Willie Mitchell
1909–1919 · bats R / throws L · Cleveland Guardians, Detroit Tigers
280G
.130AVG
.180OBP
.140SLG
More career statistics
69H
0HR
27RBI
0SB
83–92W–L
1,632.0IP
921K
2.88ERA
190GS
4SV
6Rare 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 · At bats | 530 | 531 |
| Batting · Hits | 69 | 68 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 90 | 137 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 594 | 598 |
| Batting · RBI | 27 | 30 |
| Batting · Walks | 29 | 32 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 6,702 | 6,873 |
| Pitching · p er | 522 | 528 |
| Pitching · p h | 1,464 | 1,474 |
| Pitching · p hr | 14 | 15 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 4,896 | 4,889 |
| Pitching · p k | 921 | 924 |
| Pitching · p r | 731 | 732 |
| Pitching · p w | 605 | 613 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 280 | 594 | 530 | 29 | 69 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 29 | 90 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 74 | .130 | .180 | .140 | .320 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,632.0 | 276 | 190 | 93 | 83 | 92 | 4 | 1,464 | 731 | 522 | 14 | 605 | 921 | 0 | 0 | 2.88 | 1.268 |
Streaks
3longest hitting streak · 1916-07-14 to 1916-07-22
5longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | Three Batters Hit | 1910-07-12 | 1 in 282 games | box score ↗ |
| 50 | 9 walks allowed | 1913-07-29 | 1 in 1,333 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 47 | One-Hit Shutout | 1910-09-11 | 1 in 193 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 138 | 282 | 32 | 0 | 12 | 11 | 69 | .125 | .152 | .133 |
| Away | 142 | 316 | 36 | 0 | 18 | 21 | 68 | .130 | .180 | .141 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 29 | 55 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 16 | .104 | .164 | .125 |
| May | 49 | 84 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 24 | .068 | .119 | .068 |
| June | 48 | 101 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 24 | .116 | .188 | .128 |
| July | 52 | 109 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 24 | .180 | .193 | .190 |
| August | 52 | 112 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 19 | .162 | .170 | .162 |
| September | 43 | 114 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 28 | .104 | .140 | .123 |
| October | 7 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | .167 | .261 | .167 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| st-louis-browns | 54 | 138 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 29 | .080 | .174 | .089 |
| boston-red-sox | 43 | 82 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 13 | .080 | .098 | .093 |
| new-york-yankees | 43 | 105 | 17 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 19 | .179 | .210 | .211 |
| chicago-white-sox | 40 | 69 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 21 | .079 | .116 | .079 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 36 | 83 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 23 | .145 | .169 | .145 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 35 | 54 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 16 | .125 | .148 | .125 |
| detroit-tigers | 28 | 67 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 16 | .226 | .239 | .226 |
| cleveland-guardians | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1909 |  Cleveland Guardians | 3 | 7 | 2 | – | – | – | .286 | 22 | 9 |
| 1910 | Cleveland Guardians | 35 | 63 | 10 | – | 2 | – | .159 | 184 | 102 |
| 1911 | Cleveland Guardians | 32 | 65 | 7 | – | 5 | – | .108 | 177 | 79 |
| 1912 | Cleveland Guardians | 29 | 53 | 6 | – | 4 | – | .113 | 163 | 94 |
| 1913 | Cleveland Guardians | 35 | 70 | 10 | – | 3 | – | .143 | 217 | 140 |
| 1914 | Cleveland Guardians | 39 | 81 | 7 | – | 4 | – | .086 | 256 | 179 |
| 1915 | Cleveland Guardians | 37 | 79 | 9 | – | 4 | – | .114 | 236 | 148 |
| 1916 | Cleveland Guardians, Detroit Tigers | 35 | 47 | 9 | – | 4 | – | .191 | 169 | 86 |
| 1917 |  Detroit Tigers | 31 | 59 | 7 | – | 4 | – | .119 | 185 | 81 |
| 1918 | Detroit Tigers | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 4 | 2 |
| 1919 | Detroit Tigers | 3 | 5 | 1 | – | – | – | .200 | 13 | 4 |