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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1958 SFG NL 24 OF 115 102 943.2 207 187 12 8 4 .961 -6.1 -7.8 -6.1 -3.2 -2.8 0 1.90 1.73 .980 2.26 1.95
1958 SFG NL 24 RF 112 102 924.2 206 186 13 7 4 .966 -5.1 -6.6 -5.1 -2.4 -2.7 0 1.94 1.78 .978 2.02 1.73
1958 SFG NL 24 LF 5 0 19.0 3 2 0 1 0 .667 -1.0 -63.2 -1.0 -0.8 -0.1 0 0.95 0.40 .967 1.99 1.54
1959 SFG NL 25 OF 117 114 1001.0 227 212 8 7 0 .969 5.3 6.4 2.3 1.8 0.5 3 1.98 1.88 .977 2.21 1.90
1959 SFG NL 25 RF 108 105 917.0 205 191 8 6 0 .971 5.2 6.8 2.2 1.5 0.7 3 1.95 1.84 .978 1.96 1.64
1959 SFG NL 25 LF 14 9 84.0 22 20 0 2 0 .909 0.1 1.4 0.1 0.3 -0.2 0 2.14 1.43 .973 2.04 1.59
1960 SFG NL 26 OF 143 135 1223.0 274 252 16 6 5 .978 4.6 4.5 0.6 -1.6 2.3 4 1.97 1.87 .978 2.20 1.92
1960 SFG NL 26 RF 143 135 1212.0 273 252 15 6 5 .978 4.5 4.5 0.5 -1.7 2.3 4 1.98 1.87 .979 1.99 1.76
1960 SFG NL 26 LF 3 0 11.0 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 0.1 10.9 0.1 0.1 0.0 0 2.45 1.00 .967 1.96 1.53
1961 CLE AL 27 OF 138 130 1177.2 310 290 12 8 5 .974 7.9 8.0 7.9 7.5 0.4 0 2.31 2.19 .977 2.25 1.98
1961 CLE AL 27 RF 138 130 1177.2 308 288 12 8 5 .974 7.9 8.0 7.9 7.5 0.4 0 2.29 2.17 .976 2.06 1.75
1962 CLE AL 28 OF 125 109 992.0 251 233 11 7 0 .972 7.6 9.2 4.6 0.5 4.2 3 2.21 1.95 .980 2.19 1.92
1962 CLE AL 28 RF 121 98 909.0 231 215 10 6 0 .974 7.8 10.3 4.8 -0.5 5.4 3 2.23 1.86 .979 2.00 1.71
1962 CLE AL 28 CF 12 11 83.0 24 23 0 1 0 .958 -0.2 -2.9 -0.2 1.0 -1.2 0 2.49 1.92 .987 2.57 2.18
1963 CLE AL 29 OF 112 101 956.1 249 234 11 4 2 .984 4.2 5.3 1.2 3.2 -2.0 3 2.31 2.19 .981 2.16 1.91
1963 CLE AL 29 CF 59 57 508.1 144 135 7 2 1 .986 -1.3 -3.1 -3.3 -1.3 -2.0 2 2.51 2.41 .986 2.58 2.19
1963 CLE AL 29 RF 50 42 421.0 95 89 4 2 1 .979 4.2 12.0 3.2 3.3 -0.1 1 1.99 1.86 .980 2.01 1.72
1963 CLE AL 29 LF 5 2 27.0 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.3 57.8 1.3 1.2 0.1 0 3.33 2.00 .980 1.90 1.56
1964 TOT AL 30 OF 85 64 596.0 137 125 7 5 3 .964 4.2 8.5 0.2 1.1 -1.0 4 1.99 1.55 .980 2.04 1.79
1964 TOT AL 30 RF 63 47 436.1 105 96 6 3 3 .971 5.0 13.8 1.0 -0.8 1.7 4 2.10 1.62 .985 1.88 1.61
1964 TOT AL 30 LF 15 13 111.1 22 20 0 2 0 .909 -2.4 -25.9 -1.4 0.4 -1.8 -1 1.62 1.33 .977 1.81 1.46
1964 BAL AL 30 OF 58 39 372.0 94 86 7 1 3 .989 7.1 22.9 3.1 3.1 -0.1 4 2.25 1.60 .980 2.04 1.79
1964 BAL AL 30 RF 48 35 322.1 82 75 6 1 3 .988 5.8 21.6 2.8 1.9 0.8 3 2.26 1.69 .984 1.88 1.61
1964 BAL AL 30 CF 10 4 48.1 14 13 1 0 0 1.000 1.6 39.7 0.6 1.5 -0.9 1 2.61 1.40 .979 2.44 2.13
1964 BAL AL 30 LF 2 0 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 -270.0 -0.3 -0.3 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 2.02 1.45
1964 WSA AL 30 OF 27 25 224.0 43 39 0 4 0 .907 -2.9 -15.5 -2.9 -2.0 -0.9 0 1.57 1.44 .981 2.04 1.79
1964 WSA AL 30 RF 15 12 114.0 23 21 0 2 0 .913 -0.8 -8.4 -1.8 -2.7 0.9 1 1.66 1.40 .987 1.88 1.61
1964 WSA AL 30 LF 13 13 110.0 22 20 0 2 0 .909 -2.1 -22.9 -1.1 0.7 -1.8 -1 1.64 1.54 .977 1.81 1.46
