Vic Willis

Full Name: Victor Gazaway Willis	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 2"/185	First Game: April 20, 1898
Birthdate: April 12, 1876	Final Game: September 5, 1910
Birthplace: Cecil County, Maryland	MLB Experience: 13 years
Died: August 3, 1947
Deathplace: Elkton, Maryland
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1995

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Born on April 12, 1876 in Cecil County, Maryland, Vic Willis (Victor Gazaway Willis) played for the Boston Beaneaters, Pittsburgh Pirates and St. Louis Cardinals over the course of his 13 year career. Willis broke into the bigs on April 20, 1898 with the Boston Beaneaters, and put up a 2.84 ERA in 311 innings pitched in 1898, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Vic Willis's best season was 1902, when he posted a 2.20 ERA, won 27 games and struck out 225 batters.

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Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	WP	HBP
1898	BOS	N	41	38	25	13	2.84	160	143	98	29	1	0	311	264	5	148	9	30
1899	BOS	N	41	38	27	8	2.50	120	126	95	35	5	2	342.2	277	6	117	12	30
1900	BOS	N	32	29	10	17	4.19	53	157	110	22	2	0	236	258	11	106	8	12
1901	BOS	N	38	35	20	17	2.36	133	111	80	33	6	0	305.1	262	6	78	5	11
1902	BOS	N	51	46	27	20	2.20	225	142	100	45	4	3	410	372	6	101	13	14
1903	BOS	N	33	32	12	18	2.98	125	121	92	29	2	0	278	256	3	88	4	10
1904	BOS	N	43	43	18	25	2.85	196	182	111	39	2	0	350	357	7	109	11	14
1905	BOS	N	41	41	12	29	3.21	149	174	122	36	4	0	342	340	7	107	12	13
1906	PIT	N	41	36	23	13	1.73	124	84	62	32	6	1	322	295	0	76	8	5
1907	PIT	N	39	37	21	11	2.34	107	96	76	27	6	1	292.2	234	4	69	2	7
1908	PIT	N	41	38	23	11	2.07	97	95	70	25	7	0	304.2	239	2	69	4	6
1909	PIT	N	39	35	22	11	2.24	95	84	72	24	4	1	289.2	243	3	83	4	4
1910	STL	N	33	23	9	12	3.35	67	113	79	12	1	3	212	224	6	61	3	1
Total			513	471	249	205	2.63	1651	1628	1167	388	50	11	3996	3621	66	1212	95	157

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	PO	A	ERR	DP	AVG
1898	BOS	N	P	41	19	67	11	1	.887
1899	BOS	N	P	41	17	81	8	2	.925
1900	BOS	N	P	32	10	49	2	0	.967
1901	BOS	N	P	38	22	66	3	2	.967
1902	BOS	N	P	51	37	105	4	5	.973
1903	BOS	N	1B	6	69	5	4	0	.949
1903	BOS	N	P	33	13	84	4	1	.960
1904	BOS	N	P	43	39	110	7	5	.955
1904	BOS	N	1B	6	49	2	1	1	.981
1905	BOS	N	P	41	37	115	7	3	.956
1906	PIT	N	P	41	22	117	8	5	.946
1907	PIT	N	P	39	17	87	3	2	.972
1908	PIT	N	P	41	11	87	1	2	.990
1909	PIT	N	P	39	16	85	5	1	.953
1910	STL	N	P	33	11	71	4	0	.953
Total			1B	12	118	7	5	1	.962
Total			P	513	271	1124	67	29	.954

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB
1898	BOS	N	41	117	9	17	0	6	.145	.231	.145	0	0	11	0	2	2	0
1899	BOS	N	41	134	14	29	0	16	.216	.245	.239	3	0	4	0	1	3	0
1900	BOS	N	32	88	8	12	0	11	.136	.174	.182	2	1	3	0	1	3	0
1901	BOS	N	38	107	8	20	1	8	.187	.243	.243	1	1	7	0	1	3	1
1902	BOS	N	52	150	10	23	0	7	.153	.206	.153	0	0	9	0	1	1	0
1903	BOS	N	39	128	9	24	0	8	.188	.218	.211	3	0	5	0	0	2	0
1904	BOS	N	52	148	9	27	0	8	.182	.258	.203	3	0	14	0	1	3	0
1905	BOS	N	43	131	12	20	0	4	.153	.172	.183	4	0	3	0	0	2	0
1906	PIT	N	41	115	5	20	0	7	.174	.221	.183	1	0	6	0	1	3	0
1907	PIT	N	39	103	3	14	0	4	.136	.191	.136	0	0	7	0	0	5	2
1908	PIT	N	41	103	9	17	0	1	.165	.189	.175	1	0	3	0	0	4	0
1909	PIT	N	39	103	6	14	0	2	.136	.191	.165	1	1	7	0	0	6	0
1910	STL	N	33	66	5	11	0	2	.167	.191	.197	0	1	2	8	0	4	0
Total			531	1493	107	248	1	84	.166	.213	.186	19	4	81	8	8	41	3

[edit] Transactions

Traded by Syracuse (Eastern) to Boston Beaneaters in exchange for Fred Lake and $1000 (September 15, 1897).
Traded by Boston Beaneaters to Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for Dave Brain, Del Howard and Vive Lindaman (December 15, 1905).
Sold by Pittsburgh Pirates to St. Louis Cardinals (February 15, 1910).

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