Jim Willoughby

Full Name: James Arthur Willoughby	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 2"/185	First Game: September 5, 1971
Birthdate: January 31, 1949	Final Game: September 28, 1978
Birthplace: Salinas, California	MLB Experience: 8 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Born on January 31, 1949 in Salinas, California, Jim Willoughby (James Arthur Willoughby) played for the San Francisco Giants, Boston Red Sox and Chicago White Sox over the course of his 8 year career. Willoughby broke into the bigs on September 5, 1971 with the San Francisco Giants, and put up a 2.36 ERA in 87.2 innings pitched in 1972, his rookie year.

There is some disagreement on what was Jim Willoughby's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1976, when he posted a 2.82 ERA and notched 10 saves. However, others believe that it was 1972, when he posted a 2.36 ERA.

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[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1971	SF	N	2	1	0	1	9.00	3	4	4	0	0	0	4	8	0	1	0	1	0
1972	SF	N	11	11	6	4	2.36	40	25	23	7	0	0	87.2	72	8	14	4	2	2
1973	SF	N	39	12	4	5	4.68	60	74	64	1	1	1	123	138	21	37	4	3	3
1974	SF	N	18	4	1	4	4.65	12	27	21	0	0	0	40.2	51	7	9	1	0	0
1975	BOS	A	24	0	5	2	3.54	29	25	19	0	0	8	48.1	46	6	16	3	2	2
1976	BOS	A	54	0	3	12	2.82	37	38	31	0	0	10	99	94	4	31	12	3	8
1977	BOS	A	31	0	6	2	4.94	33	32	30	0	0	2	54.2	54	5	18	3	2	2
1978	CHI	A	59	0	1	6	3.86	36	41	40	0	0	13	93.1	95	6	19	2	1	4
Total	NL		70	28	11	14	3.95	115	130	112	8	1	1	255.1	269	36	61	9	6	5
Total	AL		168	0	15	22	3.66	135	136	120	0	0	33	295.1	289	21	84	20	8	16
Total			238	28	26	36	3.79	250	266	232	8	1	34	550.2	558	57	145	29	14	21

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Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1971	SF	N	P	2	1	4	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.000
1972	SF	N	P	11	11	87.2	8	12	1	1	6	1	0	.952
1973	SF	N	P	39	12	123	7	15	0	1	12	7	0	1.000
1974	SF	N	P	18	4	40.2	6	10	0	0	5	2	0	1.000
1975	BOS	A	P	24	0	48.1	3	7	0	0	5	3	0	1.000
1976	BOS	A	P	54	0	99	7	22	2	1	8	3	1	.935
1977	BOS	A	P	31	0	54.2	12	10	1	1	4	1	0	.957
1978	CHI	A	P	59	0	93.1	11	19	1	3	12	1	0	.968
Total			P	238	28	550.2	54	97	5	7	53	18	1	.968

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	BB	SO	SH	GDP
1971	SF	N	2	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	0	0
1972	SF	N	11	27	1	5	0	0	.185	.241	.185	0	2	8	5	0
1973	SF	N	41	28	3	4	1	3	.143	.200	.286	1	2	11	3	1
1974	SF	N	20	10	2	1	0	0	.100	.100	.200	1	0	4	0	0
1975	BOS	A	24	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
1976	BOS	A	54	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
1977	BOS	A	31	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
1978	CHI	A	59	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
Total	NL		74	66	6	10	1	3	.152	.200	.227	2	4	24	8	1
Total	AL		168	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
Total			242	67	6	10	1	3	.149	.197	.224	2	4	24	8	1

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Selected by San Francisco Giants in the 11th round of the free-agent draft (June 6, 1967).
Traded by San Francisco Giants to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Tom Heintzelman (October 14, 1974).
Traded by St. Louis Cardinals to Boston Red Sox (July 4, 1975) completing trade in which Boston Red Sox traded Mario Guerrero to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for a player to be named later (April 4, 1975).
Sold by Boston Red Sox to Chicago White Sox (April 5, 1978).
Traded by Chicago White Sox to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for John Scott (October 23, 1978).
Released by St. Louis Cardinals (March 30, 1979).
Signed by Chicago Cubs (March 30, 1979).

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