1965 WSA AL 31 OF 92 72 658.0 156 151 3 2 0 .987 -0.2 -0.4 0.8 1.3 -0.4 -1 2.11 1.67 .978 2.04 1.78
1965 WSA AL 31 RF 66 47 434.0 95 94 1 0 0 1.000 1.1 3.0 1.1 1.8 -0.7 0 1.97 1.44 .978 1.85 1.57
1965 WSA AL 31 LF 33 19 185.0 49 45 3 1 0 .980 0.8 5.2 0.8 0.7 0.2 0 2.34 1.45 .980 1.87 1.49
1965 WSA AL 31 CF 7 6 39.0 9 8 0 1 0 .889 -2.1 -64.6 -1.1 -1.2 0.1 -1 1.85 1.14 .978 2.40 2.03
1966 WSA AL 32 OF 68 24 300.1 60 56 3 1 0 .983 -4.2 -16.8 -3.2 -2.2 -1.1 -1 1.77 0.87 .982 2.10 1.82
1966 WSA AL 32 LF 50 11 174.1 33 32 0 1 0 .970 -1.7 -11.7 -0.7 0.3 -1.0 -1 1.65 0.64 .979 1.83 1.45
1966 WSA AL 32 RF 19 13 126.0 24 22 2 0 0 1.000 -2.5 -23.8 -2.5 -2.5 -0.1 0 1.71 1.26 .979 1.94 1.69
9 Seasons OF 995 851 7848.0 1871 1740 83 48 19 .974 23.3 3.6 8.3 8.4 0.1 15 2.09 1.83 .979 2.18 1.90
9 Seasons RF 820 719 6557.2 1542 1433 71 38 18 .975 28.1 5.1 13.1 6.2 6.9 15 2.06 1.83 .979 1.99 1.70
7 Seasons LF 125 54 611.2 142 131 4 7 0 .951 -2.8 -5.5 -0.8 2.2 -2.8 -2 1.99 1.08 .977 1.88 1.49
4 Seasons CF 88 78 678.2 191 179 8 4 1 .979 -2.0 -3.5 -4.0 0.0 -4.0 2 2.48 2.13 .985 2.56 2.17
9 Seasons TOT 995 851 7848.0 1871 1740 83 48 19 .974 23.3 3.6 8.3 8.4 0.1 15 2.09 1.83 .953 2.18 1.90
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1958 SFG NL 24 122 102 122 122 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 112 115 12 1
1959 SFG NL 25 126 114 126 126 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 108 117 11 0
1960 SFG NL 26 146 135 146 146 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 143 143 6 1
1961 CLE AL 27 146 130 146 146 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 138 138 15 0
1962 CLE AL 28 137 109 137 137 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 121 125 15 2
1963 CLE AL 29 127 101 127 127 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 59 50 112 21 0
1964 BAL AL 30 66 39 66 66 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 10 48 58 12 1
1964 WSA AL 30 32 25 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 15 27 6 1
1965 WSA AL 31 123 72 123 123 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 7 66 92 37 6
1966 WSA AL 32 124 24 124 124 0 0 0 0 0 0 50 0 19 68 58 16
9 Seasons 1149 851 1149 1149 0 0 0 0 0 0 125 88 820 995 193 28
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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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 42 18 0 28 6 4 12 7 2 8 1 2 16 9 1 106 41 38.7% 56 9 8.5% 4 4040 62% 79% 27% 401 48%
1959 SFG NL 25 6 0 6 0 3 8 0 1 3 2 41 15 4 21 5 1 12 8 0 11 3 0 16 15 0 101 46 45.5% 50 5 5.0% 3 3968 59% 76% 26% 369 54%
1960 SFG NL 26 6 0 6 0 1 15 0 3 4 6 64 33 4 29 6 1 19 13 0 18 5 2 23 18 1 153 75 49.0% 70 8 5.2% 7 5314 61% 77% 27% 508 51%
1961 CLE AL 27 8 0 6 2 1 12 0 3 3 3 57 26 2 32 5 2 11 8 0 26 6 2 27 21 0 153 66 43.1% 81 6 3.9% 6 5225 59% 77% 29% 525 56%
1962 CLE AL 28 6 0 6 0 0 10 0 4 1 4 29 12 1 21 7 4 7 5 0 13 4 0 15 12 0 85 40 47.1% 40 5 5.9% 5 3991 56% 78% 28% 345 65%
