Jerry Willard

Positions: Catcher and Pinch Hitter

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-2, 195lb (188cm, 88kg)

Born: March 14, 1960 in Oxnard, CA us

High School: Hueneme HS (Oxnard, CA)

School: Oxnard College (Oxnard, CA)

Debut: April 11, 1984 (Age 24-028d, 14,877th in major league history)
vs. CHW 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: May 19, 1994 (Age 34-066d)
vs. TEX 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1984 season

Full Name: Gerald Duane Willard

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

2.6

783

195

.249

RBI

114

OBP

.320

SLG

.384

OPS

.705

OPS+

Hit location and pitches data is shown only for seasons after 1988 (completeness summary of pitch data and hit data).

Summary of 25 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 1 walk-off, 1 tying, 7 go ahead

4 Tms
CLE	17
OAK	4
ATL	3
SEA	1

Platoon
vs RHP	24
vs LHP	1

Home/Road
Home	14
Away	11

Outs
2	10
0	9
1	6

14 Opps
MIN	3
BOS	3
CAL	3
TOR	3
OAK	2
TEX	2
SEA	2
KCR	1
SDP	1
MON	1
HOU	1
DET	1
BAL	1
CHW	1

23 Pitchers
Dennis Eckersley	2
John Butcher	2
Jim Slaton	1
John Wetteland	1
Jeremy Hernandez	1
Stew Cliburn	1
Mike Moore	1
Frank Wills	1
Joe Grahe	1
Steve McCatty	1
Dave Stieb	1
Neil Allen	1
Rick Leach	1
Ron Romanick	1
Jim Clancy	1
Lary Sorensen	1
Dave Stewart	1
Charlie Hough	1
Storm Davis	1
Dan Quisenberry	1
Rick Lysander	1
Pete Harnisch	1
Bruce Kison	1

10 Parks
ClevelandStd (CLE)	9
Fenway Pk (BOS)	3
RingCentral Col (OAK)	2
Atl-Fulton (ATL)	2
Exhibit Stad (TOR)	2
Kingdome (SEA)	2
Metrodome (MIN)	2
Qualcomm St (SAN)	1
Angel Stad (ANA)	1
Arlington St (ARL)	1

Where Hit
9	7
8	1
89	1
7	1

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
Unk	21
2	2
6	1
5	1

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	23
2·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	12
1--	8
12-	3
--3	1
-2-	1

