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Jerry Willard

Gerald Duane Willard

Positions: Catcher and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: March 14, 1960 in Oxnard, CA
High School: Hueneme HS (Oxnard, CA)
Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in 1979. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 11, 1984
Teams (by GP): Indians/Athletics/Braves/Expos/Mariners/... 1984-1994

Final Game: May 19, 1994
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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 PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
1984 CLE AL 24 C 76 67 55 598.0 377 335 35 7 7 .981 -2 -4 5.57 4.87 .987 5.96 5.92 8 26 44 23 34% 36% 0
1984 CLE AL 24 DH 1 1
1985 CLE AL 25 C 96 83 76 750.1 484 427 52 5 11 .990 -2 -3 5.75 4.99 .987 6.05 5.99 5 23 70 28 29% 33% 0
1985 CLE AL 25 DH 1 1
1986 OAK AL 26 C 71 48 36 437.2 314 300 12 2 1 .994 -4 -11 6.42 4.39 .989 6.62 6.56 3 18 41 11 21% 34% 0
1986 OAK AL 26 DH 1 1
1987 OAK AL 27 DH 3 2
1987 OAK AL 27 1B 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .990 9.50
1987 OAK AL 27 3B 1 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.70
1990 CHW AL 30 C 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 6.30 6.40 0 0 0 0 0
1991 ATL NL 31 C 1 1 0 4.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 6.75 3.00 .987 6.75 6.80 0 0 0 0 0
1992 ATL NL 32 C 1 0 0 2.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 9.00 2.00 .990 6.75 6.70 0 1 0 0 0
1992 MON NL 32 1B 5 3 1 25.0 21 17 3 1 0 .952 -0 -19 7.20 4.00 .993 9.76 9.76
1994 SEA AL 34 C 1 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 6.75 6.70 0 1 0 0 0
1994 SEA AL 34 DH 1 0
7 Seasons C 247 199 167 1795.0 1180 1067 99 14 19 .988 -8 -5 5.85 4.72 .988 6.16 6.14 16 69 155 62 29% 34% 0
2 Seasons 1B 6 3 1 25.0 22 18 3 1 0 .955 -0 -19 7.20 3.50 .993 9.76 9.72
1 Season 3B 1 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.70
8 Seasons TOT 254 202 168 1822.0 1202 1085 102 15 19 .988 -8 -6 5.86 4.67 .988 6.21 6.21 16 69 155 62 29% 34% 0
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
1984 CLE AL 24 C -2 -4 -2
1985 CLE AL 25 C -2 -3 -2
1986 OAK AL 26 C -4 -11 -4
1987 OAK AL 27 1B
1987 OAK AL 27 3B 0 0 0 0 0
1990 CHW AL 30 C 0 0 0
1991 ATL NL 31 C 0 0 0
1992 ATL NL 32 C 0 0 0
1992 MON NL 32 1B -0 -19 -0 -0 0 0
1994 SEA AL 34 C 0 0 0
7 Seasons C -8 -5 -8
2 Seasons 1B -0 -19 -0 -0 0 0
1 Season 3B 0 0 0 0 0
8 Seasons TOT -8 -6 -0 -0 0 0 -8

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1984 CLE AL 24 87 68 87 76 0 76 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12 0
1985 CLE AL 25 104 84 104 96 0 96 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12 0
1986 OAK AL 26 75 49 75 71 0 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11 0
1987 OAK AL 27 7 2 7 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 0
1990 CHW AL 30 3 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1991 ATL NL 31 17 1 17 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0
1992 ATL NL 32 26 0 26 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 0
1992 MON NL 32 21 3 21 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 0
1994 SEA AL 34 6 0 6 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0
8 Seasons 346 207 346 253 0 247 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 104 0
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 -- C*

Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
1984 CLE AL 24 2606 4.50 5.12 30 93% 0 0 337 16 1 9 311 34 7 0 2 1 7 0 3 4 0 8 0 0 3 6 100%
1985 CLE AL 25 3294 5.06 5.57 32 97% 0 0 427 15 4 11 396 53 16 0 0 6 5 1 2 2 0 11 0 2 4 10 90%
1986 OAK AL 26 1912 4.40 4.71 11 82% 0 0 300 6 0 4 290 12 2 0 1 1 3 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 4 75%
1990 CHW AL 30 3 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1991 ATL NL 31 21 9.00 9.00 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1992 ATL NL 32 9 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1994 SEA AL 34 12 22.50 22.50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons 7857 4.73 5.23 73 93% 0 0 1069 37 5 24 1002 99 25 0 3 8 15 1 6 8 0 20 0 2 8 20 90%
MLB Averages 3.95 4.40 95% 87%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1984 CLE AL 24 8 26 998 44 23 22 34% 40 21 4 1 0 1 0 0 101 26 1.23 1.21
1985 CLE AL 25 5 23 1272 70 28 27 29% 63 23 7 1 0 4 0 0 115 30 1.24 1.02
1986 OAK AL 26 3 18 741 41 11 7 21% 39 9 2 1 0 1 0 0 82 15 1.13 1.50
1990 CHW AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1991 ATL NL 31 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
1992 ATL NL 32 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1994 SEA AL 34 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
7 Seasons 16 69 3032 155 62 56 29% 142 53 13 3 0 6 0 0 302 72 1.21 1.18
MLB Averages 32% 1.29 1.27

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1992 MON NL 32 106 55% 81% 29% 8 88% 0 18 0 18 0 5 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 106 55% 81% 29% 8 88% 0 18 0 18 0 5 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 58% 80% 31% 94% 87%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1987 OAK AL 27 6 67% 100% 50% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 6 67% 100% 50% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 58% 80% 31% 88% 70%

* 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

Passed Balls s c a p y
1984 AL  8 (5th)

Stolen Bases Allowed as C s c a p y
1985 AL  70 (3rd)

                           

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