Carl Willey

Carlton Francis Willey

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: June 6, 1931 in Cherryfield, ME
High School: Cherryfield HS (Cherryfield, ME)
Signed by the Boston Braves as an amateur free agent in 1951. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 30, 1958
Teams (by GP): Braves/Mets 1958-1965

Final Game: September 25, 1965
Died: July 21, 2009 in Ellsworth, ME
Buried: Morse Cemetery, Cherryfield, ME
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Standard Batting

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
1951	20	ATL-min	C	28	71	71		15	1	0	0						.211	.211	.225	.437		16							QUE · PROV
1952	21	ATL-min	AA	25	45	45		3	1	0	1						.067	.067	.156	.222		7							ATA · SOUA
1953		Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1954		Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1955	24	ATL-min	AAA	27	59	55	3	8	1	0	0	2	0		3	24	.145	.190	.164	.353		9	0	0	1	0			TOL · AA
1956	25	ATL-min	AAA	46	41	36	5	3	1	0	0	0	0		2	18	.083	.132	.111	.243		4	0	0	3	0			WCH · AA
1957	26	ATL-min	AAA	37	103	97	8	18	3	0	1	7	0		2	40	.186	.202	.247	.449		24		0	4	0	0		WCH · AA
1958	27	ATL-min	AAA	8	16	16		1									.063	.063											WCH · AA
1958	27	MLN	NL	23	53	48	0	5	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	25	.104	.104	.146	.250	-32	7	1	0	5	0	0	1
1959	28	MLN	NL	26	41	39	2	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	22	.103	.125	.128	.253	-29	5	1	0	1	0	0	1
1960	29	MLN	NL	28	55	48	4	7	1	1	1	2	0	0	2	28	.146	.180	.271	.451	26	13	1	0	5	0	0	1
1961	30	MLN	NL	35	58	54	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	26	.019	.036	.019	.055	-84	1	0	0	3	0	0	1
1962	31	MLN	NL	30	13	11	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	.273	.333	.364	.697	90	4	0	0	1	0	0	1
1963	32	NYM	NL	30	62	54	3	6	0	0	1	5	0	0	2	32	.111	.143	.167	.310	-11	9	1	0	6	0	0	1
1964	33	NYM	NL	14	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
1965	34	NYM-min	AAA	23	32	32	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	.094	.094	.094	.188		3		0	0	0			BFL · IL
1965	34	NYM	NL	13	7	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	2	0	0	1
8 Yrs				199	294	263	9	26	5	1	2	9	0	0	7	143	.099	.122	.148	.271	-25	39	4	0	24	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	239	214	7	21	4	1	2	7	0	0	6	116	.099	.122	.148	.271	-25	32	3	0	20	0	0

MLN (5 yrs)				142	220	200	6	20	5	1	1	4	0	0	5	107	.100	.122	.150	.272	-25	30	3	0	15	0	0
NYM (3 yrs)				57	74	63	3	6	0	0	1	5	0	0	2	36	.095	.123	.143	.266	-23	9	1	0	9	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 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
1958	27	MLN	NL	23	53	-10	-0	-0	0	6	-4	-0.5	2	-2	-0.5	.480	.497	-0.5	-0.0	-3	$	1
1959	28	MLN	NL	26	41	-6	0	-0	0	5	-2	-0.2	1	-0	-0.2	.493	.499	-0.2	0.0	-0	$	1
1960	29	MLN	NL	28	55	-5	-0	-0	0	6	0	0.0	2	2	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	2	$	1
1961	30	MLN	NL	35	58	-13	0	0	0	7	-6	-0.6	2	-4	-0.6	.482	.496	-0.6	0.0	-4	$	1
1962	31	MLN	NL	30	13	-0	0	0	0	2	1	0.1	0	2	0.1	.505	.501	0.1	0.0	2	$	1
1963	32	NYM	NL	30	62	-8	-0	0	0	7	-1	-0.1	2	1	-0.1	.497	.499	-0.1	0.0	1	$	1
1964	33	NYM	NL	14	5	-1	0	0	0	1	-1	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.495	.500	-0.1	0.0	-0	$18,000	1
1965	34	NYM	NL	13	7	-2	0	0	0	1	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.492	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$16,500	1
8 Seasons				199	294	-45	-1	-0	0	33	-13	-1.4	10	-3	-1.5	.493	.499	-1.5	0.0	-3	$34,500

MLN (5 yrs)				142	220	-34	-0	-0	0	25	-10	-1.1	7	-3	-1.2	.492	.499	-1.2	0.0	-3	$
NYM (3 yrs)				57	74	-10	-0	0	0	8	-2	-0.2	2	0	-0.3	.495	.499	-0.3	0.0	0	$34,500

