Jerry Willard
Gerald Duane Willard
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: March 14, 1960 in Oxnard, CA
High School: Hueneme (Oxnard, CA)
Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in 1979. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 11, 1984
Final Game: May 19, 1994
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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
1984 24 CLE AL 87 275 246 21 55 8 1 10 37 1 0 26 55 .224 .295 .386 .681 86 95 6 0 0 3 0 2/D
1985 25 CLE AL 104 334 300 39 81 13 0 7 36 0 0 28 59 .270 .333 .383 .717 97 115 3 1 4 1 1 2/D
1986 26 OAK AL 75 193 161 17 43 7 0 4 26 0 1 22 28 .267 .354 .385 .740 109 62 4 2 4 4 0 2/D
1987 27 OAK AL 7 8 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .167 .375 .167 .542 56 1 0 0 0 0 0 /D35
1990 30 CHW AL 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /2
1991 31 ATL NL 17 16 14 1 3 0 0 1 4 0 0 2 5 .214 .313 .429 .741 102 6 0 0 0 0 0 /2
1992 32 TOT NL 47 50 48 2 11 1 0 2 8 0 0 2 10 .229 .260 .375 .635 76 18 5 0 0 0 1 /32
1992 32 ATL NL 26 24 23 2 8 1 0 2 7 0 0 1 3 .348 .375 .652 1.027 178 15 3 0 0 0 1 /2
1992 32 MON NL 21 26 25 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 7 .120 .154 .120 .274 -21 3 2 0 0 0 0 /3
1994 34 SEA AL 6 6 5 1 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 1 .200 .333 .800 1.133 179 4 0 0 0 0 0 /2D
8 Seasons 346 885 783 82 195 29 1 25 114 1 1 83 161 .249 .320 .384 .705 95 301 18 3 8 8 2
162 Game Avg. 162 414 367 38 91 14 0 12 53 0 0 39 75 .249 .320 .384 .705 95 141 8 1 4 4 1
ATL (2 yrs) 43 40 37 3 11 1 0 3 11 0 0 3 8 .297 .350 .568 .918 149 21 3 0 0 0 1
OAK (2 yrs) 82 201 167 18 44 7 0 4 26 0 1 24 29 .263 .355 .377 .733 107 63 4 2 4 4 0
CLE (2 yrs) 191 609 546 60 136 21 1 17 73 1 0 54 114 .249 .316 .385 .700 92 210 9 1 4 4 1
MON (1 yr) 21 26 25 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 7 .120 .154 .120 .274 -21 3 2 0 0 0 0
SEA (1 yr) 6 6 5 1 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 1 .200 .333 .800 1.133 179 4 0 0 0 0 0
CHW (1 yr) 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
AL (6 yrs) 282 819 721 79 181 28 1 22 102 1 1 79 146 .251 .324 .384 .708 96 277 13 3 8 8 1
NL (2 yrs) 64 66 62 3 14 1 0 3 12 0 0 4 15 .226 .273 .387 .660 83 24 5 0 0 0 1

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
1984 24 CLE AL 275 200 28 3.8 99 .245 .224 .266 .295 .329 .386 .401 .681 .730 86 .415 -5.3 -0.5 .619 .272 .163 1.8
1985 25 CLE AL 334 227 40 4.7 98 .315 .270 .260 .333 .326 .383 .404 .717 .730 97 .512 -1.0 -0.1 .649 .207 .113 .0
1986 26 OAK AL 193 131 23 4.7 93 .293 .267 .252 .354 .319 .385 .393 .740 .712 109 .502 3.7 0.4 .691 .248 .118 .0
1987 27 OAK AL 8 5 1 5.3 100 .200 .167 .257 .375 .324 .167 .412 .542 .736 56 .532 -0.2 -0.0 .600 .333 .000
1990 30 CHW AL 3 3 0 0.0 93 .000 .000 .257 .000 .325 .000 .384 .000 .709 -100 .000 -0.8 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1991 31 ATL NL 16 11 2 4.9 98 .250 .214 .264 .313 .333 .429 .396 .741 .729 102 .570 -0.0 0.0 .727 .357 .214 .0
1992 32 TOT NL 50 42 4 2.6 94 .250 .229 .262 .260 .328 .375 .386 .635 .714 76 .296 -1.8 -0.2 .476 .188 .146 .0
1992 32 ATL NL 24 18 4 6.0 98 .333 .348 .267 .375 .334 .652 .393 1.027 .726 178 .664 2.2 0.2 .889 .348 .304 .0
1992 32 MON NL 26 24 0 0.0 91 .167 .120 .258 .154 .323 .120 .380 .274 .703 -21 .000 -4.0 -0.4 .167 .040 .000
1994 34 SEA AL 6 4 1 6.7 113 .000 .200 .275 .333 .348 .800 .438 1.133 .786 179 .601 0.5 0.0 1.250 .800 .600 .0
8 Seasons 885 623 99 4.3 97 .281 .249 .261 .320 .326 .384 .400 .705 .725 95 .469 -5.0 -0.5 .638 .241 .135 1.9
162 Game Avg. 414 292 46 4.3 97 .281 .249 .261 .320 .326 .384 .400 .705 .725 95 .469 -5.0 -0.5 .638 .241 .135 1
ATL (2 yrs) 40 29 6 5.6 98 .308 .297 .266 .350 .333 .568 .394 .918 .727 149 .632 2.2 0.2 .828 .351 .270 .0
OAK (2 yrs) 201 136 24 4.7 94 .290 .263 .252 .355 .319 .377 .394 .733 .713 107 .503 3.5 0.3 .688 .251 .114 .0
CLE (2 yrs) 609 427 68 4.3 98 .284 .249 .263 .316 .327 .385 .403 .700 .730 92 .470 -6.2 -0.6 .635 .236 .136 1.9
MON (1 yr) 26 24 0 0.0 91 .167 .120 .258 .154 .323 .120 .380 .274 .703 -21 .000 -4.0 -0.4 .167 .040 .000
SEA (1 yr) 6 4 1 6.7 113 .000 .200 .275 .333 .348 .800 .438 1.133 .786 179 .601 0.5 0.0 1.250 .800 .600 .0
CHW (1 yr) 3 3 0 0.0 93 .000 .000 .257 .000 .325 .000 .384 .000 .709 -100 .000 -0.8 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
AL (6 yrs) 819 570 93 4.4 97 .283 .251 .260 .324 .325 .384 .401 .708 .726 96 .477 -3.1 -0.3 .648 .243 .133 1.9
NL (2 yrs) 66 53 6 3.1 95 .250 .226 .263 .273 .329 .387 .388 .660 .718 83 .364 -1.9 -0.2 .528 .226 .161 .0

