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Willie Kirkland

Willie Charles Kirkland

Position: Rightfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 206 lb.

Born: February 17, 1934 in Siluria, AL
High School: Northwestern HS (Detroit, MI)
Signed by the New York Giants as an amateur free agent in 1953. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 15, 1958
Teams (by GP): Indians/Giants/Senators/Orioles 1958-1966

Final Game: September 26, 1966
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Standard Fielding

Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1958 SFG NL 24 OF 115 102 91 943.2 207 187 12 8 4 .961 -6 -8 1.90 1.73 .980 2.26 2.25
1958 SFG NL 24 RF 112 102 91 924.2 206 186 13 7 4 .966 -5 -7 1.94 1.78 .978 2.02 2.01
1958 SFG NL 24 LF 5 0 0 19.0 3 2 0 1 0 .667 -1 -63 0.95 0.40 .973 1.99 2.00
1959 SFG NL 25 OF 117 114 99 1001.0 227 212 8 7 0 .969 5 6 1.98 1.88 .977 2.21 2.19
1959 SFG NL 25 RF 108 105 93 917.0 205 191 8 6 0 .971 5 7 1.95 1.84 .978 1.95 1.93
1959 SFG NL 25 LF 14 9 6 84.0 22 20 0 2 0 .909 0 1 2.14 1.43 .971 2.04 2.02
1960 SFG NL 26 OF 143 135 127 1223.0 274 252 16 6 5 .978 5 5 1.97 1.87 .978 2.20 2.20
1960 SFG NL 26 RF 143 135 127 1212.0 273 252 15 6 5 .978 4 4 1.98 1.87 .979 1.99 1.99
1960 SFG NL 26 LF 3 0 0 11.0 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 0 11 2.45 1.00 .973 1.96 2.00
1961 CLE AL 27 OF 138 130 125 1177.2 310 290 12 8 5 .974 8 8 2.31 2.19 .977 2.25 2.22
1961 CLE AL 27 RF 138 130 125 1177.2 308 288 12 8 5 .974 8 8 2.29 2.17 .976 2.06 2.04
1962 CLE AL 28 OF 125 109 93 992.0 251 233 11 7 0 .972 8 9 2.21 1.95 .980 2.19 2.18
1962 CLE AL 28 RF 121 98 90 909.0 231 215 10 6 0 .974 8 10 2.23 1.86 .979 2.00 1.99
1962 CLE AL 28 CF 12 11 3 83.0 24 23 0 1 0 .958 -0 -3 2.49 1.92 .986 2.58 2.57
1963 CLE AL 29 OF 112 101 94 956.1 249 234 11 4 2 .984 4 5 2.31 2.19 .981 2.16 2.16
1963 CLE AL 29 CF 59 57 56 508.1 144 135 7 2 1 .986 -1 -3 2.51 2.41 .986 2.58 2.58
1963 CLE AL 29 RF 50 42 37 421.0 95 89 4 2 1 .979 4 12 1.99 1.86 .980 2.01 2.01
1963 CLE AL 29 LF 5 2 1 27.0 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 1 58 3.33 2.00 .976 1.90 1.90
1964 TOT AL 30 OF 85 64 59 596.0 137 125 7 5 3 .964 4 8 1.99 1.55 .980 2.04 2.03
1964 TOT AL 30 RF 63 47 43 436.1 105 96 6 3 3 .971 5 14 2.10 1.62 .984 1.88 1.87
1964 TOT AL 30 LF 15 13 12 111.1 22 20 0 2 0 .909 -2 -26 1.62 1.33 .975 1.81 1.80
1964 BAL AL 30 OF 58 39 35 372.0 94 86 7 1 3 .989 7 23 2.25 1.60 .980 2.04 2.03
1964 BAL AL 30 RF 48 35 31 322.1 82 75 6 1 3 .988 6 22 2.26 1.69 .984 1.88 1.87
1964 BAL AL 30 CF 10 4 4 48.1 14 13 1 0 0 1.000 2 40 2.61 1.40 .981 2.44 2.44
1964 BAL AL 30 LF 2 0 0 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -270 0.00 0.00 2.02 1.80
1964 WSA AL 30 OF 27 25 24 224.0 43 39 0 4 0 .907 -3 -16 1.57 1.44 .980 2.04 2.03
1964 WSA AL 30 RF 15 12 12 114.0 23 21 0 2 0 .913 -1 -8 1.66 1.40 .984 1.88 1.87
1964 WSA AL 30 LF 13 13 12 110.0 22 20 0 2 0 .909 -2 -23 1.64 1.54 .975 1.81 1.80
1965 WSA AL 31 OF 92 72 54 658.0 156 151 3 2 0 .987 -0 -0 2.11 1.67 .978 2.04 2.03
1965 WSA AL 31 RF 66 47 36 434.0 95 94 1 0 0 1.000 1 3 1.97 1.44 .978 1.85 1.84
1965 WSA AL 31 LF 33 19 15 185.0 49 45 3 1 0 .980 1 5 2.34 1.45 .979 1.87 1.86
