Willie Kirkland
Willie Charles Kirkland
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 206 lb.

Born: February 17, 1934 in Siluria, AL
High School: Northwestern (Detroit, MI)
Signed by the New York Giants as an amateur free agent in 1953. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 15, 1958
Final Game: September 26, 1966
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Standard Batting

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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
1958 24 SFG NL 122 470 418 48 108 25 6 14 56 3 2 43 69 .258 .332 .447 .779 106 187 5 5 0 4 7 *9/7
1959 25 SFG NL 126 511 463 64 126 22 3 22 68 5 3 42 84 .272 .335 .475 .810 115 220 6 3 0 3 3 *97
1960 26 SFG NL 146 567 515 59 130 21 10 21 65 12 7 44 86 .252 .315 .454 .769 113 234 4 4 2 2 8 *9/7
1961 27 CLE AL 146 585 525 84 136 22 5 27 95 7 0 48 77 .259 .318 .474 .793 112 249 3 1 4 7 4 *9
1962 28 CLE AL 137 470 419 56 84 9 1 21 72 9 1 43 62 .200 .272 .377 .649 75 158 10 0 3 5 3 *98
1963 29 CLE AL 127 478 427 51 98 13 2 15 47 8 2 45 99 .230 .303 .375 .677 89 160 8 1 2 3 5 *89/7
1964 30 TOT AL 98 282 252 22 52 11 0 8 35 3 2 23 56 .206 .272 .345 .618 71 87 1 1 3 3 4 978
1964 30 BAL AL 66 172 150 14 30 5 0 3 22 3 2 17 26 .200 .281 .293 .574 60 44 0 1 1 3 4 98/7
1964 30 WSA AL 32 110 102 8 22 6 0 5 13 0 0 6 30 .216 .259 .422 .681 86 43 1 0 2 0 0 97
1965 31 WSA AL 123 337 312 38 72 9 1 14 54 3 2 19 65 .231 .270 .401 .671 90 125 5 0 0 6 1 97/8
1966 32 WSA AL 124 182 163 21 31 2 1 6 17 2 0 16 50 .190 .261 .325 .586 69 53 3 0 2 1 3 79
9 Seasons 1149 3882 3494 443 837 134 29 148 509 52 19 323 648 .240 .304 .422 .726 98 1473 45 15 16 34 38
162 Game Avg. 162 547 493 62 118 19 4 21 72 7 3 46 91 .240 .304 .422 .726 98 208 6 2 2 5 5
SFG (3 yrs) 394 1548 1396 171 364 68 19 57 189 20 12 129 239 .261 .327 .459 .786 112 641 15 12 2 9 18
WSA (3 yrs) 279 629 577 67 125 17 2 25 84 5 2 41 145 .217 .266 .383 .649 83 221 9 0 4 7 4
CLE (3 yrs) 410 1533 1371 191 318 44 8 63 214 24 3 136 238 .232 .299 .414 .713 94 567 21 2 9 15 12
BAL (1 yr) 66 172 150 14 30 5 0 3 22 3 2 17 26 .200 .281 .293 .574 60 44 0 1 1 3 4
AL (6 yrs) 755 2334 2098 272 473 66 10 91 320 32 7 194 409 .225 .289 .397 .685 89 832 30 3 14 25 20
NL (3 yrs) 394 1548 1396 171 364 68 19 57 189 20 12 129 239 .261 .327 .459 .786 112 641 15 12 2 9 18

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1958 24 SFG NL 470 321 64 5.4 104 .277 .258 .267 .332 .335 .447 .417 .779 .752 106 .563 3.9 0.4 .744 .294 .189 4.9
1959 25 SFG NL 511 349 75 5.7 103 .289 .272 .268 .335 .333 .475 .414 .810 .747 115 .598 9.2 0.9 .772 .298 .203 8.1
1960 26 SFG NL 567 400 74 5.0 95 .266 .252 .257 .315 .322 .454 .395 .769 .717 113 .560 7.2 0.7 .725 .297 .202 15.3