41 RBI
RISP	5
0 on	12
1 on	10
2 on	3
Any on	13

Inning
2	1
3	2
4	4
5	4
6	2
8	5
9	7

1-3	3
4-6	10
7-end	12

RelScore
+4..	2
+2	3
Tied	6
-1	1
-2	3
-3	4
-4..	6

Ahead	5
Tied	6
Behind	14

Before event,
for batter

Count
Unk	21
1-0	2
2-2	2

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
C	23
PH/DH	1
PH	1

OrderPos
8th	9
9th	6
6th	5
7th	3
5th	2

Leverage
High Lev	6
Medium Lev	7
Low Lev	12

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1984	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1984-05-21	CLE	@	BOS	Dennis Eckersley	behind 0-4	t 2	2	---		1	6	2	0.058	19%		Home Run
2	2	2	2	1984-05-21	CLE	@	BOS	Dennis Eckersley	behind 2-6	t 9	0	---		1	6	2	0.019	3%		Home Run
3	3	3	1	1984-06-06	CLE		OAK	Lary Sorensen	behind 0-2	b 4	1	1--		2	5	2	0.222	53%		Home Run; M. Hargrove Scores
4	4	4	1	1984-06-21	CLE	@	MIN	John Butcher	ahead 2-0	t 4	0	1--		2	6	2	0.120	88%		Home Run; M. Hall Scores
5	5	5	1	1984-06-29	CLE		TEX	Dave Stewart	behind 6-8	b 5	2	---		1	6	2	0.123	35%		Home Run
6	6	6	1	1984-07-02 (2)	CLE		KCR	Dan Quisenberry	behind 2-4	b 9	0	---		1	8	2	0.110	20%		Home Run
7	7	7	1	1984-08-06	CLE		BAL	Storm Davis	behind 0-4	b 8	1	---		1	8	2	0.031	6%		Home Run
8	8	8	1	1984-08-15 (1)	CLE		TOR	Rick Leach	ahead 13-1	b 8	0	1--		2	8	2	0.000	100%		Home Run; B. Jacoby Scores
9	9	9	1	1984-08-21	CLE	@	TOR	Dave Stieb	tied 1-1	t 9	2	--3		2	8	2	0.429	91%		Home Run; G. Vukovich Scores
10	10	10	1	1984-09-21	CLE	@	MIN	John Butcher	behind 0-7	t 8	0	---		1	8	2	0.004	1%		Home Run
1985	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
11	11	1	1	1985-06-16 (2)	CLE		OAK	Steve McCatty	behind 4-11	b 9	0	1--		2	8	2	0.005	1%		Home Run; J. Carter Scores
12	12	2	1	1985-09-07 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	Bruce Kison	behind 7-8	t 8	1	1--		2	9	2	0.451	72%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Carter Scores
13	13	3	1	1985-09-11	CLE	@	SEA	Mike Moore	tied 1-1	t 4	2	1--		2	9	2	0.232	70%		Home Run; G. Vukovich Scores
14	14	4	1	1985-09-14 (1)	CLE		MIN	Rick Lysander	ahead 8-2	b 5	0	---		1	8	2	0.010	99%		Home Run
15	15	5	1	1985-09-20	CLE	@	CAL	Ron Romanick	behind 2-5	t 5	2	---		1	9	2	0.075	20%		Home Run
16	16	6	1	1985-09-28	CLE		CAL	Stew Cliburn	tied 5-5	b 9	1	1--		2	8	2	0.365	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run; G. Vukovich Scores/unER
17	17	7	1	1985-10-01	CLE		SEA	Frank Wills	tied 0-0	b 3	2	---		1	9	2	0.122	63%		Home Run (Deep CF)
1986	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
18	18	1	1	1986-06-27	OAK		CHW	Neil Allen	behind 0-3	b 6	0	---		1	9	2	0.096	25%		Home Run (Deep RF)
19	19	2	1	1986-07-10	OAK	@	TOR	Jim Clancy	tied 0-0	t 3	0	---		1	8	2	0.110	61%		Home Run (Deep LF)
20	20	3	1	1986-09-07	OAK		DET	Jim Slaton	ahead 4-2	b 5	2	12-		3	7	2	0.143	96%		Home Run (Deep RF); C. Lansford Scores; B. Bochte Scores
21	21	4	1	1986-10-01	OAK	@	TEX	Charlie Hough	ahead 2-0	t 6	2	12-		3	7	2	0.173	94%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Canseco Scores; R. Tillman Scores
1991	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
22	22	1	1	1991-10-06	ATL		HOU	Pete Harnisch	behind 1-4	b 4	1	1--	2,(1-0) BX	2	6	2	0.183	39%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); J. Blauser Scores; J. Willard Scores
1992	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
23	23	1	1	1992-04-22	ATL	@	SDP	Jeremy Hernandez	behind 3-9	t 9	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	7	2	0.001	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); J. Willard Scores
24	24	2	1	1992-05-17	ATL		MON	John Wetteland	behind 2-5	b 9	2	-2-	5,(2-2) .BBCSX	2	9	PH	0.028	4%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); M. Lemke Scores; J. Willard Scores
1994	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
25	25	1	1	1994-05-14	SEA		CAL	Joe Grahe	tied 7-7	b 8	2	12-	6,(2-2) .CFBBFX	3	5	PH/DH	0.368	96%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); K. Griffey Scores; J. Buhner Scores