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Carl Willis

Carl Blake Willis

Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 213 lb.

Born: December 28, 1960 in Danville, VA
High School: Piedmont Academy (Providence, VA)
School: University of North Carolina at Wilmington
Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 23rd round of the 1983 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 9, 1984
Final Game: May 3, 1995
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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
1984 23 TOT MLB 0 3 .000 5.96 17 2 5 0 0 1 25.2 33 17 17 2 7 2 7 0 0 0 113 65 1.558 11.6 0.7 2.5 2.5 1.00
1984 23 DET AL 0 2 .000 7.31 10 2 4 0 0 0 16.0 25 13 13 1 5 2 4 0 0 0 74 54 1.875 14.1 0.6 2.8 2.3 0.80
1984 23 CIN NL 0 1 .000 3.72 7 0 1 0 0 1 9.2 8 4 4 1 2 0 3 0 0 0 39 101 1.034 7.4 0.9 1.9 2.8 1.50
1985 24 CIN NL 1 0 1.000 9.22 11 0 6 0 0 1 13.2 21 18 14 3 5 0 6 0 0 1 69 41 1.902 13.8 2.0 3.3 4.0 1.20
1986 25 CIN NL 1 3 .250 4.47 29 0 7 0 0 0 52.1 54 29 26 4 32 9 24 1 1 3 233 87 1.643 9.3 0.7 5.5 4.1 0.75
1988 27 CHW AL 0 0 8.25 6 0 0 0 0 0 12.0 17 12 11 3 7 1 6 0 0 2 55 48 2.000 12.8 2.3 5.3 4.5 0.86
1991 30 MIN AL 8 3 .727 2.63 40 0 9 0 0 2 89.0 76 31 26 4 19 2 53 1 1 4 355 162 1.067 7.7 0.4 1.9 5.4 2.79
1992 31 MIN AL 7 3 .700 2.72 59 0 21 0 0 1 79.1 73 25 24 4 11 1 45 0 1 2 313 148 1.059 8.3 0.5 1.2 5.1 4.09
1993 32 MIN AL 3 0 1.000 3.10 53 0 21 0 0 5 58.0 56 23 20 2 17 5 44 0 0 3 236 140 1.259 8.7 0.3 2.6 6.8 2.59
1994 33 MIN AL 2 4 .333 5.92 49 0 12 0 0 3 59.1 89 48 39 6 12 5 37 0 0 5 282 83 1.702 13.5 0.9 1.8 5.6 3.08
1995 34 MIN AL 0 0 94.50 3 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 5 7 7 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 12 5 15.000 67.5 0.0 67.5 0.0 0.00
9 Seasons 22 16 .579 4.25 267 2 81 0 0 13 390.0 424 210 184 28 115 25 222 2 3 20 1668 99 1.382 9.8 0.6 2.7 5.1 1.93
162 Game Avg. 6 4 .579 4.25 67 1 20 0 0 3 99 107 53 47 7 29 6 56 1 1 5 422 99 1.382 9.8 0.6 2.7 5.1 1.93
MIN (5 yrs) 20 10 .667 3.65 204 0 63 0 0 11 286.1 299 134 116 16 64 13 179 1 2 14 1198 119 1.268 9.4 0.5 2.0 5.6 2.80
CIN (3 yrs) 2 4 .333 5.23 47 0 14 0 0 2 75.2 83 51 44 8 39 9 33 1 1 4 341 73 1.612 9.9 1.0 4.6 3.9 0.85
DET (1 yr) 0 2 .000 7.31 10 2 4 0 0 0 16.0 25 13 13 1 5 2 4 0 0 0 74 54 1.875 14.1 0.6 2.8 2.3 0.80
CHW (1 yr) 0 0 8.25 6 0 0 0 0 0 12.0 17 12 11 3 7 1 6 0 0 2 55 48 2.000 12.8 2.3 5.3 4.5 0.86
AL (7 yrs) 20 12 .625 4.01 220 2 67 0 0 11 314.1 341 159 140 20 76 16 189 1 2 16 1327 108 1.327 9.8 0.6 2.2 5.4 2.49
NL (3 yrs) 2 4 .333 5.23 47 0 14 0 0 2 75.2 83 51 44 8 39 9 33 1 1 4 341 73 1.612 9.9 1.0 4.6 3.9 0.85

