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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Teammates

Glossary

#	Players	Pos	Yrs	First	Last	Team		WAR	Off	Fld	Pit	Adj
1	Wild Bill Wright	CF	7	1932	1939	BEG/NOS		6.6	6.5	0.8	0.0	-0.7
2	Bill Byrd	SP	4	1935	1939	BEG		6.4	2.1	0.2	4.2	0.0
3	Satchel Paige	SP	2	1928	1931	BBB/BEG		6.2	0.4	0.0	5.9	0.0
4	Bob Griffith	SP	4	1934	1937	BEG		5.2	-0.3	0.0	5.5	0.0
5	Sammy Hughes	2B	6	1933	1939	BEG/NOS		4.3	5.1	-1.4	0.0	0.6
6	Felton Snow	3B	6	1933	1939	BEG/NOS		4.1	0.0	3.4	0.1	0.5
7	Sam Bankhead	CF	3	1932	1934	BEG		3.7	1.9	1.7	0.0	0.1
8	Hoss Walker	SS	8	1931	1939	BEG/NOS		3.2	-0.1	2.1	0.0	1.1
9	Andy Porter	SP	6	1932	1937	BEG		3.1	-0.6	0.0	3.8	0.0
10	Harry Salmon	SP	1	1928	1928	BBB		2.8	-0.2	0.0	3.0	0.0
11	Zollie Wright	RF	3	1935	1937	BEG/NOS		2.5	2.7	0.2	0.0	-0.4
12	Roy Parnell	LF	3	1928	1935	BBB/BEG		2.5	3.4	-0.6	0.0	-0.4
13	Willie Hubert	SP	1	1939	1939	BEG		2.1	-0.2	0.0	2.3	0.0
14	Henry Wright	SP	7	1929	1935	BEG		1.9	-0.6	-0.3	2.8	0.0
15	George Nash	SP	2	1928	1932	BBB/BEG		1.8	-0.3	0.0	2.1	0.0
16	Biz Mackey	C	4	1933	1939	BEG/PS		1.8	0.5	1.0	0.0	0.3
17	Ray Sheppard	3B	1	1928	1928	BBB		1.8	0.9	0.6	0.0	0.2
18	Herb Smith	SP	1	1933	1933	PS		1.6	0.0	0.0	1.6	0.0
19	Chuffie Alexander	LF	1	1928	1928	BBB		1.5	0.4	1.3	0.0	-0.2
20	Jud Wilson	3B	1	1933	1933	PS		1.4	1.2	0.2	0.0	0.0
21	Rap Dixon	RF	1	1933	1933	PS		1.4	1.5	0.0	0.0	-0.1
22	Bill Hoskins	LF	1	1939	1939	BEG		1.3	1.3	0.2	0.0	-0.1
23	Percy Miller	SP	4	1930	1934	BEG		1.3	0.1	0.0	1.2	0.0
24	Jimmy Direaux	SP	1	1937	1937	BEG		1.2	0.3	0.0	0.9	0.0
25	George McAllister	1B	1	1928	1928	BBB		1.2	1.4	0.2	0.0	-0.4
26	Leroy Morney	SS	3	1935	1937	BEG		1.2	0.5	0.4	0.0	0.3
27	Comer Cox	RF	2	1930	1931	BEG		1.1	0.9	0.4	0.0	-0.2
28	Paul Carter	SP	1	1933	1933	PS		1.0	-0.2	0.0	1.2	0.0
29	Woody Williams	SP	3	1936	1939	BEG		0.9	-0.1	0.0	1.0	0.0
30	Diamond Pipkins	SP	1	1931	1931	BEG		0.9	-0.1	0.0	1.0	0.0
31	Tom Glover	SP	3	1935	1939	BEG		0.8	-0.2	0.0	1.1	0.0
32	Bill Harvey	SP	1	1939	1939	BEG		0.8	0.0	0.0	0.8	0.0
33	Frog Holsey	SP	1	1932	1932	BEG		0.8	-0.1	0.0	0.9	0.0
34	Tom Finley	3B	1	1933	1933	PS		0.7	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.0
35	Charles Zomphier	2B	1	1931	1931	BEG		0.6	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0
36	Roosevelt Tate	RF	1	1932	1932	BEG		0.6	0.5	0.2	0.0	0.0
37	Jimmy Binder	3B	1	1936	1936	BEG		0.6	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.1
38	Percy Bailey	SP	1	1933	1933	BEG		0.6	0.0	0.0	0.6	0.0
39	Milt Laurent	RF	2	1931	1932	BEG		0.5	0.0	0.5	0.2	-0.1
40	Sandy Thompson	CF	1	1928	1928	BBB		0.5	0.2	0.3	0.0	0.0
41	Robert Poindexter	SP	1	1928	1928	BBB		0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0
42	Jake Stephens	2B	1	1933	1933	PS		0.5	0.6	-0.2	0.0	0.1
43	Henry Henderson	1B	1	1932	1932	BEG		0.4	0.6	-0.1	0.0	-0.1
44	Webster McDonald	SP	1	1933	1933	PS		0.4	-0.2	0.0	0.6	0.0
45	Tommie Dukes	C	3	1932	1934	BEG		0.4	1.0	-0.7	0.0	0.1
46	Poindexter Williams	C	3	1928	1933	BBB/BEG		0.4	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.1
47	Henry Kimbro	LF	2	1937	1939	BEG		0.4	1.2	-0.6	0.0	-0.2
48	Jonas Gaines	SP	2	1937	1939	BEG		0.4	-0.2	0.0	0.6	0.0
49	Ruben Jones	RF	1	1928	1928	BBB		0.4	0.3	0.1	0.0	-0.1
50	Emery Adams	RP	1	1939	1939	BEG		0.4	0.4	0.0	-0.1	0.0
51	Bob Miller	2B	1	1932	1932	BEG		0.3	0.1	0.2	0.0	0.0
52	Tommy Butts	SS	1	1939	1939	BEG		0.3	0.4	-0.1	0.0	0.0
53	Porter Charleston	SP	1	1933	1933	PS		0.3	-0.1	0.0	0.4	0.0
