2	1	5	1	0	0	0	16	6.00	67
1	South All Stars			-	0	0		1	0		0	0	0	3.1	4	3	5	1	1	3	0		1	16	8.10	128

Advanced Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	IP		WHIP	Lg		K%	Lg		BB%	Lg		K/BB	Lg		HR%	Lg
1928	BBB	NNL	22	SP	49.0		1.55	1.36		9.1%	10.0%		6.5%	6.3%		1.40	1.58		2.2%	1.0%
1929	NEG	IND	23	SP	76.1		1.43	1.58		12.2%	13.4%		4.4%	10.7%		2.80	1.25		1.5%	2.0%
1930	NEG	NNL	24	SP	133.1		1.34	1.47		14.6%	12.2%		6.8%	8.1%		2.15	1.51		0.9%	1.2%
1931	CCU	NNL	25	SP	69.0		1.51	1.46		12.9%	12.0%		5.8%	8.9%		2.22	1.35		1.6%	1.0%
1932	NEG	NSC/NSL	26	SP	92.2		1.09	1.30		14.4%	22.3%		2.8%	7.0%		5.09	2.05		2.3%	3.1%
1933	NEG/PS	IND/NN2	27	SP	113.1		1.19	1.37		11.5%	12.0%		4.1%	7.2%		2.79	1.71		0.7%	1.1%
1934	NEG	NN2	28	SP	59.2		1.16	1.45		14.7%	12.4%		5.3%	8.0%		2.77	1.56		0.8%	0.9%
1935	CEG/NOS	NN2/NSA	29	SP	59.2		1.19	1.56		8.4%	13.7%		6.4%	14.7%		1.31	1.27		2.0%	1.4%
1936	WEG	NN2	30	SP	78.1		1.25	1.46		8.1%	11.9%		5.1%	8.6%		1.59	1.39		0.6%	1.5%
1937	SAS/WEG	NN2/NSA	31	RP	8.2		2.42	1.86		8.3%	18.2%		12.5%	7.4%		0.67	2.30		2.1%	2.0%
1939	BEG	NN2	33	SP	10.0		2.20	1.47		6.0%	11.3%		6.0%	8.5%		1.00	1.32		2.0%	1.6%
11	5			SP	750.0		1.31	1.45		12.0%	12.4%		5.3%	8.2%		2.25	1.55		1.3%	1.3%

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	IP		WHIP	Lg		K%	Lg		BB%	Lg		K/BB	Lg		HR%	Lg
1	Birmingham Black Barons			RP	49.0		1.55	1.36		9.1%	10.0%		6.5%	6.3%		1.40	1.58		2.2%	1.0%
10	Baltimore Elite Giants			SP	648.1		1.29	1.45		12.1%	12.6%		5.1%	8.3%		2.39	1.54		1.3%	1.3%
1	Philadelphia Stars			SP	46.1		1.34	1.39		13.4%	11.4%		5.3%	7.5%		2.50	1.52		0.5%	1.2%
1	North All Stars			RP	3.0		2.33	1.56		6.3%	16.2%		31.3%	20.6%		0.20	0.79		6.3%	1.5%
1	South All Stars			-	3.1		1.80	2.41		18.8%	24.8%		6.3%	6.7%		3.00	3.68		6.3%	2.5%

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
1928	BBB	NNL	22	SP	7	231	206	39	61	9	5	5	7		15	21		3	7		2	.296	.353	.461	.814
1929	NEG	IND	23	SP	10	343	316	46	94	8	5	5	12		15	42		2	10		3	.297	.333	.402	.735
1930	NEG	NNL	24	SP	19	575	521	75	140	20	10	5	14		39	84		4	11		4	.269	.324	.374	.699
1931	CCU	NNL	25	SP	12	309	287	44	86	19	4	5	8		18	40		1	3		3	.300	.343	.446	.789
1932	NEG	NSC/NSL	26	SP	12	389	370	51	90	12	8	9	14		11	56		1	7		2	.243	.267	.392	.659
1933	NEG/PS	IND/NN2	27	SP	18	459	424	46	116	16	3	3	11		19	53		3	13		19	.274	.309	.347	.656
1934	NEG	NN2	28	SP	10	245	229	25	56	12	1	2	5		13	36		1	2		1	.245	.288	.332	.620
1935	CEG/NOS	NN2/NSA	29	SP	10	251	227	24	55	9	1	5	6		16	21	0	3	5		2	.242	.301	.357	.658
1936	WEG	NN2	30	SP	13	332	308	36	81	14	4	2	7		17	27		1	6		0	.263	.304	.354	.658
1937	SAS/WEG	NN2/NSA	31	RP	3	48	40	15	15	2	2	1	1		6	4		1	1		0	.375	.468	.600	1.068
1939	BEG	NN2	33	SP	3	50	47	11	19	2	1	1	0		3	3		0	0		1	.404	.440	.553	.993
11	5			SP	117	3232	2975	412	813	123	44	43	85		172	387	0	20	65		37	.273	.317	.388	.705

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	Birmingham Black Barons			RP	7	231	206	39	61	9	5	5	7		15	21		3	7		2	.296	.353	.461	.814
10	Baltimore Elite Giants			SP	100	2782	2575	347	693	105	37	35	74		141	337		14	52		28	.269	.311	.379	.690
1	Philadelphia Stars			SP	8	187	169	20	52	8	1	1	3		10	25		2	6		7	.308	.354	.385	.738
1	North All Stars			RP	1	16	11	2	2	1	0	1	0		5	1	0	0	0		0	.182	.438	.545	.983
1	South All Stars			-	1	16	14	4	5	0	1	1	1		1	3		1	0		0	.357	.438	.714	1.152

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