Willie Jefferson

William Jefferson
(Bill)

Born: January 27, 1904 in Clearview, OK
Died: May 31, 1972 deathplace unknown
(68 years old)

Bats: R

Throws: R

Ht: 5'9"

Wt: 163

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Notes:

• College: Oklahoma Colored Agricultural & Normal University (Langston, OK)
• Buried: Prairie Springs Cemetery (Okemah, OK)
• Relatives: George Jefferson (Brother)

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+
1937	CT	NAL	33	SP	1	2	.333	7	5		3	0	0	35.1	26	23	45	2	8	28	0		2	164	5.86	68
1938	MRS	NAL	34	SP	3	4	.429	12	5		4	1	0	65.2	37	25	67	5	11	38	0		0	278	3.43	117
1939	MRS	NAL	35	SP	1	2	.333	3	3		2	1	0	23.0	18	12	25		3	6			0		4.70	83
1940	CBM	MEX	36	SP	22	9	.710	41	31		24	1		271.1	90	80	248		78	101	0		1	1116	2.65	174
1941	CBM	MEX	37	SP	9	16	.360	34	24		13	0		204.0	115	98	239		99	74				932	4.32	113
1942	CCB/PS	NAL/NN2	38	SP	6	2	.750	9	8		5	2	0	65.0	22	17	62		9	34	0		0		2.35	159
1943	CBE	NAL	39	SP	3	6	.333	9	8		7	0	0	65.2	47	37	87	2	14	35	1		2	302	5.07	73
1944	CBE/PUE	NAL/MEX	40	SP	6	9	.400	18	13		7	0	0	108.0	67	54	127		37	40	4	0	0	234	4.50	85
1945	CBE	NAL/WS	41	RP	2	0	1.000	4	1		1	0	0	22.1	4	4	17	0	4	11	0		0	33	1.61	173
1946	CBE	NAL	42	RP	0	0		1	0		0	0	0	0.1	6	5	4		0	0	0		0		135.00	3
10	6			SP	53	50	.515	138	98		66	5	0	860.2	432	355	921	9	263	367	5	0	5	3059	3.71	113
162 Game Average					15	14	.515	40	28		19	1	0	248.0	124	102	265	13	76	106	2	0	2	1067	3.71	113

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+
3	vs Latin Leagues				34	29	.540	85	62		40	1		530.2	237	203	552		201	194	0	0	1	2282	3.44	137
8	Negro Leagues				19	21	.475	53	36		26	4	0	330.0	195	152	369	9	62	173	5		4	777	4.15	88

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	Cincinnati Tigers			RP	1	2	.333	7	5		3	0	0	35.1	26	23	45	2	8	28	0		2	164	5.86	68
2	Memphis Red Sox			RP	4	6	.400	15	8		6	2	0	88.2	55	37	92	5	14	44	0		0	278	3.76	106
2	Sultanes de Monterrey			SP	31	25	.554	75	55		37	1		475.1	205	178	487		177	175	0		1	2048	3.37	141
1	Philadelphia Stars			SP	1	1	.500	2	2		1	1	0	15.0	8	5	12		4	12	0		0		3.00	132
5	Cleveland Buckeyes			SP	13	12	.520	29	21		16	1	0	191.0	106	87	220	2	36	89	5		2	335	4.10	84
1	Puebla			SP	3	4	.429	10	7		3	0		55.1	32	25	65		24	19	0	0	0	234	4.07	110

Advanced Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	IP	WHIP	Lg	K%	Lg	BB%	Lg	K/BB	Lg	HR%	Lg
1937	CT	NAL	33	SP	35.1	1.50	1.33	17.1%	14.0%	4.9%	7.0%	3.50	1.99	1.2%	0.8%
1938	MRS	NAL	34	SP	65.2	1.19	1.36	13.7%	14.6%	4.0%	7.8%	3.45	1.88	1.8%	0.8%
1939	MRS	NAL	35	SP	23.0	1.22	1.34	6.3%	13.2%	3.2%	8.4%	2.00	1.58
1940	CBM	MEX	36	SP	271.1	1.20	1.52	9.1%	12.5%	7.0%	9.9%	1.29	1.27
1941	CBM	MEX	37	SP	204.0	1.66	1.68	7.9%	9.6%	10.6%	11.6%	0.75	0.83
1942	CCB/PS	NAL/NN2	38	SP	65.0	1.09	1.31	13.0%	12.1%	3.4%	7.9%	3.78	1.66
1943	CBE	NAL	39	SP	65.2	1.54	1.29	11.6%	12.2%	4.6%	7.4%	2.50	1.64	0.7%	0.5%
1944	CBE/PUE	NAL/MEX	40	SP	108.0	1.52	1.42	8.7%	9.9%	8.0%	9.5%	1.08	1.16
1945	CBE	NAL/WS	41	RP	22.1	0.94	1.19	12.9%	12.0%	4.7%	8.3%	2.75	1.50	0.0%
1946	CBE	NAL	42	RP	0.1	12.00	1.42	0.0%	13.9%	0.0%	8.5%		1.63
10	6			SP	860.2	1.38	1.48	9.9%	11.7%	7.1%	9.5%	1.40	1.30	1.2%	0.7%

