Vic Willis
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Victor Gazaway Willis (April 12, 1876 – August 3, 1947) was an American Major League baseball pitcher during the 1890s and 1900s.
He pitched for the Boston Beaneaters, Pittsburgh Pirates, and the St. Louis Cardinals in 14 seasons in the National League (NL).
Willis pitched 3,996 innings in 513 games, setting a win-loss record of 249-205, with 388 complete games, 50 shutouts, and a 2.63 earned run average (ERA).
In 1995, Nicknamed "Delaware Peach" was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Early life
Willis was born in Cecil County, Maryland, on April 12, 1876. As a youth, he moved to Newark, Delaware, where he went to attend school. He attended high school at Newark Academy and competed both on the high school baseball team and in semi-pro baseball leagues throughout Delaware. Despite never attending the university, Willis played football and baseball for the University of Delaware, later known as Delaware College. This was due to their low enrollment at the time, which allowed them to bring in local talent to complete their roster.
Willis began his professional baseball career in 1895 with the Pennsylvania State League's Harrisburg Senators. Since the team ceased operations in June, he moved to the Lynchburg Hill Climbers of the Virginia State League. He was drafted to the Syracuse Stars of the Eastern League in the following year. He ended the season with a 10–6 win–loss record, but the bulk of the season was fought against flu, which caused him to miss the remainder of his season in July. Willis returned to the Stars in 1897 for the 1897 season after establishing a curveball in the offseason, the team won by 21 games, with Syracuse winning the league championship in the process. Fred Lake was purchased by the Boston Beaneaters for $1,000 at the end of the season. Willis was purchased by the Beaneaters to fill the void left by Jack Stivetts, who was close to retirement due to an arm injury.
Later life
Willis purchased and operated the Washington House, a hotel in Newark, Delaware, after retiring from baseball. Willis died in 1947 and is laid to rest in St. John Cemetery in Newark.
Willis was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1995, as the Delaware Sports Museum and Hall of Fame had done in 1977.
Major League Baseball career
Willis started his major league career with the Baltimore Oriolers on April 20, 1898, allowing eight runs, three walks, and a wild pitch in an 18–2 loss while still hitting two batters. He defeated the Washington Senators 11–4, his first career appearance. He stayed in the starting rotation through the season, but he had problems with his balance at times. Red Donahue, the Philadelphia Phillies' pitcher, threw a no-hitter in one game against the Philadelphia Phillies, while Willis allowed eight walks in a 5–0 loss. He had 25 victories, 13 losses, a 2.84 ERA, 148 walks, and 160 strikeouts on the season. In the National League, he came in second in walks and third in strikeouts. Willis became the first pitcher to toss a no-hitter in the 19th century.
Despite being a Hall of Fame pitcher, Willis holds the most games lost (199) and the most complete loss (25); both records were set in 1905. Willis set a dismal record with the Beaneaters of 42 victories against 72 losses during the three seasons from 1903 to 1905. During those three years, his earnings per capita was 3.02, and in two of those years, he had a 3.2 percent ERA. Despite Willis' success on the mound over the past three seasons, the Boston offense could only muster a.238 batting average. Willis was with the Pittsburgh Pirates for 1906, when his team had a batting average of.256 over the four years Willis was with the team. His ERA for those four years was 2.08.
Willis was with the 1909 Pirates, one of World Series championship teams. He only lost one game against Ty Cobb's Detroit Tigers during the Series pitching. Willis' last major league season was 1910 with the St. Louis Cardinals. In his hometown of Newark, Delaware, he pitched for a semipro team the following season.
