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Josh Willingham

Joshua David Willingham (Hammer)

Position: Leftfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 230 lb.

Born: February 17, 1979 in Florence, AL
High School: Mars Hill Bible School (Florence, AL)
School: University of North Alabama (Florence, AL)
Drafted by the Florida Marlins in the 17th round of the 2000 amateur draft.
Signed June 8, 2000. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 6, 2004 (Age 25)
Teams (by GP): Marlins/Nationals/Twins/Athletics 2004-2013
2013 Contract Status: Signed thru 2014, 3 yrs/$21M (12-14) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 7.123, Free Agent: 2015 [*], Agents: Matt Sosnick [*]
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Fine Details  · Last updated May 16, 2013 3:17AM
All-Time Rank (among batters): #911. Andy Seminick… #912. Johnny Bates… #913. Denard Span… #914. JOSH WILLINGHAM… #915. Jose Offerman… #916. Floyd Robinson… #917. Jack Wilson… 

Standard Batting

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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
2004 25 FLA NL 12 29 25 2 5 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 8 .200 .310 .320 .630 68 8 1 0 0 0 0 /27
2005 26 FLA NL 16 28 23 3 7 1 0 0 4 0 0 2 5 .304 .407 .348 .755 107 8 1 2 1 0 0 /2D7
2006 27 FLA NL 142 573 502 62 139 28 2 26 74 2 0 54 109 .277 .356 .496 .852 121 249 13 11 0 6 2 *7/D32 RoY-9
2007 28 FLA NL 144 604 521 75 138 32 4 21 89 8 1 66 122 .265 .364 .463 .827 115 241 11 16 0 1 1 *7/D
2008 29 FLA NL 102 416 351 54 89 21 5 15 51 3 2 48 82 .254 .364 .470 .834 117 165 7 14 1 2 2 7
2009 30 WSN NL 133 502 427 70 111 29 0 24 61 4 3 61 104 .260 .367 .496 .863 127 212 11 12 0 2 2 *79/3
2010 31 WSN NL 114 451 370 54 99 19 2 16 56 8 0 67 85 .268 .389 .459 .848 129 170 8 9 0 4 3 7/D
2011 32 OAK AL 136 563 488 69 120 26 0 29 98 4 1 56 150 .246 .332 .477 .810 121 233 6 11 0 8 3 7D
2012 33 MIN AL 145 615 519 85 135 30 1 35 110 3 2 76 141 .260 .366 .524 .890 143 272 15 14 0 6 4 *7D SS
2013 34 MIN AL 32 138 108 17 22 8 0 5 16 1 0 25 38 .204 .377 .417 .793 120 45 4 5 0 0 1 *7/D
10 Yrs 976 3919 3334 491 865 194 14 172 560 33 9 459 844 .259 .362 .481 .843 124 1603 77 94 2 29 18
162 Game Avg. 162 650 553 81 144 32 2 29 93 5 1 76 140 .259 .362 .481 .843 124 266 13 16 0 5 3
FLA (5 yrs) 416 1650 1422 196 378 82 11 63 219 13 3 174 326 .266 .361 .472 .833 117 671 33 43 2 9 5
MIN (2 yrs) 177 753 627 102 157 38 1 40 126 4 2 101 179 .250 .368 .506 .873 139 317 19 19 0 6 5
WSN (2 yrs) 247 953 797 124 210 48 2 40 117 12 3 128 189 .263 .377 .479 .856 128 382 19 21 0 6 5
OAK (1 yr) 136 563 488 69 120 26 0 29 98 4 1 56 150 .246 .332 .477 .810 121 233 6 11 0 8 3
NL (7 yrs) 663 2603 2219 320 588 130 13 103 336 25 6 302 515 .265 .367 .475 .841 121 1053 52 64 2 15 10
AL (3 yrs) 313 1316 1115 171 277 64 1 69 224 8 3 157 329 .248 .353 .493 .846 132 550 25 30 0 14 8