54	Red Charleston	C	3	1929	1932	BEG		0.3	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.1
55	Leonard Henderson	3B	2	1930	1932	BEG		0.3	0.3	-0.1	0.0	0.0
56	Dick Lundy	SS	1	1933	1933	PS		0.3	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.2
57	Bob Smith	RF	3	1931	1933	BEG		0.2	-0.1	0.3	0.0	0.0
58	Harvey Threalkill	SS	1	1929	1929	BEG		0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
59	Lester	SP	1	1932	1932	BEG		0.2	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0
60	Cool Turner	3B	1	1931	1931	BEG		0.2	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
61	Steel Arm Davis	LF	1	1934	1934	BEG		0.2	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
62	Granville Lyons	1B	3	1932	1937	BEG/SAS		0.2	0.0	0.3	0.0	-0.1
63	Oscar Charleston	1B	1	1935	1935	NOS		0.2	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
64	Pete Washington	CF	1	1933	1933	PS		0.1	-0.3	0.6	0.0	-0.1
65	Vet Barnes	-	1	1937	1937	SAS		0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0
66	Speedball Rowe	RP	1	1932	1932	BEG		0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0
67	Willie Gisentaner	SP	1	1933	1933	BEG		0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.3	0.0
68	Orville Singer	LF	1	1931	1931	BEG		0.1	0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.1
69	Leon Stewart	RP	1	1936	1936	BEG		0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0
70	Chaney White	LF	1	1933	1933	PS		0.1	0.3	-0.2	0.0	-0.1
71	Red Longley	LF	1	1936	1936	BEG		0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
72	Bullet Rogan	-	1	1937	1937	SAS		0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
73	Clarence Williams	LF	1	1939	1939	BEG		0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
74	Leon Morgan	RF	1	1928	1928	BBB		0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
75	Leo Birdine	SP	1	1928	1928	BBB		0.0	-0.3	-0.6	1.0	-0.1
76	Grove	-	1	1931	1931	BEG		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
77	Shirley Petway	-	1	1932	1932	BEG		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
78	Arnold Waites	RP	1	1937	1937	BEG		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0
79	Bill Perkins	C	3	1928	1935	MULT		0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0	0.2
80	John Henry Oliver	-	1	1937	1937	SAS		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
81	Tom Richardson	-	1	1933	1933	PS		0.0	0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0
82	West	RP	1	1930	1930	BEG		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0
83	Sam Streeter	RP	2	1928	1931	BBB/BEG		0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
84	Young	RP	1	1936	1936	BEG		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
85	Dave Campbell	RF	1	1930	1930	BEG		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
86	James	-	1	1931	1931	BEG		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
87	Oscar Boone	C	1	1939	1939	BEG		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
88	Kid Lowe	3B	1	1930	1930	BEG		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
89	Cliff Carter	SP	1	1933	1933	PS		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
90	Ray Dandridge	SS	1	1933	1933	BEG		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
91	Mack Eggleston	C	1	1934	1934	BEG		0.0	-0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
92	Washington	C	1	1929	1929	BEG		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
93	Hayes	RP	1	1928	1928	BBB		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
94	Lloyd Davenport	-	1	1936	1936	BEG		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
