Carl Willis

Carl Blake Willis

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: December 28, 1960 in Danville, VA
High School: Piedmont Academy (Providence, VA)
School: University of North Carolina at Wilmington (Wilmington, NC)
Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 23rd round of the 1983 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 9, 1984
Teams (by GP): Twins/Reds/Tigers/WhiteSox 1984-1995

Final Game: May 3, 1995
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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
1983	22	DET-min	AA,A,Rk	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		BIR,LAK,BRS · SOUL,FLOR,APPY
1984	23	DET-min	AAA	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		EVN · AA
1984	23	TOT	MLB	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1984	23	DET	AL	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1984	23	CIN	NL	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1985	24	CIN-min	AAA	37	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000		0		0	0	0	0		DEN · AA
1985	24	CIN	NL	11	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	50	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
1986	25	CIN-min	AAA	20	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000		0		0	0	0	0		DEN · AA
1986	25	CIN	NL	29	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	82	1	1	0	1	0	0	1

1987	26	CIN-min	AAA	53	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000		0		0	0	0	0		NVL · AA
1988	27	CHW-min	AAA	40	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000		0		0	0	0	0		VAN · PCL
1988	27	CHW	AL	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1

1989	28	ANA-min	AAA	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		EDM · PCL
1990	29	CLE-min	AAA	41	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		CSP · PCL
1991	30	MIN-min	AAA	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		POR · PCL
1991	30	MIN	AL	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1992	31	MIN	AL	59	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1993	32	MIN-min	AAA	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		POR · PCL
1993	32	MIN	AL	53	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1994	33	MIN	AL	49	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1995	34	ANA-min	AAA	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		VAN · PCL
1995	34	MIN	AL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
9 Yrs				267	7	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.250	.400	.250	.650	82	1	1	0	2	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.250	.400	.250	.650	82	1	1	0	1	0	0

MIN (5 yrs)				204	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
CIN (3 yrs)				47	7	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.250	.400	.250	.650	82	1	1	0	2	0	0
DET (1 yr)				10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
CHW (1 yr)				6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

AL (7 yrs)				220	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
NL (3 yrs)				47	7	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.250	.400	.250	.650	82	1	1	0	2	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
1984	23	DET	AL	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	1
1984	23	CIN	NL	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
1985	24	CIN	NL	11	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.503	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	1
1986	25	CIN	NL	29	4	-0	0	-0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$70,000	1

1988	27	CHW	AL	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1

1991	30	MIN	AL	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	1
1992	31	MIN	AL	59	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.1	0	$325,000	1
1993	32	MIN	AL	53	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$500,000	1
1994	33	MIN	AL	49	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$500,000	1
1995	34	MIN	AL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
9 Seasons				267	7	-0	0	-0	0	1	1	0.0	0	1	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.2	1	$1,395,000

MIN (5 yrs)				204	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.1	0	$1,325,000
CIN (3 yrs)				47	7	-0	0	-0	0	1	1	0.0	0	1	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	1	$70,000
DET (1 yr)				10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$
CHW (1 yr)				6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO
1985	24	CIN	NL	3	2	98	.000	.000	.264	.500	.333	.000	.394	.500	.727	50	.000	0.0	0.0	1.000	1.000	.000
1986	25	CIN	NL	4	4	101	.333	.333	.266	.333	.337	.333	.401	.667	.738	82	.000	-0.1	-0.0	.333	.000	.000
9 Yrs				7	6	100	.250	.250	.266	.400	.335	.250	.399	.650	.734	82	.000	-0.0	-0.0	.500	.250	.000
162 Game Avg.				4	4	100	.250	.250	.266	.400	.335	.250	.399	.650	.734	82	.000	-0.0	-0.0	.500	.250	.000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	IBB
1991	30	MIN	AL	ALCS	TOR	W	3	0
1991	30	MIN	AL	WS	ATL	W	4
1 Yr (2 Series)							7	0
1 ALCS							3	0
1 WS							4

Ratio Batting*

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
1985	24	CIN	NL	3	0.0%	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%		0.00					1.00	33%
1986	25	CIN	NL	4	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%							75%
9 Yrs				7	0.0%	0.0%	14.3%	0.0%	0%	0.00					5.00	57%
MLB Averages					2.2%	15.0%	8.6%	6.9%	30%	1.74	5.9	39.8	8.2	0.81	1.07	73%	21%	6.7%	20%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1984	23	TOT	MLB	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1984	23	DET	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1984	23	CIN	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1985	24	CIN	NL	0.0	0.0	3	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.10	-0.0	-0.0	-0.5	-0.1	0.99	-0.1	0
1986	25	CIN	NL	-0.1	-0.0	4	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	1.52	-0.1	-0.1	-1.1	-0.1	1.12	-0.6	0

1988	27	CHW	AL	0.0	0.0

1991	30	MIN	AL	0.0	0.0
1992	31	MIN	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1993	32	MIN	AL	0.0	0.0
1994	33	MIN	AL	0.0	0.0
1995	34	MIN	AL	0.0	0.0
9 Yrs				-0.0	-0.0	7	-0.2	0.0	-0.3	.91	-0.1	-0.2	-1.6	-0.2	1.06	-0.7	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	RS%	SBO
1985	24	CIN	NL	0%	1
1986	25	CIN	NL	0%	1
9 Yrs				0%	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
1985	24	CIN	NL	3	67%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	3	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1986	25	CIN	NL	4	50%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	50%	1	1	100%	2	2	100%	3	0	0%	0	0		2	1	50%	0
9 Yrs				7	57%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	67%	2	1	50%	3	2	67%	6	0	0%	0	0		2	1	50%	0
MLB Averages					59%																			74%			11%			35%			15%			52%			56%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	H	BB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH
1985	24	28	3	1	0	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	50	0	0	1
1986	25	57	7	4	1	1	.250	.400	.250	.650	82	1	1	2
1987	26	57	7	4	1	1	.250	.400	.250	.650	82	1	1	2
1988	27	63	7	4	1	1	.250	.400	.250	.650	82	1	1	2
1989	28	63	7	4	1	1	.250	.400	.250	.650	82	1	1	2
1990	29	63	7	4	1	1	.250	.400	.250	.650	82	1	1	2
1991	30	103	7	4	1	1	.250	.400	.250	.650	82	1	1	2
1992	31	162	7	4	1	1	.250	.400	.250	.650	82	1	1	2
1993	32	215	7	4	1	1	.250	.400	.250	.650	82	1	1	2
1994	33	264	7	4	1	1	.250	.400	.250	.650	82	1	1	2
1995	34	267	7	4	1	1	.250	.400	.250	.650	82	1	1	2

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	BB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	Gact
1985	24	11	3	1	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	11
1986	25	29	4	3	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	29
2 Yrs		40	7	4	1	.000	.200	.000	.200	40
162 Game Avg.		162	28	16	4	.000	.200	.000	.200	40

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