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 Awards
2004 25 FLA NL 12 29 -1 0 -0 -3 0 -4 -0.4 1 -3 -0.3 .466 .497 -0.0 -0.3 -0 /27
2005 26 FLA NL 16 28 1 0 -0 0 0 1 0.1 1 2 0.2 .505 .500 0.2 0.0 2 /2D7
2006 27 FLA NL 142 573 21 -4 -2 -4 -5 5 0.4 18 23 2.2 .504 .503 2.5 -1.0 27 $327,000 *7/D32 RoY-9
2007 28 FLA NL 144 604 14 -1 -0 -7 -6 -0 -0.1 19 19 1.7 .500 .500 2.4 -1.3 26 $380,000 *7/D
2008 29 FLA NL 102 416 11 -3 0 11 -4 16 1.5 13 29 2.8 .516 .510 1.6 0.7 18 $405,000 7
2009 30 WSN NL 133 502 21 -1 -0 -4 -5 10 1.0 16 26 2.5 .508 .506 2.9 -1.0 30 $2,950,000 *79/3
2010 31 WSN NL 114 451 16 1 -0 1 -4 14 1.4 14 28 2.8 .513 .509 2.6 -0.4 27 $4,600,000 7/D
2011 32 OAK AL 136 563 12 -2 -0 0 -7 2 0.3 21 23 2.3 .502 .501 2.4 -0.8 23 $6,000,000 7D
2012 33 MIN AL 145 615 32 -1 -1 -13 -7 10 1.0 23 33 3.3 .507 .506 4.7 -2.2 46 $7,000,000 *7D SS
2013 34 MIN AL 32 138 4 -1 -0 -3 -2 -1 -0.1 5 3 0.4 .495 .499 0.7 -0.4 6 $7,000,000 *7/D
10 Seasons 976 3919 131 -12 -4 -22 -41 52 5.1 130 182 17.7 .506 .503 20.0 -6.7 204 $28,662,000
FLA (5 yrs) 416 1650 46 -8 -2 -3 -15 17 1.5 51 69 6.4 .504 .502 6.7 -1.9 72 $1,112,000
MIN (2 yrs) 177 753 37 -2 -1 -16 -9 8 0.9 28 36 3.7 .505 .503 5.4 -2.6 52 $14,000,000
WSN (2 yrs) 247 953 37 0 -1 -3 -10 24 2.4 30 54 5.3 .510 .508 5.5 -1.4 57 $7,550,000
OAK (1 yr) 136 563 12 -2 -0 0 -7 2 0.3 21 23 2.3 .502 .501 2.4 -0.8 23 $6,000,000

