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

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Team Record in Appearances: 8-16 / in Starts: 7-11

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 23, Entered with runners on base: 5

1985 Pitching Game Log

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1985 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	17	51	Jun 5	SEA	@	DET	L,2-5	5-7		99	2.1	3	1	1	0	1	1	0	3.86	7.40	10	2	4	0	0	3		2	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.43	0.007	.42	0.00%	0.43	5b 12- 1 out d2	7b 1-3 2 out d3
2	18	55	Jun 9	SEA	@	CLE	W,10-6	GS-7	W(1-0)	3	6.0	5	5	4	3	4	0	0	5.40	4.12	25	5	8	1	0	5	45			0	1	0	21	2	0	0	1	1	1	.77	0.062	.65	0.03%	-1.46	1b start tie	7b -23 0 out a6
3	19	60	Jun 14	SEA		KCR	W,13-5	GS-7	W(2-0)	4	6.1	6	5	5	6	4	1	0	6.14	5.07	30	5	9	0	0	6	39			0	1	0	23	0	0	0	0	1	0	.90	0.048	.51	0.02%	-1.62	1t start tie	7t 1-3 1 out a6
4	20	64	Jun 19	SEA	@	TEX	L,4-5	GS-6	L(2-1)	4	5.1	5	5	5	4	3	0	0	6.75	4.73	24	8	4	0	0	5	37			0	0	0	20	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.30	-0.038	.74	-0.01%	-0.83	1b start tie	6b 12- 1 out a1
5	21	68	Jun 24	SEA		TEX	W,2-0	GS-8	W(3-1)	4	7.0	4	0	0	6	4	0	0	5.00	4.57	29	6	9	2	0	4	67			0	1	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.24	0.376	.89	0.16%	3.19	1t start tie	8t 1-- 0 out a2
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
6	22	74	Jul 1	SEA	@	CHW	W,3-1	GS-8	W(4-1)	6	7.2	4	1	1	3	6	0	0	4.15	4.07	28	8	7	6	0	4	70			1	1	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.05	0.422	1.35	0.33%	3.01	1b start tie	8b 1-- 2 out a2
7	23	79	Jul 6	SEA		MIL	W,5-3	GS-7		4	6.1	8	2	2	3	1	0	0	3.95	4.03	28	9	7	2	0	8	47			1	0	0	25	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.27	0.111	1.81	0.10%	1.38	1t start tie	7t 1-3 1 out a1
8	24	83	Jul 10	SEA		TOR	L,1-11	GS-5	L(4-2)	3	4.0	6	6	6	3	2	3	0	4.80	4.88	20	2	7	0	0	6	25			0	1	0	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	.81	-0.300	.85	-0.19%	-3.58	1t start tie	5t -2- 0 out d4
9	25	87	Jul 14	SEA		BOS	L,2-6	GS-7	L(4-3)	3	6.2	5	3	3	8	5	0	1	4.70	4.93	34	7	8	1	0	5	49			1	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.44	-0.043	.92	-0.02%	-0.20	1t start tie	7t 123 2 out d3
10	26	91	Jul 21	SEA	@	MIL	L,4-5	GS-6	L(4-4)	6	5.2	6	5	5	6	1	2	0	5.02	5.44	29	8	8	3	0	6	32			0	0	0	20	1	0	1	0	1	0	1.06	-0.278	.45	-0.07%	-2.41	1b start a 2	6b 12- 2 out d2
11	27	96	Jul 26	SEA	@	BOS	L,2-6	4-GF(8)		4	5.0	3	3	3	1	4	1	0	5.05	5.35	19	6	5	1	0	3		3	0	0	0	0	18	1	0	1	0	0	0	.32	0.013	.06	0.00%	1.50	4b 123 0 out d3	8b end d 4
12	28	101	Jul 31	SEA		MIN	W,12-3	6-GF	S(1)	4	4.0	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	4.88	5.40	13	4	6	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	1	0	0	.04	0.005	.01	0.00%	1.05	6t --- 0 out a9	9t end a 9
