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Kevin Brown League
3-28-2195
Joe Willis Relief Pitcher
Retired (1971, Age 36)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
ERA 5.16 Total Rating B-   Bats/Throws B/L
W-L 56-86 Status Deceased (2006) Option Years 0  
SV 12 Age at Death 72 Date of Birth 12-26-1934
K 760 Drafted Round 3, Pick 41
(1954)		 Majors Svc Time 12 years
(147 games)
IP 1131.0
WHIP 1.44 Salary $0.50M Final Contract Year 1971
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R D- Contact vs. L F  Endurance C    Ldrship D-
Power vs. R D- Power vs. L D- Velocity C    Mentor Val D+
Speed C  Bunt C- Control B+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range D- WS Rings 2
1B --- LF --- Arm B  WS Appearances 3
2B --- CF ---   Health D+ LCS Appearances 6
3B --- RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year H/A W L G GS CG SHO SV BS IP H R ER HBP BB SO WHIP ERA
1957 Away 1 2 4 4 0 0 0 0 21.2 29 19 16 0 3 18 1.48 6.65
1957 Home 0 4 5 5 0 0 0 0 26.2 40 24 24 1 11 15 1.91 8.10
1958 Away 5 4 13 13 0 0 0 0 78.0 98 48 47 0 22 62 1.54 5.42
1958 Home 2 9 15 15 1 1 0 0 89.1 105 58 53 2 23 51 1.43 5.34
1959 Away 4 6 15 15 0 0 0 0 90.0 98 57 50 2 30 60 1.42 5.00
1959 Home 4 7 16 16 0 0 0 0 100.0 107 53 53 2 35 69 1.42 4.77
1960 Away 2 4 12 11 0 0 0 0 64.0 73 54 52 1 23 34 1.50 7.31
1960 Home 5 4 13 11 0 0 0 0 64.2 74 31 30 1 28 45 1.58 4.18
1961 Away 1 2 15 2 0 0 0 0 20.2 23 11 11 1 13 11 1.74 4.79
1961 Home 4 1 11 4 0 0 0 0 32.1 29 12 11 0 7 26 1.11 3.06
1962 Away 4 7 36 5 0 0 3 2 61.0 64 42 39 1 26 42 1.48 5.75
1962 Home 5 1 32 1 0 0 3 3 58.1 57 27 23 0 15 35 1.23 3.55
1963 Away 0 2 11 0 0 0 0 0 19.0 15 7 7 0 2 10 0.89 3.32
1963 Home 0 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 21.1 25 11 11 0 10 7 1.64 4.64
1964 Away 1 3 26 0 0 0 2 2 28.1 26 11 11 0 9 15 1.24 3.49
1964 Home 3 1 30 0 0 0 1 1 40.2 31 14 14 0 13 30 1.08 3.10
1965 Away 2 4 28 1 0 0 1 2 42.0 40 18 18 0 10 37 1.19 3.86
1965 Home 4 5 28 0 0 0 1 1 38.2 35 18 18 0 16 27 1.32 4.19
1966 Away 0 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 17.0 17 11 10 0 6 12 1.35 5.29
1966 Home 0 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 25.1 27 21 19 0 9 18 1.42 6.75
1967 Away 1 3 20 0 0 0 0 2 23.1 21 11 11 0 9 14 1.29 4.24
1967 Home 3 3 23 3 0 0 0 0 45.0 41 19 19 1 18 31 1.31 3.80
1968 Away 1 3 24 3 0 0 0 0 37.1 44 30 27 1 14 25 1.55 6.51
1968 Home 1 2 9 0 0 0 0 1 15.0 14 9 8 0 6 15 1.33 4.80
1969 Away 0 2 12 0 0 0 1 0 16.0 25 13 13 0 6 11 1.94 7.31
1969 Home 0 1 11 0 0 0 0 0 9.1 9 6 5 0 6 8 1.61 4.82
1970 Away 1 3 19 1 0 0 0 1 26.1 37 29 29 0 14 18 1.94 9.91
1970 Home 2 3 19 0 0 0 0 1 19.2 32 21 20 1 5 14 1.88 9.15
2195 Away 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00
2195 Home 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00
Total Away 23 45 251 55 0 0 7 9 544.2 610 361 341 6 187 369 1.46 5.63
Total Home 33 41 247 55 1 1 5 7 586.1 626 324 308 8 202 391 1.41 4.73
Total
56
 86
498
110
1
1
12
 16
1131.0
 1236 685 649 14 389
760
1.44
5.16
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1971-11-01Joe Willis has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1970-04-25Joe Willis of the Philadelphia Thunder is injured and is expected to be out 19 days.
1970-03-29The Philadelphia Thunder have promoted Joe Willis to the major league team. The Philadelphia Thunder have promoted Brian Abernathy to the major league team. The Philadelphia Thunder have promoted Doug Glanville to the major league team. The Philadelphia Thunder have promoted Dennis Thiel to the major league team. The Philadelphia Thunder have promoted Terry Sizemore to the major league team.
1969-07-15The Philadelphia Thunder have designated Joe Willis for assignment. The Philadelphia Thunder have designated Matt Pounds for assignment.
1969-03-29A trade has been completed between the Pittsburgh Pounders and the Philadelphia Thunder. The Philadelphia Thunder receive Joe Willis, Draft Pick 1970 Round 2 PIT (Wayne Howe) from the Pittsburgh Pounders in exchange for Draft Pick 1970 Round 5 PHI (Jim Turner). Protest This Trade.
1968-05-26Joe Willis of the Pittsburgh Pounders is injured and is expected to be out 48 days.
1963-03-29The Pittsburgh Pounders have promoted Joe Willis to the major league team.
1963-03-29Joe Willis has signed with the Pittsburgh Pounders for $2.12M per year for 8 years.
1962-05-30Joe Willis of the New York Knights is injured and is expected to be out 2 days.
1962-04-13Joe Willis of the New York Knights is injured and is expected to be out 14 days.
1961-09-10Joe Willis of the New York Knights is injured and is expected to be out 10 days.
1961-08-28A trade has been completed between the New York Pinstripers and the New York Knights. The New York Knights receive Joe Willis, Warren Repulski, Ken Scarborough, David Cox from the New York Pinstripers in exchange for Bob Stirnweiss, Joe Walker. Protest This Trade.
1960-07-27Joe Willis of the New York Pinstripers is injured and is expected to be out 18 days.
1958-08-12Joe Willis of the New York Pinstripers is injured and is expected to be out 19 days.
1957-08-12The New York Pinstripers have promoted Joe Willis to the major league team. The New York Pinstripers have sent Joe McCormick to the minors.
1955-09-09A trade has been completed between the Los Angeles Mudd Soxs and the Chicago Creeps. The Chicago Creeps receive Draft Pick - 1956 Round 5 (LAA), Draft Pick - 1956 Round 4 (LAA), Draft Pick - 1956 Round 3 (LAA), Draft Pick - 1956 Round 2 (LAA), Draft Pick - 1956 Round 1 (LAA) from the Los Angeles Mudd Soxs in exchange for Joe Willis. Protest This Trade.
1955-04-08The Chicago Creeps have acquired Joe Willis from the waiver wire.
1955-04-01The Oakland Athletics have acquired Mike Stallcup from the waiver wire. The Oakland Athletics have waived Joe Willis.