Willie Wilson

Position: Outfielder

Bats: Both • Throws: Right

6-3, 190lb (190cm, 86kg)

Born: July 9, 1955 in Montgomery, AL us

Draft: Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 1st round (18th) of the 1974 MLB June Amateur Draft from Summit HS (Summit, NJ).

High School: Summit HS (Summit, NJ)

Debut: September 4, 1976 (Age 21-057d, 13,788th in major league history)
vs. TEX 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: May 16, 1994 (Age 38-311d)
vs. SDP 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1978 season

Agents: Jack Sands, Steve Freyer

Full Name: Willie James Wilson

Twitter: @WWBB6

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

46.2

7731

2207

.286

1169

RBI

585

668

OBP

.326

SLG

.376

OPS

.702

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1978 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1978 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 8	KCR	@	CLE	L,5-8	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
2	2	Apr 9	KCR	@	CLE	W,5-4	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
3	3	Apr 10	KCR		BAL	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
4	5 (1)	Apr 14	KCR		CLE	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
5	6	Apr 15	KCR		CLE	W,6-5	GS	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF CF
6	7	Apr 16	KCR		CLE	W,2-1	GS	25	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
7	8	Apr 17	KCR	@	TOR	W,3-1	GS	25	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
8	9	Apr 18	KCR	@	TOR	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
9	12 (2)	Apr 23	KCR	@	BAL	W,6-5	GS	44	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF LF
10	13	Apr 24	KCR	@	TEX	W,8-6	GF	12	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
11	14	Apr 25	KCR	@	TEX	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	CF
12	15	Apr 26	KCR		TOR	L,1-3	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
13	16	Apr 27	KCR		TOR	L,7-8	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
14	17	Apr 28	KCR		MIL	W,7-6	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
15	18	Apr 29	KCR		MIL	W,11-2	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
16	19	Apr 30	KCR		MIL	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	20	May 1	KCR	@	NYY	L,4-8	GS	36	7.0	4	0	1	5	0	CF
18	21	May 2	KCR	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
19	23 (1)	May 5	KCR	@	MIL	L,0-9	GS	41	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF CF
20	24	May 6	KCR	@	MIL	L,3-4	GF	10	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR LF
21	28 (3)	May 12	KCR		NYY	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	LF
22	29	May 13	KCR		NYY	L,2-5	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	LF
23	30	May 14	KCR		NYY	W,10-9	CG	45	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
24	31	May 15	KCR		BOS	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
25	32	May 16	KCR		BOS	L,2-3	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	LF
26	33	May 18	KCR		MIN	L,6-8	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
27	34	May 19	KCR		MIN	L,3-5	GS	32	7.0	1	1	0	2	1	LF
28	35	May 20	KCR		MIN	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	LF
29	36	May 21	KCR		MIN	L,2-3	GS	27	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
30	37	May 22	KCR	@	SEA	L,1-10	CG	37	8.0	3	0	1	4	0	LF
31	38	May 23 (1)	KCR	@	SEA	L,3-4	GS	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF LF
32	39	May 23 (2)	KCR	@	SEA	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
33	41 (1)	May 25	KCR	@	SEA	W,9-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
34	42	May 28	KCR	@	MIN	W,8-7	GF	25	5.0	0	0	1	1	0	LF
35	43	May 29	KCR		SEA	W,8-2	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
36	44	May 31	KCR		SEA	W,8-3	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR LF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
37	47 (2)	Jun 3	KCR		CHW	L,5-9	GF	10	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
38	48	Jun 4	KCR		CHW	W,13-2	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR LF
39	51 (2)	Jun 8 (2)	KCR	@	TEX	L,2-3	CG	51	12.2	8	0	0	8	0	CF
40	52	Jun 9	KCR	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
41	53	Jun 10	KCR	@	DET	W,6-3	GF	10	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	PR CF
42	54	Jun 11	KCR	@	DET	L,2-5	GF	9	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	PR LF
43	59 (4)	Jun 16	KCR	@	CHW	W,2-1	GF	12	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
44	60	Jun 17	KCR	@	CHW	L,1-6	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
45	61	Jun 18 (1)	KCR	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	44	11.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
46	62	Jun 18 (2)	KCR	@	CHW	L,0-11	CG	42	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
47	63	Jun 19	KCR		CLE	W,6-5	GS	27	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
48	64	Jun 20	KCR		CLE	W,3-2	GF	7	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	PR CF
49	66 (1)	Jun 23 (1)	KCR		OAK	W,5-3	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR CF
50	67	Jun 23 (2)	KCR		OAK	L,4-5	GS	29	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
51	69 (1)	Jun 25	KCR		OAK	L,3-6	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
52	70	Jun 26	KCR	@	CAL	W,4-0	GF	21	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