1965 WSA AL 31 CF 7 6 3 39.0 9 8 0 1 0 .889 -2 -65 1.85 1.14 .979 2.40 2.40
1966 WSA AL 32 OF 68 24 17 300.1 60 56 3 1 0 .983 -4 -17 1.77 0.87 .982 2.10 2.10
1966 WSA AL 32 LF 50 11 6 174.1 33 32 0 1 0 .970 -2 -12 1.65 0.64 .980 1.83 1.82
1966 WSA AL 32 RF 19 13 11 126.0 24 22 2 0 0 1.000 -2 -24 1.71 1.26 .979 1.94 1.94
9 Seasons OF 995 851 759 7848.0 1871 1740 83 48 19 .974 23 4 2.09 1.83 .979 2.18 2.16
9 Seasons RF 820 719 653 6557.2 1542 1433 71 38 18 .975 28 5 2.06 1.83 .978 1.99 1.97
7 Seasons LF 125 54 40 611.2 142 131 4 7 0 .951 -3 -5 1.99 1.08 .977 1.88 1.87
4 Seasons CF 88 78 66 678.2 191 179 8 4 1 .979 -2 -4 2.48 2.13 .985 2.56 2.55
9 Seasons TOT 995 851 759 7848.0 1871 1740 83 48 19 .974 23 4 2.09 1.83 .979 2.18 2.16
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
1958 SFG NL 24 RF -5 -7 -5 -3 -2 0
1958 SFG NL 24 LF -1 -63 -1 -0 -1 0
1959 SFG NL 25 RF 5 7 2 1 2 3
1959 SFG NL 25 LF 0 1 0 -0 0 0
1960 SFG NL 26 RF 4 4 0 2 -2 4
1960 SFG NL 26 LF 0 11 0 0 0 0
1961 CLE AL 27 RF 8 8 8 0 8 0
1962 CLE AL 28 RF 8 10 5 5 -0 3
1962 CLE AL 28 CF -0 -3 -0 -1 1 0
1963 CLE AL 29 CF -1 -3 -3 -2 -1 2
1963 CLE AL 29 RF 4 12 3 -0 3 1
1963 CLE AL 29 LF 1 58 1 0 1 0
1964 BAL AL 30 RF 6 22 3 1 2 3
1964 BAL AL 30 CF 2 40 1 -1 2 1
1964 BAL AL 30 LF -0 -270 -0 0 -0 0
1964 WSA AL 30 RF -1 -8 -2 1 -3 1
1964 WSA AL 30 LF -2 -23 -1 -2 1 -1
1965 WSA AL 31 RF 1 3 1 -1 2 0
1965 WSA AL 31 LF 1 5 1 0 1 0
1965 WSA AL 31 CF -2 -65 -1 0 -1 -1
1966 WSA AL 32 LF -2 -12 -1 -1 0 -1
1966 WSA AL 32 RF -2 -24 -2 -0 -2 0
9 Seasons RF 28 5 13 7 6 15
7 Seasons LF -3 -5 -1 -3 2 -2
4 Seasons CF -2 -4 -4 -4 0 2
9 Seasons TOT 23 4 8 0 8 15
Lg Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1958 SFG NL 24 122 102 122 115 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 112 115 0 12 1
1959 SFG NL 25 126 114 126 117 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 108 117 0 11 0
1960 SFG NL 26 146 135 146 143 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 143 143 0 6 1
1961 CLE AL 27 146 130 146 138 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 138 138 0 15 0
1962 CLE AL 28 137 109 137 125 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 121 125 0 15 2
1963 CLE AL 29 127 101 127 112 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 59 50 112 0 21 0
1964 BAL AL 30 66 39 66 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 10 48 58 0 12 1
1964 WSA AL 30 32 25 32 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 15 27 0 6 1
1965 WSA AL 31 123 72 123 92 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 7 66 92 0 37 6
1966 WSA AL 32 124 24 124 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 50 0 19 68 0 58 16
9 Seasons 1149 851 1149 995 0 0 0 0 0 0 125 88 820 995 0 193 28
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1958 SFG NL 24 7 0 6 1 3 13 0 3 0 8 56 22 0 28 6 4 12 7 2 8 1 2 20 11 1 124 47 37.9% 68 9 7.3% 4 3945 64% 80% 28% 401 48%
1959 SFG NL 25 6 0 6 0 3 8 0 1 3 2 51 19 5 21 5 1 12 8 0 11 3 0 17 15 0 112 50 44.6% 56 6 5.4% 2 3875 61% 78% 26% 369 54%
1960 SFG NL 26 6 0 6 0 1 15 0 3 4 6 82 38 4 29 6 1 19 13 0 18 5 2 31 20 2 179 82 45.8% 88 9 5.0% 6 5133 63% 79% 28% 508 51%
