Willie Aikens
Willie Mays Aikens
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 220 lb.

Born: October 14, 1954 in Seneca, SC
High School: Seneca (Seneca, SC)
School: South Carolina State University
Drafted by the California Angels in the 1st round (2nd pick) of the 1975 amateur draft (January). (All Transactions)
Debut: May 17, 1977
Final Game: April 27, 1985
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1977 22 CAL AL 42 101 91 5 18 4 0 0 6 1 2 10 23 .198 .277 .242 .519 46 22 1 0 0 0 2 3D
1979 24 CAL AL 116 447 379 59 106 18 0 21 81 1 3 61 79 .280 .376 .493 .869 137 187 10 1 0 6 8 3D
1980 25 KCR AL 151 623 543 70 151 24 0 20 98 1 0 64 88 .278 .356 .433 .789 116 235 23 7 0 9 3 *3D
1981 26 KCR AL 101 419 349 45 93 16 0 17 53 0 0 62 47 .266 .377 .458 .836 142 160 11 3 0 5 12 *3
1982 27 KCR AL 134 519 466 50 131 29 1 17 74 0 1 45 70 .281 .345 .457 .802 119 213 19 3 0 5 7 *3
1983 28 KCR AL 125 458 410 49 124 26 1 23 72 0 0 45 75 .302 .373 .539 .912 149 221 16 2 0 1 9 *3/D
1984 29 TOR AL 93 265 234 21 48 7 0 11 26 0 0 29 56 .205 .298 .376 .674 83 88 6 2 0 0 1 D/3
1985 30 TOR AL 12 24 20 2 4 1 0 1 5 0 0 3 6 .200 .292 .400 .692 85 8 1 0 0 1 0 D
8 Seasons 774 2856 2492 301 675 125 2 110 415 3 6 319 444 .271 .354 .455 .809 123 1134 87 18 0 27 42
162 Game Avg. 162 598 522 63 141 26 0 23 87 1 1 67 93 .271 .354 .455 .809 123 237 18 4 0 6 9
KCR (4 yrs) 511 2019 1768 214 499 95 2 77 297 1 1 216 280 .282 .362 .469 .830 129 829 69 15 0 20 31
CAL (2 yrs) 158 548 470 64 124 22 0 21 87 2 5 71 102 .264 .358 .445 .802 120 209 11 1 0 6 10
TOR (2 yrs) 105 289 254 23 52 8 0 12 31 0 0 32 62 .205 .298 .378 .676 83 96 7 2 0 1 1

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1977 22 CAL AL 101 76 6 2.1 96 .265 .198 .261 .277 .325 .242 .398 .519 .723 46 .193 -6.5 -0.6 .408 .143 .044 .0
1979 24 CAL AL 447 292 71 6.5 98 .298 .280 .265 .376 .329 .493 .401 .869 .730 137 .642 21.9 2.1 .864 .369 .214 1.9
1980 25 KCR AL 623 424 82 5.2 99 .295 .278 .269 .356 .331 .433 .399 .789 .730 116 .557 13.9 1.4 .740 .274 .155 1.9
1981 26 KCR AL 419 272 62 6.1 88 .262 .266 .255 .377 .319 .458 .371 .836 .690 142 .677 21.6 2.2 .843 .370 .192 .0
1982 27 KCR AL 519 360 69 5.2 98 .297 .281 .264 .345 .328 .457 .402 .802 .730 119 .552 12.7 1.2 .732 .270 .176 .0
1983 28 KCR AL 458 303 78 6.9 98 .323 .302 .266 .373 .328 .539 .401 .912 .728 149 .682 27.2 2.7 .887 .346 .237 .0
1984 29 TOR AL 265 192 26 3.6 100 .222 .205 .268 .298 .332 .376 .405 .674 .736 83 .401 -6.1 -0.6 .620 .295 .171 .0
1985 30 TOR AL 24 18 2 3.0 102 .214 .200 .266 .292 .332 .400 .413 .692 .745 85 .311 -0.4 -0.0 .647 .350 .200 .0
8 Seasons 2856 1937 396 5.5 97 .288 .271 .265 .354 .328 .455 .397 .809 .725 123 .587 84.4 8.3 .769 .311 .184 5.8
162 Game Avg. 598 405 83 5.5 97 .288 .271 .265 .354 .328 .455 .397 .809 .725 123 .587 18 2 .769 .311 .184 1
KCR (4 yrs) 2019 1359 291 5.8 96 .295 .282 .264 .362 .327 .469 .395 .830 .722 129 .613 75.4 7.5 .792 .309 .187 2.0
CAL (2 yrs) 548 368 77 5.6 98 .292 .264 .264 .358 .328 .445 .400 .802 .729 120 .579 15.5 1.5 .768 .326 .181 3.7
TOR (2 yrs) 289 210 28 3.6 100 .221 .205 .268 .298 .332 .378 .405 .676 .737 83 .394 -6.5 -0.6 .622 .299 .173 .0