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1991 31 ATL NL NLCS PIT W 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1991 31 ATL NL WS MIN L 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 1 0
1 Season (2 Series) 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 1 0
1 NLCS 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 1 0

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
1984 24 CLE AL 275 3.6% 20.0% 9.5% 6.9% 35% 2.12 4.5 24.6 6.6 0.66 67%
1985 25 CLE AL 334 2.1% 17.7% 8.4% 6.0% 25% 2.11 5.1 42.9 8.3 1.29 70%
1986 26 OAK AL 193 2.1% 14.5% 11.4% 5.7% 26% 1.27 5.8 40.3 6.2 1.60 69%
1987 27 OAK AL 8 0.0% 12.5% 25.0% 0.0% 0% 0.50 6.0 1.00 63%
1990 30 CHW AL 3 0.0% 66.7% 0.0% 0.0% 1.5 0.00 0.00 33% 0% 0.0% 0%
1991 31 ATL NL 16 6.3% 31.3% 12.5% 6.3% 33% 2.50 2.8 14.0 3.5 0.50 1.00 50% 22% 20.0% 17%
1992 32 TOT NL 50 4.0% 20.0% 4.0% 6.0% 27% 5.00 4.8 24.0 6.0 0.52 0.88 72% 16% 9.1% 12%
1992 32 ATL NL 24 8.3% 12.5% 4.2% 12.5% 38% 3.00 7.7 11.5 3.3 0.43 0.78 75% 15% 18.2% 21%
1992 32 MON NL 26 0.0% 26.9% 3.9% 0.0% 0% 7.00 3.6 25.0 0.64 1.00 69% 17% 0.0% 0%
1994 34 SEA AL 6 16.7% 16.7% 16.7% 16.7% 100% 1.00 5.0 5.0 1.7 0.33 0.50 50% 0% 50.0% 33%
8 Seasons 885 2.8% 18.2% 9.4% 6.2% 28% 1.94 4.9 31.3 6.9 0.49 1.05 68% 15% 13.3% 14%
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
1984 24 CLE AL 3 0 16% 76 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 20% 13 11 2 1 1 0 6 3 2
1985 25 CLE AL 4 0 31% 131 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 8 23% 29 23 5 3 3 0 15 9 6
1986 26 OAK AL 0 0 21% 85 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 5 36% 13 7 6 3 2 0 9 4 3
1987 27 OAK AL 0 0 33% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1990 30 CHW AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1991 31 ATL NL 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1992 32 TOT NL 1 0 0% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1992 32 ATL NL 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
1992 32 MON NL 1 0 0% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1994 34 SEA AL 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
8 Seasons 8 0 22% 304 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 12 16 25% 58 44 13 7 6 0 31 17 11
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
1984 24 CLE AL 275 83% 55 12 1 0 1 1.88 10 0 7 9 1 5 5 0 0 0 54 6 11% 18 7 39% 186 28 15% 15 8 53% 21 13 62% 0
1985 25 CLE AL 334 84% 81 10 2 0 0 1.60 7 0 8 7 0 4 3 0 5 4 80% 68 3 4% 36 18 50% 208 33 16% 14 9 64% 27 13 48% 0
1986 26 OAK AL 193 85% 43 7 4 0 2 1.78 4 0 8 4 0 2 2 0 7 4 57% 38 4 11% 24 10 42% 128 22 17% 10 5 50% 17 5 29% 0
1987 27 OAK AL 8 88% 1 1 0 0 0 1.49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 1 0 0% 0
1990 30 CHW AL 3 100% 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2.56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 3 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1991 31 ATL NL 16 100% 3 0 0 12 2 0 2 1.17 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 1 100% 11 3 27% 1 1 100% 1 1 100% 0
1992 32 TOT NL 50 100% 11 4 0 39 9 1 5 1.82 2 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 14 5 36% 5 0 0% 38 6 16% 4 1 25% 4 1 25% 0
1992 32 ATL NL 24 100% 8 2 0 22 7 1 5 1.70 2 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 7 3 43% 1 0 0% 20 5 25% 2 0 0% 2 1 50% 0
