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Lefty Willis	Bats: Left Throws: Left Height: 6' 1'' Weight: 185   Born: November 4, 1905 in Usa, WV, LEETOWN

Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won	1930
All-Star Selections	1932

Ratings - Pitching     Help
								Stuff						Control						Movement
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Salary	Endurance			vL		vR		OA		vL		vR		OA		vL		vR		OA
1930	24	HOU	NL	$ 300,000	55			69		69		69		42		42		42		35		35		35
1931	25	HOU	NL	$ 2,500,000	6			7		7		7		5		5		5		5		5		5
1932	26	OAK	AL	$ 2,500,000	6			7		7		7		4		4		4		4		4		4
1933	27	OAK	AL	$ 2,500,000	6			7		7		7		4		4		4		5		5		5
1934	28	OAK	AL	$ 2,500,000	6			7		7		7		4		4		4		4		4		4
1935	29	SLC	NL	$ 750,000	6			7		7		7		4		4		4		4		4		4
1936	30	SLC	NL	$ 750,000	6			7		7		7		4		4		4		4		4		4
1937	31	SLC	NL	$ 750,000	6			7		7		7		4		4		4		4		4		4
1938	32	NYG	NL	$ 736,000	6			7		7		7		4		4		4		4		4		4
1939	33	BSN	NL	$ 2,420,000	6			7		7		7		3		3		3		4		4		4
1940	34	BSN	NL	$ 2,420,000	6			6		6		6		2		2		2		3		3		3
1941	35	MON	NL	$ 660,000	6			6		6		6		2		2		2		3		3		3
OOTP6 Min Ratings				$ 300,000	6			6		6		6		2		2		2		3		3		3
OOTP6 Max Ratings				$ 2,500,000	55			69		69		69		42		42		42		35		35		35

Ratings - Batting     Help
								Contact			Power			Gap			Eye			Ks
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Salary				vL	vR	OA	vL	vR	OA	vL	vR	OA	vL	vR	OA	vL	vR	OA
1930	24	HOU	NL	$ 300,000				16	16	17	3	3	3	21	21	21	1	1	1	23	23	23
1931	25	HOU	NL	$ 2,500,000				2	2	2	1	1	1	3	3	3	1	1	1	3	3	3
1932	26	OAK	AL	$ 2,500,000				2	2	2	1	1	1	3	3	3	1	1	1	3	3	3
1933	27	OAK	AL	$ 2,500,000				2	2	2	1	1	1	3	3	3	1	1	1	3	3	3
1934	28	OAK	AL	$ 2,500,000				2	2	2	1	1	1	3	3	3	1	1	1	3	3	3
1935	29	SLC	NL	$ 750,000				2	2	2	1	1	1	3	3	3	1	1	1	3	3	3
1936	30	SLC	NL	$ 750,000				2	2	2	1	1	1	3	3	3	1	1	1	3	3	3
1937	31	SLC	NL	$ 750,000				2	2	2	1	1	1	3	3	3	1	1	1	3	3	3
1938	32	NYG	NL	$ 736,000				2	2	2	1	1	1	3	3	3	1	1	1	3	3	3
1939	33	BSN	NL	$ 2,420,000				2	2	2	1	1	1	3	3	3	1	1	1	3	3	3
1940	34	BSN	NL	$ 2,420,000				2	2	2	1	1	1	3	3	3	1	1	1	3	3	3
1941	35	MON	NL	$ 660,000				2	2	2	1	1	1	3	3	3	1	1	1	3	3	3
OOTP6 Min Ratings				$ 300,000				2	2	2	1	1	1	3	3	3	1	1	1	3	3	3
OOTP6 Max Ratings				$ 2,500,000				16	16	17	3	3	3	21	21	21	1	1	1	23	23	23

Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	Pct	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	OAVG	OOBP	OSLG	OOPS	PWS
1930	24	HOU	NL	8	9	.471	34	20	1	1	1	150.7	145	62	11	55	60	3.70	.253	.316	.365	.681	9.7
1931	25	HOU	NL	9	10	.474	55	12	2	0	14	138.7	149	66	10	40	38	4.28	.274	.323	.404	.728	9.2
1932	26	OAK	AL	14	11	.560	31	31	3	2	0	221.7	217	103	14	92	71	4.18	.259	.333	.368	.701	12.2
1933	27	OAK	AL	6	7	.462	68	1	0	0	8	94.7	101	40	5	43	37	3.80	.277	.351	.386	.738	9.7
1934	28	OAK	AL	4	5	.444	51	0	0	0	4	59.3	64	30	3	32	26	4.55	.269	.356	.399	.755	4.3
1935	29	OAK	AL	5	3	.625	35	0	0	0	2	45.0	47	30	6	29	22	6.00	.273	.376	.436	.812	2.1
		SLC	NL	5	7	.417	51	0	0	0	2	51.3	60	28	7	28	13	4.91	.294	.380	.456	.836	3.3
		TOT		10	10	.500	86	0	0	0	4	96.3	107	58	13	57	35	5.42	.285	.378	.447	.825	5.3
1936	30	SLC	NL	8	6	.571	56	0	0	0	4	56.3	75	49	7	30	23	7.83	.328	.407	.489	.896	0.3
1937	31	SLC	NL	9	3	.750	46	0	0	0	2	66.3	56	23	6	29	30	3.12	.230	.313	.357	.669	8.4
1938	32	NYG	NL	1	0	1.000	10	0	0	0	1	11.0	7	1	1	0	6	0.82	.184	.184	.342	.526	2.2
1939	33	BSN	NL	11	8	.579	43	21	0	0	4	168.0	159	70	9	68	78	3.75	.250	.320	.346	.666	9.0
1940	34	BSN	NL	0	3	.000	20	0	0	0	1	29.0	26	12	2	10	12	3.72	.230	.293	.301	.594	1.8
1941	35	AA		2	2	.500	22	0	0	0	2	20.7	21	12	3	13	20	5.23	.263	.366	.463	.828
11 Years Sim				80	72	.526	500	85	6	3	43	1092.0	1106	514	81	456	416	4.24	.264	.335	.383	.719	72.0
1 Years AA				2	2	.500	22	0	0	0	2	20.7	21	12	3	13	20	5.23	.263	.366	.463	.828
Season Average				7	6	.538	45	7	0	0	3	99.3	100	46	7	41	37	4.24	.264	.335	.383	.719
Career Highs				14	11	1.000	86	31	3	2	14	221.7	217	103	14	92	78	7.83	.328	.407	.489	.896

Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category	W	L	Pct	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	OAVG	OOBP	OSLG	OOPS
vs RH										747	354	57	329	285		.271	.349	.395	.744
vs LH										359	160	24	127	131		.250	.311	.360	.671
Home	43	29	.597	267	41	1	1	18	569.3	573	258	43	234	224	4.08	.263	.335	.384	.719
Away	37	43	.463	233	44	5	2	28	522.6	533	256	38	222	192	4.41	.264	.337	.383	.720
Mar/Apr	10	10	.500	70	6	0	0	6	111.0	126	60	7	57	63	4.87	.288	.370	.368	.737
May	20	16	.556	85	21	2	1	9	230.3	235	104	17	102	70	4.06	.269	.345	.388	.733
June	8	6	.571	77	13	2	1	9	172.0	167	84	16	70	66	4.40	.255	.327	.396	.723
July	16	17	.485	81	20	1	0	4	216.3	223	102	18	86	57	4.24	.265	.334	.401	.735
August	9	15	.375	93	15	0	0	11	196.0	205	103	11	84	88	4.73	.267	.339	.376	.715
Sep/Oct	17	8	.680	94	10	1	1	7	166.3	150	61	12	57	72	3.30	.243	.307	.360	.667

Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	XR	OWS
1930	24	HOU	NL	34	47	4	13	0	0	0	7	0	0	1	9	.277	.294	.277	.571	5.2	0.3
1931	25	HOU	NL	55	31	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	.065	.094	.065	.158	-1.0	0.0
1932	26	OAK	AL	31	80	7	14	1	0	0	8	0	0	2	17	.175	.193	.188	.380	2.7	0.0
1933	27	OAK	AL	68	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1	0.0
1934	28	OAK	AL	51	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.3	0.0
1935	29	OAK	AL	35	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0.5	0.2
		SLC	NL	51	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0	0.0
		TOT		86	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0.5	0.2
1936	30	SLC	NL	56	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	0.3	0.0
1937	31	SLC	NL	46	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0.1	0.0
1939	33	BSN	NL	43	48	3	6	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	11	.125	.143	.167	.310	0.0	0.0
1940	34	BSN	NL	20	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.3	0.0
1941	35	AA		9	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.1
10 Years Sim				490	220	15	38	3	0	0	17	0	0	5	43	.173	.192	.186	.379	7.0	0.5
1 Years AA				9	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.1
162 Game Average					72	4	12	0	0	0	5	0	0	1	14	.173	.192	.186	.379	2.3
Career Highs				86	80	7	14	2	0	0	8	0	0	2	17	.500	.500	.500	1.000	5.2

Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	XR
vs RH		154	10	25	1	0	0	12	0	0	3	26	.162	.181	.169	.350	1.4
vs LH		66	5	13	2	0	0	5	0	0	2	17	.197	.217	.227	.445	2.5
Home	261	103	4	17	0	0	0	6	0	0	2	16	.165	.187	.165	.352	0.9
Away	151	117	11	21	3	0	0	11	0	0	3	27	.179	.197	.205	.402	3.0
RISP		59	0	10	0	0	0	16	0	0	1	10	.169	.188	.169	.357	0.6
Close/Late		9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.000	.182	.000	.182	-0.2
Mar/Apr	26	16	2	4	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.250	.500	0.8
May	36	49	3	7	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	11	.143	.143	.163	.306	-0.3
June	28	37	2	7	0	0	0	8	0	0	2	10	.189	.238	.189	.427	1.3
July	42	54	4	7	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	11	.130	.161	.130	.290	-0.3
August	66	39	2	7	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	4	.179	.175	.179	.354	0.4
Sep/Oct	25	25	2	6	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	5	.240	.269	.320	.589	2.0

Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	GS	IP	PO	A	E	DP	FPct	RF
1930	24	HOU	NL	P	34	20	150.7	13	32	5	2	.900	2.69
1931	25	HOU	NL	P	55	12	138.7	7	30	0	0	1.000	2.40
1932	26	OAK	AL	P	31	31	221.7	13	61	1	3	.987	3.00
1933	27	OAK	AL	P	68	1	94.7	6	28	2	1	.944	3.23
1934	28	OAK	AL	P	51	0	59.3	5	10	2	0	.882	2.28
1935	29	OAK	AL	P	35	0	45.0	2	7	0	0	1.000	1.80
		SLC	NL	P	51	0	51.3	3	8	1	0	.917	1.93
		TOT		P	86	0	96.3	5	15	1	0	.952	1.87
1936	30	SLC	NL	P	56	0	56.3	8	13	0	0	1.000	3.36
1937	31	SLC	NL	P	46	0	66.3	2	17	0	3	1.000	2.58
1938	32	NYG	NL	P	10	0	11.0	0	1	0	0	1.000	0.82
1939	33	BSN	NL	P	43	21	168.0	16	42	0	5	1.000	3.11
1940	34	BSN	NL	P	20	0	29.0	0	5	0	1	1.000	1.55
Career Totals					500	85	1092.0	75	254	11	15	.968	2.71
Career Highs					86	31	221.7	16	61	5	5	1.000	3.36

Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	Pct	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	OAVG	OOBP	OSLG	OOPS
1930	24	HOU	NL	0	2	.000	7	2	0	0	2	15.3	23	13	4	10	4	7.63	.329	.413	.571	.984
1931	25	HOU	NL	0	1	.000	5	2	0	0	1	21.3	25	12	2	9	7	5.06	.301	.370	.446	.815
1933	27	OAK	AL	1	1	.500	9	0	0	0	0	7.0	12	8	0	3	3	10.29	.387	.441	.613	1.054
1938	32	NYG	NL	1	1	.500	6	0	0	0	0	8.0	12	9	3	5	3	10.13	.353	.436	.735	1.171
Career Post-Season Pitching				2	5	.286	27	4	0	0	3	51.7	72	42	9	27	17	7.32	.330	.404	.555	.959

Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1930	24	HOU	NL	7	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000
1931	25	HOU	NL	5	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.143	.143	.143	.286
Career Post-Season Batting				12	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.100	.100	.100	.200

Pitching Leaderboards     Help

Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold. Season Rankings are League Based.

Winning Pct 1932-6-.560 1939-8-.579 Saves 1931-4-14 1933-9-8 Games Pitched 1931-9-55 1933-1-68 1935-8-51 1936-7-56 Shutouts 1932-5-2 Walks Allowed 1932-9-92 Hits per 9IP 1932-5-8.8 1939-7-8.5 OAVG 1932-5-.259 1939-7-.250 OSLG 1932-8-.368 1939-4-.346 OOPS 1932-8-.701 1939-8-.666

Black Ink Test: 1    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)    Gray Ink Test: 21    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)

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History

Had first career hit on 4/2/1930, off George Blaeholder (DET)

Injured on 4/2/1930 with a Pulled Bicep Muscle, out for 3 weeks

Earned first career win on 5/8/1930

5/16/1930: Signed a contract extension with Houston, $2,500,000 per year, for 4 years

Won World Championship with Houston in 1930

Was selected to the 1932 Allstar game

Injured on 9/20/1932 with a Pulled Tricep Muscle, out for 2 weeks

5/16/1934: Signed a contract extension with Oakland, $750,000 per year, for 3 years

Injured on 8/18/1934 with a Ruptured Tricep Tendon, out for 5 weeks

Traded from Oakland to St. Louis (C) on 6/16/1935 (Going to SLC: C Mickey Cochrane, P Lefty Willis. Going to OAK: P Roy Henshaw, P Bob Logan)

Signed as a free agent by New York (G) on 7/31/1938 to a 1-year deal worth $736,000 per year

Signed as a free agent by Boston (N) on 2/5/1939 to a 2-year deal worth $2,420,000 per year

Injured on 4/10/1940 with a Ruptured Elbow Ligament, out for 7-8 weeks

Signed as a free agent by Montreal on 2/6/1941 to a 1-year deal worth $660,000 per year

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