Willie Cornelius
1933–1946 · bats R / throws R · ASW, Birmingham Black Barons, Chicago American Giants, CCB, JAX, Kansas City Monarchs, Memphis Red Sox, NAL
211G
.217AVG
.301OBP
.317SLG
More career statistics
87H
4HR
40RBI
2SB
54–62W–L
963.0IP
519K
4.43ERA
120GS
4SV
4Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Games | 211 | 204 |
| Batting · At bats | 401 | 280 |
| Batting · Doubles | 12 | 11 |
| Batting · Hits | 87 | 62 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 3 | 2 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 463 | 323 |
| Batting · Runs | 56 | 40 |
| Batting · RBI | 40 | 29 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 2 | 1 |
| Batting · Triples | 8 | 5 |
| Batting · Walks | 45 | 32 |
| Pitching · Games | 173 | 178 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 4,249 | 2,959 |
| Pitching · p cg | 61 | 72 |
| Pitching · p er | 474 | 174 |
| Pitching · p gs | 120 | 128 |
| Pitching · p h | 993 | 856 |
| Pitching · p hr | 37 | 21 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 2,889 | 2,875 |
| Pitching · p k | 519 | 302 |
| Pitching · p r | 602 | 518 |
| Pitching · p w | 362 | 223 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 211 | 463 | 401 | 56 | 87 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 40 | 45 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 127 | .217 | .301 | .317 | .618 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 963.0 | 173 | 120 | 61 | 54 | 62 | 4 | 993 | 602 | 474 | 37 | 362 | 519 | 0 | 0 | 4.43 | 1.407 |
Streaks
3longest hitting streak · 1937-07-21 to 1937-08-01
5longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 53 | 14 strikeouts | 1937-08-09 | 1 in 1,810 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | 12 innings pitched | 1937-08-22 | 1 in 613 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 40 | Ten Runs Allowed | 1934-06-01 | 1 in 102 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 104 | 124 | 23 | 1 | 13 | 21 | 6 | .230 | .355 | .340 |
| Away | 100 | 199 | 39 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 3 | .217 | .251 | .339 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| April | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .286 | .286 | .286 |
| May | 47 | 67 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 2 | .241 | .328 | .293 |
| June | 49 | 76 | 14 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 0 | .212 | .250 | .394 |
| July | 57 | 107 | 20 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 5 | .215 | .271 | .333 |
| August | 33 | 52 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 2 | .233 | .365 | .395 |
| September | 14 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .167 | .231 | .167 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| kansas-city-monarchs | 53 | 96 | 19 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 4 | .226 | .271 | .286 |
| memphis-red-sox | 29 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .167 | .238 | .278 |
| pittsburgh-crawfords | 20 | 48 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | .114 | .167 | .159 |
| birmingham-black-barons | 11 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .182 | .333 | .182 |
| cleveland-buckeyes | 10 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .412 | .400 | .882 |
| CI1 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .250 | .308 | .333 |
| NSH | 6 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .100 | .308 | .200 |
| homestead-grays | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .167 | .000 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1933 | CGChicago American Giants | 18 | 40 | 6 | – | – | – | .150 | 97 | 47 |
| 1934 | CGChicago American Giants | 18 | 33 | 5 | – | – | – | .152 | 103 | 26 |
| 1935 | CGChicago American Giants | 16 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 4 | – | .182 | 73 | 21 |
| 1936 | CGChicago American Giants | 3 | 6 | 2 | – | – | – | .333 | 12 | 3 |
| 1937 | CGChicago American Giants | 30 | 38 | 5 | 1 | 3 | – | .132 | 154 | 63 |
| 1938 | CGChicago American Giants | 30 | 34 | 5 | – | 3 | – | .147 | 139 | 63 |
| 1939 | CGChicago American Giants | 19 | 24 | 6 | – | 1 | 1 | .250 | 100 | 35 |
| 1941 | CGChicago American Giants | 13 | 14 | 4 | – | 1 | – | .286 | 77 | 16 |
| 1942 | Chicago American Giants, CCB, JAX | 13 | 12 | 6 | – | 1 | – | .500 | 27 | 6 |
| 1943 | CGChicago American Giants | 19 | 37 | 10 | 1 | 7 | – | .270 | 100 | 8 |
| 1945 | CGChicago American Giants | 22 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 9 | – | .500 | 62 | 9 |
| 1946 | CGChicago American Giants | 3 | 6 | 2 | – | – | – | .333 | 11 | 5 |