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
1991 30 MIN AL ALCS W TOR 0 0 0.00 3 0 0 0 0 0 5.1 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 17 0.375 3.4 0.0 0.0 5.1
1991 30 MIN AL WS W ATL 0 0 5.14 4 0 1 0 0 0 7.0 6 4 4 2 2 1 2 0 0 0 27 1.143 7.7 2.6 2.6 2.6 1.00
1 Season (2 Series) 0 0 2.92 7 0 1 0 0 0 12.1 8 4 4 2 2 1 5 0 0 0 44 0.811 5.8 1.5 1.5 3.6 2.50
1 ALCS 0 0 0.00 3 0 0 0 0 0 5.1 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 17 0.375 3.4 0.0 0.0 5.1
1 WS 0 0 5.14 4 0 1 0 0 0 7.0 6 4 4 2 2 1 2 0 0 0 27 1.143 7.7 2.6 2.6 2.6 1.00

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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
1984 23 TOT MLB 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1984 23 DET AL 1 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 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 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
1992 31 MIN AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 Seasons 49 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 23 13 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 .250 .400 .250 .650 82 3 3 0 7 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
MIN (5 yrs) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DET (1 yr) 1 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
AL (7 yrs) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Postseason Batting

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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
1991 30 MIN AL WS ATL W 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1984 TOT MLB 23 P 17 2 25.2 6 1 5 0 1 1.000 2.10 0.35 .967 1.82 0.69
1984 DET AL 23 P 10 2 16.0 3 1 2 0 1 1.000 1.69 0.30 .967 1.80 0.70
1984 CIN NL 23 P 7 0 9.2 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 2.79 0.43 .967 1.86 0.67
1985 CIN NL 24 P 11 0 13.2 2 0 1 1 0 .500 0.66 0.09 1.000 1.91 0.68
1986 CIN NL 25 P 29 0 52.1 14 4 10 0 3 1.000 2.41 0.48 .950 1.94 0.66
1988 CHW AL 27 P 6 0 12.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 0.50 .967 1.80 0.67
1991 MIN AL 30 P 40 0 89.0 13 4 8 1 0 .923 1.21 0.30 .954 1.80 0.58
1992 MIN AL 31 P 59 0 79.1 13 6 6 1 1 .923 1.36 0.20 .954 1.72 0.56
1993 MIN AL 32 P 53 0 58.0 8 2 6 0 0 1.000 1.24 0.15 .950 1.78 0.56
1994 MIN AL 33 P 49 0 59.1 7 2 5 0 0 1.000 1.06 0.14 .957 1.71 0.52
1995 MIN AL 34 P 3 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.35 0.53
9 Seasons P 267 2 390.0 66 22 41 3 5 .955 1.45 0.24 .956 1.79 0.58
9 Seasons TOT 267 2 390.0 66 22 41 3 5 .955 1.45 0.24 .911 1.79 0.58

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Games Played s c a p y
1994 AL  49 (5th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 1 (2515), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 5 (1252), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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Transactions

June 7, 1982: Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 31st round of the 1982 amateur draft, but did not sign.

June 6, 1983: Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 23rd round of the 1983 amateur draft.

September 1, 1984: Sent by the Detroit Tigers to the Cincinnati Reds to complete an earlier deal made on August 27, 1984. The Detroit Tigers sent a player to be named later and cash to the Cincinnati Reds for Bill Scherrer.

December 10, 1985: Drafted by the California Angels from the Cincinnati Reds in the 1985 rule 5 draft.

April 6, 1986: Returned (earlier draft pick) by the California Angels to the Cincinnati Reds.

January 19, 1988: Traded by the Cincinnati Reds to the Chicago White Sox for Darrell Pruitt (minors).

December 6, 1988: Drafted by the California Angels from the Chicago White Sox in the 1988 minor league draft.

October 22, 1989: Granted Free Agency.

December 20, 1989: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians.

October 15, 1990: Granted Free Agency.

December 12, 1990: Signed as a Free Agent with the Minnesota Twins.

October 12, 1994: Granted Free Agency.

April 6, 1995: Signed as a Free Agent with the Minnesota Twins.

May 4, 1995: Released by the Minnesota Twins.

June 27, 1995: Signed as a Free Agent with the California Angels.

October 16, 1995: Granted Free Agency.

The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2009.

Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1986Cincinnati Reds$70,000
1992Minnesota Twins$325,000
1993Minnesota Twins$500,000
1994Minnesota Twins$500,000
Career (may be incomplete)$1,395,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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