Frank Wills

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 200lb (188cm, 90kg)

Born: October 26, 1958 in New Orleans, LA us

Died: May 11, 2012 in New Orleans, LA

Buried: St. Joseph's Cemetery #2, New Orleans, LA

Draft: Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 1st round (16th) of the 1980 MLB June Amateur Draft from Tulane University (New Orleans, LA).

High School: De La Salle HS (New Orleans, LA)

School: Tulane University (New Orleans, LA)

Debut: July 31, 1983 (Age 24-278d, 14,776th in major league history)
vs. DET 4.0 IP, 3 H, 6 SO, 5 BB, 1 ER

Last Game: April 30, 1991 (Age 32-186d)
vs. TEX 1.0 IP, 2 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1984 season

Full Name: Frank Lee Wills

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-0.6

ERA

5.06

154

435.2

281

WHIP

1.460

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

Summary of 50 Home Runs Allowed

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

0 leading off, 1 walk-off, 4 tying, 14 go ahead

4 Tms
TOR	21
SEA	18
CLE	6
KCR	5

Platoon
vs RHB	31
vs LHB	19

Home/Road
Home	27
Away	23

Outs
0	20
2	19
1	11

14 Opps
TEX	8
SEA	5
MIN	4
BOS	4
CLE	4
CAL	4
BAL	4
TOR	4
KCR	3
NYY	3
MIL	3
OAK	2
DET	1
CHW	1

43 Batters
Reggie Jackson	2
George Brett	2
Jeff Kunkel	2
Dave Winfield	2
Cal Ripken Jr.	2
Pete O'Brien	2
Robin Yount	2
Pat Sheridan	1
Steve Balboni	1
Marty Barrett	1
Tom Brookens	1
Edgar Martínez	1
Joe Carter	1
George Bell	1
Randy Milligan	1
Gary Gaetti	1
Harold Baines	1
Don Slaught	1
Jim Sundberg	1
Roy Smalley	1
Jack Howell	1
José Canseco	1
Dusty Baker	1
Rafael Palmeiro	1
Steve Finley	1
Brian Giles	1
Jim Rice	1
Kirby Puckett	1
Rance Mulliniks	1
Rickey Henderson	1
Jesse Barfield	1
Don Baylor	1
Ellis Burks	1
Lloyd Moseby	1
Pat Putnam	1
Jerry Willard	1
Henry Cotto	1
Andre Thornton	1
Kent Hrbek	1
Greg Briley	1
Sandy Alomar	1
Iván Calderón	1
Ted Simmons	1

14 Parks
Rogers Ctr (TOR)	12
Kingdome (SEA)	10
ClevelandStd (CLE)	4
Arlington St (ARL)	4
Fenway Pk (BOS)	3
County Stad (MIL)	3
Exhibit Stad (TOR)	3
Angel Stad (ANA)	2
Memor. Stad (BAL)	2
KauffmanStad (KAN)	2
Metrodome (MIN)	2
Yankee Stad (NYC)	1
Tiger Stad (DET)	1
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	1

Where Hit
7	13
9	8
78	6
8	3

2 Inside the Park

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
Unk	31
3	4
5	4
6	3
2	3
1	3
4	1
7+	1

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	35
2·HR gms	6
3·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	26
1--	8
-2-	7
12-	5
123	2
-23	1
1-3	1

85 Runs
RISP	16
0 on	26
1 on	15
2 on	7
3 on	2
Any on	24

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

1-3	13
4-6	21
7-end	16

RelScore
+4..	10
+3	7
+2	2
+1	8
Tied	12
-1	5
-2	1
-3	1
-4..	4

Ahead	27
Tied	12
Behind	11

Before event,
for batter

Count
Unk	31
3-2	3
0-0	3
0-2	2
1-2	2
1-0	2
3-1	2
2-2	2
1-1	1
0-1	1
2-0	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
1B	9
DH	7
CF	6
RF	6
LF	6
SS	6
3B	5
C	4
2B	1

