Carl Willey
Carlton Francis Willey
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: June 6, 1931 in Cherryfield, ME
High School: Cherryfield (Cherryfield, ME)
Signed
by the Boston Braves as an amateur free agent in 1951. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 30, 1958
Final Game: September 25, 1965
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Standard Pitching

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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
1958 27 MLN NL 9 7 .563 2.70 23 19 0 9 4 0 140.0 110 44 42 14 53 4 74 2 0 3 573 130 1.164 7.1 0.9 3.4 4.8 1.40
1959 28 MLN NL 5 9 .357 4.15 26 15 4 5 2 0 117.0 126 60 54 12 31 4 51 2 0 4 503 86 1.342 9.7 0.9 2.4 3.9 1.65
1960 29 MLN NL 6 7 .462 4.35 28 21 2 2 1 0 144.2 136 78 70 19 65 5 109 7 1 7 634 79 1.389 8.5 1.2 4.0 6.8 1.68
1961 30 MLN NL 6 12 .333 3.83 35 22 6 4 0 0 159.2 147 71 68 20 65 9 91 2 0 5 676 97 1.328 8.3 1.1 3.7 5.1 1.40
1962 31 MLN NL 2 5 .286 5.40 30 6 5 0 0 1 73.1 95 49 44 9 20 3 40 1 0 4 325 70 1.568 11.7 1.1 2.5 4.9 2.00
1963 32 NYM NL 9 14 .391 3.10 30 28 1 7 4 0 183.0 149 74 63 24 69 2 101 4 1 7 755 111 1.191 7.3 1.2 3.4 5.0 1.46
1964 33 NYM NL 0 2 .000 3.60 14 3 7 0 0 0 30.0 37 19 12 5 8 2 14 1 0 2 136 98 1.500 11.1 1.5 2.4 4.2 1.75
1965 34 NYM NL 1 2 .333 4.18 13 3 5 1 0 0 28.0 30 13 13 2 15 1 13 2 0 5 129 84 1.607 9.6 0.6 4.8 4.2 0.87
8 Seasons 38 58 .396 3.76 199 117 30 28 11 1 875.2 830 408 366 105 326 30 493 21 2 37 3731 94 1.320 8.5 1.1 3.4 5.1 1.51
162 Game Avg. 8 12 .396 3.76 43 25 6 6 2 0 188 179 88 79 23 70 6 106 5 0 8 803 94 1.320 8.5 1.1 3.4 5.1 1.51
MLN (5 yrs) 28 40 .412 3.94 142 83 17 20 7 1 634.2 614 302 278 74 234 25 365 14 1 23 2711 91 1.336 8.7 1.0 3.3 5.2 1.56
NYM (3 yrs) 10 18 .357 3.29 57 34 13 8 4 0 241.0 216 106 88 31 92 5 128 7 1 14 1020 106 1.278 8.1 1.2 3.4 4.8 1.39

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1958 27 MLN NL WS L NYY 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 18.0
1 WS 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 18.0

