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Bill Wilkinson

William Carl Wilkinson

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 160 lb.

Born: August 10, 1964 in Greybull, WY
High School: Cherry Creek HS (Englewood, CO)
Drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 4th round of the 1983 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 13, 1985
Team: Mariners 1985-1988

Final Game: October 2, 1988
Relatives: Greatgrandson of Jim Bluejacket
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1983	18	SEA-min	A-	4	5	.444	3.39	13	13	0	1	1	0	63.2	54	41	24	2	54	0	87	1	1	7			1.696	7.6	0.3	7.6	12.3	1.61	BLH · NORW
1984	19	SEA-min	A	6	4	.600	3.31	19	18	1	2	1	0	103.1	79	47	38	5	52	1	117	3	0	7			1.268	6.9	0.4	4.5	10.2	2.25	WAU · MIDW
1985	20	SEA-min	A,AAA	11	2	.846	2.69	18	18	0	6	2	0	117.0	91	40	35	2	48	0	117	2	1	7			1.188	7.0	0.2	3.7	9.0	2.44	SLS,CGY · CALL,PCL
1985	20	SEA	AL	0	2	.000	13.50	2	2	0	0	0	0	6.0	8	9	9	2	6	1	5	0	0	0	30	33	2.333	12.0	3.0	9.0	7.5	0.83

1986	21	SEA-min	AAA	8	8	.500	4.78	23	23	0	7	0	0	143.0	146	82	76	17	51	0	86	1	0	2			1.378	9.2	1.1	3.2	5.4	1.69	CGY · PCL
1987	22	SEA	AL	3	4	.429	3.66	56	0	29	0	0	10	76.1	61	33	31	8	21	1	73	0	0	0	303	130	1.074	7.2	0.9	2.5	8.6	3.48
1988	23	SEA-min	AAA	0	4	.000	9.13	21	4	9	0	0	4	23.2	31	28	24	0	20	0	20	0	1	3			2.155	11.8	0.0	7.6	7.6	1.00	CGY · PCL
1988	23	SEA	AL	2	2	.500	3.48	30	0	9	0	0	2	31.0	28	14	12	3	15	0	25	0	0	3	136	121	1.387	8.1	0.9	4.4	7.3	1.67
1989	24	PIT-SEA-min	AAA	4	8	.333	3.69	23	20	1	2	0	0	102.1	88	47	42	10	60	2	52	1	1	7			1.446	7.7	0.9	5.3	4.6	0.87	BFL,CGY · AA,PCL
1990	25	KCR-min	AAA	0	0		7.11	7	0	2	0	0	0	6.1	10	5	5	1	5	0	4	1	0	0			2.368	14.2	1.4	7.1	5.7	0.80	OMA · AA
1992	27	OAK-min	AAA,AA	0	3	.000	8.29	23	1	5	0	0	1	33.2	43	35	31	6	32	0	26	2	4	6	174		2.228	11.5	1.6	8.6	7.0	0.81	TAC,HVL · PCL,SOUL
3 Yrs				5	8	.385	4.13	88	2	38	0	0	12	113.1	97	56	52	13	42	2	103	0	0	3	469	111	1.226	7.7	1.0	3.3	8.2	2.45
162 Game Avg.				4	6	.385	4.13	66	2	29	0	0	9	86	73	42	39	10	32	2	78	0	0	2	354	111	1.226	7.7	1.0	3.3	8.2	2.45

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1985	20	SEA	AL	6.0	2	2	9	13.50	4.28	-0.14	0.15	102.4	4.68	-6	-0.5		-0.0	-0.4	-5	.268	.497	$

1987	22	SEA	AL	76.1	56	0	33	3.89	5.11	-0.06	-0.40	105.8	5.05	10	1.0	1.6	0.2	1.8	19	.517	.506	$62,500
1988	23	SEA	AL	31.0	30	0	14	4.06	4.38	-0.08	-0.35	105.1	4.32	1	0.1	1.5	-0.0	0.3	4	.503	.501	$100,000
3 Seasons				113.1	88	2	56	4.45	4.87	-0.07	-0.35	105.4	4.83	5	0.6	1.6	0.2	1.7	17	.507	.501	$162,500

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	ROE
1985	20	SEA	AL	2	30	24	9	8	1	0	2	0	0	6	5	.333	.467	.625	1.092	.353	15	1	0	0	0	1	0

1987	22	SEA	AL	56	303	274	33	61	9	1	8	4	2	21	73	.223	.272	.350	.623	.266	96	6	0	2	6	1	3
1988	23	SEA	AL	30	136	120	14	28	7	0	3	3	0	15	25	.233	.316	.367	.683	.269	44	1	0	0	1	0	1
3 Yrs				88	469	418	56	97	17	1	13	7	2	42	103	.232	.298	.371	.668	.272	155	8	0	2	7	2	4
162 Game Avg.				66	354	316	42	73	13	1	10	5	2	32	78	.232	.298	.371	.668	.272	117	6	0	2	5	2	3
MLB Averages																.258	.325	.395	.719	.284

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1985	20	SEA	AL	-5.5	-0.5	31	-0.5	0.2	-0.7	.64	-0.3	-0.4	-4.8	-0.4	0.64	-3.2	0	0	0

