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Willie Aikens

Willie Mays Aikens

Position: First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 220 lb.

Born: October 14, 1954 in Seneca, SC
High School: Seneca HS (Seneca, SC)
School: South Carolina State University (Orangeburg, SC)
Drafted by the California Angels in the 1st round (2nd pick) of the 1975 amateur draft (January). (All Transactions)
Debut: May 17, 1977
Teams (by GP): Royals/Angels/BlueJays 1977-1985
Agents: Ron Shapiro [*]
Final Game: April 27, 1985
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Standard Batting

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
1975	20	ANA-min	A	125	515	443	69	126	17	1	17	91	6	2	58	64	.284	.367	.442	.809		196	8	5	0	9	7		QDS · MIDW
1976	21	ANA-min	AA	133	588	514	99	163	24	4	30	117	10	3	64	114	.317	.396	.554	.951		285		6	0	4			ELP · TL
1977	22	ANA-min	AAA	77	352	295	62	99	23	2	14	73	4	1	52	42	.336	.429	.569	.998		168		0	0	5			SLC · PCL
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

1978	23	ANA-min	AAA	133	559	470	82	153	19	0	29	110	5	5	77	55	.326	.419	.551	.970		259		4	0	8			SLC · PCL
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	143	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-min	AAA	105	442	373	65	116	19	1	16	61	0	0	67	81	.311	.416	.496	.912		185		1	0	1	5		SYR · IL
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
1986	31	NYM-min	AAA	4	17	15	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	.133	.235	.133	.369		2		0	0	0	0		TID,PUE · IL,MEX
1987	32	PUE	AAA																										PUE · MEX
1988	33	JAL	AAA																										JAL · MEX
1989	34	LEO	AAA																										LEO · MEX
1990	35	LEO	AAA																										LEO · MEX
1991	36	MNY	AAA																										MNY · MEX
8 Yrs				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

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1977	22	CAL	AL	42	101	-7	-1	-0	-0	-2	-10	-1.0	3	-7	-0.7	.475	.493	-0.7	-0.2	-7	$	3D

1979	24	CAL	AL	116	447	18	-2	-2	2	-9	7	0.9	14	22	2.2	.506	.505	2.0	-0.6	20	$	3D
1980	25	KCR	AL	151	623	10	-3	-2	-2	-10	-6	-0.4	19	13	1.3	.496	.496	1.5	-1.0	14	$	*3D
1981	26	KCR	AL	101	419	16	-0	-1	-5	-6	4	0.5	13	16	1.6	.504	.502	2.3	-1.1	21	$	*3
1982	27	KCR	AL	134	519	10	-2	-3	1	-7	-2	-0.0	16	14	1.4	.499	.499	1.4	-0.6	13	$375,000	*3
1983	28	KCR	AL	125	458	25	-4	-2	-9	-7	4	0.6	14	18	1.9	.503	.502	2.8	-1.5	27	$	*3/D
1984	29	TOR	AL	93	265	-6	-2	-0	1	-8	-16	-1.6	8	-8	-0.9	.482	.490	-0.9	-0.8	-8	$	D/3
1985	30	TOR	AL	12	24	-1	0	0	0	-1	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.1	.484	.499	-0.1	-0.1	-1	$	D
8 Seasons				774	2856	65	-13	-10	-12	-50	-21	-1.3	88	67	6.7	.497	.498	8.3	-5.9	79	$375,000

KCR (4 yrs)				511	2019	62	-9	-8	-14	-30	-0	0.6	62	61	6.2	.500	.500	8.0	-4.3	76	$375,000
CAL (2 yrs)				158	548	10	-2	-2	2	-11	-3	-0.1	18	15	1.5	.498	.499	1.3	-0.8	13	$
TOR (2 yrs)				105	289	-7	-2	-0	1	-9	-18	-1.8	9	-9	-1.0	.482	.494	-1.0	-0.9	-9	$

Advanced Batting

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	.332	.433	.399	.789	.731	116	.557	13.9	1.4	.740	.274	.155	1.9
1981	26	KCR	AL	419	272	62	6.1	87	.262	.266	.254	.377	.318	.458	.369	.836	.687	143	.677	22.0	2.3	.843	.370	.192	.0
1982	27	KCR	AL	519	360	69	5.2	99	.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 Yrs				2856	1937	396	5.5	97	.288	.271	.264	.354	.328	.455	.397	.809	.724	123	.587	84.8	8.4	.769	.311	.184	5.8
162 Game Avg.				598	405	83	5.5	97	.288	.271	.264	.354	.328	.455	.397	.809	.724	123	.587	18	2	.769	.311	.184	1

KCR (4 yrs)				2019	1359	291	5.8	96	.295	.282	.264	.362	.327	.469	.394	.830	.721	129	.613	75.8	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	15.4	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