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
1958 27 MLN NL 23 573 512 44 110 22 2 14 4 2 53 74 .215 .289 .348 .637 .225 178 6 2 3 3 4
1959 28 MLN NL 26 506 463 60 126 21 1 12 5 2 31 51 .272 .317 .400 .717 .281 185 4 2 5 5 4
1960 29 MLN NL 28 635 550 78 136 22 3 19 7 6 65 109 .247 .332 .402 .734 .275 221 5 7 9 4 5
1961 30 MLN NL 35 676 595 71 147 25 5 20 3 6 65 91 .247 .322 .407 .729 .261 242 13 2 11 3 9
1962 31 MLN NL 30 324 297 49 95 14 2 9 4 5 20 40 .320 .363 .471 .834 .344 140 5 1 4 2 3
1963 32 NYM NL 30 755 677 74 149 18 6 24 11 9 69 101 .220 .294 .371 .665 .224 251 15 4 0 5 2
1964 33 NYM NL 14 136 123 19 37 6 2 5 4 0 8 14 .301 .343 .504 .847 .302 62 3 1 2 2 2
1965 34 NYM NL 13 129 111 13 30 7 0 2 2 2 15 13 .270 .364 .387 .752 .289 43 2 2 0 1 1
8 Seasons 199 3734 3328 408 830 135 21 105 40 32 326 493 .249 .318 .397 .715 .263 1322 53 21 34 25 30
162 Game Avg. 43 804 716 88 179 29 5 23 9 7 70 106 .249 .318 .397 .715 .263 284 11 5 7 5 6
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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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 <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1958 27 MLN NL 23 19 9 6 4 0 2 12 7 .632 1 3 9 4 12 63% 59 83 23 7 1 7 5 4.5 4.6 7.1
1959 28 MLN NL 26 15 5 7 3 1 1 7 8 .467 0 0 5 2 6 40% 50 81 29 13 3 7 5 4.0 5.1 6.4
1960 29 MLN NL 28 21 5 7 9 2 2 9 12 .429 3 3 2 1 8 38% 51 86 22 19 10 4 10 4.0 4.3 6.0
1961 30 MLN NL 35 22 4 11 7 0 6 8 14 .364 4 1 4 0 13 59% 52 78 22 21 10 9 9 3.6 3.3 6.3
1962 31 MLN NL 30 6 0 3 3 0 0 1 5 .167 0 3 0 0 1 17% 38 44 30 12 2 0 4 4.2 2.3 3.9
1963 32 NYM NL 30 28 9 14 5 1 8 11 17 .393 4 1 7 4 19 68% 56 89 25 20 6 9 12 3.4 3.4 6.4
1964 33 NYM NL 14 3 0 2 1 0 1 0 3 .000 0 0 0 0 1 33% 49 64 33 1 1 2 1 2.7 2.3 4.6
1965 34 NYM NL 13 3 1 2 0 0 1 1 2 .333 0 0 1 0 2 67% 47 72 28 4 2 0 2 2.3 2.6 5.2
8 Seasons 199 117 33 52 32 4 21 49 68 .419 12 11 28 11 62 53% 53 89 22 97 35 38 48 3.8 3.9 6.2
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1958 27 MLN NL 23 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 7 1.012 2 1 1 0 3 1 2 2 1 2 1 0 3.8
1959 28 MLN NL 26 11 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 13 7 54% 1 1.012 0 3 8 1 1 9 7 4 7 3 7 0 5.6
1960 29 MLN NL 28 7 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 2 40% 4 1.147 0 4 3 2 0 5 3 4 5 1 5 0 7.9
1961 30 MLN NL 35 13 6 2 1 1 0 1 0% 1 0 9 3 33% 5 1.158 6 3 4 3 4 6 5 8 7 3 7 0 4.9
1962 31 MLN NL 30 24 5 2 2 1 1 0 100% 1 0 16 3 19% 6 0.764 4 3 15 1 2 19 9 13 19 1 17 0 6.2
1963 32 NYM NL 30 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1.026 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 4.5
1964 33 NYM NL 14 11 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 33% 8 0.649 1 2 5 0 0 11 3 8 6 3 7 2 4.5
1965 34 NYM NL 13 10 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 67% 8 0.894 1 1 7 0 2 8 2 8 3 2 3 1 3.7
8 Seasons 199 82 30 5 6 2 1 1 50% 3 1 55 19 35% 1.027 15 17 44 7 13 60 31 49 49 15 48 3 5.4

