Victor Gazaway Willis was a Major League Baseball player nicknamed "The Delaware Peach." He was a starting pitcher. He is a member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, enshrined in 1995. Willis was born in 1876 in Cecil County, Maryland and attended school in nearby Newark, Delaware. Over a 13-year career, Willis played for three teams, the Boston Beaneaters , Pittsburgh Pirates and St. Louis Cardinals , compiling a 249-205 record with a 2.63 ERA. He was known as a workhorse and completed 388 of his 471 starts. Willis also holds the post-1900 record for complete games in a... single season. Despite being a Hall of Fame pitcher, Willis holds the post-1900 record for most losses in a single season . For the three seasons from 1903 to 1905, Willis compiled a dismal record with the Boston Beaneaters of 42 wins against 72 losses. However, his ERA during those three years averaged 3.02 and in two of those years his ERA was under 3.00. Despite Willis' performance on the mound during those three seasons, the Boston offense could only muster a combined .238 batting average over those seasons.
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