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Jim Willis

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-3, 175lb (190cm, 79kg)

Born: March 20, 1927 in Doyline, LA us

School: Northwestern State University of Louisiana (Natchitoches, LA)

Debut: April 22, 1953 (Age 26-033d, 11,010th in major league history)
vs. MLN 2.0 IP, 3 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 2 ER

Last Game: June 5, 1954 (Age 27-077d)
vs. BRO 1.1 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1954 season

Full Name: James Gladden Willis

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

1.8

ERA

3.39

66.1

WHIP

1.417

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Team Record in Appearances: 2-11 / in Starts: 2-1

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 10, Entered with runners on base: 3

1953 Pitching Game Log

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1953 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	1	3	Apr 22	CHC		MLN	L,6-15	8-GF		99	2.0	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	9.00	2.59	9	5	1	0	1	3		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	.00	-0.001	.01	0.00%	-0.90	8t --- 0 out d9	9t end d 9
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
2	2	14	May 6	CHC	@	NYG	L,5-8	7-GF(8)		13	2.0	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	4.50	4.84	9	3	2	0	0	1		3	1	0	1	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.38	0.035	.70	0.04%	1.96	7b 123 0 out d2	8b end d 3
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
3	3	82	Jul 16	CHC	@	NYG	L,3-10	8-GF(8)		70	1.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	5.40	3.99	5	1	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	.01	-0.001	.00	0.00%	-0.44	8b --- 0 out d6	8b end d 7
4	4	87	Jul 21	CHC	@	BRO	L,4-15	7-7		4	0.1	5	4	4	0	0	1	1	11.81	6.91	7	0	5	4	0	1		0	0	2	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.14	-0.060	.00	0.00%	-4.41	7b --- 0 out d3	7b 12- 1 out d7
5	5	94	Jul 28	CHC		BRO	L,2-13	5-GF		6	4.2	4	1	1	1	2	0	0	7.20	4.79	19	8	8	2	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	18	1	0	0	1	0	1	.01	0.001	.00	0.00%	1.77	5t 1-- 1 out d10	9t end d11
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
6	6	98	Aug 1	CHC		PIT	L,3-10	7-8		3	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	6.00	4.68	8	5	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	.10	0.007	.00	0.00%	1.10	7t --- 0 out d6	8t 3 out d6
7	7	103	Aug 6	CHC		NYG	L,6-12	9-9		4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.68	4.57	2	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.001	.00	0.00%	0.44	9t --- 0 out d6	9t --- 2 out d6
8	8	111	Aug 13	CHC		CIN	L,2-10	8-GF		6	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.91	4.16	7	2	3	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	1.10	8t --- 0 out d9	9t end d 9
9	9	121	Aug 23(1)	CHC	@	MLN	L,2-10	5-6		9	1.2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.41	3.76	6	2	1	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.02	0.003	.00	0.00%	1.43	5b 12- 1 out d8	6b 3 out d8
10	10	131	Aug 31	CHC	@	NYG	L,4-13	7-GF(8)		7	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.93	3.52	6	2	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	1.11	7b --- 0 out d9	8b end d 9
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
11	11	136	Sep 6(2)	CHC		CIN	W,7-2	CG	W(1-0)	5	9.0	8	2	2	6	4	0	0	3.29	3.58	41	8	15	0	0	8	61			0	0	0	35	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.03	0.358	.00	0.00%	2.95	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
12	12	141	Sep 12	CHC		NYG	W,7-1	CG	W(2-0)	5	9.0	5	1	1	1	3	0	0	2.72	3.25	34	16	10	1	2	4	75			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	.99	0.319	.00	0.00%	3.95	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
13	13	149	Sep 21	CHC	@	STL	L,0-4	GS-7	L(2-1)	8	7.0	5	4	4	7	1	0	0	3.12	3.59	30	12	5	0	0	5	45			0	0	0	22	0	1	0	3	0	0	.85	-0.008	.00	0.00%	-0.23	1b start tie	7b 3 out d4
							2-11		W-L:2-1	5.7	43.1	37	15	15	17	15	1	3	3.12	3.59	183	1.16		7%	2%	27	60	6	17%	2	1	0	162	2	3	0	5	0	1	.58	0.654	.04	0.04%	9.83

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