Willie Jefferson
1937–1946 · bats R / throws R · CCB, CI1, Cleveland Buckeyes, Memphis Red Sox, Philadelphia Stars, SAS
81G
.233AVG
.254OBP
.311SLG
More career statistics
42H
2HR
21RBI
3SB
22–24W–L
401.2IP
219K
3.94ERA
46GS
2SV
7Rare 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 | 81 | 114 |
| Batting · At bats | 180 | 155 |
| Batting · Hits | 42 | 38 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 2 | 0 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 192 | 162 |
| Batting · Runs | 17 | 16 |
| Batting · RBI | 21 | 17 |
| Pitching · Games | 67 | 106 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 1,745 | 1,456 |
| Pitching · p cg | 34 | 62 |
| Pitching · p er | 176 | 95 |
| Pitching · p gs | 46 | 76 |
| Pitching · p h | 441 | 572 |
| Pitching · p hr | 18 | 14 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 1,205 | 1,948 |
| Pitching · p k | 219 | 149 |
| Pitching · p r | 230 | 307 |
| Pitching · p w | 86 | 64 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 81 | 192 | 180 | 17 | 42 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 56 | .233 | .254 | .311 | .565 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 401.7 | 67 | 46 | 34 | 22 | 24 | 2 | 441 | 230 | 176 | 18 | 86 | 219 | 0 | 0 | 3.94 | 1.312 |
Streaks
4longest hitting streak · 1938-06-28 to 1938-07-17
4longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 75 | Faced the Minimum | 1938-05-15 | 1 in 2,759 games | box score ↗ |
| 51 | Twelve Runs Allowed | 1943-07-01 | 1 in 264 games | box score ↗ |
| 47 | One-Hit Shutout | 1939-06-29 | 1 in 193 games | box score ↗ |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1937 | CI1 | 12 | 24 | 5 | – | 5 | – | .208 | 47 | 21 |
| 1938 | MSMemphis Red Sox | 22 | 37 | 11 | 2 | 7 | – | .297 | 94 | 24 |
| 1939 | MSMemphis Red Sox | 12 | 12 | 3 | – | – | – | .250 | 58 | 15 |
| 1942 | CCB, Philadelphia Stars | 13 | 22 | 10 | – | 3 | – | .455 | 107 | 22 |
| 1943 | CBCleveland Buckeyes | 15 | 20 | 3 | – | 1 | 1 | .150 | 121 | 22 |
| 1944 | CBCleveland Buckeyes | 23 | 34 | 5 | – | 1 | 2 | .147 | 131 | 37 |
| 1945 | CBCleveland Buckeyes | 14 | 6 | 1 | – | – | – | .167 | 87 | 8 |
| 1946 | CBCleveland Buckeyes | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – |