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Ed Willett
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Birthdate: 3/7/1884
Died: 5/10/1934
Height / Weight: 6' 0" / 183 lbs.
Place of Birth: Norfolk, VA, USA
Bats / Throws: R / R

Baseball Historian Biography

1910 photo of American League's Detroit Tigers pitcher Ed Willett standing on the field at Comiskey Park, which was located at West 37th Street, South Princeton Avenue, West Pershing Road (formerly West 39th Street), and South Wentworth Avenue in the Armour Square community area of Chicago, Illinois. Chicago White Sox players standing near the dugout and spectators sitting in the stands are visible in the background. SDN-008938, Chicago Daily News negatives collection, Chicago Historical Society.

Ed Willett

 

A pitching standout during the dead ball era, Ed Willett posted a very fine 15-8 record, with a stingy 2.28 earned run averaged in 1908, his first full season. That season he completed 18-of-22 starts and allowed just 186 hits in 197.1 innings. Four times he won at least 15 games, including going 21-11, with a 2.34 ERA for the 1909 pennant winning Detroit Tigers. Although he did not start in the World Series Ed Willett yielded just 3 hits, and no runs in 7 and two-third innings, spanning two games.

 

In 1914 Ed Willett left the Tigers and joined St Louis of the newly formed Federal League. He was 4-16 in his first season there, 1914 and after a 2-3 start the next year was released. 


Pitching Statistics
Year Team G GS W L SV CG SHO IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK ERA
1906 DET (AL) 3 3 0 3 0 3 0 25.0 24 12 11 0 8 0 16 1 2 0 3.96
1907 DET (AL) 10 6 1 5 0 1 0 48.2 47 31 20 0 20 0 27 3 2 0 3.70
1908 DET (AL) 30 23 15 8 1 18 2 197.1 186 67 50 2 60 0 77 10 14 0 2.28
1909 DET (AL) 41 34 21 10 1 25 3 292.2 239 112 76 5 76 0 89 11 15 0 2.34
1910 DET (AL) 37 25 16 11 0 18 4 224.1 175 85 59 2 74 0 65 10 17 0 2.37
1911 DET (AL) 38 27 13 14 1 15 2 231.1 261 136 94 5 80 0 86 5 14 0 3.66
1912 DET (AL) 37 31 17 15 0 28 1 284.1 281 144 104 3 84 0 89 9 17 0 3.29
1913 DET (AL) 34 30 13 14 0 19 0 242.0 237 117 83 0 89 0 59 5 12 0 3.09
1914 SLM (FL) 27 21 4 16 0 14 0 175.0 208 101 82 5 56 0 73 9 10 0 4.22
1915 SLM (FL) 17 2 2 3 2 1 0 52.2 61 36 27 2 18 0 19 2 3 0 4.61
10 years   274 202 102 99 5 142 12 1773.1 1719 841 606 24 565 0 600 65 106 0 3.08
Batting Statistics
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS IBB HBP SH SF AVG OBP SLG
1906 DET (AL) 3 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0 .0 SLG
1907 DET (AL) 10 13 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .77 .143 SLG
1908 DET (AL) 30 67 4 11 1 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 .164 .176 SLG
1909 DET (AL) 42 112 10 22 5 3 0 10 3 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 .196 .224 SLG
1910 DET (AL) 38 83 5 11 3 1 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 .133 .182 SLG
1911 DET (AL) 39 82 15 22 4 3 1 7 8 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 .268 .333 SLG
1912 DET (AL) 37 115 6 19 4 1 2 10 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 .165 .193 SLG
1913 DET (AL) 35 92 8 26 4 1 1 13 3 23 0 0 0 1 6 0 .283 .313 SLG
1914 SLM (FL) 28 64 4 15 4 1 1 8 2 19 0 0 0 0 2 0 .234 .258 SLG
1915 SLM (FL) 17 15 3 3 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .200 .333 SLG
10 years   279 652 56 130 25 10 5 63 26 42 1 0 0 6 23 0 .199 .237 .SLG



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