1987	22	SEA	AL	9.4	0.9	308	2.5	7.1	-4.6	1.14	1.3	0.9	17.0	1.6	1.14	20.2	27	9	20
1988	23	SEA	AL	2.1	0.2	144	-0.6	2.0	-2.6	1.02	0.0	-0.6	1.1	0.1	1.02	-1.4	13	4	13
3 Yrs				6.0	0.6	483	1.5	9.4	-7.9	1.07	1.1	0.3	13.4	1.3	1.07	15.6	40	13	33

Starting Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GS	Wgs	Lgs	ND	Wchp	Ltuf	Wtm	Ltm	tmW-L%	Wlst	Lsv	CG	SHO	QS	QS%	GmScA	Best	Wrst	BQR	BQS	sDR	lDR	RS/GS	RS/IP	IP/GS	Pit/GS
1985	20	SEA	AL	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	33.5	44	23	4	2	0	1	4.0	3.0	3.0
1 Yr				2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	34	44	23	4	2	0	1	4.0	3.0	3.0
MLB Averages													.500						51%	51	98	-3					4.4	4.4	6.2	96

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
1987	22	SEA	AL	56	56	29	3	4	12	10	2	83%	18	5	53	13	25%	8	1.144	27	9	20	22	9	25	34	22	25	18	28	14	4.1
1988	23	SEA	AL	30	30	9	2	2	3	2	1	67%	7	3	34	4	12%	8	1.019	13	4	13	9	5	16	18	12	7	15	8	7	3.1	18
2 Yrs				86	86	38	5	6	15	12	3	80%	25	8	87	17	20%		1.105	40	13	33	31	14	41	52	34	32	33	36	21	3.7	18

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1985	20	SEA	AL	30	7%	6.7%	16.7%	20.0%	10.0%	38%		2.00	57%				4	1	25%

1987	22	SEA	AL	303	37%	2.6%	24.1%	6.9%	5.9%	30%		1.35	66%				69	6	9%
1988	23	SEA	AL	136	47%	2.2%	18.4%	11.0%	7.4%	36%	0.49	0.55	68%	24%	8.3%	43%	25	1	4%
3 Yrs				469	38%	2.8%	22.0%	9.0%	6.6%	32%	0.49	1.06	66%	24%	8.3%	43%	98	8	8%
MLB Averages					40%	2.3%	14.9%	8.6%	7.0%	30%	0.80	1.07	73%	20%	8.2%	41%			11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1st%	30%	30c	30s	02%	02c	02s	02h	L/SO	3pK	4pW	PAu	Pitu	Stru
1988	23	SEA	AL	136	547	4.02	326	60%	28%	16%	26%	29%	72%	0%	43%	77%	49%	5%	7	5	13%	18	7	1	24%	3	2	0	0	0
1 Yr				136	547	4.02	326	60%	28%	16%	26%	29%	72%	0%	43%	77%	49%	5%	7	5	13%	18	7	1	24%	3	2	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.58		62%	24%	14%	27%	34%	76%	2%	47%	81%	57%	5%			19%				26%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					Hits			Home Runs							Advances				Baserunning
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	H	Inf	Bnt	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	<2,3B	Scr	SO	%	ROE	WP	PB	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	BT	PAu
1985	20	SEA	AL	30	8			2	0	0	2	0	2	0	1	1	0	100%	0	0	0	8	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0

1987	22	SEA	AL	303	61			8	0	9	2	6	3	5	21	11	4	52%	3	0	0	123	4	2	67%	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	10	0
1988	23	SEA	AL	136	28	3	0	3	0	8	2	1	3	0	6	2	2	33%	1	3	1	52	3	0	100%	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	7	0
3 Yrs				469	97	3	0	13	0	17	6	7	8	5	28	14	6	50%	4	3	1	183	7	2	78%	5	1	2	0	0	1	2	0	17	0
MLB Averages																		53%							69%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1985	20	0	2	.000	13.50	2	2	0	0	6.0	8	9	9	2	6	1	5	0	30	33	2.333	12.0	3.0	9.0	7.5	0.83	33
1986	21	0	2	.000	13.50	2	2	0	0	6.0	8	9	9	2	6	1	5	0	30	33	2.333	12.0	3.0	9.0	7.5	0.83	33
1987	22	3	6	.333	4.37	58	2	29	10	82.1	69	42	40	10	27	2	78	0	333	108	1.166	7.5	1.1	3.0	8.5	2.89	108
1988	23	5	8	.385	4.13	88	2	38	12	113.1	97	56	52	13	42	2	103	3	469	111	1.226	7.7	1.0	3.3	8.2	2.45	111

Neutralized Pitching

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Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1985	20	0	0		16.20	5.0	8	10	9	2	6	4	0	2.800	14.4	10.8	7.2	0.67	3.6	2

1987	22	5	3	.625	3.36	75.0	58	31	28	8	20	72	0	1.040	7.0	2.4	8.6	3.60	1.0	56
1988	23	2	1	.667	3.48	31.0	28	13	12	3	15	25	0	1.387	8.1	4.4	7.3	1.67	0.9	30
3 Yrs		7	4	.636	3.97	111.0	94	54	49	13	41	101	0	1.216	7.6		8.2	2.46	1.1	88

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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1985 AL born 1964-08-10 (5th)

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