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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1977 CAL AL 22 1B 13 12 99.0 105 94 8 3 10 .971 -0.2 -2.4 -0.2 0.4 -0.5 0 9.27 7.85 .990 10.02 8.79
1977 CAL AL 22 DH 13
1979 CAL AL 24 1B 55 55 492.2 495 462 31 2 49 .996 2.1 5.1 1.1 0.0 1.1 1 9.01 8.96 .992 10.08 8.85
1979 CAL AL 24 DH 51
1980 KCR AL 25 1B 138 137 1088.0 1158 1081 65 12 95 .990 -1.8 -2.0 -0.8 -0.7 -0.2 -1 9.48 8.30 .992 8.27 7.25
1980 KCR AL 25 DH 13
1981 KCR AL 26 1B 99 96 854.1 907 844 56 7 79 .992 -4.7 -6.6 -5.7 -0.3 -5.4 1 9.48 9.09 .993 10.06 8.57
1982 KCR AL 27 1B 128 122 1057.2 1130 1048 75 7 95 .994 0.8 0.9 0.8 -0.5 1.3 0 9.56 8.77 .992 8.51 7.81
1983 KCR AL 28 1B 112 109 865.0 959 884 64 11 101 .989 -8.8 -12.2 -8.8 -5.9 -2.9 0 9.86 8.46 .992 9.90 8.24
1983 KCR AL 28 DH 6
1984 TOR AL 29 DH 81
1984 TOR AL 29 1B 2 1 11.0 13 12 1 0 1 1.000 0.6 65.5 0.6 0.6 0.0 0 10.64 6.50 .992 9.74 8.25
1985 TOR AL 30 DH 11
7 Seasons 1B 547 532 4467.2 4767 4425 300 42 430 .991 -12.0 -3.2 -13.0 -6.4 -6.6 1 9.52 8.64 .992 9.23 8.02
6 Seasons DH 175
8 Seasons TOT 547 532 4467.2 4767 4425 300 42 430 .991 -12.0 -3.2 -13.0 -6.4 -6.6 1 9.52 8.64 .983 9.23 8.02

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1977 CAL AL 22 42 23 42 13 0 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 18 0
1979 CAL AL 24 116 102 116 55 0 0 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 47 14 0
1980 KCR AL 25 151 150 151 138 0 0 138 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0
1981 KCR AL 26 101 96 101 99 0 0 99 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1982 KCR AL 27 134 122 134 128 0 0 128 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
1983 KCR AL 28 125 115 125 113 0 0 113 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 10 0
1984 TOR AL 29 93 74 93 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 73 18 0
1985 TOR AL 30 12 6 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 0
8 Seasons 774 688 774 548 0 0 548 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 156 82 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1977 CAL AL 22 455 44% 78% 27% 26 85% 1 96 2 94 0 14 8 4 2 1 0 2 0 2 0 2 10 0 0 1 10 1 0 0 0 1 100%
1979 CAL AL 24 2193 52% 78% 23% 121 92% 3 466 31 431 4 53 28 19 6 1 2 2 0 1 1 1 49 4 1 0 44 5 5 0 5 8 75%
1980 KCR AL 25 4784 57% 82% 26% 222 93% 0 1081 59 1013 9 97 67 39 12 0 2 12 1 11 0 7 95 1 0 0 87 1 8 5 3 14 64%
1981 KCR AL 26 3713 61% 83% 25% 169 95% 4 841 47 787 7 66 56 37 9 1 2 8 0 5 3 4 78 3 2 0 70 6 8 1 7 7 100%
1982 KCR AL 27 4655 69% 82% 25% 208 96% 2 1047 59 972 15 77 77 50 9 1 3 7 1 6 0 4 98 2 1 0 91 2 7 1 5 4 100%
1983 KCR AL 28 3929 68% 82% 25% 173 92% 1 881 61 808 12 61 62 28 8 2 1 10 1 8 1 8 102 3 0 0 94 3 7 6 1 3 67%
1984 TOR AL 29 43 53% 86% 40% 3 100% 0 12 0 12 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons 19772 62% 82% 25% 922 93% 11 4424 259 4117 47 370 299 178 46 6 10 41 3 33 5 26 433 13 4 1 397 18 35 13 21 37 78%
MLB Averages 57% 79% 26% 95% 89%

* 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.

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