Standard Fielding

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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 Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
2004 FLA NL 25 C 5 3 1 23.0 16 15 0 1 0 .938 -1 -2 -52 -89 5.87 3.00 .993 7.43 7.40 2 0 4 1 20% 28% 0
2004 FLA NL 25 LF 3 3 0 21.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 0 -1 23 -57 2.57 2.00 .980 1.84 1.83
2004 FLA NL 25 OF 3 3 0 21.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 0 -1 23 -57 2.57 2.00 .982 2.14 2.13
2005 FLA NL 26 C 8 2 1 31.2 22 22 0 0 0 1.000 -1 0 -38 0 6.25 2.75 .992 7.28 7.16 1 2 3 0 0% 29% 0
2005 FLA NL 26 DH 1 1
2005 FLA NL 26 LF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.90
2005 FLA NL 26 OF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 2.20
2006 FLA NL 27 LF 132 129 84 1069.2 218 206 5 7 0 .968 0 -3 0 -3 1.78 1.60 .982 1.97 1.95 RoY-9
2006 FLA NL 27 OF 132 129 84 1069.2 218 206 5 7 0 .968 0 -3 0 -3 1.78 1.60 .984 2.22 2.20 RoY-9
2006 FLA NL 27 DH 3 3 RoY-9
2006 FLA NL 27 1B 2 0 0 3.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 15.00 2.50 .994 9.30 9.35 RoY-9
2006 FLA NL 27 C 2 2 1 14.0 12 11 1 0 0 1.000 0 -1 0 -60 7.71 6.00 .992 7.39 7.30 1 0 2 0 0% 28% 0 RoY-9
2007 FLA NL 28 LF 137 137 113 1176.1 223 211 9 3 0 .987 -7 -7 -7 -7 1.68 1.61 .984 2.00 1.99
2007 FLA NL 28 OF 137 137 113 1176.1 223 211 9 3 0 .987 -7 -7 -7 -7 1.68 1.61 .984 2.30 2.29
2007 FLA NL 28 DH 3 3
2008 FLA NL 29 LF 98 97 91 855.1 173 166 7 0 0 1.000 8 11 11 16 1.82 1.77 .983 1.90 1.89
2008 FLA NL 29 OF 98 97 91 855.1 173 166 7 0 0 1.000 8 11 11 15 1.82 1.77 .985 2.21 2.20
2009 WSN NL 30 OF 118 115 79 956.0 242 233 2 7 2 .971 2 -4 2 -5 2.21 1.99 .986 2.20 2.18
2009 WSN NL 30 LF 87 82 60 691.2 172 165 2 5 2 .971 -2 -4 -4 -7 2.17 1.92 .982 1.93 1.91
2009 WSN NL 30 RF 35 33 19 264.1 70 68 0 2 0 .971 4 0 16 0 2.32 1.94 .986 2.08 2.06
2009 WSN NL 30 1B 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 9.00 9.20
2010 WSN NL 31 LF 108 105 74 880.1 172 164 7 1 2 .994 -10 1 -13 1 1.75 1.58 .985 1.82 1.80
2010 WSN NL 31 OF 108 105 74 880.1 172 164 7 1 2 .994 -10 1 -13 1 1.75 1.58 .987 2.17 2.15
2010 WSN NL 31 DH 2 2
2011 OAK AL 32 LF 96 94 83 829.1 164 159 3 2 1 .988 -6 0 -9 0 1.76 1.69 .982 2.13 2.11
2011 OAK AL 32 OF 96 94 83 829.1 164 159 3 2 1 .988 -6 0 -9 0 1.76 1.69 .986 2.28 2.26
2011 OAK AL 32 DH 36 36
2012 MIN AL 33 LF 119 118 102 1027.2 247 237 6 4 2 .984 1 -13 2 -15 2.13 2.04 .984 1.94 1.93 SS
2012 MIN AL 33 OF 119 118 102 1027.2 247 237 6 4 2 .984 1 -13 2 -15 2.13 2.04 .986 2.17 2.16 SS
2012 MIN AL 33 DH 25 25 SS
2013 MIN AL 34 LF 26 26 18 221.0 44 43 1 0 0 1.000 -4 -3 -20 -16 1.79 1.69 .990 1.90 1.89
2013 MIN AL 34 OF 26 26 18 221.0 44 43 1 0 0 1.000 -4 -3 -20 -16 1.79 1.69 .989 2.23 2.21
2013 MIN AL 34 DH 5 5
10 Seasons OF 838 824 644 7037.2 1489 1425 40 24 7 .984 -15 -19 -3 -3 1.87 1.75 .985 2.22 2.21
10 Seasons LF 807 791 625 6773.1 1419 1357 40 22 7 .984 -18 -19 -3 -3 1.86 1.73 .983 1.96 1.94
1 Season RF 35 33 19 264.1 70 68 0 2 0 .971 4 0 16 0 2.32 1.94 .986 2.08 2.06
3 Seasons C 15 7 3 68.2 50 48 1 1 0 .980 -2 -2 -35 -34 6.42 3.27 .992 7.35 7.26 4 2 9 1 10% 28% 0
2 Seasons 1B 3 0 0 4.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 11.25 1.67 .994 9.22 9.30
10 Seasons TOT 856 831 647 7110.1 1544 1478 41 25 7 .984 -17 -21 -3 -3 1.92 1.77 .986 2.28 2.32 4 2 9 1 10% 28% 0
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
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.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Silver Sluggers
2012 AL (OF)

