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Vic Willis

Full name Victor Gazaway Willis
Born April 12, 1876, Cecil County, Maryland
Died August 3, 1947, Elkton, Maryland
Buried at St. John's Cemetery, Newark, Delaware
First Game: April 20, 1898; Final Game: September 5, 1910
Umpired First Game: May 30, 1903; Umpired Final Game: May 30, 1903
Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 6' 2" Weight: 185
Selected to the Hall of Fame in 1995
Ejections as player: 1904 (1)
SABR Biography
Top Performances 
Pitcher Matchups   Batter Matchups
Discrepancies
                           Batting Record
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB   SO HBP  SH  XI   SB   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year Team
1898 BOS N                   41   117    9   17   0   0   0    6   11   23   2   2        0  .145  .231  .145   0.0 1898 BOS N
1899 BOS N                   41   134   14   29   3   0   0   16    4    9   1   3        0  .216  .245  .239   0.0 1899 BOS N
1900 BOS N                   32    88    8   12   2   1   0   11    3   10   1   3        0  .136  .174  .182   0.0 1900 BOS N
1901 BOS N    Daily Splits   38   107    8   20   1   1   1    8    7   17   1   3   0    1  .187  .243  .243   0.0 1901 BOS N
1902 BOS N    Daily Splits   52   150   10   23   0   0   0    7    9   18   1   1   0    0  .153  .206  .153   0.0 1902 BOS N
1903 BOS N    Daily Splits   39   128    9   24   3   0   0    8    5   22   0   2   0    0  .188  .218  .211  -0.1 1903 BOS N
1904 BOS N    Daily Splits   52   148    9   27   3   0   0    8   14   24   1   3   0    0  .182  .258  .203   0.2 1904 BOS N
1905 BOS N    Daily Splits   43   131   12   20   4   0   0    4    3   22   0   2   0    0  .153  .172  .183   0.0 1905 BOS N
1906 PIT N    Daily Splits   41   115    5   20   1   0   0    7    6   12   1   3   0    0  .174  .221  .183   0.0 1906 PIT N
1907 PIT N    Daily Splits   39   103    3   14   0   0   0    4    7   15   0   5   0    2  .136  .191  .136   0.0 1907 PIT N
1908 PIT N    Daily Splits   41   103    9   17   1   0   0    1    3    8   0   4   0    0  .165  .189  .175   0.0 1908 PIT N
1909 PIT N    Daily Splits   39   103    6   14   1   1   0    2    7   11   0   6   0    0  .136  .191  .165   0.0 1909 PIT N
1910 STL N    Daily Splits   33    66    5   11   0   1   0    2    2    8   0   4   0    0  .167  .191  .197   0.0 1910 STL N
Total    (13 Years) Splits  531  1493  107  248  19   4   1   84   81  199   8  41   0i   3  .166  .213  .186   0.1 Total
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB   SO HBP  SH  XI   SB   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year Team
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              World Series Batting Record
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1909 PIT N    Daily Splits    2     4    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    1   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 1909 PIT N

