Les Willis

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

5-9, 195lb (175cm, 88kg)

Born: January 17, 1908 in Nacogdoches, TX us

Died: January 22, 1982 in Jasper, TX

Buried: Memorial Park Cemetery, Jasper, TX

School: East Texas Baptist University (Marshall, TX)

Debut: April 28, 1947 (Age 39-101d, 10,324th in major league history)
vs. DET 1.0 IP, 1 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: August 23, 1947 (Age 39-218d)
vs. NYY 6.2 IP, 14 H, 1 SO, 3 BB, 3 ER

Full Name: Lester Evans Willis

Nicknames: Wimpy or Lefty

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-0.6

ERA

3.48

44.0

WHIP

1.864

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Team Record in Appearances: 3-19 / in Starts: 1-1

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 12, Entered with runners on base: 6

1947 Pitching Game Log

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1947 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	1	9	Apr 28	CLE		DET	L,0-3	9-GF		99	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	0.68	4	2	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	.08	0.006	.23	0.01%	0.45	9t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
2	2	13	May 4	CLE		WSH	L,3-6	5-6		5	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1.68	5	0	3	0	0	2		2	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.68	-0.001	4.72	0.00%	-0.06	5t -23 1 out a2	6t 12- 1 out a1
3	3	19	May 16	CLE	@	WSH	L,0-2	8-GF(8)		11	1.0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.00	3.01	5	1	1	1	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.36	0.012	1.01	0.02%	0.45	8b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
4	4	24	May 23	CLE		SLB	L,3-5	12-12		6	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.98	1	1	0	0	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.14	-0.031	3.47	-0.06%	-0.19	12t --3 1 out d1	12t --- 2 out d2
5	5	28	May 30(1)	CLE	@	CHW	W,8-4	7-GF	S(1)	6	3.0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.00	3.78	10	5	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	.74	0.111	2.08	0.19%	1.33	7b --- 0 out a2	9b end a 4
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
6	6	31	Jun 1	CLE		NYY	L,9-11	5-5		1	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3.68	2	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	.27	0.008	.88	0.02%	0.24	5t --- 1 out d4	5t 3 out d4
7	7	32	Jun 3	CLE		WSH	L,5-6	8-GF	L(0-1)	1	2.0	1	1	1	2	0	1	0	1.00	5.56	9	2	4	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.12	-0.216	5.64	-0.34%	-0.10	8t --- 0 out tie	9t end d 1
8	8	36	Jun 8(1)	CLE		PHA	L,0-4	9-GF		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.90	5.28	3	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.04	0.003	.11	0.00%	0.45	9t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 4
9	9	43	Jun 15(2)	CLE	@	PHA	L,4-6	8-GF(8)		6	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.84	5.11	2	0	2	0	0	0		3	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.91	-0.008	2.29	-0.01%	0.54	8b 123 1 out d1	8b end d 2
10	10	48	Jun 21	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-9	8-GF(8)		5	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.77	5.16	4	1	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.50	8b --- 0 out d8	8b end d 8
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
11	11	58	Jul 2	CLE		DET	L,5-6	9-GF		10	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.71	5.20	5	3	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	1	1	0	1	.99	0.033	2.32	0.05%	0.45	9t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
12	12	63	Jul 6(1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-3	GS-7	L(0-2)	3	6.0	8	3	1	4	1	0	0	0.96	4.93	30	8	9	0	0	8	45			0	1	0	25	1	1	0	0	0	1	1.19	-0.282	1.61	-0.23%	-0.72	1b start tie	7b 1-- 0 out d1
13	13	69	Jul 12(2)	CLE		PHA	W,5-4	GS-5		5	4.2	8	4	4	2	1	0	0	2.31	4.65	23	4	8	1	0	8	31			0	0	0	21	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.29	-0.228	.91	-0.10%	-1.96	1t start tie	5t 1-- 2 out tie
14	14	73	Jul 15(1)	CLE		NYY	L,4-9	6-7		2	2.0	3	2	2	0	0	1	0	2.84	5.00	9	2	4	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	.05	-0.010	.04	-0.01%	-1.10	6t --- 0 out d6	7t 3 out d8
15	15	75	Jul 16	CLE		NYY	L,2-8	8-GF		0	2.0	5	3	3	0	1	0	0	3.62	4.76	10	2	2	0	0	5		0	0	0	0	0	10	2	0	0	0	0	0	.14	-0.014	.05	0.00%	-2.10	8t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 6
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
16	16	95	Aug 6(1)	CLE	@	DET	L,6-13	8-GF(8)		20	0.2	2	3	0	2	1	0	0	3.54	4.85	6	0	1	0	0	2		2	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.20	-0.048	.00	0.00%	-4.11	8b 12- 1 out d2	8b end d 7
17	17	101	Aug 10(2)	CLE		SLB	L,2-4	8-GF		3	2.0	2	0	0	2	2	0	0	3.30	4.78	10	3	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	.22	0.019	.01	0.00%	0.90	8t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
18	18	102	Aug 11	CLE		DET	L,1-3	8-GF		0	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.09	4.58	6	3	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	1	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.17	0.027	.00	0.00%	0.90	8t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 2
19	19	108	Aug 17(1)	CLE	@	SLB	L,6-7	8-8		5	1.0	1	1	1	2	1	0	0	3.27	4.64	5	0	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	1	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	.21	-0.026	.00	0.00%	-0.53	8b --- 0 out d2	8b 3 out d3
20	20	113	Aug 20(2)	CLE		WSH	W,7-6	3-6		2	2.1	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.06	4.60	11	2	5	1	0	3		2	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.14	0.021	.02	0.00%	0.34	3t 12- 2 out d4	6t 12- 0 out d1
21	21	114	Aug 21	CLE		NYY	L,3-9	8-GF		0	2.0	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	3.38	4.58	10	3	3	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	.08	-0.004	.00	0.00%	-1.10	8t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 6
22	22	117	Aug 23	CLE		NYY	L,6-13	2-8		1	6.2	14	6	3	3	1	1	0	3.48	4.74	37	8	11	1	0	14		2	2	0	0	0	34	3	0	0	1	0	1	.06	-0.075	.00	0.00%	-4.44	2t 12- 1 out d5	8t 3 out d7
							3-19		W-L:0-2,Sv:1	3.1	44.0	58	25	17	24	10	3	0	3.48	4.74	207	0.85		3%	0%	58	38	12	58%	0	3	0	179	11	4	2	4	0	4	.64	-0.703	.92	-0.47%	-9.84

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