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	8	5	1	3	0	0	39.1	28	25	49	2	8	33	0		2	181	5.72	75
1938	MRS	NAL	34	SP	3	5	.375	13	6	5	5	1	0	73.2	46	30	77	5	13	42	0	0	0	317	3.67	115
1939	MRS	NAL	35	SP	1	2	.333	5	4	1	3	1	0	35.0	22	10	36	3	5	14	0	0	0	154	2.57	154
1940	CBM	MEX	36	SP	22	9	.710	41	31		24	1		271.1	90	80	248		78	101			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	8	4	.667	15	14	1	9	1	0	99.1	50	39	104	5	20	49	0	0	4	424	3.53	112
1943	CBE	NAL	39	SP	3	6	.333	9	8	1	7	0	0	65.1	41	33	80	2	18	36	1	0	2	296	4.55	82
1944	CBE/PUE	MEX/NAL	40	SP	7	9	.438	21	15	3	9	0	1	122.2	65	55	141	1	41	52	3	1	0	520	4.04	95
1945	CBE	NAL/WS	41	RP	3	0	1.000	6	2	4	2	0	1	30.1	5	5	21	0	7	16	0	0	0	113	1.48	229
1946	CBE	NAL	42	RP	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	6	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	135.00	3
10	6			SP	57	53	.518	153	109	16	75	4	2	941.1	468	380	999	18	289	417	4	1	9	4060	3.63	118
162 Game Average					15	14	.518	40	28	9	19	1	1	244.1	121	99	259	11	75	108	2	1	3	1054	3.63	118

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				23	24	.489	68	47	16	35	3	2	410.2	231	177	447	18	88	223	4	1	8	1778	3.88	100

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	8	5	1	3	0	0	39.1	28	25	49	2	8	33	0		2	181	5.72	75
2	Memphis Red Sox			RP	4	7	.364	18	10	6	8	2	0	108.2	68	40	113	8	18	56	0	0	0	471	3.31	125
2	Sultanes de Monterrey			SP	31	25	.554	75	55		37	1		475.1	205	178	487		177	175			1	2048	3.37	141
1	Philadelphia Stars			SP	2	1	.667	3	3	0	3	1	0	25.0	15	14	25	0	6	15	0	0	1	109	5.04	81
5	Cleveland Buckeyes			SP	16	14	.533	39	29	9	21	0	2	237.2	120	98	260	8	56	119	4	1	5	1017	3.71	98
1	Puebla			SP	3	4	.429	10	7		3	0		55.1	32	25	65		24	19	0	0	0	234	4.07	109

Advanced Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	IP	WHIP	Lg	K%	Lg	BB%	Lg	K/BB	Lg	HR%	Lg
1937	CT	NAL	33	SP	39.1	1.45	1.38	18.2%	14.0%	4.4%	7.5%	4.13	1.88	1.1%	0.9%
1938	MRS	NAL	34	SP	73.2	1.22	1.36	13.2%	14.9%	4.1%	7.8%	3.23	1.92	1.6%	0.9%
1939	MRS	NAL	35	SP	35.0	1.17	1.37	9.1%	13.2%	3.2%	8.2%	2.80	1.61	1.9%	0.8%
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	0.82
1942	CCB/PS	NAL/NN2	38	SP	99.1	1.25	1.38	11.6%	12.2%	4.7%	8.4%	2.45	1.51	1.2%	0.9%
1943	CBE	NAL	39	SP	65.1	1.50	1.32	12.2%	12.2%	6.1%	7.6%	2.00	1.60	0.7%	0.5%
1944	CBE/PUE	MEX/NAL	40	SP	122.2	1.48	1.44	10.0%	10.3%	7.9%	9.7%	1.27	1.22	0.2%
1945	CBE	NAL/WS	41	RP	30.1	0.92	1.26	14.2%	11.7%	6.2%	8.4%	2.29	1.48	0.0%	0.6%
1946	CBE	NAL	42	RP	0.1	12.00	1.42	0.0%	13.9%	0.0%	8.6%		1.62	0.0%	0.6%
10	6			SP	941.1	1.37	1.48	10.3%	11.8%	7.1%	9.5%	1.44	1.31	1.0%	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%	10.8%	8.8%	10.8%	0.97	1.03
8	Negro Leagues				410.2	1.30	1.34	12.5%	13.0%	4.9%	7.8%	2.53	1.66	1.0%	0.7%

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	IP	WHIP	Lg	K%	Lg	BB%	Lg	K/BB	Lg	HR%	Lg
1	Cincinnati Tigers			RP	39.1	1.45	1.38	18.2%	14.0%	4.4%	7.5%	4.13	1.88	1.1%	0.9%
2	Memphis Red Sox			RP	108.2	1.21	1.36	11.9%	14.4%	3.8%	7.9%	3.11	1.82	1.7%	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	25.0	1.24	1.37	13.8%	12.2%	5.5%	9.0%	2.50	1.36	0.0%	1.0%
5	Cleveland Buckeyes			SP	237.2	1.33	1.32	11.7%	12.3%	5.5%	7.8%	2.13	1.59	0.8%	0.6%
1	Puebla			SP	55.1	1.61	1.62	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	8	181	167	28	49	3	5	2	6		8	33	0	2	4		2	.293	.333	.407	.741
1938	MRS	NAL	34	SP	13	317	299	46	77	9	9	5	4	0	13	42		0	5		3	.258	.288	.398	.686
1939	MRS	NAL	35	SP	5	154	147	22	36	4	0	3	3		5	14	0	0	0	2	1	.245	.266	.333	.600
1940	CBM	MEX	36	SP	41	1116	0	90	248						78	101		1					4.139
1941	CBM	MEX	37	SP	34	932	0	115	239						99	74							3.414
1942	CCB/PS	NAL/NN2	38	SP	15	424	397	50	104	15	1	5	2		20	49	0	4	3		4	.262	.304	.343	.647
1943	CBE	NAL	39	SP	9	296	270	41	80	12	6	2	5		18	36		2	6		0	.296	.345	.407	.752
1944	CBE/PUE	MEX/NAL	40	SP	21	520	472	65	141	13	6	1	7	3	41	52	0	0	7	0	6	.299	.355	.358	.713
1945	CBE	NAL/WS	41	RP	6	113	106	5	21	2	1	0	2		7	16	0	0	0	0	3	.198	.248	.236	.484
1946	CBE	NAL	42	RP	1	7	7	6	4	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0		0	.571	.571	.571	1.143
10	6			SP	153	4060	1865	468	999	58	28	18	29	3	289	417	0	9	25	2	19	.536	.599	.372	.971

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				2.629	1.830	.000	.000
8	Negro Leagues				68	1778	1655	231	447	58	28	18	29	3	88	223	0	8	25	2	19	.270	.310	.372	.681

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	8	181	167	28	49	3	5	2	6		8	33	0	2	4		2	.293	.333	.407	.741
2	Memphis Red Sox			RP	18	471	446	68	113	13	9	8	7	0	18	56	0	0	5	2	4	.253	.281	.377	.658
2	Sultanes de Monterrey			SP	75	2048	0	205	487						177	175		1				.000	3.736	.000	.000
1	Philadelphia Stars			SP	3	109	102	15	25	3	1	0	0		6	15	0	1	0		0	.245	.294	.294	.588
5	Cleveland Buckeyes			SP	39	1017	940	120	260	39	13	8	16	3	56	119	0	5	16	0	13	.277	.321	.371	.692
1	Puebla			SP	10	234	210	32	65						24	19		0				.310	.380	.000	.000

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