Ratio Pitching*

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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%
1958 27 MLN NL 573 48% 2.4% 12.9% 9.3% 6.6% 35% 0.92 75% 82 6 7%
1959 28 MLN NL 506 44% 2.4% 10.1% 6.1% 6.7% 27% 0.83 80% 102 4 4%
1960 29 MLN NL 635 45% 3.0% 17.2% 10.2% 6.9% 32% 0.76 67% 127 5 4%
1961 30 MLN NL 676 43% 3.0% 13.5% 9.6% 7.4% 34% 1.29 72% 114 13 11%
1962 31 MLN NL 325 40% 2.8% 12.4% 6.2% 7.7% 26% 0.86 77% 62 5 8%
1963 32 NYM NL 755 44% 3.2% 13.4% 9.1% 6.4% 32% 0.90 74% 122 15 12%
1964 33 NYM NL 136 36% 3.7% 10.3% 5.9% 9.6% 35% 0.81 78% 22 3 14%
1965 34 NYM NL 129 46% 1.6% 10.1% 11.6% 7.0% 30% 0.82 75% 27 2 7%
8 Seasons 3735 44% 2.8% 13.2% 8.7% 7.0% 31% 0.92 74% 658 53 8%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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
1958 27 MLN NL 504 110 14 0 5 6 8 5 9 18 10 1 56% 5 3 1 173 4 2 67% 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 69
1959 28 MLN NL 478 126 12 0 5 8 3 8 3 22 9 1 41% 5 4 0 202 5 2 71% 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 10 28
1960 29 MLN NL 633 136 19 2 17 12 7 7 12 37 20 7 54% 9 7 2 229 7 6 54% 6 5 0 0 1 1 2 0 20 2
1961 30 MLN NL 676 147 20 0 14 16 4 6 14 27 12 2 44% 6 5 3 233 3 6 33% 3 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 13 0
1962 31 MLN NL 301 95 9 0 4 6 3 3 6 19 13 1 68% 5 4 1 129 4 5 44% 4 3 0 1 0 1 1 0 7 24
1963 32 NYM NL 755 149 24 1 13 12 12 9 15 28 12 2 43% 11 7 4 251 11 9 55% 11 7 0 0 0 2 6 2 17 0
1964 33 NYM NL 136 37 5 0 2 3 2 3 2 7 4 0 57% 4 2 0 54 4 0 100% 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0
1965 34 NYM NL 129 30 2 1 5 2 0 1 1 8 5 0 63% 2 5 0 54 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 8 0
8 Seasons 3612 830 105 4 65 65 39 42 62 166 85 14 51% 47 37 11 1325 40 32 56% 39 23 0 4 1 5 11 3 87 123
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age 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 ERA+
1958 27 9 7 .563 2.70 23 19 0 9 4 0 140.0 110 44 42 14 53 4 74 2 0 3 573 130 1.164 7.1 0.9 3.4 4.8 1.40 130
1959 28 14 16 .467 3.36 49 34 4 14 6 0 257.0 236 104 96 26 84 8 125 4 0 7 1076 105 1.245 8.3 0.9 2.9 4.4 1.49 105
1960 29 20 23 .465 3.72 77 55 6 16 7 0 401.2 372 182 166 45 149 13 234 11 1 14 1710 94 1.297 8.3 1.0 3.3 5.2 1.57 94
1961 30 26 35 .426 3.75 112 77 12 20 7 0 561.1 519 253 234 65 214 22 325 13 1 19 2386 95 1.306 8.3 1.0 3.4 5.2 1.52 95
1962 31 28 40 .412 3.94 142 83 17 20 7 1 634.2 614 302 278 74 234 25 365 14 1 23 2711 91 1.336 8.7 1.0 3.3 5.2 1.56 91
1963 32 37 54 .407 3.75 172 111 18 27 11 1 817.2 763 376 341 98 303 27 466 18 2 30 3466 95 1.304 8.4 1.1 3.3 5.1 1.54 95
1964 33 37 56 .398 3.75 186 114 25 27 11 1 847.2 800 395 353 103 311 29 480 19 2 32 3602 95 1.311 8.5 1.1 3.3 5.1 1.54 95
1965 34 38 58 .396 3.76 199 117 30 28 11 1 875.2 830 408 366 105 326 30 493 21 2 37 3731 94 1.320 8.5 1.1 3.4 5.1 1.51 94

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
1958 27 9 6 .600 3.24 139.0 124 56 50 16 60 73 2 1.324 8.0 3.9 4.7 1.22 1.0 23
1959 28 5 7 .417 4.85 117.0 140 70 63 13 34 51 2 1.487 10.8 2.6 3.9 1.50 1.0 26
1960 29 5 10 .333 5.32 142.0 155 93 84 22 74 107 8 1.613 9.8 4.7 6.8 1.45 1.4 28
1961 30 8 9 .471 4.33 158.0 160 84 76 22 71 90 2 1.462 9.1 4.0 5.1 1.27 1.3 35
1962 31 2 5 .286 5.87 69.0 96 50 45 9 20 38 1 1.681 12.5 2.6 5.0 1.90 1.2 30
1963 32 10 9 .526 3.64 173.0 159 78 70 26 74 95 4 1.347 8.3 3.8 4.9 1.28 1.4 30
1964 33 2 1 .667 4.03 29.0 40 14 13 5 9 14 1 1.690 12.4 2.8 4.3 1.56 1.6 14
1965 34 1 1 .500 5.19 26.0 32 17 15 2 16 12 2 1.846 11.1 5.5 4.2 0.75 0.7 13
8 Seasons 42 48 .467 4.39 853.0 906 462 416 115 358 480 22 1.482 9.6 5.1 1.34 1.2 199

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1958 NL--.563--10th

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1961 NL--8.286--8th
1963 NL--7.328--8th

Shutouts s c a p y
1958 NL--4--1st
1963 NL--4--10th

Home Runs s c a p y
1963 NL--24--7th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1960 NL--7--4th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 1 (608), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 2 (2165), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 2 (1623), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 7 (1091), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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