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
13	29	106	Aug 8	SEA		OAK	L,2-11	4-6		7	3.0	3	3	3	0	2	1	0	5.06	5.41	12	5	2	0	0	3		2	2	0	0	0	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	.18	-0.082	.02	-0.01%	-2.12	4t 1-3 0 out d3	6t 3 out d6
14	30	110	Aug 12(1)	SEA		CAL	W,6-5	GS-7		3	7.0	8	5	5	1	6	2	0	5.19	5.38	28	6	7	2	0	8	46			1	2	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	.67	-0.247	.03	-0.01%	-1.42	1t start tie	7t 3 out d3
15	31	117	Aug 17	SEA	@	MIN	L,0-2	CG(8)	L(4-5)	4	8.0	6	2	2	7	3	1	0	4.91	5.46	36	10	10	1	0	6	58			0	0	0	29	2	0	1	1	0	0	1.04	0.089	.02	0.00%	2.30	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
16	32	120	Aug 21	SEA		BAL	L,8-11	3-3		3	0.0	3	5	4	1	0	0	0	5.34	5.49	5	1	0	0	0	3		3	3	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.12	-0.276	.02	0.00%	-5.16	3t 123 0 out tie	3t 12- 0 out d6
17	33	125	Aug 26	SEA		DET	L,3-6	GS-8	L(4-6)	4	7.1	8	5	5	2	4	0	1	5.40	5.28	31	7	9	0	0	8	44			1	0	0	27	4	0	0	1	1	0	1.08	-0.133	.00	0.00%	-0.44	1t start tie	8t 1-- 1 out d3
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
18	34	131	Sep 2	SEA	@	NYY	L,7-8	GS-2	L(4-7)	6	1.0	6	7	7	2	0	1	0	6.02	5.46	10	2	1	0	0	5	11			0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.73	-0.354	.00	0.00%	-5.34	1b start tie	2b 123 0 out d4
19	35	138	Sep 10	SEA		CLE	L,5-8	GS-5	L(4-8)	7	4.0	4	6	6	3	1	1	0	6.33	5.55	20	10	2	0	0	4	28			1	0	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.08	-0.265	.00	0.00%	-2.80	1t start tie	5t 123 0 out d2
20	36	142	Sep 15	SEA		CHW	L,3-6	4-9		4	5.1	6	1	1	0	4	0	0	6.09	5.32	21	6	5	1	0	6		3	1	0	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	1	0	.78	0.187	.00	0.00%	1.99	4t 123 0 out d1	9t 12- 1 out d3
21	37	149	Sep 22	SEA	@	TEX	L,0-6	GS-4	L(4-9)	6	4.0	6	5	5	0	2	1	0	6.28	5.31	18	6	4	0	0	6	32			0	0	0	16	2	0	0	0	2	0	.65	-0.231	.00	0.00%	-2.93	1b start tie	4b 3 out d5
22	38	154	Sep 27	SEA		TEX	W,6-0	GS-8	W(5-9)	4	8.0	1	0	0	5	4	0	1	5.84	5.21	29	8	10	2	0	1	79			2	2	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.34	0.587	.00	0.00%	4.09	1t start tie	8t 3 out a1
23	39	157	Oct 1	SEA	@	CLE	L,3-9	GS-6	L(5-10)	3	6.0	9	4	4	0	4	2	0	5.85	5.23	25	5	7	2	0	9	42			1	0	0	25	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.07	-0.220	.00	0.00%	-0.97	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
24	40	161	Oct 5	SEA	@	CHW	L,4-10	GS-4	L(5-11)	3	3.0	6	5	4	3	1	0	0	6.00	5.23	17	1	6	1	0	6	27			0	0	0	14	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.13	-0.424	.00	0.00%	-4.04	1b start tie	4b -2- 0 out d2
							8-16		W-L:5-11,Sv:1	4.3	123.0	122	85	82	68	67	18	3	6.00	5.23	541	0.94		9%	0%	121	43	13	46%	9	9	0	458	22	1	3	8	8	3	.97	-0.984	.42	0.33%	-16.37

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