Willie Mitchell

Full Name: William Mitchell	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/176	First Game: September 22, 1909
Birthdate: December 1, 1889	Final Game: May 31, 1919
Birthplace: Pleasant Grove, Mississippi	MLB Experience: 11 years
Died: November 23, 1973
Deathplace: Sardis, Mississippi
Bat/Throw: Right/Left

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Born on December 1, 1889 in Pleasant Grove, Mississippi, Willie Mitchell (William Mitchell) played for the Cleveland Naps, Cleveland Indians and Detroit Tigers over the course of his 11 year career. Mitchell broke into the bigs on September 22, 1909 with the Cleveland Naps, and put up a 2.60 ERA in 183.2 innings pitched in 1910, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Willie Mitchell's best season was 1913, when he posted a 1.91 ERA, won 14 games and struck out 141 batters.

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Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	WP	HBP
1909	CLE	A	3	3	1	2	1.57	8	6	4	3	0	0	23	18	0	10	0	4
1910	CLE	A	35	18	12	8	2.60	102	77	53	11	1	0	183.2	155	2	55	2	15
1911	CLE	A	30	22	7	14	3.76	78	102	74	9	0	0	177.1	190	1	60	9	13
1912	CLE	A	29	15	5	8	2.80	94	88	51	8	0	1	163.2	149	0	56	10	7
1913	CLE	A	35	22	14	8	1.91	141	56	46	14	4	0	217	153	1	88	7	8
1914	CLE	A	39	32	12	17	3.19	179	127	91	16	3	1	257	228	3	124	9	7
1915	CLE	A	36	30	11	14	2.82	149	103	74	12	1	1	236	210	1	84	5	2
1916	DET	A	23	17	7	5	3.31	60	53	47	7	2	0	127.2	119	1	48	2	5
1916	CLE	A	12	6	2	5	5.15	24	35	25	1	0	1	43.2	55	1	19	3	0
1916	TOT	A	35	23	9	10	3.78	84	88	72	8	2	1	171.1	174	2	67	5	5
1917	DET	A	30	22	12	8	2.19	80	66	45	12	5	0	185.1	172	2	46	0	13
1918	DET	A	1	1	0	1	9.00	2	4	4	0	0	0	4	3	0	5	0	0
1919	DET	A	3	2	1	2	5.27	4	8	8	0	0	0	13.2	12	2	10	1	1
Total			276	190	84	92	2.88	921	725	522	93	16	4	1632	1464	14	605	48	75

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Year	Team		POS	G	PO	A	ERR	DP	AVG
1909	CLE	A	P	3	2	7	1	1	.900
1910	CLE	A	P	35	9	46	4	1	.932
1911	CLE	A	P	30	9	47	6	0	.903
1912	CLE	A	P	29	8	30	6	0	.864
1913	CLE	A	P	35	10	44	4	3	.931
1914	CLE	A	P	39	4	46	6	1	.893
1915	CLE	A	P	36	3	48	8	1	.864
1916	DET	A	P	23	2	21	1	1	.958
1916	CLE	A	P	12	3	9	3	0	.800
1916	TOT	A	P	35	5	30	4	1	.897
1917	DET	A	P	30	11	40	4	2	.927
1917	DET	A	OF	1	0	0	0	0	.000
1918	DET	A	P	1	1	2	0	0	1.000
1919	DET	A	P	3	1	4	0	0	1.000
Total			OF	1	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			P	276	63	344	43	10	.904

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	BB	SO	HBP	SH
1909	CLE	A	3	7	1	2	0	.286	.375	.286	0	1	0	0	0
1910	CLE	A	35	63	1	10	2	.159	.172	.159	0	0	0	1	3
1911	CLE	A	32	64	2	7	3	.109	.123	.125	1	1	0	0	2
1912	CLE	A	29	53	4	6	3	.113	.175	.113	0	4	0	0	1
1913	CLE	A	35	70	7	10	3	.143	.178	.171	2	3	25	0	6
1914	CLE	A	39	81	5	7	4	.086	.169	.099	1	8	22	0	8
1915	CLE	A	36	79	3	10	4	.127	.169	.139	1	4	20	0	6
1916	DET	A	23	36	3	9	3	.250	.357	.250	0	5	6	1	1
1916	CLE	A	12	11	0	0	0	.000	.083	.000	0	1	4	0	1
1916	TOT	A	35	47	3	9	3	.191	.296	.191	0	6	10	1	2
1917	DET	A	31	59	3	7	4	.119	.148	.119	0	1	11	1	4
1918	DET	A	1	2	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	0	0
1919	DET	A	3	5	0	1	1	.200	.333	.200	0	1	1	0	0
Total			279	530	29	69	27	.130	.180	.140	5	29	90	3	32

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Claimed on waivers by Detroit Tigers from Cleveland Indians (June 20, 1916).

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