1963 CLE AL 29 2 0 2 0 0 4 0 0 2 0 16 7 1 5 0 0 3 1 0 4 3 0 7 6 0 35 17 48.6% 17 1 2.9% 3 1753 61% 75% 28% 151 61%
1964 BAL AL 30 1 0 1 0 1 6 0 2 3 1 17 6 1 8 1 2 2 1 0 3 1 0 10 7 2 40 16 40.0% 19 5 12.5% 1 1322 63% 76% 29% 142 56%
1964 WSA AL 30 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 4 0 7 3 0 3 3 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 18 12 66.7% 6 0 0.0% 0 513 67% 77% 26% 53 40%
1965 WSA AL 31 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 14 8 0 4 1 0 3 2 0 4 1 0 8 4 0 33 16 48.5% 17 0 0.0% 1 1909 65% 76% 27% 159 60%
1966 WSA AL 32 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 5 4 0 4 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 14 6 42.9% 8 0 0.0% 2 566 72% 77% 23% 46 52%
9 Seasons 38 0 35 3 11 71 0 18 16 24 291 133 13 159 34 14 73 49 2 90 25 6 125 94 4 738 335 45.4% 364 39 5.3% 32 28601 61% 77% 28% 2699 55%
MLB Averages 42.0% 3.1% 61% 77% 27% 54%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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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 94 60% 71% 29% 9 22%
1959 SFG NL 25 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 2 2 0 11 7 63.6% 4 0 0.0% 0 371 60% 79% 27% 34 59%
1960 SFG NL 26 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.0% 3 0 0.0% 1 49 43% 73% 29% 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% 0 117 66% 74% 32% 12 83%
1964 WSA AL 30 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 4 0 1 0 0 4 3 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 14 9 64.3% 5 0 0.0% 0 469 68% 81% 28% 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 7 6 1 5 0 0 3 2 0 3 0 0 3 3 0 21 11 52.4% 9 1 4.8% 2 845 59% 75% 24% 95 48%
1966 WSA AL 32 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 5 0 4 0 0 5 3 0 3 0 0 3 3 0 22 11 50.0% 11 0 0.0% 0 736 65% 79% 27% 76 42%
7 Seasons 7 0 5 2 3 4 0 2 0 1 23 18 1 16 0 0 13 9 0 10 2 0 12 11 0 74 40 54.1% 33 1 1.4% 3 2691 62% 77% 27% 286 47%
MLB Averages 57.0% 2.4% 61% 77% 27% 48%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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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 0 0 0 5 2 40.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 372 57% 76% 27% 30 77%
1963 CLE AL 29 2 0 2 0 0 7 0 3 1 2 36 17 0 20 0 3 1 0 0 7 2 0 11 10 0 75 29 38.7% 43 3 4.0% 4 2211 58% 77% 26% 261 54%
1964 BAL AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 5 3 60.0% 1 1 20.0% 0 199 63% 77% 27% 20 70%
1965 WSA AL 31 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 6 2 33.3% 4 0 0.0% 0 186 53% 73% 24% 23 35%
4 Seasons 4 0 4 0 1 8 0 3 1 3 41 20 0 25 0 4 2 1 0 10 3 0 13 12 0 91 36 39.6% 51 4 4.4% 4 2968 58% 76% 26% 334 56%
MLB Averages 40.9% 2.0% 61% 77% 27% 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 1954 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.

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