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1980 25 KCR AL ALCS NYY W 3 11 11 0 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .364 .364 .364 .727 4 0 0 0 0 0
1980 25 KCR AL WS PHI L 6 26 20 5 8 0 1 4 8 0 0 6 8 .400 .538 1.100 1.638 22 0 0 0 0 0
1981 26 KCR AL ALDS OAK L 3 12 9 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 .333 .500 .333 .833 3 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (3 Series) 12 49 40 5 15 0 1 4 10 0 0 9 11 .375 .490 .725 1.215 29 0 0 0 0 0
1 ALDS 3 12 9 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 .333 .500 .333 .833 3 0 0 0 0 0
1 ALCS 3 11 11 0 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .364 .364 .364 .727 4 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 6 26 20 5 8 0 1 4 8 0 0 6 8 .400 .538 1.100 1.638 22 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1977 22 CAL AL 101 0.0% 22.8% 9.9% 4.0% 22% 2.30 4.0 15.2 1.00 67%
1979 24 CAL AL 447 4.7% 17.7% 13.7% 8.7% 37% 1.30 4.8 18.0 4.7 1.09 64%
1980 25 KCR AL 623 3.2% 14.1% 10.3% 7.1% 29% 1.38 6.2 27.2 5.5 1.15 71%
1981 26 KCR AL 419 4.1% 11.2% 14.8% 7.9% 36% 0.76 7.4 20.5 6.6 1.47 69%
1982 27 KCR AL 519 3.3% 13.5% 8.7% 9.1% 36% 1.56 6.7 27.4 6.3 1.10 74%
1983 28 KCR AL 458 5.0% 16.4% 9.8% 10.9% 40% 1.67 5.5 17.8 5.7 1.58 68%
1984 29 TOR AL 265 4.2% 21.1% 10.9% 6.8% 38% 1.93 4.2 21.3 9.0 1.09 63%
1985 30 TOR AL 24 4.2% 25.0% 12.5% 8.3% 50% 2.00 3.3 20.0 4.0 1.00 58%
8 Seasons 2856 3.9% 15.6% 11.2% 8.3% 35% 1.39 5.6 22.7 6.0 1.22 69%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1977 22 CAL AL 1 0 18% 19 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 25% 3 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 0
1979 24 CAL AL 3 0 26% 145 1 3 25% 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 8 46% 30 18 10 7 4 3 15 3 11
1980 25 KCR AL 4 0 25% 250 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 7 23% 39 37 1 6 4 2 25 10 13
1981 26 KCR AL 1 0 20% 155 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 39% 23 17 6 6 4 2 15 6 9
1982 27 KCR AL 6 0 20% 167 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 8 18% 21 18 2 11 10 1 12 7 5
1983 28 KCR AL 5 0 18% 152 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 6 21% 29 24 4 4 4 0 15 8 6
1984 29 TOR AL 2 0 15% 78 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 2 19% 16 14 2 4 4 0 6 1 3
1985 30 TOR AL 0 0 17% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Seasons 22 0 21% 971 3 6 33% 3 6 0 0 0 0 2 0 34 35 28% 162 131 26 38 30 8 89 36 47
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1977 22 CAL AL 101 98% 18 13 1 0 1 1.83 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 1 7% 9 2 22% 49 6 12% 7 3 43% 7 5 71% 0
1979 24 CAL AL 447 81% 106 8 2 0 2 1.91 21 2 18 20 1 9 12 0 0 0 86 10 12% 38 8 21% 334 62 19% 28 18 64% 34 12 35% 0
1980 25 KCR AL 623 64% 151 0 0 0 0 20 0 19 14 6 5 15 0 0 0 134 23 17% 72 24 33% 435 81 19% 49 26 53% 39 20 51% 0
1981 26 KCR AL 419 66% 93 2 0 0 0 1.60 17 0 11 12 5 4 13 0 0 0 68 11 16% 39 9 23% 278 37 13% 38 13 34% 32 12 38% 0
1982 27 KCR AL 519 67% 131 10 4 1 3 1.03 17 1 14 13 4 11 6 0 0 0 91 19 21% 43 19 44% 325 61 19% 31 20 65% 31 13 42% 0
1983 28 KCR AL 458 81% 124 8 2 0 3 2.72 23 0 5 22 1 11 12 0 0 0 101 16 16% 41 13 32% 305 49 16% 26 11 42% 28 12 43% 0
1984 29 TOR AL 265 97% 48 7 2 1 1 1.97 11 0 2 10 1 3 8 0 0 0 45 6 13% 20 6 30% 146 15 10% 12 4 33% 17 4 24% 0
1985 30 TOR AL 24 100% 4 1 1 1 1 2.19 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 1 14% 5 2 40% 16 5 31% 4 2 50% 1 1 100% 0
8 Seasons 2856 75% 675 49 12 3 11 1.84 110 3 70 92 18 43 67 0 0 0 546 87 16% 267 83 31% 1888 316 17% 195 97 50% 189 79 42% 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1977 22 42 101 91 5 18 4 0 0 6 1 2 10 23 .198 .277 .242 .519 46 22 1 0 0 0 2
1978 23 42 101 91 5 18 4 0 0 6 1 2 10 23 .198 .277 .242 .519 46 22 1 0 0 0 2
1979 24 158 548 470 64 124 22 0 21 87 2 5 71 102 .264 .358 .445 .802 120 209 11 1 0 6 10
1980 25 309 1171 1013 134 275 46 0 41 185 3 5 135 190 .271 .357 .438 .795 118 444 34 8 0 15 13
1981 26 410 1590 1362 179 368 62 0 58 238 3 5 197 237 .270 .362 .443 .806 124 604 45 11 0 20 25
1982 27 544 2109 1828 229 499 91 1 75 312 3 6 242 307 .273 .358 .447 .805 123 817 64 14 0 25 32
1983 28 669 2567 2238 278 623 117 2 98 384 3 6 287 382 .278 .361 .464 .825 127 1038 80 16 0 26 41
1984 29 762 2832 2472 299 671 124 2 109 410 3 6 316 438 .271 .355 .456 .810 123 1126 86 18 0 26 42
1985 30 774 2856 2492 301 675 125 2 110 415 3 6 319 444 .271 .354 .455 .809 123 1134 87 18 0 27 42

