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Ed Willett
Robert Edgar Willett

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 183 lb.

Debut September 5, 1906
Final Game September 23, 1915
Born March 7, 1884 in Norfolk, VA
Died May 10, 1934 in Wellington, KS

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Pitching  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1906 22 DET AL   0   3   3   3   3   0   0  0   25.0   24   12   11   0    8   16   2   1   103       0  3.96  2.77   70 1.280
 1907 23 DET AL   1   5  10   6   1   0   3  0   48.7   47   31   20   0   20   27   2   3   215       0  3.70  2.59   70 1.377
 1908 24 DET AL  15   8  30  23  18   2   7  1  197.3  186   67   50   2   60   77  14  10   786       0  2.28  2.41  106 1.247
 1909 25 DET AL  21  10  41  34  25   3   3  1  292.7  239  112   76   5   76   89  15  11  1173       0  2.34  2.52  108 1.076
 1910 26 DET AL  16  11  37  25  18   4  10  0  224.3  175   85   59   2   74   65  17  10   899       0  2.37  2.62  111 1.110
 1911 27 DET AL  13  14  38  27  15   2   7  1  231.3  261  136   94   5   80   86  14   5   978       0  3.66  3.47   95 1.474
 1912 28 DET AL  17  15  37  31  28   1   4  0  284.3  281  144  104   3   84   89  17   9  1172       0  3.29  3.27   99 1.284
 1913 29 DET AL  13  14  34  30  19   0   3  0  242.0  237  117   83   0   89   59  12   5   883       0  3.09  2.90   94 1.347
 1914 30 SLM FL   4  16  27  21  14   0   3  0  175.0  208  101   82   5   56   73  10   9   771       0  4.22  3.37   80 1.509
 1915 31 SLM FL   2   3  17   2   1   0  13  2   52.7   61   36   27   2   18   19   3   2   228       0  4.61  3.18   69 1.500
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 10 Yr WL% .507 102  99 274 202 142  12  53  5 1773.3 1719  841  606  24  565  600 106  65  7208       0  3.08  2.92   95 1.288
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    14  14  39  28  20   1   7  0  253.0  245  120   86   3   80   85  15   9  1029   0   0  3.08  2.92   95 1.288
 Career High     21  16  41  34  28   4  13  2  292.7  281  144  104   5   89   89  17  11  1173   0   0  2.28  3.47  111 1.076

