Willard
Sumner
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 185
 
Born: November 6, 1890 in Usa
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Nix Lawngreech Award 1919   
All-Star Selections 1917   
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Rick Blast Award or Rookie of the Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1909 18 AA   82 321 43 95 22 0 11 43 0 0 27 82 .296 .351 .467 .818 50.2  
    A   1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2  
1910 19 CST NL 8 16 3 5 2 1 0 1 0 0 3 2 .313 .400 .563 .963 3.9 0.9
    AAA   126 491 69 157 34 2 22 89 1 0 41 80 .320 .372 .532 .904 89.8  
1911 20 CST NL 124 381 26 84 22 0 7 47 1 0 20 88 .220 .264 .333 .597 32.8 1.6
    AAA   16 68 9 24 5 0 4 12 1 0 5 12 .353 .397 .603 1.000 14.5  
1912 21 CST NL 148 545 51 134 29 1 17 81 1 0 23 118 .246 .276 .396 .672 58.3 6.0
1913 22 CST NL 141 473 50 110 25 2 11 67 0 2 31 77 .233 .278 .364 .641 46.3 5.0
1914 23 CST NL 32 99 8 30 11 1 0 21 1 0 2 19 .303 .314 .434 .748 12.5 2.5
    AAA   95 375 71 109 16 1 35 89 0 0 47 60 .291 .370 .619 .988 81.9  
1915 24 CST NL 123 317 38 80 21 1 11 54 3 0 16 48 .252 .284 .429 .713 39.0 6.1
1916 25 CST NL 149 555 62 140 32 1 21 105 1 2 41 87 .252 .302 .427 .729 69.9 11.3
1917 26 CST NL 155 652 95 155 31 2 26 66 1 1 45 104 .238 .290 .411 .701 72.7 12.0
1918 27 CST NL 150 543 50 114 28 0 18 61 0 0 40 73 .210 .266 .361 .627 50.0 4.5
1919 28 CST NL 146 525 55 131 34 1 22 80 0 0 51 93 .250 .317 .444 .761 73.9 11.5
1920 29 CST NL 148 541 79 149 32 2 31 90 0 0 46 82 .275 .334 .514 .848 89.3 17.8
1921 30 CST NL 149 552 78 151 29 2 35 121 0 0 49 100 .274 .327 .524 .851 90.3 15.3
1922 31 CST NL 140 496 67 112 18 0 34 90 0 0 49 94 .226 .296 .468 .764 68.9 9.1
1923 32 KNL NL 147 568 80 157 31 1 39 124 0 0 54 101 .276 .340 .540 .881 96.6 24.8
1924 33 KNL NL 150 534 70 118 29 3 22 87 0 0 68 107 .221 .310 .410 .720 67.3 9.5
15 Years Sim 1910 6797 812 1670 374 18 294 1095 8 5 538 1193 .246 .301 .436 .737 871.5 138.0
3 Years AAA 237 934 149 290 55 3 61 190 2 0 93 152 .310 .374 .572 .946 186.2  
1 Years AA 82 321 43 95 22 0 11 43 0 0 27 82 .296 .350 .467 .818 50.2  
1 Years A 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2  
5 Years Minors 320 1257 192 385 77 3 72 233 2 0 120 235 .306 .367 .544 .912 236.2  
162 Game Average 576 68 141 31 1 24 92 0 0 45 101 .246 .301 .436 .737 73.9  
Career Highs 155 652 95 157 34 3 39 124 3 2 68 118 .313 .400 .563 .963 96.6  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   5224 622 1287 279 15 235 853 6 4 394 914 .246 .300 .440 .740 689.7
vs LH   1573 190 383 95 3 59 242 2 1 144 279 .243 .306 .420 .726 204.2
Home 960 3382 421 833 164 8 151 546 5 2 256 604 .246 .299 .433 .733 441.4
Away 950 3415 391 837 210 10 143 549 3 3 282 589 .245 .303 .438 .741 452.5
RISP   1745 0 436 95 5 74 744 0 0 183 308 .250 .312 .437 .750 247.7
Pinch Hitting   114 18 27 6 1 6 20 1 0 12 25 .237 .310 .465 .774 16.9
Close/Late   836 81 203 41 2 30 117 0 0 89 159 .243 .314 .404 .718 109.3
Mar/Apr 252 904 104 209 42 1 36 136 2 1 55 151 .231 .277 .399 .677 100.1
May 355 1240 150 338 82 4 55 209 0 1 107 225 .273 .330 .478 .808 190.4
June 341 1214 137 297 63 2 40 170 1 1 108 226 .245 .307 .399 .706 149.6
July 316 1178 142 285 61 3 51 195 2 1 84 205 .242 .292 .429 .721 148.4
August 343 1205 142 296 71 5 59 215 1 1 89 204 .246 .295 .460 .755 164.6
Sep/Oct 303 1056 137 245 55 3 53 170 2 0 95 182 .232 .297 .440 .738 140.8
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Nix Lawngreech Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1910 19 CST NL 1B 6 5 43.0 45 4 1 6 .980 10.26 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1911 20 CST NL 1B 120 117 959.0 1005 75 4 105 .996 10.14 0 0 .000 0 1.9