1961 27 CLE AL 585 403 84 5.6 101 .255 .259 .260 .318 .335 .474 .405 .793 .740 112 .581 7.1 0.7 .778 .320 .215 11.1
1962 28 CLE AL 470 354 44 3.3 100 .185 .200 .259 .272 .331 .377 .404 .649 .735 75 .361 -16.0 -1.6 .604 .298 .177 12.6
1963 29 CLE AL 478 344 50 3.9 95 .263 .230 .255 .303 .322 .375 .394 .677 .716 89 .470 -6.6 -0.7 .625 .265 .145 10.4
1964 30 TOT AL 282 209 25 3.2 96 .230 .206 .256 .272 .324 .345 .397 .618 .721 71 .377 -10.0 -1.0 .552 .234 .139 4.4
1964 30 BAL AL 172 126 14 3.0 96 .218 .200 .256 .281 .324 .293 .397 .574 .721 60 .345 -7.6 -0.8 .516 .213 .093 3.0
1964 30 WSA AL 110 83 11 3.6 96 .254 .216 .256 .259 .324 .422 .397 .681 .721 86 .422 -2.3 -0.2 .605 .265 .206 .0
1965 31 WSA AL 337 253 33 3.5 90 .243 .231 .248 .270 .318 .401 .381 .671 .699 90 .437 -5.2 -0.5 .587 .234 .170 4.9
1966 32 WSA AL 182 138 14 2.7 89 .231 .190 .247 .261 .314 .325 .381 .586 .695 69 .343 -7.1 -0.8 .526 .245 .135 3.0
9 Seasons 3882 2771 463 4.5 98 .252 .240 .259 .304 .328 .422 .401 .726 .728 98 .507 -17.4 -1.9 .678 .284 .182 77.0
162 Game Avg. 547 391 65 4.5 98 .252 .240 .259 .304 .328 .422 .401 .726 .728 98 .507 -17.4 -1.9 .678 .284 .182 11
SFG (3 yrs) 1548 1070 213 5.3 100 .277 .261 .264 .327 .330 .459 .408 .786 .738 112 .574 20.3 2.0 .746 .297 .198 29.6
WSA (3 yrs) 629 474 58 3.3 91 .242 .217 .249 .266 .318 .383 .384 .649 .701 83 .409 -14.6 -1.5 .572 .243 .166 8.3
CLE (3 yrs) 1533 1101 178 4.3 99 .235 .232 .258 .299 .330 .414 .401 .713 .731 94 .485 -15.5 -1.6 .674 .296 .182 34.8
BAL (1 yr) 172 126 14 3.0 96 .218 .200 .256 .281 .324 .293 .397 .574 .721 60 .346 -7.6 -0.8 .516 .213 .093 3.0
AL (6 yrs) 2334 1701 250 4.0 96 .235 .225 .256 .289 .326 .397 .396 .685 .722 89 .457 -37.7 -3.9 .634 .276 .171 47.4
NL (3 yrs) 1548 1070 213 5.3 100 .277 .261 .264 .327 .330 .459 .408 .786 .738 112 .574 20.3 2.0 .746 .297 .198 29.6

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1958 24 SFG NL 470 3.0% 14.7% 9.2% 9.6% 42% 1.60 6.1 29.9 7.5 0.61 72%
1959 25 SFG NL 511 4.3% 16.4% 8.2% 9.2% 37% 2.00 5.5 21.0 6.8 0.76 70%
1960 26 SFG NL 567 3.7% 15.2% 7.8% 9.2% 40% 1.95 6.0 24.5 7.9 0.78 72%
1961 27 CLE AL 585 4.6% 13.2% 8.2% 9.2% 40% 1.60 6.8 19.4 5.5 0.72 73%
1962 28 CLE AL 470 4.5% 13.2% 9.2% 6.6% 37% 1.44 6.8 20.0 5.8 0.62 73%
1963 29 CLE AL 478 3.1% 20.7% 9.4% 6.3% 31% 2.20 4.3 28.5 9.1 0.75 66%
1964 30 TOT AL 282 2.8% 19.9% 8.2% 6.7% 37% 2.43 4.5 31.5 7.2 0.69 68%
1964 30 BAL AL 172 1.7% 15.1% 9.9% 4.7% 27% 1.53 5.8 50.0 6.8 0.79 72%
1964 30 WSA AL 110 4.6% 27.3% 5.5% 10.0% 50% 5.00 3.4 20.4 7.8 0.53 61%
1965 31 WSA AL 337 4.2% 19.3% 5.6% 7.1% 33% 3.42 4.8 22.3 5.8 0.71 71%
1966 32 WSA AL 182 3.3% 27.5% 8.8% 5.0% 29% 3.13 3.3 27.2 9.6 0.67 59%