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1906 22 DET AL   3    9    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      0      .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0    
 1907 23 DET AL  10   13    1    1   0  0   0    1   0      1      .077  .143  .077  -30    1   0           0    
 1908 24 DET AL  30   67    4   11   1  0   0    8   0      0      .164  .176  .179   14   12   2           1    
 1909 25 DET AL  42  112   10   22   5  3   0   10   0      3      .196  .224  .295   61   33   3           1    
 1910 26 DET AL  38   83    5   11   3  1   0    4   0      2      .133  .182  .193   14   16   2           3    
 1911 27 DET AL  39   82   15   22   4  3   1    7   1      8      .268  .333  .427  107   35   4           0    
 1912 28 DET AL  37  115    6   19   4  1   2   10   0      4      .165  .193  .270   34   31   3           0    
 1913 29 DET AL  35   92    8   26   4  1   1   13   0      3  23  .283  .313  .380  103   35   6           1    
 1914 30 SLM FL  28   64    4   15   4  1   1    8   0      2  19  .234  .258  .375   75   24   2           0    
 1915 31 SLM FL  17   15    3    3   0  0   0    2   0      3   0  .200  .333  .200   55    3   1           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 10 Seasons     279  652   56  130  25 10   5   63   1  0  26  42  .199  .237  .291   56  190  23   0   0   6   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        379   33   75  15  6   3   37   1  0  15  24  .199  .237  .291   56  110  13   0   0   3   0
 Career High     42  115   15   26   5  3   2   13   1  0   8  23                          35   6   0   0   3   0
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1906 22 DET AL    9    9    0   0.0    77| .000  .259| .000  .315| .000  .332| .000  .647|-100  .000  -2.1  -0.3     
 1907 23 DET AL   14   12    0   0.0    74| .077  .257| .143  .313| .077  .322| .220  .635| -30  .000  -1.9  -0.2     
 1908 24 DET AL   70   58    2   0.9    71| .164  .250| .176  .308| .179  .318| .355  .626|  14  .108  -6.6  -0.8     
 1909 25 DET AL  119   93    7   2.0    76| .196  .257| .224  .318| .295  .326| .519  .644|  61  .317  -5.7  -0.7     
 1910 26 DET AL   90   74    2   0.7    80| .133  .258| .182  .325| .193  .333| .375  .658|  14  .063  -8.6  -1.0     
 1911 27 DET AL   94   64   12   5.0   100| .268  .287| .333  .354| .427  .378| .760  .732| 107  .587   0.3   0.0     
 1912 28 DET AL  122   99    6   1.6    89| .165  .269| .193  .337| .270  .354| .463  .691|  34  .165 -10.6  -1.1     
 1913 29 DET AL  102   72   11   4.1    86| .283  .263| .313  .335| .380  .346| .693  .681| 103  .553  -0.1   0.0     
 1914 30 SLM FL   68   51    6   3.1    96| .234  .277| .258  .344| .375  .375| .633  .718|  75  .402  -2.1  -0.2     
 1915 31 SLM FL   19   13    1   2.1    90| .200  .267| .333  .336| .200  .359| .533  .695|  55  .263  -0.6  -0.1     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 10 Seasons      707  545   47   2.3    85| .199  .265| .237  .331| .291  .346| .528  .677|  56  .312 -38.0  -4.4     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1906 22 DET AL P 3 3 9 0 0 1.000 .945 4.00 2.53 4.32 3.20 3 25.0 1907 23 DET AL P 10 3 18 1 0 .955 .946 2.10 2.43 3.88 3.27 6 48.7 1908 24 DET AL P 30 14 81 4 3 .960 .946 3.17 2.28 4.33 3.20 23 197.3 1909 25 DET AL P 41 13 91 7 2 .937 .942 2.54 2.25 3.20 3.19 34 292.7 OF 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 1.80 1910 26 DET AL P 37 6 113 7 2 .944 .942 3.22 2.35 4.77 3.29 25 224.3 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.80 1911 27 DET AL P 38 5 84 3 2 .967 .938 2.34 1.89 3.46 2.88 27 231.3 1912 28 DET AL P 37 12 113 7 2 .947 .940 3.38 1.95 3.96 2.96 31 284.3 1913 29 DET AL P 34 8 93 5 3 .953 .937 2.97 1.83 3.76 3.01 30 242.0 1914 30 SLM FL P 27 6 76 4 2 .953 .947 3.04 1.95 4.22 3.04 21 175.0 1915 31 SLM FL P 17 2 17 3 2 .864 .955 1.12 1.97 3.24 3.07 2 52.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1909 25 DET AL OF 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 1.80 1910 26 DET AL OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.80 1906 22 DET AL P 3 3 9 0 0 1.000 .945 4.00 2.53 4.32 3.20 3 25.0 1907 23 DET AL P 10 3 18 1 0 .955 .946 2.10 2.43 3.88 3.27 6 48.7 1908 24 DET AL P 30 14 81 4 3 .960 .946 3.17 2.28 4.33 3.20 23 197.3 1909 25 DET AL P 41 13 91 7 2 .937 .942 2.54 2.25 3.20 3.19 34 292.7 1910 26 DET AL P 37 6 113 7 2 .944 .942 3.22 2.35 4.77 3.29 25 224.3 1911 27 DET AL P 38 5 84 3 2 .967 .938 2.34 1.89 3.46 2.88 27 231.3 1912 28 DET AL P 37 12 113 7 2 .947 .940 3.38 1.95 3.96 2.96 31 284.3 1913 29 DET AL P 34 8 93 5 3 .953 .937 2.97 1.83 3.76 3.01 30 242.0 1914 30 SLM FL P 27 6 76 4 2 .953 .947 3.04 1.95 4.22 3.04 21 175.0 1915 31 SLM FL P 17 2 17 3 2 .864 .955 1.12 1.97 3.24 3.07 2 52.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 274 72 695 41 18 .949 .942 2.80 2.09 202 1773.3 OF 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 .952 1.00 1.80 0 0 0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 276 74 695 41 18 .949 .942 2.79 2.08
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1909   WS    DET PIT     L   2   0   0.00  0  0  0  0   7.2   3   0   0   1 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1909   WS    DET PIT     L   2   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Wins
1909 AL-21-3
1910 AL-16-10

Won-Loss %
1908 AL-.652-7
1909 AL-.677-6

Hits Allowed/9IP
1910 AL-7.02-9

Games
1909 AL-41-4
1910 AL-37-7
1911 AL-38-9

Saves
1908 AL-1-10
1909 AL-1-9

Innings
1909 AL-292.7-6
1912 AL-284.3-6

Games Started
1909 AL-34-5
1912 AL-31-10
1913 AL-30-10

Comp. Games
1909 AL-25-6
1912 AL-28-5
1913 AL-19-10

Shutouts
1910 AL-4-7
1911 AL-2-9

Home Runs Allow.
1909 AL-5-2
1911 AL-5-9

Bases On Balls Allow.
1909 AL-76-8
1911 AL-80-6
1913 AL-89-5

Hits Allowed
1909 AL-239-6
1911 AL-261-5
1912 AL-281-4

Losses
1911 AL-14-9
1914 FL-16-8

Earned Runs Allow.
1909 AL-76-3
1911 AL-94-5
1912 AL-104-2
1913 AL-83-6

Wild Pitches
1908 AL-10-8
1909 AL-11-3
1910 AL-10-3
1912 AL-9-7
1914 FL-9-3

Hit Batsmen
1908 AL-14-4
1909 AL-15-4
1910 AL-17-3
1911 AL-14-4
1912 AL-17-1
1913 AL-12-4
1914 FL-10-8
Car-106-50

Batters Faced
1909 AL-1173-4
1912 AL-1172-6

Games Finished
1910 AL-10-6
1915 FL-13-6

Gray Ink: Pitching - 42 (576) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 11.0 (708) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 17.0 (667) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions 

January 20, 1914: Jumped from the Detroit Tigers to the St. Louis Terriers.


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