1912 21 CST NL 1B 141 140 1204.3 1266 112 16 94 .989 10.30 0 0 .000 0 2.4
    CF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1913 22 CST NL 1B 139 138 1137.0 1198 81 13 126 .990 10.12 0 0 .000 0 1.8
1914 23 CST NL 1B 23 22 193.0 209 11 4 21 .982 10.26 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    RF 2 2 18.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1915 24 CST NL 1B 85 71 650.3 662 50 3 72 .996 9.85 0 0 .000 0 1.2
    CF 1 0 2.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1916 25 CST NL 1B 147 147 1310.7 1264 94 5 106 .996 9.33 0 0 .000 0 2.6
1917 26 CST NL 1B 155 155 1397.3 1517 92 16 166 .990 10.36 0 0 .000 0 1.9
1918 27 CST NL 1B 144 137 1227.7 1262 104 9 126 .993 10.01 0 0 .000 0 2.3
    3B 1 0 10.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.90 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1919 28 CST NL 1B 143 139 1229.3 1336 90 6 122 .996 10.44 0 0 .000 0 3.1
    C 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 1 0 .000 1 0.0
1920 29 CST NL 1B 142 139 1235.3 1286 104 16 120 .989 10.13 0 0 .000 0 1.8
    LF 1 0 8.3 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.16 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 1 1 8.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1921 30 CST NL 1B 143 140 1227.0 1237 108 12 118 .991 9.87 0 0 .000 0 2.7
1922 31 CST NL 1B 137 129 1140.0 1221 118 9 117 .993 10.57 0 0 .000 0 2.1
1923 32 KNL NL 1B 146 144 1263.7 1319 94 13 128 .991 10.06 0 0 .000 0 2.7
1924 33 KNL NL 1B 146 140 1229.0 1269 99 9 116 .993 10.02 0 0 .000 0 3.3
  1B 1817 1763 15446.6 16096 1236 136 1543 .992 10.10 0 0 .000 0 30.2
  RF 3 3 26.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.69 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  3B 1 0 10.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.90 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  LF 1 0 8.3 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.16 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  CF 3 0 4.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.93 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 1 0 .000 1 0.0
Career Totals   1826 1766 15498.6 16102 1237 136 1543 .992 10.07 1 0 .000 1 30.2
Career Highs   155 155 1397.3 1517 118 16 166 .996 10.57 1 0 .000 1  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1913 22 CST NL 7 20 3 3 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 5 .150 .227 .250 .477
1915 24 CST NL 4 14 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .143 .133 .214 .348
1923 32 KNL NL 13 48 7 15 1 0 1 7 0 0 4 11 .313 .370 .396 .766
Career Post-Season Batting 24 82 10 20 4 0 1 10 0 0 6 19 .244 .297 .329 .626
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Slugging Pct
1920-6-.514
1921-6-.524
1923-3-.540
OPS
1923-10-.881
XR
1923-10-96.6
Games
1916-10-149
1917-1-155
1918-5-150
1924-3-150
CAR-33-1910
At-Bats
1916-10-555
1917-1-652
1923-6-568
CAR-36-6797
Runs
1917-2-95
Total Bases
1917-4-268
1920-5-278
1921-4-289
1923-3-307
CAR-35-2962
Doubles
1916-6-32
1919-7-34
1920-7-32
CAR-15-374
Homeruns
1917-2-26
1919-8-22
1920-3-31
1921-3-35
1922-2-34
1923-1-39
CAR-14-294
RBIs
1916-2-105
1921-1-121
1922-10-90
1923-1-124
CAR-23-1095
Strikeouts
1912-6-118
1924-7-107
CAR-18-1193
 
 
   Black Ink Test: 14    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 28)
   Gray Ink Test: 65    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 139)
 
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