9 Seasons 3882 3.8% 16.7% 8.3% 8.0% 37% 2.01 5.4 23.6 6.9 0.70 70%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1958 24 SFG NL 5 0 24% 169 3 2 60% 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 4 42% 25 20 4 8 3 5 15 4 11
1959 25 SFG NL 6 0 28% 181 5 3 63% 5 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 5 10 53% 31 14 16 8 2 6 18 9 8
1960 26 SFG NL 8 0 24% 191 12 7 63% 12 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 7 52% 24 12 12 8 4 4 12 5 7
1961 27 CLE AL 6 0 36% 199 7 0 100% 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 11 51% 27 12 14 14 10 4 18 5 12
1962 28 CLE AL 5 0 33% 123 9 1 90% 7 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 5 15 50% 16 7 9 3 3 0 5 1 3
1963 29 CLE AL 5 0 28% 140 8 2 80% 8 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 13 50% 15 9 5 3 3 0 16 4 12
1964 30 TOT AL 7 0 21% 79 3 2 60% 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 58% 9 6 3 2 1 1 8 1 7
1964 30 BAL AL 6 0 24% 54 3 2 60% 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 57% 6 4 2 1 1 0 7 1 6
1964 30 WSA AL 1 0 13% 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 60% 3 2 1 1 0 1 1 0 1
1965 31 WSA AL 1 0 31% 95 3 2 60% 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 7 59% 15 9 5 2 0 2 10 1 9
1966 32 WSA AL 1 0 37% 59 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 31% 7 5 2 2 2 0 4 2 2
9 Seasons 44 0 29% 1236 52 19 73% 48 19 2 0 2 1 6 0 35 75 50% 169 94 70 50 28 22 106 32 71
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1958 24 SFG NL 464 88% 108 9 3 0 2 2.19 14 0 13 13 1 7 7 0 1 0 0% 88 5 6% 36 7 19% 296 43 15% 27 10 37% 26 6 23% 6
1959 25 SFG NL 511 87% 126 8 2 0 3 1.81 22 0 8 19 3 5 17 0 0 0 99 6 6% 48 14 29% 287 49 17% 24 18 75% 32 15 47% 0
1960 26 SFG NL 567 68% 130 5 0 0 0 1.37 21 0 16 13 8 9 12 0 3 2 67% 97 4 4% 46 10 22% 370 47 13% 31 12 39% 36 16 44% 0
1961 27 CLE AL 584 85% 136 13 2 0 1 2.00 27 0 9 25 2 14 13 0 4 4 100% 118 3 3% 65 25 38% 389 71 18% 40 25 63% 38 21 55% 1
1962 28 CLE AL 470 81% 84 13 1 0 0 2.09 21 0 7 21 0 12 9 0 3 3 100% 104 10 10% 46 17 37% 330 53 16% 31 18 58% 24 14 58% 0
1963 29 CLE AL 478 70% 98 20 8 0 3 1.45 15 0 4 13 2 7 8 0 2 2 100% 104 8 8% 33 11 33% 270 36 13% 21 12 57% 22 7 32% 0
1964 30 TOT AL 282 84% 52 13 2 0 0 1.54 8 0 3 7 1 5 3 0 5 3 60% 55 1 2% 24 8 33% 187 29 16% 11 6 55% 15 4 27% 0
1964 30 BAL AL 172 90% 30 7 1 0 0 1.23 3 0 2 3 0 1 2 0 3 1 33% 33 0 0% 13 6 46% 116 21 18% 8 6 75% 8 3 38% 0
1964 30 WSA AL 110 76% 22 6 1 0 0 1.91 5 0 1 4 1 4 1 0 2 2 100% 22 1 5% 11 2 18% 71 8 11% 3 0 0% 7 1 14% 0
1965 31 WSA AL 337 91% 72 35 6 2 6 1.39 14 0 9 14 0 6 8 0 0 0 68 5 7% 31 11 35% 207 40 19% 19 14 74% 25 12 48% 0
1966 32 WSA AL 182 93% 31 53 12 2 4 1.37 6 0 1 6 0 1 5 0 2 2 100% 37 3 8% 26 5 19% 111 11 10% 10 3 30% 17 4 24% 0
9 Seasons 3875 82% 837 169 36 4 19 1.56 148 0 70 131 17 66 82 0 20 16 80% 770 45 6% 355 108 30% 2447 379 15% 214 118 55% 235 99 42% 7