Advanced Batting

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
1958	27	MLN	NL	53	49	1	0.6	99	.217	.104	.260	.104	.327	.146	.406	.250	.733	-32	.020	-8.8	-0.9	.159	.042	.042
1959	28	MLN	NL	41	37	1	0.7	97	.235	.103	.259	.125	.324	.128	.401	.253	.725	-29	.032	-7.0	-0.7	.167	.051	.026
1960	29	MLN	NL	55	47	2	1.2	92	.316	.146	.254	.180	.318	.271	.389	.451	.707	26	.080	-5.0	-0.5	.357	.167	.125	.0
1961	30	MLN	NL	58	56	0	0.0	99	.036	.019	.260	.036	.326	.019	.406	.055	.731	-84	.000	-13.8	-1.4	.038	.019	.000
1962	31	MLN	NL	13	9	1	3.0	101	.600	.273	.267	.333	.333	.364	.405	.697	.738	90	.313	-0.1	-0.0	.625	.182	.091
1963	32	NYM	NL	62	55	1	0.5	89	.238	.111	.254	.143	.316	.167	.380	.310	.696	-11	.022	-7.9	-0.9	.224	.093	.056	.0
1964	33	NYM	NL	5	5	0	0.0	90	.000	.000	.259	.000	.316	.000	.384	.000	.700	-100	.000	-1.0	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1965	34	NYM	NL	7	7	0	0.0	89	.000	.000	.252	.000	.315	.000	.382	.000	.697	-100	.000	-1.3	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
8 Yrs				294	265	6	0.6	95	.203	.099	.258	.122	.322	.148	.396	.271	.718	-25	.026	-44.9	-4.6	.191	.076	.049	.0
162 Game Avg.				239	216	5	0.6	95	.203	.099	.258	.122	.322	.148	.396	.271	.718	-25	.026	-44.9	-4.6	.191	.076	.049

MLN (5 yrs)				220	198	5	0.7	97	.207	.100	.259	.122	.324	.150	.401	.272	.725	-25	.029	-34.6	-3.5	.191	.075	.050	.0
NYM (3 yrs)				74	67	1	0.4	89	.192	.095	.254	.123	.316	.143	.380	.266	.696	-23	.015	-10.2	-1.1	.190	.079	.048	.0

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

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
1958	27	MLN	NL	WS	NYY	L	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
1 WS							1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1958	27	MLN	NL	53	0.0%	47.2%	0.0%	3.8%	40%		1.9		48.0	5.50	43%
1959	28	MLN	NL	41	0.0%	53.7%	2.4%	2.4%	25%	22.00	1.8		39.0	2.00	41%
1960	29	MLN	NL	55	1.8%	50.9%	3.6%	5.5%	43%	14.00	1.7	48.0	24.0	5.67	35%
1961	30	MLN	NL	58	0.0%	44.8%	1.7%	0.0%	0%	26.00	2.1			2.22	48%
1962	31	MLN	NL	13	0.0%	46.2%	7.7%	7.7%	33%	6.00	1.8			2.00	38%
1963	32	NYM	NL	62	1.6%	51.6%	3.2%	1.6%	17%	16.00	1.7	54.0	10.8	3.40	34%
1964	33	NYM	NL	5	0.0%	20.0%	0.0%	0.0%			4.0			3.00	60%
1965	34	NYM	NL	7	0.0%	42.9%	0.0%	0.0%			1.7			1.50	29%
8 Yrs				294	0.7%	48.6%	2.4%	2.7%	31%	20.43	1.8	131.5	29.2	3.13	40%
MLB Averages					2.3%	14.4%	8.4%	6.5%	29%	1.70	6.2	38.5	8.6	1.06	73%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI
1958	27	MLN	NL	-8.8	-0.9	53	-0.9	0.2	-1.1	.86	-0.9	-0.1	-11.0	-1.2	0.95	-10.6
1959	28	MLN	NL	-7.0	-0.7	41	-0.7	0.2	-1.0	.99	-0.7	-0.1	-7.3	-0.8	0.97	-7.3
1960	29	MLN	NL	-5.0	-0.5	55	-0.7	0.4	-1.1	.96	-0.6	-0.0	-8.4	-0.9	0.98	-7.0
1961	30	MLN	NL	-14.0	-1.4	58	-1.0	0.1	-1.2	.87	-1.2	0.0	-12.4	-1.3	0.88	-13.1
1962	31	MLN	NL	-0.1	-0.0	13	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	1.00	-0.1	-0.0	-0.6	-0.1	0.79	-0.5
1963	32	NYM	NL	-7.9	-0.9	63	-0.6	0.5	-1.1	.94	-0.8	0.2	-7.3	-0.8	1.01	-7.6
1964	33	NYM	NL	-1.0	-0.1	5	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.97	-0.1	0.0	-1.1	-0.1	0.96	-1.1
1965	34	NYM	NL	-1.3	-0.1	7	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	.90	-0.2	-0.0	-1.9	-0.2	1.01	-1.8
8 Yrs				-45.2	-4.6	295	-4.3	1.6	-5.9	.92	-4.6	-0.1	-49.9	-5.3	0.95	-49.0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stD	1^stD3	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1958	27	MLN	NL	0	0%	6	2	1	0%	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
1959	28	MLN	NL	1	40%	4	1	2	33%	1	1	0	0	2	1	1
1960	29	MLN	NL	0	38%	8	0	1	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1961	30	MLN	NL	2	0%	7	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1962	31	MLN	NL	0	0%	6	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1963	32	NYM	NL	1	29%	22	0	1	25%	1	1	1	1	2	1	1
1964	33	NYM	NL	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1965	34	NYM	NL	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8 Yrs				4	23%	53	4	5	22%	3	3	1	1	5	2	2

Situational Hitting*

						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
1958	27	MLN	NL	53	8%	5			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	7	5	71%	9	1	11%	13	5	38%	37	1	3%	2	0	0%	3	1	33%	0
1959	28	MLN	NL	41	22%	4			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	50%	8	1	13%	11	1	9%	26	1	4%	2	0	0%	2	0	0%	0
1960	29	MLN	NL	55	18%	7			0	0	0	0		1	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	6	5	83%	10	1	10%	11	3	27%	36	1	3%	3	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
1961	30	MLN	NL	58	24%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	75%	9	0	0%	10	3	30%	25	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
1962	31	MLN	NL	13	8%	3			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	2	0	0%	2	1	50%	3	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1963	32	NYM	NL	62	31%	6			0	0	0	0		1	1	2	1	0	1	0	0	6	6	100%	16	1	6%	17	3	18%	38	4	11%	3	2	67%	1	1	100%	0
1964	33	NYM	NL	5	0%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	2	0	0%	2	0	0%	2	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1965	34	NYM	NL	7	0%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	67%	3	0	0%	4	0	0%	6	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
8 Yrs				294	19%	26			0	0	0	0		2	1	8	2	0	2	0	0	30	24	80%	59	4	7%	70	16	23%	173	7	4%	12	2	17%	7	2	29%	0
MLB Averages					51%																			75%			10%			30%			14%			49%			53%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH
1958	27	23	53	48	0	5	2	0	0	1	0	25	.104	.104	.146	.250	-32	7	1	5
1959	28	49	94	87	2	9	3	0	0	2	1	47	.103	.114	.138	.252	-31	12	2	6
1960	29	77	149	135	6	16	4	1	1	4	3	75	.119	.138	.185	.323	-11	25	3	11
1961	30	112	207	189	6	17	4	1	1	4	4	101	.090	.109	.138	.246	-32	26	3	14
1962	31	142	220	200	6	20	5	1	1	4	5	107	.100	.122	.150	.272	-25	30	3	15
1963	32	172	282	254	9	26	5	1	2	9	7	139	.102	.126	.154	.280	-22	39	4	21
1964	33	186	287	258	9	26	5	1	2	9	7	140	.101	.125	.151	.276	-23	39	4	22
1965	34	199	294	263	9	26	5	1	2	9	7	143	.099	.122	.148	.271	-25	39	4	24

Neutralized Batting

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1958	27	24	56	51	0	6	2	0	0	1	0	26	.118	.118	.157	.275	1	23
1959	28	27	44	42	3	5	1	0	0	2	1	23	.119	.140	.143	.282	1	26
1960	29	29	58	51	5	8	1	1	1	3	2	29	.157	.189	.275	.463	3	28
1961	30	37	60	56	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	27	.000	.018	.000	.018	0	35
1962	31	30	13	11	0	3	1	0	0	0	1	6	.273	.333	.364	.697	1	30
1963	32	30	61	53	2	5	0	0	1	4	2	32	.094	.127	.151	.278	1	30
1964	33	14	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	14
1965	34	13	7	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	13
8 Yrs		204	304	273	10	27	5	1	2	10	7	147	.099	.121	.147	.268	7	199
162 Game Avg.		162	241	217	8	21	4	1	2	8	6	117	.099	.121	.147	.268	6	199

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