Jim Willis - Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

Jim Willis

Ed Willis Jr.
(Cannonball; Bullet Jim)

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	2	4	0	0	49.0	39	35	61	5	15	21	0		3	231	6.43	66
1929	NEG	IND	23	SP	1	5	.167	10	7	2	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	3	10	1	0	133.1	74	61	140	5	36	84	0	0	2	574	4.12	115
1931	CCU	NNL	25	SP	5	4	.556	12	8	3	6	0	0	69.0	44	39	86	5	18	40	0		1	309	5.09	84
1932	NEG	NSC/NSL	26	SP	5	7	.417	12	11	1	10	0	0	92.2	51	40	90	9	11	56	0	0	1	389	3.88	97
1933	NEG/PS	IND/NN2	27	SP	5	6	.455	18	11	4	9	0	0	113.1	46	36	116	3	19	53	0		3	459	2.86	148
1934	NEG	NN2	28	SP	2	4	.333	9	7		5	0	0	57.2	23	18	50	2	13	36	0		1	233	2.81	173
1935	CEG	NN2	29	SP	4	1	.800	8	6	0	4	0	1	53.0	21	17	51	4	10	20	0		3	221	2.89	184
1936	WEG	NN2	30	SP	5	5	.500	12	7	0	5	0	1	69.2	29	24	69	2	16	26	1		1	292	3.10	161
1937	SAS/WEG	NN2/NSA	31	RP	0	1	.000	3	0	1	0	0	0	8.2	15	12	15	1	6	4	0		1	48	12.46	58
1939	BEG	NN2	33	SP	1	0	1.000	2	1	0	0	0	0	7.2	10	8	16	1	2	0	0	0	0	39	9.39	53
11	4			SP	34	49	.410	112	79	16	58	1	3	730.1	398	328	788	42	161	382	1	0	18	3138	4.04	114
162 Game Average					12	17	.410	40	28	6	21	0	1	260.0	142	117	281	15	57	136	0	0	6	1117	4.04	114

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	2	4	0	0	49.0	39	35	61	5	15	21	0		3	231	6.43	66
10	Baltimore Elite Giants			SP	29	43	.403	96	70	11	52	1	3	631.2	335	274	670	35	135	333	1	0	12	2704	3.90	119
1	Philadelphia Stars			SP	3	2	.600	8	4	2	2	0	0	46.1	20	16	52	1	10	25	0		2	187	3.11	131
1	South All Stars			-	0	0		1	0	1	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	1.35		9.1%	10.0%		6.5%	6.3%		1.40	1.59		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%	2.1%
1930	NEG	NNL	24	SP	133.1		1.32	1.46		14.6%	12.2%		6.3%	8.1%		2.33	1.51		0.9%	1.2%
1931	CCU	NNL	25	SP	69.0		1.51	1.45		12.9%	11.9%		5.8%	8.9%		2.22	1.33		1.6%	1.0%
1932	NEG	NSC/NSL	26	SP	92.2		1.09	1.29		14.4%	22.3%		2.8%	6.9%		5.09	2.06		2.3%	3.1%
1933	NEG/PS	IND/NN2	27	SP	113.1		1.19	1.37		11.5%	12.0%		4.1%	7.1%		2.79	1.72		0.7%	1.1%
1934	NEG	NN2	28	SP	57.2		1.09	1.45		15.5%	12.6%		5.6%	8.0%		2.77	1.57		0.9%	0.9%
1935	CEG	NN2	29	SP	53.0		1.15	1.57		9.0%	11.2%		4.5%	8.8%		2.00	1.27		1.8%	1.4%
1936	WEG	NN2	30	SP	69.2		1.22	1.49		8.9%	11.5%		5.5%	8.7%		1.63	1.33		0.7%	1.5%
1937	SAS/WEG	NN2/NSA	31	RP	8.2		2.42	1.85		8.3%	18.1%		12.5%	7.4%		0.67	2.28		2.1%	2.0%
1939	BEG	NN2	33	SP	7.2		2.35	1.47		0.0%	11.3%		5.1%	8.6%		0.00	1.31		2.6%	1.5%
11	4			SP	730.1		1.30	1.44		12.2%	12.4%		5.1%	8.1%		2.37	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	1.35		9.1%	10.0%		6.5%	6.3%		1.40	1.59		2.2%	1.0%
10	Baltimore Elite Giants			SP	631.2		1.27	1.45		12.3%	12.6%		5.0%	8.3%		2.47	1.54		1.3%	1.3%
1	Philadelphia Stars			SP	46.1		1.34	1.38		13.4%	11.4%		5.3%	7.5%		2.50	1.53		0.5%	1.2%
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	574	523	74	140	20	10	5	14	0	36	84	0	2	11		4	.268	.317	.373	.690
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	6		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	9	233	217	23	50	10	1	2	4		13	36		1	2		1	.230	.277	.313	.590
1935	CEG	NN2	29	SP	8	221	203	21	51	7	1	4	6		10	20		3	5		2	.251	.296	.355	.651
1936	WEG	NN2	30	SP	12	292	269	29	69	9	3	2	6		16	26		1	6		0	.257	.301	.335	.635
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	2	39	37	10	16	1	1	1	0		2	0	0	0	0		1	.432	.462	.595	1.056
11	4			SP	112	3138	2892	398	788	113	43	42	83	0	161	382	0	18	64		37	.272	.315	.385	.700

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	96	2704	2503	335	670	96	36	35	72	0	135	333	0	12	51		28	.268	.308	.377	.685
1	Philadelphia Stars			SP	8	187	169	20	52	8	1	1	3		10	25		2	6		7	.308	.354	.385	.738
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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