Willie Ramsdell
[edit] Biography
Born on April 4, 1916 in Williamsburg, Kansas, Willie Ramsdell (James Willard Ramsdell) played for the Brooklyn Dodgers, Cincinnati Reds and Chicago Cubs over the course of his 5 year career. Ramsdell broke into the bigs on September 24, 1947 with the Brooklyn Dodgers, and put up a 5.19 ERA in 50.1 innings pitched in 1948, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Willie Ramsdell's best season was 1951, when he posted a 4.04 ERA and struck out 88 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1947
| BRO
| N
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 6.75
| 3
| 6
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2.2
| 4
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1948
| BRO
| N
| 27
| 1
| 4
| 4
| 5.19
| 34
| 35
| 29
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 50.1
| 48
| 6
| 41
| 0
| 2
| 3
|
| 1950
| CIN
| N
| 27
| 22
| 7
| 12
| 3.72
| 83
| 77
| 65
| 8
| 1
| 0
| 157.1
| 151
| 17
| 75
| 0
| 5
| 2
|
| 1950
| BRO
| N
| 5
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 2.84
| 2
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 6.1
| 7
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 1
|
| 1950
| TOT
| N
| 32
| 22
| 8
| 14
| 3.68
| 85
| 80
| 67
| 8
| 1
| 1
| 163.2
| 158
| 17
| 77
| 0
| 6
| 3
|
| 1951
| CIN
| N
| 31
| 31
| 9
| 17
| 4.04
| 88
| 103
| 88
| 10
| 1
| 0
| 196
| 204
| 18
| 70
| 0
| 9
| 8
|
| 1952
| CHI
| N
| 19
| 4
| 2
| 3
| 2.42
| 30
| 22
| 18
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 67
| 41
| 5
| 24
| 0
| 2
| 5
|
| Total
|
|
| 111
| 58
| 24
| 39
| 3.83
| 240
| 246
| 204
| 18
| 2
| 5
| 479.2
| 455
| 46
| 215
| 0
| 19
| 20
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1947
| BRO
| N
| P
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1948
| BRO
| N
| P
| 27
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1950
| CIN
| N
| P
| 27
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 22
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .967
|
| 1950
| BRO
| N
| P
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1950
| TOT
| N
| P
| 32
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 24
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .970
|
| 1951
| CIN
| N
| P
| 31
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 29
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .923
|
| 1952
| CHI
| N
| P
| 19
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 10
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .800
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 111
| 0
| 0
| 26
| 77
| 8
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .928
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1947
| BRO
| N
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 1.000
| 1.000
| 1.000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1948
| BRO
| N
| 27
| 11
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .091
| .091
| .091
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1950
| CIN
| N
| 27
| 50
| 1
| 10
| 0
| 2
| .200
| .273
| .200
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 8
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1950
| BRO
| N
| 5
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1950
| TOT
| N
| 32
| 53
| 1
| 10
| 0
| 2
| .189
| .259
| .189
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 9
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1951
| CIN
| N
| 31
| 58
| 4
| 9
| 0
| 1
| .155
| .183
| .172
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 15
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| 1952
| CHI
| N
| 19
| 18
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .056
| .105
| .111
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 111
| 141
| 5
| 22
| 0
| 4
| .156
| .201
| .170
| 2
| 0
| 8
| 35
| 0
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
[edit] Transactions
- Sold by Brooklyn Dodgers to Cincinnati Reds (May 10, 1950).
- Traded by Cincinnati Reds to Chicago Cubs in exchange for Frank Hiller (January 3, 1952).
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