Postseason Gamelog

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

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
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 Yrs				2856	3.9%	15.6%	11.2%	8.3%	35%	1.39	5.6	22.7	6.0	1.22	69%
MLB Averages					2.0%	13.2%	8.4%	6.6%	29%	1.57	6.8	43.7	8.5	1.09	75%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1977	22	CAL	AL	-6.5	-0.6	104	-0.2	1.5	-1.7	1.00	-0.7	0.6	-3.8	-0.4	0.88	-7.4	1.81	15

1979	24	CAL	AL	21.9	2.1	457	1.6	9.3	-7.7	1.03	1.7	-0.2	22.3	2.2	1.01	20.6	1.90	11
1980	25	KCR	AL	13.9	1.4	628	0.5	11.2	-10.7	.95	1.5	-1.0	16.7	1.6	1.00	16.6		0
1981	26	KCR	AL	21.5	2.2	420	-0.2	7.9	-8.0	1.08	2.1	-2.3	5.5	0.6	0.97	20.6	1.61	2
1982	27	KCR	AL	12.7	1.2	525	1.1	8.4	-7.3	.83	1.3	-0.0	11.0	1.1	0.94	13.1	1.00	10
1983	28	KCR	AL	27.2	2.7	461	3.2	11.0	-7.7	1.01	2.8	0.4	26.3	2.6	0.98	31.8	2.74	8
1984	29	TOR	AL	-6.1	-0.6	266	-0.6	4.4	-5.0	1.03	-0.8	0.2	-10.7	-1.1	0.93	-9.2	1.95	15
1985	30	TOR	AL	-0.4	-0.0	24	0.3	0.8	-0.4	1.30	-0.0	0.3	0.7	0.1	1.04	-0.3	2.12	6
8 Yrs				84.3	8.3	2885	5.8	54.3	-48.5	.98	8.0	-2.1	68.1	6.7	0.97	85.9	1.87	67

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
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 Yrs				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

Situational Hitting*

						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			15	1	0	1	1.81	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		14	1	7%	9	2	22%	49	6	12%	7	3	43%	1	1	100%	0

1979	24	CAL	AL	447	81%	106			11	3	0	2	1.90	21	2	18	20	1	9	12	0	0	0		86	10	12%	38	8	21%	334	62	19%	28	18	64%	14	5	36%	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%	15	9	60%	0
1981	26	KCR	AL	419	66%	93			2	0	0	0	1.61	17	0	11	12	5	4	13	0	0	0		68	11	16%	39	9	23%	278	37	13%	38	13	34%	14	6	43%	0
1982	27	KCR	AL	519	67%	131			10	4	1	3	1.00	17	1	14	13	4	11	6	0	0	0		91	19	21%	43	19	44%	325	61	19%	31	20	65%	23	14	61%	0
1983	28	KCR	AL	458	81%	124			8	2	0	3	2.74	23	0	5	22	1	11	12	0	0	0		101	16	16%	41	13	32%	305	49	16%	26	11	42%	20	14	70%	0
1984	29	TOR	AL	265	97%	48			15	3	1	1	1.95	11	0	2	10	1	3	8	0	0	0		45	6	13%	20	6	30%	146	15	10%	12	4	33%	8	4	50%	0
1985	30	TOR	AL	24	100%	4			6	1	1	1	2.12	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 Yrs				2856	75%	675			67	14	3	11	1.87	110	3	70	92	18	43	67	0	0	0		546	87	16%	267	83	31%	1888	316	17%	195	97	50%	96	54	56%	0
MLB Averages					57%																			82%			11%			35%			15%			51%			55%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	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	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	2
1979	24	158	548	470	64	124	22	0	21	87	2	5	71	102	.264	.358	.445	.802	120	209	11	1	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	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	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	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	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	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	27	42

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

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	629	547	73	155	25	0	21	102	1	66	88	.283	.362	.444	.807	87	151
1981	26	153	661	544	80	156	27	0	29	94	0	104	71	.287	.401	.496	.897	107	101
1982	27	134	524	470	52	135	30	1	18	78	0	46	70	.287	.351	.470	.821	77	134
1983	28	125	463	414	51	128	27	1	24	75	0	46	75	.309	.380	.553	.933	86	125
1984	29	93	265	234	21	48	7	0	11	26	0	29	56	.205	.298	.376	.674	26	93
1985	30	12	24	20	2	4	1	0	1	4	0	3	6	.200	.292	.400	.692	2	12
8 Yrs		827	3125	2707	348	756	140	2	126	472	3	368	468	.279	.366	.472	.838	467	774
162 Game Avg.		162	612	530	68	148	27	0	25	92	1	72	92	.279	.366	.472	.838	91	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 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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)	Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y 1981 AL 2.1 (8th)

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Batting - 6 (1702), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 2 (1919), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 13 (1263), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Batters

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Most Similar by Ages

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Greg Colbrunn (975) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Nick Johnson (969) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Tino Martinez (966) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Tino Martinez (960) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Rico Brogna (963) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Paul Sorrento (963) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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