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1958 24 122 470 418 48 108 25 6 14 56 3 2 43 69 .258 .332 .447 .779 106 187 5 5 0 4 7
1959 25 248 981 881 112 234 47 9 36 124 8 5 85 153 .266 .333 .462 .795 111 407 11 8 0 7 10
1960 26 394 1548 1396 171 364 68 19 57 189 20 12 129 239 .261 .327 .459 .786 112 641 15 12 2 9 18
1961 27 540 2133 1921 255 500 90 24 84 284 27 12 177 316 .260 .324 .463 .788 112 890 18 13 6 16 22
1962 28 677 2603 2340 311 584 99 25 105 356 36 13 220 378 .250 .315 .448 .763 105 1048 28 13 9 21 25
1963 29 804 3081 2767 362 682 112 27 120 403 44 15 265 477 .246 .313 .437 .750 103 1208 36 14 11 24 30
1964 30 902 3363 3019 384 734 123 27 128 438 47 17 288 533 .243 .310 .429 .739 100 1295 37 15 14 27 34
1965 31 1025 3700 3331 422 806 132 28 142 492 50 19 307 598 .242 .306 .426 .732 99 1420 42 15 14 33 35
1966 32 1149 3882 3494 443 837 134 29 148 509 52 19 323 648 .240 .304 .422 .726 98 1473 45 15 16 34 38

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1958 24 128 500 444 51 118 27 7 15 60 3 47 73 .266 .340 .459 .799 68 122
1959 25 132 538 487 68 135 24 3 24 72 5 45 88 .277 .340 .487 .827 79 126
1960 26 153 603 548 68 146 24 11 24 75 13 49 90 .266 .330 .482 .812 86 146
1961 27 146 588 530 85 141 23 5 28 96 7 50 77 .266 .327 .487 .813 85 146
1962 28 137 470 421 58 86 9 1 22 74 9 44 62 .204 .277 .387 .664 45 137
1963 29 127 485 433 55 104 14 2 16 51 8 48 99 .240 .315 .393 .708 54 127
1964 30 97 284 255 24 56 12 0 9 38 3 25 56 .220 .289 .373 .661 27 98
1965 31 123 342 316 43 76 10 1 15 61 3 20 65 .241 .281 .421 .702 38 123
1966 32 125 186 167 24 34 2 1 7 19 2 18 50 .204 .280 .353 .633 16 124
9 Seasons 1168 3996 3601 476 896 145 31 160 546 53 346 660 .249 .315 .440 .754 498 1149
162 Game Avg. 162 554 499 66 124 20 4 22 76 7 48 92 .249 .315 .440 .754 69 1149

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Triples s c a p y
1960 NL  10 (5th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1961 AL  95 (9th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1960 NL  86 (9th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1958 NL  5 (9th)
1960 NL  4 (9th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1961 AL  7 (10th)
1965 AL  6 (8th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1960 NL  7 (10th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1960 NL  15.3 (7th)
1962 AL  12.6 (8th)
1963 AL  10.4 (9th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1959 NL  21.0 (8th)
Career  23.6 (233rd)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 5 (1737), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 9 (1809), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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