95	David Whatley	-	1	1937	1937	SAS		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
96	Markey	-	1	1937	1937	BEG		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
97	Powell	-	1	1928	1928	BBB		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
98	Odis Taylor	RP	1	1935	1935	BEG		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
99	Willie Bobo	1B	2	1929	1930	BEG		0.0	0.7	-0.5	0.0	-0.2
100	Lloyd Scott	2B	1	1934	1934	BEG		0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
101	Hiram Tanner	-	1	1933	1933	BEG		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
102	Ernest Finch	-	1	1933	1933	BEG		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
103	Felix Manning	-	1	1937	1937	SAS		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
104	Anthony Cooper	LF	2	1928	1934	BBB/BEG		0.0	-0.5	0.7	0.0	-0.2
105	Joe Wiggins	3B	3	1930	1932	BEG		0.0	0.5	-0.7	0.0	0.1
106	Bud Mitchell	RP	2	1933	1935	BEG/PS		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
107	Johnson	RF	1	1928	1928	BBB		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
108	Harry Else	-	1	1937	1937	SAS		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
109	Auburn Nelson	-	1	1937	1937	SAS		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
110	Albert Owens	-	1	1930	1930	BEG		0.0	0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0
111	Clarence Lamar	-	1	1937	1937	SAS		0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
112	Tom Parker	LF	1	1934	1934	BEG		-0.1	0.6	-1.0	0.5	-0.1
113	John Henry Russell	2B	1	1931	1931	BEG		-0.1	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
114	Taft Newman	CF	1	1930	1930	BEG		-0.1	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
115	Felton Stratton	LF	4	1929	1933	BEG		-0.1	-1.1	0.9	0.0	0.2
116	Parnell Woods	-	1	1937	1937	SAS		-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
117	Alfred Carter	RF	1	1934	1934	BEG		-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
118	S. M. Humphries	-	1	1937	1937	SAS		-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
119	Skin Down Robinson	-	1	1939	1939	BEG		-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
120	Pennington	-	1	1929	1929	BEG		-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
121	Jack Wallace	3B	1	1931	1931	BEG		-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
122	Lefty Wilson	RP	1	1936	1936	BEG		-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
123	Al Morris	RF	2	1929	1930	BEG		-0.1	0.2	-0.2	0.0	0.0
124	Crush Holloway	RF	1	1939	1939	BEG		-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
125	Joe Hewitt	SS	4	1929	1932	BEG		-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
126	Singlong	2B	1	1929	1929	BEG		-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
127	George Dixon	C	1	1931	1931	BEG		-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
128	Tommy Sampson	-	1	1937	1937	SAS		-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
129	Ostranda Gray	3B	1	1929	1929	BEG		-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
130	Candy Jim Taylor	-	4	1933	1936	BEG		-0.1	0.1	0.0	-0.2	0.0
131	Clarence Smith	LF	1	1931	1931	BEG		-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
132	Jake Dunn	2B	1	1933	1933	BEG		-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
133	Eddie Pace	RF	1	1930	1930	BEG		-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
134	Cool Papa Bell	CF	1	1935	1935	NOS		-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