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	IP	WHIP	Lg	K%	Lg	BB%	Lg	K/BB	Lg	HR%	Lg
3	vs Latin Leagues				530.2	1.42	1.59	8.5%	10.9%	8.8%	10.8%	0.97	1.03
8	Negro Leagues				330.0	1.31	1.30	12.2%	13.0%	4.4%	7.5%	2.79	1.72	1.2%	0.7%

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	IP	WHIP	Lg	K%	Lg	BB%	Lg	K/BB	Lg	HR%	Lg
1	Cincinnati Tigers			RP	35.1	1.50	1.33	17.1%	14.0%	4.9%	7.0%	3.50	1.99	1.2%	0.8%
2	Memphis Red Sox			RP	88.2	1.20	1.36	11.8%	14.3%	3.8%	7.9%	3.14	1.80	1.8%	0.8%
2	Sultanes de Monterrey			SP	475.1	1.40	1.59	8.5%	11.2%	8.6%	10.7%	0.99	1.08
1	Philadelphia Stars			SP	15.0	1.07	1.34	20.0%	11.8%	6.7%	8.7%	3.00	1.36
5	Cleveland Buckeyes			SP	191.0	1.34	1.26	10.8%	12.2%	4.4%	7.3%	2.47	1.67	0.6%	0.5%
1	Puebla			SP	55.1	1.61	1.63	8.1%	7.8%	10.3%	11.8%	0.79	0.66

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
1937	CT	NAL	33	SP	7	164	151	26	45	3	5	2	6		8	28		2	3		2	.298	.342	.424	.765
1938	MRS	NAL	34	SP	12	278	263	37	67	7	9	5	4		11	38		0	4		2	.255	.285	.407	.692
1939	MRS	NAL	35	SP	3			18	25						3	6		0
1940	CBM	MEX	36	SP	41	1116		90	248						78	101		1
1941	CBM	MEX	37	SP	34	932		115	239						99	74
1942	CCB/PS	NAL/NN2	38	SP	9			22	62						9	34		0
1943	CBE	NAL	39	SP	9	302	280	47	87	10	6	2	5		14	35		2	6			.311	.348	.411	.759
1944	CBE/PUE	NAL/MEX	40	SP	18	234	210	67	127						37	40		0				.605	.664
1945	CBE	NAL/WS	41	RP	4	33	31	4	17	1	0	0	2		4	11		0	0		1	.548	.600	.581	1.181
1946	CBE	NAL	42	RP	1			6	4						0	0		0
10	6			SP	138	3059	935	432	921	21	20	9	17		263	367		5	13		5	.289	.334	.404	.738

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
3	vs Latin Leagues				85	2282	210	237	552						201	194		1				.310	.380	.000	.000
8	Negro Leagues				53	777	725	195	369	21	20	9	17		62	173		4	13		5	.283	.319	.404	.724

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	Cincinnati Tigers			RP	7	164	151	26	45	3	5	2	6		8	28		2	3		2	.298	.342	.424	.765
2	Memphis Red Sox			RP	15	278	263	55	92	7	9	5	4		14	44		0	4		2	.255	.285	.407	.692
2	Sultanes de Monterrey			SP	75	2048		205	487						177	175		1				.000	.000	.000	.000
1	Philadelphia Stars			SP	2			8	12						4	12		0				.000	.000	.000	.000
5	Cleveland Buckeyes			SP	29	335	311	106	220	11	6	2	7		36	89		2	6		1	.299	.337	.392	.730
1	Puebla			SP	10	234	210	32	65						24	19		0				.310	.380	.000	.000

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