On-Base% s c a p y
Active  .362 (32nd)

Slugging % s c a p y
2012 AL  .524 (8th)
Active  .481 (35th)
Career  .481 (181st)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
2012 AL  .890 (8th)
Active  .843 (33rd)
Career  .843 (197th)

Home Runs s c a p y
2012 AL  35 (7th)
Active  172 (41st)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
2012 AL  110 (3rd)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
2012 AL  76 (9th)
2013 AL  25 (2nd)
Active  459 (47th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
2011 AL  150 (6th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
2012 AL  143 (6th)
Active  124 (24th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
2012 AL  34 (10th)
Active  128 (37th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
2012 AL  3.3 (10th)
Active  12.3 (36th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
2012 AL  66 (10th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
Active  .617 (32nd)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
2007 NL  16 (3rd)
2008 NL  14 (3rd)
2009 NL  12 (7th)
2010 NL  9 (8th)
2011 AL  11 (8th)
2012 AL  14 (3rd)
2013 AL  5 (1st)
Active  94 (17th)
Career  94 (92nd)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
2011 AL  8 (8th)

AB per HR s c a p y
2011 AL  16.8 (9th)
2012 AL  14.8 (6th)
Active  19.4 (20th)
Career  19.4 (101st)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
2012 AL  39.21 (7th)
Active  136.25 (39th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
2012 AL  5.1 (2nd)
Active  12.6 (34th)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
2012 AL  3.5 (7th)
Active  13.2 (40th)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
2012 AL  3.9 (7th)
Active  13.2 (40th)

Def. Games as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
2012 AL  119 (4th)
Active  807 (7th)
Career  807 (94th)

Putouts as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
2012 AL  237 (2nd)
Active  1,357 (8th)

Assists as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
2007 NL  9 (3rd)
2010 NL  7 (2nd)
2012 AL  6 (4th)
Active  40 (9th)

Errors Committed as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
2006 NL  7 (3rd)
2009 NL  5 (2nd)
2012 AL  4 (2nd)
Active  22 (8th)

Double Plays Turned as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
2009 NL  2 (1st)
2010 NL  2 (1st)
2012 AL  2 (2nd)
Active  7 (7th)

Errors Committed as OF s c a p y
2006 NL  7 (5th)

Total Zone Runs as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
2008 NL  8 (5th)

Range Factor/9Inn as LF (s.1954)† s c a p y
2009 NL  2.17 (1st)
2012 AL  2.13 (1st)
Active  1.86 (11th)
Career  1.86 (84th)

Range Factor/Game as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
2009 NL  1.92 (3rd)
2010 NL  1.58 (5th)
2012 AL  2.04 (2nd)
Active  1.73 (10th)

Fielding % as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
2007 NL  .987 (4th)
2012 AL  .984 (5th)
Active  .984 (8th)
Career  .984 (45th)

                           

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1945-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 15 (1199), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 5 (1555), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 14 (1182), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Left Field (125th), 17.4 career WAR/17.4 7yr-peak WAR/17.4 JAWS
Average HOF LF (out of 19) = 64.9 career WAR/41.2 7yr-peak WAR/53.1 JAWS

Similarity Scores

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Salaries

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Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes/Other Sources
200627Florida Marlins$327,000
200728Florida Marlins$380,000
200829Florida Marlins$405,000
200930Washington Nationals$2,950,000
201031Washington Nationals$4,600,000
201132Oakland Athletics$6,000,000
201233Minnesota Twins$7,000,000contracts
201334Minnesota Twins$7,000,000
201435Minnesota Twins$7,000,0002014 salary increases by $1M with 525 plate appearances in 2013
Earliest Free Agent: 2015
Career to date (may be incomplete)$28,662,000Does not include future salaries
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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