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1977 22 42 104 93 6 20 4 0 0 7 1 11 23 .215 .298 .258 .556 7 42
1979 24 117 455 385 63 110 19 0 22 86 1 63 79 .286 .382 .506 .889 75 116
1980 25 151 627 546 73 154 24 0 20 102 1 65 88 .282 .360 .436 .796 86 151
1981 26 153 663 545 79 157 27 0 29 93 0 105 71 .288 .403 .497 .900 109 101
1982 27 134 519 466 53 131 29 1 17 78 0 45 70 .281 .345 .457 .802 73 134
1983 28 125 458 410 51 124 26 1 23 75 0 45 75 .302 .373 .539 .912 82 125
1984 29 93 267 235 21 49 7 0 11 27 0 30 56 .209 .303 .379 .682 27 93
1985 30 12 24 20 2 4 1 0 1 4 0 3 6 .200 .292 .400 .692 2 12
8 Seasons 827 3117 2700 348 749 137 2 123 472 3 367 468 .277 .364 .466 .831 461 774
162 Game Avg. 162 611 529 68 147 27 0 24 92 1 72 92 .277 .364 .466 .831 90 774

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Home Runs s c a p y
1981 AL  17 (7th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1981 AL  62 (5th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1980 AL  7 (8th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1980 AL  9 (5th)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1981 AL  12 (1st)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1980 AL  23 (6th)
1982 AL  19 (10th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1981 AL  20.5 (9th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 6 (1660), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 2 (1859), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 13 (1307), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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