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Ed Willett

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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