1992 32 MON NL 26 100% 3 2 0 17 2 0 0 1.98 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 29% 4 0 0% 18 1 6% 2 1 50% 2 0 0% 0
1994 34 SEA AL 6 100% 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 2.21 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 7 2 29% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
8 Seasons 885 85% 195 4 0 86 18 1 10 1.74 25 0 25 24 1 14 11 0 12 8 67% 177 18 10% 85 36 42% 582 94 16% 45 24 53% 71 33 46% 0
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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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 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
1990 30 CHW AL 2 9 4.50 6 67% 33% 33% 17% 17% 67% 0% 44% 50% 50% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 1 0 0
1991 31 ATL NL 16 72 4.50 44 61% 27% 25% 27% 20% 73% 0% 44% 66% 0% 6% 1 0 31% 5 3 6% 1 0 20% 0 0 0
1992 32 TOT NL 50 208 4.16 129 62% 32% 12% 27% 29% 68% 5% 42% 83% 18% 2% 1 0 24% 12 8 10% 5 3 60% 0 0 0
1992 32 ATL NL 24 92 3.83 52 57% 33% 10% 19% 38% 67% 10% 38% 86% 0% 4% 1 0 38% 9 6 8% 2 2 100% 0 0 0
1992 32 MON NL 26 116 4.46 77 66% 31% 13% 32% 23% 69% 0% 46% 81% 35% 0% 0 0 12% 3 2 12% 3 1 43% 0 0 0
1994 34 SEA AL 6 34 5.67 17 50% 41% 6% 29% 24% 59% 0% 29% 90% 0% 17% 1 0 50% 3 2 17% 1 1 0% 0 0 0
4 Seasons 74 323 4.36 196 61% 32% 15% 27% 27% 68% 3% 41% 78% 14% 4% 3 0 27% 20 13 9% 7 4 41% 1 0 0
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
1984 24 87 275 246 21 55 8 1 10 37 1 0 26 55 .224 .295 .386 .681 86 95 6 0 0 3 0
1985 25 191 609 546 60 136 21 1 17 73 1 0 54 114 .249 .316 .385 .700 92 210 9 1 4 4 1
1986 26 266 802 707 77 179 28 1 21 99 1 1 76 142 .253 .325 .385 .710 96 272 13 3 8 8 1
1987 27 273 810 713 78 180 28 1 21 99 1 1 78 143 .252 .325 .383 .708 96 273 13 3 8 8 1
1988 28 273 810 713 78 180 28 1 21 99 1 1 78 143 .252 .325 .383 .708 96 273 13 3 8 8 1
1989 29 273 810 713 78 180 28 1 21 99 1 1 78 143 .252 .325 .383 .708 96 273 13 3 8 8 1
1990 30 276 813 716 78 180 28 1 21 99 1 1 78 145 .251 .324 .381 .706 95 273 13 3 8 8 1
1991 31 293 829 730 79 183 28 1 22 103 1 1 80 150 .251 .324 .382 .706 95 279 13 3 8 8 1
1992 32 340 879 778 81 194 29 1 24 111 1 1 82 160 .249 .320 .382 .702 94 297 18 3 8 8 2
1993 33 340 879 778 81 194 29 1 24 111 1 1 82 160 .249 .320 .382 .702 94 297 18 3 8 8 2
1994 34 346 885 783 82 195 29 1 25 114 1 1 83 161 .249 .320 .384 .705 95 301 18 3 8 8 2

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
1984 24 87 278 248 22 57 8 1 10 39 1 27 55 .230 .302 .391 .693 30 87
1985 25 104 337 305 41 86 14 0 7 38 0 30 59 .282 .347 .397 .744 42 104
1986 26 75 197 166 19 48 8 0 4 29 0 25 28 .289 .381 .410 .790 26 75
1987 27 7 11 7 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 .286 .545 .286 .831 1 7
1990 30 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 3
1991 31 17 16 14 1 3 0 0 1 4 0 2 5 .214 .313 .429 .741 2 17
1992 32 47 49 47 2 10 1 0 2 8 0 2 10 .213 .245 .362 .607 4 47
1994 34 9 8 7 1 1 0 0 1 3 0 1 1 .143 .250 .571 .821 1 6
8 Seasons 349 899 797 88 207 31 1 25 121 1 91 161 .260 .335 .395 .730 106 346
162 Game Avg. 162 417 370 41 96 14 0 12 56 0 42 75 .260 .335 .395 .730 49 346

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 6 (2322), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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