                             Pitching Record
Year Team                     G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB   SO  SH  WP HBP  BK  2B  3B   W   L    ERA    RS    PW Year Team
1898 BOS N                   41  38  29   1   2   0  311    264         5  143   98  148  160       9  29   1          25  13   2.84  5.37   2.2 1898 BOS N
1899 BOS N                   41  38  35   5   3   2  342.2  277         6  126   95  117  120      12  30   0          27   8   2.50  6.24   4.8 1899 BOS N
1900 BOS N                   32  29  22   2   3   0  236    258        11  157  110  106   53       8  12   1          10  17   4.19  5.41  -0.7 1900 BOS N
1901 BOS N    Daily Splits   38  35  33   6   3   0  305.1  262  1179i  6  111   80   78  133  18i  5  11   0  38i 10i 20  17   2.36  3.97   4.2 1901 BOS N
1902 BOS N    Daily Splits   51  46  45   4   5   3  410    372  1620i  6  142  100  101  225  13i 12  14   0  39i 12i 27  20   2.20  3.85   2.8 1902 BOS N
1903 BOS N    Daily Splits   33  32  29   2   1   0  278    256  1117   3  121   92   88  125  28i  4  10   0  33i 10i 12  18   2.98  3.44   1.3 1903 BOS N
1904 BOS N    Daily Splits   43  43  39   2   0   0  350    357  1490   7  174  111  109  196  30i 11  14   2  29i  9i 18  25   2.85  3.30  -0.4 1904 BOS N
1905 BOS N    Daily Splits   41  41  36   4   0   0  342    340  1403   7  174  122  107  149  25i 12  13   2  35i 18i 12  29   3.21  3.24  -0.8 1905 BOS N
1906 PIT N    Daily Splits   41  36  32   6   5   1  322    295  1255   0   84   62   76  124  25i  8   5   0  31i  5i 23  13   1.73  4.08   4.3 1906 PIT N
1907 PIT N    Daily Splits   39  37  27   6   2   1  292.2  234  1143   4   96   76   69  107  24i  2   7   0  24i  8i 21  11   2.34  4.68   0.7 1907 PIT N
1908 PIT N    Daily Splits   41  38  25   7   3   0  304.2  239  1196   2   95   70   69   97  31i  4   6   0  22i 10i 23  11   2.07  4.00   0.9 1908 PIT N
1909 PIT N    Daily Splits   39  35  24   4   4   1  289.2  243  1141   3   84   72   83   95  15i  4   4   0  21i  6i 22  11   2.24  4.66   2.1 1909 PIT N
1910 STL N    Daily Splits   33  23  12   1  10   3  212    224   876   6  113   79   61   67  13i  3   1   0   9i  9i  9  12   3.35  3.35  -1.4 1910 STL N
Total    (13 Years) Splits  513 471 388  50  41  11 3996   3621 12420  66 1620 1167 1212 1651 222  94 156   6 281  97 249 205   2.63  4.27  20.0 Total
Year Team                     G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB   SO  SH  WP HBP  BK  2B  3B   W   L    ERA    RS    PW Year Team
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                World Series Pitching Record
Year Team                     G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  SF  WP HBP  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA    RS Year Team
1909 PIT N    Daily Splits    2   1   0   0   1   0   11.2   10    49   0    6    6    8   0    3   0   0   0   1   0   3   0   0   0   0   1   4.63  4.00 1909 PIT N

                           Fielding Record
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   SB   CS   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 Daily Splits   P   38   35   33   305.1    22   66    3    2   0    0   21i   0  .967
1902 BOS N Daily Splits   P   51   46   45   410      37  105    4    5   0    0   43i   0  .973
1903 BOS N Daily Splits   P   33   32   29   276.2    13   84    4    1   0    0   43i   0  .960
1903 BOS N               1B    6    6    6    54.2    69    5    4    0   0                 .949
1904 BOS N Daily Splits   P   43   43   39   351.1    39  110    7    5   0    0   61i   0  .955
1904 BOS N               1B    6    5    5    39  i   49    2    1    1   0                 .981
1905 BOS N Daily Splits   P   41   41   36   340.1    37  115    7    3   0    0   68i   0  .956
1906 PIT N Daily Splits   P   41   36   32   322      22  117    8    5   0    0   37i   0  .946
1907 PIT N Daily Splits   P   39   37   27   292.1    17   87    3    2   0    0   25i   0  .972
1908 PIT N Daily Splits   P   41   38   25   305.2    11   87    1    2   0    0   22i   0  .990
1909 PIT N Daily Splits   P   39   35   24   289.1    16   85    5    1   0    0   25i   0  .953
1910 STL N Daily Splits   P   33   23   12   211.2    11   71    4    0   0    0   19i   0  .953
Total (13 Years) Splits   P  513  366i 302i 3104.2i  271 1124   67   29   0i   0i 364i   0i .954
Total ( 2 Years)         1B   12   11   11    93.2i  118    7    5    1   0                 .962
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   SB   CS   AVG
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              World Series Fielding Record
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   SB   CS  PkO   AVG
1909 PIT N Daily Splits   P    2    1    0    11.2     1    2    0    0   0    0    2    1    0 1.000

                           Umpiring Record
Year LG             G   HP   1B   2B   3B   LF   RF
1903 NL Daily       1    0    1    0    0    0    0 
Year LG             G   HP   1B   2B   3B   LF   RF

Ejection Information

Date                Team   Umpire              Reason
 6-13-1904     BOX  BOS N  Augie Moran         Bench jockeying

Transaction Information

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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