1961 CLE AL 27 8 0 6 2 1 12 0 3 3 3 73 29 2 32 5 2 11 8 0 26 6 2 33 27 0 175 75 42.9% 94 6 3.4% 6 5102 60% 79% 30% 525 56%
1962 CLE AL 28 6 0 6 0 0 10 0 4 1 4 37 16 1 21 7 4 7 5 0 13 4 0 21 13 0 99 45 45.5% 49 5 5.1% 5 3889 58% 80% 28% 345 65%
1963 CLE AL 29 2 0 2 0 0 4 0 0 2 0 19 8 2 5 0 0 3 1 0 4 3 0 8 6 0 39 18 46.2% 19 2 5.1% 2 1714 62% 76% 28% 151 61%
1964 BAL AL 30 1 0 1 0 1 6 0 2 3 1 20 7 1 8 1 2 2 1 0 3 1 0 11 8 2 44 18 40.9% 21 5 11.4% 1 1307 63% 77% 29% 142 56%
1964 WSA AL 30 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 9 4 0 7 3 0 3 3 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 21 12 57.1% 9 0 0.0% 0 503 69% 79% 26% 53 40%
1965 WSA AL 31 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 16 8 0 4 1 0 3 2 0 4 1 0 9 4 0 36 16 44.4% 20 0 0.0% 1 1842 67% 79% 28% 159 60%
1966 WSA AL 32 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 6 4 0 4 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 3 1 0 16 6 37.5% 10 0 0.0% 2 551 74% 79% 24% 46 52%
9 Seasons 38 0 35 3 11 71 0 18 16 24 369 155 15 159 34 14 73 49 2 90 25 6 154 106 5 845 369 43.7% 434 42 5.0% 29 27861 62% 79% 28% 2699 55%
MLB Averages 40.6% 3.1% 63% 79% 28% 54%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1958 SFG NL 24 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 92 61% 73% 29% 9 22%
1959 SFG NL 25 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 2 2 0 13 8 61.5% 5 0 0.0% 0 367 60% 80% 28% 34 59%
1960 SFG NL 26 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.0% 4 0 0.0% 1 47 45% 77% 30% 7 43%
1963 CLE AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 3 2 66.7% 1 0 0.0% 0 115 67% 76% 32% 12 83%
1964 WSA AL 30 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 5 0 1 0 0 4 3 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 15 10 66.7% 5 0 0.0% 0 459 70% 83% 29% 52 38%
1964 BAL AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 60% 70% 10% 1 0%
1965 WSA AL 31 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 9 8 1 5 0 0 3 2 0 3 0 0 4 4 0 24 14 58.3% 9 1 4.2% 2 820 61% 77% 25% 95 48%
1966 WSA AL 32 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 7 0 4 0 0 5 3 0 3 0 0 3 3 0 24 13 54.2% 11 0 0.0% 0 720 66% 81% 28% 76 42%
7 Seasons 7 0 5 2 3 4 0 2 0 1 31 24 1 16 0 0 13 9 0 10 2 0 13 12 0 83 47 56.6% 35 1 1.2% 3 2630 64% 79% 27% 286 47%
MLB Averages 58.3% 2.6% 63% 79% 28% 48%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1962 CLE AL 28 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 6 3 50.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 365 58% 78% 27% 30 77%
1963 CLE AL 29 2 0 2 0 0 7 0 3 1 2 47 24 0 20 0 3 1 0 0 7 2 0 13 11 0 88 37 42.0% 48 3 3.4% 4 2161 59% 78% 26% 261 54%
1964 BAL AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 7 4 57.1% 2 1 14.3% 0 190 66% 81% 28% 20 70%
1965 WSA AL 31 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 7 2 28.6% 5 0 0.0% 0 175 56% 78% 25% 23 35%
4 Seasons 4 0 4 0 1 8 0 3 1 3 55 28 0 25 0 4 2 1 0 10 3 0 16 14 0 108 46 42.6% 58 4 3.7% 4 2891 59% 79% 27% 334 56%
MLB Averages 41.7% 2.2% 63% 79% 28% 56%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Assists as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1963 AL  7 (5th)

