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Mike Willis

Michael Henry Willis

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: December 26, 1950 in Oklahoma City, OK
High School: Hillsboro HS (Nashville, TN)
School: Vanderbilt University (Nashville, TN)
Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 20th round of the 1972 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 13, 1977
Team: BlueJays 1977-1981
Agents: Steve Comte [*]
Final Game: June 11, 1981
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Standard Pitching

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
1977 26 TOR AL 2 6 .250 3.94 43 3 28 0 0 5 107.1 105 48 47 15 38 6 59 0 0 2 451 107 1.332 8.8 1.3 3.2 4.9 1.55
1978 27 TOR AL 3 7 .300 4.56 44 2 22 1 0 7 100.2 104 55 51 11 39 2 52 0 1 2 434 86 1.421 9.3 1.0 3.5 4.6 1.33
1979 28 TOR AL 0 3 .000 8.44 17 1 7 0 0 0 26.2 35 27 25 1 16 2 8 1 0 3 128 52 1.913 11.8 0.3 5.4 2.7 0.50
1980 29 TOR AL 2 1 .667 1.71 20 0 10 0 0 3 26.1 25 6 5 3 11 4 14 1 0 2 114 257 1.367 8.5 1.0 3.8 4.8 1.27
1981 30 TOR AL 0 4 .000 5.91 20 0 4 0 0 0 35.0 43 25 23 6 20 1 16 1 0 0 168 67 1.800 11.1 1.5 5.1 4.1 0.80
5 Yrs 7 21 .250 4.59 144 6 71 1 0 15 296.0 312 161 151 36 124 15 149 3 1 9 1295 89 1.473 9.5 1.1 3.8 4.5 1.20
162 Game Avg. 3 10 .250 4.59 65 3 32 0 0 7 134 141 73 68 16 56 7 68 1 0 4 587 89 1.473 9.5 1.1 3.8 4.5 1.20

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1977 26 TOR AL 107.1 43 3 48 4.02 4.66 -0.21 -0.30 104.7 4.78 9 0.9 1.3 -0.1 1.8 21 .522 .506 $
1978 27 TOR AL 100.2 44 2 55 4.92 4.33 -0.10 -0.30 103.5 4.27 -7 -0.7 1.8 -0.4 -0.2 3 .483 .495 $
1979 28 TOR AL 26.2 17 1 27 9.11 4.97 0.08 -0.36 104.0 4.71 -13 -1.2 1.0 -0.1 -1.0 -10 .427 .492 $
1980 29 TOR AL 26.1 20 0 6 2.05 5.05 0.09 -0.40 108.9 4.96 8 0.9 2.0 0.4 1.5 11 .545 .506 $
1981 30 TOR AL 35.0 20 0 25 6.43 4.62 0.05 -0.37 105.6 4.44 -8 -0.8 1.8 -0.4 -1.0 -6 .458 .495 $
5 Seasons 296.0 144 6 161 4.90 4.61 -0.09 -0.32 104.7 4.58 -10 -1.0 1.6 -0.5 1.1 20 .493 .499 $

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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 ROE
1977 26 TOR AL 43 451 404 48 105 25 3 15 7 4 38 59 .260 .321 .448 .769 .269 181 9 0 5 4 6 3
1978 27 TOR AL 44 434 384 55 104 23 5 11 3 5 39 52 .271 .336 .443 .778 .287 170 6 0 8 3 2 4
1979 28 TOR AL 17 128 105 27 35 12 1 1 2 1 16 8 .333 .419 .495 .915 .347 52 2 1 4 2 2 2
1980 29 TOR AL 20 114 101 6 25 6 0 3 1 0 11 14 .248 .325 .396 .721 .259 40 4 1 0 1 4 3
1981 30 TOR AL 20 168 143 25 43 9 5 6 0 1 20 16 .301 .386 .559 .945 .301 80 2 1 2 2 1 4
5 Yrs 144 1295 1137 161 312 75 14 36 13 11 124 149 .274 .344 .460 .804 .286 523 23 3 19 12 15 16
162 Game Avg. 65 587 515 73 141 34 6 16 6 5 56 68 .274 .344 .460 .804 .286 237 10 1 9 5 7 7
MLB Averages .262 .326 .388 .714 .284

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1977 26 TOR AL 5.1 0.5 465 -0.1 8.2 -8.2 1.02 0.1 -0.2 8.5 0.8 1.02 0.2 10 8 19
1978 27 TOR AL -5.6 -0.6 448 -0.6 6.9 -7.5 .93 -1.1 0.5 -8.7 -0.9 0.93 -10.5 21 6 13
1979 28 TOR AL -11.4 -1.1 134 -1.1 1.2 -2.3 .82 -0.6 -0.7 -10.0 -0.9 0.82 -6.4 3 5 7
1980 29 TOR AL 7.1 0.7 117 0.3 4.0 -3.7 1.91 0.2 0.0 0.7 0.1 1.91 1.5 12 1 7
1981 30 TOR AL -6.6 -0.7 170 -0.5 3.2 -3.7 1.18 -0.9 0.4 -11.6 -1.1 1.18 -12.9 9 3 7
5 Yrs -11.4 -1.1 1334 -2.0 23.4 -25.4 1.07 -2.3 0.5 -21.2 -2.1 1.07 -28.1 55 23 53

