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

Born: February 17, 1934 in Siluria, AL
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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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

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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 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--21.045--8th
Career--23.608--233rd

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkBatting - 5 (1750), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 9 (1805), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

Before 1953 Season: Signed by the New York Giants as an amateur free agent.

December 3, 1960: Traded by the San Francisco Giants with Johnny Antonelli to the Cleveland Indians for Harvey Kuenn.

December 4, 1963: Traded by the Cleveland Indians to the Baltimore Orioles for Al Smith and $25,000.

August 12, 1964: Purchased by the Washington Senators from the Baltimore Orioles.

October 18, 1966: Released by the Washington Senators.

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