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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 (Age 24)
Teams (by GP): Indians/Athletics/Braves/Expos/Mariners/... 1984-1994

Final Game: May 19, 1994 (Age 34)
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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
1980	20	PHI-min	A-	65	289	231	53	85	21	1	5	59	2	2	51	27	.368	.481	.532	1.013		123		2	2	3			CEO · NORW
1981	21	PHI-min	A	107	393	334	43	87	17	1	12	60	6	4	49	66	.260	.354	.425	.779		142		2	3	5	5		PNS · CARL
1982	22	PHI-min	AA,AAA	117	450	376	56	104	15	1	14	65	2	4	65	66	.277	.389	.434	.822		163		6	0	3	4		REA,OKC · EL,AA
1983	23	CLE-min	AAA	127	488	396	61	119	22	2	19	77	0	4	80	76	.301	.421	.510	.932		202		5	4	3	7		CHL · IL
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-min	AAA	11	47	40	5	9	3	0	1	4	1	0	7	7	.225	.340	.375	.715		15		0	0	0	0		MAI · IL
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-min	AAA	22	73	62	7	16	5	0	1	12	0	0	9	11	.258	.347	.387	.734		24		0	1	1	0		TAC · PCL
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-min	AAA	67	277	215	42	64	15	0	6	38	0	1	56	33	.298	.438	.451	.889		97		0	3	3	3		TAC · PCL
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

1989	29	CHW-min	AAA,AA	95	348	293	37	81	19	1	7	39	0	2	50	58	.276	.388	.420	.808		123		4	0	1	6		VAN,BIR · PCL,SOUL
1990	30	CHW-min	AAA	121	472	380	66	106	21	0	20	76	2	4	85	60	.279	.409	.492	.901		187		2	0	5	7		VAN · PCL
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-min	AAA	91	330	277	42	83	24	0	8	39	1	3	45	46	.300	.405	.473	.878		131	3	5	2	1	4		RMD · IL
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	WSN-min	AAA	31	110	97	9	27	7	1	3	17	0	0	12	19	.278	.358	.464	.822		45	2	0	1	0	0		INA · AA
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

1993	33	ATL-min	AAA	107	382	317	37	101	21	0	8	44	0	0	60	63	.319	.429	.461	.890		146	5	3	0	2	6		RMD · IL
1994	34	SEA-min	AAA	110	472	371	86	107	28	1	23	80	0	0	88	70	.288	.423	.555	.978		206	14	4	1	8	7		CGY · PCL
1994	34	SEA	AL	6	6	5	1	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	1	1	.200	.333	.800	1.133	180	4	0	0	0	0	0	/2D
1995	35	SEA-min	AAA	85	279	228	33	61	16	0	9	47	0	0	45	43	.268	.391	.456	.847		104	7	3	0	3	6		TAC · PCL
8 Yrs				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	180	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	82	24	5	0	0	0	1

Player Value--Batters

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

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1984	24	CLE	AL	87	275	-5	0	-1	-2	4	-3	-0.3	9	6	0.6	.496	.498	0.8	0.2	8		2/D
1985	25	CLE	AL	104	334	-0	1	2	-2	5	6	0.6	11	17	1.7	.506	.504	1.9	0.4	19		2/D
1986	26	OAK	AL	75	193	1	-2	1	-4	3	-1	-0.1	7	5	0.5	.498	.499	0.9	-0.1	9	$80,000	2/D
1987	27	OAK	AL	7	8	-0	-0	0	0	-0	-1	-0.1	0	-0	-0.0	.491	.500	-0.0	-0.0	-0		/D35

1990	30	CHW	AL	3	3	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.473	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$100,000	/2
1991	31	ATL	NL	17	16	-0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	0.1	.501	.500	0.1	0.0	1		/2
1992	32	ATL	NL	26	24	2	-0	-1	0	0	2	0.2	1	2	0.2	.507	.501	0.2	0.0	2		/2
1992	32	MON	NL	21	26	-3	-0	-0	-0	-0	-4	-0.5	1	-4	-0.4	.475	.497	-0.4	-0.1	-3		/3

1994	34	SEA	AL	6	6	0	0	0	0	-0	0	0.0	0	1	0.1	.507	.500	0.1	0.0	1		/2D
8 Seasons				346	885	-6	-1	0	-8	13	-2	-0.2	30	28	2.7	.499	.500	3.6	0.5	36	$180,000

ATL (2 yrs)				43	40	2	-0	-1	0	0	2	0.2	1	3	0.3	.504	.501	0.3	0.0	3
OAK (2 yrs)				82	201	1	-2	1	-4	3	-2	-0.1	7	5	0.5	.498	.499	0.9	-0.1	9	$80,000
CLE (2 yrs)				191	609	-5	1	1	-4	10	3	0.3	21	23	2.3	.501	.501	2.8	0.6	27
MON (1 yr)				21	26	-3	-0	-0	-0	-0	-4	-0.5	1	-4	-0.4	.475	.497	-0.4	-0.1	-3
SEA (1 yr)				6	6	0	0	0	0	-0	0	0.0	0	1	0.1	.507	.500	0.1	0.0	1
CHW (1 yr)				3	3	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.473	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$100,000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	RBI	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SF
1991	31	ATL	NL	NLCS	PIT	W	1	1	1	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0
1991	31	ATL	NL	WS	MIN	L	1	1	0	1	0		.000			1
1 Yr (2 Series)							2	2	1	1	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	1
1 NLCS							1	1	1	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0
1 WS							1	1	0	1	0		.000			1

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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
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-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1945 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 1945 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 1916 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) 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.
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Double Plays Turned as C s c a p y 1985 AL 11 (4th)	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)

Double Plays Turned as C s c a p y
1985 AL 11 (4th)

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)

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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Transactions

December 20, 1979: Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent.
December 9, 1982: Traded by the Philadelphia Phillies with Jay Baller, Julio Franco, Manny Trillo and George Vukovich to the Cleveland Indians for Von Hayes.
April 1, 1986: Released by the Cleveland Indians.
April 4, 1986: Signed as a Free Agent with the Oakland Athletics.
October 12, 1987: Released by the Oakland Athletics.
February 10, 1989: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago White Sox.
November 30, 1990: Released by the Chicago White Sox.
January 19, 1991: Signed as a Free Agent with the Atlanta Braves.
July 2, 1992: Granted Free Agency.
July 15, 1992: Signed as a Free Agent with the Montreal Expos.
October 6, 1992: Released by the Montreal Expos.
December 21, 1992: Signed as a Free Agent with the Atlanta Braves.
October 15, 1993: Released by the Atlanta Braves.
February 15, 1994: Signed as a Free Agent with the Seattle Mariners.
October 6, 1994: Granted Free Agency.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
1986	26	Oakland Athletics	$80,000	1986 USA Today survey

1990	30	Chicago White Sox	$100,000	USA Today

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$180,000

Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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