Claude Willoughby
[edit] Biography
Born on November 14, 1898 in Buffalo, Kansas, Claude Willoughby (Claude William Willoughby) played for the Philadelphia Phillies and Pittsburgh Pirates over the course of his 7 year career. Willoughby broke into the bigs on September 18, 1925 with the Philadelphia Phillies, and put up a 5.95 ERA in 168 innings pitched in 1926, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Claude Willoughby's best season was 1929, when he posted a 4.99 ERA, won 15 games and struck out 50 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1925
| PHI
| N
| 3
| 3
| 2
| 1
| 1.96
| 6
| 7
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 23
| 26
| 0
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1926
| PHI
| N
| 47
| 18
| 8
| 12
| 5.95
| 37
| 125
| 111
| 6
| 0
| 1
| 168
| 218
| 7
| 71
| 0
| 9
| 5
|
| 1927
| PHI
| N
| 35
| 6
| 3
| 7
| 6.54
| 14
| 83
| 71
| 1
| 1
| 2
| 97.2
| 126
| 7
| 53
| 0
| 3
| 2
|
| 1928
| PHI
| N
| 35
| 13
| 6
| 5
| 5.30
| 26
| 92
| 77
| 5
| 1
| 1
| 130.2
| 180
| 6
| 83
| 0
| 1
| 3
|
| 1929
| PHI
| N
| 49
| 35
| 15
| 14
| 4.99
| 50
| 156
| 135
| 14
| 1
| 4
| 243.1
| 288
| 15
| 108
| 0
| 6
| 5
|
| 1930
| PHI
| N
| 41
| 24
| 4
| 17
| 7.59
| 38
| 147
| 129
| 5
| 1
| 1
| 153
| 241
| 17
| 68
| 0
| 3
| 2
|
| 1931
| PIT
| N
| 9
| 2
| 0
| 2
| 6.31
| 4
| 21
| 18
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 25.2
| 32
| 4
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 219
| 101
| 38
| 58
| 5.84
| 175
| 631
| 546
| 33
| 4
| 9
| 841.1
| 1111
| 56
| 406
| 0
| 22
| 18
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1925
| PHI
| N
| P
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1926
| PHI
| N
| P
| 47
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 54
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .968
|
| 1927
| PHI
| N
| P
| 35
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 19
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .958
|
| 1928
| PHI
| N
| P
| 35
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 25
| 2
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .944
|
| 1929
| PHI
| N
| P
| 49
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 76
| 2
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .977
|
| 1930
| PHI
| N
| P
| 41
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 41
| 0
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1931
| PIT
| N
| P
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .889
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 219
| 0
| 0
| 31
| 226
| 8
| 25
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .970
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1925
| PHI
| N
| 3
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1926
| PHI
| N
| 47
| 52
| 4
| 11
| 0
| 2
| .212
| .255
| .231
| 1
| 0
| 3
| 11
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1927
| PHI
| N
| 35
| 26
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 1
| .077
| .143
| .077
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 9
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1928
| PHI
| N
| 35
| 40
| 1
| 6
| 0
| 2
| .150
| .227
| .175
| 1
| 0
| 4
| 11
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1929
| PHI
| N
| 49
| 91
| 6
| 13
| 0
| 5
| .143
| .196
| .154
| 1
| 0
| 6
| 25
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1930
| PHI
| N
| 41
| 48
| 1
| 5
| 0
| 0
| .104
| .189
| .104
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1931
| PIT
| N
| 9
| 7
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 2
| .286
| .286
| .286
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 219
| 272
| 14
| 39
| 0
| 13
| .143
| .202
| .154
| 3
| 0
| 20
| 73
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Transactions
- Traded by Philadelphia Phillies with Tommy Thevenow to Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for Dick Bartell (November 6, 1930).
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