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Jim Willis

James Willis
(Cannonball; Bullet Jim)

Born: birthplace unknown

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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		SP	2	4	.333	7	5	2	4	0	0	49.0	39	35	61	5	15	21	0		3	231	6.43	65
1929	NEG	IND		SP	1	5	.167	10	7		5	0	1	74.0	46	37	94		16	42	0		2		4.50	122
1930	NEG	NNL		SP	3	12	.200	18	15		9	1	0	124.0	73	55	136		31	52	0		1		3.99	124
1931	CCU	NNL		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		SP	4	7	.364	12	11	0	10	0	0	92.2	51	33	89	6	13	53	0		1	103	3.21	111
1933	NEG/PS	IND/NN2		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		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		SP	4	1	.800	8	6	0	4	0	1	53.0	21	17	51	4	10	20	0		3	221	2.89	183
1936	WEG	NN2		SP	5	5	.500	12	7	0	5	0	1	69.2	29	24	69	2	16	26	1		1	292	3.10	160
1937	SAS/weg	NN2/NSA		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		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	52
11	4			SP	32	49	.395	111	78	10	57	1	3	718.2	397	314	783	29	159	347	1	0	17	1935	3.93	117
162 Game Average					12	18	.395	40	28	6	21	0	1	258.2	143	113	282	14	57	125	0	0	6	947	3.93	117

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			-	2	4	.333	7	5	2	4	0	0	49.0	39	35	61	5	15	21	0		3	231	6.43	65
10	Baltimore Elite Giants			SP	27	43	.386	95	69	5	51	1	3	620.0	334	260	665	22	133	298	1	0	11	1501	3.77	123
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		SP	49.0		1.55	1.34		9.1%	10.1%		6.5%	6.3%		1.40	1.60		2.2%	1.0%
1929	NEG	IND		SP	74.0		1.49	1.57		12.8%	208.8%		4.9%	168.3%		2.63	1.24			8.4%
1930	NEG	NNL		SP	124.0		1.35	1.45		9.8%	133.0%		5.9%	91.9%		1.68	1.45			2.5%
1931	CCU	NNL		SP	69.0		1.51	1.46		12.9%	11.9%		5.8%	9.0%		2.22	1.33		1.6%	1.0%
1932	NEG	NSC/NSL		SP	92.2		1.10	1.28		51.5%	39.5%		12.6%	17.4%		4.08	2.13		5.8%	3.1%
1933	NEG/PS	IND/NN2		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		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		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		SP	69.2		1.22	1.48		8.9%	11.6%		5.5%	8.7%		1.63	1.34		0.7%	1.6%
1937	SAS/weg	NN2/NSA		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		SP	7.2		2.35	1.47		0.0%	11.5%		5.1%	8.7%		0.00	1.32		2.6%	1.6%
11	4			SP	718.2		1.31	1.44		12.4%	58.8%		5.7%	42.9%		2.18	1.55		1.5%	2.4%

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	IP		WHIP	Lg		K%	Lg		BB%	Lg		K/BB	Lg		HR%	Lg
1	Birmingham Black Barons			-	49.0		1.55	1.34		9.1%	10.1%		6.5%	6.3%		1.40	1.60		2.2%	1.0%
10	Baltimore Elite Giants			SP	620.0		1.29	1.44		12.6%	67.6%		5.6%	49.5%		2.24	1.54		1.5%	2.6%
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		SP	7	231	206	39	61	9	5	5	7		15	21		3	7		2	.296	.353	.461	.814
1929	NEG	IND		SP	10			46	94						16	42		2
1930	NEG	NNL		SP	18			73	136						31	52		1
1931	CCU	NNL		SP	12	309	287	44	86	19	4	5	8		18	40		1	3		3	.300	.343	.446	.789
1932	NEG	NSC/NSL		SP	12	103	95	51	89	2	2	6	1		13	53		1	2		1	.937	.945	1.189	2.134
1933	NEG/PS	IND/NN2		SP	18	459	424	46	116	16	3	3	11		19	53		3	13		19	.274	.309	.347	.656
1934	NEG	NN2		SP	9	233	217	23	50	10	1	2	4		13	36		1	2		1	.230	.277	.313	.590
1935	ceg	NN2		SP	8	221	203	21	51	7	1	4	6		10	20		3	5		2	.251	.296	.355	.651
1936	WEG	NN2		SP	12	292	269	29	69	9	3	2	6		16	26		1	6		0	.257	.301	.335	.635
1937	SAS/weg	NN2/NSA		RP	3	48	40	15	15	2	2	1	1		6	4		1	1		0	.375	.468	.600	1.068
1939	BEG	NN2		SP	2	39	37	10	16	1	1	1	0		2	0	0	0	0		1	.432	.462	.595	1.056
11	4			SP	111	1935	1778	397	783	75	22	29	44		159	347	0	17	39		29	.311	.357	.427	.784

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			-	7	231	206	39	61	9	5	5	7		15	21		3	7		2	.296	.353	.461	.814
10	Baltimore Elite Giants			SP	95	1501	1389	334	665	58	15	22	33		133	298	0	11	26		20	.313	.357	.424	.781
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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