OrderPos
3rd	10
4th	10
5th	6
2nd	6
1st	4
9th	4
6th	4
7th	3
8th	3

Leverage
High Lev	10
Medium Lev	15
Low Lev	25

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1983	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1983-08-13 (2)	Jim Rice	BOS		KCR	ahead 10-2	b 6	0	-2-		2	3	7	0%	100%		Home Run (Deep LF); W. Boggs Scores
2	2	2	1	1983-09-28	Pat Putnam	SEA		KCR	behind 1-4	b 1	1	1--		2	4	DH	15%	43%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Coles Scores
1984	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
3	3	1	1	1984-08-17	Jeff Kunkel	TEX		KCR	behind 4-5	b 6	2	---		1	8	6	19%	52%		Home Run
4	4	2	1	1984-08-28	Pete O'Brien	TEX	@	KCR	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---		1	5	3	11%	61%		Home Run
5	5	3	2	1984-08-28	Jeff Kunkel	TEX	@	KCR	ahead 1-0	t 3	0	---		1	9	6	10%	72%		Home Run
1985	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
6	6	1	1	1985-06-05	Tom Brookens	DET		SEA	ahead 4-2	b 6	2	---		1	9	5	8%	90%		Home Run
7	7	2	1	1985-06-14	Pat Sheridan	KCR	@	SEA	behind 0-1	t 2	1	---		1	5	9	10%	48%		Home Run
8	8	3	1	1985-07-10	Rance Mulliniks	TOR	@	SEA	tied 0-0	t 1	2	---		1	3	5	10%	56%		Home Run
9	9	4	2	1985-07-10	Lloyd Moseby	TOR	@	SEA	tied 1-1	t 3	1	---		1	2	8	12%	59%		Home Run
10	10	5	3	1985-07-10	Jesse Barfield	TOR	@	SEA	ahead 2-1	t 5	0	---		1	8	9	11%	75%		Home Run
11	11	6	1	1985-07-21	Robin Yount	MIL		SEA	behind 0-2	b 1	0	1--		2	2	8	16%	55%		Home Run (Deep RF); P. Molitor Scores
12	12	7	2	1985-07-21	Ted Simmons	MIL		SEA	ahead 3-2	b 3	0	---		1	4	3	10%	77%		Home Run (Deep RF)
13	13	8	1	1985-07-26	Marty Barrett	BOS		SEA	ahead 3-0	b 5	2	12-		3	7	4	10%	97%		Home Run; B. Buckner Scores; R. Gedman Scores
14	14	9	1	1985-07-31	Roy Smalley	MIN	@	SEA	behind 2-11	t 6	0	---		1	2	6	0%	1%		Home Run (Deep RF)
15	15	10	1	1985-08-08	Dusty Baker	OAK	@	SEA	ahead 6-0	t 4	2	-2-		2	3	3	3%	98%		Home Run; S. Kiefer Scores
16	16	11	1	1985-08-12 (1)	Reggie Jackson	CAL	@	SEA	ahead 1-0	t 1	2	1--		2	5	DH	17%	74%		Home Run; R. Jones Scores
17	17	12	2	1985-08-12 (1)	Jack Howell	CAL	@	SEA	ahead 3-2	t 6	2	1--		2	6	5	21%	84%		Home Run; R. Jackson Scores
18	18	13	1	1985-08-17	Kent Hrbek	MIN		SEA	tied 0-0	b 5	1	-2-		2	3	3	20%	79%		Home Run; K. Puckett Scores
19	19	14	1	1985-09-02	Dave Winfield	NYY		SEA	ahead 1-0	b 1	0	12-		3	4	9	14%	87%		Home Run (Deep LF); K. Griffey Scores; D. Mattingly Scores
20	20	15	1	1985-09-10	Joe Carter	CLE	@	SEA	tied 0-0	t 4	2	-2-		2	6	7	22%	70%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run; M. Hargrove Scores
21	21	16	1	1985-09-22	Pete O'Brien	TEX		SEA	tied 0-0	b 1	2	---		1	3	3	10%	61%		Home Run
22	22	17	1	1985-10-01	Jerry Willard	CLE		SEA	tied 0-0	b 3	2	---		1	9	2	12%	63%		Home Run (Deep CF)
23	23	18	2	1985-10-01	Andre Thornton	CLE		SEA	tied 2-2	b 6	0	-2-		2	4	DH	18%	85%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Franco Scores
1986	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
24	24	1	1	1986-07-24	Don Slaught	TEX		CLE	ahead 6-3	b 7	2	---		1	7	2	3%	96%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
25	25	2	1	1986-08-03	Rickey Henderson	NYY	@	CLE	ahead 7-1	t 5	1	1-3		3	1	8	2%	99%		Home Run; M. Pagliarulo Scores; W. Randolph Scores
26	26	3	1	1986-08-22	Don Baylor	BOS	@	CLE	ahead 5-3	t 9	0	---		1	4	DH	4%	97%		Home Run
27	27	4	1	1986-09-02	George Bell	TOR		CLE	behind 2-9	b 9	2	-23		3	4	7	0%	0%		Home Run (LF-CF); T. Fernández Scores; L. Moseby Scores
28	28	5	1	1986-09-25	Reggie Jackson	CAL		CLE	behind 2-3	b 8	0	1--		2	6	DH	46%	87%		Home Run (LF-CF); D. DeCinces Scores
