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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 (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
Teams (by GP): Royals/Angels/BlueJays 1977-1985
Agents: Ron Shapiro [*]
Final Game: April 27, 1985
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Dec 23, 2011, 6:05AM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial… 

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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

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1977 22 CAL AL 101 -8 0 0 0 -0 -2 3 -7 -0.7 -7 -0.7 0.0 $ 3D
1979 24 CAL AL 447 23 -2 -1 -2 2 -9 15 26 2.6 24 2.4 0.2 $ 3D
1980 25 KCR AL 623 12 -3 -2 -3 -2 -9 19 12 1.3 14 1.4 -0.1 $ *3D
1981 26 KCR AL 419 13 0 -3 -1 -5 -6 13 11 1.2 16 1.6 -0.4 $ *3
1982 27 KCR AL 519 10 -3 0 -4 1 -8 16 12 1.3 11 1.1 0.2 $375,000 *3
1983 28 KCR AL 458 24 -4 0 -2 -9 -7 15 17 1.7 26 2.6 -0.9 $ *3/D
1984 29 TOR AL 265 -8 -2 -1 -1 1 -8 8 -11 -1.1 -12 -1.2 0.1 $ D/3
1985 30 TOR AL 24 0 0 0 0 0 -1 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /D
8 Seasons 2856 66 -14 -7 -13 -12 -50 90 60 6.3 72 7.2 -0.9 $375,000
KCR (4 yrs) 2019 59 -10 -5 -10 -14 -30 63 52 5.5 67 6.7 -1.2 $375,000
CAL (2 yrs) 548 15 -2 -1 -2 2 -11 18 19 1.9 17 1.7 0.2 $
TOR (2 yrs) 289 -8 -2 -1 -1 1 -9 9 -11 -1.1 -12 -1.2 0.1 $

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
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

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1977 CAL AL 22 1B 13 12 6 99.0 105 94 8 3 10 .971 -0 -2 9.27 7.85 .990 10.02 9.95
1977 CAL AL 22 DH 11 11
1979 CAL AL 24 1B 55 55 54 492.2 495 462 31 2 49 .996 2 5 9.01 8.96 .992 10.08 9.96
1979 CAL AL 24 DH 47 47
1980 KCR AL 25 1B 138 137 64 1088.0 1158 1081 65 12 95 .990 -2 -2 9.48 8.30 .992 10.02 10.00
1980 KCR AL 25 DH 13 13
1981 KCR AL 26 1B 99 96 86 854.1 907 844 56 7 79 .992 -5 -7 9.48 9.09 .993 10.06 10.03
1982 KCR AL 27 1B 128 122 93 1057.2 1130 1048 75 7 95 .994 1 1 9.56 8.77 .992 9.85 9.81
1983 KCR AL 28 1B 112 109 55 865.0 959 884 64 11 101 .989 -9 -12 9.86 8.46 .992 9.90 9.82
1983 KCR AL 28 DH 6 6
1984 TOR AL 29 DH 73 73
1984 TOR AL 29 1B 2 1 0 11.0 13 12 1 0 1 1.000 1 65 10.64 6.50 .991 9.74 9.70
1985 TOR AL 30 DH 6 6
7 Seasons 1B 547 532 358 4467.2 4767 4425 300 42 430 .991 -12 -3 9.52 8.64 .992 9.97 9.92
8 Seasons TOT 547 532 358 4467.2 4767 4425 300 42 430 .991 -12 -3 9.52 8.64 .992 9.97 9.92
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

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)

Putouts† s c a p y
1981 AL  844 (4th)

Def. Games as 1B s c a p y
1980 AL  138 (4th)
1981 AL  99 (2nd)

Putouts as 1B s c a p y
1981 AL  844 (4th)

Errors Committed as 1B s c a p y
1980 AL  12 (1st)
1981 AL  7 (3rd)
1983 AL  11 (3rd)

Range Factor/9Inn as 1B† s c a p y
Career  9.52 (68th)

Fielding % as 1B s c a p y
1982 AL  .994 (5th)

                           

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1950-1973, 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 InkBatting - 6 (1684), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 2 (1908), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 13 (1265), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  3. Tino Martinez (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Tino Martinez (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Rico Brogna (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Paul Sorrento (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Transactions

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
198227Kansas City Royals$375,0001983 TSN GuidePlayer win; offer of $275K
Career to date (may be incomplete)$375,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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