Starting Pitching*

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
1977 26 TOR AL 43 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 3 .000 0 0 0 0 1 33% 39.3 60 27 12 4 2 0 3.4 5.1 5.0
1978 27 TOR AL 44 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 .500 0 0 1 0 1 50% 54.0 73 35 23 4 0 2 4.8 6.8 6.2
1979 28 TOR AL 17 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 18.0 18 18 13 7 1 0 2.0 0.0 2.0
3 Yrs 104 6 1 3 2 0 0 1 5 .167 0 0 1 0 2 33% 41 73 18 48 15 3 2 3.6 5.5 4.9
MLB Averages .500 52% 51 99 -13 4.3 4.3 6.3

Reliever Pitching*

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
1977 26 TOR AL 43 40 28 2 5 9 5 4 56% 9 0 51 12 24% 8 1.018 10 8 19 9 4 27 29 11 27 8 30 8 6.9
1978 27 TOR AL 44 42 22 2 6 9 7 2 78% 10 1 49 14 29% 7 .931 21 6 13 12 9 21 28 14 26 8 30 8 6.3
1979 28 TOR AL 17 16 7 0 2 1 0 1 0% 1 0 20 8 40% 7 .820 3 5 7 2 2 12 12 4 8 7 10 4 4.6
1980 29 TOR AL 20 20 10 2 1 4 3 1 75% 7 3 29 12 41% 9 1.913 12 1 7 7 4 9 18 2 7 9 10 6 4.0
1981 30 TOR AL 20 20 4 0 4 1 0 1 0% 2 0 29 8 28% 8 1.179 9 3 7 3 7 10 15 5 9 10 12 3 5.3
5 Yrs 144 138 71 6 18 24 15 9 63% 29 4 178 54 30% 1.069 55 23 53 33 26 79 102 36 77 42 92 29 5.8

Ratio Pitching*

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%
1977 26 TOR AL 451 36% 3.3% 13.1% 8.4% 9.5% 41% 1.02 74% 79 9 11%
1978 27 TOR AL 434 36% 2.5% 12.0% 9.0% 9.0% 38% 0.66 75% 76 6 8%
1979 28 TOR AL 128 25% 0.8% 6.3% 12.5% 10.9% 40% 0.84 77% 22 2 9%
1980 29 TOR AL 114 38% 2.6% 12.3% 9.7% 7.9% 36% 0.75 75% 21 4 19%
1981 30 TOR AL 168 33% 3.6% 9.5% 11.9% 11.9% 47% 0.96 73% 37 2 5%
5 Yrs 1295 35% 2.8% 11.5% 9.6% 9.7% 40% 0.84 74% 235 23 10%
MLB Averages 44% 2.0% 12.7% 8.4% 6.6% 28% 1.10 75% 11%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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
1977 26 TOR AL 451 105 15 0 15 9 6 8 7 25 12 3 48% 3 2 0 176 7 4 64% 5 4 2 0 0 0 2 2 7 0
1978 27 TOR AL 434 104 11 1 17 8 3 6 5 18 11 1 61% 4 2 0 169 3 5 38% 2 4 1 1 0 0 2 0 8 0
1979 28 TOR AL 128 35 1 1 8 1 0 0 1 15 10 2 67% 2 3 0 57 2 1 67% 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 7 0
1980 29 TOR AL 114 25 3 0 6 2 1 1 2 9 3 3 33% 3 2 0 52 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1981 30 TOR AL 168 43 6 0 10 5 1 4 2 15 5 1 33% 4 0 0 66 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
5 Yrs 1295 312 36 2 56 25 11 19 17 82 41 10 50% 16 9 0 520 13 11 54% 9 10 4 1 0 0 6 3 27 0
MLB Averages 53% 65%

Cumulative Pitching

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+
1977 26 2 6 .250 3.94 43 3 28 0 0 5 107.1 105 48 47 15 38 6 59 0 0 2 451 107 1.332 8.8 1.3 3.2 4.9 1.55 107
1978 27 5 13 .278 4.24 87 5 50 1 0 12 208.0 209 103 98 26 77 8 111 0 1 4 885 96 1.375 9.0 1.1 3.3 4.8 1.44 96
1979 28 5 16 .238 4.72 104 6 57 1 0 12 234.2 244 130 123 27 93 10 119 1 1 7 1013 87 1.436 9.4 1.0 3.6 4.6 1.28 87
1980 29 7 17 .292 4.41 124 6 67 1 0 15 261.0 269 136 128 30 104 14 133 2 1 9 1127 94 1.429 9.3 1.0 3.6 4.6 1.28 94
1981 30 7 21 .250 4.59 144 6 71 1 0 15 296.0 312 161 151 36 124 15 149 3 1 9 1295 89 1.473 9.5 1.1 3.8 4.5 1.20 89

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
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
1977 26 5 6 .455 4.11 103.0 105 52 47 15 38 56 0 1.388 9.2 3.3 4.9 1.47 1.3 43
1978 27 4 6 .400 5.31 95.0 109 62 56 12 41 49 0 1.579 10.3 3.9 4.6 1.20 1.1 44
1979 28 0 2 .000 8.65 26.0 35 28 25 1 16 8 1 1.962 12.1 5.5 2.8 0.50 0.3 17
1980 29 2 0 1.000 1.73 26.0 25 6 5 3 11 14 1 1.385 8.7 3.8 4.8 1.27 1.0 20
1981 30 1 4 .200 6.71 51.0 68 42 38 9 32 23 2 1.961 12.0 5.6 4.1 0.72 1.6 20
5 Yrs 12 18 .400 5.11 301.0 342 190 171 40 138 150 4 1.595 10.2 4.5 1.09 1.2 144

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