135	Thad Christopher	-	1	1936	1936	BEG		-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
136	Charlie Rivera	3B	1	1939	1939	BEG		-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
137	Red Howard	-	1	1936	1936	BEG		-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
138	Russell	RF	1	1929	1929	BEG		-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
139	Perry Hall	RP	1	1928	1928	BBB		-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
140	Lefty Holmes	RP	1	1936	1936	BEG		-0.1	0.1	0.0	-0.2	0.0
141	Charlie Blackwell	CF	1	1929	1929	BEG		-0.2	0.3	-0.5	0.0	0.0
142	Bill Casey	C	1	1933	1933	PS		-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
143	Red Haley	2B	1	1928	1928	BBB		-0.2	0.1	-0.3	0.0	0.0
144	Marsh	-	1	1932	1932	BEG		-0.2	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
145	Lou Dials	-	1	1928	1928	BBB		-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
146	Nelson Dean	-	1	1928	1928	BBB		-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
147	James Buford	2B	4	1929	1932	BEG		-0.2	1.0	-1.5	0.0	0.3
148	Bobby Robinson	3B	1	1934	1934	BEG		-0.2	0.0	-0.2	0.0	0.0
149	Sam Thompson	SP	1	1935	1935	BEG/NOS		-0.2	-0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
150	Red Moore	1B	1	1939	1939	BEG		-0.2	0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.0
151	A. Mullen	-	1	1928	1928	BBB		-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
152	Tom Jackson	-	1	1929	1929	BEG		-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
153	Lewis Means	C	1	1928	1928	BBB		-0.2	0.0	-0.2	0.0	0.0
154	Bill Anderson	RF	1	1930	1930	BEG		-0.2	0.0	-0.2	0.0	0.0
155	Louis English	C	1	1930	1930	BEG		-0.2	0.0	-0.3	0.0	0.0
156	Willie Spearman	-	1	1929	1929	BEG		-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
157	Bill Drake	-	1	1930	1930	BEG		-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
158	Nish Williams	C	9	1929	1937	BEG		-0.3	0.7	-0.1	-1.1	0.1
159	Jim West	1B	7	1931	1939	BEG		-0.3	1.7	-1.1	0.0	-1.0
160	Charles Wesley	2B	1	1928	1928	BBB		-0.3	-0.2	0.3	-0.4	0.0
161	Jesse Edwards	2B	2	1929	1930	BEG		-0.3	-0.4	0.0	0.0	0.0
162	Willie Cornelius	RF	1	1929	1929	BEG		-0.4	0.2	-0.1	-0.4	0.0
163	Geechie Meredith	2B	2	1928	1930	BBB/BEG		-0.4	1.2	-1.7	0.0	0.2
164	Johnnie Oden	3B	1	1928	1928	BBB		-0.4	-0.5	0.0	0.0	0.1
165	Clarence Lewis	SS	1	1934	1934	BEG		-0.4	-0.2	-0.3	0.0	0.0
166	Alonzo Boone	-	1	1931	1931	BEG		-0.4	0.0	0.0	-0.4	0.0
167	Raymond Austin	-	1	1930	1930	BEG		-0.4	0.0	0.0	-0.4	0.0
168	Jim Jeffries	RP	1	1928	1928	BBB		-0.5	-0.3	-0.2	0.0	0.0
169	Eggie Dallard	1B	1	1933	1933	PS		-0.5	-0.4	0.0	0.0	-0.1
170	Lefty Phillips	-	1	1939	1939	BEG		-0.5	0.0	0.0	-0.5	0.0
171	Johnny Johnson	-	1	1939	1939	BEG		-0.5	0.0	0.0	-0.5	0.0
172	Owen Smaulding	-	1	1928	1928	BBB		-0.6	0.0	0.0	-0.6	0.0
173	Lefty Williams	-	1	1929	1929	BEG		-0.7	0.0	0.0	-0.7	0.0
174	Al Johnson	-	1	1936	1936	BEG		-0.8	0.1	0.0	-0.8	0.0
175	Paul Hardy	C	2	1934	1935	BEG		-0.8	-0.6	-0.2	0.0	0.0
176	Bailey McCauley	-	1	1930	1930	BEG		-0.8	-0.1	0.0	-0.7	0.0
177	Clarence White	-	2	1929	1930	BEG		-0.8	-0.2	0.0	-0.6	0.0
178	Cliff Bell	RP	1	1931	1931	BEG		-0.8	-0.2	0.0	-0.7	0.0
179	Richard Cannon	RP	2	1931	1932	BEG		-0.9	0.0	0.0	-1.0	0.0
180	Roy Campanella	C	2	1937	1939	BEG		-0.9	-0.4	-0.6	0.0	0.1
181	Goose Curry	LF	3	1933	1939	BEG		-1.3	0.8	-0.7	-1.2	-0.2
182	Dewitt Owens	SS	1	1928	1928	BBB		-1.4	-0.8	-1.1	0.0	0.5
183	Jack Ridley	CF	5	1929	1933	BEG		-2.4	-0.4	-1.7	0.0	-0.2

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