53	71	Jun 27	KCR	@	CAL	L,4-5	CG	38	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
54	75 (3)	Jul 1	KCR	@	OAK	L,2-4	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
55	76	Jul 2 (1)	KCR	@	OAK	W,4-2	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR LF
56	78 (1)	Jul 3	KCR		CAL	L,4-7	GS	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
57	79	Jul 4	KCR		CAL	W,4-3	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
58	80	Jul 5	KCR		CAL	W,10-1	GF	11	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
59	83 (2)	Jul 8	KCR		BAL	W,11-3	GF	12	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR CF
60	86 (2)	Jul 14	KCR	@	MIL	W,9-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR LF
61	87	Jul 15	KCR	@	NYY	W,8-2	GF	16	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
62	88	Jul 16	KCR	@	NYY	W,3-1	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
63	89	Jul 17	KCR	@	NYY	W,9-7	GF	19	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	PR LF
64	90	Jul 19	KCR		TEX	W,11-4	GF	23	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH LF
65	92 (1)	Jul 21	KCR		BOS	W,9-0	GF	19	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	PR CF
66	94 (1)	Jul 23	KCR		BOS	W,7-3	GF	9	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR LF
67	95	Jul 24	KCR		NYY	W,5-2	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
68	97 (1)	Jul 26	KCR		SEA	W,12-3	GF	13	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF CF
69	98	Jul 27	KCR		SEA	W,3-1	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
70	99	Jul 28	KCR	@	BOS	W,4-0	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
71	102 (2)	Jul 31	KCR	@	CLE	L,3-4	GF	7	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	PR LF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
72	105 (2)	Aug 4	KCR		TOR	L,4-5	GF	14	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	PR CF
73	106	Aug 5	KCR		TOR	W,5-3	GF	11	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
74	107	Aug 6	KCR		TOR	W,12-5	GF	11	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
75	109 (1)	Aug 8	KCR		CHW	W,10-4	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
76	112 (2)	Aug 11	KCR	@	TOR	W,9-8	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
77	114 (1)	Aug 13	KCR	@	TOR	L,2-3	GF	12	2.2	1	0	0	1	0	PR LF
78	115	Aug 14	KCR	@	DET	L,2-11	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
79	116	Aug 15	KCR	@	DET	W,4-2	GS	27	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
80	118 (1)	Aug 16 (2)	KCR	@	MIN	W,11-7	GF	14	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
81	120 (1)	Aug 18	KCR		TEX	L,3-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR LF
82	121	Aug 19	KCR		TEX	W,3-0	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
83	122	Aug 20	KCR		TEX	W,2-1	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
84	123	Aug 22	KCR	@	CHW	W,6-3	GF	14	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
85	124	Aug 23	KCR	@	CHW	L,0-3	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
86	126 (1)	Aug 25	KCR	@	TEX	L,2-7	CG	33	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
87	128 (1)	Aug 27	KCR	@	TEX	W,4-2	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
88	129	Aug 28	KCR		CHW	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
89	131 (1)	Aug 30	KCR		CHW	W,12-0	GF	13	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
90	133 (1)	Sep 2	KCR		DET	W,8-3	GF	17	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
91	134	Sep 3	KCR		DET	W,6-2	GF	9	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
92	135	Sep 4	KCR	@	OAK	W,5-3	GF	10	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH LF
93	136	Sep 5	KCR	@	OAK	W,3-0	GF	9	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	PR LF
94	138 (1)	Sep 8	KCR	@	CAL	W,9-7	GF	15	3.0	2	1	0	3	0	PR LF
95	140 (1)	Sep 9 (2)	KCR	@	CAL	L,2-4	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR LF
96	141	Sep 10	KCR	@	CAL	L,3-13	GF	9	2.0	1	0	1	2	0	CF
97	142	Sep 11	KCR		OAK	W,7-2	GF	11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
98	143	Sep 12	KCR		OAK	W,8-1	GF	10	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
99	145 (1)	Sep 14	KCR		OAK	W,5-1	GF	18	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR LF
100	147 (1)	Sep 16	KCR		CAL	L,3-4	GF	12	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR LF
101	148	Sep 17	KCR		CAL	W,5-0	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
102	149	Sep 18	KCR	@	SEA	W,7-6	GF	15	4.0	3	0	0	3	0	PR LF
103	150	Sep 19	KCR	@	SEA	W,9-8	GF	16	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
104	151	Sep 20	KCR		MIL	L,4-5	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR LF
105	152	Sep 21	KCR		MIL	W,8-4	GF	9	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	PR LF
106	153	Sep 22 (1)	KCR	@	MIN	W,4-2	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR LF
107	155 (1)	Sep 23	KCR	@	MIN	W,3-1	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR LF
108	157 (1)	Sep 25	KCR		SEA	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
109	158	Sep 26	KCR		SEA	W,4-1	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
110	159	Sep 27	KCR		SEA	L,2-4	GF	6	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
111	160	Sep 29	KCR		MIN	W,4-0	CG	40	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	CF
112	162 (1)	Oct 1	KCR		MIN	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
							117gm		541.1	171	5	4	180	2