29	29	6	1	1986-09-30	Kirby Puckett	MIN		CLE	behind 4-8	b 8	1	1--		2	1	8	8%	12%		Home Run (Deep RF); R. Washington Scores
1988	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
30	30	1	1	1988-08-06	George Brett	KCR	@	TOR	ahead 10-1	t 8	2	---	4,(1-2) SCBX	1	4	3	0%	100%		Home Run (Deep RF)
31	31	2	1	1988-09-04	Jim Sundberg	TEX	@	TOR	ahead 3-0	t 4	2	---	6,(3-2) BCBBSX	1	8	2	7%	87%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to LF
1989	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
32	32	1	1	1989-06-18	Edgar Martínez	SEA	@	TOR	ahead 3-0	t 2	0	---	5,(1-2) CCFBX	1	7	5	6%	86%		Home Run (Deep LF)
33	33	2	2	1989-06-18	Greg Briley	SEA	@	TOR	ahead 4-1	t 4	2	---	3,(0-2) CFX	1	1	7	7%	88%		Home Run (Deep RF)
34	34	3	1	1989-06-27	Randy Milligan	BAL		TOR	ahead 9-3	b 5	1	12-	6,(3-2) FBBFBX	3	5	3	1%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); P. Bradley Scores; M. Tettleton Scores
35	35	4	1	1989-08-17	Cal Ripken Jr.	BAL		TOR	ahead 7-1	b 4	2	-2-	3,(1-1) .CBX	2	3	6	2%	99%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); M. Devereaux Scores/unER; C. Ripken Scores/Team unER
1990	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
36	36	1	1	1990-04-09	Rafael Palmeiro	TEX		TOR	ahead 3-0	b 7	0	---	5,(3-1) FBBBX	1	2	3	3%	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
37	37	2	1	1990-04-16	Cal Ripken Jr.	BAL	@	TOR	behind 0-4	t 6	1	1--	3,(2-0) BBX	2	3	6	11%	19%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); P. Bradley Scores
38	38	3	1	1990-04-27	Iván Calderón	CHW		TOR	ahead 4-1	b 8	2	-2-		2	3	7	2%	99%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Gallagher Scores
39	39	4	1	1990-05-17	Henry Cotto	SEA	@	TOR	ahead 9-0	t 4	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	2	7	0%	99%		Home Run
40	40	5	2	1990-05-17	Brian Giles	SEA	@	TOR	ahead 10-0	t 5	0	123	1,(0-0) X	4	9	6	0%	100%		Home Run; E. Martínez Scores; D. Coles Scores; S. Bradley Scores
41	41	6	1	1990-05-22	José Canseco	OAK	@	TOR	tied 1-1	t 6	1	123	1,(0-0) X	4	3	9	27%	91%		Home Run (Deep CF); W. Weiss Scores; R. Henderson Scores; C. Lansford Scores
42	42	7	1	1990-06-22	Steve Balboni	NYY	@	TOR	ahead 5-1	t 8	0	---	9,(3-2) BSBFFFBFX	1	4	DH	2%	98%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
43	43	8	1	1990-07-14	Dave Winfield	CAL		TOR	behind 3-4	b 7	0	1--	6,(2-2) BCBSFX	2	3	9	37%	80%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); D. Hill Scores
44	44	9	1	1990-07-25	George Brett	KCR	@	TOR	ahead 5-0	t 7	0	---	3,(0-2) CSX	1	4	3	2%	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
45	45	10	1	1990-07-28	Harold Baines	TEX	@	TOR	tied 2-2	t 13	2	---		1	6	DH	41%	81%		Home Run (Deep RF)
46	46	11	1	1990-08-10	Gary Gaetti	MIN	@	TOR	ahead 4-3	t 7	2	12-	2,(0-1) 1SX	3	4	5	25%	93%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); N. Liriano Scores; K. Puckett Scores
47	47	12	1	1990-09-16	Steve Finley	BAL	@	TOR	behind 2-3	t 5	1	---	5,(2-2) BBCFX	1	1	9	14%	47%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
48	48	13	1	1990-09-21	Sandy Alomar	CLE	@	TOR	tied 1-1	t 13	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	5	2	34%	84%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
1991	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
49	49	1	1	1991-04-21	Robin Yount	MIL		TOR	tied 8-8	b 10	1	12-	5,(3-1) BSBBX	3	2	8	29%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); B. Spiers Scores; D. Hamilton Scores; R. Yount Scores
50	50	2	1	1991-04-22	Ellis Burks	BOS		TOR	ahead 5-4	b 8	0	---	2,(1-0) .BX	1	5	8	7%	94%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); E. Burks Scores