Def. Games as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1958 NL  112 (5th)
1960 NL  143 (2nd)
1961 AL  138 (4th)
1962 AL  121 (3rd)
Career  820 (91st)

Putouts as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1958 NL  186 (4th)
1960 NL  252 (3rd)
1961 AL  288 (3rd)
1962 AL  215 (3rd)

Assists as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1958 NL  13 (2nd)
1959 NL  8 (5th)
1960 NL  15 (2nd)
1961 AL  12 (2nd)
1962 AL  10 (1st)
Career  71 (77th)

Errors Committed as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1958 NL  7 (2nd)
1959 NL  6 (3rd)
1960 NL  6 (3rd)
1961 AL  8 (1st)
1962 AL  6 (3rd)
Career  38 (97th)

Assists as OF s c a p y
1960 NL  16 (3rd)
1961 AL  12 (4th)
1962 AL  11 (3rd)

Errors Committed as OF s c a p y
1958 NL  8 (3rd)
1959 NL  7 (5th)

Total Zone Runs as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1959 NL  5 (2nd)
1960 NL  5 (4th)
1961 AL  8 (2nd)
1962 AL  8 (2nd)
1964 AL  5 (4th)
Career  28 (37th)

Range Factor/9Inn as RF (s.1954)† s c a p y
1958 NL  1.94 (5th)
1959 NL  1.95 (5th)
1960 NL  1.98 (5th)
1961 AL  2.29 (2nd)
1962 AL  2.23 (2nd)

Range Factor/Game as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1958 NL  1.78 (5th)
1959 NL  1.84 (4th)
1961 AL  2.17 (3rd)
1962 AL  1.86 (3rd)

Fielding % as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1959 NL  .971 (5th)
1961 AL  .974 (5th)

Total Zone Runs as OF s c a p y
1961 AL  8 (5th)

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